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Nkate wants cure for sick schools
This came in the wake of parents around the country complaining in Kgotla meetings and even calling the teaching service management asking for the sacking of all the failing teachers in the schools. At Kokong Primary School in the Southern...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
Nigerian accused claims frame on cocaine charge
He accused the investigating officer, Khumo Bagopi of fabricating the case after he was discharged and acquitted by the village magistrate court on a different offence last year. "After the case, you and your colleagues vowed that you were...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
Mogae lauds Batswana for peace
Mogae said regardless of whether they were disagreements between government and the people or other politicians, it never got out of hand like in other countries in Africa. "Even though at times we did not quite see eye-to-eye concerning some...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
How is BDF doing for uniform?
He was responding to allegations by BDF soldiers that there was a serious shortage of boots, camouflage and overalls, to the extent that some soldiers were forced to report for duty in plain clothes. "We are not facing any crises regarding...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
Sporting lawyer, Sebego joins political fray
Sebego will stand against Gaborone South MP, Akanyang Magama in the Botswana National Front (BNF) primary elections, which are scheduled for next month. Sebego is better known for his involvement in football than as a political activist. He is...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Transporters fight over passengers
Zimbabwean Ray Dokotela-Moyo, owner of Dokotela Omnibus Company appeared in court in Bulawayo on Friday last week charged with inciting two men to kill Sibonginkosi Moyo, an inspector at Fellowship Bus Company, another big transporter on the route....
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Check the spelling on toothpaste - dentist
Molefe was speaking in the wake of the warning by the Ministry of Health early this week, advising customers to avoid toothpastes made in China because they contain Diethylene Glycol (DEG), a harmful chemical. DEG is said to be used in anti-freeze...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
Lerala chief fumes at his boss
He said the meddling has now caused rifts and tensions between him and the residents. Last Monday, the residents thronged the Lerala Kgotla for a meeting that Moroka claim he was not aware of. The chief said by the look of things, the meeting was...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
Kanjabanga hounded by BDP - Boko
Boko wants the case struck off the roll 'because his client's constitutional right to be tried within a reasonable time has been breached'. "The claimants demand the immediate stay of any further action in respect of the intended prosecution as they...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
Attorney Kanjabanga faces theft charges
The matter is before village chief magistrate, Lot Moroka. Eight others charged alongside Kanjabanga include his secretary Boitshwarelo Moreemang, Kudzani Gaabopiwe, Ishmael Olekile, M K Capital Power and its managing director, Paul Mchenya, Mabone...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
BOMU set to deliver awards report today
The presentation is meant to explain the criteria used on the awards, contribution made by the five judges and the 40 percent made through SMS, said BOMU secretary general Nkgopolang Thomelang. An international private company, Price Water House...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Limkokwing disappoints artists
Artists were lured to enter the competition by catchy lines like "convert that hobby of yours into a prize-winning entry" but up to now the winners have not been announced. One of the entrants and award-winning author Lauri Kubuitsile is unhappy...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 24 January 2008
Leteane defends 'Re hauhele'
He possesses a golden voice and it must be easy for any producer to get the best out of him. But just one track spoils it all. It is understandable that Vusi idolises South African gospel maestro Lundi Tamarya but going to the extent of copying him...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Africa sees robust 2008 despite subprime-AfDB
Bank President Donald Kaberuka told Reuters Asian demand for Africa's resources and better economic management by African governments had so far protected the continent's countries from the financial turbulence beyond its shores."On first round...
24 January 2008
Domestic stocks remain resilient to US crunch
An analyst at Capital Securities says this is partly because revenue sources for these companies are not likely to be affected by the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US. However, Leutlwetse Tumelo points out that ripple effects of world markets...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
StaffWriter 24 January 2008
Flood alert
In light of these prospects, the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) would like to warn members of the public about inherent dangers of flash floods. We would also like to emphasise that forecasts are not precise predictions and hence...
24 January 2008
UB sponsored students return as medical doctors
They are joined by four government sponsored interns. The University established mutually beneficial training arrangements with four universities in South Africa and two in Australia where medical students were sent after part one of their...
