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Villages Complain To Khama
With the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) almost ever-present in Zimbabwe, the people of Botswana's border villages are in a quandary unique to the frontier. "The crime rate is too high in this village," said Kgosi Oganne Polson at the Matshelagabedi...
30 July 2007
Old Naledi Set For P100m Upgrading
GCC principal housing officer Dizzy Mpoloka said the aim of the project is to upgrade the environment and living standards of the community by providing basic social and infrastructural services. He explained that it was council's objective to bring...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 30 July 2007
Mixed Reaction To Palapye Industrial Capital
These are often a hindrance to economic development in urban areas as prospective investors end up looking elsewhere due to high costs and scarcity of such raw materials and factors of production. He said that Gaborone is sandwiched in small...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
Matshekge Students To The Rescue
Tshokologo Mpedi, her three sons and her six siblings live in Dandane Ward in Bobonong. Born into a poor family twenty years ago, Tshokologo has led a precarious existence from the beginning. Tshokologo and a younger sister, Dipone, left primary...
Tshwarelo Hosia
Corrrespondent 30 July 2007
Odipeca Blazes Modern Fashion Trends
In an environment where countless fashion labels have died faster than they have emerged, Odipeca, a fashion label of four young Batswana from Ramotswa is setting popular trends. The foursome of Matlhomola Motsage, Lesley Motsage, Alfonse Naane and...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 30 July 2007
Hats Off To The Police
It is good to hear that they have made a breakthrough in the fire that gutted the African Express storage in Gaborone West in March, earlier this year. According to the police, three people have been arrested in connection with the fire that...
EDITOR 30 July 2007
The Winners Code
DesireThe glorious march from slavery to liberty, from poverty to riches, from failure to success and from one level of success to another level is always presaged by one phenomenon. This phenomenon is what is called creative discontent. It is a...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 30 July 2007
Issues In Education
Botswana has a high proportion of orphans and many of them are of a school going age. Most organisations in Botswana that try to care for orphans, like the SOS Children's Villages in Tlokweng, Francistown and Serowe, do not take responsibility for...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 30 July 2007
Etcetera II
Unfortunately I was able to attend only one session and tried to explain to one of the organisers that I was obliged to miss the entire second day because I had to go to Mafikeng. Because the explanation seemed to be poorly understood, I repeated it...
SANDY GRANT 30 July 2007
GUEST COLUMN
In addition to the highway there are other landmarks, such as streets, named similarly in his honour. In the period following his release, Mandela's fortitude and resilience in pursuance of...
BOTSALO NTUANE 30 July 2007
Let's Stop Pulling Others Down
When music video producers take their music videos to Btv they are often told that they are not of high quality, which I will like to assume that they mean Btv quality. What is very disturbing is that the same people who say these things are not...
30 July 2007
Mphathi Back At BCL
Mphathi and the leadership of the Botswana Mining Workers Union (BMWU) always had an uneasy relationship. His 12-month departure brought relief to the unionists. A BCL board member and Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals Energy...
By Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
In Zimbabwe, Fewer Affairs And Less HIV
The reason why I am struggling with this is because I personally do not believe that promiscuity on its own increases the risk of getting HIV. It has to be said that promiscuity in an environment where there is high HIV prevalence rate would...
30 July 2007
The BDP Will Crumble Too One Day
A day will rise for them on which they will find themselves fighting in the BDP, as they jostle for the limited positions. The BDP will crumble too one day.One of the things one can see in our country, particularly with regard to the political sphere...
30 July 2007
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30 July 2007
De Beers Half-Year Sales Down
The company's chairman Nicky Oppenheimer unveiled that total sales for the first half of 2007 made US $3.4 billion (about P21 billion) compared to US $3.6 billion (about P22.4 billion) at the same time last year. However, Oppenheimer said the...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 30 July 2007
Teeing Off To Deals On BOCCIM Golf Day
"Botswana imports 80 percent of its goods from South Africa, so they are important stakeholders in business in Botswana. We would like to strengthen our working relationship with SA," Maria Machailo-Ellis, the employer federation's executive...
By Business Reporter 30 July 2007
SA's Power Shortfall An Opportunity For Morupule
He was interviewed on the sidelines of the recent resources conference in Gaborone.Morupule currently produces approximately 900,000 to 970,000 tonnes of coal a year, the bulk of which goes to the 120 MW power station. There are plans to add another...
30 July 2007
China In Raids To Limit Software Piracy In Africa
The Public Security Bureau (PSB) in China, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and hundreds of private companies and partners had been working together to crack a major software counterfeiting syndicate. The syndicate was allegedly responsible...
30 July 2007
Af Diamonds Gets Two Licences
The region of Kedia is regarded as prospective for diamonds. Kimberlitic indicators, mostly garnets, were recovered during exploration by earlier explorers. Some of the garnets were G9 and G2, indicating a source not too far away. Their presence has...
