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Health food truths
There is now a whole industry of such products, as well as health foods classified as "natural," "organic," and "functional." But are these foods really better for you? In the United States, "organic" has a precise meaning established by the US...
MARION NESTLE 04 December 2007
Tsvangirai is in town
Tsavingirai is a former unionist who served in the Zimbabwean Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) before he left to join politics. In an interview with Mmegi, BLLWU publicity secretary Ishmael William said they have invited Tsvangirai because he is a...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 04 December 2007
Africom commander meets govt leaders
Ward told a news conference held at the US Embassy that he is in the country to continue on building relationships and understanding regarding the establishment of the controversial African Command Centre. The Botswana trip is part of the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
BACK STAGE
Nearly 300 years ago, two Broschi brothers in Naples, Italy, dedicated their lives to music. Their father Salvatore Broschi had also been a musician. The oldest, Riccardo, was born in Naples in 1698. He studied at the Napolitan Music Conservatorio....
SASA MAJUMA 04 December 2007
Sebabatsane might leave many itching
The eight-piece compilation only came out on Saturday and the group had an opportunity to give their fans the first taste at Zebras Club during Gong Master's album launch. It combines contemporary traditional sounds with some jazzy melodies that make...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 04 December 2007
Bakwena launch Dithubaruba Cultural Festival
Speaking at the event, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Moeng Pheto quoted first Botswana president Sir Seretse Khama who once said, "a nation without a culture is a nation without a soul". Urging Bakwena to preserve their culture, the minister...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
Festive profit taking drags BSE down
In the period leading up to Christmas holidays, markets are usually on the soft side as stockholders dispose of their shares seeking liquidity for the holiday season. Last week, the mainstream index, the DCI, went down by 0.74 percent to close the...
BRIAN BENZA
staff writer 04 December 2007
Stanchart profits up 20 percent
The oldest bank in the country realised an income of P463.3 million in the review period, up 12 percent from the same period in 2006. Standing at 71.25t compared with 61.86 thebe last year, Earnings Per Share (EPS) were also up by 20.02 percent....
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
BCL falls short of customer demands
General Manager Montwedi Mphathi said this when giving the mine's 'report card' during a Christmas dinner he hosted for senior employees and stakeholders last Thursday. "Production remains a big challenge and we have fallen short of our customer...
KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 04 December 2007
Govt is failing orphans
Ministers cite programmes for HIV/AIDS orphans and point out that there are systems in place to make sure that they do not miss out on any social services, such as education, medical attention and general welfare. However before orphans or other...
EDITOR 04 December 2007
AS I SEE IT
This arrangement obviously denied the BDP members a say in choosing candidates to represent them at Local Government Council and at Parliamentary levels. Opposition parties, were far ahead in this regard, having long adopted the Primary Election...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 04 December 2007
Nyangabgwe boss roots for district hospital
He told a Francistown City Council (FCC) meeting yesterday that Nyangabwe is not fulfilling its role as a national referral institution because it is doubling as a district or primary hospital. He said that at the moment 60-65 percent of patients...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
Cartoon 04.12.07
04 December 2007
ECCO City continue to disappoint
Since the league started, ECCO have failed to play like champions, something which many pundits have attributed to fatigue. Speaking to Mmegi Sport after a goalless draw against struggling BDF XI on Sunday, ECCO assistant coach Atshele Molapi...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 04 December 2007
Lobatse giants share the spoils
The derby disappointed many people as it failed to produce the expected fireworks. After their 3-1 win over Township Rollers the previous weekend, all eyes were on Gunners to see if they would stage another star performance. Though they started well...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
Internal problems haunt GU?
