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Hippie For Jesus The Christ
MIC otherwise known as Men In Christ is a band from Natal, South Africa, comprising youthful Christians namely Stephen Rothquel, Peter Stainbank and Theran Knighton-Fitt, whose approach towards spreading the message of Jesus Christ is not orthodox at...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
Art Is A Language Of Its Own
The conversation arose from a cartoon done by Billy Chiepe to show what happened at the recent special congress of the Botswana National Front (BNF) in Molepolole. Correctly, Rhoda Sekgororoane, the vice president of the women's caucus, says...
Talking Musika
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 04 June 2007
Heart Matters: Some Nutrition And Lifestyle Strategies
That is to say they basically have no nutritional or health regard for their precious hearts. If truly they ate well and obeyed nature and the few golden rules, why should they have ill or bad hearts, not to mention 'dark' hearts? As experts know and...
FOOD FOR THE SOUL
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 04 June 2007
Huggins For 'A Wider Embrace' Of Tourists
Speaking at the launch of the company at the Gaborone Sun last Thursday, Huggins said travel and tourism was currently one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy in terms of job creation. In Botswana, tourism accounts for one in every...
04 June 2007
Reference Checks
It is an area where, once again, we cannot make decisions without seeking validation elsewhere first. As much as I dislike relying on outside influences, in this instance I really understand. I mean, how else can a prospective employer verify the...
OUT TO LUNCH
SHAMEELA WINSTON 04 June 2007
African Copper's Thakadu Drill Results Positive
These two project areas, part of African Copper's Matsitama Exploration Project, are located approximately 70 kilometres southeast of the company's Dukwe Copper Mining Project, where an open pit and copper processing facility are currently under...
Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 04 June 2007
Pay Back Bursaries For Free Education
This week we confine outselves to the issue of repayment of government loans by those who benefited from the Bursaries Department - now the Department of Student Placement and Welfare.Indeed the government has helped many of us escape...
04 June 2007
The 'Should Have Been' Phenomenon
One day the king went on a journey to a foreign land with his son. As was his custom he carried with him a briefcase in which was the title deed bequeathing on Nacirfa the rights to both kingdoms. As fate would have it the king died and left...
THE WINNERS CODE
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 04 June 2007
What Doesn't Work
This one reported that North East District Councillors were infuriated by the failure of government departments to respond to Council motions. They said that only two percent of motions forwarded to Gaborone are ever answered and even those are...
Etcetra ll
SANDY GRANT 04 June 2007
No Cause For Alarm At Tennis Centre
I also have distaste for words like apartheid, boss and so on and feel such words should no longer be used. Monitor's reporter highlighted an extremely unpleasant situation at the BTA tennis courts. However, I would not blame this situation on...
04 June 2007
Reform Lobby Needs 2009 Breakthrough
On one side are defenders of the status quo who posit that the practises in place have served the country well and there is no need for review. They say if it ain't broke why fix it. This view seems to occupy the...
GUEST COLUMN
BOTSALO NTUANE 04 June 2007
The Need To Redesign Secondary Schools
But secondary schools tend to look very much like they did decades ago-yes, there are now new buildings, even many new junior and senior schools, even new blocks for practical subjects that did not exist before, better libraries, enhanced computer...
04 June 2007
Cartoon 04/06/07
04 June 2007
Im Going For My Constituency Masitara
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Bame Piet
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
Old Naledi Woman Fights For Property
Although she could not recall the exact dates, the vision impaired elderly woman said that the old man, Isaka Taba, had never contributed towards the property. She told court last week that the old man came from Mookane and admitted that he had put...
Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
Molepolole Headman Justifies Woman's Flogging
In the case that was heard last month in the village, the woman was ordered to undress and she was given four lashes on her back by men.According to the country's laws, women should not be subjected to corporal punishment. Even the whipping of men on...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 04 June 2007
Jackets For Dogs
"The jackets are handmade here in Botswana," she says. "They are of different sizes for different dogs, the same way different people have different size clothes. We measure the dog from neck to tail and look at the diameter" Paws uses tracksuit...
Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
We Can't Change School Time Table - Zuze
The Principal Public Relations Officer in the ministry, Nomsah Zuze said that if they make students come to school an hour late it would mean extending that hour into the afternoon and thereby making them arrive home very late. She was speaking to...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
Man Convicted For Killing Lover
Sentencing Gabaikanngwe Seleke for the murder of Tiro Keitirang on February 5, 2005 at Palla Road village, he quoted a New Toronto article by one Huggard who said: "Sentencing is lonely and onerous," Justice Masuku said the quote would guide him to...
Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent 04 June 2007
DSPW Plans Special Loans Recovery Office
The loan recovery office is a big office and we did not have an officer dealing specifically with recovering loans from the graduates. We are working hard in setting up that office, Radipotsane said.This came after some graduates received DSPW...
Chandapiwa Baputaki 04 June 2007
Man Wins Assault Suit Against Police
The issue of determination by the court was whether Swabi was unlawfully and wrongfully assaulted by Sergeant Akofang, Constable Kabudi and Constable Lepora causing him pain and injury on the eye, jaws and chest. The second issue was whether the...
Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent 04 June 2007
Babereki House Under The Hammer
In a notice of execution from the High Court in Lobatse, the union building popularly known as Babereki House will be sold in an auction on June 30."The judgment debtor rights, title, and interest together with all development on a certain piece of...
Oliver Modise
Staff writer 04 June 2007
Gabs-Tlokweng Road To Become Dual Carriageway
He said work on the stretch from the Polytechnic roundabout to the Tlokweng-Zeerust border gate would start next January. The expansion, according to the project supervisor, will take 30 months. Sello said the existing Polytechnic circle would also...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 04 June 2007
Emerging Hope From Africa
Consider three major historical trends. First, in 1989, there were just four democracies in Africa. Today, there are at least 18, including South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Benin, Mali, Ghana, Senegal, with Liberia the most recent to join the...
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf* 04 June 2007
Goalie Phale Stirs Letlapeng To Victory
After both sides were locked to a 1-1 draw inside 90 minutes, penalties had to decide which side reaches the next stage. But it was Letlapeng goalkeeper who brought smiles to their vociferous supporters when he denied XI Brothers' Keokame Rantlhapi...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
Tango Boys Sustain Premier League Status
At the Lobatse Stadium, Notwane suffered their ninth defeat of the season when they were beaten 2-1 by relegated Prisons XI. The win did not move Prisons XI from the 15th position and are only left with one game against Mochudi Centre Chiefs on June...
04 June 2007
Kabelano Cup To Be Launched
Unlike in the past when supporters were given a chance to vote for teams to take part in this event through sms, this year, close sources to the organisers informed Monitor Sport that, Township Rollers, Gaborone United, Notwane and Mochudi Centre...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
'Mantshwabisi' Goes To Lentsweletau
How will life be without Mantshwabisi? It has taken 21 years of branding to associate the annual Toyota 1 000km motor event in Botswana with the small San village of Mantshwabisi, deep in the Kalahari Desert. Traditional followers of the event have...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 04 June 2007
Paper Club Vows To Bounce Back
Decorated Paper Club has lately been playing second fiddle to a number of teams. In the men's side, Paper Club watched from the sidelines as teams like Scramblers, Wipers, BDF IX and Vikings dominated the local scene. In the women's side, Bears,...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 04 June 2007
Ex-Face of Africa finalist mounts Winter fashion show
Since she made it to the finals of the Mnet Face of Africa last year, Basima says she has been involved in promotional shows here, especially music shows. She says although she has not been making headlines as one of the few women promoters...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 05 June 2007
Strike called off
GTLBSA chairperson Gibson Matenge said that they agreed at a meeting with the officials at the Ministry of Works and Transport that the buses must not be allowed to drop passengers after 8am. "We will soon be seeing the commissioner of police on how...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 05 June 2007
Public transporters anger commuters
Commuters and the public in general have reacted with fury and anger into what they see as operators who have turned themselves into a law unto themselves. The strike came after the Gaborone Taxis and Local Bus Service Association had objected to the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 05 June 2007
Lets tackle emerging HIV/AIDS issues Monyakeng
He told the four-day all districts workshop held at Boipuso hall to look at the challenges faced by the NSF and their gaps. Without addressing fundamental issues, where are we going? He suggested that they look at gaps in policies, in cases of...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 05 June 2007
Unions uniting to save Babereki house
We have made some progress in the drive to save the building, said BFTU secretary general, Gadgani Mhotsha. According to Mhotsha, twenty-five of the organisations affiliate groups that have paid up have pledged to save the building by contributing to...
