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The race for BNF executive
Presidency The BNF has now reached the danger point. Not even a cosmetic roll of the dice can predict how the two warring factions are going to fare in the elections. But the fight for the control of the party rests with whoever grabs the...
04 May 2007
Diamond chief explains why Botswana is privatising
He said after the failure to get FDI, government decided to embark on a public sector reform to change the economic development strategy from state-led to private sector-led. Majaye said the reform has to be achieved through various forms of...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Impact of GMOs on humans not fully appreciated
In response to uncertainty surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), some countries have decided to implement bio-safety laws. These restrain consumption of genetically modified foods and safeguard the environment against contamination of...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 04 May 2007
Woman-to-woman 'garden party' billed for May 11
Batswana women will learn from one another and special experts out of topics covering how to build wealth, sales and marketing, financing a business, women and IT, stress management, how to live well, home ownership, what to wear for specific...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Will Olmert survive?
The commission, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Eliyahu Winograd, has just published its interim report. Its criticism of Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, and Chief-of-Staff Dan Halutz - set forth in a detailed and meticulous 117-page...
Shlomo Avineri 04 May 2007
It's not Zimbabwe, it's called Kampuchea
Zimbabweans continue to be brutalized, as more and more of our number get killed. The more we cry out and pray, the more evil appears to be getting stronger. It's like we are hunting elephants with a fly swatter. In Zimbabwe, we are in perpetual...
Tanonoka Joseph Whande 04 May 2007
The EU's appeasement of Russia
Will Ukraine continue its turn towards the West, as Yushchenko and his Orange Revolution ally Yuliya Tymoshenko want, or return to Russia's strategic embrace, as Yanukovich and his allies want? It was Russia's attempt, only two and a half years ago,...
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen 04 May 2007
Bishop's silver jubilee: whither Catholicism?
The burning of exotic incense would excite any stranger to Catholicism. The event will also be characterised by song and dance as Catholic groups from all over the region converge on Gaborone to celebrate Boniface Setlalekgosi's silver jubilee...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 04 May 2007
Mojela's choir set to take music scene with a bang
There are still many traditional groups which may not be widely known but deserve recognition as key players in the music industry. Thuntsha Dithole Traditional Troupe may not immediately register in traditional music lovers' minds, but it is...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
BACK STAGE
There will be two films each day over five evenings between Tuesday and Sunday the 15th (Friday is left out because of the special performance at Maitisong that evening). Of the eight films being shown for adults a number stand out. Beyond Silence...
SASA MAJUMA 04 May 2007
BOOK REVIEW
The new memoir from Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, will not disappoint those who liked his "Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa" on his early years in Zimbabwe. He now lives in New York City, United States of America (US). From his base in...
Reviewed by SHERDAN GRISWOLD 04 May 2007
Pilots crisis grounds Air Botswana
The state airline has been in the news recently as government and Parliament fight over its planned privatisation. Yesterday Air Botswana general manager, Lance Brogden, acknowledged to Mmegi that they had a very tough day. However, he downplayed the...
KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Letter from Jerusalem: Zero tolerance for conflict stones in 2007
Responding to Business Week questions on behalf of the WDC Chairman Eli Izhakoff, Carson Glover of the WDC's New York office revealed that after the United Nations Security Council lifted sanctions against Liberia last week, the WDC was ready to...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 04 May 2007
CONSUMER WATCH DOG
Among other things, this was prompted by a very important person saying at a conference that it "should provide much-needed leverage to enable the country to upscale its present operational threshold through taking advantage of the latest...
04 May 2007
Retired Dewah organises special PPP symposium
The conference is acknowledged as the brainchild of the former Executive Director of the Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM), Elias Dewah, who retired last December. A spokesperson of BOCCIM, Tebogo Rapitsenyane, says...
04 May 2007
Two points for Barclays!
In that regard, we cannot disregard some of the public-spirited initiatives taken by Barclays recently; initiatives which, we believe, should bring convenience and upliftment to the communities involved. Recently, Barclays Bank opened two branches...
EDITOR 04 May 2007
QUESTION TIME
For those of us who support education with production, the aim is to educate and train learners of all ages, not just to improve their working conditions and wages under capitalist production, but also to establish producers' cooperatives, or...
PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 04 May 2007
What is the BCP trying to do?
