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Challenges of Botswana journalism
The passing of Workers' Day on May 1, and Press freedom Day two days later without much fanfare should have raised questions about the state of journalism, which is inextricably tied to that of labour in general. On the labour end of journalism...
18 July 2008
Killing the press softly
That is a relatively cheap price to pay for a victory at the next general election. It is also an ingenious way of disguising the dictatorial tendencies of the new regime now manifesting themselves in the form of retrieval of the old laws that...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 18 July 2008
BPP bemoans 'democracy under threat'
Botswana People Party (BPP) delegates will convene at Tonota College of Education under the theme: 'Our Democracy Under Threat'. The 46-year-old party expects about 250 delegates. According to the BPP publicity secretary, Kumbulani William, the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 18 July 2008
BCP and BAM arrange to wed
The president of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Gilson Saleshando, is expected to officially open the BAM conference at Leseding hall at 9am. The BAM secretary general, Matlhomola Modise, disclosed that the leader of BAM, Ephraim Lepetu...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 18 July 2008
On scrutinising the state of the movement (final)
Apparently Lobatse and Gaborone South MPs were specifically targeted in this strategy. Against established rules Moupo has just contrived to nullify the primary elections won by Magama and once again another court battle beckons as a result of...
COMRADE MOORE 18 July 2008
The African revolution fails the second turn
The 'two stage' revolution has been one of the problem areas for both the theory and the practice of the anti-colonial struggles of the 20th Century. In the latter half of the century African intellectuals and revolutionaries discussed the subject...
18 July 2008
Talks on Zimbabwe should be on who goes to The Hague first
Can anyone believe these people? For a long time now, they have held these "talks about talks" to find a way of agreeing on what to talk about while people are being killed by one group participating at these talks. I think they are all just glad to...
TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 18 July 2008
The trailer man
A few metres from them are their finished products in the form of about five trailers of various sizes. This is the home-cum-manufacturing workshop for 64 -year- old Thomas Chikore who is popularly known as 'Sesennye'. This man is a former Public...
DAN MOSEKAPHOFU
Correspondent 18 July 2008
The agony of travelling nowadays
Clutching his battered suitcase with a few belongings inside it, Batsalelwang Ntshupang, 76, stood with other passengers at the cacophonous Francistown bus rank, waiting for a Gaborone-bound bus. "Two of my children work in Gaborone. The other one...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 18 July 2008
Nkate blames students for MCE closure
The ministry ordered the closure of the college on Monday after a week's student class boycott. The students embarked on the boycott in protest over water and power shortages, among other grievances. But the minister said yesterday that he...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 July 2008
MISA rejects govt's Media Bill
In a statement released yesterday by MISA Batsho secretary Elite Nthoi, the media institution expresses dismay at the Bill's failure to recognise important aspects of journalistic practice, among them, the issue of self-regulation. MISA says...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
How Mugabe's 'press freedom' shames Khama's
Journalism has been a much talked about, often controversial, topic of the modern world. The number of quotes relating to journalism just reflects an attempt to put into words and proper perspective the giant of modern social and political...
18 July 2008
Wrangle erupts over Mwanawasa succession
Ben Tetamashimba spoke as the Zambian president entered the third week in a "stable condition" in a Paris Military Hospital in France where he has been admitted after suffering a stroke while attending a special African Union (AU) Summit on the...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 18 July 2008
Btv's Montlenyane shipped to trade
It is alleged that Baaitse was re-deployed following failure to cover the launch of the constituency league on Friday July 4 by Botswana Television. This is said to have annoyed President Ian Khama who officiated at the event. Baaitse was Head of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
S/Phikwe East split on eve of BNF conference?
It said the constituency is deeply divided over the issue of BNF leader, Otsweletswe Moupo's continued stay at the helm. A general membership meeting called by the constituency leadership on Tuesday, reportedly degenerated into a fracas as rival...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 18 July 2008
Botswana ponders bio-fuel production
As a result, the Botswana government has announced its commitment to explore bio-fuels, which have the potential to help reduce the country's high imports of petroleum products. Speaking at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on...