The recent heavy defeats to Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Police XI, have pressed panic buttons and divided their camp. Information reaching Mmegi Sport indicates that the management of GU is divided. This has been clear from the day GU employed Jethro...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
HIV prevalence declines - Mogae
This is particularly so among the younger age groups, the 15-19 and 20-24 years. Speaking during the World AIDS Day commemoration in Letlhakeng over the weekend, the President said: "We also witnessed a decline in the HIV prevalence among the first...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 04 December 2007
BCP councillor goes AWOL - Modubule
Addressing a political rally at a freedom square near the ET Shopping complex in Block-Eight, Modubule said that as "I and some BNF activists went around the Francistown South constituency on house-to-house campaigns, residents informed us that their...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
Murder incidents on the rise in F/town
The murdered South African's colleague escaped with stab wounds to his shoulder. The two South Africans had taken a breather after delivering some pieces of furniture in Francistown, and parked their vehicle near Chedu Choga bar and bottle store. The...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
State seeks to secure Daisy Loo cheque
The money was paid to Daisy Loo for a highly controversial bush clearing exercise in the city by GCC but the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) grabbed the cheque before it could be cashed. The DCEC then launched a corruption case...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
BNF suspends another councillor
BNF publicity secretary Moeti Mohwasa confirmed the ban yesterday, stating that the decision to sideline the 'rebel' councillor was taken by the party's Kweneng region. In an interview with Mmegi, Mohwasa said the matter was still to be brought...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
Cybercrime Bill goes through second reading
With the Bill, government wants to make it a crime to repress criminal activities perpetrated through computer systems and to facilitate the collection of electronic evidence. The Bill will go for third reading in the near future before it is signed...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 04 December 2007
Security intelligence bill becomes law
Last Friday, the highly contentious bill that proposed the formation of the dreaded directorate became law when it was published in the Government Gazette after it received presidential assent. The spy agency envisaged under the Intelligence and...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 December 2007
Obituary: Lettie Gaelesiwe 1972-2007
In her formative years, she began her primary school education at Mazwi, Nkanyedzi, and Mhali Primary Schools. She obtained her secondary school certificate at Founders High School in Zimbabwe. She pursued her tertiary education at Harare Polytechnic...
05 December 2007
African universities fare badly
Even renowned African universities such as Makerere in Uganda, Stellenbosch (South Africa) and Cairo (Egypt) failed to make the top 150 of the world's best. The top African university is the University of Cape Town (UCT) at position 200, followed by...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
Botswerere awards a milestone - Pheto
He said this at the awards presentation ceremony held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) recently. Pheto said the awards were not only one of the calendar events associated with the development and growth of arts in Botswana,...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 05 December 2007
Tracing the 'legendary' Kwataeshwele
Worse still, his younger brother, the equally famous Malefo Mokha also known by his stage name Stampore, does not know who will accommodate his elder brother once he is discharged from hospital. When the Mmegi team finds Kwataeshwele at the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
Stage set for BOMU Awards
Addressing a press conference at the Grand Palm Hotel yesterday, BOMU president Bafana Pheto said the stage was set for the main event. Pheto told the media that they have also dedicated the whole of this week to the promotion of local content as a...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 05 December 2007
SA radio station aims to tell the African story
He said this yesterday at a press conference called by Botswana Musician Union (BOMU) to update the public on the run-up to the second Mascom BOMU Awards billed for Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on December 9. "We want to tell the...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 05 December 2007
EASSy undersea cable on track
A group of development banks, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), announced a $70.7-million investment in the project, reports Southafrica.info. The IFC said in a statement last week that it would provide long-term financing to...
05 December 2007
Bank of Baroda opens in Francistown
"All the necessary logistics, like staff recruitment have long been completed and we were just waiting for Bank of Botswana to give us the go ahead," said Ravi Sharma, the senior manager of the new branch. Sharma said reasons to open a branch in...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
Khama praises Debswana
Khama was presiding over a ceremony to give long-term service awards to 60 employees, who have been with Debswana for 25 years and 20 others who have been with the parastatal for 10 years, held in Orapa last weekend. He said that the knowledge and...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
Murderer, corpse and witch doctor form 'ritual murder syndicate'
"The motive for the killing is one aspect that sets ritual murders apart from ordinary murders where a person attacks another in full view of others and possibly kill there and then," declares the former police senior superintendent who retired in...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
Keep boards of parastatals straight
Both opposition political parties and the civic society have always questioned the criteria used to appoint directors to the parastatals. Their contention has always been that these appointments, be they at chief executive level or to the...
