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Are new parties sprouting in Zim an intelligence ploy?

For the past eight years, the ruling Zanu PF, which has ruled the former British colony since independence and the biggest opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have been the major players in the political landscape. But with less...

KITSEPILE NYATHI 15 February 2008

Go home and vote, Batswana tell Zimbabweans

"I am quite surprised with you Zimbabweans. Can you not just vote Mugabe out and stop coming to our country? As soon as you vote him out, your problems will be over," a visibly irritated young Motswana woman shopkeeper at Tsamaya says. A random...

JACOB MAKUSHA
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Zim-Bots cordon fence in disrepair

The cordon fence was erected along the border post with Zimbabwe to protect Botswana cattle from crossing to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) infested areas in Zimbabwe. Botswana was at one stage criticised internationally for constructing a cordon...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Rain delivers handsome bounty at masimo

That is, if the excitement at the Ministry of Agriculture and countryside folk, where farmers are currently chasing away sparrows and hoeing weeds, can be used as a yardstick. A senior official at the ministry says he has espied up to 10 trucks...

GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Bible Life sets Phikwe ablaze

The conference also attracted of local leaders like MP Kavis Kario and former mayor Benjamin Bagayi. The eight-day conference was a time of refreshing, re-empowerment, re-commitment and a moment of great spiritual advancement for many locals who...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Minister Moroka speaks for Kgalagadi

Commenting on the budget proposals on Wednesday, the minister said lack of development in the Kgalagadi made it look like it is not in the country. He urged government to include schools and hospitals for Kgalagadi in National Development Plan...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Woman in court over fake documents

Mirriam Sakala, 27, of Dingumuzi residential area in Plumtree was allegedly selling the documents for P100 each, which gave refugee status to its Zimbabwean buyers status in Botswana. Sakala appeared at the Plumtree Magistrate's Court, 100km west of...

FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Judgement reserved on BCP primaries query

Ngakaetsile filed an urgent application in November 2007 after BCP vetted him out. In his submissions, the applicant argued that the High Court of Botswana has inherent jurisdiction that is enshrined in the constitution to make a review. "As far as...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Moupo on the budget

* Introduction Before dealing with substantive issues raised by the Minister in the Budget Speech, I wish to raise certain general issues some of which I did raise last year but were not satisfactorily responded to. The first one is that...

15 February 2008

Btv frustrates viewers

Some of them are BBC News, The Bold And The Beautiful, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil. The television station ran into trouble when it was discovered some time last year that it owed millions of Pula in tax arrears, sources say. After paying...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Tempers flare at BPC briefing

The briefing was organised by Botswana Exporters and Manufacturers Association (BEMA). Tempers started to rise when the stakeholders were given a chance to ask questions. Despite the presentation that had been made by BPC earlier, the...

PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

'I divorce you because of the President'

Like bad movie editors, we constantly switched from footage of elegant Maasai dancers from the bride's family and Gikuyu dancers from the grooms family, to television news of paramilitary police in their jungle fatigues keeping rowdy crowds from the...

SIMIYU BARASA* 15 February 2008

DK comes to Molale's rescue

In a statement to Parliament yesterday, Kwelagobe said the IEC Secretary, Gabriel Seeletso, refused to accept the PSP's appointment of an officer who had succeeded in an interview in favour of one who had failed the interview. Molale refused...

STAFF WRITER 15 February 2008

Justice: When foul is fair

It has been brought to our attention that the said letter carries imputation of wrongful conduct on the part of the honourable judge. If such imputation exists it is regretted and retracted. Our role was merely to allow the public to debate the...

15 February 2008

Will the family tree work for contestants?

As a young man growing up in the town of Palapye, it never crossed my mind that one day I would be chasing Professor Sheila Tlou, Moiseraele Master Goya and Isaac Maforaga for their comment in a political story.We grew up admiring Tlou and Goya...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Goya or Tlou in Palapye BDP primaries?

