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TSM sacks 'non-performers'
The affected school heads were served with letters, asking them to show cause why they should be retained and not go on early retirement.Mmegi can reveal that about seven senior secondary school headteachers and seven of their junior secondary...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
Camphill workers suspended pending probe
Mmegi is in possession of a letter allegedly written by Project Coordinator Richard Blake saying: "Camphill is planning to undertake an internal investigation into recent allegations of misconduct at Camphill made by you."This letter is to inform you...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
Robbery suspect slapped me - Seabelo driver tells court
Molatlhegi said on that particular morning, he was at work and saw a stranger order him to lie down. Molatlhegi said he tried to resist but the man, who was brandishing a pistol, gave him a hard slap. He said as he lay down, he heard more...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 May 2007
Fulbright scholarships available
It is then mainly an academic programme, but applications are also accepted from prospective candidates in public and private educational and cultural institutions, independent research institutes, and professional institutions. A statement making...
09 May 2007
Motswana director produces three-hour movie
Even though as Batswana we still fail to cut a long story short and get to the point, as it so happens in this movie, its producers managed to get away with it as they touched on a lot of issues that concern Batswana. Enterprising Vincent Hove, the...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
Master D and the pop stars face tough challenge
Not only will Master D be responsible for programming of the music, he will also be writing at least 10 songs for the contestants until the winner is decided. Master D is aware that contestants will need a beautifully crafted instrumental to...
09 May 2007
European Film Festival opens today
The first film today at 6 pm is a German movie Beyond Silence about a musically talented girl raised by deaf parents. The second film, A Matter of Taste at 8 pm, is from France about a personal food taster for a businessman and their...
09 May 2007
Farming is risky business - Phikwe youth
Speaking during a recent youth empowerment seminar on agriculture, the youth said because agriculture did not offer instant rewards, young people were reluctant to take up farming. They said the country's semi-arid climate and unpredictable...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
African ministers to adopt aviation safety roadmap
The session, laying the groundwork for the third conference of African Union (AU) air transport ministers, comes after Sunday's crash of a Kenya Airways jet over a remote rainforest in southern Cameroon.Participants at the meeting observed a minute...
09 May 2007
Stanchart commits to new service
Standard Chartered has pledged to pay P100 to any customer who calls the 24-hour call centre but fails to get their query resolved within a day. The P100 reward will be deposited in the customer's account. The bank's head of Consumer Banking, Pierre...
STAFF WRITER 09 May 2007
Magistrates must get security
Well, the Francistown case comes at a time when the very question of the safety and security of magistrates has been in the public domain for long. It is time that authorities acted to address the safety and security of magistrates and prosecutors....
EDITOR 09 May 2007
Challenges of arresting Zim criminals
CPS commander Superintendent Mokuedi Mphathi said after arresting Zimbabweans, they are confronted with new problems of language and identification. He asserted that it is not always easy to get correct names from Zimbabweans. "If it is a Motswana,...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
English football is the best in Europe
For now, let us not argue about the past since we all know the previous record of the bigwigs of European football. I must, however, submit that it is equally misguided to dispute the fact that the English Premiership is better than both La Liga...
09 May 2007
Pensions for All? Ideas on extending pension provision to the low paid,(Part two)
Most company pension schemes would have a somewhat higher rate of employer contribution - for instance the Government contributes 15 percent of salary into the BPOPF. In addition, employees are often required to make a contribution - typically...
Dr. KEITH JEFFERIES 09 May 2007
Did you pick up this error?
I must admit that these guys are really hard working and have gone beyond the call of duty. I tried working 24 hours a day for 30 days but could only clock a total of 720 hours, so I take my hat off to them because to achieve 900 hours per month they...
09 May 2007
Cartoon 09.05.07
09 May 2007
Dingake would have gone to the gallows singing
Speaking in an interview with Mmegi this week, Dingake said the award was not only in recognition of his efforts but also those of Batswana as a whole and other "comrades" in South Africa who worked with him in the struggle for freedom."It is just...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 May 2007
Moloi denies Rollers link
But since the two internationals returned to Gaborone towards the end of last month, there have been speculation that Moloi has opted to join Mapalastina. The reports say he is expected to feature for Rollers in the Kabelano Charity Cup in...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
Clubs rustrate Referees' Commission
Since the project started in 2005, only about six clubs have participated - all of them from the Premier League. Lebotse explained that generally, northern clubs seem to be responding more positively than the southern ones. He suspects...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 09 May 2007
Kenyan facility frustrates Botswana athlete
He was speaking to Mmegi Sport over the weekend after winning the 800m at the African Permit Meeting in Gaborone. He said the authorities in charge of his training programme in Kenya, have not afforded him opportunities to compete. Oabona is one of...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 09 May 2007
Zambian investors supervise workers with dogs - claim
She added that there is unemployment in Zambia, which has given power to employers to continue intimidating workers and threatening them with instant dismissals and redundancies. Nonde said even the Zambian government is guilty because it continues...
CHARITY MUSA
Correspondent 09 May 2007
Khan sees a stronger BNF after crucial congress
Political observers are eager about the outcome of the special congress at which incumbent president Otsweletse Moupo and deputy president Kathleen Letshabo will be locked in a bare-knuckled contest for the party presidency. Speaking at a political...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
Zim man convicted of stabbing police officers
The incident took place on June 5 last year at a bar in White City before the accused allegedly disappeared only to be arrested a month later after illegally entering the country at Ramokgwebana border. Mujaji rejected Ndlovu's defence for lack of...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 09 May 2007
Did Nkate lie?
