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Farmer takes on chain stores
I am a beneficiary of CEDA funding for an agricultural project and will begin servicing my loan with the first installment due at the end of November. I want to confirm the CEDA Chairman and CEO's remarks regarding the problems faced by SMEs...
31 October 2007
Rascals loot brigades in govt takeover bid
The takeover project will involve an audit of the books and properties of the brigades, and that will take some time, he told Old Naledi residents in Gaborone early this week. Brigades Takeover Project Coordinator at DVET, Raleru announced that that...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 31 October 2007
Extended border hours, good news
The commission even went as far as setting December 14 as the date on which all the changes should be effective. The decision could not have come at a more opportune time just on the eve of the imminent festive season. Undoubtedly, the...
EDITOR 31 October 2007
When to draw the line for promoters...
I would like for the record to disclose the chain of events that led to Hellen not performing at the 4th Birthday Bash on the 20 October 2007 at the Botswana Craft venue. Hellen was approached by Zenzelle Hirschfelt of Zen Promotions, to perform...
31 October 2007
Gaborone City Council - There we go again
Easy targets aren't they, for a city council that can't tell when it is coming or going! I read with disgust the newspaper article that appeared in one of the local papers last week and another one this Monday in Monitor about vendors being...
31 October 2007
Prohibiting politics at UB deletes student power
Is this country becoming a fascist state? The valley of confusion excavates into a steep bottomless abyss of political confusion, alienation and downpression!" The University of Botswana has invented yet another plot to intensify exploitation and...
31 October 2007
Cartoon 31.10.07
31 October 2007
Mapetla's back n bigger
The good looking Botswana Music Union (BOMU) Award winner hopes to release his third album, Petla's Tavern, in the first week of November. That will make him ineligible for this year's BOMU awards, but it also says much about the young man who...
SIDNEY BAITSILE
Correspondent 31 October 2007
Poor sound spoils Splash party
Just next to the door, stood two muscular bouncers. The tense atmosphere in an execute room at the Gaborone Sun was reminiscent of drug barons quarrelling over some deal gone awry. There were moments when all of them would speak at the same time...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 31 October 2007
Botswana to probe Alex Forbes client
Geoffrey Nzau, the chief executive of Alex Forbes' Afrinet, said yesterday that its client, the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund, the biggest pension fund in that country, was under investigation for issues related to the competency of the...
31 October 2007
Prices double as shortage of chicken hits Francistown
The braaipack, popular for its affordability, has doubled in price, leaving many households often going without a good dinner. About two months ago, a two-kilogram bag of the braai-pack retailed for around P28; it now goes for a staggering P47 to...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Maze of mystery in Gantsi tender award
Actors in the episode are Direct Grading, a company owned by Tlharese and Katlego Investments owned by Tlharese's friend, Victor Motobake. The two men that were awarded the tender were Duncan Campbell and Ranolang Babeele and a dead council...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 31 October 2007
BoB keeps interest rates unchanged
At a meeting on Monday, the BoB's Monetary Policy Committee decided to leave the Bank Rate unchanged at 14.5 percent. The central bank last adjusted the rate was in June when it lowered it by half a percentage point. A statement says the bank's...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Govt approves EIA for Mmamabula
According to Greg Kinross, CEO of CIC Energy of Canada, the main player behind the project, the approval marks a key step towards securing mining and independent power producer licences. "The granting of the approval is also a key development for...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Paralympics body braces for meet
Association spokesperson Thomas Motingwa said focus would be on the achievements and challenges facing the association. The meeting will also receive the financial report. Motingwa said they are faced with a lot of hiccups that have hindered...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 31 October 2007
Kemoeng slams Swallows coach
Kitso Kemoeng was responding to allegations levelled against BNSC by Kanye Swallows netball team coach Lesego Leaketsa that the mother body did not take grassroots development seriously. "I want to set the record straight. It is not true that we do...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 31 October 2007
Prisons hire temporary Staff
According to the Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, Anthony Mokento, this is not the first time that people have been employed as temporary prison officers. He said females have been employed as temporary prison officers before. "The need to employ...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Mushrooming schools give ministry the jitters
The Assistant Public Relations Officer, Sandy Mosarwa said feasibility studies should be carried out to determine the need for the private schools before they are registered. Mmegi has observed many schools springing up over Gaborone offering...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Kweneng Region supports Mogalakwe's expulsion
This follows reports that a lobby group within the party had been organising to campaign for the reinstatement of Mogalakwe. In a letter written to the party office, the Kweneng region expresses its utmost support for the decision taken to dismiss...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Tshabalala finally appears for dangerous driving
The artiste is facing two counts of causing death by dangerous driving. He pleaded not guilty to both charges. If found guilty, Tshabalala will be fined not less than P5, 000 for each count or a jail term if he defaults payment. ...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Tsholofelo targets sex workers and drivers
Tsholofelo-Hope Humana People to People, funded by ACHAP, reaches out to this community in order to find out how much they know about HIV. According to the outreach officer, Baboloki Moyangwa, they go to their 'spots' where they hand out pamphlets,...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 31 October 2007
Tears flow at house warming
Assistant Minister of Local Government, Ambrose Masalila, did the official opening. "We were applying one of our five objectives which is 'supporting families that have met with catastrophes. We are also 2016 compliant. We want a 'compassionate,...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 31 October 2007
Governance forum on Africa ends
The Minister was accompanied by senior government officials, a representative from the media and the Deputy Representative of UNDP in Botswana. The Acting Permanent Secretary for Political Affairs in the Office of the President, Mr. Augustine...
