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Some of the notable structures in recent years are the Riverwalk Mall, Game City and Molapo Crossing. The fast-growing city is earmarked for more architectural masterpieces in the next few years as the country prepares for the 2010 World Cup in...

Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Correspondent 28 September 2007

ATM Blaster Gets Five Years In Jail

Molale and two others, Hama Mapine and Kesebonye Male, are said to have used explosives to destroy the ATM in March this year. The two did not plead guilty. Molale, who walks with the support of a stick, was shot in the leg when the police...

Bame Piet
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Lack of equipment stalls schools softball development

He explained that though his office is faced with a number of hiccups, shortage of equipment is the major one. Kopano asserted that softball equipment is expensive and that his office does not have enough funds to buy them in bulk. He said the...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 28 September 2007

Gunners set to blast Majombolo?

After gunning down league champions, ECCO City Greens 2-1 last weekend, all eyes will be on the Lobatse side if they continue with the winning streak. The win against ECCO came as a relief to coach Clever Hunda who was criticised from some...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Bafana confirm Zebras tie

There has been uncertainty whether the game will go on as scheduled because a number of players have been withdrawn from the Bafana Bafana squad due to the Telkom Knockout Cup. Though COSAFA secretary-general Ashford Mamelodi said during the week...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Senegal Threatens Sudan Withdrawal After Killings

In addition to the Botswana soldier killed in the attack, a Senegalese, seven Nigerians and one Malian were part of the casualties while dozens more were reported missing. The commander of the new hybrid peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan, Gen...

28 September 2007

Tackle Unemployment Now

At the various wards in every village and town, people ate and drank as government contributed funds to enable the nation to celebrate Boipuso with great pomp. President Mogae gave an inspirational message on national television as well, narrating...

EDITOR 28 September 2007

CBNRM: Reducing The Urban - Rural Development Divide

My focus then was on the exploitation of wildlife resources and the community based natural resource management (CBNRM) concept. Recently, Botsalo Ntuane vehemently argued against the CBNRM. The concept does not seem to enjoy support from the head of...

28 September 2007

Uncommon Wisdom: Winning With Emotional Intelligence

It does not matter how talented and well endowed you are, in order to succeed it is imperative that you win with people. The greatest challenges that most people will ever face will be relationship centered. Customers and suppliers; subordinates and...

28 September 2007

Guest Column

That was during the murder trial of Marietta Bosch, the South African woman resident in Botswana who had snuffed out the life of a friend so she may have the cuckold's husband to herself. The arrest and trial of a white South African in...

DOUGLAS TSIAKO 28 September 2007

Behaviour responses of Basarwa to HIV/Aids (part 2)

The responses that emerged were the following:HIV ke bolwetse jo bo maswe thata bo bo feditseng batho.Which literally translates to HIV is a dangerous disease that has killed a lot of people.HIV ke loso which translates to; HIV is death HIV ke...

28 September 2007

A history of Botswana cinema Part 2

As such, there was no more enthusiastic exponent than the young district commissioner stationed with Kgosi Bathoen at Kanye in 1944-45, one Hugh Ashton, PhD. Ashton was already a cinema buff. He had worked with the film-maker Bill Lewis of...

NEIL PARSONS 28 September 2007

'Botswana, South Africa rated least corrupt African nations'

Both countries scored more than 5 from a possible score of 10 on the CPI, and are rated among the top 50 least corrupt nations in the world. According to the CPI, the top 10 least corrupt Africa nations also include Cape Verde (4.9), Mauritius...

28 September 2007

On a quest to find the modern Motswana hero

Out here in the rural regions of the country, one may not find the usual hero. At least not the type that fits the mainstream storyline. Mainstream definitions of a national hero have not been very open lately, particularly the urban and...

TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

At independence; Bongaka

Every now and then he looks up at a tall tree, or down at a shrub. He squints in concentration, as if it were the tree or the shrub that is the patient. He holds the leaf for some time, rubbing it with his fingers. He looks at the tree with eyes a...

TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Seretse Khama's farmhands miss the good old days

They peer through their overgrown tlhare-setala to look at the big yellow house that lies to the north west of their Palama-o-kuwe yard in Serowe. After surveying the breadth of the big yellow house and satisfied that all is fine they feel spiritual...

GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Serowe: the village of presidents and firsts

On this Sunday morning he went to a funeral before he could rush to a church service at the United Congregational Church of Sourthern Africa. After two hours of service the church disperses for the day. Before he goes home he passes through the...

GIDEON NKALA 28 September 2007

Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Mnangagwa take Zimbabweans for granted

Go ahead; count the skeletons. It is all part of the grotesque act because, you see, Zimbabwe's parliamentary circus plays with skulls, not balloons. And these our parliamentarians, supposed custodians of our democracy, are the authors of the...

*TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 28 September 2007

Poverty a factor in TB transmission to children

Since 1989, the national TB notification rate has shot up from 202 per 100 000 to an all-time high of 602 per 100 000 in 2006. For the country as a whole, 10 percent of TB cases are children aged between 0 to 14 years. The Deputy Permanent Secretary...

KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Etcetera II

Building new top grade hotels for all those visitors is fine but how many are expected, two thousand a day for three weeks, or perhaps five thousand? Do the figures projected by the companies investing in those hotels coincide with those of the...

SANDY GRANT 28 September 2007

Men break limbs at Nata 'Mbidzi'

When the work is done the host reciprocates with traditional "mukuru" beer to thank them. The occasion is called "Mbidzi". A witness in the case in which Balashiki "Ndu" Ketlhabanetswe is facing an assault charge had the court at sixes and...

GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 28 September 2007

Man's body discovered in river

The 23-year old man, who was attacked and dragged into the river by a crocodile last week Friday, met his death while swimming in the Chobe River. Kazungula police station commander, Frankel Mohutsiwa, says his officers told him that the man's body...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Magistrate in quandary over rape evidence

Nthebolang, 27, a resident of 'New Stands' in Francistown is accused of raping Shathisani Machuka, who was 16 years at the time of the alleged offence on 10 March 2005. Walking in the corridors of the magisterial courtrooms after the trial presided...

GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 28 September 2007

Assailants leave woman unconscious

The assailants had reportedly trailed the woman from a drinking spot. Acting Selebi-Phikwe police station commander, Cornelius Matlapeng said the two suspects, who are at large, kept teasing the woman while she was having a drink at a bar. The woman...

KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 28 September 2007

Seabelo's Express in refund wrangle with clients

Seabelo's Express is being accused of refusing to refund travelers who had already secured tickets before the company's permit was repealed. One mother of two who had secured two tickets for her children who are schooling in Queenstown in South...

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Yes, Mbanga has defected to BCP

Two weeks ago, BPP secretary general Edward Mpoloka issued a strongly worded letter, denying that Mbanga had resigned and attacked what he described as "Botswana Congress Party (BCP) zealots masquerading as journalists". Mpoloka's bone of...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 28 September 2007

Moatlhodi faces uphill battle in Tonota

Moatlhodi, a maverick in his own right, will complete two terms in 2009, after wrestling the constituency from the late Lemme Makgekgenene. The retiring Senior Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, Ntsima, who was based at the Prisons headquarters, is...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

IMF urges privatisation for diversification

Addressing a press conference at the Bank of Botswana yesterday, Kato said he was impressed by the commitment of Botswana's leadership to diversify the economy. He indicated that Vice-President Ian Khama and other authorities have shown a keen...

STRYKER MOTLALOSO
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

IMF official tells Mugabe to shut up

"I listened to Robert Mugabe on television yesterday speaking at the UN General Assembly. Frankly speaking, talking is not enough, he has to do more than just talk," Gakunu said at a press briefing at the Bank of Botswana Premises at the end of the...

