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'Mugabe Is Not President'
"We have no problem with the people of Zimbabwe, but we have a problem with someone who will beat up other people on the run-up to elections," he said. Skelemani was briefing the press on Friday after the Southern Africa Development Community...
By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
MISA Director Blasts Media Bill
In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, Ndlovu dismissed the Bill as an attempt to curtail media freedom in the country. "This Bill is not friendly to the media at all particularly when one looks at the issue of registration and accreditation. You have...
By Tshireletso Motlogelwa
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
The Botswana Observer Team Speaks On Zim Run-off
We therefore publish the abridged version of the statement from the Botswana Observer Team to the recent controversial Zimbabwean Presidential Run-off on which government largely drew its conclusion. The main objective of our mission was to ensure...
07 July 2008
That's The Way To Go
Skelemani categorically stated that Botswana does not recognise Robert Mugabe's presidency because he ascended to the highest office in the land illegally. Botswana went further and called upon other members of the Southern African Development...
EDITOR 07 July 2008
The Winners Code
Hence, some of the most profound lessons on success come from the battlefield. Nowhere is success more vital and failure more punishing than the battlefield. In the battlefield as in life no one is exempt from challenges and problems. The question...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 07 July 2008
Issues In Education
The first National Commission on Education (NCE) is known as "Education for Kagisano" or "Kagisano ka Thuto". It was presented in three volumes. The first is 276 pages long and contains the report of the commission chaired by Torsten Husen, from...
DORCAS MOLEFE
OWEN PANSIRI and
SHELDON WEEKS 07 July 2008
Etcetera II
Change the names around and see if anything, for you, rings true of today. Van Greenway creates a modern day Cromwell named Wyatt, presumably after the man who led a people's revolt in England in the 14th century. Wyatt is determined to clean up the...
SANDY GRANT 07 July 2008
Health Chat
Part twoTypes of low blood pressure:1. Low blood pressure on standing upThis is a sudden drop in blood pressure when you stand up from a sitting position or a sit up from a lying position. In these people the blood pools in the legs and...
RHODA CHINDOMU
SHEILA CHIDZOMBA
KIRAN BHAGAT
LESEGO KALANTLE 07 July 2008
I Support The Media Practitioners Bill
Just like any other profession, media practitioners are governed by ethics and they should adhere to them at all times. The new proposed Bill has come at the right time as most media practitioners in this country are always found wanting when it...
07 July 2008
The Bank Charges Are Too High
Though the article did not specify which product/services attract high interest, the focus of my article will be on loans, which the banks offer to its clients. The primary objective of the banks is to make profit, undisputed, but this cannot be made...
07 July 2008
Soya Beans Could Help Beat Oil Prices
High oil prices on the international market have prompted many countries throughout the world to start looking to alternative forms of energy such as bio-fuels. Oil prices this year opened at more than US $100 per barrel, heralding years of expensive...
By Humphrey Nkonde 07 July 2008
Botswana, Zim Still Friends Indeed - Skelemani
Last Friday, the Botswana government announced that it does not recognise Mugabe's government following the controversial presidential run-off, which was widely condemned as not free and fair. Mugabe was sworn-in as president after winning the...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
Cartoon Strip 07.07.08
07 July 2008
Unsightly Gaborone Bus Station Affects Businesses
The observer was mainly talking about the arrivals and departures of long-haul buses on routes to the north of Gaborone and principal district villages and towns contiguous with the capital. Yet this high-volume bus station is not of much use to...
By Business Reporter 07 July 2008
SACU Approves PTA With MERCOSUR
The SACU-MERCOSUR PTA Agreement is aimed at promoting trade between the two sides on a selected number of products. It contains 1 000 tariff lines on both sides for which preferences will be granted. "The PTA is significant in that it is the first...
07 July 2008
BotswanaPost Launches Hybrid Mail
Hybrid Mail is a service designed for organisations that mail large quantities of invoices, statements, time-sensitive notices and business mail.Launching the new service offered by BotsanaPost, Maun West MP, Ronald Ridge, said the facility would...
By Martin Nyirenda
Correspondent 07 July 2008
BRIEF CASE
The pula depreciated against the Euro (4.5 percent), the yen (2.3 percent), the Pound (3.4 percent) and the US dollar (2.6 percent) while it appreciated by 2.0 percent against the rand. Similarly, on an annual basis, the Pula depreciated against all...