24 January 2008
Two energy futures
Humans will have found ways of dealing with air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. New technologies will have reduced the amount of energy needed to power buildings and vehicles. Indeed, the distant future looks bright, but much depends on how...
JEROEN VAN DER VEER* 24 January 2008
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
I recall that in his last state of the nation address to the National Assembly last year, President Mogae commented on his commitment to advancing the democratic culture for which this country is already so well known. He was particularly elated that...
DAN MOABI 24 January 2008
How prepared is BPC for power supply?
The cost of these power outages to the economy cannot be over-estimated. With this clear and present danger, it is not only fair but also necessary for the authorities to explain to the nation the scope of the crisis and how they plan to respond...
EDITOR 24 January 2008
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24 January 2008
Massive increase in BDC sponsorship
The amount is P52,500 more than last year's sponsorship. This is the second year that BDC is sponsoring the event organised by the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA). The competition will be held in Jwaneng this weekend. It will mark the end of the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Kim's Auto honours tennis prodigy
The equipment were handed over to Mabaka accompanied by his mother, Fidzani, by Kim's Auto managing director, Chae Soo Kim at the Botswana Tennis Centre in Gaborone. The company donated the equipment to the Gaborone Senior Secondary School (GSS) Form...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Gunners clear confusion over PRO position
The man touted as Gunners' spokesman has been Kitso Dlamini but Dada's comeback has confused matters. Dlamini has told Mmegi Sport that at Gunners, they do not have a public relations officer. He explained that the club spokesman works under the...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Softball boss to seek another term
The softball boss still believes he has a lot to offer the sport. He said his executive committee has achieved a lot after nine months in office. "We managed to send the junior team to the Netherlands for the World Junior Championships," he said. He...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 24 January 2008
Botswana: Yardstick of African democracy
Below, KOFI AKOSAH-SARPONG, explores Rawlings' recent presentation in Nigeria and his search for a 'democratic practice' that integrates the values of western democracy with African custom. Botswana emerges as a significant marker on Rawlings'...
25 January 2008
Of Mogae, farewell speeches, white horses and heifers
Every now and then, when a president is about to leave office, there are cartoons depicting the president as a beggar out in the street, or as an unemployed vagrant. That image could not be further from the truth. It is after their tenure that...
25 January 2008
Exploring rural-urban migration
The senior citizen was prompted to ask the question because children in Shakawe were leaving in large numbers to go for weekends in Maun to shop and to party. The young people would reportedly tell the elderly people a majority of whom are...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
Banned pastors not Anglican Church employees - Mwamba
In an answering affidavit to the court case the pastors have lodged against the church, Mwamba outlined the church rules that empower him to make decisions. "The applicants are not employees of the Anglican (first respondent) and for the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
NDMO warns the public of floods
"Given the forecast, the district commissioners who are responsible for managing floods in their respective localities have been urged to be alert and report such incidents to the National Disaster Management offices," he said. Moyo revealed that...
KHONANI ONTEBETSE
Correspondent 25 January 2008
Sex-for-grades scam blankets UB
"Those who refuse to oblige fail the examinations," cried scores of female students. SRC president, Mishingo Jeremiah shares the concern raised by the students, adding that all available efforts should be made to stem the problem. He said that...
SERWALO MAZWIDUMA 25 January 2008
Unions helpless on teacher-student love affairs
"We can only take action if the members violate the union constitution but when they violate the code of ethics of their profession, there is little that we can do," said the Botswana Secondary Teachers' Union (BOSETU) president, Eric Ditau. "There...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
Cold war in the BNF?
Many within the party believe that although things look normal on the surface, the war is being fought behind the scenes. They say the rivalry might reach the boil again during the primary elections. Last week the BNF Elections' Board resigned en...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
Mogae warns 'shadow' correspondents
Mogae spoke of people bent on making things difficult for Vice President Ian Khama and said such people "will not manage". The President was particularly angry with people who sent vitriolic articles, critical of the government of the day to...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
Who will gather Mogae's presents?
