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Police boss warns of crime ahead of Christmas
Speaking at a Kgotla meeting addressed by Batlokwa Paramount Chief Puso Gaborone last week, Thokweng said the villagers should strengthen the neighbourhood watch committee as part of their effort to fight the escalating crime rate. He added that the...
KHONANI ONTEBETSE
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Why non-motorised transport is failing to take-off
"We have held workshops to inform the public about our project. We have met women groups, leaders and other stakeholders. In such workshops, it was clear that they bought our idea and perhaps even sold it elsewhere. But agreeing and practice are...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 12 December 2007
BDF commander calls for regional defence force
Speaking in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe during a bi-lateral defence cultural exchange games at the National University of Science and Technology, Mbegane said that like any region, southern Africa has to ensure that its peace and security remains a top...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 12 December 2007
NDF plans merger with BCP
He said they are working towards merging with the BCP though he cannot give a time frame. He said the merger would only come as a result of consultations with the rank and file of the party. NDF joined forces with the BCP after the 2004 general...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Cllr slams GCC mayor over street vendors
He dismissed the mayor's defence that people are not allowed to sit on the floor inside the council chamber during meetings. Kgopa was speaking a day after the full council meeting was adjourned because the chamber was jam-packed with street vendors...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 December 2007
BNF candidates on BDP membership list?
A candidate for Newlook Ward and a candidate for parliamentary seat (names withheld) appear on the BDP membership list with expiry dates of October 2009 and year 2022 respectively. One of the candidates appears with his family members. A source...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 December 2007
Botswana fares poorly in HDI report
The report was launched in Botswana on Friday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It says 55.5 percent of the population of Botswana or (1.1 million people assuming that the population of Botswana is 2 million) subsist on $2 a day or...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 12 December 2007
Edutainment for HIV awareness
According to the Centre Manager, Monkie Morake, the idea is to appeal to the people of Kgatleng to come in large numbers to test for HIV before "we close on Friday for Christmas". "We are saying they should analyse themselves and act accordingly,"...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Batlokwa to unveil Gaborone statue
Speaking at a Kgotla meeting, Batlokwa chief Puso Gaborone revealed that the statue belongs to Kgosi Gaborone who led Batlokwa from Pretoria, South Africa, in the 1880s and later migrated to Lesotho before settling in Botswana. "Gaborone city was...
KHONANI ONTEBETSE
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Claims bleed Gaborone Council
Ramaotwana made efforts to raise the issue at yesterday's full council meeting but other councillors thwarted them (Ramaotwana's efforts). His detractors, who included his successor, Harry Mothei, persistently cut him short with interjections on...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 December 2007
Minister Pheto hails Motsweding FM
Pheto said this when officiating at the second annual Mascom/BOMU Awards held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on Sunday. The station broadcast the awards live. "I should hasten to applaud Motsweding FM's dedication to the...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Evoke targets global market
He was the only nominee for the award and he walked away with it. His album, Living life, has only started helping him build his profile, but more is still to come. It has all the ingredients to make him a super star , not only locally but also...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Steel window maker aims at regional market
In an interview with Mmegi, Nkao says he started his business two years ago without the financial assistance of any bank: "My products are very good and affordable." He imports raw materials from South Africa, which are certified by the South...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Peermont reopens casinos after takeover
A press release from the hospitality group stated that the casinos opened for business on December 2, 2007. The Regional Chief Operating Officer of Peermont (Botswana), Bruce Page-Wood, said in the statement that both casinos have been renamed after...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 12 December 2007
More copper discovered in Maun
In an announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange where it is primarily listed, the company said the latest increase follows the definition of an inferred mineral resource of 14.5 metric tonnes at the Plutus Prospect within the project. This means...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 December 2007
The challenge is uneven development
Unlike other purely economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita income tends to focus on averages as it encompasses major determinants of human development such as a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent...
