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Is Gaur a fraudster?
But Gaur is a businessman with allegedly controversial dealings. He has made millions of Pula, most of which he sends to his home country electronically. After a few months' visit to his native India, Gaur is back in Botswana. He is under active...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
Mmopane election set for July
"Nomination of candidates shall be held on the 6th July, 2007 between 0900am to 1.00pm and 2.30pm to 5.pm", states the press statement. Tau Manthe Primary School was identified as the host for nomination of candidates. In the battle to claim the...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
Amputated man in limbo as BPC snubs him
Nkopane's family filed a claim for compensation with the BPC; but the corporation's insurers said they could only settle the matter for P10, 000, which the family did not accept as they considered it too little as compensation for someone rendered...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 June 2007
Night of the swords at Pop Star Botswana
Tshepo thinks of quitting pop star show She walked out of the stage sluggishly with frustration written all over her face after being staggered by criticism from the three judges for the second week running. You could not believe it. Here is a...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 22 June 2007
Music freedom in Africa is restricted
World musicians, indeed, have played a marked and commendable role, intuitively with valour, to accelerate the attainment of political freedom through their unfailing disparaging of their respective, oppressive rulers or governments. In South Africa,...
TERENCE MUSUKU
Correspondent 22 June 2007
Do the next gag
In Ocean's Thirteen the gang returns to Las Vegas, the city of lies; the main lie is that gambling, an addictive fantasy, will make you rich; the next lie is that Robin Hood should be reversed - you can steal from the rich to give to the rich, to...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 22 June 2007
The city of broken survivors
Sefi Atta is being hailed as one of the members of the third generation of Nigerian writers in English. Her first novel, Everything Good Will Come can be placed along with Helon Habila's Waiting for an Angel and Measuring Time, Chimamanda Ngozi...
BOOK REVIEW 22 June 2007
Industry embraces BoB's Bank Rate cut
Manufacturers have consistently singled out shortage of raw materials and high interest rates - pushed by the level of the Bank Rate - as the bane of doing business in Botswana.Vijay Naik, the president of Flo-Tek, a local pipe manufacturing company,...
STAFF WRITER 22 June 2007
Question: Is the law an ass?
But there are some really entertaining laws. Laws that are useful, practical and that empower us all. My personal favourite is the Consumer Protection Act and the Regulations that followed it. They give us all a right to have a...
CONSUMER WATCHDOG 22 June 2007
Molefhe's socialist spin falls short
The column itself was prompted by a message emblazoned on May Day, proclaiming privatisation as the foundation for workers' poverty. A month later, the piece comes under attack from Rampholo Molefhe writing in the June 15, 2007 edition of Mmegi. His...
STAYING AHEAD
Dichaba Molobe 22 June 2007
Standard Chartered on Botswana - Kenya rates
As such, any currency impact should be minimal. First, we do not expect other market interest rates to be much changed as a result of this move. The increased borrowing requirement announced in the recent Budget should continue to provide...
22 June 2007
Zim man arrested with P500,000
"He told the police that he came to Botswana to deposit the money in a bank. He said he had a business in his home country," Mphathi said. He asserted that they still want to establish the source of the money and whether it comes from the proceeds of...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 22 June 2007
Beat drum against white-collar crime
Recently the law enforcement community, among them the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime and the Police Service, have indicated that complex crimes such as money laundering, fraud and cyber crime, are proving to present a formidable...
EDITOR 22 June 2007
Positive news about our Basarwa citizens
It is also a pleasure to note that the Hon Ponatshego PHK Kedikilwe is the Patron whose "tremendous support, once more given," is acknowledged and appreciated in the Report. I thought readers might like, for a change, to hear constructive news about...
QUESTION TIME
Patrick van Rensburg 22 June 2007
Curling tail a sign of surrender and submission
The national language, Setswana is loosing its original words and taste due to the intellectuals, the pride, the innocent, the vision oriented and academics fiddling with words to suit their rightful descriptions in order to give better labels or an...
