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African Copper to sell concentrate on the premises
Production at the mine will begin next year and selling of the concentrate will be done on the company premises. Responding to Mmegi questions, the Vice President of Investor Relations at the company Naomi Nameth said African Copper will be...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 06 September 2007
Redds fashion designers competition starts
KBL says in a press release that the entrants have an opportunity to win an-all expenses paid for trip to Cape Town Fashion Week in 2008, internship with a top South African Designer and US$ 5,000 cash prize. Participating countries are Tanzania,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Redds fashion designers competition starts
KBL says in a press release that the entrants have an opportunity to win an-all expenses paid for trip to Cape Town Fashion Week in 2008, internship with a top South African Designer and US$ 5,000 cash prize. Participating countries are Tanzania,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Hunt for Motswana global model on
The competition, which is sponsored by among others Orange Botswana (main sponsor), Fashion Lounge (venue), Trump Model Management, Mmegi (media partners), Naledi Motors (vehicles), Shell (fuel) and Harvey World Travel (air-fare) has been labelled...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Gospel singer, son release albums
Tlhabiwe, whose videos are featured on Botswana Television (Btv) Sunday afternoon gospel programme, has released an eight-track album entitled Lord of the Storm. Gakeesi's new album, which also has eight tracks, is entitled Mo go Jeso and one can see...
KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 06 September 2007
Young Zebras stranded
The Botswana team is supposed to have flown to Europe on Tuesday midnight to connect to Guinea Conakry, where they are to play a 2008 Olympic Games' qualifier. The Young Zebras take on Guinea in an all-important Group C match on Friday night. If they...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Young Zebras stranded
The Botswana team is supposed to have flown to Europe on Tuesday midnight to connect to Guinea Conakry, where they are to play a 2008 Olympic Games' qualifier. The Young Zebras take on Guinea in an all-important Group C match on Friday night. If...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Ezinkomo wait for 'Quicksilver'
The former Mochudi Centre Chiefs coach should have arrived in the country earlier to start his new job but so far he has not though BMC has sorted out his paper work. "We have sorted everything with him and his work permit is ready. The league season...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Mudongo moves up the ACC ladder
Mudongo beat Nigeria's Rosemary Amadasun to chalk up her third win of the event and move up to joint second with three points from four games. She is tied with Egypt's Woman International Master (WIM) Mona Khaled. They trail South African WIM Anzel...
KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE
Correspondent 06 September 2007
Mokolodi hosts Mountain Bike Race
The 60km race will start at 8am, followed by the 20km race at 8.20am. Sponsors for this year's event are Pick n' Pay Riverwalk, Poolco and Mokolodi Nature Reserve. Gaborone Private Hospital will provide medical assistance. Race registration and...
06 September 2007
Monument proposed for Sedie students
Speaking on behalf of Batawana regent, Kgosi Kealetile Moremi, at the memorial service at the Maun sports stadium, he applauded the fallen stars for their valuable contribution to making Botswana a proud sporting nation. Sedie CJSS school head,...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Botswana discusses AFRICOM
Mogae said on Tuesday that Botswana and South Africa have been approached by the US to host the command but they have not taken a decision. "We were approached together with South Africa on the possibilities of housing this animal. We don't know what...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 06 September 2007
President's salaries commission set
The commission is expected to begin its work next week, and submit its report not later than the 30 November, 2007. Justice Dibotelo will chair the commission. Other members of the Commission are Kenneth Matambo, Benjamin Makobole, Nozipho Mabe and...
06 September 2007
UB students challenge Mogae over jobs
Student Representative Council (SRC) president Mishingo Jeremia said: "Your excellency we want you to tell us what the government is doing about unemployment among university graduates." In his response the president nearly angered the students when...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 06 September 2007
Air Botswana privatisation stalls again
Afterwards, the Minister of Works and Transport, Lesego Motsumi said that cabinet has not yet taken a decision on the matter. The cabinet is said to have requested more information after a presentation from the ministry. Sources close to the...
STAFF WRITER 06 September 2007
BNF, BCP dismiss BDP election threats
The BDP's strategy is to go for early primary elections in the opposition constituencies by December 7. Already the party has completed compiling its voters' rolls in the Gaborone South, Gaborone Central, Gaborone West-North, Gaborone West-South and...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
HIV lab for Health Ministry
Built on the premises of the former Jubilee Hospital, the reference laboratory has been renovated and equipped using more than US $935,000 or P5.8 million from the US President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Technical support is also...
