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Fireworks expected at BDP congress
The BDP secretariat has of late been inundated with inquiries from members across the country seeking pertinent information related to the congress and elections. This will be President Festus Mogae's last congress as leader of the party and state...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 26 April 2007
New Deputy MD at Debswana
A statement announcing the appointment says Sean is a seasoned mining professional who has enjoyed a diverse and rewarding career in the international mining industry. Sean has held a variety of technical, operations, consulting and senior...
26 April 2007
Singapore President visits BNPC
A statement from the BNPC says the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Daniel Kwelagobe, along with the Chairman of the BNPC Board Molebeledi Oagile and the BNPC Executive Director Thembo Lebang, will receive President Nathan...
26 April 2007
Pride at stake
"Another advantage we have is that the game will be played at night and we have always played well under the floodlights. The only bad result we can get when we play at night is a draw," he said. He stated that their games against Gunners have always...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 April 2007
BNOC seeks funds for anti-doping office
Kamanga revealed that BNOC is currently facing financial constraints as far as setting up the office is concerned. He said they need money to pay subscription fees to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to get affiliation and to finance consultative...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 April 2007
Naughty Boys gets another chance
Naughty Boys surprised many in the 2005 season when they outwitted the then just relegated Premier League side Flamingo Santos in Tlokweng to book a place in the elite league. The man who did the damage was Busang Rasefako who rose twice above the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 April 2007
BNSC project bears fruit
The first workshop was held last month. BNSC chief executive officer Kitso Kemoeng said they have realised the difference between those who attended the workshop and those that did not take part. "There are those we feel will perform better if they...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 April 2007
Street Horn sponsors star-studded show
Street Horn director Soares Katumbela was part of the Lizard Lounge management in Gaborone but has since left the joint. When he was with the Lizard Lounge, Katumbela hosted local musicians like Ndingo Johwa, Lekofi Sejeso, Soca Moruakgomo and...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 April 2007
EMI deal is real - Master D
Sesinyi has told Showbiz that he has signed a deal with EMI Records in the United Kingdom (UK) where he has been studying as a student. "Very soon people will see a guest from EMI South Africa on our television show. We are expecting the guest any...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 26 April 2007
How high are standards in local institutions?
About 15, 000 students were to be sponsored in local institutions approved by the Tertiary Education Council (TEC). The announcement by MoE elicited excitement in the tertiary education system in the country. It was expected the development would...
EDITOR 26 April 2007
WHITHER BOTSWANA
Recent weeks have witnessed a national debate of unprecedented intensity on the significance of the parliamentary motion calling for the suspension of the negotiations on the privatisation of Air Botswana. Most of those who participated in the debate...
DAN MOABI 26 April 2007
IEC wants reforms
He singled out Section 25 of the Electoral Act for amendment to guard against voter transfers during by-elections. He said that the election date should be known well in advance and not left to the whims of the President. "The election date should be...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 26 April 2007
The hero of his time
Yeltsin aimed for the same goal. But he stands out from them in this respect: he understood that empire was incompatible with democracy, and so was willing to abandon the Soviet Union in order to try to build a democratic order at home. At the...
Nina L. Khrushcheva 26 April 2007
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26 April 2007
Academic tips BDP on Khama
The political science lecturer told Mmegi yesterday that he does not see the wisdom of Khama defending his position when next year he would automatically become party and state president. "What worries me is that next year, Khama would be taking over...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 26 April 2007
Debswana dispute heads for showdown
Senior managers, most of whom are at the E band did not take kindly to this proposition. They felt it was not fair to them to be subjected to an across the board retrenchment package which they allege was not negotiated with them. In a letter...
26 April 2007
MP enters Carafashions' fray
"What if you are not feeling well? What if you are in your menstrual cycle," he asked. Rakhudu told Mmegi that 20 people approached him for help after they were sacked by the company. The dismissed workers claim they were fired for going to the...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 26 April 2007
Illegal Batswana immigrants arrested in Zambia
Zambia immigration department spokesperson Mulako Mbangweta confirmed in an interview that the duo were arrested for failure to extend their days of stay in Zambia.She stated that the two were apprehended with 40 other illegal immigrants after the...
CHARITY MUSA
Correspondent 26 April 2007
OP releases statement on AB
*Recently, there has been considerable debate, in Parliament, the media and elsewhere, about ongoing negotiations with South African Airlink ("Airlink") over the possible privatisation of Air Botswana. As a matter of democratic principle Government...
26 April 2007
A new Aon-CEDA venture to enhance citizen empowerment
The P200 million CEDA Venture Capital Fund was set up in 2003 and Venture Partners Botswana (VPB) was appointed as its fund managers. Aon Botswana's move now puts 30 percent of the company shareholding into the hands of citizens as employees of Aon...
STAFF WRITER 26 April 2007
New BMC prices to entice farmers - CEO
An unprecedented development in the revised price structure is the breaking of the prime grade into two. Another is the awarding of bonuses for well-bred animals. Over the years, Botswana farmers have complained that the BMC was stinting them on...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 26 April 2007
Malebang's 'Trio' painting is the winner
It also provides an opportunity for the most talented to win special prizes. Given the quality of artworks submitted, the two judges had a tough time arriving at the winners for the different art categories - paintings, drawings, photography, and...
