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BNF conference: the unofficial record
The worst that happened was that a few heads rolled, as they should have after the May Molepolole 'special congress' that spat out Kathleen Letshabo and the central committee members who found president Otsweletse Moupo's political deportment...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 30 July 2008
Teacher-student romance annoys TSM director
His department fired an offending agriculture teacher at the Masunga Senior Secondary School early this year following a flood of complaints about teacher-student romances in the regional schools last year. A Physical Education teacher at the same...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
Mercy, a rising disco star
The artist, who performs by the stage name Mercy, knows how to hold her audience spellbound by her captivating dance routines and beautiful voice. Her breathtaking performance did not escape the eyes of the judges during the recent Heritage Day...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
BOMU holds AGM tomorrow
The publicity secretary of the troubled association, Joel Keitumele said they called the meeting since they are expected to hold an AGM on a quarterly basis. He called on BOMU members to attend the meeting in large numbers so that they could...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 30 July 2008
End of Botswana deal will give Eskom's SA users a breather
Last year Eskom entered into a pact with the BPC, under which Eskom will reduce its energy supply to Botswana from 410 megawatts last year to 150MW by 2012. Andrew Etzinger, Eskom's spokesperson, said last week that the agreement would end in 2012....
STAFF WRITER 30 July 2008
Botswana's Zim imports take dive
According to a survey covering the whole of last year and conducted by the authoritative Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), Botswana is the third biggest market for manufactured products from Zimbabwe. During the same year, South Africa...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 30 July 2008
Six more companies to trade on CSD
The six companies that are expected to start trading on the CSD are Standard Chartered Bank, G4S, RPC Data, ABCH, MRI Botswana and BIHL.Currently there are three companies, trading live on the CSD, namely FNBB, Sefalana and Turnstar. BSE CSD manager...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
Venson-Moitoi: History will judge you harshly
By the time you read this, the minister will have notified Parliament about her intention to introduce the controversial bill for debate. At a time when the bill has elicited such controversial debate the minister is acting rather out of turn. What...
EDITOR 30 July 2008
Khama and the 70% liquor tax
For starters, he should be advised to make judicious decisions. This advice is imperative in view of Khama's station in the country. He is an imperial president. Chief of a powerful ethnic group and the son of the country's first president. He...
30 July 2008
South Africans have no more sympathy for criminals
The survey measures both actual levels of crime and perceptions about safety. The results revealed that despite actual overall levels of victimisation having decreased since 2003, most adult South Africans believe that crime is increasing and more...
DR CHANDRE GOULD* 30 July 2008
Cartoon 30.07.08
30 July 2008
Botswana needs media development and promotion bill
To many of us in Zimbabwe, Botswana is a hub of plenty and Zimbabwe, a desolate place of desperation. Botswana is a democracy and Zimbabwe a dictatorship. All these contrasting images have thus driven millions of my country people, including myself...
RASHWEAT MUKUNDU* 30 July 2008
BOKA gives Ryshin-Kan a hearing
The August meeting was rescheduled because some BOKA members will be travelling outside the country. Ryshin Kan was established last year by one of the country's national karatekas, Andrew Dobolo. His hopes of having it endorsed as a BOKA member were...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 30 July 2008
Letsomane takes flight to Police
Letsomane, who was on loan from Mochudi Centre Chiefs, played a major role in helping Killer Giants to a third place finish in the First Division South league. But when the team started their Coca Cola Cup campaign, which they eventually lost to...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 July 2008
Gunners rise from the pits
Their attacks on match officials seemed to gain momentum every time they failed on the field of play. They were a frustrated lot and desperate to find a scapegoat for their team's problems. Referees were often the closest and easiest targets....
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 July 2008
All Kasi enters Zebras' fray
All Kasi managing director, Ludo Kemoeng said under the sponsorship, each Zebras players will get two full kits for every official game. This means that for the first time, national team players will be able to exchange jerseys with their opponents...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
Law must deal with prisons' sex - BONELA
Legal Officer at BONELA, Uyapo Ndadi, said this at a three day workshop held in Francistown at Tati River Lodge yesterday. The reproductive issue was just one of the advocacy issues by BONELA that was tackled at the workshop. Ndadi says that women...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
BPP snickers at BNF offer
The BPP says the last time the BNF contested the constituency was in 1989. During the 1989 general election, the BNF council candidate, James Mokgacha, managed only 44 votes.Fast forward to 2004 general elections, the BPP candidate, Jobe Edward lost...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 July 2008
Botswana wins water race, loses on sanitation-PHK
Speaking at the 4th annual water conference, the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego 'PHK' Kedikilwe, revealed that the problem of pollution is made worse by the growth in population and lack of harmonisation of policies...