07 July 2008
OUT TO LUNCH
Done it again here means he has let the team down by failing to meet expectations or refusing to carry out instructions, or sometimes, has actually gone and done something totally unexpected, like maybe get caught in the petty cash box or report for...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 07 July 2008
Pop Star Botswana Top Three
Everyone knew that last Friday evening at the Botswana Television (Btv) Auditorium was a night of tough decisions and one of the four remaining wannabe pop stars had to go.By 7.30 pm, the place was overflowing as fans came to witness the selection of...
By Gasebalwe Seretse
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
Talking Musika
Inevitably, the nature of our ownership of the 'new music' will derive from our ethnic, political, social and, above all, the class determinants that influence our artistic sensitivities. Some of the modern luminaries of this movement are Ndingo...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 07 July 2008
Food For The Soul
As age catches up with a few of us, it's interesting how we start to complain about all kinds of aches and pains. Seemingly winter just makes it worse. The question is: Is it just in our minds, are we the ultimate hypochondriacs, or are our bodies...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 07 July 2008
Good Start
The army outfit narrowly beat Prisons 1-0 at the National Stadium on Friday night before overcoming Miscellaneous 2-1 in Lobatse on Saturday. Mokgathi Mokgathi took advantage of the Miscellaneous' early stage fright and poor defending to put Matebele...
By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 07 July 2008
Khama Sets Up Joint Advisory Council
A statement from the National Assembly says that the main mandate of this committee is to consult with the public and determine causes of social ills that afflict communities such as domestic violence, rape, child abuse, youth indiscipline and others...
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
Softball Juniors Learn Vital Lessons
He said they learnt a lot of things at the tournament and he believes the knowledge they acquired will be of great benefit, not only to the junior team but to the softball family in general. The team returned home on Friday. Botswana did not win a...
By Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 07 July 2008
Debswana Supports Environment
Launching the Lesedi Primary School Environmental Education Bio-Park in Gaborone, Debswana Group manager (public and corporate affairs), Esther Kanaimba, said on Thursday that the Bio-Park "is the first at a government primary school in Gaborone if...
By Martin Nyirenda
Correspondent 07 July 2008
Speedy Logistics Chief Calls For Support
The problem is compounded by inadequate resources among small and medium logistics companies, which have continued to battle against the odds to provide high quality services to commerce and industry. Speedy Logistics proprietor, Murphy Phukula,...
By Martin Nyirenda
Correspondent 07 July 2008
Primi Eatery Staff Down Tools
The visibly irate group said that they have no rights as workers, that they are not paid overtime and have only one day-off during the week. The group of 19 kitchen workers told Monitor that after they started the boycott, demanding improved...
By Thato Chwaane
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
Daisy Loo Case Committed For Fresh Hearing
The new case is scheduled for a second mention on the 8th of July (Tomorrow) before the village magistrate court. Two weeks ago, Acting High Court judge and former regional magistrate Terrence Rannowane recused himself from the case, citing...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
Revised Environmental Strategy Launched
Ministry's deputy permanent secretary Mpho Mmopi explained that NEESAP was established under the Natural Resources Conservation Strategy passed by Parliament in 1990. He said the revised Action Plan is a result of extensive consultation with...
By Lawrence Ookeditse
Correspondent 07 July 2008
BNF Toast By-election Victory
The BNF candidate, Rueben Matswiri won the by-election by 489 votes to 329 of his Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) opponent, Rejoice Bimbo. In a press statement, Mohwasa said that the results show that the BNF is still a popular party. He added...
