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Eastern Tigers' coach aims high
The youthful mentor told Mmegi Sport he wants to improve on the position eight they achieved in their maiden season. "All is not lost, we are out of the Coca-Cola Cup but we still have a chance to prove ourselves in another stage and I would be...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 June 2008
Olympic boxers impress BoBA chief
The duo arrived yesterday from a pre-Olympic tournament in Taipei, China. They will be the only two boxing representatives in the country at this year's Olympic Games in Beijing, China, in August. Ikgopoleng managed to get a bronze medal. This...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Skill and flair won't save Swallows
Swallows had the upper hand for the entire first half and even looked the better side in the first 30 minutes of the second stanza but faded badly to allow their opponents back into the game. Swallows' Dipuo 'Dipsy' Kodume opened the scoring in the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 June 2008
BACK STAGE
It is being shown today at 7 pm only at the Maru a Pula School audio/visual centre by the Gaborone Film Society. It is the first of three films in a series of Masters of Japanese Cinema. The next two are classics by Akira Kurosawa. The Naked Island...
SASA MAJUMA 03 June 2008
Lobatse's Dikae is Mr HIV Positive Living king
Though it cannot be disputed that he did well it must have been his age that did the magic for him. Dikae was the youngest in the pageant and the audience's favourite. The crowd shouted with much enthusiasm every time the man from Peleng took to the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 03 June 2008
Soothing sounds reverberate at Serowe Culture Day
Interestingly, the event held under the theme: "Culture Is My Business" or Ngwao Ke Boikarablo Jwa Me, attracted people from all walks of life and most importantly young children. The day started with a march from Botalaote Shopping Complex in...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Letlhafula was a huge success-Groth
The festivities started in the morning and went on until late afternoon. The stage was thus set for another memorable letlhafula, a cultural event when Batswana celebrate the harvest. The women turned up in traditional gear for the annual...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 June 2008
De Beers reject allegations
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Parliament had agreed that a new task team be formed to investigate the records of De Beers, which was alleged to have exported a large quantity of diamonds to London during the 1990s. The news agency report said...
03 June 2008
African Copper plans Mowana mine start in July
Joseph Hamilton said up to 5 500 t of copper contained in concentrate will be produced in 2008 and output will rise to 12 000 t in 2009. "We expect to start (preliminary) production in July/August and then it will take three to four weeks to achieve...
03 June 2008
Benchmark indices avid again
The domestic counters, which have been on a free fall for the past six months, recuperated last week with strong gains registered in financial counters ABC and Imara, while RPC Data and BIHL also put up a solid performance. As inflation continues to...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Cartoon 03.06.08
03 June 2008
Khama's prison gesture in context
Government says it is taking this initiative in the spirit of compassion, which it wishes to infuse among those benefiting from this act of benevolence and those remaining behind. Whilst we are not about to encourage prostration before cult figures,...
EDITOR 03 June 2008
AS I SEE IT
Reading the survey, one begins to feel that the label, "shining example of democracy," may not altogether be misplaced on Botswana. The survey makes the following conclusions: "Democracy enjoys wide-spread legitimacy among Batswana and their...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 03 June 2008
News Briefs
Superintendent Uyapo Jackalas said that police investigations are continuing. The driver of the other car is hospitalised at Bamalete Hospital with serious injuries. Names of the deceased are being withheld until the next of kin have been informed....
