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Mine employees cry foul
Employees say that when the manager, Shane Hardy, recruited them from Mupane Gold mine he told them that there were better opportunities there than in Orapa. One employee, who did not want to be identified, says that she was at Mupane Gold mine when...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 10 July 2008
Zimbabwe rebukes Botswana's stand on elections
Briefing journalists, he said Zimbabwe appreciates constructive criticism from any quarter, but insisted that because Botswana did not fight a liberation struggle, the country's leadership may not properly appreciate British and the West's...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Media uneasy over sim-card registration
The announcement was made by Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) Chief Executive Officer, Thari Pheko, at a press conference on Wednesday morning. He said the registration is meant to make it easy to track owners of sim-cards whenever the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 10 July 2008
New magistrate for Daisy Loo case
The Registrar of the High Court, will appoint another magistrate to hear the case. The case was left in limbo after former regional Magistrate, Terrence Rannowane recused himself following his appointment as acting High Court Judge. Daisy Loo, its...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 10 July 2008
Tears as Ammara gets the boot
The other contestants seemed shocked when Ammara, who was amongst the last two on stage with Nicolette Kiiga, was told by Idols presenter Lebo Mzwimbi that she would be going home. Mzwimbi had asked the idols to reveal how it felt each week when one...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 10 July 2008
Crime dramas break into GTV
The two shows, which represent the best of light and dark criminal drama, will have fans completely addicted, keeping them on the edge of their seats with heart stopping twists and turns. Mike Essig, General Manager comments: "GTV is all about...
10 July 2008
Is Mingo a one-hit wonder?
He was quickly entrenching himself in the hearts of music lovers and promoters who could not get enough of the young musician. So it was understandable that his followers waited anxiously for a follow-up album, they were more than convinced that it...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Russian experts visit Tati mine
The experts are Norilsk Nickel International general director for finance Oleg Lobanov and his colleague from the same department, Pavel Popov. Lobanov was appointed director for finance last year because of his ability in restricting cost escalation...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 10 July 2008
Diversification drive gains momentum
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Baledzi Gaolathe said at the Selebi-Phikwe full council meeting on Monday that the government has made a commitment that the copper-nickel mining town will not die. Gaolathe said there is an...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Capital Resources brings mining giants to Gaborone
In its fifth edition, the conference to be held on 23-24 July at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC) is meant to benefit local and global resource institutional investors. It aims to provide an insight into developments in Botswana's...
STAFF WRITER 10 July 2008
Slow down on land 'seizures'
In actual fact, government has already started these repossession. Our view is that government should put its house in order first before it carries out Molefhi's threat. There is no reason why ordinary Batswana who go through cumbersome processes...
EDITORIAL 10 July 2008
All 'give' and no 'take' at BCL wage talks
The two parties have been at the negotiating table for more than two months, but there is still no solution to the impasse. The BCL management initially tabled an eight percent salary increment offer, which was immediately rejected by the union. At...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Open letter to the minister of Labour and Home Affairs
I write this letter with a painful and unforgiving sorrow towards those who perpetrated these acts on me and the poor employees of this citizen owned company after I decided to jump ship, (thanks to the current president's gesture of sponsoring all...
10 July 2008
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10 July 2008
BoBA defends Swazi record
BoBA sent a developmental squad to the Swazi tourney and Kemoen dismissed talk that the low entry favoured Botswana to retain the title. He said the competition could not be called off just because other countries did not turn up. "We won the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Nico retain stars
There have been fears of an exodus from Nico after it finished fourth - its best ever - as clubs lure away the stars who made this possible. Top of the list was Zimbabwean dangerman Master Masitara and his compatriot Master Masiku, who were said to...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Politics is a dirty game
When people say politics is a dirty game, they are not simply out to denigrate the pursuit; they speak more or less the truth. From the very first day I stepped into politics, its baseness was not only apparent; it was loudly asserted. I knew...
10 July 2008
Food shortage worrisome - De Graaf
Launching a collaboration recipe competition by the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) and Heart Foundation Botswna on Tuesday evening, De Graaf said there is a need to promote local production in the advent of the global food shortage...
