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Child trafficking rife in Botswana
There are parents, guardians, and relatives who sell or give away their children because they cannot provide for them. There are also people who target poor families and take their children away promising to feed, clothe and take them to school.The...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 12 June 2007
Ghetto Artists educate Francistowners
The characters in the play, E YA KEKELA, range from people, body parts to STIs. They are characters representing people, vaginas, STIs like gonorrea, syphilis and more. Ghetto Artists has teamed up with ACHAP through the District Multi Sectoral...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 12 June 2007
Former Miss Malaika Botswana brings a crown
It was not an easy road for the young beauty who says despite her appeals to different government departments for help, ahead of the competition, she was largely ignored. The beauty queen is unhappy that the Department of Youth, Sports and Culture...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 12 June 2007
Then they just vanished
Nina's Journey is the story of the Swedish writer-director Lena Einhorn's mother, Nina Rajmic, a Polish Jew whose parents were from Russia. Their home was in Lodz, central Poland, but when the war began in September 1939 they moved to Warsaw and into...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 12 June 2007
Gaolathe challenges banks to reach rural areas
The minister said recently that government is committed to promoting banking services accessibility to all."The banks are therefore expected to assist in supporting this objective by coming up with financial service products, which are accessible to...
12 June 2007
Minister urge exploitation of WTO opportunities
The minister said developing countries like Botswana are still faced with challenges that include financial constraints in order to integrate their economies into MTS. Moroka told participants that MTS presents market access opportunities resulting...
12 June 2007
Blue mulls over Botswana, Zambia listing
Van Niekerk said the dual listing, which is scheduled for August in Botswana and September in Zambia, would give investors in the two southern African countries an opportunity to acquire shares in the mass market lender, which is listed on the JSE's...
12 June 2007
Good work MoH; blow that trumpet Sheila!
As we understand it, the total number of patients on this second-line of drugs is around 1 000. This on its own should make the task of the health workers a manageable one in recalling and replacing the drug.We appeal to the patients on the...
EDITOR 12 June 2007
Ntlo ya Dikgosi
Whether the constitution is now tribally neutral, remains debatable. Yes, more tribes, though not all, are now represented in the Ntlo ya Dikgosi. Contrary to the expectations of tribal neutrality, the members of Ntlo are still divided into two...
AS I SEE IT
MICHAEL DINGAKE 12 June 2007
Open letter to Rre Moupo
Despite all this negativity I stood firm and grounded in my conviction that a neo-imperialist colonial system of governance is not suitable to elevate the poor masses from destitution to a dignified way of life.In 2001 when we elected you BNF...
12 June 2007
Cartoon 12-06-07
12 June 2007
Kgatleng 'Ma-Domi' smoke peace pipe
The elections reflected the spirit of President Festus Mogae's warning against factionalism.During the run-up to the Ghanzi congress at which Ponatshego Kedikilwe lost the chairmanship to Vice President, Ian Khama, Kgatleng East, openly led by its...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 12 June 2007
Moloi on cloud-nine
The double gave the marksman top spot in the goalscorer's chart and this season's Golden Boot award. Before the Prisons game, Moloi had 20 goals, one less than his top rival Tshepiso 'Sox' Molwantwa of Notwane. When the game started, it was clear...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 12 June 2007
GU holds inaugural awards ceremony
The guest speaker, Horatio Mahloane said at the ceremony that since the soccer club will be celebrating a great achievement, the 2006-2007 team could have done better, at least by winning the national title. GU finished the season in fourth spot with...