It is reported that in Ghanzi the Farmers Association gave him up to 50 heifers and a bull. Patricia Maganu reports from Serowe that the President got 10 calves. The happiest moment came when Vice President Ian Khama and his younger brothers...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
DPP, Nchindo lawyers square up
In the current sideshow, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has drawn first blood by demanding that Collins Newman Attorneys should recuse themselves from the case. DPP argues that Collins and Newman suffers conflict of interest in the...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
Mhlauli judgement (Part 3)
Is Kadimo Oremeng a truthful and credible witness?Advocate Van Zyl dwelt at length on the evidence of Oremeng. The Advocate highlighted the variance between Oremeng's evidence in court and the statement he gave to the Directorate on Corruption...
25 January 2008
BOOK REVIEW
African Psycho is an unusual novel. It is a story of neglect, abandonment and revenge, where the person seeking revenge on society attacks individuals and in that act is actually punishing himself. "I have decided to kill Germaine on December 29"...
Reviewed by
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 25 January 2008
BACK STAGE
It starts with a television (TV) news interview in 2009 with a doctor (played by Emma Thompson) who claims to have created a vaccine that cures cancer using the homeopathic principle of treating like with like. At first she has 100 percent success....
SASA MAJUMA 25 January 2008
Batswana women writers making a mark
The trio, who are close friends, are in the process of jointly writing an anthology of short stories for children. The 44-year-old American-born Kubuitsile came to Botswana in 1989 as a Peace Corp and three years later got married to a Motswana, so...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
Artists hold exhibition
The theme of the artworks on display by the duo shows the viewer the links between the narrative in the visual arts and poetry. "The use of free-association, the juxtaposition of caught happenings that allow a relationship between the real and...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
Last Friday's Mmegi intrigued me. Of course it does every week, excellent newspaper, make sure you buy a copy every day. In fact buy several copies every day. What intrigued me to begin with were two advertisements in exactly the same position...
25 January 2008
Blackouts prompt scramble for renewable energy
With the commissioning of additional coal-fired and nuclear plants several years away before they will bring relief to SA's overburdened power system, Eskom is turning to alternatives to bring more power in faster. Rationing and voluntary target...
25 January 2008
In for a raw deal from second hand car dealers?
"I just bought a light American truck for P60, 000. I settled for this particular model because it was extremely cheap," says Nathan Mushota, a technician with a printing company in Gaborone. "I paid the dealer, collected the truck and set off for my...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 25 January 2008
A woman of epicurean delights
Talking to this proud owner of FRESSH restaurant located at one of Gaborone's up-market shopping malls takes her back to the days when owning a restaurant is just a dream. Seeing her among her employees at the restaurant, one would not believe...
JOHN CHURU
Correspondent 25 January 2008
Agronomist predicts high yield
Phineas Pheto of the National Master Plan for Arable Agriculture and Dairy Development (NAMPAAD) argues that the good yield forecast is not based on the fact that people have crops in their fields. It is based on the continuous rains covering large...
KABO MOKGOABONE
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
New purchasing system at Choppies
The system has been named Choppies Gram. It started last December and was installed at all the 47 stores countrywide. Says the chain's Director of Public Relations Ben Stegling: "Simply put, Choppies Gram is about buying groceries from one store...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 25 January 2008
Is ZANU-PF's Makoni serious?
After dictator Mugabe betrayed Zimbabweans in the manner he did, killing hundreds to discourage democracy, people are not excited about anything of the sort at all. What excitement is generated from ZANU-PF cloning itself? And will they label...
*TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 25 January 2008
First Rand CEO lauds 'stable' Botswana
Speaking at a luncheon hosted in his honour by First Rand's subsidiary FNB Botswana, Nxasana said such initiatives "send the right message" and attract foreign investment. He commended the country for its good macro-and-micro economic policies,...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 25 January 2008
Power cuts plunge business into turmoil
Since January 16 some parts of the country has experienced unexpected power blackouts. This is because Botswana's major power supplier, Eskom, of South Africa, has decided to cut the outside supply to meet local demand. This latest development has...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 25 January 2008
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