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BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Zims petition UN, SADC, SA High Commission
However, High Commission officials denied refusing the Zimbabweans access to their premises but the petition was handed over outside the High Commission building on Queen's Road in the Gaborone main mall. Earlier the Zimbabweans were welcomed at...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 June 2008
Masa tops primary schools
Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, school head Rosemary Koontse said yesterday that they were number one out of 172 schools in the region last year. She said they were able to reach 98.2 percent in the A, B, C pass rates, which means they topped...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
BDP supporters disrupt BNF rally
Clad in the BDP colours of red, black and white, they positioned themselves strategically - a stones' throw from the marquee tent that housed the BNF event, facing the few BNF diehards that had thronged the official launch of the BNF candidate in the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
A vigil in the courtroom
For an urgent application of a civil litigation to determine who had the right to inter the remains of a former teacher at Selolwe Junior Secondary School -Gorata Gaebolae - time was seemingly not an issue, but the determination of the suit. The...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Moupo fires salvo at Khama
He charged that Khama's policies are defeating the spirit of collective leadership. Moupo said Khama acted unconstitutionally when he declared that assistant ministers were not members of the Cabinet when the country's Constitution recognises them as...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
BNYC appoints Acting Executive amid probes
In an interview with Mmegi, BNYC Chairman Elias Rantleru disclosed that Jonas' office was under investigation. He refused to give details. "Management has taken up some issues with the board", Rantleru said, adding that the board had resolved to set...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Man chokes girlfriend to death
Gerald Deputy Station Commander assistant Superintendent Mogomotsi Kwapa says they received a report on May 30 from Tati Siding clinic. "We received a call around 1am. The report was from Tati Siding Clinic and it was made by the nurse on duty. The...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
BDP's Motowane in court for stock theft
He was accompanied by herd boys Koketso Dipoledi and Pule Matshogo. The BDP councillor and the boys allegedly stole five unbranded calves valued at P6,000, the property of one Joel Kereng last week. They were not asked to plead. Prosecutor Assistant...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Ambitious BNF Serowe rally gets off to a damp squib
While a rally to mark the official launch of a candidate should attract considerable attendance, the BNF failed to live up to expectations. The rally stared off with a handful of people numbering no more than 20, including the party leader Otsweletse...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Rowe gets the boot
Though the Botswana Football Association (BFA) would not confirm at the time of going to press, high placed sources confirmed to Mmegi Sport that the Briton has been shown the door. The final straw was the goalless draw against Madagascar in the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 03 June 2008
Nchindo's test of wills case to resume
In a sneak preview of things to unfold before Village Magistrate Lot Moroka this Friday, the Deputy Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Phady Grace Solomon has submitted yet more arguments to counter those submitted by Louis...
04 June 2008
Mogae at NAC
I welcome you to this first meeting of the national AIDS Council in 2008. I am particularly happy for this is opportunity because I was not able to bid this noble Council farewell before I retired as President of the country. Due to my congested...
04 June 2008
Local Afro Jazz artistes meet at Satchmo's
It started with Lister Boleseng who had to perform for two successive weekends because of popular demand. Always a perfectionist, Boleseng left a mark after his last show. It would not be a surprise if he were to be back at Satchmo's...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 June 2008
Kenya's Christine exits Idols
The Idols top 10 took the stage for the first time on Sunday, and one could immediately see that all of them were giving it their best to avoid being the one who gets the least public votes. The one with the least number of votes is the one who...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
Swallow your pride - Master Dee tells detractors
During an interview with Showbiz, the outspoken Keabetswe 'Master Dee' Sesinyi did not spare his detractors, whom he says have been forced to eat humble pie. "The popularity of the show has soared so much that some revellers come as early as...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
BFA confirms Rowe's sacking
This is despite the fact that BFA president Phillip Makgalemele denied the move over Radio Botswana (RB) earlier in the day (yesterday). Stanley Tshosane, assisted by Kenneth Mogae, has replaced the Englishman. Speaking at a media briefing at...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
Killer Giants fire Nthobelang?
Reports indicate that the Ramotswa First Division side is already hunting for a new coach to lead the team into the Coca-Cola Cup campaign and the league's new season and hopefully take them to the Premier League. Club spokesperson Mokwepa Kereng...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 04 June 2008
BDF XI vows to soldier on despite the odds
In almost every season, BDF XI were counted among teams that were favoured to clinch the Premier League title. But this season, they have experienced a slump. This is partly because the BDF XI together with other teams constantly referred to, as...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
BoBA digs in for 2012 Olympics
BoBA has already announced a five-men youthful team, who have been identified as the future Olympic boxers. Bathusi Mogajane (48 kg), Kgomotso Bok (51kg), Moeti Jones (57 kg), Batsho Maripe (60 kg) as well as Keoagile Rantutu (64 kg) will be...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
That Serowe episode was untidy
Reports that a posse of partisans of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party disrupted - or attempted to disrupt - an opposition party rally in Serowe over the weekend are disturbing. Such unruly political conduct was previously confined to urban areas,...
