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No Money, No Education
Before the re-introduction, the Ministry of Education said instead of sending children home for failure to pay, they would deal with the parents and if necessary take them to court. At Lobsec, the students were told not to go to school unless they...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Journalists Assaults: Minister Slams Police
During the celebrations, it was revealed that in 2006, photo-journalists in Botswana were assaulted in the presence of the police who just watched and did nothing. The theme of this year's celebrations was: 'Press Freedom, Safety of Journalists and...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
BMWU Condemns Current Coop Set Up
BMWU Secretary General Jack Tlhagale recently described the situation as "very unhealthy" as it thwarts the union's efforts to take the society to a higher level. Tlhagale said for any meaningful change to occur, both the Cooperative Act and the...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Mob Goes For The Jugula Of The Jounos
Journalists on duty can bear witness that instead of the victims, the marauders were given protection, being shepherded through the backdoor of the court. Mmegi/Monitor's photojournalist Moreri Sejakgomo, the Guardian/Midweek Sun's Tsaone...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Broadcasters Want RB2 Licensed Too
He said that it would disadvantage them if RB2 were allowed to continue broadcasting without a licence because, being unregulated, RB2 could be charging below the market advertising rates. NBB Chairman Dr Masego Mpotokwane explained that negotiations...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Lawyers Differ On BCP Air Botswana Suit
They say the party has no legal standing to take such action. Former High Court judge and legal consultant Peter Collins said that in Botswana, no one can bring a matter of public interest to court unless he or she can prove that they are personally...
Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Alleged Killer Of Lawyer's Case Postponed
It is not the first time that the trail of the alleged murderers of Majoko - a lawyer of Zimbabwean origin who was practicing in Botswana - has been postponed on similar grounds before Justice Moses Chinghengo."The trial (has been) long, and we...
07 May 2007
Expert Gives Winter Tips For Children
Mazonde advised parents to make sure they have enough inhalers for asthmatic children. He warned that children with allergies such as hay fever, are also vulnerable in the winter season. He said it is advisable for parents to meet with the doctors on...
Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Robbery Suspects Denied Bail
They were remanded for another 14 days after the prosecutor Boitshepo Kaisara successfully opposed bail. He said three other suspects are still at large and it is not safe to release the others on bail. "The investigations on this matter are still...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Murderer Gets 12 Years In Jail
Mosojane said his judgment is based on the interests of both the society and the accused. "Murder cases, especially with the use of knives have become common in Botswana and that should be corrected. The fact that you are the breadwinner in your...
Kopano Olesitse
Correspondent 07 May 2007
SA Comedians Ridicule AB
He had to go to his hotel without any bags. Another comedian, Kedibone Mulaudzi, also related his "ordeal" when he too could not find his baggage. He said Maitisong director, Gao Lemmenyane, who had gone to pick them up from the airport, must have...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 07 May 2007
Mulaudzi Plants Comedy Seeds In Gabs
Today Mulaudzi is one of SA's rising stand-up comedy stars. He is described by one website as "young, funny, creative, smart, very energetic and talented". Within a short time, his comedy stable has bloomed and today it boasts of talented...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 07 May 2007
Celebrity Defined
Visibility may come because of manner of dress, accent when speaking, mobility in the leadership of various organisations, conspicuous consumption - that means buying many things attracts attention - or simply, inheritance of social...
Talking Musika
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 07 May 2007
Learn How To Eat Well And Relax Early On!
So seriously yes, we all need to learn to relax. Life is stressful enough, and surely a chill pill is the required way to go. Not to mention that this month of January brings a lot of pressures, especially financial, as kids have to start school, oh...
Food For The Soul
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 07 May 2007
Gaolathe Presents 'The Botswana Experience'
Serwalo Tumelo, the Permanent Secretary at the ministry says that Gaolathe attended the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, and the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York.He later went to Sussex in...
07 May 2007
FNBB Cautions On Share Split
According to Stockbrokers Botswana analysts, the move is being done 'to make the shares more affordable and increase tradability of the share on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)'. However, the transaction is subject to Regulatory approval by the...