EDITOR 12 December 2007
HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS campaigns leave out people with disabilities
In the discourse on HIV/AIDS, scant attention has been paid to the vulnerability of the people with disabilities and HIV/AIDS. Whether the disability is physical or mental, it can have a profound impact on an individual's ability to protect him or...
12 December 2007
Domestic violence bill: loopholes and necessary ammendments
There is a significant procedural omission in this provision. The provision fails to satisfy the fundamental right to notice; a right that is held by the respondent. Merely dropping the documents cannot be adequate; it does not satisfy the right to...
12 December 2007
Cartoon 12.12.07
12 December 2007
Date set for F/town youth football league
The league will have Under-17 and Under-15 categories. Regional youth development league spokesman Galebolae Ngakane told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they could not start the league this year because the concept reached Francistown late. Ngakane...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 12 December 2007
BDF XI agonise over misfiring strikers
BDF XI coach Stanley Tshosane has failed to find good replacements for the departed duo with the result that his side lacks punch in attack. After 12 games in the Mascom Premier League, Matabele have only scored a paltry three goals this season....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 December 2007
No sponsor for BNSC awards yet
The awards ceremony is normally held in March every year. The traditional sponsor, Barloworld, pulled out after this year's event and the BNSC is still to get a replacement. "We have not signed anything with anybody yet but be assured that progress...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Scramble for Rollers' job
Rollers parted ways with assistant coach Nare after the defeat by TAFIC last week while 'coaching consultant' Bright has joined South African Premiership side, Cape Town Santos. Rollers spokesman Billy Loeto told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 December 2007
Angry teachers disrupt games
The teachers moved from one ground to another instructing students to follow them while BNSC officials were locked in a meeting. They also did not spare the BNSC executive secretary Kitso Kemoeng, saying he wanted to treat them like kids. This...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 December 2007
BNYC bill withdrawn
Legislators, Botlogile Tshireletso and Robert Molefhabangwe, have slammed Pheto for a poorly drafted bill that is 'lacking in depth'. Pheto advocates for the setting up of youth council by parliamentary statute to dissolve and replace the present...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 13 December 2007
BPC demand side management pays dividends
Unlike in neighbouring South Africa where load shedding or power outages in layperson's parlance have been a fact of life in the recent past, Botswana has not yet been forced to take that route. BPC spokesperson, Tlhomamiso Selato noted that...
STAFF WRITER 13 December 2007
Rural schools shock Nkate
He said that when school fees was re-introduced, the ministry thought it would have problems of payment in rural schools because of the high rate of unemployment in the countryside. But contrary to expectations, it is urban schools that are posing...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 December 2007
Why we won't rush- Nkate
The minister was briefing the media at an event held at Cresta Lodge, Gaborone on Wednesday. He said the initial indication by the task force that the university would be open by 2009 was unrealistic and it had to be revised. He explained that...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 December 2007
17 die in road crashes
During the past week, 17 people were killed, bringing to 443 the number of people who have died this year compared to 380 reported last year. In one of the accidents on the Francistown-Nata road (A3), four people died on December 3 when a minibus...
13 December 2007
Anglicans to worship or disco?
They would either have no priest to lead them into the celebrations, or the available one may not be their favourite. The sacking of seven priests has left the church in disarray with some members threatening to form their own congregations....
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 13 December 2007
BDP names candidates for Palapye primaries
The BDP primaries will be held on Sunday December 22. As expected, specially elected Member of Parliament and Minister of Health Professor Sheila Tlou has entered a four-horse race to become the party's candidate for Palapye. She faces Mater Goya,...
STAFF WRITER 13 December 2007
Govt must speak to Basarwa
While government and other interested parties may celebrate the resolution of the longest case in Botswana's legal history, for the Basarwa, this does not seem to be the case at all. Some of the findings of the Lobatse High Court last year were that:...
EDITOR 13 December 2007
Another black Christmas for workers
In firms and safari lodges across the country, the workers are subjected to the most humiliating treatment one could ever imagine. The local media is littered with cases of abuse, insults and sometimes beatings that the workers have to endure in the...
