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I Lied - GUS
At the time he told the House that the bank had not submitted a Training and Localisation Plan to the Department of Labour and Social Security (DLSS) and that two out of seven Batswana were holding management positions. He further indicated that the...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
Farmers Encouraged To Commercialise
Lekaukau made this appeal when he was opening the Northern Kgalagadi District Agricultural show in Tshane on Saturday. Lekaukau said the theme of the show, "Venturing into Development Programmes to Alleviate Poverty," is both appropriate and...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi 13 August 2007
Round Tablers Adopt Destitute Family
The situation in the family caught the eye of the Selebi-Phikwe Round Table who adopted the family and pledged to give them money to buy groceries every month. The family was identified through the Department of Social Services and Community...
By Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
The Winners Code
This lesson is two fold. Firstly, she learns that things do not just happen by themselves, but things are made to happen. Secondly, she learns in a very practical way that she actually has the power to make things happen. These lessons are...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 13 August 2007
Etcetera II
Admittedly it may have been because it was the end of the month - twelve of them do come around each year - and admittedly it was the COSAFA tournament - but then again, international football matches are now regularly played - but when driving then...
SANDY GRANT 13 August 2007
Guest Column
In a way the gesture by the opposition was a reflection of the controversy that has characterised the Bill ever since its genesis some eight months ago. In my contribution to the different stages of debate I indicated that the Bill was arguably...
BOTSALO NTUANE 13 August 2007
Emang Basadi Is Not Competing With Anyone
As its members, we are happy that the FNBB/EB Business Women Of Year Award and Woman Community Builder of the Year Awards were hailed as a success in that they brought together old and young women, rural and urban women, educated and non-educated...
13 August 2007
The World Observes International Youth Day
As a component of the Youth, we the BCP Youth League would like to take this chance to exchange a few words with the public particularly the young women and men of this country on few issues that are of importance to the youth. We at the BCP Youth...
13 August 2007
No Room For The Likes Of Baroda
Infact, it has emerged that at some stage, the bank deliberately misled the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri, who in turn misled Parliament about the its training and localisation plan, saying that it was going...
13 August 2007
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13 August 2007
Textile Sector Millions Of Dollars
Brett Johnson, the AGOA Trade and Business Manager in Botswana said this at a workshop of the Botswana Exporters and Manufacturers Association (BEMA) on joint ventures held at Thapama Lodge in Francistown last Thursday. He said from the total amount...
By Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 13 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 service...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 13 August 2007
BMC Keen On farmer Viability - Swartz
The branch, which was officially opened by the Minister of Agriculture, Johnnie Swartz last Friday, is the second after Francistown and the third BMC facility in the country, if the headquarters in Lobatse is included. Speaking at the opening...
By Brian Benza
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
Debswana Proposes Special Forum For Mining Houses
The mining giant's Business Development Manager Joseph Ramotshabi said the idea was still at a conception stage in his department, but the objective would be to form a local supply base. Ramotshabi was speaking at a one-day workshop on joint...
By Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 13 August 2007
Lawyer Calls For Trade Disputes Tribunal
Michael Mothobi told a workshop of the Botswana Exporters and Manufacturers Association (BEMA) last Thursday at Thapama Lodge here that arbitration was increasingly being used to resolve international commercial disputes because there was no...
By Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 13 August 2007
The Return Of The Music Queen
However, at the listening session of her most recent album 'Cherikwa' at Gaborone Hotel last Wednesday, Olebile 'Maxy' Sedumedi did the noble thing and declared that she was not out there to compete with the up and coming contemporary traditional...
By Gasebalwe Seretse
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
Talking Musika
I suppose the elections will have to be postponed again next year when the executive will be organising the next BOMU awards, this time not for the 2007 reasons given, but this time on account of precedence. Ke gore 'we postponed the elections last...
RAMPHOL MOLEFHE 13 August 2007
New Karate Style Launched
Speaking at the official launch of the style in Gaborone on Thursday, Thuto explained that the new body will initially be involved in training, creating awareness and sharpening skills. The BYKF is not yet affiliated to the Botswana Karate...
By Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 13 August 2007
'Boyo' Is Under- 20 Coach
The first major assignment for the duo is the COSAFA games scheduled for South Africa in late November. Radipotsane told Monitor Sport at the weekend that he was delighted that the BFA has once again roped him in to lead a junior side. The Jwaneng...
By Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
New Karate Club For Children
Boys and girls competed in knock-out bouts in a huge yellow tent erected a few metres in front of Hi-Fi Corporation. Outside the tent some karate youngsters had fun on the jumping castle. The activities marked the launch of the newly established DA...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 13 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...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 13 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 13 August 2007
Light At The End Of Tunnel For Lesedi
Lesedi became an orphan after his father killed his wife (Lesedi's mother)before committing suicide by hanging himself to a tree. Young Lesedi suffered a double tragedy in that his grandmother, who was supposed to become his guardian, died during...
By Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
Police Patrols Target Car Robberies
The police regard such offences as street robberies. Bareki told Monitor that there have been incidents in which people who play loud music in their cars have been robbed at entertainment areas. Motorists in Gaborone have become increasingly...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 13 August 2007
Mental Patient Hit By Train After Escape
Francistown Police Station Commander, Superintendent Mokuedi Mphathi told Monitor that the man had escaped from the mental institution and later attempted to commit suicide by standing in front of a moving train. "Fortunately, the train did not...
Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent 13 August 2007
Salaries' Commission Highlight MoE Inconsistencies
The highlighted inconsistencies included disparities in salaries, job progression, allowances and general working conditions. The use of open trucks for the transportation of pupils was another burning issue before the commission during its hearings...
