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Botswana activists lukewarm over AU
"While the African Union is credited with the establishment of legal and legislative institutions in a short time, the results sought by the Africans themselves cannot be attained until these institutions become executive organs. Hence, the African...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
BEC fails litmus test in SA
However, the Senior Broadcasting Regulations Officer at the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) Ben Mogwera says BEC only applied, but has not been granted a broadcasting licence in Botswana. BEC's Managing Director Andrew Jones...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 28 June 2007
Mbaakanyi becomes new BOCCIM president
Mbaakanyi emerged president at the BOCCIM annual general meeting (AGM) held at Boipuso Hall.In his acceptance speech, Mbaakanyi said that he would continue the organisation's advocacy role, using non-confrontational methods. He said the organisation...
28 June 2007
SA inflation raises rate hike scare
The annual CPIX measure - consumer prices minus mortgage costs - rose slightly above market expectations, and April's increase, of 6,3 percent. Statistics SA also said the headline CPI inflation rate rose by 6,9 percent year-on-year last month, a...
28 June 2007
Crisis in world trade talks upsets Africa
WTO director-general Pascal Lamy summoned an urgent meeting of the organisation's trade negotiations committee in Geneva last Friday after talks between Brazil, the European Union, India and the United States - designed to clear the way for an...
28 June 2007
Africa must lobby for own good
Addressing the world body on Monday, Outlule observed that African countries are endowed with natural resources whose revenues are the mainstay of the economies of such countries and as such they should be allowed to harness and exploit their...
EDITOR 28 June 2007
Not two or three but all opposition parties
For me, those who insist that there is nothing wrong with Botswana's democracy and want to continue boasting about it's virtues are perhaps the real enemies of the country, rather than those who see weaknesses in it. As I have argued many times in...
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
DAN MOABI 28 June 2007
Call for Citizen Mortgage Fund, Part II
Seisa suggests the easy marketability of BHC houses is a testimony to their affordability. For truth's sake I attended BHC house sale promotion at Tlokweng early this year, and all the cheap houses were gone even before Botswana public had knowledge...
28 June 2007
I feel good and protected
Why? Not because I hate seeing foreigners in my beloved country.No! but because I now feel more protected. I feel my generation is even protected from bad influence. Of course not all foreigners who enter our country are bad and as such it is good to...
28 June 2007
Cartoon 28.06.07
28 June 2007
Rollers go for Semakwezi
The dispute arose after Semakwezi was locked out of the semifinals of the Coca-Cola Cup because of a protest by Rollers that he was irregularly recruited by BDF XI. Rollers lost the argument with disastrous consequences as they were locked out of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 28 June 2007
CIA conspired with mafia to kill Castro
The disclosure is contained in a 702-page CIA dossier known as the "Family Jewels" compiled at the behest of then agency director James Schlesinger in 1973. According to a memo written at the time, the purpose of the dossier was to identify all...
28 June 2007
BFA sends Mooki packing?
It is understood that BFA officials have decided that enough is enough with Mooki as they feel that he has been a disappointment. They argue that he has failed to improve and protect the image of the BFA. "Some of the other things which Mooki had...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
Rollers' judgement this week
The case arose after Rollers got sponsorship from Orange cellular company, the main competitors of Premier League sponsors Mascom. The BFA has opposed the Orange sponsorship saying it is in breach of the Premier League contract with Mascom. This is...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
Dwindling sports sponsorship worry Debswana chief
He was speaking at the sponsorship ceremony for the Debswana Volleyball Independence Challenge Cup. This year the company sponsored the tournament with P99,000. Sesinyi is worried that some codes are not doing enough to find out what has really gone...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 28 June 2007
Celebrity author Mashile to be crowned today
The crowning ceremony will be held at Phakalane Estate where the poet, who also starred in the blockbuster, Hotel Rwanda will also win herself P60, 000 cash or US$10, 000. The award is sponsored by Japanese Company, Kodansha Ltd. The South African...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 28 June 2007
Gospel singer cries foul
She said last year she applied for a P23, 000 grant from the Department of Culture and Youth to record an album. She said after the grant was approved, the company, 69 Production, went ahead and claimed the money even before they could finished...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 28 June 2007
Mogobane produces gospel rising star
She said last year she applied for a P23, 000 grant from the Department of Culture and Youth to record an album. She said after the grant was approved, the company, 69 Production, went ahead and claimed the money even before they could finished...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 28 June 2007
Model of the Year's auditions reach eliminations
Although the club is a Serowe-based community project, the organisers decided to cast their net wide and held auditions in different parts of the country from March this year. Club founder Julie Tshegofatso Boima told Showbiz that they have...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
Awards delight for Dreamgirls duo
Knowles won best female R&B artiste and video of the year for Irreplaceable at the ceremony, organised by the Black Entertainment Television network. Oscar-winner Hudson was named best new artiste and best actress. Forest Whitaker took the best...
