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Nono launches own album
Over the last ten years or so, Nono has become popular as a backing vocalist for each and every local jazz album recorded. She has featured in albums by the likes of Ndingo Johwa, Soca Moruakgomo, Shanti Lo, Punah Gabasiane, the late Duncan Senyatso,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 02 August 2007
Spears invited to SA jazz festival
Kabo Mogwe, the group's publicity manager, says they have been booked to perform in the star-studded show featuring, among others, Zimbabwe's Olivier Mtukudzi, Shezi Gugu, Lira, and Makgotla. "It is a high profile event, which is held annually, and...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 02 August 2007
BTC willing to help BPO sector
Seretse was speaking at the Business Process Outsourcing conference at the Gaborone Sun earlier this week. He stopped short of saying the BTC was beginning to accept that its high call tariffs were uncompetitive and prohibitive to Foreign Direct...
STAFF WRITER 02 August 2007
Moroka to open Riverwalk shop
The Riverwalk store is now the largest in the local Woolworths chain, boasting some 1,637 square metres of floor space, up from a mere 500 square metres before the revamp took place. This means it can now accommodate more clothing, food and homeware...
STAFF WRITER 02 August 2007
Sefalana to undergo a share split
"We are happy to report that we will be undergoing a share split as previously agreed and this will coincide within two weeks of our next AGM scheduled for 21 September," the Managing Director of Sefalana Chandra Chauhan said when unveiling the...
STAFF WRITER 02 August 2007
BA fined for price-fixing
Surcharges were added to passenger fares in response to rising oil prices. Virgin has been given immunity after it reported the collusion and is not expected to be fined, the OFT said. The OFT and the DoJ began investigating BA's price-fixing in June...
02 August 2007
Thank you, citizen Ntuane
It is the kind of caution that US Congress brought to the White House when George W. Bush wanted a 'Homelands Security' law that would allow gendarmes into the telephone lines, bedrooms and emails of unsuspecting Americans.Having plotted and executed...
EDITOR 02 August 2007
Let's open debate on financing social services
People bring up a cocktail of arguments for and against fees, centering on Human Rights and on Universal Access. However, all these are not straightforward issues; it does not always follow that charging a fee is an infringement of Human Rights, or...
02 August 2007
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02 August 2007
SAB to divorce COSAFA
Since the beginning of the year, there have been reports that SAB will not continue with the sponsorship as they want to focus on other things, especially the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The reports were finally confirmed on Monday by SAB. The...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 02 August 2007
Garenamotse to miss Grand Prix events
Garenamotse told Mmegi Sport that the injury has forced him to shelve plans to participate at the Norwich Union Super Grand Prix on August 3, the Universiade, Italy, from August 9-14 and ano-ther event in Germany. The athlete said he was...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 02 August 2007
BNOC identifies cooperation areas with China
BNOC said there is need for regular attachments of Botswana athletes and coaches to appropriate sports academies in China in preparation for major competitions to enhance performance. BNOC suggested to the delegation that China can donate sports...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 02 August 2007
Mputu's price puts off Downs
Sowetan has reliably learnt that Mazembe are demanding R14,1 million ( 1,5 million) for Mputu, who scored nine goals in six games between the first and third rounds of the current CAF Champions League. After his team bombed out of the third...
02 August 2007
Cape capitalises on Bafana clash
Vernor Seymour, SAFA Western Cape leader, said they were delighted that yet another international match will take place in Cape Town. The game, which is a must-win for South Africa to qualify for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana, will...
02 August 2007
State freezes Daisy Loo millions
The magistrate ordered that the cheque, which has been deposited in an interest bearing account at Kgale View's First National Bank branch, be temporarily frozen. The order bars any activity on the account. The cheque is now worth P 25, 240 163-43...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 02 August 2007
Court rules against BTA
And the BTA's earnings from cellular phone companies are bound to take a dip after Orange successfully appealed against tariffs that the regulator has been levying on operators since 2002, when the cellular phone business began in Botswana.Orange...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 02 August 2007
Salaries commission hits Tshabong
Former Clerk of the National Assembly, Alpheus Matlhaku heads the group's secretariat, whose other member is Rapula Okaile. In its briefing the commission noted that "the public service continues to experience difficulty in attracting, motivating...
KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 02 August 2007
Objectives of the salaries review commission
Terms of referenceThe specific terms of reference for the commission are "to review the conditions of service including salary scales, allowances and fringe benefits for the public service as a whole, including the judicial service, the Botswana...
02 August 2007
Don't fiddle with people's privacy-Ntuane
Ntuane told the house that cases involving searches on private property had to be treated with extreme caution."Africans must be protected from themselves," said Ntuane. He said that history had shown that African countries had a tendency to use...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 02 August 2007
Minister ambushes MPs on security bill again
The MPs wanted more time to suggest amendments to the bill and walked out when their request was rejected on Monday. Skelemani rejected the request saying that there was no time to suspend the proceedings since the bill needs to be dealt with...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 02 August 2007
President Mogae returns from Zambia
The show is described by organizers as a "mirror reflecting Zambia's economic growth and its potential to the outside world." It is the climax of district and provincial agricultural shows, which are held in the proceeding eight...
02 August 2007
Jo'burg traffic could 'jam' 2010 World Cup
A drive into the heart of Johannesburg, the country's commercial centre, also confirms that South Africans are firmly on the road to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals as blocks of flats and other housing facilities are under construction in every...
ALFRED MULENGA
Correspondent 02 August 2007
Ntuane advises liquor industry to seek legal redress
"If stakeholders remain convinced that the intended regulations will have the effect of depriving them of a legitimate source of livelihood, then as citizens of a democratic and constitutional state, they will be within their rights to seek...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 02 August 2007
Scott relishes Mma Ramotswe
Scott, who felt she was lucky to have beaten all those who auditioned to play the role of Mma Ramotswe is more than passionate about her character in the movie. "Mma Ramotswe is great, she is a strong brave woman," Scott said excitedly. Mma...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 02 August 2007
No govt interference with judiciary - Tibone
Receiving a petition from the Botswana Mine Workers' Union (BMWU) Secretary General, Jack Tlhagale, Tibone said that the change of dates by the Industrial Court was a purely judicial matter. "Let me state that the change of date is a judicial...
03 August 2007
Limited freedom in jail, minister
Assistant Minister of Labour and Home Affairs told the House that limitation of liberties will be related to 'who should visit prisons and for what purposes'. Matlhabaphiri was answering a question from the Member of Parliament for Lobatse,...
STAFF WRITER 03 August 2007
BDP legislators clip chief spy's wings
However, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members of Parliament (MPs) and the government agreed that the Director General of the Intelligence Services "shall ask for a warrant from a senior magistrate or above, including High Court Judge", in...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
Daisy Loo war of nerves set for Monday
Government attorneys do not want High Court judge Dave Newman to preside over the case when it resumes on Monday August 6. Assistant attorney general, Tshepo Motswagole, made this clear before High Court judge Gaongalelwe yesterday when the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 03 August 2007
The MPs' boycott in their own words
The latter meets on Tuesday and the former on Wednesday. You have to understand that we also have to report to our various parties so that we take that on board when we establish how we will be going forward. We have not met as opposition MPs to...
03 August 2007
Businessman bounces cheques
Moshoke and two other accused persons are alleged to have conned Game Stores by paying for goods with false cheques. Charged with Moshoke are his company, Magnolia Investments, Sephekolo Basadi, 27, and Radibaga Keitumetse aged 24. The...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
Pensioners want 'cash now' to beat cost of living
The pension fund scheme is such that government contributes 15 percent and the employee five (5) percent. On several occasions the commission tried to counsel that spending the pension before it is due would defeat the very purpose for which it was...
Keto Segwai
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
Green house gasses attack Botswana weather
Phage was discussing the theme: 'Implications of climate change on biodiversity and wetlands and adaptation strategies' at the Botswana Television auditorium. Phage said that higher temperatures than normal are evidence of climate change. He noted...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
Bail applicant to repoduce medical report
Tshekiso applied for bail for Kader because he is diabetic.The charge reads that on July 20, Kader, the Francistown-based businessman, with Setlogelo Mabele and Gokuelamang Kerayang, both 35, at Mokubilo village, stole 19 goats valued at P7, 600....
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 03 August 2007
'Ladies' detective' film brings tinsel town to Botswana
"There is no film industry here, so if you want to eat you need to move somewhere else," she says from behind a pair of trendy, oversized sunglasses. But that, she hopes, is changing. This month, filming started on the first international movie...