Privatisation,an instrument possessed by the few economic elites, is bound to bring untold sorrow and abject poverty to the lives of the ordinary masses of this country. A case has not been satisfactorily made as to the benefits of privatisation in...
04 May 2007
Hoisting facts above feelings
"It's because I understand your mother was a sex worker before she was reformed and became a born-again Christian". Feelings are paramount everywhere. In-fact, as people, we are feeling, thinking, and acting beings all at once. And all...
04 May 2007
NITTY GRITTY
There are only three such abbreviations that I know and understand, these are; OBE which is the Order of the British Empire, MBE which stands for Member of the British Empire, and FOOTNITS, which stands for Fellows of the Order of the Oblong Table at...
BAROLONG SEBONI 04 May 2007
All eyes on ECCO City
Tomorrow, ECCO would be seeking revenge against TAFIC who humiliated them 3-1 in the first round game played at Masunga Sports Complex. ECCO spokesman Nelson Legwatagwata said the game is tough to predict. I believe the game would be interesting but...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 04 May 2007
Chiefs out to redeem dented pride
Chiefs have been pathetic in their last two games losing 3-1 and 2-1 to Nico United and Gaborone United respectively. The two defeats ended their title dreams after one of the best runs by the club in the competition. The best that Kgatleng giants...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Women urged to defy cultural practices
She said that women are required to dress in black after the death of their husbands, but men are not made to do the same. She was responding to a participant from Swaziland who told the conference that they are required to wear the black mourning...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Pride at stake in city derby
Currently, they are sixth in the log with 38 points from 24. Though Notwane and GU are not in the running for the Premier League title, their clash tomorrow cannot be taken lightly. Both sides know that a loss will be a serious dent on pride and...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Bakwadi confident ahead of AAG
According to one of the local karatekas, Ofentse Bakwadi, who is expected to hoist the country's flag high, said they are doing everything possible to prepare for the competition. The current senior karateka of the year has been one of the dominant...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Reassess sports strategy - UK official
He said by so doing the country would produce mature and responsible citizens. Holmes said that like any other country in Africa, Botswana was still lagging behind in sports development programmes, urging the nation to reassess its strategy if it is...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 04 May 2007
Why the English Premiership is not the best in the world
First and foremost, 'minor' Benfica from Portugal credibly knocked out two of the most successful English clubs (Manchester United and Liverpool) in the early phase of the Champions League last season. Chelsea, the other English side to have made the...
04 May 2007
FIRST CUT
By any accounts, this has been a great soccer season but the off-the-field antics involving Rollers, Notwane, PLC and the BFA executive have compromised the gains that football has made this year. In fact, it is putting a dent on the overall image...
DENNIS KEAGILE 04 May 2007
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04 May 2007
Taxi drivers await Motsumi's green light
According to Gaborone Taxi and Local Bus Service Association chairperson Gibson Matenge, it was decided in a meeting yesterday, between the association and the officials from the ministry, that the minister be given time to study the issue before...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Czypionka and the post-modern
Nico Czypionka is fond of saying that nothing is what it appears to be. Nothing may be what it appears to be but Nikolaus Hans Heinrich Czypionka is surely the man who opened a giant wooden door at House Number 22, Parliamentary Village on Thursday...
04 May 2007
Look out for saboteurs - BMWU chief
Speaking during the Labour Day commemorations in Sowa Town on Tuesday, Tlhagale said there were visible symptoms of attempts by some National Executive Committee (NEC) members allegedly working secretly with some branch leaders to sow seeds of...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Has Mogae lost control?
FRANCISTOWN: The recent anger and frustration expressed by President Festus Mogae over the 'actions' of some of his party's MPs on the backbench has set tongues wagging inside the party and beyond. Already there are people suggesting that the...
04 May 2007
Farm worker's burial tip of the iceberg?
Somewhere in the last half of 2006, a farm worker in the western sand veldts - the area that is otherwise known to Bangwato cattle barons as "ko dipolasing tsa methabeng" - a man, whose brawn mattered more than his dignity, died and his body was...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 04 May 2007
Dukwi chief accused of causing accident
A farmer, Julius Gobela, is demanding that Mosweu, who was recently elected to represent Dukwi in the expanded Ntlo ya Dikgosi, should pay him P9, 500 and 10 percent costs of the lawsuit. Sefelane Thapelo, of S Thapelo and Company, represents the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 04 May 2007
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