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Superintendent Andrew Bosilong of Molepolole said it seems the man met the woman in the bush and stabbed her with a knife. He then reported the matter to some people. His clothes had bloodstains. Bosilong said that there is no indication...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 June 2008
Iron my Skirt: Hillary Clinton came so close
Hillary Clinton came this close. Nobody really understands why: why she stuck it out this long, given the math, and why she gave such a grudging, graceless version of her stump speech after the South Dakota primary clinched the nomination for Barack...
10 June 2008
'We built the city of Johannesburg together'
We are still where our forefathers left us over a century ago when our sub-continent endured a vicious cycle of poverty. In the last quarter of the 19th century, diamond and gold were discovered and exploited in Kimberley and the Witwatersrand...
SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNES
Corresponent 10 June 2008
Teaching is about serving not salary - Mutloane
These are the words of one of the teachers who received an award during Botswana National Teacher's Day celebrations held in Palapye last week. Germina Mutloane received the Long and Distinguished Service Medal award. She had been teaching for 31...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 10 June 2008
Leading Afro-jazz women collaborate
The project will see the women performing together in a series of concerts over a period of time. The shows will be both produced and directed by the versatile Brincat, while KTM choir founder Gomolemo Motswaledi will be the musical director. "It is...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 10 June 2008
G-West youth form drama group
Another objective of the group called Motlhaolosa Productions is to keep the youth off the streets. Group leader Lucky Nkhurutshi said yesterday that their organisation was established in 2004, under the Gaborone West Police Station but has since...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 10 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 second of three films in a series of Masters of Japanese Cinema. The next is Akira Kurosawa's great epic Kagemusha or Shadow...
SASA MAJUMA 10 June 2008
Diamantaires fuel demand for large, rare diamonds
Martin Rapaport, one of the world's leading diamond consultants whose price list is used as a benchmark for wholesale trade in polished diamonds, told Reuters that a fall in the value of the dollar, in which diamonds are priced, has increased...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 10 June 2008
Stanchart on a rebound
For the third week running, Stanchart has strengthened, bouncing back from the market correction-induced battering which the counter has endured since late last year. The DCI recorded gains on four trading days, spurred by gains in Stanchart (2.5...
BRIAN BENZA
taff Writer 10 June 2008
Discovery confirms more copper finds
The Quirinus prospect is located 15 kilometres from the current mineral resources at Zeta, Plutus and Petra in northwest Botswana. The prospect remains open along strike to both the northeast and southwest and at depth. These three...
STAFF WRITER 10 June 2008
Hunda, Moyo out of BMC
The team's public relations officer Parks Buthiyi told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the new committee would soon find its own coach. Hunda took over after the departure of Zambian Cosmas Zulu at the end of the Mascom Premier League first round and was...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 10 June 2008
Botswana sixth in WCL tourney
The overall winning team was Afghanistan, followed by the host team, Jersey. Placing third through 10th respectively at the Jersey tournament were: Nepal, the United States, Singapore, Botswana, Germany, Mozambique, Norway and Japan. Afganistan and...
10 June 2008
How they fared in Maputo
Modiri Marumo - 9He deserves the man of the match recognition for putting up a solid performance, which earned the Zebras an unexpected three points. Marumo led by example and his acrobatic saves inspired his teammates to go for broke. His telling...
10 June 2008
AS I SEE IT
Mugabe knows his party ran a poor second to the MDC. Confidential reports imply Mugabe would have conceded had his political lieutenants and army generals not put the trillion Zim dollar question: "You'll be fine, Mzee, Morgan Tsvangirai will give...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 10 June 2008
MPs should not fail our children
It is definitely going to be an important piece of legislation because it seeks to address the issue of children, the future leaders of this country. It should be realised that children's issues are presently covered under different pieces of...
10 June 2008
In defence of Khama
When President Ian Khama said some of the abusive social problems in our society include, "the use of abusive language in public discourse, defamation, slander and false public statements in the media" the chairman of MISA immediately complained that...
10 June 2008
Obama, King and US Presidency
These are the words of Dr Martin Luther King Jnr in his historic speech on 28th August 1963. Senator Barack Obama has just been endorsed by the Democratic Party as its presidential candidate and no doubt Dr King's prophecy has come true. Obama's...
10 June 2008
Mmegi misleading on FCC story
The statement in the newspaper article that "...the High Court dismissed its (FCC) decision to award the project to Group Consult, an engineering firm", is misleading. There was never a full hearing of the matter on the merits and the High Court did...
10 June 2008
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10 June 2008
Mathokgwane to be sentenced today
Arriving at Broadhurst magistrates' court after being in police custody since last week, Mathokgwane was greeted by waiting photographers, relatives and friends and BNF members who had gone for the case. The crowd eventually filed into Mgoni's...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 10 June 2008
BIC lawyer in conflict of interest row
Rantao is a major shareholder and director of Medlap, a company that offers medical aid packages. Botswana Insurance is currently engaged in an acrimonious tussle with its agent Mosele Legal Services, a fact which, according to Mosele Legal Services...
OLIVER MODISE and TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writers 10 June 2008
'Govt stinted us on fares'
"We are not happy," says combi operator on the Gaborone-Mogoditshane's Route 7, Boang Khuthing. "The price of petrol is still high." The price of petrol is so high that even P100 for fuel falls far too short for a day's work. The 20 percent...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 10 June 2008
Nurses in scarce skills limbo
Nurses Association of Botswana (NAB) executive secretary Geetha Feringa said yesterday that 31 nurses from various branches, including the taskforce members on attraction and retention policy met on Friday. She said they had submitted a statement to...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 10 June 2008
Rapid tests aid mother-to-child HIV treatment
The research, published in PLoS Medicine, tested the feasibility of providing round-the-clock rapid HIV testing and counselling in labour wards in resource-poor settings. In 2007, about 2.1 million children were infected with HIV, 85-90 per cent of...
