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FIRST CUT
This was a question directed at Gordon Strachan, the Glasgow Celtic manager where upon he responded cheekily: "You're right. It is a daft question. I'm not even going to bother answering that one. It is a daft question, you're spot on...
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 30 May 2008
Premier League in pics
Guys time is running out... BDF XI coach Stanley Tshosane (right) giving Thatayaone Marumole (no.17) and Patrick Motsepe a tongue-lashing during their clash with TAFIC in Mogoditshane. BDF XI will try their luck during the Promotional Play-Offs to...
thorough TSELE TSEBETSAME'S lens 30 May 2008
Show Rowe the door or what, readers respond
I am a die-hard Zebras' fan and very patriotic to my beloved country of birth. My eyes are always filled with tears every time I think of our glory days. Our issue is simple yet if not addressed well it is a hard nut to crack. The question is: has...
30 May 2008
The 2007/2008: A historical season
The 2007-2008 Mascom Premier League season will be remembered for years and years to come. Mochudi Centre Chiefs are this year's champions. Jwaneng Comets and TASC will be playing in the lower division next season. For seasons, the league had been...
30 May 2008
What needs to be done to save Rollers?
There is no doubt that Mapalastina are an institution in Botswana football and have to perform to expectations. It is disappointing for Rollers' supporters to see their side falling behind the likes of bitter rivals Mochudi Centre Chiefs, Gaborone...
30 May 2008
Zebras' line-up to face Malagasy
Modiri Marumo He has served the country for a long time and the best goalkeeper for this crucial encounter. He has a good understudy in Noah Maposa should anything go wrong. He is the team's captain. Mompati ThumaAn intelligent man-marker who...
30 May 2008
Zebras' Supporters' Club pleads with fans
The Gaborone branch has noticed that the number of supporters at Zebras' matches had dropped considerably. "We tend to agree that Zebras is currently not performing according to expectations but this is our team. The boys need our support especially...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Rowe's final hurray?
Recently, Rowe has come under fire from all corners, with some people questioning his tactical and technical approach during games. Things have not been helped by the fact that some consider the Briton to be an arrogant tactician who always basks in...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
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30 May 2008
Zebras need all the support
Victory will certainly put our national soccer team firmly on the road - for the first time - to the finals of these conveted tournaments. In this regard, the importance of giving the Zebras all the necessary support cannot be...
EDITOR 30 May 2008
TALKING POINTS
One might think that the custodians of a nation's economic well being would be comprised of wiser members. But not so it seems. Maybe the Bank of Botswana (BoB) should adopt a new logo; the Ostrich, with its head thrust resolutely into the Kgalagadi...
MOMPATI MALEMA 30 May 2008
NITTY GRITTY
I am your comrade and saviour who brought you out of the land of Rhodesia, Smith, colonialism and bondage. Thou shalt have no other comrades before or after me. Thou shalt not make graven images or likeness of anything that is not me in my thick...
BAROLONG SEBONI 30 May 2008
Open letter to Vice President Merafhe
This puts you at the confluence of the nation's development agenda. I wholeheartedly extol the wisdom of your administration in realising that economic development is a major challenge to this nation, and that it deserves a special Cabinet Committee...
30 May 2008
Divided city: the crisis of London
In an article written in 2000, I posed what I called 'the Multicultural question'. It runs something like this: What are the chances that we can construct in our cities shared, diverse, just, and egalitarian forms of common life, guaranteeing the...
STUART HALL 30 May 2008
Bakalanga ba ka Nswazwi at home in Botswana
Their movement was not only predicated upon a wish to reclaim their rightful place in the land of their forefathers but harsh economic hardships equally compelled them to move. The trek of Bakalanga ba ka Nswazwi into Botswana could be...
SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNES
Correspondent. 30 May 2008
BACK STAGE
The crowds loved it and many critics panned it. But who is being fooled by it? Must be the audiences who turn out in droves to be entertained. But then the three previous Henry Jones Jr flicks were all a better mix of entertainment and filmmaking....
SASA MAJUMA 30 May 2008
BOOK REVIEW
Barack Obama may become the next president of the United States of America (US) and the first African-American president. First he must win the nomination as the candidate of the Democratic Party at the National Convention, then he must beat the...
30 May 2008
The teenage lead guitarist
Schoolboy Gomotsegang Rapoo has been setting the music scene ablaze with his guitar playing skills. The diminutive Rapoo is a Form V student at Gaborone's Livingstone private secondary school. Rapoo plays the lead guitar and his services are...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 30 May 2008
Adopt-a-monument in pictures at the National Museum
In an earlier interview, Director of National Museum, Monuments and Art Gallery Gaogakwe Phorano pointed out the need for interested stakeholders to be actively involved in the management of heritage sites and monuments. To try and woo potential...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Survey unveils massive raw deal at credit stores
From a sample survey of just over 100 people interviewed during peak shopping hours at two major shopping centres in Gaborone, it was discovered that stores are far from open about what consumers get themselves into, and if they later complain either...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Jwaneng Mine goes wider for now, deeper later
The expansion of the pit, known as Cut 8 Extension Design, is currently being investigated and the study should be concluded next year. Cut 8 mining is expected to commence in 2011. Debswana's Deputy Managing Director (Technical) Sean Brennan...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Brewer speaks on new liquor rules
Speaking at a media briefing on Sechaba results for the year ended 31 March 2007, Matsela said the move to cut consumption hours is based on a wrongly conceived presumption that all alcohol consumers behave in the same way, which is far from the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Zimbabwean exhibitors happy with Northern Trade Fair
All 13 companies from Zimbabwe that exhibited at BNTF belong to the Bulawayo SME Development Centre. Small enterprise development advisor Nqobile Ncube said the centre had taken small enterprise owners under one roof to help them run their...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
AK6 to ensure Botswana's global lead in gems
"In comparison to Debswana production, that's fairly small," said De Beers Botswana's CEO Sheila Khama in an interview. "But it secures Botswana's position in the foreseeable future as the largest producer of gem diamonds." The project will increase...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
As a big believer in the benefits of the free market, I'm obviously not in favour of excessive controls. I think that, in normal circumstances, suppliers should be left alone. So long as they obey the law, pay their taxes, treat their...