KABO MOKGOABONE
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
Man dies in inferno
The incident not only shocked the sedate village of Mathangwane, 30 kilometres south of Francistown, but also left a relative of the deceased, whose name was disclosed as Mbatshi Mpoloka, with more questions than answers. More ire, however, was...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 30 July 2008
Council tenders to be regulated
The proposed law provides for the disposal of public assets, both physical and intellectual. These include the letting, hiring, or granting of any public assets, rights or services by local authorities. The minister said that the legal instruments,...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
BOMaid scuttles Bhagat contract
Bhagat is a heart specialist and operates a cardiac clinic in Gaborone. BOMaid's strategic business manager, Dr Bangwato Sikwa confirmed that the contract was terminated, but denied reports that BOMaid had decided to terminate relations with Bhagat...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 30 July 2008
Long distance bus fares hiked
According to the ministry's statement, "long distance buses travelling on bitumen roads will charge 18.58 thebe per kilometre while long distance buses travelling on sandy and gravel roads will now cost 20.55 thebe per kilometre." The increases do...
30 July 2008
Shumba ready to roar
Although the Bobirwa artist is not releasing any album this year, he revealed to Showbiz that his group, Ditawana, "will be going into the studio any time" to release its debut album. Ratshega, whose second smash hit album, Makhirikhiri earned him...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 31 July 2008
Snubbed Malesu resurfaces at swimming
The former BOKA president is now the Botswana Swimming Sport Association (BSSA) vice chairman. Many who know Malesu as a karate person were shocked on Saturday to see him represent swimming at the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) Annual...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 31 July 2008
Mohambi explains GU move
Mohambi, who was the second leading scorer in the league last season with 17 goals, believes that he can learn a lot from Sithole. "I chose Sithole because I felt that he is the best coach in the country. I think he can take me places." He...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 31 July 2008
We never refused to release students - ABM
Kefilwe Mokokomane said in an interview yesterday that they had to follow the procedure laid down by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development on the transfer of students from one institution to another. "We were basically following...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 31 July 2008
Police seize bogus goods in Lusaka
Some of the bogus goods include body lotions, sweets, and brand name productsVaseline and Johnson & Johnson baby powder. These imitations have been successful in the Zambian market. Leader of the anti-piracy wing of Zambia Police, Dr Solomon...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 31 July 2008
CMS fraud accused gets three years
Seloka, who had pleaded guilty to all the three counts, was sentenced by the Gaborone Principal Magistrate, Faith Dlamini-Ngandu. On the first charge, he was sentenced to four years imprisonment with two years suspended on condition that he...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 31 July 2008
Journalists hang alone
The editor of the Botswana Gazette, Aubrey Lute, says he does not support the Bill in its current form. He says it is aimed at muzzling the media. He believes that freedom of the press would never be guaranteed once the new law is...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 31 July 2008
BPP undaunted, declares Balikani
Although the country's oldest party's fortunes have been dwindling over the years, literally reducing the once powerful BPP to a struggling regional organisation based in the North East, it has avoided opposition co-operation to rescue it from its...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 31 July 2008
House passes Local Authority Bill
Responding to comments made by Members of Parliament (MPs), Local Government Minister, Margaret Nasha said that she intends to curb incidents where sub-contractors are given a raw deal by their main contractors. She said that in future they want to...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 31 July 2008
DPP can't touch frozen P24m yet - Dow
The application was dismissed with costs. The money was paid to Daisy Loo for the controversial bush clearing exercise in Gaborone by Gaborone City Council but the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) grabbed the cheque before it was...
OLIVER MODISE
Staff Writer 31 July 2008
Machesa's second coming
But local traditional music group Machesa, went from hero to zero following their separation from renowned producer, Eric Ramogobya. Now that they are back, Machesa are hopeful that their return to the "Royal kraal" will bring them even better...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 31 July 2008
AF Diamonds/De Beers case defers
The matter will now be heard on a non-urgent basis on a date to be agreed on by the parties in September. African Diamonds filed the urgent application on July 24, 2008 with the High Court in Lobatse to prevent the lodging of the retention licence....
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 31 July 2008
Venson-Moitoi should respect state media independence
It would have been surprising if Venson-Moitoi did not attack this publication on Wednesday's, 'The Eye' but we were surprised rather by the one-sidedness of the show. It was but a sham 'debate' that the government-owned television station organised...
EDITOR 31 July 2008
BNF's embarrassing problems justifies the birth of the BCP
I need not give many examples to convince Batswana that the BNF is nothing else but a BDP wing peddled as an ''opposition party''. The BNF is not an opposition party and we in the BCP long realised that way back in 1998 and decided to give birth to...
31 July 2008
Government should assist serious farmers to improve national food security
Though increases in food prices have hit all budgets, it's the poor who bear the brunt of price inflation. Growing food crisis is forcing poor families to spend more of their household budgets on food, leaving little for anything else. The more the...
31 July 2008
MISA position on proposed Media Bill still stands
Following a rushed meeting at the behest of the Minister of Communication Science and Technology on Monday (July 28), it has become imperative that the public understand that the media position still stands as it is. The areas of contention still...
31 July 2008
Cartoon 31.07.08
31 July 2008
COSANA junior games postponed
The Botswana Netball Association (BONA) spokesperson Bakwena Oitsile said the tournament had to be pushed back because of lack of accommodation. He said the postponement of the event will give the Botswana team more time to prepare. Botswana last...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 31 July 2008
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