27 April 2007
The portrait of an artist
Every stroke of light, line and colour has a meaning and needs to be interpreted. One of Malebang's most amazing works is called 'Striking Light'. The work comprises two parts although the artist calls it one painting. The first piece is mellow...
27 April 2007
In their own cultural museum
Different types of traditional foods such as dried vegetables, morogo, dried maize, letshotlho, beans, dinawa, Tswana biltong or segwapa, to cite just a few, can be sampled or bought from this outlet. If you like you may even ask the couple to show...
27 April 2007
All speech is free
Thinking Allowed by Barolong Seboni was first published 15 years ago. It is now out in a new edition that was launched last week at Books Botswana at the University of Botswana (UB) by Professor David Kerr of Media Studies and the author, and...
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Sheridan Griswold 27 April 2007
Botswana companies top region capitalization
In rankings issued this week by the London-based publication, Botswana companies rank second only to Zimbabwe, which tops the list with 19 companies in the top 50. The survey is based on market capitalisalion of companies listed on various stock...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 27 April 2007
Price hikes for meat likely - expert
An agricultural analyst said he expected the BMC's price restructuring to trigger a sudden price hike in beef and beef by-products, hitting hard on consumers' pockets. "BMC is a price leader, their decision will always influence the butcheries to...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 27 April 2007
Botswana has no 5-star hotel
Ramalepa said despite the importance of grading the facilities, many operators had looked upon it with disapproval, branding it "too prescriptive and unuser-friendly."The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS)-supervised system ranges from un-graded to...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
SADC urged to pool funds to boost energy supplies
"We need a more radical approach to investment if we are to meet the targets we have set ourselves in expansion of energy sources," he said. "Pooling of resources in regional investment is our best option."Rtd Lt-Gen Nyambuya was opening the SADC...
27 April 2007
Poor service is not peculiar to Botswana
'm in the UK So, does everything really work like clockwork here? Are the roads really paved with gold? Is every product perfect? Does every customer get treated like a queen or king? Sorry, noI know that the team at Consumer...
CONSUMER WATCHDOG 27 April 2007
My ordeal at the hands of Zim border guards
Partly cloudy and hot as it was, I could feel a chill running through my body as goose pimples roughened my skin like that of a gecko. Saliva dried as I fumbled for words and mumbled a 'no' amid prayers that this could just be one of those dreams...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 27 April 2007
Nata-Gweta battle lines drawn
It is now official, when the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) opens its campaigns for primaries, ahead of the 2009 general election, Mfa and Ntuane will come face-to-face.When Ntuane announced that he would not be contesting any party position at the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
BBS-Taung Road opens
The road was closed on February 20 last year to pave way for the upgrading of the Nelson Mandela link and Lemmenyane Road to a dual carriageway standard, including a road-over-Rail-Bridge at Taung and improvements on the Sir Seretse Khama...
27 April 2007
Decision on disputed land favours school
The piece of land, Lot 12596, is a playground lying between residential homes and the Botswana Defence Force camp in Area W.In a letter addressed to the Concerned Residents of Area W, the Minister of Lands and Housing, Ramadeluka Seretse, dismissed...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 27 April 2007
PEEPA hires UK agency to save its image
Reliable information reaching Mmegi reveals that PEEPA has hired a United Kingdom communication consultant, Adams Smith International, to devise a communication strategy to, not only help improve its battered public image but, most importantly, to...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
Govt announces new youth empowerment measures
Principal Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Communications Science and Technology, Titi Nyatsa said that Orange has offered to connect phones to the businesses for the youth. She said that the youth will be required to form groups of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
Why TEC registered sub-standard colleges
We noticed some shortcomings like absence of libraries and took them on a developmental approach and at the same time, we were monitoring staff qualifications and the other facilities." Molutsi was speaking after government-sponsored students at...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
Corporate chief tips on investments
She urged those who want to invest to seek advise and information about shares from the relevant people. O'Connell was speaking at a Women in Investment Portfolio Holdings (WIPHOLD) breakfast meeting at Phakalane on Wednesday. The meeting was meant...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
'Fit to be scrapped', people say of the Immigration Act
In turning down the appeal, Justice Maruping Dibotelo said the doctor had no right to be heard, as he could not demand the grounds or reasons that had informed the President's decision to deport him:"The applicant is pursuing an inadmissible appeal,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
Chiefs seek to close gap
BDF XI will rest this weekend after their much-awaited date with Township Rollers was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Chiefs are chasing their first league title and a loss to Nico this weekend will be disastrous. It might end their title...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
Trouble brewing at Chiefs?
They say he is favouring certain players especially those who arrived during the last transfer window. The players claimed that when Sithole first arrived, he used to explain to them why they are not playing but after the departure of former...
27 April 2007
ITTF expert hails BTTA
When you build from the grassroots, it is highly likely that this country will have very good players and will be able to compete at the highest level because they have been exposed to the aspects of table tennis at a young age," he said. He said he...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 27 April 2007
BVF boss challenges critics
The volleyball boss does not understand why he is blamed for the termination of sponsorships when securing sponsors does not fall under his portfolio. He said sponsorships fall under BVF vice president in charge of administration. He challenged those...
27 April 2007
The circus is back in Gaborone
The Mascom Premier League circus has created a state of shock and numbness as we wonder where we are headed to. And the script makes for some compelling read. Township Rollers would exit the stage with nothing to show from their own circus involving...
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TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 27 April 2007
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