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Demented husband ravages step-daughter
The abuse by her step-father with the connivance of her mother caused severe pain that resulted in permanent scars on her back and head. "I was 12-years-old then. When I came home, my mother asked me to go straight to my room and sleep. The lock on...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 17 January 2008
MPs salaries: debate
What is interesting to note, however, is the manner in which the national assembly has dealt with the subject in light with recent developments. At the centre of this debate are the back bench MPs (majority of which are BDP members) who had been...
17 January 2008
Cartoon 17.01.08
17 January 2008
Date set for BNSC awards
BNSC spokesperson Chris Nkwe says that they will hold the ceremony despite the fact that so far they have not secured sponsorship for it. He says the event would go on with or without sponsor. Nkwe believes the BNSC has tried its best to look for...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 17 January 2008
Indian cyclists fight AIDS
Their visit, dubbed World Tour on Bicycle, started late last year in Tanzania and would end in eight months' time. The cyclists are Manjunatha Bheerajh - the group leader - Gin Nandeh and Srinivasa Raju. "Sport is an effective tool to curb the...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 17 January 2008
African fans can win the World Cup
He said at a media briefing in Gaborone that a massive attendance of partisan fans in matches involving African countries can do the trick. The media briefing was organised by the Zebras supporters' club together with the Botswana Football...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 17 January 2008
Chiefs after BMC goalkeeper
"We have agreed that they can negotiate with him. They seem keen on having him but it will depend on what they agree upon. "He has been outstanding for us but we have no intention of stopping him if Chiefs want to sign him. Already we have a very...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 17 January 2008
Mookane chieftainship goes to court?
The two men were among a group of Mookane residents who were opposed to Bakwena's appointment last year in a heated Kgotla meeting addressed by Bangwato Tribal Authority, Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane. They said yesterday that after holding meetings with...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 17 January 2008
Water sparks diarrhoea in Mahalapye?
Speaking in an interview yesterday, the worried Tlou declared: "As the Ministry of Health (MoH), we are dependent on other ministries for our effective delivery of service". She stressed that after visiting Mahalapye on Tuesday with her management...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 17 January 2008
Mothei re-elected Gaborone mayor
Mothei was nominated and his candidature endorsed by councillors from all the parties - the Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), and Botswana Congress Party (BCP). Naledi Central councillor Ephraim Mafunga is the new...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 17 January 2008
'Illegal' company delays school
Unik Construction started working at the college around March last year. "About two months after the company had started they had to be removed from the school because the court said they were here illegally" he said. Masebola says that it came to...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 17 January 2008
The Millennium Jazz haven is the place to be
It is certainly the place to be on late Sunday afternoons. It is one of the jaunts where you can sip a glass of wine while listening to the blues as DJ Vavo dishes out melodies every weekend. On New Year's eve, it was happening with a festival...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 17 January 2008
BOMU suspends 'outspoken' Franco
In a letter dated December 31, 2007, and signed by BOMU president Bafana Phempheretlhe Pheto and secretary general Ntebolang Tlhomeleng, the kwasa-kwasa king is accused of unbecoming behaviour that has brought the organisation into disrepute. "The...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 17 January 2008
DTC delivers jobs
The diamond giant, situated near the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, is expected to begin operations this year after completion of its buildings. The company last week placed adverts in the local newspapers for 18 posts in the fields of...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 17 January 2008
Diarrhoea messages must be clear
Despite the gravity of the problem, one could take solace in that the Ministry of Health has been launching a massive campaign to sensitise and educate Batswana on the scope of the problem and offering some tips on measures that could be adopted to...
EDITOR 17 January 2008
Mhlauli judgement (Part 2)
Elvidge Mhlauli, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government Lands and Housing, has been convicted for the offences of abuse of office and knowingly giving false information in an affidavit and he has been sentenced to two years...
18 January 2008
Dibete road fails deadline
The project started in April 2005 and was estimated to cost P171 million. In September last year, the director of Arab Contractors Botswana, Mohamed Azzab outlined to Mmegi the revised schedule of construction, which put completion date as December...
KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Labour office queues betray rampant joblessness
The victims of unemployment range from semi-skilled rural migrants seeking jobs in the cities, to university graduates. Below, staff writer RYDER GABATHUSE describes the plight of the multitudes of jobless citizens. FRANCISTOWN: In her third year as...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Old Naledi delay irks councillor
Dube expressed frustration at the way the P90 million project took long to be implemented adding that there was a meeting last year in December to resolve some issues with the Gaborone City Council (GCC) and the residents. He added that he...
KHONANI ONTEBETSE
Correspondent 18 January 2008
Incurable TB creeps into Botswana
Principal Health Specialist, Dr Julius Mboya said that these are the first patients in Botswana to be diagnosed. He said that diagnosis was confirmed during the second week of January 2008. XDR is a mutation of TB and is just as contagious as other...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Teachers miss bus
Lydia Sorinyana said that the vehicle did not arrive on time but the teachers managed to find their way to school. The teachers are part of the 39 who are accommodated in Block Seven, Gaborone due to the shortage of accommodation at the school...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Batshu resigns
Batshu is serving notice until the end of February 2008. Batshu who was stationed at the Francistown Court had only served the court for a few months. He was offered the job late last year by the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG), after...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Diarrhoea hits children
She said 65 children have been admitted in the paediatric ward since the third week of December. She said the diarrhoea outbreak is related to the rains. The hospital has received infants with diarrhoea caused by dysentery, shigella, e-coli or...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Judge quits, OP meddling
I thought we had resolved some of the issues at some stage but that some of them persisted worried me a lot," Mosojane said in an interview yesterday. Justice Mosojane described himself as one person who was "very sensitive to issues like the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
BOOK REVIEW
In Black Mulberries we have "Two Families, Six Decades, One Unforgettable Tale". It begins at a tourist camp in the Delta where an accident has occurred. The novel is situated in Moremi Nature Reserve, at Sehuba village, elsewhere in Ngamiland,...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 18 January 2008
BACK STAGE
Rendition quickly establishes the three venues: Chicago; an unnamed North African city (filmed in Marrakech and later Casablanca); and Washington, DC. It opens misleadingly with a brief exit from Cape Town, where Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) has...
SASA MAJUMA 18 January 2008
Is SADC serving any real purpose in the region?
I can't say how much Mandela's mediation achieved in Burundi but I still remain adamant that South Africans are the worst mediators in the world. Mbeki and Desmond Tutu are my witnesses because, on this issue, their failures speak volumes. In...
*TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 18 January 2008
Mokopane's bright-coloured musical artworks
Asked why he is into contemporary abstract cubism, which many Batswana do not seem to appreciate, the artist responds: "I have never intended my works to be imitations, rather I wanted them to have their own originality." According to Mokopane, a...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
While his contract probably commits him only to recording for EMI it presumably allows him, as a temperamental artist, to come up with new musical delights only when his creative juices start flowing. So they won't, he's said. At the same time,...
18 January 2008
More effective indices come to the BSE next month
The Local Asset Status Index (LASI), the Foreign Resources Sector (FRSI) and Domestic Financial Sector Index (DFSI) will replace the Domestic Companies Index (DCI) and Foreign Companies Index (FCI). A statement from the BSE says the existing indices...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Chain stores still shun local fresh produce
Yet the agriculture sector remains a high priority, given its importance to the livelihoods of the rural population in particular, as well as its strong backward and forward linkages with the rest of the economy. Out of this, it is contended that...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 18 January 2008
NDB within its mandate-deputy CEO
Tshekiso Monyatsi was responding to queries in the public arena after the bank broke new ground by launching loans covering school fees and the purchasing of property. In an interview with Business Week, Monyatsi said the development finance...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
BoB misses inflation target
In its mid-term monetary policy review last year, the BoB said although the forecast for trading partner countries inflation of 4 to 6 percent suggested that the Bank should lower the upper end of the range, it is considered more realistic to...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
FMD outbreak pulls down BMC throughput
"The outbreak is a major blow to the abattoir," said BMC Chief Executive Officer Dr Motshudi Raborokgwe. "What makes matters worse is that the Bobirwa Zone 7 area is still closed for Francistown." The BMC issued a press release earlier in the week...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Serbia's choice
As Kosovo's new government moves toward a unilateral declaration of independence, Serbs face a stark choice: retain Kosovo and effectively sever ties with the European Union, or accept the painful reality of Kosovar independence and embrace a new...