28 June 2007
SA strike not hurting Botswana
Mmegi investigations in Gaborone found that retail shops that import most of their products from South Africa have not been affected. Management at Pick N' Pay and Payless chain stores said yesterday that business was normal and their goods were...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
Councillors call for salary increase
Councillor Thuso Ogotseng who tabled the motion explained that civic leaders are currently not covered by an advanced salary scheme and they have nowhere to go when they have pressing challenges like illnesses or funerals. He indicated that the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
World population to swell - UNFPA Report
Quoting executive director Toraya Obaid, UNFPA's Botswana Representative, Argentina Matavel, said that by 2030, urban population is expected to swell to almost five billion. Matavel was speaking at the launch of the report whose theme is "Unleashing...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
UNICEF organises children's forum
Last Thursday, a group of Gantsi school children invited to participate in a children's forum organised by UNICEF gave accounts of how their own parents, neighbours and village elders are engaged in the practice of child trafficking. One schoolgirl...
28 June 2007
Traditional doctors invade Botswana
"They are advertising their services that include enlargement of manhood, making it disappear for cheating spouses and curing HIV/AIDS, which we all know is not true," Ogotseng said. He stated that it has been said in the past that these doctors...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
Incestuous father gets nine years
Before principal resident magistrate, Chilombo Phiri was Simon Sakapalu of house number KT 12 Katolomba Township in Ndola. Facts before the court are that Sakapalu on December 07,2005 returned home drunk and found his daughter sleeping in the...
CHARITY MUSA
Correspondent 28 June 2007
Lies put man in trouble
Olebogeng Tshweneyame was given a wholly suspended sentence on condition that he does not commit the same offence during the period. However, Moroka was not impressed by the lack of remorse from Tshweneyame during the trial in which he pleaded not...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 June 2007
Hope as Mogae appoints salary commission
However, president of the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions Japhta Radibe is worried that implementation of findings of such commissions usually take long. He said he did not place much faith in the commissions. "Government should introduce...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 29 June 2007
BNF petitions against school fees
At the press conference the party addressed early this week, the party's Publicity Secretary, Moeti Mohwasa, said free and compulsory education in the country has always been the BNF's policy and stressed that statistics have shown that enrollment...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 29 June 2007
The CKGR 'hot potato' gets corporate tongues wagging
During the height of the controversy surrounding the reasons for the 'forced relocation' of the Basarwa - also the indigenous peoples of Botswana by United Nations standards - the First People of the Kgalagadi (FPK) argued that Botswana's produce...
29 June 2007
TEBA wants to pay former employees
Making a presentation at the Gaborone City Council on TEBA Limited, the regional coordinator of North West and Botswana, Samuel Moeletsi stated that their major assignment is to assist the Botswana Savings Bank to trace and pay thousands of...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 29 June 2007
The return of the Black Earth
"For decades we have been ripped off and the media has been used to make us lack self-esteem," Jones declared when he came to apply for a licence to operate a satellite TV service to rival the monopoly of Multichoice. A year later, the entrepreneur...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 29 June 2007
The awakening of the coal giant
The theme of the conference was "The Awakening of the Coal Giant"."These projects will increase coal production by more than 10 fold by 2012. We are optimistic that other coal-based projects will come on stream to further boost coal production in...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 29 June 2007
Botswana blessed with coal aplenty
He said that the project that is estimated to cost P30 billion will be done in two phases and the first phase is expected to be complete by 2013. Mmamabula is the biggest privately funded project in Botswana, and among the top five in...
