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It involves an intelligent house that does not only switch its lighting system on and off but knows when to water the garden. The house tells its owner via sms or the Internet what activities are taking place in it. The man behind the initiative is...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 25 September 2007

All must fight global warming

It would be remiss if one thought that global warming is a new phenomenon, since the debate on the subject has been raging for quite some time now. The New York meeting provided a good opportunity for leaders to reflect on the nature and...

EDITOR 25 September 2007

Air Botswana complaints were genuine

To me, the client's complaints were genuine, after all, she is certainly not the first and definitely not the last to complain about services offered by AB. So for the General Manager to write such a letter (where is the PR officer anyway!) shows...

25 September 2007

AS I SEE IT

From reports, the heads of state at the recent AU, Accra summit held divergent views on when the birth of this creature could be induced, seeing the conception was as old as the hills. A few African countries demanded the Caesarean section scalpel...

MICHAEL DINGAKE 25 September 2007

Cartoon 25.09.07

25 September 2007

Commodity boom will not last, says Manuel

Manuel said in a speech at the University of Namibia on Thursday that the current upswing in commodity prices would "stay in the short-to-medium term". "The current commodity super-cycle and boom has lasted for some seven years, and we cannot...

25 September 2007

Stanchart shares fall despite broader horizons

Trading at P28.25 per share at the beginning of the month, the share price has tumbled to P26.00 per share by close of trading last Friday. Interestingly, the decline of the counter's price comes hard on the heels of the company releasing an...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 25 September 2007

LEA appeals for more SME funding

Speaking at the launch of a special SME Credit Express Facility by Standard Chartered Bank at the GICC, Matome - who is regarded by many as an investment wunderkind, having been chief executive of the BSE during the seminal stages of the Botswana...

STAFF WRITER 25 September 2007

New capital injection for Maun project

Soon after the successful placement, the company announced the appointment of a manager for the pre-feasibilty and feasibility studies. Christion Heili has more than 20 years experience in the development and operations of base and precious minerals...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 25 September 2007

Javas in debt but 'not HIV-positive'

He was kicked out of the R4,000-a-month town house recently after being hospitalised in his hometown of Klerksdorp in North West. Ndaba says he is also lonely, since his girlfriend left him. And he says the bank will soon repossess his Golf 5...

25 September 2007

Suggie Fisher starts afro-pop recording

Fisher, whose ambition has always been to record a jazz album, says she clinched a deal with Dikoma music, a company owned by Robert Dargie, the Ugandan who returned to Gaborone a few months ago. "He is the most wonderful producer anyone can work...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 25 September 2007

Police investigate rape on the river

Reports say that another man on the scene took off when he saw the police. Sources say two Zimbabwean pimps lured their 22-year-old female compatriot from the infamous Area W red light district to the riverbed for short time sex. "These guys had...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 25 September 2007

All is well as Bejoy releases joyous debut album

She says that it is an African album with lyrics in Setswana, Zulu and Shangaan, produced by Phumi Maduna, Condry Ziqubu and Harold Khoza. She also revealed that she helped compose some of the songs in her album. Bejoy says the whole album is...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 25 September 2007

Big show off as Gabasiane arrives late

Gabasiane was to perform at Club Havana but she kept anxious revellers and nightclub owner Steven Raman waiting for hours. DJ Prince Dingalo played old classics as everyone waited for the songbird. Around 11 p.m. it became doubtful whether she...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 September 2007

Anand maintains world chess lead

The Russian has been relegated to third spot with 4.5 points out of eight behind world number one Vishy Anand of India (5.5) and Israeli Boris Gelfand (five). The development means that Anand has maintained his half a point lead at the top and...

KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE
Correspondent 25 September 2007

Poor organisation bedevil women football

The players showed enthusiasm and skill but the lack of basic things like corner flags spoiled the party. The game between Rollers and Real Touch at CFC grounds on Sunday proved that a lot still needs to be done for women soccer to develop. There was...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 25 September 2007

Notwane register first win

The game failed to come to life until late in the second half after the two sides made substitutions. Notwane could have taken the lead as early as the first minute when left-winger Kutlo Sejeso delivered a curling cross in to the box. But...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 25 September 2007

Bafana, Zebras game in doubt

The highly-anticipated game still hangs in the balance as the Premier Soccer League (PSL) remains adamant they will not postpone the Telkom Knockout Cup games set this weekend so as to allow players to join the Bafana camp ahead of the game. Bafana...