By Oliver Modise
Staff Writer 07 July 2008
Mwanawasa death rumour sends shockwaves
By Thursday, June 5, it was widely known in Zambia that the country's leader was ensconced in hospital in Egypt after being taken ill at Sharma el Sheikh where he was attending an African Union (AU) summit on the Zimbabwean political crisis. The...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 08 July 2008
Large counters lift bourse index
The third quarter of the year started last week with big caps Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays and Sechaba powering ahead to lift the benchmark Domestic Companies Index (DCI) 0.21 percent to end the week at 7 190.56 points. A report by Gary Juma of...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Gold mine gets longer life
The Canadian gold-miner said it sees a longer life for the mine than earlier expected. Mupane is the only gold mine in Botswana and was expected to start closing by 2011. Iamgold said it expects to continue mining at Mupane until the second quarter...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Zambians nettle Bluetown residents
The stop is well known for Zambians who sit there night after night waiting for transport to take them to the Kazungula border gate near Kasane. When Zambians first ascended there, they were welcomed with open arms, but now residents say Zambians are...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
The social values committee lacks credibility
While it is no secret that the modern world provides challenges for the society at large issues of social values are complex and need the input of more people than just religious and traditional leaders. But this is not the major problem with the...
EDITOR 08 July 2008
The G8 meets the dragon in Africa
Africa has become a strategic energy supplier to large economies. The G8 has been synonymous with Tony Blair's sentiments of characterizing Africa as 'the scar on the conscience of the World.' The G8's traditional approach to Africa has always been...
08 July 2008
AS I SEE IT
The big lie he told was, "Deutschland ubber alles!" He meant, Germany was above other countries and the Germans were superior to all other nations. The majority of the Germans believed him and prostrated themselves at his feet, greedily swallowing...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 08 July 2008
Cartoon 08.07.08
08 July 2008
Low turn-out at soldiers' tennis event
ESALO liaison officer Montwedi Simon said yesterday that some countries that had confirmed participation pulled out at the 11th hour citing financial reasons. He added that it is important that countries turn-up in large numbers because the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 08 July 2008
Mwaanga down but not out
Prisons XI revived their hopes of getting the last slot in the 16-club Premier League after a 4-3 win over minnows Miscellaneous of Serowe on Sunday. Former champions, BDF XI lead the charge to get the slot after beating both Prisons XI and...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 08 July 2008
Rowe heads to Egypt
Rowe was sacked last month by the Botswana Football Association (BFA) after a string of unimpressive results. He was replaced by his assistant, Stanley Tshosane, a former Zebras coach. Yesterday, Rowe refused to shed light about his new...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Axle load limit on Botswana roads increased
This endorsement signals another huge milestone of the Trans Kalahari Corridor Management Committee (TKCMC) in their quest to harmonise cross-border procedures, systems and practices on the Trans Kalahari Corridor linking the port of Walvis Bay in...
08 July 2008
Boteti accuse Chiefs of stealing
The Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) forward is said to have absconded from Boteti and is reported to be training with the Kgatleng giants. Boteti chairman Mazzola Lesifi told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they are not happy with the way the league...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
News Briefs
It is said that the man was sleeping with his girlfriend when he sneaked out of the blankets and stabbed himself with a knife on the left hand side. The woman screamed for help and the man was taken to hospital where he was certified dead. In...
Compiled by BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Man acquitted on insulting charges
Reetsang Mathambo, a former employee of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) is said to have hauled insults and all kinds of obscenities at his former colleague Seele Mabuza who went to his house to collect imprest money, as...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Maswibilili attacks Moupo
Maswibili was speaking at a BCP political rally in Gaborone West-South organised to welcome former BNF councillor Malema Phaladi who has defected to the BCP after losing the BNF primary elections for Bophirima ward. Maswibili took a swipe at Moupo...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Court throws out BMWU case
Justice Tapiwa Marumo struck down the case on the grounds that the application was flawed as no attempts were made to describe other parties. "The deponent is silent on the remaining 677 other applicants, and has not sought to establish a...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Two CMS suspects denied bail again
Patrick Cole, a Sierra Leone national, and Clement Molefe, a Botswana citizen who lives and works in South Africa, have been remanded in custody pending trial. This comes after Molefe and Cole's lawyer Dick Bayford told the court that the defence...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Ministry arranges 5th youth awards
The awards ceremony will be held on 28 November. As the National Youth Service awards seek to recognise all deserving youth nationwide, the department has started mobilising the youth to nominate their projects for the exercise. The awards seek to...
Staff Writer 08 July 2008
Matsosangwao release album
While most two, three or four-person groups broke into pieces with the release of first albums, Matsosangwao believe it was necessary to have such a huge pool of singers and dancers so they can sustain themselves. Matsosangwao are not only doing...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 08 July 2008
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