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The workshop on "Gender is not about women; it's about development" attracted the women's wings of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Botswana Congress Party (BCP), the Botswana National Front (BNF) and the Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM)....

OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Sebetela quits as Palapye MP

Yesterday, the former cabinet minister declined to confirm or deny whether he is resigning. "I would not confirm nor deny," he told Mmegi. Presidential spokesperson Jeff Ramsay said he would not want to comment on reports about Sebetela's...

GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Consider pensions adjudicator

The industry represents savings made from hard earned money from people who worked in the government and private sectors for many years. The growth of the pension industry brings complexities in managing it and increases new challenges to the...

EDITOR 08 November 2007

Hail Masitara

Sir, Batswana are very proud of you since you started your foundation that helps kids who have problems. I am aware that you have started another project that deals with performing operations on children with cuts over their mouths. I was very scared...

08 November 2007

Be proud of your culture

That's where the performers gradually developed from and grew into Mabutswa Pele - the name of the group. The name translates to mean elderly people who graduated from childhood and matured to adulthood. It is an undisputed fact that although...

08 November 2007

Mogalakwe is innocent

As a young Motswana with full interest in the political atmosphere that prevails in our country I do believe that the decision was unjustified and unrealistic. The BNF leadership alleges that Mogalakwe displayed unruly behaviour by disclosing the...

08 November 2007

The nightmare of being a food street vendor in Gaborone

Three times this past week food vendors across the city were raided by city council by-law officers accompanied by members of the Botswana Police Service. They confiscated our food and equipment. In addition to that they fined us P200s under some...

08 November 2007

The BNF is clutching at straws

Reality is now beginning to set in with most of them, but there is totally no route of escape for these political criminals as the angry electorate await them at the polls, to teach them a lesson for life. It defeats logic that it is the same BNF...

08 November 2007

Cartoon 08.11.07

08 November 2007

South Gate opens tomorrow

It continues to attract scores of music lovers every weekend and has hosted big acts like Brenda Fassie. The club recently got a facelift and has now been split into two. On the one side is a new facility called The South Gate Club while the other...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 08 November 2007

The lion roars again

He was a founder and lead vocalist, the only skinny member of the otherwise macho group, whose poetry and creativity earned the traditional dance group Dikakapa the respect it enjoyed within a short time after breaking into the music industry. The...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 08 November 2007

Phikwe mayor gets sewerage car

The luxurious vehicle, brought in 2001 during former mayor, Molosiwa Molosiwa's tenure has broken down more than three times this year alone. The white E200 Mercedes Benz was twice involved in accidents. Selebi-Phikwe Town Clerk, Terrence Ntalabgwe...

KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 08 November 2007

Miss Tourism Botswana set for world pageant

The pageant begins on November 23, with the grand finale on December 7, in Sibu in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Motsumi is confident that she will effectively represent Botswana and sell the country's tourism industry at the global event. While...

MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Who will win the BB2 prize?

Whether acting or showing real character, the remaining housemates have to reshape their strategies for the ultimate prize. In a diary session meant to ask them what they thought of their chances of winning the big prize, each of them confidently...

MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Sub-Saharan African's 2008 economic outlook favourable - IMF

Presenting the IMF's regional economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa, IMF senior resident representative Dr Sean Nolan said that the region had been growing in a "reasonably sustained fashion" over the last year. "The outlook for next year is also...

08 November 2007

CEDA and BizCapital collaborate

CVCF identified BizCapital as an intermediary financial institution to enable equity capital to flow towards a major constraint of small business, which is cashflow for trading and working capital purposes. The Fund has partnered with Reuben...

08 November 2007

BAMB records net loss despite higher volumes

According to its annual report for 2007, BAMB registered a net loss of P3, 541, 805 as compared to a P1, 020, 986 net profit recorded in the same period in 2006. In the financial results for the year ended 31 March 2007, the Chief Executive Officer...

STAFF WRITER 08 November 2007

Tamirepi sues TAFIC over unpaid wages

He feels that the team has contravened his contract and they are planning to cheat him. After being suspended two weeks ago, the coach was served with contract termination letter last Monday. "You are here informed that TAFIC executive committee...