31 October 2007
Botswana bids Mbaka goodbye
The farewell dinner in honour of Mbaka was held at Gaborone Sun on Monday evening.Merafhe commended Mbaka for his efforts to bring the countries closer together. He said it was through Mbaka's efforts that Kenya hosted the first meeting of...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 01 November 2007
Mahalapye BOPEU donates to children's centre
The centre holds 20 orphans aged between one and three years. Welcoming guests, Kgosi Goareng Mosinyi of Kalamare said BOPEU was not a 'mokgatlho' but a union. He said it was encouraging that BOPEU follows one of the pillars of Vision 2016, which...
01 November 2007
'Attorney' in illegal practice?
The judge therefore annulled the application of Chamkani Investments and Bashi Makhulo against Chaudry Ahmed and others because Armstrong Maruping, who prepared and signed the papers for the applicants, is not duly admitted to practise as an...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 01 November 2007
Letloreng celebrates village status
Letloreng was declared an illegal settlement in 2004 and residents were ordered to relocate or face forceful evictions. Residents who thronged the Kgotla spoke in one voice to express their joy and a sigh of relief after what they said were...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 01 November 2007
Quirk healers lead flock to dump ARVs?
Acting superintendent, Dr. Lowe Chansa, says: "This is the only way we can improve the quality of life of the HIV/AIDS patients. This is the only effective way," he emphasised. His comments come after the discovery of piles of ARV tablets found...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 01 November 2007
Chinese envoy, police chief in tete-a-tete
The ambassador said this during a courtesy call on the commissioner of the Botswana Police Service, Thebeyame Tsimako yesterday. Xiaowen said compliance with the country's labour laws by Chinese companies operating in Botswana and Chinese nationals...
01 November 2007
Ipotseng disclaims P200,000 claim
When he awarded the tender in 2005, Tlharese was deputy council chairman. The matter has now gone to court as Tlharese is suing the Gantsi District Council and the two individuals whom he awarded the tender. The contract was for drawing the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 November 2007
Cabinet storm over PEEPA board
Marole's denial comes in the background of reports reaching Mmegi to the effect that lawyer, Parks Tafa, Botswana Housing Corporation's chief executive officer, Reginald Motswaiso and Irene Tlhase have not been appointed again to the PEEPA board. "I...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 01 November 2007
Decent work, not sex for pay
And other groups that are vulnerable to sexually communicable diseases, among them, long haul truck drivers. In our perception, any intervention of consequence must take full account of the often conflicting remedies to the social aberration,...
EDITOR 01 November 2007
Can Risk Management aid CEDA projects?
CEDA should not be blamed for finding itself in such a situation. We all know that CEDA is not in the business of selling oranges! CEDA is about funding different types of projects over a period of time, and in any such undertaking it is inevitable...
01 November 2007
Managing customer dissatisfaction: turning lemons into lemonades
Complaints of poor service delivery, unwelcoming attitudes, preferential customer treatment, and the ironical national productivity level of 25 percent against the international benchmark of 75 percent are but common features of our mundane...
*MASOKO MASOKO H 01 November 2007
Cartoon 01.11.07
01 November 2007
BACKSTAGE
This is the fourth and final film in a Cuban Film Festival. After the film closes Cuban dancers will perform to the theme music from the film. Birds Will Fly is a comedy about love relationships across two couples representing different...
SASA MAJUMA 01 November 2007
Beauty therapist takes services to the people
In fact, therapist Onalenna Rannoane says her ambition has always been to take beauty to the people. Now Rannoane is part of a team of mobile massense in Kasane who take care of clients in hotels and tourist lodges. "I work for Cathari Health and...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 01 November 2007
Ditshimega aims for the sky
Survivors then enjoy enormous airplay on local radio stations and pull crowds at their festivals. One such group that has stood the test of time is Ditshimega of the ko Mokwena song fame. Group leader and lead singer Arnold Sekgee takes pride in...
AKEEM HASAAN
Correspondent 01 November 2007
IAMGold seeks new deposits
This emerged at the ongoing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) stakeholders' consultations regarding mining deposits at Signal Hill, 15 kilometres south-east of Mupane. The Country Manager of IAMGold in Botswana, Isaac Mangole, said Monday at...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Correspondent 01 November 2007
Fuel prices likely to go up
The Acting Director in the Department of Energy Affairs, Kesetsenao Molosiwa, said Tuesday that he could not say when his department would make the announcement. If it is made, the announcement would be a departure from the news blackout on fuel...
STAFF WRITER 01 November 2007
Tsalaile still in the dark
But one person who did not hide his disappointment about that decision was veteran defender David 'Teenage' Tsalaile. But little did he realise that his decision of questioning his bosses would land him in trouble. He was banned and has not been...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 01 November 2007
Mmegi staffers scoop Coke awards
It was the second year running that Molwane scooped the award and beat Dubani Dubani to the award. As for Tsebetsame, he recently scooped the photojournalist award during the MISA Awards held at the Gaborone Sun. Speaking at the ceremony, Kgalagadi...
01 November 2007
Santos for pole position?
With log leaders Mochudi Centre Chiefs playing away to TASC on Saturday, Santos need maximum points to nudge Chiefs into second place for the first time this season. The Gabane side has 13 points against Chiefs' 15 points. But Santos face a...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 01 November 2007
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