06 September 2007
Dam levels drop - WUC
WUC's update on the water availability situation between August 28 and September 4 indicates that Molatedi dam's level has however remained constant at 6.9 percent but Bokaa dam's level declined from 21.6 to 21.3 percent, and Nnywane from 27.4 to...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 06 September 2007
Teenager jailed for killing uncle
This means that 18-year-old Metlhaetsile Makganyane is conditionally a free man because the time he spent behind bars when the case was on has been taken into account. Makganyane was convicted of murdering his 61-year-old uncle Khanda Makganyane in...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 06 September 2007
Motor vehicle theft on the increase
The recent theft brings the total number of vehicles stolen to 298 since the beginning of the year, compared to 304 stolen during the same period last year. According to the police most of the stolen vehicles were stolen whilst...
STAFF WRITER 06 September 2007
The BFA is embarrassing
This week the football governing body botched what could have been a trip for the National U-23 to Conakry, Guinea for the 2008 Olympic games qualifier game to be held on Friday night. After the delays in processing the paper work, the Botswana team...
EDITOR 06 September 2007
Will the youth ever be economically empowered?
The truth is that most young men and women of this country are deliberately being caused to be poorer (inferior, low grade, lesser) yet there are ways which can be effectively implemented to deal with this situation. To a large extent, the government...
06 September 2007
Cartoon 06.09.07
06 September 2007
Botswana ranked Africa's leader in economic freedom
With an improved overall rating of 7.2, Botswana is once more ranked number one in the study's Sub-Saharan Africa region table and indeed in first place on the African continent as a whole. Botswana has maintained its lead position in the Africa...
06 September 2007
Who replaces Linchwe?
But the outspoken Seepapitso is said to be a frontrunner because the government is keen to silence him. The Ntlo ya Dikgosi chairman has been a thorn in the flesh to the government and at one time he was suspended from his chieftainship. He later...
STRYKER MOTLALOSO
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
Mogae to join 'club' of retired presidents
Sir Ketumile Masire and South Africa's former post apartheid president, Nelson Mandela are engaged in a statesmanship mission and they joined their peers in a gathering otherwise known as the "retired presidents' club. And the latest addition to...
STRYKER MOTLALOSO
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
Scheming criminals wreak havoc in Gaborone
According to recent newspaper reports, a 24 year-old teacher was stoned to death by a group of thugs at a popular revellers' venue in Gaborone West last weekend.In another incident, two young women were gang-raped near Red Dot Bar, another favourite...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
Pentecostals host woman pastor
Like many who have previously conducted crusades at the same venue, Pastor Tshifhiwa Irene is expected to preach a salvation message, perform deliverance and healing to the sick. "You might as well be aware that there are people who are Pentecostals...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 07 September 2007
Moyanti: the canoe transporter
He grew up admiring his uncle, Terrence Mothibi's dexterity in paddling his canoe across the Thamalakane River, transporting people mainly from Sedie ward across to the Disaneng ward. When the Thamalakane River, which snakes its way through the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
To Naledi with love
It is impossible to grow up in Old Naledi and not bear her marks and memories flood back as I stand here. Every meaningless object suddenly bursts with illuminating meanings. Sparking memories. Memories of innocent childhood. Memories of adolescent...
07 September 2007
Sedie survivors recount the tragedy
He was relating how a teammate and classmate (name withheld) died on that fateful Monday when their trip from Gaborone ended tragically at Mmashoro. Ngande, a Form Three student at Sedie Community Junior Secondary School (CJSS), says he was lucky to...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
Windfall sales forecasts at DTC Botswana
New Managing Director Brian McDonald says they have already secured markets for the product and expect to make US$280 million in first year sales (2007), US$360 million next year and US$550 million in 2009. MacDonald sees the establishment of the DTC...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 07 September 2007
Anti-EPA campaigners target Botswana
The meeting, under the auspices of the Ghana-based Third World Network (TWN) Africa, identified exporters, politicians and consumers as possible groups to target as they broaden their campaigns ahead of the December 31 deadline. Thomas Deve, a...
