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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
A-Cap announces increased uranium resource
The development will hasten the opening of the first ever uranium mine in the country. On Tuesday, a statement from the company said that the new resource, prepared in compliance with the JORC Code, covers approximately 9km by 3km to a maximum depth...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Diamonex raises millions in SPP
A total of 6,506,121 shares have been allotted under the SPP with holding statements being dispatched to shareholders this week, the company said in an E-mailed statement on Tuesday. Last month, DiamonEx offered all shareholders up to A$5,000,...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Huge deficit in Phikwe projects' financing
Selebi-Phikwe Finance and General Purposes Committee chairperson, Molosiwa Molosiwa said when briefing the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Baledzi Gaolathe on Monday that after the completion of the town's first draft UDP III, the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Norilsk Nickel boss resigns
The Zimbabwean-born 47-year-old Breese joined the mining concern about four years ago under the former owner and major shareholder LionOre International. This was before the 2007 acquisition of Tati Nickel by the Russian mining giant, Norilsk Nickel...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Pinagare home loans excite the market
The Pinagare scheme has similar features to the mortgage product available to the general public but offers lower interest rates and a 30-year repayment period as opposed to 25 years. The main objective of the scheme is to encourage young Batswana...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Prices rise as DTCB concludes sale
DTCB's third sight started on Monday and ends today at its state-of-the-art premises in Gaborone. "All goods are affected by the price increase and the overall effect is five percent. The larger and higher quality stones were the most affected by...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Media regulation needs review
Granted, government is an interested party in the affairs of the media and it should be listened to when it raises concerns about how the media conducts itself.The haunting question is whether the subject of regulations has been adequately debated,...
EDITOR 11 July 2008
Cartoon 11.07.08
11 July 2008
NITTY GRITTY
It has been a long day, and towards the end of this long day of deliberations, several members are antsy and edgy. The reason for this antsiness and edginess is because some members feel that certain issues have not been adequately dealt with, but...
BAROLONG SEBONI 11 July 2008
Zimbabwe: Beyond "The House Hunger."
As a student of Zimbabwean literature written in English, I have, for over two decades, been investing a considerable amount of time, effort and nervous energy in agonising about Zimbabwean historical experience. I, therefore, feel for my brothers...
11 July 2008
FIRST CUT
In all fairness, it will be gross injustice if we never paid tribute to Nick. The man raised the profile of sport in newspapers. If we consider the media as a major player in the development of sport in Botswana, Nick made sure he played his part to...
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 11 July 2008
Kakapa reign supreme
Mmegi started on a low note when it fell 4-2 to GCC on Saturday morning. Lebonyemang 'Boyo' Temogo and Kagiso Sekokonyane scored the consolation goals for the Marupula side. Kakapa bounced back in the afternoon when they humiliated Central Medical...
11 July 2008
Miscellaneous fancy Premier League chances
Barring unforeseen circumstances former national champions BDF XI will win the play-offs and get the last slot in the 16-club Premier League but Mpote is still confident that his side can cruise through. Miscellaneous, who came second in the First...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Killer Giants appoint new coach
Mmesi took Killer Giants from the then Third Division to the Second Division five years ago and management believes he is the right man to get the club into the Premier League. Twice Killer Giants have come close to winning the First Division South...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Chinese offer athletes incentives
The Chinese ambassador, Ding Xiaowen said he was surprised to learn that Botswana has not won a single medal at the Olympics since it started taking part in the games 22 years ago. Xiaowen said he was challenged to do something about Botswana's...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Nare plans for the future
Mapantsula shocked many people last season when they started playing entertaining football and ended up in seventh position - a major feat for a fallen giant notorious for last day dodging of the relegation axe. Credit goes to the charismatic Nare,...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Rollers boss avoids 'suicide'
Hence he is tight-lipped about what the club is doing in the transfer market. He has declined to reveal how many new players the club has registered since the transfer window opened. Gobuiwang said it would be suicidal for him to let competitors know...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 July 2008
Young Zebras appeal for support
The Zebras lead 2-0 after the first leg in Libreville a fortnight ago through goals by Flamengo Santos', Mogakolodi Ngele and Aubrey Kebonnetse of Township Rollers. The finals of the championship will be played in Rwanda next year. Under-20 coach,...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 11 July 2008
Domi ke swa le yone
The BDP has governing structures with the CC being the supreme decision making body whose decisions should be respected by all members without exception. My decision to apply to contest at Monarch South was not driven by greed, but my willingness...
11 July 2008
Media Bill is a threat to media freedom
In many countries the media is a powerful tool for exposing human rights abuses and holding governments to account. As a consequence, media is often severely restricted in countries where governments seek to commit abuses with impunity. South...
11 July 2008
G8 Leaders statement on Zimbabwe
* We do not accept the legitimacy of any government that does not reflect the will of the Zimbabwean people. * We strongly urge the Zimbabwean authorities to work with the opposition to achieve a prompt, peaceful resolution of the crisis. It...
11 July 2008
Encounters with the 'N' word
I often find myself correcting people here when they call me a nigger. Most often such people use the word thinking it means friend or 'cool black person'. They use it to relate to me. But to me the word brings images of cold dead black bodies...
11 July 2008
The new approach to spirituality at workplaces
Everything seems in place in the glass-panelled room. Behind his desk are hosts of ornaments, which he uses to perform a Catholic ritual before he starts work every morning. He says the ritual, which involves lighting smoke incense and muttering...
NYAKWAR BARA
Correspondent 11 July 2008
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