12 June 2007
Wells lift Navara Challenge cup
From the beginning, it was not clear who would emerge victorious as both sides played a cautious game. Bears went on the ascendancy in the third inning as Wells wilted under pressure. After Wells registered the first run, they put themselves under...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 June 2007
NDF candidate accuses BCP of rigging
Phage scooped 234 votes while Phale got 161. Now Phale is understood to have written a letter to the BCP accusing Phage of rigging the polls. Reports say she is complaining that the elections were not free and fair. She is allegedly accusing Phage of...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 12 June 2007
Kgatleng council warns against land speculators
"We thought that young people are the ones involved but it came to our attention that parents have joined the fray," she revealed.She said it was very disturbing that after they had worked so hard and spent huge sums of money to secure land for...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 12 June 2007
BNF condemns govt school fees policy
"Today children from poor families, taken care of by social workers are sent back home. The government, at the time of introducing school fees, said the children whose parents earned more than P550.00 per month, would be the ones to pay, but even...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 12 June 2007
Agric offices sickening
They said that the situation was worse early this year prompting them to report the matter to the Member of Parliament for Gaborone South, Akanyang Magama. They said that the water in the offices is affected. The employees further said that...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 12 June 2007
Assembly increases WHO's 2008-9 budget
She said this is the biggest budget so far and requires member states to start implementing programmes.She said that 2,400 delegations from WHO's 193 member countries attended the meeting and adopted 18 resolutions of which Botswana contributed to...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 12 June 2007
'Smart Partners' discuss national visions
The event started on Sunday evening with the 'Smart Partners' meeting the media, mainly to brief them on what the Gaborone meeting was all about. Representatives from the governments of Mozambique, Swaziland and Botswana briefly shared with the media...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 12 June 2007
Masire disappointed Smart Partnership is not celebrating
The Smart Partnership Movement was born in Kasane in 1997 when SADC heads of state and Malaysia came together to map out how they could develop national visions as a means to advance their economies. Masire was speaking at a press briefing at the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 12 June 2007
BCP launches name and shame onslaught
In the document that has been circulated to all the diplomatic missions in Gaborone, BCP notes that over the last few years, the country has experienced a total onslaught on the rule of law and civil liberties. It says that as a political party...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
'Call-a-Dr' finds health service niche
"With two emergency hospitals and an estimated population of 250 000 people you do not have to worry about going to a hospital for a headache," she says. She says that one can call for advice or go online. Mongatane said in this busy world, the...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Letsie, Boko turn down BNF date
Earlier during the week there were reports that Letsie, a member of the BNF electoral board, had accepted party president Otsweletse Moupo's gesture, appointing her to the party central organ."What I can say is that I have not accepted the...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
World Day against Child Labour
A joint statement released by the Department of Labour and Social Security (DoLSS) and the programme Towards the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) noted that: "Although the term child labour...
13 June 2007
Police to raid illegal scrapyards
Offending scrapyard operators will also face the wrath of the Department of Sanitation and Pollution Control. The police chief says beginning June 22, police will enter any scrapyard to check if owners or operators have regularised with the law...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Zim trader nabbed over alleged stolen car
Ncube insists that he is the legitimate owner of the car."The vehicle is registered in my name. It can be easily confirmed across the border that the vehicle is mine. It is one in my business fleet of vehicles," he said in a Francistown magistrate's...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Families fight as woman gets seven year jail term
Phrases like 'o rekisitse ngwana wa gago' - you have sold your child - could be heard as other insults were hurled until the police officers intervened. Relatives of the accused retreated into the hallway and waited for her to leave the courtroom....
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Constable's evidence 'annoys' judge
Molapo alleged before Justice Lakhvinder Singh Walia that on the night before being taken before a District Officer (DO), he was assaulted for one-and-a-half hours by Gumare police officers. Esia Molapo is facing a single charge of murder in which...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 13 June 2007
Judge acquits robbery, murder suspects
"I can only reach one conclusion that the state has failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt," he said. The duo, Chimbidzani Tumisang and Johnson Masowa, were implicated in three counts of robbery and one of murder. Information before court...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Society to cheer up the needy
According to the centre's coordinator Martin Shumba, the non-profit organisation has children from the age of two to 30 years. The society provides educational services to all children with learning disabilities, who have Down's syndrome, autistic,...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
UB symposium to celebrate Bessie Head
It will include both international and local Head scholars. The symposium is being organised by the University of Botswana's English Department and the newly formed Bessie Head Heritage Trust. In conjunction with this event, Pentagon Publishers...