TANDENDA MOYO
Correspondent 18 July 2008
NEPAD-ICT all set to link African states
The commission aims to accelerate development of ICT broadband infrastructure and bridge the digital divide within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world. ICT infrastructure project manager Brian Cheesman says the ICT broadband...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
Liquor regulations verdict reserved
In May, Lobatse High Court Judge, Isaac Lesetedi, granted nightclubs a temporary relief to operate with the hours stipulated on their old special licences until when they expire. The old licences entitled nightclubs to operate between 8...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 July 2008
Rakhudu to table Freedom of Information motion
Rakhudu said his recent experiences when he was an election observer in Zimbabwe, where the government has banned the private and international press, would also assist his presentation. In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, Rakhudu said that it...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
'Debswana 461' future bleak
It has emerged that the case should have been heard at the Court of Appeal this month but the lawyers for the two parties failed to reach an agreement on security of costs until the 2nd of this month. The deadline for enrolment of cases at...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
Lawyers coy over Nganunu
Further, it is suggested, the Chief Justice, wanted judgement against his relative altered. The controversy, which threatens to cast a dim shadow on the ability of the judiciary to act without fear or favour, broke when Mmegi reported the story in...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
Make or break for BNF
However, Station Commander Superintendent, Kebafethetse Mothubane, has categorically denied the report declaring that 'the BNF conference in Jwaneng was not a security threat'. "We are treating it as a normal activity," said Mothubane. He said that...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
BACK STAGE
Rendition quickly establishes the three venues: Chicago; an unnamed North African city (filmed in Marrakech and later Casablanca); and Washington, DC. It opens misleadingly with a brief exit from Cape Town, where Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) has...
SASA MAJUMA 18 July 2008
BOOK REVIEW
For the Sake of Silence is the story of the Trappist monasteries and missions in South Africa, from their beginnings at Sunday Rivers in the Eastern Cape in 1880 to their amazing expansion and then demise in Natal through to 1922. The tale begins in...
Reviewed by
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 18 July 2008
National Art Exhibition on at the Museum and Thapong
The exhibition which is in line with President Ian Khama's directive that two programmes of performing and visual arts be held to celebrate National Heritage Day, has brought the country's most outstanding artists together in a display of their...
GASEBALWE SERETSE &
MMOLOKI MARUMO 18 July 2008
Impact partners with Impala to conquer southern Africa
The alliance begins with Impala having first right to earn equity in any projects identified. Some of the southern African countries included in the alliance's focus are Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Madagascar and Malawi. In Botswana, the...
STAFF WRITER 18 July 2008
CIC Energy makes a loss
The loss for the three and six month periods are attributable to non-capitalised exploration expenditures, administration and personnel costs, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Capitalized exploration costs amount to $105 million (P674.1...
STAFF WRITER 18 July 2008
Saber to consult communities on gas project
The proposed 120-kilometre pipeline will enable Saber to supply CIC Energy's needs when construction of Mmamabula Phase 1 commences. The company is upbeat about prospects of clear rare coal bed methane (CBM) that will produce the first unconventional...
STAFF WRITER 18 July 2008
New boss at Morupule
Milton is currently the Assistant General Manager of Jwaneng Mine, having held the position since 2006. Milton, a Mining Engineer by profession, was educated at Cambrian College in Canada and Camborne School of mines in England. He has...
18 July 2008
Apple + Orange = 3G iPhone for Botswana
This follows the formalisation of agreements between the manufacturer of the much-hyped device Apple and the global mother company Orange. Although he was non-committal on pricing, Orange Botswana's Public Relations Manager, Karabo Tlhabiwe, said...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
Stanchart discuss risk management
The event attracted about 80 Directors and Chief Executive Officers from a wide spectrum of corporate and parastatal entities, and was arranged in partnership with the Botswana Institute of Directors. In his opening remarks the CEO David D Cutting...
18 July 2008
Inflation goes haywire
According to figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) this week, the June annual inflation rate surpassed the highest-ever annual inflation figure of 14.2 percent in April 2006. The June rate is ascribed mainly to soaring costs...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
Property booms amidst Activox suspension
It was announced last May that the Activox Refinery project being built near Francistown by Tati Nickel, a subsidiary of Russia's Norilsk Nickel, was to be postponed indefinitely. Francistown, which has been experiencing an economic boom as a result...
