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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
NITTY GRITTY
"Yes, we can certainly tell from your language not only who you are, but what you want to be with that half-baked American accent of yours!" says Walkie rather too directly."You know what Walkie, I'm really hurt because I thought that you of all...
BAROLONG SEBONI 03 August 2007
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03 August 2007
Notwane go North
Both teams have not been making headlines since the cup kicked off this year but have secured impressive victories. The two teams met in the semi-final of the same competition last year where Toronto triumphed. They went on to win the prestigious...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
Can Boteti upset mighty GU?
After claiming the scalp of TAFIC at the same venue in the Last 16 round, GU must be worried by the prospects of facing Premier League newcomers. In the past three years, under the tutelage of Kenneth Mogae, Boteti have proven to be a difficult side...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
Stage set for SA Charity Cup
The tournament, which will feature Soweto giants Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Platinum Stars and Bloemfontein Celtic, will be played tomorrow. In the first game, Stars face unpredictable Celtic at 10am, with undoubtedly match of the day between...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 03 August 2007
Rollers raise dust at Youth Centre
The field, commonly known by the name 'Mma Masire', is located at Gaborone West. The management of the centre wants Rollers to vacate the ground because "the activities which are meant for youth recreational purposes have been compromised by Rollers....
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 03 August 2007
Gordon to be buried on Sunday
In an interview with Mmegi Sport yesterday, Fabian's elder brother, Moses said; "we settled for 12 noon to allow his colleagues at Tsela Riders Club to attend as they'll be involved in a race on Sunday morning." Fabian died on Tuesday morning while...
03 August 2007
I am thrilled - pioneer Sebetela
The midwife who delivered Vision 2012 was none other than maverick politician, Boyce Sebetela, who, with his characteristic devil-may-care attitude, is making sure feathers fly in Parliament as representative for Palapye. He was in the company of men...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 03 August 2007
FIRST CUT
He comes in because things haven't been well for quite some time between the BFA head honchos and the outgoing CEO Thabo Ntshinogang, prompting the marriage that was made in hell to titter into destruction. The final kick on the crotch was when it...
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RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 03 August 2007
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