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Maintenance-accused pleads not guilty
When he appeared before Senior Magistrate Hauwa Nuru, the accused said the case should continue as all witnesses he had attempted to summon to court to give evidence refused to appear. Ramatshaba, who is allegedly in arrears of over P4,000, told...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Parents out of step with children?
Coordinator and senior social worker Mareile Nganunu-Kroening, who was responding to Mmegi enquiries on whether the youth were indisciplined, said parents in general "show lack of appreciation" of the type of challenges, temptations and risks of the...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
SPTC adopts report
However some of the projects that were proposed by the community during the development consultative workshop have been struck off the list because of Ministry of Local Government's ceilings. The council's economic planner Nathaniel Maphotu...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
BDP gears up for "Bulela ditswe"
This was confirmed on Monday by the party's Executive Secretary Dr Comma Serema who revealed to Mmegi that the Central Committee is yet to vet candidates on the 20th instead of the initially planned 19th. It is understood that the decision was taken...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Petitioners fire salvo at Venson-Moitoi
Speaking to some of the over 80 petitioners on Monday, they declared that although Venson-Moitoi was a member of the party Central Committee responsible for the Letswapo region, which covers Palapye, "she seems to be biased in her decisions and...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Mogae to work with Tutu, Chissano, Maathai
Senior private secretary to Mogae Oteng Tebape confirmed that they are working on establishing an Elders' Council on HIV/AIDS that will work with regional leaders on AIDS issues. "Consultations are still ongoing and we hope the council will include...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Only 300,000 have registered - IEC
Senior Elections Officer for Molepolole, Potlako Matshaba said for this reason, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will hold supplementary voter registration from August 11. Matshaba's colleague, Francinah Moeletsi, had just told the...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 14 May 2008
Botswana can feed itself
Oil prices are at their highest levels ever, mainly because of speculators who dominate global futures markets and the so-called war on terror. The food crisis is spurred on by shrinking supplies from producer countries, which want to satisfy their...
EDITORIAL 14 May 2008
Botswana's tourism scoops awards at INDABA 2008
The prizes, Best Wildlife Reserve in Africa, Best Ecologically Sound Operation and runner-up to the Best Safari Guiding Team in Africa were presented at a ceremony hosted by the Good Safari Guide, an independent directory of the top safari lodges,...
14 May 2008
Women entrepreneurs told to seek expert help
Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) training and mentoring anager Chedza Marobela told a gathering of women at a leadership conference held over the weekend in Gaborone to get expert guidance and acquire the right skills. She urged them to visit the...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Hana Mining confirms large potentials of Ghanzi Project
The company announced last Friday in a statement that all 10 holes intersected copper-silver mineralisation in two zones. Three of the holes, HA-17, 18 and 19-D were drilled along a 200 meter strike length in Zone 1 and the remaining seven, HA-20-D...
STAFF WRITER 14 May 2008
Kgosi Gaborone of Batlokwa
In 1895, Kgosi Sebele, together with Dikgosi Khama III, Bathoen and Lentswe surrendered portions of their land for the construction of Cecil Rhodes' new railway from Mafikeng to Bulawayo. In Sebele's case this land stretched from today's...
14 May 2008
BEDIA out to woo foreign investors
BEDIA chief executive officer (CEO) Dorcas Makgato-Malesu was speaking at a news conference at which she outlined her strategic plan for the country's investment body last week. Since its inception nine years ago, BEDIA has brought combined...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 14 May 2008
Ugandan man joins women in race for M-Net Idols top 10
The pair, who now join Ammara Brown from Zimbabwe and Kenya's Cynthia Kutu, are Trinah Chisanga from Zambia, and Uganda's Faycal Birikunzira, the only male so far to make it into the top 10. These four contestants will now join the four from next...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Look out, here comes Kgokgonono!
Kgokgonono, whose real name is Montsho Bautu, is the latest addition to the growing legion of borankana musicians and look set to shake the stage a little. His debut album, Lokgalela, released four weeks ago, is a celebration of Setswana language....
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 14 May 2008
A Babel of eight free films
It is filmed in Brittany at Nantes at the La Svre Nantaise or the Loire-Atlantique and deals with the travails of a girl growing up, including drugs and her father. An interesting film but certainly not the best France has to offer. is in French with...