KESITEGILE GOBOTSWANG* 13 December 2007
WHITHER BOTSWANA
This is the provision of the Botswana constitution that enables the country's vice presidents to succeed to the presidency automatically in the event of the death or resignation, for whatever reason, of a president during the life of a Parliament....
DAN MOABI 13 December 2007
Re: An open letter to President Robert Mugabe, the public and Zimbabweans
With all due respect; we are fundamentally sustained by the same principles, we breath the same air and drink the same water. Africa, sovereign as she is, should remain for Africans, so that Europe can be for Europeans, as a way of avoiding the...
13 December 2007
Open letter to Mogae
As you know, the court found we had been illegally and unconstitutionally made to leave our land. It found that the government had acted against the law when it stopped issuing hunting licences to us in 2002 and that what was done to us was...
13 December 2007
Makgalemele obsessed with media
Makgalemele is so obsessed with publicity that he wants to comment on every matter relating to the BFA. Logically and administratively, he should have left the issue of salaries to BFA Chief Executive Officer, I bet Tosh Kgotlele would have handled...
13 December 2007
Open letter to Minister of Labour and Home Affairs
Some are fully enjoying their citizenship and even employed in Government institutions. We have to appreciate the improved accessibility of field officers since the departure of some field officers on the ground. However, as the year ends, some...
13 December 2007
Cartoon 13-12-07
13 December 2007
Music keeps dancer busy
He remembers an occasion when he invited his former Gabane schoolmate for dancing. He said the chap declined the invitation and landed in trouble. Lesilo said his schoolmate decided to go drinking and ended up stabbing somebody with a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 December 2007
The Afro jazz singer
Now an aspiring Afro jazz singer, Thusego Mmolawa has come up with a sizzling album of a similar title. Mmolawa identifies his music as traditional jazz. Although he is new on the Afro jazz scene, Mmolawa sings like a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 December 2007
US Credit crunch unlikely to affect Africa - the Economist
This is because economies in the sub-Saharan region are not directly integrated into the larger economy of the world. The report, titled Heading For The Rocks: Will Financial Turmoil Sink The World Economy?, puts African economies at a much more...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 13 December 2007
Moroka urges chain stores to 'Buy Botswana'
Speaking at the official opening of Foods by Melittah, a biscuit confectionery, Moroka commended stores like Meriting Spar, Tutume Spar and the Choppies group for giving Foods by Melittah a chance to supply them despite its early stage and small...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 13 December 2007
Knock off another three zeros, Central Bank Urged
As was the case before the currency reform last year, computers, calculators and cash registers can no longer compute the growing number of zeros as figures move from millions and billions to trillions and quadrillions due to rising...
13 December 2007
Embattled GU coach gets support
On Tuesday, the coach and his assistants took the team through its paces while officials held an emergency meeting with the supporters at the training ground. Some of the supporters claimed that Hunidzarira who joined GU this season would be...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 December 2007
Choppies to sponsor Gunners?
"As we speak, there is nothing concrete that I can say about it, but yes we have approached Choppies for sponsorship and we are hopeful that we will seal the deal in the near future," Dlamini said. It is reported that Gunners sent a proposal...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 December 2007
BAA holds inaugural awards ceremony
The BAA says that it has continued to improve in its development programmes and that is why it has found it fit to reward deserving athletes and officials. BAA spokesperson Glody Dube said the rewards will motivate athletes to work even more harder....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 December 2007
Tall order for women team
The team left yesterday without the top two goalkeepers Lone Metlhaleng and Wame Guilty because of injuries from the first leg match. They have been replaced by Kagiso Mokeretane and Peloyame Mangope. Top striker Tshepo Nkonyana is also injured...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 December 2007
Malunga scoops two gold medals
In kumite, Malunga, a dominant force in the Botswana national team overcame Malebogo Robert, from Gaborone, Martha Motsamai of Francistown and Kesegofetse Keetile of North West. Robert scooped the silver medal while both Motsamai and Keetile settled...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 13 December 2007
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