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Arms ship returns to China
Zambia, which chairs the Southern African Development Community (SADC) grouping, has urged regional states to bar the An Yue Jiang from entering their waters, saying the weapons could deepen Zimbabwe's election crisis. The ship was barred from...
24 April 2008
Let them cook, sell and paint - Khama roadmap
"Further to the above, the permanent secretary to the President has directed that preference shall be given to youth and women individuals and groups. The Ministries of Trade and Industry and Youth, Sports and Culture, as well as Labour and Home...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
Stage set for Autumn Music Festival
Festival organiser John Selolwane said yesterday that preparations are at an advanced stage and all the invited artistes have confirmed their participation. Selolwane, who is also a renowned musician, said they are finalising a few logistics....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 24 April 2008
Rock band Nodd releases debut album
At their peak, the charismatic Metal Orizon took the music industry by storm, redefining rock to suit the local market, as the genre was viewed largely as foreign. The influence of rock is far-reaching, and has had significant impact on fashion and...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 24 April 2008
BotswanaPost awards stamp designers
The three teachers - Kenneth Mtyuku, Boitshepo Lesego and Mokganedi Ditau - were awarded certificates of attendance, and P500 shopping voucher each entitling them to obtain art material from Artswana.Mtyuku, an art teacher at Iphutheng CJSS,...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 24 April 2008
Beware of fake banknotes - BoB
The Bank's public relations officer Chepete Chepete said in statement that the fake notes being circulated are in P100 and P50 denominations and urged the public to be vigilant and to exercise caution when accepting banknotes. "The fakes notes are...
STAFF WRITER 24 April 2008
Albidon, Iamgold in joint venture for Maitengwe prospect
To earn that shareholding, it would have to spend $800, 000 on exploration in four years and complete a pre-feasibility study, the company said. The JV covers the Maitengwe Greenstone Belt where Albidon had already struck nickel at Sunnyside, to the...
STAFF WRITER 24 April 2008
Francistowners blame price hikes on Zimbos
Francistowners think food prices are rising due to increasing numbers of Zimbabweans who come across the border to buy basic commodities here daily. Although food prices are rising everywhere due to worldwide shortages, Francistowners believe their...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
Let the best network compete
BTC becomes the third player in the mobile telephone industry after Mascom and Orange. The parastatal has gone mobile after a go-ahead from the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) under a new licensing regime dubbed Public Telecommunication...
EDITOR 24 April 2008
Capital punishment is a serious matter
As such, the subject should be treated with the seriousness it deserves. It is not a matter that should be treated as simply a topic of debate designed to entertain listeners to a T.V programme as to who in a debate is smarter than the other in...
24 April 2008
China thinks Africa is 'stupid'
They are like drug dealers who sell cocaine with impunity to 40yr old men who have a wife and three children and not caring about the consequences. Whether the man buys food for the family, batters the wife and abuses his own kids under the influence...
24 April 2008
BNF cllr calls for kindness to Zim immigrants
The outspoken councillor said Batswana should give their neighbours refuge because they might one day find themselves in the same situation. Speaking at a BNF political rally in Oodi on Saturday, Mpaku said the situation in Zimbabwe is not...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 24 April 2008
Cartoon Strip 24.04.08
24 April 2008
TASC celebrates success
The Tango Girls successfully defended the Motor Centre title when they beat BDF Cats 38-33 but lost to their rivals in the Debswana Cup. TASC coach, Joseph Webb said that even though they lost to BDF Cats recently, they have performed well in the...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
Rollers donate to needy family
This is not the first time the Mbakiwa family is benefiting from the generosity of the Rollers. In December, the Francistown supporters donated clothes and food worth P2,000 to the family. Since then, the supporters have spent more than P9,700 on the...