SHELDON WEEKS 14 May 2008
P200 000.00 in bonuses owed to Rowe!
I get a computer and haphazardly try to catch up on the news. I have an hour before my next lesson so I browse for sexy topics. As always, I go to the sports pages first. I learn that the Zebras struggled against Zambia and needed an own goal...
14 May 2008
Exam process will not address critical problems of law graduates
A serious indictment and a wake up call to investigate address, remedy if need be and inform the citizenry, taxpayer. The exam process without underlying problems resolved will not alleviate the problem on the part of UB graduates. As regards...
14 May 2008
Genocide threat in Zimbabwe
The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994. And with him the president of Burundi Cyprian Ntaryamira and many chief members of staff...
NOAH SALAKAE* 14 May 2008
Cartoon 14.05.08
14 May 2008
Matebeleland
This raises fears of the spread of animal diseases, especially foot-and-mouth, into Botswana. In recent years, Batswana cattle farmers have complained that lack of proper livestock movement control in Zimbabwe was resulting in outbreaks of cattle...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 14 May 2008
PPC pumps P50,000 into King of the Hill race
Egner added that cash prizes, totalling P11, 600, would be awarded to the winners in all the categories, including juniors and veterans. The May 25 race is expected to attract the country's top athletes such as Ndabili Bashingili, Kaelo Mosalagae,...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Mading keen on building squad
The former national team goalkeeper told Mmegi Sport that although his team stands a good chance of winning promotion, he is currently concerned about building a strong team that can survive the rigours of the Premier League. "Frankly speaking...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 14 May 2008
ECCO City treasurer dies
She will be buried in Nata this weekend. ECCO City's public relations officer Thuso Mudongo said the club is saddened by Senokwane's death. Mudongo said funeral plans were still being finalised but burial was likely to be held on Saturday. As a...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 14 May 2008
Fighters fire coach?
However, the club's public relations officer Kagiso Maruapula would not confirm the sacking, saying he was not aware of the development. But Kgengwenyane's absence at the training session on Monday afternoon was evident. Since gaining promotion to...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 May 2008
NEWS BRIEFS
The new case is before Village Chief Magistrate Lot Moroka and was postponed on Monday after the defence sought an adjournment. Mothusi is facing charges alongside his former lawyer Tengo Rubadiri. On the other hand, Rubadiri has been charged with...
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OLIVER MODISE 14 May 2008
More complaints pile against Kwenda
"It seems she will not be appearing in court as soon as we had thought because complaints are pouring in," Mazwiduma told Mmegi yesterday. The woman who is in police custody is alleged to have obtained money from unsuspecting members of the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 May 2008
Mugabe's party blames Zambia's President for poll defeat
The ruling party, which is gearing up for a bruising presidential election run-off between Mugabe and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, said it was disappointed with Mwanawasa because he had failed to call for...
KITSEPILE NYATHI 15 May 2008
BEDIA wants more powers in new law
Much of the review will affect Part V of the BEDIA Act which spells out the functions, powers and duties of the organisation. Malesu said the idea is to give BEDIA powers to negotiate deals and "seal them with potential investors without having to...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 15 May 2008
Iamgold triples profits but faces challenges ahead
The Botswana Stock Exchange-listed company is however faced with the challenges of either discovering or buying additional more gold resources and reserves if it is to replace output from several ageing mines and take better advantage of record gold...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
Inflation reaches dreaded double digits
The national year-on-year inflation rate stood at 11.1 percent for April, up by 1.3 percentage points on the March rate of 9.8 percent. The inflation figures are now way above the 4 to 6 percent target band that Bank of Botswana (BoB) has set in...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
Mob threatens man over Stompie kidnap plot
Yesterday, a mob nearly lynched a man who was seen looking for the musician in Old Naledi, while he (Stompie) was still at school. According to Stompie's mother Jennie, at around 11 am she received a call informing her that a stranger had been...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
Socca comes up with 'Your Smile' album
Moruakgomo has been in Johannesburg to record the album. But before he left for the studio, Moruakgomo held shows where he gave his fans a sample of what he is offering. Judging from the response of the audience, he has...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 May 2008
SA promises succesful 2010 World Cup
Speaking at a media briefing moderated by Fionnuala Sweeny, a CNN anchor at the ongoing 2008 Indaba here, South Africa's 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee chief executive officer (CEO) Danny Jordaan said that South Africa should not "feel...