*JOHN O'BRENNAN 18 January 2008
Corruption in project implementation
This situation has not only been costly to the end beneficiaries - that is ordinary Batswana - but also the government treasury. It baffles the mind how authorities monitor the implementation of projects and the lackluster way in which it moves...
EDITOR 18 January 2008
Lessons from Kenya electoral crisis
The business sector suffers as religious leaders and middle class angle themselves for recognition from their tribal kings. What lessons does the Kenyan political situation give to Africa? First Lesson; the essence of law and constitution ought to...
*JAMES SHIKWATI 18 January 2008
Kenyan crisis: Living through death and violence
As I proceeded to Bondo town, 60km west of Kisumu City and home of ODM presidential candidate Raila Odinga, I was apprehensive, but optimistic about the Kenyan general elections. Africa has never been big on democracy or transparent elections but the...
FLORENCE RADULL-GOROBA 18 January 2008
CKGR is our home
How wonderful for the council to pay for its councillors to visit and enjoy the reserve. It is a shame they will not pay for the Bushmen to enjoy the reserve as well. We, who are from the CKGR, have won the right to live on our land. But we...
18 January 2008
Where did it all go wrong?
The fact of the matter is that the government and other stakeholders have rolled out quite a number of programmes to support CEE.. Of course some of the programmes could not meet their intended objectives. However, it is not surprising that...
18 January 2008
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
This happened in his early years as minister of finance and development planning. Previously, it was very common for farmers to apply to the NDB for all sorts of loans. It was equally common for such farmers to make absolutely no efforts to repay...
DAN MOABI 18 January 2008
Cartoon 18.01.08
18 January 2008
FIRST CUT
I will like to believe we all have our wishes. If our wishes could see the light of the day in 2008, it will be good for everyone. Extension Gunners' supporters want the club to wake up from their coma. This giant has been sleeping for far too long....
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 18 January 2008
BMC signs Zimbabwean trio
The players are veteran international goalkeeper Chenjerai Dube and Kelvin Maseko from Division One side Railstars; and Farai Mujokoro from giants, Highlanders. Mujokoro was a key member of the Zimbabwe Under-23 squad that failed to qualify for the...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 18 January 2008
Wary Kolagano won't count the chicks yet
The former Zebras' defender knows what it takes to win the league and while he has confidence in his young team-mates, he is wary of the second round pressure and he does not want to count his chickens before they hatch. After beefing up their squad...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 January 2008
Bafana Bafana stand no chance
Though they beat the visiting Zebras 2-1 before a packed King Zwelitheni Stadium in Umlazi on Wednesday afternoon, some experts believe that the current Bafana Bafana squad pose no threat to the giants of African football. After the game, former...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 18 January 2008
Rollers' new Zambian coach aims high
On a typical day, the attendance at the Rollers' training grounds surpasses that of most institutional teams' league games. Ngwenya started sharpening the Rollers watched by a huge crowd of the team's ardent supporters this week. But it...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 January 2008
What chance of a film industry in Botswana?
More recently we have had news of two satellite television content-providers, SABIDO (holding company of etv) and Munhumutape Pay-TV, setting up shop in transmission or production facilities in Gaborone. Over the past 10 or 20 years, digital cameras...
NEIL PARSONS 18 January 2008
Oremeng leaves TASC
When his move was first announced on Radio Botswana's morning programme, Masa-a-sele, on Wednesday, many soccer fans were startled by his decision, probably the most sensational move of the current transfer window. It is not common for a Premier...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 18 January 2008
Gunners confront buoyant TAFIC
TAFIC spokesman, Jones Mosweu said they are not relying on the victory against ECCO because they have been gaining momentum after claiming the scalp of Gaborone giants, Township Rollers. "Our morale has been building up ever since that game (against...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 18 January 2008
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