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Don't pass the buck - Govt told
BOSETU publicity secretary Justin Hunyepa yesterday condemned government for clinging to the use of these forms arguing that they have been overtaken by events. He accused government of trying to abdicate responsibility in the event of an accident....
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 13 September 2007
Moupo: what I said - Mabiletsa
First of all I wish to express my disappointment at the manner in which your undercover reporter relays facts about what was an informal discussion and turns out into a newspaper headline story without informing that he was planning to write a story...
13 September 2007
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13 September 2007
Botswana leads team to EPA negotiations
But the SADC bloc Botswana is leading is made up of only eight - Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania , South Africa and Botswana itself - of the 15-member bloc. Other members of SADC are negotiating under COMESA, while...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Experts foresee worldwide use of Tati refinery
Press Secretary to the President Jeff Ramsay says in addition to the positive impact the refinery will have on nickel mining, the refinery will add value to copper and cobalt, which it will also process. The project, which has been on a pilot basis...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Balikani excels in the furniture business
Furniture Embassy is meant to cater for the upper class, Balikani reveals to Mmegi. The man, who is perhaps better known for staying the hog of opposition politics, says that he has always had a passion for the furniture business. "I have worked in...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 13 September 2007
Ratshega set to launch second album
Those who are passionate about his rather bizarre dance style are expected to flock the venue to get another chance to see him change his body shape like a cobra. The youngster from Bobonong says he has been hard at work rehearsing for this show as...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Auditions have become money-spinners?
The producers are not only targeting the money that they would make from the sales of the film but another source of income has become the registration fee for auditions.It is now becoming a trend to find advertisements, calling for auditions. ...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Woman singer produces album
Banyana Nkgatlhatsang, who goes by the stage name Millie Girl, is optimistic that she will succeed, despite perceptions that the music industry in the country has not reached the stage where artists can use it as their primary source of income. The...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 13 September 2007
Gospel ensemble releases debut album
The 12-track album features songs mostly sung at Apostolic Faith churches, but would go down well with believers and non-believers alike. Led by John Saakane, the group has been holding live performances in Selebi-Phikwe over the past few months....
KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 13 September 2007
BOMU awards to go commercial-Pheto
Pheto was speaking at the official launch of the second annual awards scheduled for December 9. The union also unveiled its new logo at the same event. He thanked Mascom, which has popped out a whoopping P250, 000, in sponsorship, an increase of...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Pfizer and FDA warn of potential carcinogen impurity in HIV drug viracept
Children who are already on the drug and are stable may continue to take Viracept, but pregnant women should be switched to an alternative antiretroviral said Pfizer and the FDA. The drug company issued a Dear Healthcare Professional letter about...
CATHARINE PADDOCK 13 September 2007
Rollers' boss dumps officials
However, the demoted officials Charity Madisa (team manager) and Kaizer Sekaba (public relations officer) have thrown a spanner in the works by declining to take up their new positions. It is reported that the duo were shunted aside despite the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 13 September 2007
World Group sponsors Independence Cup again
The group has forked out P30,000 to sponsor the Francistown Independence Cup for the eighth year. The winner of the cup would pocket P10,000 while runners-up walk away with P4,000. The semi-finalists will go home P2,000 richer. Those eliminated in...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Golden Girls locked out of league
Golden Girls will miss in action because the other clubs have said they cannot afford to travel to Serowe to honour fixtures. Moreover, the league committee was not convinced when the Serowe side said it can afford to travel to the south of the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Coach slams BVF
The team leaves today for the tournament scheduled to start on Saturday. Roberts said Batswana should expect nothing from his charges because of poor preparations. The caretaker coach blamed the BVF for the inadequate preparations. He said BVF...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 September 2007
BHC hands over day care centre
"I must congratulate the BHC for having found it fit, as part of their corporate social responsibility to act beyond their core mandate of providing shelter to assist various rural communities throughout the country," said Dr Omponye...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 13 September 2007
DCEC engages consultant to revamp graft fight
DCEC recently revealed that de Speville & Associates, a UK-based consultant, has been engaged to conduct a study of the current corruption campaign. "The government has decided that it is time to review what has been achieved in the struggle...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 13 September 2007
Stephen Bantu (Steve) Biko
From there he enrolled as a student at the University of Natal Medical School (Black Section). Whilst at medical school Biko became involved with the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). But the union was dominated by white liberals and...
