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The President's original speech was supposed to pay tribute to the company's citizen empowerment initiatives, especially the re-location of many of its functions that were previously carried out in South Africa to Botswana. Mogae skipped that part...

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Khama Doesn't Allocate Constituencies - Serema

There have been reports that Khama has been telling some Members of Parliament (MPs) where they should stand in the Bulela Ditswe (primary elections). It is alleged for example that Khama does not want Specially Elected MP, Botsalo Ntuane to trouble...

Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 10 September 2007

PMTCT Children HIV/AIDS Free-Tlou

Tlou was speaking at the handing over of the newly renovated Nyangabgwe Hospital HIV Reference Laboratory by the United States government to the Botswana government through US President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and BOTUSA. The lab,...

Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 10 September 2007

Staff Shortage Compromise Quality At Nyangabgwe

His love for being in the trenches is bolstered by the fact that the hospital has a shortage of doctors. He told Monitor that he is unable to effectively juggle between being an administrator and a doctor at the same time and as such, quality of...

Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Ex-BNF Politician Declares War

The BDP man is planning to camp in the Gaborone North West constituency of BNF leader Otsweleste Moupo to recruit BNF members. "I will always help him (Mogalakwe) to terrorise BNF and I am saying this in front of you. I know BNF as I know the palm of...

Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Union Boss Waives Joining Fee

"As for today I am exercising my powers to waive the joining fee and all you have to do is pay the annual membership fee," he told a BLLAWU meeting at the Civic Centre in Francistown last week. He lamented that non-members are benefiting from the...

Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 10 September 2007

Police Appeal For Help In Teacher's Murder

Gaborone West police said the deceased was attacked by a mob outside a bar at Phase II shopping complex and not Phase I as reported in one of the newspapers. Gaborone West Police acting Station Commander, Assistant Superintendent Goratwang Odumetse...

Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Brazil Promises To Assist Botswana

Padilha was speaking at the first Brazil National Day to be held in Botswana. He said the two countries had signed agreements in the field of HIV/AIDS, in sports and agricultural research. "While recognising the excellent effort being made by the...

Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 10 September 2007

New Batlokwa King Faces Daunting Task

The two struggles are not unrelated. The struggle for land, usurped by land speculators, among them Asiatic merchants, the Botswana Housing Corporation - the parastatal set up on the noble premise of providing affordable housing for Batswana -...

Rampholo Molefhe
correspondent 10 September 2007

Kanyane: The Other Name For Peleng

Lobatse hosted the first Radio Botswana, the railway line that connected Southern Rhodesia with South Africa passed and later connected the north of this country with the south passes through the town, Botswana's first meat industry and Africa's...

Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Pick Up The Pieces And Move Forward

By the time the team left, the morale in the squad was at its lowest ebb and it was up to the technical team to do all they could to cheer the players up and make them focus on the job at hand. As if that were not enough for the lads, the experience...

EDITOR 10 September 2007

The Winners Code

This is so because this message is to achievement what breathing is to life-the core without which the centre cannot hold. And the invitation is an invitation to greatness. It is this message and this invitation that I bring you. Ignore it at your...

GEORGE CHINGARANDE 10 September 2007

Issues In Education

Non-attendance by students varies from school to school and is higher in certain communities than others. The socio-environment of the schools plays a part in this. The other influence comes from various in-school factors. In addition, students...

D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 10 September 2007

Etcetera II

Some may believe that on a two-lane highway, this is an impossibility. But if one is overtaking on the outside lane and the other on the inside yellow 'lane' it becomes a doodle. Not one, though, that should become standard practice. The following...

SANDY GRANT 10 September 2007

Guest Column

Passage of this legislation followed spirited debate, which examined the implications of the regime being proposed. Among a minority, I withheld my support for the draft policy because to me its implications are far reaching and may create a...

BOTSALO NTUANE 10 September 2007

Botswana Directorate On Intelligence And Security Service-Revision

By now it is almost unbearable to those optimistic when just a handful of representatives and the chosen few have access to classified materials which will eventually see the disappearance of privacy and its subtopics associated with it (privacy)...

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Mogae Stokes Gaborone Business

He was a guest speaker at the 10th anniversary of Metropolitan Botswana held at Phakalane on Friday night. He said government is currently engaged in self-appraisal with a view to making the system a facilitator rather than an impediment to business....

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 September 2007

KBL Named Best Brewer in Africa, Asia

The award was presented to the KBL technical team in Sun City, South Africa, on 31 August 2007. According to KBL officials, the award is given to the brewery that displays high adherence to the Manufacturing Performance Index (MPI) scorecard. The...

10 September 2007

New Appointments At KBL

Meshack Tshekedi, a Chemical Engineer and economics graduate also holds a master of science qualification in engineering management from the University of Missouri-Rolla in the United States of America. He started with Debswana in 2002...

10 September 2007

Out To Lunch

In the larger companies, they are known as a mere segment of a sophisticated selection process which may include a long menu of competency tests, while in the smaller scenarios, the interview, which may be an informal chat for that matter, is the...

SHAMEELA WINSTON 10 September 2007

Brando' s Dance Moves Thrill Revellers

However, it was not clear whether the singer, who a few months ago also made his theatre debut was specifically invited to sing or just to be the master of ceremonies (MC) for the evening. Brando started the evening well as MC, announcing the...

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Talking Musika

Notwane social club was established, we have come to learn, as a hub for the furtherance of the national aspiration at independence of a democratic, multi-racial and self-reliant Botswana. This, in contrast to the experience of South Africa,...

RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 10 September 2007

Food For The Soul

One cannot believe we are a mere seven years away from attaining the MDGs. Or rather the years 2015 and 2016 will surely arrive all right, but what about the deliverables as outlined in these two beautiful sets of goals. Depending on the level of...

BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 10 September 2007

Mufema Breaks Gunners

Mufema combined well with Thuso Mosweu to finish off a well carved Tshepo 'Schoolboy' Molefe's corner kick to break Gunners' hearts. The dull game was a see-saw affair destined for a draw until Mufema pounced. In the first half, Gunners looked...

Ernest Kelapile
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Mean Machine Leads BDF VI To Top Eight Finals

He was restless and knew exactly what was in store. In the end, his side escaped with a narrow 3-2 win over Diphatsa in a tough duel. BDF VI will now meet Mafolofolo in the finals scheduled for October 6. Mafolofolo beat Kutlwano by the...

Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Ill-Fated Zebras'

The game was abandoned 13 minutes before time on Friday night with Guinea leading 2-0. The move became necessary because Botswana had only six players on the field. Reports say four of the Young Zebras' players were knocked out of the game after...

Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 10 September 2007

Rugby Spreads To 67 Schools

Under the three-year sponsorship, the company gives BFU P100,000 annually for grassroots development. The sponsorship deal was sealed at the beginning of this year. Lekan says that schools' rugby is not funded by the government because it is not yet...

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 10 September 2007

Mudongo's Dreams Dashed

Mudongo fell to Egyptian Woman International Masters (WIM) Sohir Basta and Mona Khaled. The two losses left the Botswana Woman FIDE Master (WFM) with 3.5 points, and with two games left, her hope was to make the top five. For defending champion and...

Kenneth Boikhutswane
Correspondent 10 September 2007

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