By Keto Segwai
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
The Path To A Quick Fix
After a long trek, he stops at a black gate. Instead of knocking he whistles. At the third whistle, a hand emerges from a hole in the iron- gate with the palm extended. In low tones Jacques says the owner of the hand that he has only P10. The hand is...
By Gale Ngakane and Patricia Maganu
Correspondent and
Staff Writer 13 August 2007
A new pay TV arrives
GTV is owned by Gateway Communications.Although a release from the group has not given an indication of how much the service would cost, they are adamant that theirs would be available at an affordable price."When it comes to television, all too...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 14 August 2007
'I didn't know,' says Moupo
The BNF leader is reported, by the state media, to have failed to show up at a meeting with Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister, Martinho Dafa Cabi. Moupo was scheduled to meet Cabi in his capacity as the leader of the opposition, but reports say that the...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 14 August 2007
Government sets up PR unit
"It is intended that the unit will network with already existing communications structures (in ministries and departments) so as to ensure that Government as a whole is able to more effectively communicate both domestic and international audiences,"...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 14 August 2007
Daisy Loo argues for contempt ruling
Making his presentation before Justice Stephen Monametsi Gaongalelwe, Collins said on the same day as the Court of Appeal sat, the DPP prepared a notice of motion seeking declaratory orders against Daisy Loo. Collins told the court that the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 August 2007
BCP coaxes BNF voters
Taolo said the BCP should be voted to power because it was the only serious alternative to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)."We are always the first to respond to national issues," he said as he cited the party's recent document titled...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 14 August 2007
MultiChoice subscribers disappointed
They believe that they have been cheated since MultiChoice knew that most of the subscribers pay to watch theSupersport channels which televise the games. One of the subscribers, Tshimologo Boitumelo did not hide his displeasure. He told Mmegi that...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 August 2007
Manake enters comedy scene with a bang!
Last Thursday, the man, who works for the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), made his debut as a stand-up comedian at the Little Theatre, National Museum and Art Gallery, and the few spectators who turned up for the show roared in...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 August 2007
Justice missed funky Saturday night!
Not Justice Motlhabane, he went to bed very early, as usual, after taking his beer alone. Our man does not seem fond of interacting with the women-folk in the house, let alone his male counterparts. Is he scared of them, or it is a strategy to avoid...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 August 2007
'Two warriors of German Cinema'
Werner Herzog, the great German filmmaker, began directing films in 1962 when he was 20 years old. In 1972, at 30, when he made Aguirre, he had already directed nine films (he also acts, narrates, scores the music, writes the script, edits and...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 14 August 2007
Botswana, Ghana sign trade treaty
The treaty protects contracting parties against expropriation, provides for dispute settlement mechanisms and guarantees free transfer of funds between the two countries. It elevates Ghana to most-favoured nation status and extends a special...
STAFF WRITER 14 August 2007
Ministers to meet President Mogae in Zambia
The Botswana delegation will also include the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lt. Gen. Mompati Merafhe, the Assistant Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri, and senior government officials. Among...
14 August 2007
Air Botswana beats IATA e-booking deadline
The 'booklet' has been replaced by a 'virtual' ticket in the form of a computer entry when a flight booking is made. The new system speeds up the ticketing process, making it convenient and secure for the passenger who simply presents personal...
14 August 2007
Multi-Choice stinks
Good counsel tells us that Multi-Choice Botswana offers an elite product that is only consumed by a tiny fraction of the population. A majority of Batswana do not even have television sets to bother with facilities such as DSTV decoders offered by...
EDITOR 14 August 2007
Playing with fire
These institutions were not created on hypothetical grounds but targeted against (ill)defined subversives: counter-revolutionaries, communists, anti-Semites, freedom fighters and dissidents. The measures invariably fail to exorcise spooks imagined....
AS I SEE IT
DAN MOABI 14 August 2007
The BNF is dying a painful political death
We have said it many times and we shall continue to say it that Operation Tsosoloso is a toothless bull dog and it is not yielding any results. It is just a deceptive propaganda tool being used by the BNF to cheat on unsuspecting voters by giving...
14 August 2007
Back to the brink in Ukraine NINA KHRUSHCHEVA
Back then, a peaceful and honest result was reached in the end because Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma refused to heed Yanukovich's call to use violence to defend his rigged election. This time it appears that Yanukovich is prepared to do...
14 August 2007
Medical Aids driving patients crazy
I understand there are few who abuse the system, let them be dealt with but not punish all the members for the handful who have not complied. I know there is a lot of consultation in our beloved country-Botswana before some matters are forced on to...
14 August 2007
Cartoon 14.08.07
14 August 2007
Chiefs crash out of Coke Cup
The man of the match was midfielder Bobo Motlhalane of BMC who was outstanding against top names like Zebras' workhorse Tshepo 'Talk-Talk' Motlhabankwe and Othusitse 'Jabu' Pilane. The nippy former Jwaneng Comets' midfielder was never...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 14 August 2007
Rooney doubtful for England games
Rooney, 21, missed three months after a foot injury in 2004 and a similar lay-off would rule him out of England's five remaining Euro 2008 qualifiers. He is all but certain to miss England's friendly against Germany at Wembley next Wednesday. And...
14 August 2007
Hard work paid off- Woods
You see their shoulders slumping and dragging. I feel fine," the 31-year-old said. "You should always train hard and bust your butt. Not everyone considers golf a sport and they don't treat it as such. You pay the price." Woods is renowned for...
14 August 2007
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