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 08 November 2007

Botswana makes debut in world netball event

This is the first time Botswana plays in the world event. The Botswana team faces an uphill battle as it is paired with the hosts and defending champions New Zealand, Wales and Malawi in Group A. Speaking to Mmegi Sport at the farewell dinner for...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 08 November 2007

Who is fooling who?

Former Zebras' coach, Veselin 'Vasco' Jelusic has been roped in to handle the junior side in a desperate move after Bright boycotted the team's training camp demanding a contract. Bright's boycott seems to have wrong-footed the BFA, coming at a time...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Vendors riled by Gaborone council raids

Members of the Thusanang Bagwebi Association (TBA) will hand over a petition today to Gaborone City Mayor, Harry Mothei at the council offices. Among the petitioners will be Sebele councilor, Lemme Kgopa. The resolution was taken yesterday at a...

TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 08 November 2007

P51 mill for Botswana embassy in Australia

According to a report by the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board, the project has been awarded to an Australian contractor Kell & Rigby Act and it will cost P51, 554, 342.70. The Botswana High Commission was established only a few years...

TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Try circumcision, but test for HIV - Mogae

Mogae was speaking at a workshop for journalists on Tuesday, aimed at enhancing quality reporting on HIV/AIDS. He said while some donors advocated for circumcision as a preventative measure, everyone should test for HIV before going through the...

THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Mogalakwe threatens to stall BNF primaries

In a letter filed by attorneys Bayford and Associates and addressed to BNF secretary general, Muhammad Khan, also copied to disciplinary committee chairman, Lemogang Ntime, Mogalakwe gives the party seven days to give him an opportunity to state his...

OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Compensation queries, building delays at new university

Some of the landowners have complained that they received very little while others got huge sums of money that they did not deserve. A resident said one villager swiftly developed his farm soon after he got wind of information that there would be...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Mogae leaves no legacy - Saleshando

Responding to the President's state of the nation address during a press conference held at Gaborone Sun yesterday, Saleshando said Mogae's speech was embarrassing and uninspiring because the President had failed to develop the country's economy. He...

OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Moupo chews Mogae speech

"For 30 years the government allowed itself to be hoodwinked by De Beers into believing that this country is not suited to any diamond processing leading to huge loss of income, loss of opportunity to develop diamond processing skills and compete in...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 November 2007

Largest African microfinance company created

In addition to the increase in capital, the company transformed into a permanent capital investment company and changed its name to AfriCap Microfinance Investment Company. AfriCap is now one of the most successful private equity funds in...

09 November 2007

Eskom plans hiking tariffs

Treasury officials say the utility's finances are healthy enough for it to raise the R150bn to expand capacity 60 percent in the next five years on its own, through a combination of electricity price hikes and bond issues. But if Eskom gets the...

09 November 2007

CONSUMER WATCHDOG

Customers get the quality of products and services they deserve. I'm not saying that customers deserve bad treatment. I'm not saying that we deserve to be disrespected. I'm certainly not saying we deserve to be abused. However I do think...

09 November 2007

Gaming law under review

The Acting Director of the department, John Matsheng, said they have assigned the company to look at the impact of gambling in the country. He said they want to find out how the government could resolve the problem of gambling. The idea behind this...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 November 2007

F/town in the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping

Retailers are coming up with new campaigns to try and entice customers, though many admit that the coming of cheaper Chinese products is giving them a run for their money. BusinessWeek took to the streets to find out where Francistowners will be...

PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 09 November 2007

RIPCO (B) introduces multi-purpose thresher

"With an output ranging from 400 kg per hour for maize and 200 kg per hour for sorghum and beans, the multi-purpose thresher is ideally suited for small and medium scale farmers and will indeed relieve them of manual threshing with its attendant...

09 November 2007

Unavailability of data delay MDG reports

Most representatives of local authorities at a four-day national planners seminar in Selebi-Phikwe cited the unavailability of data or the availability of only the aggregated type as a challenge in their bid to produce the reports. This seminar...

KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 09 November 2007

Diamond attention shifts to Botswana

In an interview with Mineweb, the Managing Director of Tawana, Wolf Marx, said Botswana is one of the lowest-risk countries in the world for exploration and mining and foreign investment. "There had been a distinct shift in the attention of global...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 09 November 2007

Survival advert condemns torture of bushmen

The ad shows pictures of ten of the men arrested and beaten, tortured or assaulted in Kaudwane resettlement camp in September, and asks, 'What does it take to let these people live in peace?' The ad reads, 'Last year, the Bushmen of Botswana won an...

09 November 2007

The secret hanging of Sepeni Popo

While we do not condone criminal behaviour, including murder, we nevertheless condemn the use of death penalty in Botswana. The secrecy surrounding the date and time of the execution of Popo, is a continuation of the unacceptable practice of the...

09 November 2007

Archbishop Ncube, don't be ashamed of yourself

I must say right away that I was pleased silly when you denied any ambitions to run for the Zimbabwean presidency using a regional party to achieve such a goal. It was a wise move. You see, Sir, you should be above such tomfoolery. "You are not only...

TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE* 09 November 2007

Saleshando responds to the State of the Nation address

1. IntroductionOn the 5th of November 2007, President Festus Mogae delivered his last State of the Nation address. As is constitutionally required, President Mogae is expected to step down as President of the Republic of Botswana, having served...

09 November 2007

MELS's State of the Nation

The speech lacks vision and the ability to guide the nation to greater heights. The BDP has reached a ceiling it has no potential to reform. It is time people realize this. *Matters arising in the speechWhile the President applauds the separation of...

THEMBA JOINA H 09 November 2007

State of the Nation: BNF's perspective

The President has waxed the lyrical as he always does about the country's economic performance. His speech is rich in rhetorical elegance and self-alulation and woefully inadequate in terms of concrete analysis of the country's socio-economic...

09 November 2007

Good times looming for phane harvesters

It has also brought happiness to the harvesters of the much sought after mophane worm-phane in northern part of Botswana. The presence of the big brownish butterfly that produces this worm has added to the joy and great anticipation of the farmers....

DAN MOSEKAPHOFU
Correspondent 09 November 2007

Takeover to give brigades new lease of life

Launching the Brigades Takeover Reference Group at the Gaborone Sun yesterday, Mbaakanyi said the occasion provided an opportunity to acknowledge the relationship and partnership existing between the government and the brigade movement. The group...

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 09 November 2007

Students and examinations

Omphitlhetse Mosweu: said the paper was not difficult at all. "That was the easiest exam paper ever since the exams started." Lesego Boiditswe "The exam was just okay, it was not as diffucult as I thought it would be ,what I can simply say is that...

KARABO SENAME
Staff Writer 09 November 2007

Tonota civil servants form football league

"We met and we decided that we can do something else in Tonota other than what we have come here for and so we decided to form a football league. We chose football because it is a popular and preferred sport in our communities," he said. Chaluza...

09 November 2007

The agony of long queues

The bank, whose campaign theme was a self-assured question "Why Queue?" said it was going to make sure a customer would be served within 20 minutes after arrival in the banking hall. But something seems to have killed the campaign. Queues in banks...

GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 09 November 2007

Zionists bring song and dance to Shoshong

It was taken up by dancing Zion Christian Church (ZCC) men wearing rumpled khaki and black caps with shiny stars on top. Some displayed their stylish ways of dancing as they rolled and tumbled kicking the dust away acrobatically. The weather was...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 09 November 2007

The departure of a political 'gentleman'

Others say he is a very cultured man that abhors controversy. This week after he announced that he is quitting as an MP, he finds himself at the centre of what could be the biggest controversy of his life. "I cannot lie to you. This has been a very...

GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 09 November 2007

Parties condemn raid on vendors and mechanics

The publicity secretary of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Dumelang Saleshando said chasing away the vendors is not a solution. He said this is an old issue that the council should have long taken care of. He said when the issue cropped up...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 November 2007

DCEC reveals snippets of research

This would help put the crime fighting institution in a much more positive light and improve its public image. Journalists said this at yesterday's press conference held by the DCEC Director, Tymon Katlholo to brief the media on the progress made in...

TSHIRELESO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 09 November 2007

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