NCHIDZI SMARTS
Correspondent 24 April 2008
Mafolofolo finally travels to Egypt
The trip has been hanging in the balance because the club did not have enough funds. Mafolofolo needed P30,000 to supplement the P100,000 they got from the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) to finance the trip. The club has been saved by the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 24 April 2008
BFTU celebrates May Day
The main event will be held in Gaborone at Tsholofelo Community Hall on the 1st of May where Judge Key Dingake and the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Peter Siele will address the workers. This year's commemorations will be held under the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
Francistown twins with Chinese city
Billy indicated that the FCC stands to benefit vastly from their Chinese counterparts. They stand to benefit in the area of physical planning especially that despite its huge population, China's physical planning supports it. Tai'an has a population...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
Anti-corruption agents pounce on lawyer
The arrest followed a warrant issued by Deputy Registrar and Master of the High Court Nelson Bopa, a former magistrate who presided over Mothusi's fraud case. Mothusi and fellow lawyer Hebert Sikhakhane are on trial for fraudulently obtaining...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
Primaries fatigue sets in at Palapye BDP
The two will face each other for the second time after Goya won the BDP primaries twice before beating the opposition to lift the constituency. Whilst Goya will battle to prove his supremacy, Mogano will stage her very best to wrestle the party...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
Police bust Syndicate
It is said that the 'broad' syndicate targeted the University of Botswana section of 'lost and found' goods where they took national identity cards for students. They then proceed to the banks where they open savings accounts using the ID cards....
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 April 2008
BDP will not act on Masitara's tax case
Recently the Lobatse High Court ordered Masitara to pay the government close to P1 million in un-remitted tax. The politician is a member of the BDP Central Committee. The deputy executive secretary of the party, Fidelis Molao said they have not been...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 24 April 2008
Hiccups at Maun Airport expansion project
Speaking at a full council meeting on Tuesday, NWDC chairman, John Benn informed the councillors that though the relocation exercise was to be completed in June this year, only 900 people were allocated plots at Disaneng, from a total of 1,595...
STATES MODIBATI 24 April 2008
China has no honourable intentions in Africa
Notable among these are Somalia, Kenya, the DR Congo and Zimbabwe. The Darfur massacres, however, currently stand out above the rest. It is rather unfortunate that in all these tragedies, it took pressure and forces, mediators and states people from...
*TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 25 April 2008
Pop Idols Botswana or is it Pub Idols
On one such evening last week, I decided to watch Pop Idols Botswana. Now, if you are a fan of good singing, I would really suggest that you don't watch Pop Idols Botswana because it is an insult to the ears. If you ever thought last year's was bad,...
JERRY KAI-LEWIS 25 April 2008
Knowledge is prosperity and power
Mmegi: Please tell us a bit about yourself? Drouin: I have been the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the United States of America in Botswana since July 2006. I have spent much of my diplomatic career specialising in and fascinated by the...
25 April 2008
No 1 Ladies' Opera House is open
Meals offered include, in the morning, Alexander McCall Smith's favourite breakfast, Mr J L B Matekoni's breakfast, Mma Makutsi's pancakes with a Mma Ramotswe's pot of bush tea. In the afternoon dishes like a Speedy Motors trusted lunch or an...
25 April 2008
China has no honourable intentions in Africa
Notable among these are Somalia, Kenya, the DR Congo and Zimbabwe. The Darfur massacres, however, currently stand out above the rest. It is rather unfortunate that in all these tragedies, it took pressure and forces, mediators and states people from...
*TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 25 April 2008
Diamonds - it is time for citizen control
Whether the benefit to Botswana is commensurate with the benefits De Beers derived from Botswana diamonds, is debatable and is best left to the analysis of Botswana academics. The subject of this article is to interrogate De Beers's lack of...
TODD MAJAYE 25 April 2008
New lodge rouses CKGR skeletons for Sesana
Roy Sesana has a bit of a problem. Well, a major problem right now. Yesterday morning, Sesana walks into Mmegi offices seeming agitated. His glasses look lower than usual, eyes staring from above the rims. He looked fresh. He stands at the door, and...
25 April 2008
Fisher not at sea outside the barracks
Question: Just out of curiosity, why did you take up a part-time job at the University of Botswana's political science and public administration department when you were working full time at Wits University? Answer: I am doing my PhD research and...
25 April 2008
Food vendors cry as new cooking oil prices bite
They say that since the rise in food prices, the cost of cooking oil has also rocketed as well, thus throwing their small-scale businesses into turmoil. Cooking oil prices have shot up by about 150 percent in the past few months. Food vendor Senzeni...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
Phikwe's textile industry faces collapse?