T.V. PADMA 11 June 2008
Forex reserves exceed $10 billion
The unprecedented growth was attributed to a "buoyant" balance of payments by the Governor of the Bank of Botswana Linah Mohohlo when she presented the central bank's Annual Report for 2007 to the media yesterday.The forex reserves rose by 22.5...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
Local music takes centre stage
Botswana music is beginning to take centre stage as local groups entertain music lovers day in and day out. There has been a revolution taking place in as far as local music is concerned. Since the 90s, many music groups have sprung up in the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 June 2008
Uganda's Faycal exits Idols
With Faycal gone, there are only two men among the top eight, these being Eric Moyo and Mkhululi Bhebhe, both from Zimbabwe. During the Sunday show Faycal performed Love the One You're With, an old song originally done by Stephan Still in 1970. The...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
Gonora repels hunger with his guitar
At the eastern foot of the pedestrian flyover, adjacent to the railway station in the Francistown main mall, a blind musician from Zimbabwe, Daniel Gonora, 39, strums his red and white electric guitar with equal zeal and vigour to keep the proverbial...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 11 June 2008
Botswana invited to Borneo Cultural Festival
Sibu, one of the major towns in the State of Sarawalk on Malaysian Borneo, is hosting a cultural festival called Borneo Cultural Festival to which groups from Botswana have been invited. In its seventh year, the festival runs from June 27 to July 5...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
Mgoni upheld press freedom
As part of his mitigation, Kadye accused the media of subjecting his client, James Mathokgwane, to bad publicity since his arrest. Admittedly, Kadye told the court Mathokgwane was a public figure. As it is, public figures are bound to attract...
EDITOR 11 June 2008
Thank you Modiri
Who thought Greece would win Euro 2004? I strongly believe the Zebras can qualify for the World Cup, or at least the African Nations Cup. Guys like Modiri are world-class players. This guy is like a good wine he improves with...
11 June 2008
In praise of RBI's Legae la Metshameko
There was no doubt that the producer of the programme had done his homework by inviting panellists Thuto Thuto, Parker Mampori and Ernest Nthobelang. The two men were dead right with their incisive analysis of the state of soccer in our country,...
11 June 2008
Who do we blame for xenophobic attacks?
In the wake of violent crusade against African nationals in May, South Africans begin to ask ourselves, are we an inherently xenophobic society, or should someone else be blamed for this misfortune? President Thabo Mbeki's immediate response was to...
SIPHOKAZI MAGADLA &
NADIA AHMADOU* 11 June 2008
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11 June 2008
Blood transfusion centre opens
Kahiya said at the handing over of the National Blood Transfusion Centre in the Main Mall on Monday that there is screening of all donated blood for HIV and other infectious diseases. He said that blood donations are collected from low risk,...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
Lobatse green deplorable - Bowlers
The greens have been neglected for a long period with bowlers describing it as bumpy and too heavy. Fifty-six bowlers converged at the Lobatse club for the Lobatse Trophy but were let down by the poor state of the greens. Botswana Bowling...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 11 June 2008
Nissan the target at Desert Race
Perennial champions Nissan have won the prestige event six years in a row and Toyota, in particular, would love to chalk up a long overdue victory on their event. They came close last year via Mark Cronje and Chris Birkin in a factory Castrol Toyota...
11 June 2008
Beijing Olympics on course
Briefing 22 journalists from 12 African countries at the Olympic Tower in Beijing, Sun Weide, the Deputy Director of the Beijing Organising Committee's media and communications department, said all the facilities are almost finished and ready for the...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
Zebras to 'ambush' Ivory Coast
The Ivorians are expected to jet in tomorrow at 3pm and will be staying at the President's Hotel. Match officials will also arrive tomorrow and will be accommodated at the Gaborone Sun. The referees come from Uganda while the match commissioner is...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
People imprisoned in their homes
He was officially opening the annual senior police officers seminar in Gaborone yesterday. The president said that police weekly reports indicate that there is an urgent need for police to review the operational effectiveness of its crime management...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
S/Phikwe councillor loses vehicle to carjackers
Mmusi temporarily lost his Toyota 4x4 vehicle when four men accosted him at a house in Ikageleng around 10.30pm on Sunday. Deputy Officer Commanding No. 10 District, Superintendent Morris Keaketswe, said the councillor reported that he was inside...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 11 June 2008
BIC, Mosele war rages on
In a statement forwarded to Mmegi, Mosele Legal Services has pointed a sharp finger at BIC for having no interest in peacefully resolving the differences it has with the company. The statement calls on Mosele customers not to be disturbed by the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA&
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writers 11 June 2008
Unions, workers in the dark over Activox collapse
Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) general secretary Jack Tlhagale said they are still struggling to come to terms that the Tati Activox Refinery project has been shelved. On Monday, after a scheduled meeting between BMWU and the main contractor at...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
Mathokgwane gets 10 years
In a sentencing session characterised by an outpouring of emotions, Broadhurst Principal Magistrate Nehemiah Mgoni sent Mathokgwane to jail after the court found the accused guilty of rape in which the victim was a young girl of Old Naledi in...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 11 June 2008
FNB's product for 'peers of the realm'
The product, known as FNB Private Clients, is tailor-made to extend "exclusive solutions to affluent and high net worth clients", and will be launched on Friday. FNB Chief Executive Danny Zandamela says in a statement that his bank's creation...
11 June 2008
Astute papers at 1st Economic Forum today
The forum, which is organised by Capital Securities, will bring senior executives of international and regional companies to investigate possibilities of establishing subsidiaries or operating companies in Botswana. Presentations will be made by...
STAFF WRITER 11 June 2008
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