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Female soldiers start training in October
In a briefing to the candidates, Brigadier George Tlhalerwa said yesterday that after advertising for female cadet officers, the BDF received a total of 1,238 applications out of which 865 had degrees. He added that they had to increase the age...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
BNF loses another one
The BNF has once again lost to the buoyant BCP with the defection of its candidate in the by-election, Themba Patrick Gugah. The BCP caused a surprise recently when it snatched the Mmopane council seat from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
IT can help solve unemployment - Saleshando
Contributing to the proposed national information and communications technology policy, Saleshando said it was sad that the IT sector had proved to be a booming industry worldwide but the country was failing to use it to tackle the country's...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
Venson unveils ICT project
"The draft policy focuses on seven key areas that are expected to deliver the level of impact required to transform our society and economy," she said. The implementation of this policy has been scheduled for NDP9, extending to NDP10. The House has...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
'Mafiosi' in the Mhlauli case
Delay at Riverwalk would facilitate easier development of the then 'Game City' complex which would attract potential tenants to the business complex, robbing Riverwalk of the chance to compete for them. Kadimo Oremeng, an accomplice in the...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
How the West impoverishes Africa
MBABANE: Everyday 840 million people go hungry and more than two billion suffer from dietary deficiencies, a Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) official has said. Presenting a paper on "Trade, Development and Poverty: The Case of...
09 August 2007
Batlokwa coronation ready for take-off
"We have raised more than P100,000 and 22 pledged beasts," said Katse. Along with the cattle he told Mmegi that the chief has also received two wild animals. "We have received an antelope and a hartebeest," he added. So far, it is understood...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
MoE increases enrolment for Limkokwing
"We had initially stated that we would be sponsoring only 3,500 students but when we reached that target there were about 200 more files left. So we decided to give our clients who are the students the benefit," Kgotla said. She added that they did...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
UB, EC sign grant contract
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of institutions of higher learning in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions to intervene effectively in national and regional issues of health and development. Its...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
Banks can choose valuers - Seretse
Responding to a question from the Member of Parliament for Bobirwa Shaw Kgathi on Tuesday, the Minister of Lands and Housing Dikgakgamatso Seretse said commercial banks appoint their own property valuers, like other professionals such as lawyers and...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
Botswana's forex ratings go from stable to positive
The positive outlook affects all of Botswana's foreign and local currency debt and deposit country ceilings as well as the 'A2' foreign currency issuer rating of the government. The government's 'A1' local currency bond rating continues to carry a...
09 August 2007
Khama to open Yarona Country Lodge
A press statement says the official opening marks a significant growth and maturity of the lodge from its humble beginnings in 2000. It started with three rooms, but the wholly citizen-owned establishment now boasts 17 rooms - all en-suite - and...
09 August 2007
Phoi appointed KBL Technical Director
According to a statement issued by the company, Phoi joined KBL in 1985 as an Engineering Maintenance Supervisor. He worked his way through the ranks and served in the following positions: Brewery Maintenance Engineer, Packaging Manager, Production...
09 August 2007
Mogae fetes athletes
Lately, sports' supporters started wondering if the President ever acknowledged the good work that this country's athletes have been doing on the international scene. But the President has taken us all by surprise and invited the athletes for lunch...
EDITOR 09 August 2007
Oil find: Ghana should go the Botswana way
The practicalities will be seen from how Accra develop an oil and gas policy that will make it either different from other African states where either oil or dominant natural resource-based economy has failed to alleviate poverty or draw parallel...
Kofi Akosah-Sarpong 09 August 2007
Deaf rights are deaf human rights too!
It is important to emphasize that sign language is not only a language used by deaf people for interaction but should be approved in official interactions. Everyone has a right to health so deaf people have a right to seek medical help in sign...
09 August 2007
Are land boards sleeping on the job?
You can apply for land and die waiting for a plot to be allocated to you. The question is, in our country with its population of less than 1.5 million, why is there a shortage of land or is somebody sleeping on the job at the land boards? At times...