30 July 2007
Out To Lunch
There is also a lot of evidence of the sincere intention to develop and reward talent and performance, even if this is limited to short workplace courses and monetary recompense. However, there are the usual challenges of people management that...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 30 July 2007
Stars Shine At Ga-Maila Music Festival
The Saturday event, which kicked off at 10 am, featured among others By 2, Don B, Wizards of the Desert, and Mingo. The organisers had offered children that rare opportunity to see their stars in action at a price of P10 per head while elders had to...
By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 30 July 2007
BCP Wins Mopane Ward
Phage, a former Mogoditshane councillor, grabbed the Mopane ward previously held by the BDP after being voted by 353. The BDP candidate, Christopher Sebego lost with a margin of four votes. Although a newcomer, Sebego pulled 349 votes. However, all...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
Rokas Storm Back With Latest Album
Their first project left a lasting impression on the minds of most fans though they still could not match the likes of Eskimos. Perhaps, this had much to do with the fact that their brand of House Kwasa sounded more like township disco. But the fans...
By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 30 July 2007
Miss Ravos - What A Shame
Just imagine this one of the judges takes the microphone standing next to one of the top three finalists and says: Name two pillars of Vision 2016? Response: "United Nations". Why is fashion designing important in Botswana? Response: It, ...
By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 30 July 2007
Talking Musika
Inevitably, the nature of our ownership of the 'new music' will derive from our ethnic, political, social and, above all, the class determinants that influence our artistic sensitivities. Some of the modern luminaries of this movement are Ndingo...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 30 July 2007
Food For The Soul
I read somewhere, where someone put it so succinctly that "Beautiful young people are accidents of nature. Beautiful old people are works of art." I thought wow that is so true! In fact, an increasing trend is that more and more people are dated by...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 30 July 2007
Marumo Saves Zebras
The Zebras beat Angola 3-1 in the preliminary final of Group C after both sides played to a goalless draw in regulation time. Captain Marumo was the hero when he blocked two penalties to ensure that the Zebras reached the next round of the...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
Minister Does A Gig At AAG Dinner
He told the gathering that it was the song that the team sang when the going got tough at the games. He said it was a motivational song for team Botswana. "When you go to battle, you prepare your troops and when the going gets tough, you sing a...
By Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 30 July 2007
BNOC Attitude Irks BNSC
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) president Phillip Makgalemele set the ball rolling when he revealed how the feud between the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) and the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) had affected national team...
By Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 30 July 2007
The Reds 'Fire' Gaborone
The dreadlocked midfielder has since joined BDF XI and is expected to play a pivotal role in the coming season. But information reaching Monitor Sport indicates that Gaborone's exit has long been coming. Towards the end of last season, Gaborone was...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
Fans Cry Foul Over Exorbitant COSAFA Games
Before the draw for this year's event was made, COSAFA stated clearly that whichever group Botswana was drawn in, the games would still come to Gaborone. That was because they were impressed by the passion of local supporters who made the games such...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
Teletswana Beat Minnows In Debswana Cup
Despite Teletswana's victory, it was a close contest right from the first set, which Teletswana narrowly won 25-23. Both teams continued their good display in the second set though BDF VI came back more stronger. They played more as a team and...
By Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
Students Donate To Ailing Teacher
Two got the donation from the students who are back home on vacation. She said that students raised the funds after reading online media reports about her. One of the student representatives, Keletso Ramotshabi implored the business community and...
By Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
Three Arrested In G-West Fire
Police Public Relations Officer, Senior Superintendent Christopher Mbulawa, said that they would be submitting their docket to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to decide whether there is enough evidence to try the three men who are not in...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
F/town Councillors Approve Recurrent Budget
Presenting the proposed budget, the Finance and General Purpose chairperson, Kgalajwe Kgalejwe, submitted that in the past, the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning gave local authorities ceiling figures and they were required to scale their...
By Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent
| 30 July 2007
Doubts Cast On BOTEC-RIPCO Consultancy
Ishmael Sechele, the president of BOTEC's Maranyane Staff Union (MASU) added last week that they are still waiting for official communication on the matter and an address from the newly constituted BOTEC board. The consultancy in question is expected...
By Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
UB Introduces BSc Mining Engineering Degree
According to a UB press release issued yesterday, the programme will be offered in collaboration with the University of Missouri-Rolla in the United States of America (US) for the first three years, after which UB will offer the full programme. Under...
30 July 2007
Witness Dies, Suspected Robbers Acquitted
Francistown Senior Magistrate, Thato Mujaji said that the state's case was weak especially since they lost the only witness who could have identified some items. Allegedly, the second accused was wearing shoes that were believed to belong to the...
By Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 30 July 2007
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