KABO MOKGOABONE
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
Botswana women not a bad team - Mphukuthi
He said though they did not perform well at the just-ended Confederation of South Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) tournament, Batswana benefited as the competition helped players to gauge themselves. Botswana lost 5-0 in their opening match...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 May 2008
Ndlovu proves critics wrong
But that is now water under the bridge and his critics have been made to eat humble pie as he helped the team stave off the relegation zone. Even his reception at the Selebi-Phikwe side was lukewarm. In fact, it went on to divide the team into two...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 15 May 2008
Gunners miss out on Kabelano again
The event takes place on June 28 at the National Stadium, Gaborone. While Gunners had always an integral part of the Kabelano tournament in the past, they have been missing out since the system of selecting the participating teams was changed. In...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
Indiscipline troubles BFA
This comes in the wake of disciplinary action taken against Zebras' Jerome Ramatlhakwana recently. According to BFA technical director, Losika Keatlholetswe, Ramatlhakwana was rough-tackled during a training session at Lekidi Football Centre....
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
Burglars terrorise schools
Shathiso Tambula said it is evident that measures in place are not enough as robbers continue to terrorise, especially boarding students. His comment comes in the wake of a Moshupa Senior Secondary School case where boarding students were attacked by...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 May 2008
Church folk and youth must vote
The importance of choosing people's representatives cannot be overemphasised. When elected leaders fail to deliver, the majority of citizens raise hell. Yet they would have failed, in the first place, to use their democratic right to elect the right...
EDITORIAL 15 May 2008
China welcomes offers of quake aid
But the Foreign Ministry did not say clearly whether China, whose role in recent years has shifted from aid recipient to aid donor as its economy soars, would accept the offers. "We express our welcome and gratitude. Relevant departments of China...
15 May 2008
'War veterans' are cowards
If indeed these people had fought dangerous wars in the bush, they wouldn't be so scared of a mere democratic change of Government. This makes me believe that those who parade themselves as liberators of Zimbabwe today are likely to have been hiding...
15 May 2008
The economic benefits of disease control
Indeed, millions of deaths in impoverished nations are avoidable with prevention and treatment options that the rich world already uses. This year, 10 million children will die in low- and middle-income countries. If child death rates were the same...
DEAN T. JAMISON
and BJORN LOMBORG 15 May 2008
Cartoon Strip-15.05.08
15 May 2008
Kopano House still grounded
The BNF has leased the plot to a car wash business and a container restaurant. The organisation was allocated the plot in the 1980s to build the party headquarters but over the years there have been no developments there. The plot has been lying...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 May 2008
'No' to Zim arms embargo - Skelemani
"Zimbabwe, like any other country is entitled to order arms to replace or to replenish if it thinks it is necessary to do so. That is the right of every state," said Skelemani. However, like many people believe, he conceded that the time...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
Incest, stocktheft cases postponed
Moakofi Seilane of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said they were unable to bring Hans Mojela to court because he is in Zimbabwe. Seilane said they believed that Mojela would be in Botswana in May when in fact he was in the country in...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 15 May 2008
BNF youth wrangle over Moupo
The division has reportedly reached the top leadership of the organisation. Yesterday, BNFYL secretary general, Tona Mooketsi told Mmegi that the central committee met on the 19th to 20th April 2008 in Kanye where the decision to call for Moupo to...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 15 May 2008
Unemployed graduates file 260 applications to DPSM
Graduates are required to fill in forms and email them to the DPSM at
[email protected]
. "We will continue to advertise vacancies while also considering those who have applied through the database," said Kgotlele. The Department of Culture...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 15 May 2008
Six weeks of power outages
Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) spokesperson, Thomamiso Selato confirmed that indeed the load shedding measures were mainly brought about by the shutdown of one of Botswana's major electricity suppliers, the Cahora Bassa power station. The...
STAFF WRITER 15 May 2008
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