09 August 2007
Cartoon Strip-09-08-07
09 August 2007
New kwaito kid on the block
Although the artist says he no longer stays in the kasi, it is clear that he still has fond memories of the place. The song, like most of his compositions, is laced with Tsotsitaal, which he calls Kasi lingo and it is a good song that deserves its...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
Comedy promises thrills and spills
The comedy, by Jaw Therapy, will be the main show and promises to give the audience good value for their money. Manake, as he describes himself, brings 'a wealth of pun, rhetoric, mind teasing, and pondering' entertainment that is guaranteed to...
09 August 2007
Brendy Waves blends gospel-disco music
Simply titled Hard Worker, Brendy Waves of Moshupa has worked tirelessly for two years to reach a stage where he can now walk out of a recording studio with a "finished" copy and have it on the shelves almost immediately. Many people who frequented a...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 09 August 2007
Musicians against AIDS go 'south of the border'
Since its inception some three months back, the event has generated much interest and more and more civil society groups have joined. Nosey Road, Soccer Moruakgomo, Stane, Skiflynt, and Wrust have been gracing the event since it started. ...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 09 August 2007
A new start for all - beware of AIDS
Most of the characters in the book bear Sesobea names and the story revolves around school-going teenagers Ntukwa, Manga, Matengu and Lumba. Ntukwa dominates the play and the young man perceives himself as the village hunk who 'can sleep with any...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
Magosi give up on 'Pepe'
Chiefs' publicity officer Clifford Mogomotsi told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they are fed up with Balepi's antics. It is said this is not the first time that the Rollers' star has agreed terms with Chiefs and then changed his mind at the eleventh...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
F/town Under-23 squad selection ends today
The selection for the regional Under-23 side started early this week under the guidance of experienced Great North Tigers (GNT) coach Seth Moleofhi, assisted by Gaza Gabasiane (Re ba bona ha coach), Ricardo Marape from Tonota United and TASC's...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 09 August 2007
Rollers query Coke Cup venue
Lobatse Stadium will accommodate a double header between BMC and Mochudi Centre Chiefs; and Rollers against ECCO City Greens. Speaking to Mmegi Sport yesterday, Rollers assistant Public Relations Officer, Pule 'Malombo' Ramaabya said that the...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 09 August 2007
MISA condemns attack on photojournalist
According to a press release from the Sofala provincial nucleus of MISA Mozambique, the incident happened on a football field in the central city of Beira on July 21 when Abel Mamad Haider, the chairman of the Macufi and Benfica sports club,...
09 August 2007
A witness of two halves
Led by prosecutor Wesson Manchwe, Rantshabeng told the court that as a director, his responsibilities were to advise and guide government on land allocation. In the course of their duty officers in his department dealt with serviced, unserviced and...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 10 August 2007
Awesome three mount art exhibition
Bakwena is showcasing 17 pieces and one of the most impressive is called The Strength of A Woman. It depicts two females, a mother and her daughter, bearing burdens on an uphill journey towards a dilapidated traditional Setswana hut. "This painting...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 10 August 2007
Nigerian civil engineer excels as film actor
Nigeria's Justus Esiri, an internationally acclaimed Nigerian film actor popularly known as Chief in Nigerian films, is a case in point. After graduating as a civil engineer in the then West Germany in the late l960s, Esiri decided to switch to...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 10 August 2007
Air-Bourne Damon-3
The final one is the best of the three - something that is uncommon in sequels. But then Damon-2 was better than Damon-1. The first two grossed P3 billion; Damon-3 will probably bring in that much and more alone! August is considered the pits in the...
10 August 2007
The things that happen to people in this life
Rosemund J. Handler is a young Capetonian writer whose first novel Madlands was published by Penguin last year. In this book Handler explores the cutting edge of manic-depressive or bipolar insanity, paedophilia and the intricacies of family...