13 September 2007
BCP denies discontent over BAM move
He said the decision to field BAM candidates in BCP areas, was made in terms of the spirit of cooperation talks that the two parties have entered into. There has been rumours of widespread discontent in the two constituencies after the announcement...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 September 2007
Politicians quit BCP
Kudumane told Mmegi that he is headed to the Botswana National Front (BNF) while Dikhudu says he wants to concentrate on his personal projects. Dikhudu clashed with the BCP leadership when he queried the decision to allow the Botswana Alliance...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 13 September 2007
Heela Ramsay!
The entertainment and other roles that were initially considered to be peripheral have, even in the mainstream media, become so pervasive as to erode the essential founding principles of the free press. It is becoming increasingly clear that the...
EDITOR 13 September 2007
Dingake has been sold the US propaganda
Mmegi columnist Michael Dingake, in desperation to illustrate why SADC should not have extended a warm welcome to President Robert Mugabe at the just ended summit in Lusaka, swings from SADC Declarations and Treaties, to human rights violations,...
13 September 2007
Drink given to school children declared unsafe
In some districts, the circular has been passed on to junior secondary schools as well. Despite this, in some areas of the country, junior secondary schools are still including the drink in their school menu. Among its ingredients, the drink...
LAURI KUBUITSILE 14 September 2007
Three-way last-ditch efforts for Mogapinyana today
The ward seat became vacant when Kgosietsiloe Molemi died in a car accident earlier this year. He had been unopposed in the last general elections in 2004. Serema says unlike in the Mmopane by-election last July when the Botswana Congress...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI 14 September 2007
Sedie tragedy: Serowe police still in doubt
Speaking to Mmegi in an interview yesterday, Officer Commanding Number Two Traffic Police District, based in Serowe, Superintendent Nketi Kokorwe said they were still gathering information on the accident. "As part of our investigations, we continue...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
Moves to oust Moupo dismissed
On the other hand, a member of the BNF central committee has warned "wayward characters" that the party will not hesitate to take action against them.Close sources say the constituency committee is planning to call a meeting with the party executive...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
Chiefs ponder co-habitation
"It is for all people who have a domestic relationship," she said.She explained to the chiefs that government is contemplating a law for those who are co-habiting. "It was once discussed and let us hope government will implement a law for...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
Botswana in multi-billion Pula fraud
A recent report showed that although the majority of these criminals are based in India and China, Botswana is also listed among countries with a sizable number. Other countries implicated are Egypt, Syria and South Korea. It is a complex scheme...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 14 September 2007
Dikgosi ignorant of salaries commission
It is scheduled to start work on Monday but Kgosi Mosadi Seboko of Balete told Mmegi that Ntlo ya Dikgosi has not been briefed about it. She said that she got to know about the commission through the media. She said she cannot talk about the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
FNB explains delays in students' allowances
"The finance department had to be told that the students have been sponsored and registered with a confirmation from their respective institutions. The names were then submitted to the bank where the accounts were opened in South Africa," Kgotla...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
TSM rationalises schools management
"If one had a class to teach and at the same time supervise other teachers, they would not be able to do a through job. We want them to concentrate on the running of the schools," Makhendlela stressed. Amongst those exempted from teaching are...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
We want to kill leopard for our Kgosi - Mothibi
Bakgatla regent Kgosi Mothibi Kgafela says he would love to see the new Kgosi, Kgafela Linchwe installed the traditional way - with a hunting party dispatched to kill a leopard for the installation of the king. " Ideally, we would like a situation...
14 September 2007
The two faces of Maun
During weekdays mornings in modern Maun, workers, pupils and students can be seen walking along the road. Fishermen are already on course to the riverbank to set their nets. Like soldiers in training, they kick the fine white sand of Maun uniformly...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
Sekgororoane ditches GTV for Multichoice?
There are reports that he has been snapped by GTV's rivals Multichoice Botswana. He declined to confirm the reports. Sekgororoane is a former general manager of Multichoice Botswana. "I can only say that I am negotiating with some people....