MONKGANEDI GAOTHOBOGWE
Correpondence 28 September 2007

Taxpayers bid Mogae farewell

Mogae will be enjoying his last Independence Day as State President before he retires in March next year. Director in the Department of National Celebrations in the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, Dineo Phuti confirmed that Mogae's party will...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 28 September 2007

Issues In Education

Educational debates are often, and out of a genuine concern, preoccupied with underachievers. It might help to consider the needs of underachievers by first developing an in-depth understanding of the factors that help to transform underachievers to...

D. MOLEFE
O.PANSIRI and
S.WEEKS 28 September 2007

Reason to celebrate independence - Modubule

Modubule refused to make a contribution to the town independence committee stating that he was not amused by the celebrations. "Lobatse has suffered a great deal since independence, hence I find nothing to celebrate," he said. "The people of Lobatse...

OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Rainy day in 'Maru-a-Pula'

Their houses were flooded with water, which wet even the blankets that would have kept them warm at night. Some rooftops were ripped from their bases opening the floodgates for the violent storm which gripped 'Maru-A-Pula' for half an hour. "I do...

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

BNF hikes its election fees

The registration fee for parliamentary candidates has gone up from P800 to P2,000 while candidates bidding for council seats will pay P1,000 instead of P400. However, the central committee could wave the registration fees for marginalised groups,...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 28 September 2007

Modise gets 10 years

The court found that Modise and four others, who were not present used guns at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport last December to steal USD800,000 and 80,000 (P5million) Euros. Two of Modise's accomplices are at large, whilst the other two...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

The afflictions of our nation

Our achievements, which include the ability to maintain peace and stability, are too numerous to elaborate here. They are well-known and uncontested. However, it is our failures and challenges that should concern us, as they are bound to have...

EDITOR 28 September 2007

NITTY GRITTY

It may probably be the same all over the world, but since we have not had the opportunity to travel all over the world to make such observation, we shall merely restrict ourselves to Botswana. Besides, such a universal generalization would be highly...

BAROLONG SEBONI 28 September 2007

The making of Sputnik

Earlier that day, my father was in Kyiv, Ukraine, on military business. He attended a demonstration of tanks crossing the Dnieper River, then discussed with Soviet generals the fate of Defense Minister Marshal Georgy Zhukov. (Zhukov was suspected of...

SERGEI KHRUSHCHEV* 28 September 2007

Will Botswana host AFRICOM?

The US is considering deploying some small army base in some unidentified African countries. Some reports have already identified some of those countries eyed by US being; Liberia, Senegal, Djibouti and Botswana. This is coming at a time when the...

28 September 2007

The perils of financial historicism

Accountants go over the books, the participants tell their tales to the newspapers (or sometimes before a judge), politicians explain why they are sorting out a mess, and in the end historians put together a story. Because the past is knowable, the...

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BotswanaPost explains mutual arrangement with gvt

Speaking at a breakfast seminar held for government departments at Thapama Lodge this week, Acting Marketing Manager for BotswanaPost, Comfort Maruping, said if government departments utilised certain portfolios designed for them they would benefit...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Youth grant beneficiary overwhelmed with orders

Just after the recent approval of a diversification report for the town, a large factory shell that had been vacant for a long time found a tenant. More and more industries are set to start operating here as efforts to market Selebi-Phikwe as an...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Minister hopes ITRC will solve tourism problems

The Environment, Wildlife and Tourism minister said that it has been difficult to resolve the human-wildlife conflict in the country's tourist hub of Chobe and the Okavango Delta. "Rural livelihoods and the entire ecosystems in these wetland areas...

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 September 2007

Debswana unveils hi-tech surveillance balloon

The Public and Corporate Affairs Manager for Orapa and Letlhakane Mines Thapelo Letsholo said the new system - called the Blimp - is an effort to increase consumer confidence in Debswana diamonds and "enhance the protection of our diamonds". "This...

28 September 2007

Falling 'agro' output cause for concern - Maphanyane

She said that the sector's output has dropped from an impressive 40 percent of the gross domestic product(GDP) at independence in 1966 to a paltry 1.8 percent in 2005/06 despite the sector playing a vital role in providing food, income, employment...

MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 28 September 2007

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