KABO MOKGOABONE
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
Parents exploit youth fund - CEDA boss
The fund was set-up recently by government under CEDA to help the youth to engage in agricultural activities. When briefing journalists on Tuesday, Matsheka revealed that parents are using their children as a front to get money from the fund. He...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
A 'sweetener' for pensioners as BTC raises charges
The exercise, which the parastatal calls re-balancing, includes re-adjusting some charges downwards while raising others. Pensioners have however been allowed a more favourable package. The new tariffs take effect from October 1. In a...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA and BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writers 07 September 2007
BOSETU favours Namibia model
According to BOSETU's presidential report, the national executive visited the Teachers' Union of Namibia sometime in April on a bench-marking exercise and they were happy to report that they learnt a lot on union activities. "The striking thing I...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 07 September 2007
CONSUMER WATCH DOG
The wireless network at the office is amazing and fast Internet access is a real benefit to the business. OK, that's nonsense. It's great for reading the news, surfing YouTube, downloading entirely free podcasts from iTunes and...
07 September 2007
Discovery Metals moves to final testing
Bio-oxidation (bio-ox) processing has shown the most promising results to date of a range of processing techniques being tried as part of an ongoing scoping study of Dikoloti, Discovery said in a statement. The project aims to define a cost-effective...
07 September 2007
BOMAID launches cellphone service
A year later Botswana Medical Aid Society was registered under the societies' Act, as a non-profit making organisation. The society is now affectionately known as BOMaid. By its origin, BOMAID is a member-owned fund, hence all funds generated from...
07 September 2007
The embodiment of the African personality
The students were fascinated by Mochudi but were unable to explain what it was that so captivated them. Eventually, I deduced that they had recognised in it, an African personality and an African integrity that was denied them at home. True, Mochudi...
07 September 2007
Crime is a threat to Vision 2016
This year's event came a year after the mid-point of the race that started about 11 years ago. There is no better time to pause and look at the distance that has been covered than this point. Looking at the ground that has been covered over the...
EDITOR 07 September 2007
QUESTION TIME
It had been, to some extent, a follow-up to the column of the previous week also entitled An Appropriate human resources development (HRD) Strategy, "which had taken note of the impressive development initiatives of Mauritius education, training,...
PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 07 September 2007
Our leadership is bleeding the national treasury
Sometime in 2006 it was revealed that Cabinet Minister Lesego Motsumi was being chauffeured to attend classes in a foreign country in a state vehicle. When the minister was confronted to confirm or deny the allegations, she went ballistic and bragged...
07 September 2007
Realising Vision 2016 starts now!
Each time I look closely at the seven pillars that take this country to new heights, I see no insurmountable task to merit describing a whole nation as being overzealously ambitious, because all the pillars are speaking to our inner voices so that we...
07 September 2007
NITTY GRITTY
We, the regular patrons of the Nitty Gritty, are unanimous in our acceptance of these culinary delights on offer. Our basic principle regarding snacks of any kind is simple: "Who are we to refuse food, especially when it is free?" So, we are...
BAROLONG SEBONI 07 September 2007
Cartoon 07.09.07
07 September 2007
Bring me Ian Khama -Saleshando
Saleshando said that he was not worried about the BDP's vow to grab Gaborone Central to eliminate the BCP. Reports abound that the BDP was considering sending in Gaborone region chairman, Gomolemo Motswaledi and University of Botswana academic, Dr...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 07 September 2007
The rise, rise and rise of folk music
Periodically. It has lied in ruins for some time, but like diamonds it blasted its way out of the belly of rubble to guide national reawakening of the late 1990s. Judith Sefako, the leader of Ditlholwana Cultural Troupe, has been in the music...
07 September 2007
BACK STAGE
God is going on vacation and appoints Bruce to assume all his powers, including listening to prayers and granting pleas for assistance. Set in Buffalo, New York, "Bruce Almighty" was sufficiently comic to catch on. It ended up being a fair satire of...
SASA MAJUMA 07 September 2007
BOOK REVIEW
For her reporting from troubled areas in Uganda and the Sudan she has earned the Amnesty International Award for Human Rights Reporting three times. She has been nominated six times for Canada's National Newspaper Award and is a winner of their...
SHERIDAN GRISWORLD 07 September 2007
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