PALAPYE: When Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) members queue for the candidate of their choice in the party's primary election re-run here, the real battle will be between Moiseraele Goya and Minister of Health, Sheila Tlou. Although there are three...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Eskom will not switch us off - PHK

In his 22-page statement, Kedikilwe said the South African government is committed to honouring its power commercial contracts with all the neighbouring countries that have Power Purchase Agreements with Eskom. The minister said the spare generation...

STAFF WRITER 15 February 2008

BOOK REVIEW

Unity, unity and more unity among Christians, has been Botswana Christian Council (BCC)'s motto in its 40 years of existence. BCC recently unveiled one of their books. On the cover the book has one of Jesus Christ's saying in John 17:21. "I pray...

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JACOB MAKUSHA 15 February 2008

BOOK REVIEW

The Elephanta Suite is Paul Theroux's 29th work of fiction. It is an interconnected collection of three novellas of unequal length. All three, in subtle and flowing prose, explore the shifting relationship between the foreigner and India as they...

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SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 15 February 2008

BACK STAGE

Book of Secrets builds on and repeats the first National Treasure (2004) that was a vehicle for Nicholas Cage to rant and rave and roll his eyes while he tries to supercede Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in that lost treasure hunting class. Now that...

SASA MAJUMA 15 February 2008

Ramogotsi carves a life for himself

Today, the sculptor is one of the very few Batswana stone sculptors around. Ramogotsi says that he was never academically gifted and that meeting completely turned his life around. The 32-year-old stone sculptor, like most artists, says he realized...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

An Orphan founds charity

But when his peers across the globe aspire to be successful entrepreneurs and live better lives, Thari is inspired by the spirit of Botho or compassion. At the age of 18, the University of Botswana (UB) Law student has established a charity to help...

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 15 February 2008

'I like the American system'

And the money spent by just one of those candidates makes me weep when I think of my draught-stricken Africa. I enjoy watching the election circus, though, but feel repulsed by an electoral system that does not recognise the power of the individual...

*TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 15 February 2008

Speculative property pricing hits F/town

At her office at Willy Kathurima and Associates here, business is brisk and Molefi does not hide the fact that she is having it good. "I cannot keep a house for a week," she says. "There are constant enquiries. Every time I want to leave the office,...

GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Improve project implementation -BOCONGO

Speaking during a public debate under the theme "Strengths and Weaknesses of the 2008/9 National Budget", BOCONGO's programmes manager Barulaganye Mogotsi said there are still some administrative bottlenecks and a need for improved performance by...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

IMF warns developing nations

In a speech in New Delhi, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the links between the West and countries such as India remain strong. As a result the US slowdown will effect developing nations, he argued. To cope with that, he advised...

15 February 2008

Government defends DTC Botswana

Speaking at the Rough Diamond Conference in Israel on Tuesday, the Chief Minerals Officer in the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mooketsi Jongman, said Botswana will only polish stones worth US$550 million a year by 2009, an...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

An ill-fated love

This is a harrowing tale of love. It is an 18-year-old story. As a young man of 19, I led myself into what I naively thought would blossom into a durable and everlasting love affair. It was my first real experience of love, having just graduated from...

SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNES
Correspondent 15 February 2008

NITTY GRITTY

I love my black peopleLoudlyEver in the quiet Of their lonelinessDisplacedDisparagedDetribalized I love my black peopleWhollyWith a wholesome loveRounder than linear forcesThat tug at the heart I love my black people MadlyEven in their moments of...

BAROLONG SEBONI 15 February 2008

Thank you Dennis Kennedy

Dennis Kennedy of Stanbic Bank gave us an unforgettable gift, a book titled 'China shakes the world' by James Kynge. A must read book that has transformed the debates around here. Ever since that Christmas gift the perspective and our view of the...

15 February 2008

"First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me" Pastor Niemoeller (victim of the Nazis)

15 February 2008

Kalahari Bushmen on BBC television

In the programme, presenter Simon Reeve talks to Bushmen living in New Xade resettlement camp and inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve about the eviction of most of the Bushmen from the reserve in 2002. A woman in New Xade tells Reeve, 'It...