Oliver Modise
Staff writer 05 June 2007
CITES chief cites major threats
The Botswana delegation to the European Union (EU) in Brussels Tshenolo Modise and the Wildlife and National Parks director Rapelang Mojaphoko led the Botswana party of 14 people.In his opening remarks, CITES secretary general Willem...
TIRO KGANELA 05 June 2007
Gabs taxis short-change commuters
As we understand it, the Gaborone transport operators (through GTLBSA) had demanded that bus operators from out-of-town must not be allowed to drop off clients (passengers) at their workplaces once in Gaborone. Such a demand is perplexing in...
Edior 05 June 2007
Blair, true friend of Africa
Can Blair, corrupted Bliar by Comrade Bob and other detractors, be a true friend of Africa? Madiba thinks so. I will be the last to dismiss Madibas public statement off-the-cuff, knowing his love for Africa and his respect for others who genuinely...
AS I SEE IT
MICHAEL DINGAKE 05 June 2007
BNF is not dying
Last week, another one who cowardly masquarades under a false identity (Tabona Manje), comically labelled the BNF a threat to national security. In this response to the two contributions, I seek to demonstrate to the public why it is self-deception...
05 June 2007
Cartoon 05/06/07
05 June 2007
End of the road for the Zebras
The fixture had to be taken to neighbouring Rwanda after their home ground in Bujumbura was declared 'unfit' for the game. After holding the hosts for 83 minutes, the Zebras allowed Abdul Hakizimana to snatch the winner, which technically ended the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 05 June 2007
Dj Trax Revolutionised
Dj Trax will forever be associated with the June 16 student uprising in South Africa, when students went on a peaceful march against the introduction of the teaching of Afrikaans in black schools and were slaughtered by the apartheid police force....
05 June 2007
Athletics team to be announced
The one-day event was held at UB Stadium on Saturday. As expected, Kabo Gabaseme of Gaborone Runners Club (GRC) who represented the country at the Greatest Race on Earth came tops in the men's 5000m race. He gave a sterling performance to beat...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 05 June 2007
Soccer tragedy hits Africa
The accident occurred a few hours after the match, as the helicopter ferried passengers from Freetown to Lungi airport to connect with a chartered flight bound for Togo. An official at the airport told BBC Sport the helicopter was about to land when...
05 June 2007
BEDIA'S Zim partner exalts agreement
BEDIA signed a technical agreement with the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Company (ZITF Company) last year to get technical assistance from the latter on running and marketing trade fairs. The first show they collaborated on in the US$85 000 (P5,...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 05 June 2007
Xstrata pulls out of LionOre nickel bid battle
Even so, Xstrata extended the closing date for its own offer to midnight on June 15.The Norilsk bid had valued LionOre at US$6.43 billion (or around P38 billion) as against the US$5.86 billion (or around P36.3 billion) Xstrata offer.This is probably...
05 June 2007
Tight anti-piracy efforts pay off
The study has revealed that Botswana, Kenya and Zambia each saw piracy rates drop by one percent as a result of concerted efforts from both the public and private sectors to promote the message that piracy not only robs software vendors of revenues,...
05 June 2007
Credit growth rises in April
The high annual growth was due to faster growth in credit to the business sector, which accelerated to 19.3 percent from 14.4 percent in March. Within the business sector, the year-on-year growth in credit to parastatals rose from -11.2 percent to...
05 June 2007
Govt out to serve the poor - Motsumi tells taximen
Lesego Motsumi was responding to the complaints raised by the Gaborone Taxis and Local Bus Service Association (GTLBSA) who had objected to buses ferrying passengers from villages around Gaborone and dropping them off at their work places instead of...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 05 June 2007
Botswana ivory gets the go-ahead
The ivory exports was agreed in principle in 2002 but were made conditional on the establishment of up-to-date and comprehensive baseline data on elephant poaching and population levels (MIKE-Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants). Botswana has...
05 June 2007
BDP women protest
The BDP executive secretary, Dr Comma Serema, said the meeting has agreed that " there be a probe into the elections petition."A group of BDP women signed a petition in which they cited some 'irregularities'-mainly the use of the outlawed lobbylists....
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 05 June 2007
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