EDITOR 05 December 2007
Police enlist pyrotechnics experts in war on ATM busters
At least 16 cases of theft and burglary in which dynamite and a hand-grenade were used were reported to the police since January this year. Approximately P300,000 in different currencies was stolen but very few arrests were made. In one case in...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
ANC race: The other side of the coin
Meanwhile, just weeks before the election of a new president in the town of Polokwane between 16 and 20 September 2007, the majority of ANC-led provinces and ANC members in the provinces have expressed their support for ANC deputy president, Jacob...
UDO W. FROESE 05 December 2007
Let Mugabe go to Lisbon
It is now pointless to waste time and energy critisizing or fighting against the Portuguese authorities for inviting Mugabe to Lisbon. Mugabe's participation in the EU-African summit will certainly be a non-event since it will not make any meaningful...
05 December 2007
RB has responsibility for accuracy
Hang on there: wasn't Sinatra as American as blueberry pie? Now comes the music and you recognise the unmistakable voice of Bob Marley. If you like Bob Marley you'll listen for the whole hour while between discs the DJ talks about that Sinatra who...
05 December 2007
Africom will further our cooperation with Africa
My second trip to Africa brings me to Botswana, a strong partner of the U.S. - and to Gaborone, the home of the Southern African Development Community. I also will travel to Angola and Gabon, and meet with leaders from the Economic Community of...
GENERAL WILLIAM E. WARD* 05 December 2007
Cartoon 05.12.07
05 December 2007
Letsholo, Kavindama win schools volleyball tourney
The two emerged victorious from a strong pool of teams. Letsholo dominated Lentswe-le-Moriti from Bobirwa in an exciting girls' final that adopted the timing system and not the set system. The final lasted 14 minutes and when the teams changed sides,...
KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 05 December 2007
BFA impressed by its achievements
"We have conducted training for medical personnel, referees, coaches and administrators including for the Premier League leadership," he said yesterday when giving an update of BFA achievements this year. He stated that the Premier League now has a...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
BFA regret Pheto's revelations
He said these are confidential matters contained in contracts that should not be divulged to the public. He was reacting to Sports, Culture and Youth Minister Moeng Pheto who recently told Parliament how much the national coach Colywn Rowe and his...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
MoE probes teachers in sex scandal
Zuze said the ministry had received reports that some teachers had been having sexual relationships with students. Sources say that the accused teachers were involved especially with Form Five students. Zuze said that after the issue was reported...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
Inequality at UB rife - Dikobe
She said that there is not much to celebrate at UB in terms of gender equality. She acknowledged the first woman to be promoted to the position of deputy vice chancellor is Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo. However, she wondered why it had taken so long for her...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
BoB boss urge women to take charge
"We know that women are very good campaigners and organisers and therefore, wield the power to elect women to run for and win leadership positions," Mohohlo told a conference of the Botswana Land Board and Local Authority Workers Union (BLLWU) at...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 05 December 2007
Mogae commends Batswana on HIV/AIDS
Mogae said this at the national commemoration of the World AIDS Day in Letlhakeng, Kweneng District over the weekend. The commemoration was under the theme: 'Leadership in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS'.Mogae said that though Botswana is one of the...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 05 December 2007
UN to curb AIDS spread
Acting UN resident coordinator and World Health Organisation (WHO) representative, Dr Jean Kalilani said this before reading out the World AIDS Day message from UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon in Letlhakeng over the weekend. She said it was clear...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 05 December 2007
Councillors, Masalila in tussle over village development
The councillors said in separate interviews that MP, Ambrose Masalila does not care about developing the constituency. "Projects like the upgrading of roads within villages like Tutume were approved by the Central District Council but the response...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 05 December 2007
P100million for Air Botswana revitalisation
This follows the collapse of privatisation talks between government and South African Airlink two months ago. "The government remains concerned that the coverage and quality of air transport services are less than (what) we require," Motsumi...
STAFF WRITER 05 December 2007
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