18 July 2008
Ten years of BCP 'is no joke'
This is a question asked by many as the BCP continues to brag about their achievements in the last 10 years as they head for Bobonong where the party holds its fourth congress. From its formative days, the BCP envisaged itself growing into a party...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 18 July 2008
Banna, bojalwa and the club culture
While some parents like taking their children to exclusive children's entertainment arenas, others are taking them to social joints that cater for both adults and children. Here, the children play on the swings and bouncing castles while, not far...
NYAKWAR BARA 18 July 2008
This Moitoi is toying with our democracy
We got a glimpse of what Venson-Moitoi is trying to achieve on the Botswana Television news broadcast on Wednesday. The whole broadcast was all about her as if she is the only news happening in Botswana. We lost count of how many times she appeared...
EDITORIAL 18 July 2008
NITTY GRITTY
One day he ordered his tailors to make him a brand new suit with the finest material they could find. The tailors set about their business and began to look for the fine new material needed to weave the fine new cloth. They went to all the textile...
BAROLONG SEBONI 18 July 2008
Africa: The next victim in our quest for cheap oil
What we know for sure is that the cost of black gold has exponentially risen in just a few short years, and the global economy it is built upon is currently straddling a razor waiting for the inevitable slice. That final cut may come from Nigeria,...
* SCOTT THILL, ALTERNET 18 July 2008
Dear Minister,
While we understand the government's interest in the media and the need to reinforce the press Council, we nonetheless think this bill endangers the independence of journalists by extending the government's prerogatives in this domain. We...
18 July 2008
Khama is plagiarising badly
What is unclear is whether what appears to be a dramatic ideological shift to the extreme left is a deliberate and conscious decision or accidental. In the 1920s the then Soviet Union embarked on an ambitious industrialisation program. ...
18 July 2008
There is no inner BNF democracy
This has left many people wondering if the main reason of the Central Committee is to be afraid of being engaged in a debate. The CC has resorted to usage of term discipline in order to justify its myopic action. Though some of us are aware of...
18 July 2008
The ICC war crimes paradox
National Public Radio has been spending much news time on Darfur in Western Sudan where a great deal of human suffering and death are occurring. The military conflict has been brought on in part by climate change, according to UN...
18 July 2008
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18 July 2008
Hayashi-Ha team leaves for the Barca games
The team comprises 10 men and two women. However, it is not certain if the whole team will travel as three of them are still having problems in raising funds for the travel expenses. The women's team has Pearl Ranna, who won two gold medals...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 18 July 2008
FIRST CUT
The talk does not only centre around the record fee, but it also revolves around the benefits that will accrue to the players, Botswana football as well as Township Rollers as a club. The spin off would have been immense given the fact that the...
DENNIS KEAGILE 18 July 2008
Chess team impressive in Maputo
The tournament, which is being played in Maputo, has Angola, Botswana, Burundi, hosts Mozambique and South Africa (SA) battling it out for the Zone 4.3 championship title. At the time of going to press, which coincided with the start of the second...
KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE
Correspondent 18 July 2008
NDB chess tourney to be hard fought
The tournament, Botswana's premier club event, has this year been sponsored to the tune of P40, 000 by NDB, the same amount as last year. This marks the third year of collaboration between the bank and Botswana Chess Federation (BCF), the first event...
KENNETH BOIKHUTSWANE
Correspondent 18 July 2008
Botswana Tennis Open takes off
The three-day event is expected to draw about 160 participants. Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) spokesperson Tuelo Serufho said they expect an "influx" of players from the rest of the Southern African region. At the time of going to press many...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 18 July 2008
Gunners, Naughty Boys to work as team
Gunners' spokesperson Kitso Dlamini told Mmegi Sport that as a starting point the two teams will play a friendly game at the UB Stadium on July 26, whose proceeds will be donated to a charity organisation in Tlokweng. Explaining the idea, Dlamini...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 July 2008
Letlapeng prepares for life in the First Division
But while management and players are still basking in the glory of the just-ended relegation play-offs, new challenges lie ahead. They insist that they are not in their new surrounding by default but they still have to worry about ways of making...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 July 2008
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