30 May 2008
Ten in charges of P17 million cross-border fraud
The ten - Kgomotso Seloka (33), a Graphic designer; Jabulani Johnson (33), unemployed; Norman Maja (48), a Driver at CMS; Aaron Babolele (29), a Senior Administration Officer at CMS; Lebogang Kaisara (31), a Store Keeper at CMS; David Tumagole (37),...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Nchindo's lawyers shoot down recusal request
With just under a week before the mouth-watering trial resumes before Gaborone Village Chief Magistrate Lot Moroka, Nchindo and his lawyers at Collins and Newman, who had been asked to recuse themselves from the case on allegations of conflict of...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Mosele vs BIC: the sequel
This week, following an audit of Mosele by PriceWaterHouse Coopers, BIC released a series of demands amounting to P2 million from Mosele directors, Base Sebonengo and Motha Kaang. In a letter of demand leaked to this newspaper, BIC has indicated...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Conflict of interests rears its ugly head?
Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFISA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elaina Gonsalves, whose role, among others, is to adjudicate in matters pertaining to the insurance industry, is married to a senior BIC official, Noel...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Tug-of-war over clients erupts
In a new twist yesterday, Base Sebonego of Mosele Legal Services accused BIC of trying to wrestle clients from his company which, he argues, it has worked hard to recruit over the years. The two companies seem set for an eventual split and the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA and OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writers 30 May 2008
A P300 million mess unfolds at FCC
The Gerald Estate infrastructure project remains in limbo as Group Consult, the supervising engineers were dismissed following the invalidation of the allocation by the High Court. The court order came as a result of the FCC initiating that the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
A dream deferred
FRANCISTOWN: The name 'Gerald Estate' definitely conjures up an image of an affluent suburb where the rich and famous live their fairy tale lives, dining on caviar in exclusive restaurants. The name has the same ring as Gaborone's Phakalane Estate...
30 May 2008
BNF councillor defects to bitter rival
Malema Phaladi recently lost BNF primaries for Bophirima Ward in the Gaborone West South parliamentary constituency to Charles Pilediwa. In an interview with Mmegi, Phaladi said he "quit" the BNF because of a leadership crisis, characterising party...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
BPCWU petitions Kedikilwe
Trade unionists say that they are disgruntled that the BPC management and board who continue to wantonly ignore their expressed quest for better conditions of work. They are worried that, in a majority of times, the BPC management negotiate with us...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Dube: Treading where angels fear
Surprisingly, despite her remarkable achievements, she has not forgotten her roots and the people who have immensely contributed towards who she is today. Dube fondly reminiscences about her upbringing in Chadibe-Borolong, which would much later have...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Palapye to host Teachers Day main event
Botswana Primary Teacher Association (BPTA) president Sam Malete told Mmegi this week that since the Serowe stadium cannot be used, the event will be held at Kgaswe English Medium. The celebrations will involve an award giving ceremony for teachers...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
Lawyers hail new High Court rules
"I applaud them. This is the right step in the right direction," said attorney Boingotlo Toteng about the envisaged Act. Toteng said the Act will ensure that cases are speeded up and those that do not need to be on the roll eliminated at the...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 30 May 2008
What happens when sexual hormones go mad?
Your partner want sex all the time? Which pushes your self-esteem several notches higher since it makes you feel desirable. Good morning sex! A lunchtime quickie and a night-long romp in bed. There must be great chemistry between the two of you. You...
30 May 2008
Belgian delegation arrives on F/town visit
The two cities entered into twinning relationship four years ago and this is the third time the delegation from Genk is visiting Francistown. Led by Genk deputy mayor Ali Caglar, the delegation arrived on Tuesday and is expected to leave next...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 May 2008
State patronage may hamper artistic development
The new administration is making benign-sounding overtures to Botswana artists and cultural producers. Botswana's political establishment seems to be waking up to the linkage between the economy and cultural production. The country's political pilots...
TIRO SEBINA 30 May 2008
Author still going strong at 80
Despite having devoted much of his 42 years of teaching service to Botswana, the retired primary school teacher-cum-author has never been considered for top honours like the Presidential Meritorious Service award. This is certainly some food for...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 May 2008
Is Khama's charisma a poisoned chalice? (Part 1)
Ian Khama is president, king and heir to the great house of Khama, and as such, both a modern leader of a country as well as a traditional leader of one of the biggest ethnic communities, not tribes, of his country. Brown is a Scotsman who,...
KEINEETSE KEINEETSE
Correspondent 30 May 2008
Mugabe has destroyed an entire generation
The barbaric acts continue unabated as Mugabe's death squads and militias terrorise the countryside. Apart from revenging their boss's loss in the March election, Mugabe's murderous misfits are warning the people that things will even be much...
TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 30 May 2008
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