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Nkate On Slippery Ground In Ngami?
Nkate is reported to be among Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) top brass in the race for the post of vice president when Ian Khama takes over from President Festus Mogae when he retires early next year. BAM councillor for Tubu village Mpoke Karapo...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Kamanakao Is Non-Aligned Movement
"Our association was formed to pursue the interests of Bayei as we feel we are being neglected by government. We are not recognised as a tribe that can have its own paramount chief." Mpoke Karapo said that they are not affiliated to any political...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 24 September 2007
De Beers Clarify Plane Crash Reports
The plane was held in the air by suspenders tied to the ground - the dock - when it was sent crashing to earth by strong winds a few kilometres away injuring the pilot on board. "The accident happened at the exploration base set-up in the vicinity of...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Rising Prices Spoil 'Boipuso' Shopping
In most households, the Boipuso is traditionally marked with food and drinking sprees as people internalise the meaning of independence to reflect personal progression and independence as well. It is that time of the year when every household would...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Job Losses As PPC Botswana Closes
Efforts by Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) to compel the company to pay the employees retrenchment packages were unsuccessful at the Industrial Court on Thursday. BMWU filed an urgent application to the court seeking an interdiction and a...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 24 September 2007
Girls Excel At Ledumang Senior
The top students in Form Four and Five were all girls as the boys were relegated to lesser positions. In Form Four, Lorato Keutule scooped the best overall student award after scoring over 80 percent in History, Setswana, Additional Mathematics and...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 24 September 2007
Dikgosi Against Move On School Fees
The members expressed their misgivings during a Ntlo ya Dikgosi session on Friday. Some of the chiefs felt that sending a child to stay home for a month because his or her parents no money is have not right. They said this punished the child and not...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Moeding College Wins Power In The Voice
The six are Moeding College, Maruapula Secondary, Marang CJSS, Bokamoso CJSS, Lobatse Senior Secondary and Rainbow Private Secondary schools. According to the director of the British Council (Botswana) Stephen Forbes, Power In The Voice is a series...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Staff Writer 24 September 2007
Food For The Soul
Any regrets? Any light bulb moments or new wisdom? Any grey hairs? As they say life begins at 41st, and oh gosh I hope that this marks the beginning of better things to come for the country and its citizenry. I like the fact that just like human...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 24 September 2007
Talking Musika
In China, they might have embarked on a cultural revolution, which has been misconstrued in Western societies as a campaign by Mao Tse Tung to use the youth of China to impose communism upon the rest of society. Needless to say, it would only be...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 24 September 2007
BoB Wants P10 Notes Returned
This follows widespread complaints that P10 notes deteriorate easily, to the point that some people do not accept them as legal tender. Shops and other businesses are also reluctant to accept them from customers. Street vendor Segametsi Pule...
Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Stanbic's Investments Vehicles To Reach Francistown
"We have potential clients who have been asking us to open an office in Francistown so that the service level can improve," he told Business Monitor. "Over and above that, we at Stanbic Investments believe that investment vehicles should be taken...
Wanetsha Mosinyi
Correspondent 24 September 2007
SA's Mvela Icon Gives Pep Talk At Career Fair
The 30-year old Cuba told a group of young Batswana at the annual career fair of the Botswana International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at the GICC on Saturday that she used to believe herself to be a jack-of-all-trades. "As a young graduate,...
Business Reporter 24 September 2007
Stanchart To Launch Unsecured Loans For Small Businesses
Head of Consumer Banking at Stanchart Pierre Mourier says small business owners will no longer have to produce bank statements, audited books and other requirements that have been standing between some of them and acquiring loans. He was speaking at...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Out To Lunch
For instance, it seems to be a commonly- held perception that an increase in job satisfaction will result in improved performance. Job satisfaction, and the impact it has on an individual's level of productivity, has been the subject of much study...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 24 September 2007
World Cup Launch Start On Wrong Footing
Botswana announced that it wants to host a top football nation with a huge fan base like England. While the dream is most welcome, there is something disturbing about the launch of the World Cup 2010 plan. Only two ministries: Environment, Wildlife...
EDITOR 24 September 2007
The Winners Code
However, it is by no means the only one. The leopard that can not change its spots; the bat that is neither rat nor bird and has limited vision yet flies at dizzying speeds; the ostrich that buries its head in the sand in a vain attempt to evade...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 24 September 2007
Issues In Education
The standards achieved in mathematics are the lowest of any subject. By Form Five, 50 percent are failing mathematics. The rate will continue to worsen as open access to Form Five is attained in the next few years. That the majority of pupils and...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 24 September 2007
Etcetera II
Fortunately, we now know from Minister Kitso Mokaila that the government's upgrading efforts will be targeting Gaborone, rather than, Francistown or Selebi-Phikwe. Three stadiums there are to be refurbished and upgraded, the capacity of the airport...
SANDY GRANT 24 September 2007
Guest Column
For a private press that considers itself a champion of the poor and disenfranchised, the ceremony ought to have been worthy of generous reportage. The project represents a giant leap towards the attainment of social justice. It is an undertaking...
BOTSALO NTUANE 24 September 2007
UB Bookstore Is Ripping Us Off
To begin with, the prices for books and stationery are just too high, probably two or three times the prices in other bookstores around the city. To give an example, a USB (memory stick) that cost around P86 at HI-FI Corporation cost P152 in the UB...
24 September 2007
Be Patient With Callers
I would urge them to research on issues before they call, legale gatwe mmua lebe o bua la gagwe. As for Mr D (Maun), sometimes you get carried away and you forget that there are other callers but some of your observations and comments are valuable...
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Matebele Break TAFIC
Before the loss, Metjimenyenga has fallen 1-0 to high-spending Mochudi Centre Chiefs in Masunga. When they visited the army camp in Mogoditshane at the weekend, TAFIC supporters were hoping that they could get something from the game. Their hopes...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 24 September 2007
Mokokwe Applauds BFA On Women Referees
The soccer referee said Botswana is doing relatively well in giving women a chance to be football match officials. She said Botswana's progress in promoting women referees was evident at the just-ended English FA international referees' course for...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Kgatleng Cllrs Make Football Commitment
The civic leaders made the commitment after a presentation by the Kgatleng Regional Football Association (KRFA) at a full council meeting last week. The KRFA called on the councillors to help them run football. KRFA chairperson, Dintle Mphele asked...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 24 September 2007
Fans React To Ticket Price Hikes
"To me it is both good and bad. We will obviously struggle to watch as many games as we used to, but at the same time, it is good that our clubs will be getting more money as running a club is very expensive these days," said Lobtrans Gunners'...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 24 September 2007
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