22 June 2007
Access roads policy connects more villages
The underlying principle of the access roads policy is to connect more and more villages to the public highway system.The Minister of Works and Transport Lesego E. Motsumi has been explaining the Access Roads Policy in the country, specifically at...
22 June 2007
I was misrepresented - Mamela
The impression I get from the above phrase is out of context of what I said in my address of that rally. What I said was that social democracy as a philosophy the Botswana Congress Party subscribes to, was not invented by the BNF It is a philosophy...
22 June 2007
Drink of a woman
"Women of all shapes and sizes and different drinking capabilities come here and drink from the men, but that social courtesy is never returned. At least not in the buying of another drink. We want to taste the drink of a woman!"Walkie...
NITTY GRITTY
BAROLONG SEBONI 22 June 2007
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22 June 2007
BNOC, BNSC fight for supremacy
The grapevine has it that the reason behind the snub is a latent power struggle between the BNSC and the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC). Though top officials from the two organisations deny that there is a tussle for power, they admit...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 22 June 2007
Comets edge closer to Premier League
After beating Motlakase 2-0 in their first game at Molepolole Sports Complex on Sunday, Comets lead the pack with six points and seven goals. A win against Naughty Boys in their second meeting at the Police College tonight, will see Comets retaining...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
Komphela spreads his wings
"The team that is competing in this tournament (Sasol Eight Nations) is not our regular team. This is the team that we are working around taking to the All Africa Games. We will use these matches to give aspiring youngsters a chance to state a claim...
22 June 2007
Ramaotwana wants ministry to settle bank arrears
In a motion expected to be presented at the opening of the full council meetings next Monday, the dethroned Botswana National Front (BNF) civic leader has raised concern that the P21 million paid to Daisy Loo in 2005 was unbudgeted for and derailed...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
Stage set for Lobatse golf open
"This is an open tournament which means everyone is welcome, locals and foreigners and there are no quotas. We are trying to keep the competitive spirit among the players especially the locals. It will also help us to prepare our order of merit,"...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 22 June 2007
Bashing Rowe is not a solution
Victory last Saturday has surely provided a reprieve for the troubled coach. It was a credible win, I must say. Tell you what, one subject that makes my heart palpitate with pleasure is that of the national team. I am not alone here. Football fans do...
FIRST CUT
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 22 June 2007
Zebras assignments threaten Kabelano
Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers are likely to be the most affected by the international tournaments. Chiefs have five players - Gobonyeone Selefa, Stanley Tsolope, Boniface Makolo, Elijah Phiriepa and Noah Maposa in the junior team. In the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
GCC owed P20 million in rates
However, some people are complaining that the debt collectors are overcharging them. One woman, who preferred anonymity, said that when she went to pay P600 at GCC offices recently, she was told to go and pay at one of the debt collectors. ...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
Govt to blame for public sector inertia
Othusitse Tsalaile was speaking to Mmegi on the eve of their commemoration of Quality Public Service Week to be held in Gaborone tomorrow (Saturday). According to Tsalaile, the commemoration is aimed at educating public servants about the importance...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
UB hosts Africa Award
Vice chancellor Professor Bojosi Otlhogile will present the award to the 2006 winner, Lebogang Mashile. This will then be followed by an official launch of the Noma Archive and a poetry session, featuring the winner Mashile, T.J Demba and Boipelo...
22 June 2007
Batshu hands over to successor
Batshu was retiring after 37 years of service. His retirement coincided with his birthday. He thanked Mogae for showing confidence in him by appointing him commissioner in 2004, after Norman Moleboge retired and became Botswana's High...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
BCP, British Labour Party meet a resounding success
The workshop which focused on "Promoting participatory decision-making" was attended by senior party leaders from sister parties that included the Labour Party (UK), Botswana Congress Party, Young Social Democrats (Uganda), Chama Chama Party...
22 June 2007
They are out to get me - Lekoba
With only about two years to the 2009 general election, it appears some politicians have started sharpening their knives for the backstabbing, to find their way into council chambers. In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, Lekoba claimed that there...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 22 June 2007
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