07 May 2007
New Pan African Pay-TV Service Promises Low Cost TV
It is claimed that the advanced and efficient delivery platform will substantially reduce the cost and ease of set-up for customers and that the direct-to-home, satellite-based service will deliver the highest quality digital reception across the...
07 May 2007
Women, Get Wise
I would like us, as women, to think about the stereotypes around us. The negative energies we apparently carry around and contaminate workplaces with, and the self-defeating practices we engage in, sometimes without even knowing it. I would like us...
Out To Lunch
SHAMEELA WINSTON 07 May 2007
Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
There was a feeling though that a lot of Batswana parents would not afford to pay the fees. Government responded by saying those who could not pay would be assessed by social workers and deserving parents/learners assisted by government. The process...
07 May 2007
The Price Of Winning
It is often the difference between the genius who ultimately amounts to nothing and the less prodigious individual who achieves much. It is a quality upon which many great achievements of the past were founded, but unfortunately it is a quality that...
The Winners Code
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 07 May 2007
Theirs Or Ours?
And remember how their training had failed to prepare them for a situation where they would be asked to introduce themselves to the very people on whom they had been sent to spy! Just a week later, Mmegi, not to be outdone, came up with an almost...
Etcetra ll
SANDY GRANT 07 May 2007
MDC's Brutal Tyrant - Part 2
From Coltart's account so far we have learnt how over the years Tsvangirai used violence against those he perceived as political opponents within his own party - including female legislators! The Western media (with our pliant local media on hand for...
MONDAY MEETING
BUGALO CHILUME 07 May 2007
Air Botswana Controversy: Rule Of Law Crisis?
Is it disregarding the rule of law and basic principles of constitutionalism? Does Parliament have powers to veto the executive's decision or is it just an illusion on the part of our MP's? I propose to discuss only the legal aspect of the issue."The...
07 May 2007
Cartoon 07.05.07
07 May 2007
America's Suicidal Statecraft
Even so, America remains by far the world's most powerful country; its decline has more to do with its incompetent use of power than with the emergence of competitors. It is American leaders' "suicidal statecraft," to use Arnold Toynbee's pithy...
Shlomo Ben-Ami 07 May 2007
Tour Of Supa Ngwao Museum Is Quite Revealing
It is proving to be one of the few places whose core business is not only to collect the remnants of the past, but also to wage a fierce battle to preserve our culture, which is undoubtedly being eroded by the waves of foreign...
Dan Mosekaphofu
Correspondent 07 May 2007
Magosi Redeem Dented Pride
Despite missing the services of key striker Jerome Ramatlhakwana due to injury, Chiefs were unstoppable. In the absence of Ramatlhakwana, nippy striker Pontsho Moloi and Steven Maposa led the onslaught with outstanding success. Moloi opened the...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Botswana Scoops Four Gold At Africa Meet
Tshube who participated in all of Batswana men 100m B race overcame Mmoloki Seele and Seonyatseng Nthompe who got position two and three respectively. The men 100m A race was won by South African Kagisho Kumbane ahead of Namibia's Hietjivirue...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Bright Dismisses BFA's Claims
The last time I spoke to BFA was on April 25 and since then nothing has come out," Bright said on Saturday. He was reacting to claims by BFA technical director Sikalame Keatlholetswe that they will meet the coach today to finalise his contract before...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
Toronto Win Raditsebe Case
But Notwane have defiantly fielded Raditsebe because he had been cleared to play for the club by the Players' Status Committee. This earned the wrath of the PLC forcing the club to appeal to the Botswana Football Association (BFA) Disciplinary...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 07 May 2007
TAFIC Hammer ECCO City
Matjimenyenga humiliated ECCO 3-1 at Masunga Sports Complex in the first round. On Saturday ECCO did not have a good game before a fully packed stadium as Godfrey Tamirepi's TAFIC dominated their neighbours with good football. It was clear from...