Stephanie Hanes * 03 August 2007
Completion of Mahalapye-Dibete Road re-scheduled for December
Contractors building the P170 million Mahalapye-Dibete section of the A1 Highway have had to change their timetable due to "insurmountable" problems To regular users of this road who are not aware of the problems bedevilling the project,...
Lauri Kubuitsile 03 August 2007
Profits down, investments up at Sefalana
Despite the company recording a massive leap in turnover from P70 million in 2006 to P1.02 billion in 2007, a corresponding 3 816 percent increase in cost of sales eroded down profit margins. However, the group - which, for the first time in...
03 August 2007
BTC appeals to Mascom and Orange not to ditch its infrastructure
"We are persuading Mascom and Orange not to open their (own) gateways," Seretse said at the Botswana Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Call Centre conference held at the Gaborone Sun earlier in the week. The BTC, which enjoyed a landline...
STAFF WRITER 03 August 2007
KBT announces fourth roll out of Kickstart
A statement from KBL says this year's competition has been funded to the tune of P1 million, which will go towards project capitalisation, mentorship, training and ensuring the successful delivery of the project. Announcing this year's sponsorship,...
03 August 2007
Credit growth declines in June
BoB says although the overall rate of growth has declined by 3.1 percent, it is still 3.5 percent above the upper end of the Bank of Botswana's target range for credit growth of 11 to 14 percent. The overall reduction in credit growth was...
03 August 2007
CONSUMER WATCH DOG
So here it goes. Two unrelated issues that have little in common, but both intrigued me.In South Africa's Sunday Times last weekend, I saw an advertisement from Business Against Crime and all the cell network providers entitled "Is your cellphone an...
03 August 2007
STAYING AHEAD
I do not however think that the organisers will execute me if I let you know about the HIV/AIDS issue. If what the learned men predict - and they are well learned -e turns out to be true - we will have to dig deep into our national coffers to help...
DICHABA MOLOBE 03 August 2007
Movie shooting, a memorable experience
The crew members have set up their areas of shooting, the most prominent probably being the small village/semi town built just as you enter Kgale View. The buildings simulate the African Mall in the olden days. To someone who does not know, the...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
The two pre-eminent 'Batswana' international writers
Although Head's maternal family was opulent she died in poverty, while on the other hand it is clear that McCall-Smith is safe from the clutches of poverty. Both of them adore Botswana and their love for the country has been immortalised in their...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
BACK STAGE
Enduring Love is the film version of Ian McEwan's ninth novel that was first published in 1997. The novel has an opening chapter that will go down in history as one of the most exciting ever written. In it, in open country north of London, a...
SASA MAJUMA 03 August 2007
BOOK REVIEW
Marina Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in 1946 in Kiel, Germany. Her family was able to migrate to England. She studied at Keele University, She currently teaches media studies at Sheffield Hallam University. Between 1993 and 2002, Lewycka wrote...
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SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 03 August 2007
We don't care what the lawyers say; we want honesty
The Vision, either deliberately or unintentionally, omits to refer directly to the inseparability of the virtue of 'honesty' from the quality of 'good citizenship'. Seemingly, when legal minds do meet in the country's chosen adversarial juridicial...
EDITOR 03 August 2007
QUESTION TIME
Although drought was a serious negative factor for anyone seriously contemplating farming in the 1960s and 1970s, there were other factors that had their own influence on the decisions of young learners about their futures. To some extent, the...
PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 03 August 2007
Automatic succession: is it really bad?
There is need to depart from superficial criticism of Automatic succession. Automatic succession does not necessarily suggest the country is not democratic. It is quite clear Botswana has inherited the Westminster system where the party in majority (...
03 August 2007
A reflection on Mmopane by-election
The performance of the party shows that the BCP has increased the votes it attracted by over 100 percent in less than three years. A total of 811 valid votes were cast and the BCP captured 44 percent of the votes, compared to the 16 percent that the...
03 August 2007
Batswana have no time for clowns
The man is over the moon despite the votes for his party, or is it his new party, the Botswana National Front (BNF) tumbling down to a paltry and mere 58 votes. This is the same man who a few months back made a pronouncement that the BCP is not a...
03 August 2007
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