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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
TAFIC players cry foul
Trouble is - some of them might be doing so on an empty stomach, or with the prospect of a meal after the game weighing heavily on their minds. Reliable information reaching Mmegi Sport is that the players are suffering intolerably, such that they...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
BFA is right, but!!
Ever since the blunder they did by hiring the former national coach, this is the best thing to do. How can we hire an inexperienced but expensive coach? Anyway that is water under bridge. I will like to respond to some Rowe fans like BTV...
05 June 2008
I will miss you Baba Rowe!
You initiate a project to make sure that everything is oiled to make your ambition a reality. On Monday morning you came from your sponsors' office smiling because they have chartered your project and you have solicited their support. It doesn't end...
05 June 2008
Police detain Tsvangirai
MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told ZimOnline that Tsvangirai was held by police in Lupane in Matabeleland North province while on his way to mobilise support ahead of a second round presidential election later this month. Chamisa said the police had...
CUTHBERT NZOU 05 June 2008
Forty voters to appear in court
District officer Khumo Keeng said the number of objections is likely to increase when political parties finish their primary elections. Keeng said some of the said voters did not register in their designated wards. He added that their efforts to...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
Dikgatlhong Dam stakeholders meet
Officially opening the meeting, Mmadinare Customary Court official, Maureen Mphoeng said the implementation of any infrastructural development project is invariably a journey that involves the participation of various stakeholders at different...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
NWDC unhappy with contractors
He said this has become common especially among small contractors, though government is currently fighting tooth and nail to empower them. This became evident recently after a number of local contractors deserted projects, for unknown reasons,...
KENNETH KOBEDI
Correspondent 05 June 2008
Motowane denied bail
They will appear in court again on June 17, on charges of stocktheft. Motowane, who is also a businessman, was arrested last Friday and unsuccessfully applied for bail on Monday. It is alleged that he and his accomplices stole five calves valued at...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
SMS bullying poses headache for police
The SMS fights usually break out amongst women in which all sorts of obscenities are traded. The police say that they see an increase in such cases, where people arrive huffing and puffing to complain that someone they cannot identify is calling...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
Government kills suspected FMD-infected cattle
Speaking in a telephone interview from Sehithwa, Mogotsi Makgetho complained that the officers were shooting any animal they suspected not to have been vaccinated and that they were not rounding them up in one place for checking. He said they have...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
Khama silences Ntuane
In the statement, Ntuane fully retracts his remarks regarding the implementation of the liquor regulations that came into force on April, quoted in last week's edition of the Botswana Gazette. While Ntuane's retraction seems to be out of the blue,...
STAFF WRITER 05 June 2008
Under-19 softball team leaves
The 10-day tournament starts on June 20-30. Earlier last week there was uncertainty as to whether the team would make it, as the Botswana Softball Association (BSA) did not have enough funds. But BSA president Marumo Morule said in Gaborone...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 05 June 2008
BFA faces daunting task
Information reaching Mmegi Sport indicates that some of the reasons which Rowe failed to do since arriving in Botswana, was to address the divisions in the team. It is further alleged that the Briton allowed some players to feel that they owned the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
Chobe Holdings realises over 60% profit growth
As occupancies rose by 53 percent compared to 45 percent in 2007, turnover for the group rose by 24 percent to P85.9 million. The group's associated companies made a healthy return to profitability to P22 000 from a loss of P349 000 during the 2007...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
Desert Race emblem to go on world stage
The Botswana Tourism Board (BOTOBO) is involved in this drive. The race is currently marketed only locally and regionally, but it managed to rake millions of pula into the domestic hospitality industry. BOTOBO has joined hands with the traditional...
KABO MOKGOABONE
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
BONEPWA clears air over Mr Positive Living pageant
This follows complaints that HIV negative people were allowed to enter a contest specifically meant for HIV positive people. Though the pageant was initially meant for HIV positive people, it seems information did not reach people when its format was...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 05 June 2008
All is set for Toyota Desert race
At a press conference to launch what is regarded as Botswana's equivalent of the gruelling Dakar Rally, officials revealed in Gaborone yesterday that the liquor regulations would apply during the showpiece. Under the new liquor regulations,...
KABO MOKGOABONE
Staff Writer 05 June 2008
Cartoon 05.06.08
05 June 2008
Makgalemele needs to be more honest
It is inappropriate for him or any other leader to go on national radio and be knowingly dishonest about information that has been reported by a respectable news source. On Tuesday, Mmegi carried a front-page story on the sacking of the national...
EDITOR 05 June 2008
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