Mogomotsi Moloi
Correspondent 07 May 2007
Nkate denies assurances on fees
Previously, the MoE had reportedly said no student would be sent away from school after the re-introduction of school fees last year. Instead, the ministry asserted that parents who fail to pay would face legal action. "I never said that. You could...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 08 May 2007
Zim men deny assaulting magistrate
The two were suspects in a robbery case when they made good their escape. Muti is already serving a 10-year sentence on another robbery case. After the escape, they were slapped with three counts of assault, malicious damage to property and unlawful...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 08 May 2007
Men languish in jail
Charles Peter and Mompoloki Motswagole both aged 22 are accused of having broken into the store and stole property amounting to P2260. They are said to have broken into Motswagole General Dealer, which belongs to the Motswagole family in Tonota....
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 08 May 2007
South Africans celebrate Freedom Day
"We still need to do more to fully overcome the divisions of the past." Moopela revealed that as a realisation of the deep-seated divide between the rich and the poor, a presidential legacy called Freedom Park was inaugurated to contribute towards...
JOHN CHURU
Correspondent 08 May 2007
Irate wife attacks hubby with knife
Celestino Silwamba, who was rushed to the hospital after the incident, had picked up a quarrel with his wife for refusing to serve rice to his mother. Mpulungu District Health Director Florence Mwale, confirmed that the hospital was attending to a...
CHARITY MUSA
Correspondent 08 May 2007
BOTUSA conducts Truvada clinical trials
The trials that are being conducted in Gaborone and Francistown, target young Batswana adults, aged 18 to 29 who are not infected by HIV. The director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, at the United States Centres for Disease...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 08 May 2007
Murder case postponed indefinitely
Size Sibanda, alias Thuso, on April 29, 2002, allegedly stabbed his elder brother Mbatesi Sibanda to death at Tati siding near Francistown. During Sibanda's trial, Nyangabgwe-based specialist psychiatrist Dr. Philip Opondo told the court that the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 08 May 2007
TEC, Canadian varsity group sign deal
The mutual advantage in working together would also strengthen research and education links and cooperation between Gaborone and Ottawa. TEC has developed a long-term vision for the tertiary education system in Botswana and is seeking ways to...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 08 May 2007
We salute Venson -Moitoi, but ...
Unlike her predecessors, Venson-Moitoi has been quite pro-active in engaging interested parties such Parliament and media practitioners themselves. She has even challenged publishers and media owners to play a part in ensuring that freedom of...
EDITOR 08 May 2007
Pensions for all? Ideas on extending pension provision to the low paid - Part 1
However, not all employees are covered by pension funds, and there is also a major contrast between coverage in the public sector and the private sector. Overall, around 37 percent of employees in the formal sector are members of pension funds....
Dr. KEITH JEFFERIES 08 May 2007
Silent struggle for sign language rights
Yet while these languages are recognised as official languages, sign language is not. And that means that the deaf do not have access to society, and that sign language interpreters are not officially recognized in Botswana. If our President and...
08 May 2007
Cartoon Strip-07-05-07
08 May 2007
LionOre suitor forecasts nickel supply deficit
"In the circumstances when a number of sizable projects in the industry are delayed, we do not see enough supply to cover the expected demand," he said in an e-mail interview. On May 3, Norilsk announced a takeover bid for Canada's LionOre Mining,...
08 May 2007
Leather industryneeds protection - Tanners
The country's previous sole tannery and steady supplier of wet blue leather, operated by the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), closed in October last year. TIB used to buy wet blue leather as raw material from BMC Tannery. It is currently unclear when...
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT 08 May 2007
Local Rastas plan huge Bob Marley fiesta
Every year individuals who appreciate the greatest among the great in the music industry find a day to remember the departed hero, whose music not only touched many lives but also made a huge difference worldwide. In this regard, a group of locals...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 08 May 2007
Lutheran Serenades release gospel album
The album, conceived in February this year, has 11 songs, namely the title track: Tlaang go Jesu, Bakeresete ba re tsamayang, Jesu tsaya atla same, Latlhela tlhe mo modimong, Glory to God, I need thee; Love came down, Abide with me, A re tsogeng,...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 08 May 2007
Notwane end Reds unbeaten run
Molefe was again at the thick of things in the 14th minute when he turned a defender before making his first attempt at goal but Notwane goalkeeper, Mompoloki Sephekolo was alert and handled the shot easily. Notwane's first chance came in the 21st...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 08 May 2007
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