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The second vote was taken when Kanye South legislator and Botswana National Front (BNF) MP Omphitlhetse Maswabi joined the meeting. Reports say that he succeeded in getting a second voting though he abstained and this left the issue...

Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 03 July 2007

HIV/AIDS: Good Nutrition Makes The Difference

In one of my usual work missions around Africa, I found myself at a place where malnutrition - whether as a result of HIV infection (which is quite high in that region) or just plain eating inadequately due to poverty - was so widespread that I...

FOOD FOR THE SOUL
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 03 July 2007

Russia's Norilsk Nickel Buys LionOre

"Norilsk Nickel, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, has taken up all of the LionOre shares that were deposited to the offer," Norilsk Nickel said in a statement. "This addition to the group brings growth in nickel, further diversifies our...

03 July 2007

China, India To Become Market For Botswana Coal

He was speaking at the official opening of a two-day international investors' conference on coal mining in Botswana whose theme was 'The Awakening of the Coal Giant' last Thursday. The conference, which was sponsored by the Fossil Fuel...

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 03 July 2007

Respect The Position

As far as you are concerned, you should be next in line, and so you invest yourself in preparations for your ascent in the event of your superior's departure. However, when the time comes, someone else, someone from outside, someone (as far as you...

OUT TO LUNCH
SHAMEELA WINSTON 03 July 2007

The Sub-Editor

The event is newsworthy if it gives the public new information about a moment - or a few moments - that happen as the processes of development trudge into the future.We now know what makes a sub-editor, but we have not yet said what the sub is?The...

Rampholo Molefhe
Correspondent 03 July 2007

Remove Failure As An Option

The same is true for the seed of failure. Success is a fruit, and so is failure. Success comes from the success mindset, and failure from the failure mindset. In order to comprehend the success mindset, we will begin by examining the failure mindset...

THE WINNERS CODE
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 03 July 2007

Mother Tongue In Education

Children who learn to read and write on their first language or mother tongue then transfer those skills to other languages such as Setswana and English. What is more problematic is how to start with mother tongue education in a multilingual...

Issues In Education
DORCAS MOLEFHE,OWEN PANSIRI and SHELDON WEEKS 03 July 2007

Helping Others

So in December I tried an ophthalmologist in Johannesburg. That also didn't work out because it turned out that it was his practice to take most of that month for his Christmas break. After that, we ceased to have any medical insurance coverage so...

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SANDY GRANT 03 July 2007

BDP Prepares For Peaceful Congress

It can be argued that the roots of the party's factional fighting have little to do with policy issues but are mainly about position seeking and personality ...

GUEST COLUMN
BOTSALO NTUANE 03 July 2007

The Rot At CTO

His immediate subordinate was also a foreigner who resigned last year November. Their Batswana understudies have resigned due to unfavourable working conditions implemented by this foreigner. Yet this is left to go on unchecked by our leaders even...

03 July 2007

Court Battles Delay Projects

Lionjanga said that every contract the board approves has a potential of being challenged in court by losers because they never want to accept the outcome of their bid. He said that at times cases involving multi-million Pula projects take...

Bame Piet
Staff Writer 03 July 2007

Cartoon Demeans Women Aspiring For Top Positions

The cartoon titled "BNF Congress", supposedly depicted the Botswana National Front aspirant for Party Presidency, Kathleen Letshabo, at its Congress being castrated and bleeding. GEMSA and BOMWA are disturbed by the cartoon that displays the...

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03 July 2007

Spotlight On Landless Tati Siding

The village boasts a very good tarred internal roads. It is also well planned with residential areas and a separate industrial site that already has various industries and companies settling there. It also has serviced plots that have, fortunately...

Dan Mosekaphofu
Correspondent 03 July 2007

Notwane Clinch Kabelano Charity Cup

The win gave Toronto P100,000. Notwane reached the final for the second year running after coming from a goal down to beat Gaborone United 2-1 in the first semi-final. Chiefs made it to the decider after a marathon post match penalty shootout against...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 03 July 2007

UK Netball Coach Tips Botswana

She was speaking after Botswana thrashed her side 37-29 in a friendly on Friday at Sebele courts. The game wrapped up the three day Safari tour training meeting by the UK Under-23 side. The training targeted youths between the ages of 11-17. Garland...

Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 03 July 2007

Stand Up And Be Counted - Ntuane

He was speaking at the South East Sports Association for Disabled (SESAD) fund-raising gala dinner on Friday. Ntuane applauded Standard Chartered Bank's efforts for sponsoring the event. He said by so doing they have distinguished themselves as an...

Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 03 July 2007

New Pay TV For Botswana?

The owners of the pay channel are going ahead even without the authorisation of the licensing authorities here. They told Monitor that they are establishing the station based on a judgment awarded to Multichoice by the High Court not long ago against...

Monkagedi Gaotlhbogwe
Correspondent 03 July 2007

Finance Ministry Celebrates Health Day

Martin said that people wait until they get ill when they have opportunistic infections and they are most susceptible to complications. She noted that such complications could result in neuropathy or paralysis, TB, meningitis or blindness. Martin...

Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 03 July 2007

Women's Expo An Assault On Unemployment -Tibone

"It is their way of taking on the challenge of poverty reduction and unemployment," the minister said.He said that for those pursuing the gender agenda, the theme - 'Innovation and creativity: The Key for Women Entrepreneurs to Penetrate the Global...

Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 03 July 2007

Woes Of Multiple Rape Convict Piles Up

But Justice Thomas Masuku clarified that they will run consecutively to Gaobonale's current 40-year-jail-term (20-years each for two convictions for rape that run concurrently). Before sentencing Gaobonale, Masuku ruled that although the accused went...

Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent 03 July 2007

It Is Too Early To Judge LEA - Matome

He told the councillors that the LEA mission is to promote and facilitate entrepreneurship and SMME development through targeted interventions in pursuit of economic diversification. LEA's mandate is to provide business development like screening,...

Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 03 July 2007

Tshepo Is Pop Star Queen, But Master D Still Has Much To Explain

The robust 18-year-old Tshepo immediately became the centre of attraction for cameramen as she spent the next 30 minutes or so posing for television cameras, as other contestants in the Master D show joined her for pictures. There were signs that...

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 03 July 2007

Kill The Witchcraft

I did have my suspicions though about the deathly look in the eyes of some of the band members, who often gave the impression that they had just emerged from the deep slumber of zombies. Of course, I took all my suspicions to be part of my own...

Talking Musika
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 03 July 2007

BCP embraces AG's plea

"According to information available to me, the negotiations have only just started and government has initiated the usual inter-ministerial consultation on the proposals," reads the letter from Molokomme. The AG further pointed out that Cabinet will...

OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

From Air Botswana to Botswana Airlink

If a recent statement released by the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency is anything to go by, then the fate of the national airline has been sealed, save for the details. The statement indicates that government is in...

TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

Child labour a result of poverty

Puseletso Kidd of Participatory Education Evaluation and Research (PEER) said they had a meeting with 43 out of school children who said they were not coerced by family members but were forced by the situation in their own homes. She said the...

THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

BCP submits political shopping list

In the petition, the BCP demands that all farmers affected by the government's "shoot to kill"' campaign of cattle in Zone 7 after the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease be compensated because that caused deprivation and economic insecurity. The...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

BFTU averts office auction

Last month the NDB put Babereki House up for auction sale after BFTU failed to pay the a loan it took from NDB for the construction of the popular union building. BFTU Secretary General, Gadgani Mhotsha, revealed that a last minute meeting between...

OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

Americans, BOTUSA study female sex workers

The report was written by researchers from the International Education and Training Center on HIV (I-TECH) from the University of Washington in the United States, with support from BOTUSA and funding from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS...

04 July 2007

BDP cllr passes on

Reports say the councillor met his untimely death when the vehicle he was traveling in from Palapye to Mogapinyana had a tyre burst and overturned. The BDP chairman for the region Nathniel Moribame said that the middle-aged councillor and a...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

Minister calls for protection of transfrontier conservation area

The call was made by the Botswana Minister of Environment Wildlife and Tourism Kitso Mokaila at the first ever meeting of the KAZA TFCA countries after the signing of a memorandum of understanding in Gaborone last week. He said the transfrontier park...

THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

Why a reformed Zanu PF is not the answer

In some quarters the issue of the Zanu PF successor to Robert Mugabe has been lauded as the key to unlocking the Zimbabwean crisis, while others have postulated a reformed Zanu PF as the answer to our national challenges. There is speculation that...

* Arthur Mutambara 04 July 2007

Make security a priority in football

The competition is gradually becoming a major event in the country's football calendar. It has become the epitome of a quality outing and it gives the fans an indication of what some Premier League sides have in store for them in the upcoming season....

EDITOR 04 July 2007

AS I SEE IT

One of the advocates and prime movers of this concept was Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana. He rallied the new independent African states to unite as one and argued that the newly independent African states would not be free as long as one...

MICHAEL DINGAKE 04 July 2007

Why treat Basarwa with kid gloves

The government has all along treated Basarwa with kid gloves and it should be blamed for what they have now become, spoilt brats. How do you explain all the freebies they have and still enjoy while they literally do nothing except sleep, eat and...

04 July 2007

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04 July 2007

SA's Mashile scoops Pan African book prize

Mashile's collection of poems, 'In a Ribbon of Rhythm', published in 2005 earned her the glory. The NOMA Awards, now in their 26th year, were named after their founder, who also own book-publishing company, Kodansha Publishers (London). The award is...

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
correspondent 04 July 2007

Celebrity Day boosts anti-AIDs campaign

Large crowds gathered last Saturday at Riverwalk, to test.There was music to drum up public awareness among stakeholders.Organiser of the Celebrity Testing Day, Shombi Ellis, said: "The event seeks to dispel the gross misconceptions about HIV...

MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 04 July 2007

BACK STAGE

Carla Bhem, acted skilfully by Emmanuelle Devos, one of France's top actresses of this decade, is a secretary at a construction company, SEDIM, in Paris. She aspires to be more, but has a handicap-she was deaf, but some of her hearing has...

SASA MAJUMA 04 July 2007

BDC unveils data recovery system

The BDC's Group Internal Auditor, Ronald Phole, explained at the launch that the move was meant for the board, management and staff of the corporation to appreciate how BDC will conduct its business in the event that a disaster or an unfortunate...

04 July 2007

Thrill over coal prompts call for national strategy on mining

The call was made by the Director of the Department of Mines, Kgomotso Abi, in his presentation at the two-day international investors' conference on Botswana coal at the Gaborone International Convention Centre. "The government has a duty to create...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 04 July 2007

Under 23 qualify for finals

Though Ghana tried hard to come back into the game, their efforts were frustrated by a tough Botswana defence. Botswana went into the game as underdogs but proved that they can compete at the highest level. Musa Ohilwe stood tall in defence and...

Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

Coke Cup enters exciting stage

The other all-Premier League clash involves the newly promoted Boteti Young Fighters and fallen powerhouse Mogoditshane Fighters who have just returned to top-flight football after one year in the lower division. Defending champions, Notwane are...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

Fans injured in Kabelano Cup

Kabelano Trust spokesperson, Lesego Pule said that they are still investigating the matter. He added that the injured were treated and discharged. He lamented that fans who misbehave at the stadium and those who do not have tickets create security...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 04 July 2007

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