EDITOR 04 June 2008
Excuse me! Who are you?
Its pay-offline says: "accommodating your future". Underneath it is the phrase: Our new Corporate Identity - Celebrating 38 years of our traditional values and modern aspirations. Exactly who or what is bhc? In other words what does the abbreviation...
04 June 2008
Court cancels ex-BCP activist's bail
The politician-cum-musician-cum-community activist is charged with a single count of murder and the indictment alleges that on November 27, 2006, at Somerset Extension, Francistown, he murdered his two-year-old son Tawana Mokwadi Mosinyi. Principal...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 04 June 2008
Public relations debate
In fact, this unit that had hitherto prided itself as the elite vanguard of the national workforce, had long been absent without leave (AWOL). The treacherous blighters were not there when the country's important roadmap to socio-economic and...
04 June 2008
Open-letter to the Honourable Minister of Education
I am a teacher at a senior secondary school in Kanye-south region. I teach Setswana at my school. My wife is also a teacher at a primary school. Sir, for several years now, my department at my school has been trying to get more suitable books to...
04 June 2008
Corruption should be exposed, but was Btv; publication petty?
Even though this was a commendable job to uproot corruption, I feel it was a shabby job by the national broadcaster. I mean if one was to watch the clip when an old gentleman was bombarded with questions and accusations, one would...
04 June 2008
Cartoon Strip 04.06.08
04 June 2008
Diamond exports increase by 60%
According to a March 2008 financial statistics report from the Bank of Botswana(BoB), diamond exports grew by 63.6 percent and 53.9 measured in Pula and US Dollar terms respectively, when compared to exports in the last quarter of 2007. Statistics...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
DiamonEx issues new shares for Lerala
The company, which is listed on the BSE, AIM and ASX, says in a statement that the shares offered are without brokerage costs, for 23.5 cents per fully paid ordinary share. The maximum number of shares that may be applied for is 21,275. The company...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
BNF cracks whip as 11 more are banned
Last week the party suspended 11 members believed to have been the ringleaders of the disruption of a meeting that the Southern region committee organised. The ban follows the suspension of the United Socialist Party (PUSO), a group member of the...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
Popular amphitheatre at Btv to be back in use
The Principal Public Relations Officer of the Department of Broadcasting Simon Seisa confirmed yesterday that structures are in place to manage use of the facility located at the main entrance of Mass Media Complex in Phase II in Gaborone Sources...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
HIV prevalence highest in north, eastern Botswana
Dr Khumo Seipone of the Ministry of Health's department of AIDS Prevention and Care revealed at a National AIDS Council (NAC) meeting last week, that three districts had prevalence of over 40 percent being Selebi-Phikwe at 49 percent, Chobe 45.6 -...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
State slaps lawyer with more charges
Morwamang is a former employee at the Attorney General's Chambers (AGs) and yesterday appeared before the Extension II principal magistrate Faith Ngadu for mention and setting of trial dates in a case in which he is alleged to have forged his LLB...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
North West DHT accused of poor service
They have also been blamed for failing the district, especially in remote areas where their services are needed most. The issue was raised by the Hotel and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) committee chairman Lecco Masoko, who said they are...
KENNETH KOBEDI
Correspondent 04 June 2008
Only congress can remove Moupo-Khan
Breaking ranks with the Youth League central committee members who have called for Moupo's resignation, Khan dismissed calls for the embattled BNF leader to step down even by the youth league itself. The issue of Moupo's resignation has so...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 June 2008
SPTC approves motions
He said there have been so many reports of people selling other people's property as scrap metals. Bagayi said scrap metal dealers also buy such materials because there is no clear-cut definition of what constitutes scrap. He said people found in...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 04 June 2008
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