In a deliberate move to sustain the economic life of Selebi-Phikwe, the government embarked on an ambitious programme to promote the mining town as an industrial hub through a setting up of textile firms. The government introduced a financial...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Court in search of stocktheft witness
State prosecutor Gasemotho Pitlagano of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dissuaded Mmegi from publishing the name of the witness who is still to be traced, as his whereabouts are still unknown. The witness featured prominently in the...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Tonota prays for stocktheft relief
Residents said they were fed up with people who have decided to reap where they have not sowed. Ellen Otlogile, 40, who lost 32 small stock andhas been keenly following the court proceedings says nowadays they are not able to possess livestock...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Radibe urges journalists to unionize
His vision is to see the formation of Botswana Journalists Union.Radibe was speaking at a BFTU labour laws seminar held at Adansonia hotel in Francistown. "Just like any other workers, journalists have to unionize. They work overtime and need union...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 25 April 2008
BLLAWU wants Tsvangirai inaugurated
BLLAWU president Pelotshweu Baeng told the governing council in Tonota that his union would attend Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader's inauguration. Baeng said history has vindicated BLLAWU for inviting Tsvangirai to its first congress in...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Did BDP favour Tshekedi Khama for Serowe seat?
The party has declared Tshekedi its sole candidate since nobody had shown interest in challenging him. But contrary to BDP's assertions, it is said that there were other people interested in contesting the seat but the party decided to deploy them...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
Education Ministry tracks loan debts
"Recoveries are ongoing and plans are in place to fast track this. Outsourcing is expected to help speed this up and the tendering process is at the final stage," says Sandy Mosarwa, public relations officer in the ministry. The tendering process is...
BASHI LETSIDIDI 25 April 2008
Nkate warns students
He said any student who vandalises school property or terrorises others in schools will be dealt with accordingly. He stressed that they will not hesitate to take action against any student found to have gone against the rules. He said the so-called...
KAGISO SEKOKONYANE
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
SADC slammed for 'silent diplomacy'
Addressing a group of journalists at a press conference organised by MISA Botswana in collaboration with the "Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition," Gordon Moyo of the Bulawayo Agenda spoke critically against SADC conflict resolution mechanisms. "How can one...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
Mzwinila freed, Mothudi remains in jail
Mzwinila was accused of robbing Subhabash Arora of P41, 000, R30 and a diamond ring worth P4,000 and Sunil Sharma a diamond ring worth P2,000 and P600 in cash at Pula Sales Dairy Ice Cream in Tlokweng in 2003. Justice Zietsman said Mzwinila's...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
Lesetedi Commission: Too much about for nothing?
When contacted, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) said it is still investigating the suspect allocations. In its report, the Lesetedi Commission said the plots that were acquired in questionable circumstances are: *Westgate...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
3rd cellphone provider is here
The CEO of BTC Vincent Seretse said the new mobile phone company, the third entrant on the market, has the capability to provide customers with a world class GSM service. Seretse said BTC had spent US$20 million in the past year on networks, IT...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
BACK STAGE
Watching it more than once I found it grows on you, with its exaggerated edges being smoothed away. That it is a TV show some say is demeaning, as that suggests it did not make the grade as a movie. People are aware that the government invested P30...
SASA MAJUMA 25 April 2008
BOOK REVIEW
Dreams, Miracles and Jazz: New Adventures in African Writing is a welcome, new collection of 27 short stories by the editors and 25 other writers who range across Africa. They come from nine nations in Anglophone Africa. They range from the...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Trevisto breaks new ground with refreshing S'poko album
Time was when a song not only entertained but also conveyed a message. Not every young musician does that nowadays but if he sticks to what he did with this album, Trevisto will continue telling you something about what he has seen and knows of life...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Addressing injustices through the art
In an earlier interview with Mmegi, the artist had said, "My work is inclined to socio-political and economic themes. As an artist, I feel it is my duty to communicate to the world about our environment in a holistic manner, transforming less...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
Very few of us can afford to buy cars or houses for cash. We have to go to a bank, fill in forms, have every last part of our lives examined and, if we're lucky, we are lent the vast sums needed to get hold of some property or wheels. There's...
25 April 2008
Botswana Diamond discoverer dies
His leadership tenacity and deep knowledge of geology and of nature contributed to the discovery of the Orapa and Letlhakane diamond mines in 1967, and of the world's richest mine, Jwaneng, in 1973. These discoveries, together with the Government...
25 April 2008
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