13 June 2007
Kgosi urges Batswana to revive traditional practices
"This event should be an annual event that should go with dikgafela," he said.Seepapitso IV added that if Bangwaketse and Batswana at large appreciated and loved themselves they should bring their harvest to the Kgotla and celebrate dikgafela, which...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Judge Dow to officially Open Bessie Head Festival
The festival will be based at the Khama III Memorial Museum and will begin with a book sale on July 14 from noon. Book lovers will find titles from some of their favourite local authors as well as Head's books. Later that same day, authors will...
LAURI KUBUITSILE
Correspondent 13 June 2007
Youth releases Kwaito album
"I especially love Jaros of the group Trompies. I grew up obsessed with trompies," he said. He said he is also a big fan of South African music icon Zola. As for local music, he says that he has deep respect for people like Franco because they write...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Oppenheimer visits Debswana mines
"Oppenheimer's visit to Orapa is pivotal as it signifies the De Beers chairman's appreciation of our operation," said the mine's Public and Corporate Affairs Manager, Thapelo Letsholo, in a statement. Letsholo said it was "a great honour to host the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
Swanky-look Thapama seeks five-star grading
The bar has been given a new look and an increased sitting capacity from 35 to 85 people. Lenaka now boasts couches and other executive sitting arrangements."We want this place to be graded five-star in all areas and Lenaka to cater for exclusive...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 13 June 2007
Real estate market buoyant - expert
"It is a buoyant property market we are in. We are seeing good property prices and they are still going up. We should always be focused on the job. We have to continuously surpass the expectations of our clients," van Vuuren said. Willem Scholtz...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
World Bank President nominee says a WTO deal possible
"I believe that a deal can be done. I believe a deal should be done. I believe it would make a great step for development and growth, so I would like to try and help," he told reporters after a meeting with French Foreign Minister Bernard...
13 June 2007
Commandments suit teachers too
It has almost become an accepted rule that politicians, particularly those who falter at party primary elections or general elections, are gratuitously retrieved from the political side streets and appointed to the land boards. It must be stated at...
EDITOR 13 June 2007
BNF - the way forward
The issue of the two groups is what led to this particular congress, each with differing views on certain matters particularly the one on an ideal leader. The front is a democratic organisation and one of the cornerstones of democracy is that...
13 June 2007
The 40-year Palestinian tragedy
The Somalia-like chaos and civil war that is now unfolding in Gaza as a result of this decades-old stalemate can be blamed partly on ill-conceived Israeli policies, and partly on an American administration that, for six long years, relegated the...
SHLOMO BEN-AMI j 13 June 2007
Rights violators should not be allowed to weaken UN Human Rights
As the UN Human Rights Council's inaugural year comes to a close, the Council is meeting this week in Geneva to determine some of the fundamental procedures that will be used by the body in years to come. A number of member countries have proposed...
13 June 2007
Cartoon 13.06.07
13 June 2007
Gunners promise to revamp their act
After another great escape act, a Gunners' official now say they have learnt vital lessons and they would not want to put supporters through prolonged jitters that end with a final day survival. Club spokesperson, Kitso Dlamini says they are...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 June 2007
BTTA changes AGM date
It would affect Article Eight, Section One of the BTTA constitution that says the AGM shall be held within two months before the end of the financial year. BTTA president, Gordon Modukanele told Mmegi Sport yesterday that all the stakeholders have...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 13 June 2007
IOC to honour Merafhe
BNOC spokesperson Andrew Kamanga said the board decided to submit Merafhe's name because of the contribution that he has made towards the development of sport. Among other things, the minister is credited with the formation of the Botswana Athletics...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 June 2007
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