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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
Indian investors eye glass and leather prospects
"I urge you to look beyond Botswana's small population but to look at it as a gateway to SADC and utilise the reasonable access quotas that the country enjoys with economic blocs like SACU, AGOA and EPAs," Hade said to his compatriots who are on a...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
DTC Botswana to conduct first sale on Monday
The sale will be exclusive to DCT Botswana clients, the 16 licensed sightholders made up of some of the world's leading diamond cutters and polishers registered in Botswana last year for the express purpose of creating a sustainable diamond...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
Botswana firms perform well in rankings
In the survey, conducted by the influential pan-African magazine, African Business, Botswana companies occupy the top four positions in the region. African Business conducts the survey every year and lists the best-performing companies in terms of...
FRASER MPOFU 25 April 2008
AU,UN must shape 'way forward' for Zimbabwe
The parliamentary election results in which the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) gave President Mugabe's ZANU - PF a run for its money, prompted the MDC to announce victory even as the country's electoral commission failed to pronounce...
EDITOR 25 April 2008
NITTY GRITTY
He leads me beside still and stagnant watersThat are even weaker than Zim beer, and fails to restore my soul.He used to lead me in revolutionary paths,But now its just self-righteousness for his name's sake.And his rule is worse than a walk through...
BAROLONG SEBONI 25 April 2008
BNF President must honourably step down: UB MASS position
Our duties include amongst others to effect desirable leadership grooming and ensure impeccable connection at the BNF leadership cum transformation. That we have been pursuing and we continually undertake. In recent months we have witnessed serious...
25 April 2008
An open letter to President Khama
I also believe you are aware that your appointment as President of Botswana is not of your own might, or power. or that of man, but of God. You have been appointed to rule in accordance with God's will, in righteousness and in truth. To advance God's...
25 April 2008
Cancer World
True, cancer deaths have dropped chiefly because of long-delayed - and still poorly supported - efforts to curb smoking. Successes with screening and treatment of breast, colo-rectal, and cervical cancer have also helped. But blacks and...
DEVRA DAVIS* 25 April 2008
Cartoon 25.04.08
25 April 2008
FIRST CUT
ECCO have been reported saying that when he quit, the Zimbabwean coach was very inconsiderate if not committed what amounts to treason. But the Daka I know is a very considerate, sincere and honest person. He is probably one of the few coaches who...
DENNIS KEAGILE 25 April 2008
Vote of confidence for Under-20 women
The team was hammered 4-1 in the first leg in Gaborone before a 9-0 humiliation away. The women were in their first outing in the qualifiers and set-up a date with Ghana after overcoming Lesotho. Mphukuthi said he believes they have a strong side and...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Prisons XI fate lies in Tlokweng
The two rivals meet tomorrow and the result will determine whether Prisons XI tries its luck in the play-offs or remains irretrievably rooted in First Division soccer for the time being. Prisons XI have 33 points from 20 outings with two games to...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 25 April 2008
BTA introduces junior championship
About 100 juniors are expected to do battle for seven days at the national tennis centre in Gaborone. BTA sports development officer, Tuelo Serufo told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the tournament will be held during school holidays only. The event is...
MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Notwane host AIDS tournament
The event is intended to spread the anti-HIV/AIDS message in the game. It is another initiative to use sports as a platform to strive for an HIV/AIDS free nation by 2016. The event manager, Kelebogile Mocuminyana said they are out to promote youth...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Morule wants BSA post back
He is likely to pit his wits against his successor and incumbent Tirelo 'Scania' Mukokomani and Bobby Khupe. Morule has dismissed claims that he is biting more than he can chew because his hands are already full as the president of International...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Cheetahs seek third title in a row
Cheetahs' captain, Otsile Motshodi told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they know how to deal with their opponents after their duel in the league. "When we played Hogs early in the league, they did not give us a hard time and we know how they play. "We...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
GNT celebrations on hold
The club's automatic promotion chances were enhanced at the weekend when their closest challengers, Satmos were thumped 6-1 by Motlakase. Satmos needed to beat the Palapye side to reduce the gap at the top before a potential title decider against GNT...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Title decider in England
Both sides meet after getting a slight edge in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in midweek following away draws against formidable opponents. United should approach the game with more calm nerves because any result will still leave them...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
Nico players involved in accident
Defender Joseph Waitse is suspected to have broken an arm while eight players were treated for minor injuries at the Selebi-Phikwe Hospital. All the players were discharged on Wednesday evening. The accident occurred two hours before the 7pm...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 25 April 2008
City rivals go head-to-head
The game is expected to attract a huge crowd from all over the country. The fact that 11 points separate the two sides in the log standings will count for nothing when they go head-to-head. A meeting between Rollers and GU is always the talk of town...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
Tlokweng thriller
It will be the last match for the two sides. Naughty Boys have the comfort of home ground advantage but Killer Giants have a better goal difference and a draw will see them secure the title and a ticket to the Premier League. Killer Giants have...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 25 April 2008
Concubines, adultery through the eyes of the Kgotla
"What happens nowadays is that a young man comes over from Francistown in the dead of night and goes straight to his wife's place. He finds another man with his wife, gets irate, kills the wife and then commits suicide. That sort of thing would not...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 25 April 2008
A 'power struggle' in winter
Whereas the main concern has been over warm clothes in past winters, this time around, energy - or the lack or shortage of it, to be precise - will exercise the minds of most as fuel prices burn holes in the minds of people and increasingly set...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 25 April 2008
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