Nkate dispels parents' school fees fear, 21 September 2005Education Minister Jacob Nkate has assured residents of Etsha 6 and Gumare that no student will be denied education when government reintroduces school fees next year. Nkate, who is MP for the...
09 May 2007
Wayei mourn ex-head man
Morotse, a well-known political activist, farmer and former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor for Sepopa/Ikoga, died after a long illness. He had been headman for the past 20 years. Speakers at his funeral described Morotse as a humble man...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 09 May 2007
Wayei pray govt will soon hear their cry
With Kamanakao Association flags flapping in the air, the horse riders left the delegation by the grave of the late Calvin Kamanakao, pulled the stirrups and tightened the reins as the animals ran wildly around the courtyard amid ululation, the...
NOMSA NDLOVU
Correspondent 09 May 2007
'Good Samaritans' allegedly rape stranded Zim women
"The women were allegedly gang-raped on Saturday at around 2a.m. at Monarch location. The women apparently had come from Bulawayo to do some shopping in Francistown on Friday, hoping to return that same day," Mphathi said. "They were in the...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 09 May 2007
Three Batswana arrested in Zimbabwe
The trio, whose names police refused to disclose yesterday, were arrested on Tuesday this week in Victoria Falls, western Zimbabwe. Assistant Inspector, Philip Mpofu, police spokesman for Matabeleland North province, under which the resort town...
Fraser Mopfu
Correspondent 10 May 2007
Ghana VP hits at African leaders
He said the leaders preside over corruption, maladministration and socio-economic deprivation of the people. Mahama was speaking at the start of a three-day African Peer Review Mechanism (QPRM) continental conference held in Accra under the theme:...
KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
Diplomatic row looms
The decision was announced on May 4 through the Botswana Government Gazette by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Charles Tibone. The affected are American Rudolf Stavenhagen and Briton Domini Michael Atcher Taylor. "In accordance with...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
Magistrate slams victims of tricksters
He expressed the sentiments when sentencing a man who claimed he was conned by a fraudster to 12 months in prison for stealing P35,000 from Cash Corp, a money lending company located in Broadhust. The convict Eric Keipeile was reportedly given the...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
Major reforms planned for judiciary
"All our plans have the potential to immensely reduce the backlog of cases in our courts," he said. At the moment there are cases, civil and criminal, dating back to 2003 that need to be resolved. The judiciary engaged the services of Justice...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
Motsumi addresses Air Botswana staff
As some of you may know, in December 2006, following a transparent tendering process, Cabinet gave my Ministry a mandate to commence negotiations with South African Airlink to explore proposals for privatisation of Air Botswana. Over the past few...
10 May 2007
PSI pulls out controversial condoms adverts
The now infamous "Ma-14" advert which ran on local publications depicts a girl who supposedly engages in sexual intercourse with an older man advocating the use of condoms presumably, the PSI's Lovers Plus flavoured and coloured range. Sources at PSI...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
Condoms go up in smoke
He said the estimated cost of damages caused by the fire that gutted five other offices in the building that housed their warehouse is P10 million. He said there was a new consignment of six million condoms from India that were still to undergo...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
WHITHER BOTSWANA
Some parents were apparently so unhappy about this policy-shift that many of them still refuse to pay school fees for their children. Thus, 700 students were recently sent home from Lobatse Senior Secondary School for non-payment of fees, and will...
DAN MOABI 10 May 2007
Deadwood II must be done properly
For quite some time now, non-performance in the civil service has been a topical issue. There is a strong public perception that the civil service in general is in a state of rot. The message from the public has been loud and clear - there is a need...
EDITOR 10 May 2007
Cartoon Strip-10-05-07
10 May 2007
It's a fact: Many will lose jobs at AB
Human resource experts have been appointed to help Government negotiate redundancy packages with affected staff. In her address to the airline's executive management this week, Motsumi said that the new company would offer jobs to "suitably...
10 May 2007
Sweden grants P13.5 million for Okavango Basin
The present was made Wednesday night in Maun, according to officials from the commission. Sweden has offered to assist the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) towards the starting of a secretariat in Maun. The grant will fund...
10 May 2007
Miss Botswana to attend All-Africa Festival in Lusaka
The festival in the Zambian capital is aimed at cementing African relations through the fostering and exhibiting of African social and cultural values using "African beauty queens" yearly, as social "Goodwill ambassadors of Africa". Speaking at a...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
Dargie believes he can still be top dog
Interestingly a good number of them are owned and run by some of the musicians who used to depend on him. Moreover, some established musicians such as Franco Lesokwane, and Jeff Matheatau have forged ties with Zimbabwean studios. But the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 10 May 2007
The title is ours-ECCO
This would mean that their nearest challengers BDF XI with 51 points from 25 games would finish second even if they win all their remaining five games. ECCO can get a maximum of 69 points while BDF XI can only reach 66. Legwatagwata said they will...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 10 May 2007
Prisons XI fight for survival
Assistant coach Gideon Tsenang told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they desperately need to win all their matches to survive. "It is a big task for us but we should at least win four games in order to survive or to make it to the play-offs," he said. He...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 10 May 2007
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