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 10 July 2008
Man in court for kidnap and rape
Detective Sergeant, Baleofi Disho, walked the court through a chilly account how Puisano Mojapodi and his friends allegedly dragged and threatened the woman and her boyfriend with a spear and axe before the rape. Disho said that on the morning of 26...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 10 July 2008
Follow Botswana, isolate Mugabe
He definitely was not representing Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans. Clearly, he was there for himself and maybe for his family, the Service Chiefs and the thugs he is always sending out to kill and mutilate innocent people. Some presidents now feel...
TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Botswana Post strikes Orange deal
According to the new arrangement, Orange customers will now have the opportunity of recharging their prepaid mobiles in the selected 34 post offices across the country. The facility, which forms part of the Orange prepaid enhancement launched on...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Delegates discuss new HIV prevention plan
The meeting was opened by Tati Town Customary Court president, Margaret Mosojane who said despite efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, a lot is still to be done to intervene in order to achieve the aim of Zero Infection by the year 2016. She said...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 10 July 2008
Date set for sim-card registration
The exercise will be completed in 17 months and those who would not have registered their sim cards by then will be disconnected. They will be required to purchase new ones. The registration exercise will run until December 31, 2009. BTA Chief...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 10 July 2008
On scrutinising the state of the movement - Part 1
Since three years is a long time we wish to refresh the memories of the readers about what transpired at Ledumang. The atmosphere was one of high expectations as the delegates from all parts of the country debated speeches by the president, the...
COMRADE MOORE 11 July 2008
Magang's 'unputdownable' memoirs
Before a capacity crowd at the Phakalane Country Club, Magang said he had always wanted to write his own story. "I did not want any historian or chronicler to write about me," he said, adding that the story coming from the horse's mouth will be...
11 July 2008
Magang speaks on Masire, Mogae and Khama
Below are some excerpts from the book relating to his experiences in broadcasting, politics and national elections. On GBC: "It is not easy to claim credit for something that began illegally, but at the time when Batswana were watching the South...
11 July 2008
Nchindo was a De Beers fan, says Magang
As minister, my most acrimonious relations were not with people who fell directly under me but with heads of para-statals that fell within the ambit of my ministry. My most tempestuous spats were with Louis Nchindo, Olebile Gaborone and Joshua...
11 July 2008
Mixed reaction to Khama's 'first 100 days'
Taking office on 1 April 2008, President Khama promised to fight unemployment, social ills, low productivity and laziness in the civil service, and vowed to maintain a disciplined nation that has dignity, and to economically empower Batswana....
11 July 2008
Zimbabwe's untiring political prostitutes
How do people do it? Do they relieve themselves of their conscience in order to do those things that would revolt even a dog that calls its own vomit a meal? And yet it all started with Robert Mugabe.Unsure of the effect his gimmick of planting...
TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 11 July 2008
Sex workers inaccessible
The workshop's main purpose was to roll out the National Operational Plan for Scaling Up HIV Prevention in Botswana to districts in the northern part of Botswana as well as to fine tune it. A similar workshop to cover the southern region is planned...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Diversification unit hits ground running
The mine, usually bustling with life and activity, will suddenly turn into motionless tonnes of steel and inconsequential offices. To avoid such a scenario, the hopes of BCL mine and Selebi-Phikwe now lie in an exploration programme meant to find...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Of Shelby, memory, and Ndlovu's dilemma
One day two men break into his house where a scuffle ensues. The men overpower Shelby. They rape and murder his wife, although Shelby shoots one of the intruders dead. In the following melee, the second man ambushes Shelby and forces his head into a...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
BMWU to file fresh papers next week
General Secretary Jack Tlhagale announced this in Gaborone yesterday. Justice Tapiwa Marumo threw out the case, saying the papers were improperly filed and that the court was in the dark as to who it was dealing with. She, however, gave BMWU an...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Ministry reigns in 'Yellow Monster'
Early this year, it was reported that the dreaded 'Yellow Monster' is going back to Mogoditshane to demolish houses of squatters after an eviction order granted to the Kweneng Land Board. However, government has refrained from effecting the order...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Battle for Maun West
As a newly installed paramount chief of the Batawana, Kgosi Tawana Moremi had to deal with the debilitating outbreak of CBPP or cattle lung disease in Ngamiland in 1996. Government's proposed solution was to slaughter all cattle in the region,...