Reviewed
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 10 August 2007
Smelter shutdown follows years of preparation-BCL Pro
But while the smelter is down for overhauling, ore production and the concentrator are fully operational. "The resultant concentrate is stockpiled in paddocks for quick reclamation and processing, together with new concentrate at the smelter over...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 10 August 2007
BSE to automate in order to attract more listing
The BSE's Listing and Trading Manager, Bopelokgale Soko, disclosed in an interview that the bourse recently signed a contract for the installation of a Central Depository System (CDS) that will help boost liquidity. The CDS will house shares...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 10 August 2007
SBB projects positive outlook for listed companies
The Fund Managers Companion Report for the second quarter of the year ending June 30 says the outlook is positive for business activity."We expect this to be reflected in healthy corporate profits," say the brokers, led by Chief Executive Officer...
STAFF WRITER 10 August 2007
Standard Chartered bank's profits rise
The Britain-based bank said profit after tax grew by 27 percent to US$1.399 billion (about P8.7 billion) in the six months to June 30, compared with the first half of 2006. Pre-tax profit grew 30 percent to a record US$1.980 billion (about P11.7...
10 August 2007
Draconian spy laws in peacetime
But just when everyone thought peace had taken residence in the region, governments are enacting draconian security laws, leaving citizens wondering who or what could the object? Last Friday in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe signed the...
EDITOR 10 August 2007
What is poverty, and what causes it? Does it breed crime?
The fact is, however, that serious crime taking place in our country, and neighbouring countries, is increasingly highly organised and planned by professional criminals, and may entail crossing borders. It involves use of weapons, transport, prior...
QUESTION TIME
PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 10 August 2007
Hospital fees go up
Under the revised medical fees, the admission fees for citizen inpatients per night will be P2, while medical examinations for non-citizens private clients will be P30. According to the ministry statement issued in Gaborone yesterday, the services...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 10 August 2007
Build the BMC abattoir closer to farmers
It should be mentioned that, this increase only achieved one thing - drastically driving up the price of beef locally and increasing inflation. The price increase has not done any good as the cost of transportation of animals to Lobatse abattoir, is...
10 August 2007
BNF is still resurgent
Five of them stood for Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and National Democratic Front (NDF) in the Kgatleng East Constituency. Two are former members of the NDF and they are David Segobaetso and Ketshabile Kwapa who stood in Boseja Central and Morwa...
10 August 2007
Did MoE usurp finance ministry role?
However in my opinion reintroduction of school fees is likely to gain popular support if it is a fundraising exercise than a redistributive function. The reason is simple: Botswana government redistributes resources through the tax system....
10 August 2007
Smelling opportunities for business
She relishes the prospect of Smooch parting ways with the Chinese traders because she strongly believes that Smooch has a lot of potential and can really make it on his own. He deserves better than being...
NITTY GRITTY
BAROLONG SEBONI 10 August 2007
Cartoon 10-08-07
10 August 2007
Africa Command: Why not modify US-Africa trade policy?
For a long time, the strategic thinking has been that the U.S. has "no compelling interests in Africa" and "do not want anybody else to have any, either." However, whenever a non-Western nation or idea made its way into Africa, the U.S. got very...
10 August 2007
I Lied - GUS
He further indicated that the issue of differences between the benefits for citizens and non-citizens was under discussion between the bank management and Botswana Bank Employees Union (BOBEU). In a statement on Friday, Matlhabaphiri said after...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 10 August 2007
State Faults Daisy Loo Application
He submitted that no members of the bench can be sued in his or her judicial capacity. He said even the Attorney General's citation in the application as a respondent is improper. He argued that the Attorney General represents any public...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 August 2007
Mozambique tackles witchcraft and human sacrifice
Blessed with some good elites, unlike other African states, Mozambique has battled cyclical droughts and civil war. Overtime, Mozambique overturned the label, "the poorest country in the world." Having achieved that, Mozambique rolled out political...
10 August 2007
Behave - Modubule Tells Mbaakanyi
Modubule found this out last Friday when Assistant Minister of Education, Moggie Mbaakanyi made a contribution in Parliament as a "representative of Lobatse". The two contested the Lobatse seat in the last elections with Modubule emerging tops but...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 10 August 2007
DPP Denies Being In Contempt Of Court
Molomo argued that the DPP's hands were clean because they did not go to court to seek the restraining order. He was making a presentation in the Daisy Loo case that resumed in Lobatse on Friday. Molomo said after realising that the DPP had no powers...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 August 2007
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