15 February 2008

Sparkling Botswana

May I suggest snappier alternatives? Either "Botswana--At the Heart of Southern Africa" or "Botswana--Put a Sparkle in Your Life". (Abbreviated when necessary to "Warm-Hearted Botswana" and to "Sparkling Botswana" or "Bright Botswana"). The first...

15 February 2008

Makoni move gets mixed reactions in Gabs

The Zimbabweans are part of the three million people said to be outside the country. Chances of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora getting a postal or external vote are non-existent, but their input in the politics of the country has a big bearing on the...

JOHN CHURU
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Limkokwing - A bogus institution?

It is every student's dream to find themselves bombarded with Science and Technology concepts by a 'black lecturer'. Their wish is to see themselves going to Limkokwing- an institution that has become 'GC's most rocking university or college'. Street...

15 February 2008

'We need a leader,' not a politician

The murdered young president had embodied transformation, the startling power of the new, a sense of promise, optimism, unexplored frontiers. Four decades of revelations about backstage politics, marital infidelities, gangsters and Marilyn Monroe...

LEONARD PITTS JR. 15 February 2008

Speak to the nation, Btv

Some soapies such as 'The Bold and the Beautiful', and "Passions' were removed a while ago. Recently, American family talk shows such as Oprah and Dr Phil have also been put on ice. Local entertainment shows such as 'Di a Cha' have been put under...

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Phikwe golfers selected for national team

Shane Granger (Snr) has been included in the provisional senior national team squad that will participate in the Zone Six tournament in Zambia next month. Top 16 senior players were invited for trials in Gaborone, and Granger and Oganeditse Marata...

KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Rugby secretary warns president, vice president

He cautioned the two not to use the union name to address their personal differences in the media. This follows media reports that the two are at loggerheads as Lekan accuses Gilbert of working in cahoots with his son Gareth to bring him down. He...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Phikwe gears for junior tennis tourney

Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) resident coach Wellington Sibanda says the tournament is meant to identify and nurture young talent. Sibanda said players who have represented Selebi-Phikwe in major tournaments are now over 18 years of...

KENNETH BANDA
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Stars give Ext 27 bosses the thumbs-up

Last weekend, Boiteko Fuel Tank Services sponsored a tournament, which will be contested by eight teams from the area. The tournament is expected to run until March 24, with games taking place every Sunday at Young Strikers Grounds. With the area...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Africa Nations Cup: No shortcut to success

The problem is, when one is consumed with the love of the game, one cannot tell fiction from fact. I have volumes of analysis and commentary on the tournament, but my best should be a recent piece in the Sunday Times of South Africa, which was a...

15 February 2008

DRTS refuses with corruption report

The recently appointed director, Mmoshe Mookodi, has employed a comprehensive set of tricks in evading Mmegi enquiries about the commissions' findings. His repertoire includes: -* declining a face-to-face interview on January 6* requests...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Happy Hearts stir back to life

Happy Hearts, which used to terrorise teams in the 80s, was sadly stripped off their membership by Botswana Football Association (BFA) some three years ago after failing to pay their subscription fee. When everybody seems to have forgotten about the...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

Sports Complex construction starts next month

She told Mmegi Sport that all the pre-contract activities have been completed. Though the site for construction would be given to the contractor today, the official groundbreaking ceremony would be done around March 17, she said. Chinese company,...

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 15 February 2008

No favours for Prisons

The Tigers' claws are out for the warders' scalp and fans can look forward to an action-packed encounter. Prisons XI will be attempting to gain maximum points to go top of the table and oust Killer Giants. But it will not be easy to contain...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Hard work pays - Nkabiti

The Francistown Club boxer indicated that he toiled to earn the crown and he will do everything in his power to retain it next year. He is one of the best performers who were presented with awards last weekend at the University of Botswana (UB)...

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 15 February 2008

Sweet victory for Fighters

This was sweet revenge for the Fighters who lost by the same margin to Rollers in the opening round. Though both teams had been struggling in the first round, they dished out exciting football that kept many spectators at the edge of their seats....

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 15 February 2008

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