Keto Segwai
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Opponents thrive on Kavindama's demise?
Obviously in keeping with the treasured culture of 'botho', even one's political opponent cannot celebrate his opponent's demise. Prior to his death, 'JP', as Kavindama was fondly known, had just made a dramatic comeback to the national political...
KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Voters are 'king' in Ngamiland
Many candidates are busy plying their political trade in the constituencies of Okavango, Ngami, Maun East and West. Typical of the campaigns nowadays, the potential voter has literally been laden with an enviable 'customer is king'...
KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Workers blame supervisors for tensions on farm
During a Kgotla meeting Labour and Home Affairs Minister Peter Siele addressed, farm workers blamed managers and supervisors, who are mainly Batswana, for being at the centre of the tensions at the farm. One employee, Obonetse Olefile, who has been...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
For Pete's sake, how did an ex-convict get the job?
Or did the minister just disregarded the Public Service Act when appointing an ex-convict to the public service? Did Ngoma, who is a nominated councillor in Francistown, get a presidential pardon to be reappointed to the public service? Ngoma...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 11 July 2008
BDP launches Gabs Central bid in grand style
The website was officially launched at an event hosted by the party's Gaborone Central branch yesterday at Gaborone Civic Centre. The event brought together BDP bigwigs such as Vice president Mompati Merafhe, BDP chairman Daniel Kwelagobe, Gus...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Police smash fish chemicals racket
Zambia last year passed a law that restricts the consumption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), which includes fish. Solomon Jere, leader of the police anti-piracy squad that cracked the racket, said what was particularly worrying was the fact...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 11 July 2008
African cities in poor state - WHO expert
Speaking at the end of a clean-up campaign in the Gaborone West South constituency yesterday, he said most cities in the region are in a deplorable state. She said that urban growth has outpaced the development of infrastructure and social services....
THATO CHWAANE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Ex-DC Muzila joins the fray - at last
She retired from the public service this year. Her detractors in the ruling party, have always accused her of engaging in politics even when she was still a civil servant. Muzila will contest the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) parliamentary...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 July 2008
BFA chief to contest BDP primaries
First, Makgalemele will slug it out with Shoshong Member of Parliament (MP) Duke Elflock and other candidates in the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections and later defend his BFA post against former BFA president, David Fani. It remains...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETS
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Activox might pack and go
BMR, a subsidiary of the Tati Nickel mine was in charge of the indefinitely postponed P4 billion Activox Refinery technology construction. On June 4, Peter Breese announced the halting of the multi-billion Pula project due to escalating...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Trade secrets spilled in Tibone/Mogae case
As the fray unfolds, there is likely to be catastrophic revelations of trade secrets and ruination of once impenetrable friendships. Information that is likely to be regarded as strategic or 'trade secrets' has been revealed as Mogae, Chief...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
BOOK REVIEW
Pico Iyer's father was closely acquainted with the Dalai Lama when the Tibetan leader was 24-years-old and fled to India. Both of them had studied the writings of Gandhi and non-violent direct action. Gandhi was a practical and lifelong lover of...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 11 July 2008
BACK STAGE
As you might expect there are a variety of strange cross-references here. The first is to the musical Hello Dolly (1969) a story of matchmaking-our hero seems to have a number of favourite songs including Out There, Put on Your Sunday Clothes and It...
SASA MAJUMA 11 July 2008
That hidden Mango Groove in your Freshly Ground
There is a Mango Groove in Freshly Ground. I swear. If you listen properly right there in the crevices of the groups' contemporised mish mash of southern African sounds, I swear Mango Groove sits smiling cheekily like a child, no, an older sister...
11 July 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
If you believe what is written in the advertisement a young woman called Constance had been suffering headaches, dizzy spells and weight loss. As a result of all these dreadful symptoms she lost her job. She'd tried various medication, but...
11 July 2008
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