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 September 2007
I didn't fear Tshekedi Khama-Motswaledi
Rather, he said, he decided to withdraw from the race in order to save his party."I can make any sacrifice that can save the BDP for as long as I don't emerge as the sole beneficiary," Motswaledi said about his surprise withdrawal from the race.The...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 September 2007
Why do African leaders stick with Mugabe?
The Africans are not going to intervene," he said at the re-launch of the CCJP/ Legal Resources Foundation report on the massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands which cost at least 20,000 lives between 1980 and1988._"The African Union and the SADC...
TREVOR GRUNDY 14 September 2007
Police chiefs warn of spiraling crime
Urban Police Station commander Superintendent Ringo Batshabeng said one of the most crime-prone spots in his policing area is the bush between the Riverwalk Mall and Fairgrounds Holding where thugs waylay both motorists and pedestrians. Batshabeng...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 14 September 2007
The rise, rise and rise of folk music (Part II)
To that end, distribution continues to be one of the most challenging to local musicians. Botswana artists wear many hats: musician, songwriter, executive producer, creative producer, manager, promoter, publicist, lawyer and accountant. Musicians...
14 September 2007
The 'spooky' worlds of William Gibson
"A high-res realism," the author calls it. "It's a trick, but I love it."That shared illusion of author and reader fascinates him."One human being sits down and makes black marks on white paper, and somewhere on the other side of the world someone...
14 September 2007
'Fat and old, but not boring'
The star is Tracy Turnblad (acted enthusiastically by Nikki Blonsky) who is obese, short and stout, but loves to move and dance, and is particularly thrilled by Negro music and steps. Tracy's father is Wilbur Turnblad (Christopher Walken, who steps...
14 September 2007
The limits of magic bullet thinking
Two officials from a Kenyan AIDS organisation picked me up and took me on a drive. We drove and drove all day, over muddy tracks, through endless pineapple and coffee plantations, rural villages and slums, through all of Africa, it seemed, to arrive...
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SHERIDAN CRISWOLD 14 September 2007
De Beers dismisses synthetic diamonds as a threat
"The amount of synthetics being manufactured for gems is negligible and it is important to note that synthetics are not a threat to the diamond industry or the consumer," said Chipo Morapedi, a Communications Officer at De Beers. De Beers...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 14 September 2007
LionOre de-lists from BSE
LionOre, which owned Tati Nickel Mine, also had a stake in BCL Mine.The BSE accepted LionOre's application to de-list from the bourse on 29 August. Prior to that, the counter had been suspended from trading for a week while the application was...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 14 September 2007
Paste 2008 conference for Kasane
The ACG has mandated Debswana, South Africa's Cape Peninsula University and Paterson & Cooke to manage the event on its behalf. This will be the 11th such conference which has been hosted in Australia, Chile, Canada, Ireland and South...
14 September 2007
Botswana banks diversify product range
Two banks, First National Bank (FNB) and Stanbic Bank, have become the first local banks to venture into the unconventional business areas recently. Early in the year, FNB opened its life insurance business; Stanbic is already into asset...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 14 September 2007
Zimbabwe will never be a colony again
Let's get back to that a little later, shall we?I see you were not elected by the common people, not even by your own party, but you still made it all the way to the top job next to the Queen. Others spend millions of pounds to campaign and yet still...
TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE* 14 September 2007
We need this debate
We understand that the Ministry of Education uses an indemnity form which every parent signs before their children undertake school trips.School trips are an integral part of the school curriculum. Students often have to travel for sporting...
EDITOR 14 September 2007
A sad farewell to one I once knew well
To a large extent, our frequent and mutually appreciated contacts in Mochudi, Serowe and elsewhere, in those early days, were brought about by Naomi Mitchison who had first heard of me when I directed the Boycott Movement (against Apartheid) in...
Question Time
Patrick van Rensburg 14 September 2007
Masquerading journalists, BCP tarnish BPP
They claimed that the B.P.P was falling apart as its Central Committee members were allegedly resigning en masse and joining the Botswana Democratic Party and the B.C.P Mmegi (8 September), added for good measure to the offensive by carrying a...
14 September 2007
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