25 September 2007

'Mahala' returns to action

The Hotspurs' manager proved that experience counts in soccer though his side eventually lost 3-2 to the police-dominated GNT. Surprised spectators watched as the 39-year-old custodian pulled a number of saves to deny GNT. Everybody wanted to shake...

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 25 September 2007

President Mogae in the United States

While in New York, President Mogae will attend and address the opening of the 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The President's UNGA address is scheduled for Wednesday morning EST. President Mogae is also scheduled to...

25 September 2007

UB academic out to oust Saleshando, Lefhoko

The UB don said he is still to decide which of the two constituencies to contest though he is certain he will enter the fray on a BDP ticket. Dingalo pointed out that he is still studying the two constituencies ahead of the BDP's primary elections....

OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 25 September 2007

Gaborone private hospital alive and well again

In 2003, the hospital was nearly closed after it hiked its fees by 80 percent and demanded that patients pay admission costs upfront. This set it on a collision course with the medical aid schemes, which resorted to referring members to private...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 September 2007

Passion killers get away with murder - activists

"I think they are getting away with murder. It looks like you can kill as long as it is justified. But should that be the case," asked one of the activists, Lorato Moalusi-Sakufiwa. She said it is sad that people are given a platform in court to...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 September 2007

Abuse of vehicles haunts Southern District

At a full council meeting on Monday, Rammidi said some drivers in Mabutsane and Goodhope Sub districts were facing disciplinary action following cases of misuse of council vehicles. Three drivers in the Mabutsane sub district are facing disciplinary...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 25 September 2007

Residents express doubts over second university

"There is a lot of interest in this project and we all want to see this university open its doors to our children in 2009. We believe with your support we can deliver on this," she told a meeting at the Palapye main Kgotla. She said that soon, the...

GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 25 September 2007

Mogwera leaves for transplant in Joburg

Mogwera's father, Godfrey Moseki said in Gaborone that they (the family) are delighted at the generosity expressed by various individuals, who have made the transplant a reality. He said he would like to "thank most sincerely the vice president"...

KARABO SENAME
Staff Writer 25 September 2007

Allegations of discrimination at UB

In a letter dated January 18, 2007 written to the dean of the faculty of business studies the students stated that they pay the same fees as the full time students despite having requested a breakdown of their fees to no avail. The UB administration...

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Court examines Modise's criminal fingerprints

Modise admitted that the 1989 fingerprints were his but said he was not involved in any crime. He was not charged. He was not fined and he was never brought before any court. He said that he found the gun in a shack near his house in...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Compensate masimo owners

Even the pre-colonial wars in which various African nationalities were caught in violent conflict, it was often about land and its resources. It is not surprising therefore, that Botswana's first post-colonial government was rightly in a hurry...

EDITOR 26 September 2007

A response to Monowe

Phillip Monowe is not well known to me. Let me start by stating that I owe nobody an apology regarding my stand on opposition cooperation. In writing his malicious article, Monowe behaves like someone who is fuming with undiminishing perpetual...

26 September 2007

Cartoon 26.09.07

26 September 2007

Sharif's voice not yet heard

His debut book Blueprint Of My Heart And Soul has hardly warmed the bookstore shelves and he has already published its sequel, which is yet another poetry collection namely, A Voice Not Heard. The 16-year-old student at Cape Town's Fish...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Botswana writers' books to be published

The two winners in the fiction category are Mmegi reporter Gasebalwe Seretse and Phemelo Tlalanyane, junior fiction Masa Ndlangamandla, memoir category Enole Ditsheko, and overall winner (poetry category) Duncan Mongwaketse. His work will be in a...

THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Local artistes thrown a lifeline

To start with, the festivals, which are held in the mining towns of Jwaneng and Orapa, will be exclusive to local artistes. Although Hirschfelt would not divulge the names of the artistes who would be performing, as she was still negotiating with...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

De Beers says agreement reached on aerial surveys

De Beers chairperson Nicky Oppenheimer said that the company and the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) were constantly engaging to resolve issues that hampered exploration in South Africa, and confirmed that an agreement had been reached to...

26 September 2007

BAMCU reels under financial losses

Acting chairperson, Pontius Mokgosana told members during an Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the weekend that the BAMCU executive committee has been dysfunctional since 2002 because of the many problems it faced. He said the organisation last held...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 26 September 2007

IMF team jets in for economic discussions

The delegation led by IMF deputy managing director Takatoshi Kato will hold talks with top government and private sector representatives. The team flew in yesterday from Uganda where they held similar discussions. The IMF officials will meet with...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Moruakgomo hails BCP cllrs

Kgatleng District Council, Mpho Moruakgomo of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) paid tribute to the councillors for working for the common good at the council. He said that contrary to expectations, the councillors appreciate and support...

TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 26 September 2007

Soccer clubs, players abuse transfer laws

As a result, instead of ushering in a time to rebuild, the exercise has generated a litany of complaints from teams that feel shot changed by rivals who recruit their players using underhand methods. Nicholas Gora, Thapelo Balepi and Boniface...

26 September 2007

Boteti mean business

They followed the 3-0 ECCO humiliation when they came from two goals down to earn a deserved point in a 2-2 draw with giants Township Rollers. However last weekend, they tasted their first defeat when they went down 1-0 to Coca-Cola Cup champions BMC...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 September 2007

Hunda keeps his foot on the ground

The Zimbabwean coach believes there is a lot of work to be done to make Gunners a formidable side. "The win should not fool us. I still have a challenge of bringing back the much-needed confidence in these boys. Though we managed to beat ECCO,...

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 26 September 2007

Notwane confront Chiefs in Otse

The game kicks off at 7pm. The pace-setting Chiefs have not lost to Notwane in the last three seasons. But Toronto can take solace from the fact that they hammered Magosi 3-1 in the Orange Kabelano Charity Cup final at the National Stadium in June....

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Gabonamong returns to Zebras

The former Township Rollers and Mogoditshane Fighters' star joined the Zebras ahead of the crucial COSAFA Castle Cup semi-final away to South Africa's Bafana Bafana at the Super Stadium near Pretoria. The South-African-based Gabonamong quit...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

'We will contest the 2009 elections,' Balikani

"Yes, as a party we are cash-strapped because we do not have a reliable and regular source of funds. But the decision to withdraw from the elections is not yet taken as this is a peoples' party," Balikani said yesterday. The BPP is going through the...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Lefhoko chairs commission task force

Five members of parliament have been nominated to a task force that will make submissions the presidential commission on the review of salaries for the president, vice president, the Speakers of the National Assembly, ministers, the leader of the...

26 September 2007

Baboons terrorise Jwaneng

According to nominated councillor, Michael Tshipinare, the baboons seem to know when people go to work and when they knock off because they always leave the place around 4:30 in the evening, the time when most people return. Tshipinare told the...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 September 2007

The disabled want improved representation

They said they want to fully take part in the development of this country without being discriminated against. KDAP chairperson Lele Sebele told councillors that "disability is no inability." Sebele, who is disabled, said KDAP hopes that much would...

TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 26 September 2007

Unlicensed taxis flood roads

Broadhurst Route 5 and 2 seem to be the most affected. Pirating taxis have opened their own rank at the station in front of Ellerines Furniture next to the Ministry of Agriculture. According to the route managers and book marshals at the station,...

TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 26 September 2007

Operation damages patient's brain

"I felt a chill down my spine when the hospital superintendent, Dr Japhta Masunge, informed me yesterday that there is no hope for recovery," said Mary Sevela about her ailing daughter, Gontlafetse, who has been bedridden since December 4,...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

Crocodile eats man

Kazungula police station commander, Frankel Mohutsiwa said that the crocodile left no remains at the scene of the incident. "There was nothing. He was gone," he said. The deceased and his friends were reportedly seated at the Chobe riverbank...

PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 26 September 2007

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