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Bakgatla oppose bus rank relocation
They said the relocation would inconvenience them, as they will have to take taxis to reach the rank. The residents raised their concerns at the kgotla meeting recently. A new rank for Mochudi will be built between Pilane and Rasesa as the current...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 04 October 2007
AS I SEE IT
Is it because we did not have to go to the bush in the course of our struggle for independence or is it just that we are a people who do not think things have to be made to happen; they just happen by natural evolution? Indeed there is such a thing...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 04 October 2007
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04 October 2007
BACKSTAGE
It is hailed as a "sublime meditation on absurdity, compromise and integrity" both between people who are committed to each other and artists and their relation to their art. The master in this mysterious film is the great German-American director...
SASA MAJUMA 04 October 2007
DJ Colastraw shines in SA
Speaking to Mmegi from Johannesburg, the talented DJ says he has been busy in the studio both in music and acting having taken advantage of the thriving show business in that country. The ambitious DJ recently signed a mix CD release deal with a...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Radio journalist honoured posthumously
Mookodi, one of the pioneers of RB introduced some fascinating translations of modern equipment into Setswana. Although some of the translations he coined are no longer used, some of Mookodi's innovations have become part of Setswana culture. He...
MONKAGEDI GAOBOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Tantalising Tinto takes everyone by storm
Tinto, the character might not be a popular fellow but the song has become a hit with music lovers. It is always in demand when Matsieng is in concert and the original version for that matter. There are two versions of Tingo, the edited...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Boteti Exploration seeks licence for new mine near Letlhakane
The Boteti Exploration Company is a joint venture of three companies in which De Beers holds controlling shares at 66.22 percent, followed by African Diamonds Plc with 28.38 percent and Wati Ventures with 5.4 percent. If the Department of Mines...
04 October 2007
Botswana only African state contributing to IMF-Director
At a press briefing in Gaborone last Friday, Kenya-born Gakunu said over the last few years, Botswana had answered IMF calls to contribute. In response to a question, he said the IMF looked for partners like Botswana whenever it is requested to...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Tigers show scant respect
The greenhorns showed scant respect to ECCO in the final and lifted the Independence Cup after overcoming the Premier League side 3-2. GNT deserved the win as they performed above expectations against an ECCO side featuring mostly second string...
04 October 2007
Pitlagano wins Botswana Chess Open
The Botswana national team player scored an impressive 6.5 out of seven points to relegate compatriot and FIDE Master (FM) Phemelo Khetho to second place with six points. Zimbabwe's FM Rodwell Makoto edged out the Botswana duo of Kenneth Boikhutswane...
CORRESPONDENT 04 October 2007
Widow cries foul over Land Board's land deal
Thus they advised her not to plough the following year; promising to come back quickly to formalise the land deal. While she waited for them to go and measure her field then allocate her, children some plots in the field before compensating her she...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Chiefs falter again
The giant-killing act gave the First Division side P10,000 while Chiefs got P6,000. The sensational Keikweditse Otlogeleng scored the first goal for the minnows on the stroke of half-time before William Molefe made it 2-0 in the second half to...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Tribute to a departed friend
'Skim' - friend in street language - as I affectionately called him was a young man full of life. In particular, I liked his carefree attitude. It worried me to finally concede that the fatal road accident near Palapye has indeed ended my friend's...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Waste management workers go on strike
Frenic has been contracted by the Gaborone City Council to clean the Gaborone West shopping complex and surrounding areas. But the employees of the company have laid down their tools to put pressure on the company to pay them. They gathered outside...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Let the children return to school - BNF marchers
The marchers included Mohammed Khan, Balikani Basiami of the party's political education committee, former Ngwaketse West MP Kebadire Kalake and incumbent MPs Omphitlhetse Maswabi and Calvin Batsile. A long motorcade carrying young activists started...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 04 October 2007
Crunch time for Ntuane
"By the end of today (Wednesday), I would have made up my mind. My decision might go either way and that is, I might contest in Gaborone or wait for the other constituencies to be contested next year," he told Mmegi. Ntuane's dream to enter...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 04 October 2007
Zebras are a disgrace
Their great expectations were well-founded because the Zebras had improved tremendously in the past games. Above all, the Zebras were facing a hastily assembled Bafana Bafana side, which only went into camp on Wednesday night. Never before had the...
EDITOR 04 October 2007
'The absent President' article- Rebbutal
Nor would he shed any light on why the trip takes two weeks in just one country."For the record: At no time did your correspondent, nor any other person associated with your's or any other news organ ever ask me about the costs associated with the...
04 October 2007
Gabaake on Setswana language
The question one may wish to ask is, what do those who profess to love Setswana more than other Batswana do to demonstrate this fact? Is it not possible that these remarks often come from people who are themselves unable to communicate in English and...
JERRY GABAAKE* 04 October 2007
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