29 June 2007
New energy in Botswana's literary culture
Mmegi sat down with one of the leading writers in Botswana, Barolong Seboni, who also happens to be a notable poet and academic, to investigate the state of creative writing in Botswana. Seboni has been a leader in the literary world in...
29 June 2007
Bonfire culture comes to Gabs
On is not a common feature in our entertainment scenes but this winter has inspired one enterprising youth, Mitchell Seretse, to come up with an outdoor activity that would at the same time keep revellers warm and happy throughout the night. ...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 29 June 2007
Cape Town Book Fair offers many lessons
There were 244 exhibitors, 65 percent from South Africa and seven percent from the rest of the continent, the remainder from overseas. As the gates closed on Tuesday, the official count of visitors, according to the Cape Town Book Fair web site,...
LAURI KUBUITSILE
Correspondent 29 June 2007
Do it for Dad!
Akeelah and the Bee is not about the bees and the flowers, but about spelling bees! As there have recently been two other films on kids and their ability to spell, including the acclaimed documentary Spellbound (2003) and the flop Bee Season (2005),...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 29 June 2007
I pray that they may all be one
"Ecumenism in Botswana" is an unusual book produced to celebrate 40 years of a united church in Botswana. It is a labour of love on the part of many people. At the end of the volume 41 people are thanked for their contributions to the study between...
BOOK REVIEW 29 June 2007
Mmamabula boosts business confidence
The BES survey, which was carried between March and April 2007, shows that the economy was expected to have realised red-hot growth of 7.5 percent in 2006/07 and slow down to 7 percent in 2007/08. These expectations beat the government's economic...
STAFF WRITER 29 June 2007
African Copper raises P92m from private placement
African Copper paid a capital-raising fee in cash to Capital Corporate Finance (Pty) Ltd. (in Gaborone ) equal to five percent (exclusive of taxes) of the proceeds raised pursuant to the private placement. Under a private placement, companies sell...
29 June 2007
Global economy recovers
In its annual report, the Basel-based BIS, known as the central bank of central bankers, said the real growth of global economy has been maintained around levels that are among the highest recorded in the postwar period, and many of the world's...
29 June 2007
Doubts over transport legacy after 2010
MPs are also worried about the lack of progress in planning in some cities and have made recommendations for urgent action by the governmentThe government is to spend R 9 billion over the next three years on public transport for the Soccer World Cup...
29 June 2007
Congratulations Decentralization
Clearly, these students would have come from as far as Seronga, Gunotsoga, Maitengwe and Kasane and they would naturally be without any accommodation in the city or enough money to make the many and tedious trips to the hall before being helped. We...
EDITOR 29 June 2007
Are the Kgaswe coal mines at last to be exploited?
"Shell Coal," the story read, " has completed its exploration of coal deposits in the Kgaswe area, near Serowe, and submitted the findings of its feasibility study to Government. Because of the recession in the world economy, the demand for coal, and...
QUESTION TIME
PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 29 June 2007
Ramsay unaware OP's travels of concern to Mmegi
"This new, perhaps even strange travel arrangement seems to confirm that Vice President Ian Khama does not only have free reign over Botswana Defence Force (BDF) choppers, but he also has unlimited access to presidential amenities and privilege...
29 June 2007
Activist vows to destroy the BNF-a response
I owe nobody any apologies because the BNF invested very little in me, if any, compared with the personal sacrifices I made for the party and most of its power mongers, including the President of the BNF Otsweletse Moupo. I must state...
29 June 2007
Homosexual tendencies
"I want to go to the maternity ward and be with her when she gives birth. I have to be there and go through the pain that she feels. I know I won't feel the same pain, but I think I need to see for myself what I put her through," Tshini...
NITTY GRITTY
BAROLONG SEBONI 29 June 2007
Cartoon 29.06.07
29 June 2007
Rivals meet in pick of the draw
The game starts at 11.30am and already a lot has been said regarding who will come tops at the end of 90 minutes. Having finished the Premier League in second spot, Chiefs are favourites to send Mapalistina packing. Those close to Rollers would admit...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 29 June 2007
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