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Buffaloes seek another upset
This is because of the rise of minnows like Mochudi Buffaloes who have claimed the scalps of Gaborone giants, Township Rollers and Gaborone United (GU) on the way to the semi-finals. After their hard-fought win over GU last weekend, it remains to be...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Chiefs target Coke Cup final
The treble chasing Chiefs have already won their first league and Kabelano Charity Cup titles. They have vowed that their next target this year is the prestigious Coca-Cola Cup. Chiefs were made to sweat last weekend when they beat rivals Extension...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Immunity and amnesty only encourage human rights abusers
They spoke well and explained several issues that were of concern to the thirty-something group of invited Zimbabweans. I could not help but feel that were the MDC to give people such information in regular briefings, it would go a long way in...
TANONOKA JOSEPH WHANDE 22 August 2008
Are presidents' sons 'taking over' Africa?
Don Juan, in its literal context, means a man who succeeds a [pretty] woman, including going to bed with her irrespective of his [man's] looks. Which is why it is no longer strange but true that some ex-African presidents' sons are already...
TOM ONIRO
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Youth behaviour worries Mmadinare elders
Their evening journey is characterised by high pitched laughter, constant Setswana conversations laced in English with an American accent. As they pass through a dimly lit homestead, one can make out baggy jeans, tight jeans and baseball caps.It is...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Of Kuru, predators in the wilderness and spiritual revival
When one arrives at the small town of Ghanzi, he or she is tempted to dismiss the thought of being attacked by a lion in the area. Ghanzi is a modern town with modern infrastructure that most villages in Botswana lack. As a matter of fact, when one...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Beijing: the experience of a lifetime
Travelling long distances has always been a nightmare for me. I have travelled between Gaborone and Port Elizabeth between the years 2001 and 2005 while studying Journalism at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. About three to four days prior...
22 August 2008
Taxi driver denies wounding charge
The knife-wielding Moemedi Motseotsile, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, is accused of stabbing one Onneile Ramatlhape with a knife or sharp instrument on July 5 this year at Phokoje location, Gaborone. The suspect told the court that he would...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Ruling in stepdaughter defilement case deferred
It was revealed in court that the sexual abuse started when the stepdaughter was still in Standard 5. The court heard that the accused person would enter the room in the middle of the night where the complainant was sleeping with her cousin and abuse...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Xere Village hungry for development
On a recent trip to Xere some people even said that if they were transferred there they would rather quit their jobs. That is how bad it looks when you are coming from the outside. Journalists had accompanied Debswana to Xere to announce that they...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
The battle for red Serowe
The voices of the people presented the constituents as people thirsty to exercise their democratic right in choosing a politician who will represent their interests better as BDP faithful. Constituents were able to give Mmegi chapter and verse of...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Grudge match in Serowe North East
It will be a grudge match after the first two rounds ended in a 1-1 draw with Seretse delivering the knock-out punch by winning the crucial rematch. Autlwetse thought he had finished Seretse by flooring him in the first round but tables turned when...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Maths teachers considered for skills allowances
The Director of Teaching Service Management (TSM), Opelo Makhandela, broke the news that scarce skills allowances for Mathematics and Science teachers were on the cards when he addressed delegates to the Botswana Teachers' Union's (BTU) secondary and...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 22 August 2008
SADC free trade puts agro sector on tenterhooks
A study is now being commissioned by the Botswana Agricultural Union (BAU) to find ways government can help sustain rural livelihoods in the face of external competition. Responding to Mmegi enquiries, BAU chairman, Phillip Fischer, expressed his...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Youthful slugfest in Gaborone Central
Had he not withdrawn from the race, Ramaotwana was going to contest against two other youthful candidates namely Gomolemo Motswaledi of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and the incumbent, Dumelang Saleshando of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP)....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Mwanawasa was a good man - Khama
In their condolence messages, both Khama and Merafhe have described Mwanawasa in glowing terms, saying the late Zambian leader was a principled man even in the muddled waters of politics and was unwavering when he took a principled stand on issues,...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Nkate and those 'minor' indiscretions
Yesterday afternoon I tried to coax a reaction to the Nkate-NIIT saga from the Office of the President, or to be more specific, from the President Ian Khama. Futile attempt. But as every journalist may know by now, the best way a presidential hunt...
22 August 2008
Mfa soldiers on despite presidential term row
Mfa recently proposed that the presidential term of office should be extended to 15 years because it is becoming costly to maintain former presidents after every 10 years. However, Mfa WHO has been vilified and called names following his comments,...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 August 2008
No reprieve for consumers
Oil prices are expected to surge upwards after a brief drop this month. However, some businesses in Selebi-Phikwe said they are prepared to lower their prices if suppliers reduced their charges. A snap survey around Selebi-Phikwe shops revealed that...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Bolele's mother dies
"I don't think a postponement is possible," BDP deputy secretary, Fidelis Molao, said yesterday. He added it is likely that the primaries would be held as planned. The elections have attracted attention because Bolele is pitted against...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
BDF hosts Zim army chiefs
"Yes, it is true that recently, the BDF Defence Command and Staff College hosted their Zimbabwe counterparts, the Zimbabwe Staff College," he said in response to Mmegi enquiries. He said that the Zimbabwe Staff College delegation was in Botswana for...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
BDP throws out petitioners' bid
The party's Appeals Board, headed by attorney, Isaac Seloko, quashed all the protests due to failure to follow electoral procedures. The decision was endorsed at an emergency BDP Central Committee meeting on Wednesday evening. BDP political and...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
'Big shots' case postponed
With only a certain Manyepedza, an attorney for the applicants, and a few members of the press, and absence of defence attorneys, the case was a boring event contrary to expectations. Manyepedza presented a document to Justice Dow, saying that...
STAFF WRITERS 22 August 2008
Militarism can be destructive to the state - Maundeni
Presenting a paper on 'Weak Developmental States in Africa' at the just-ended Economic Policy on Africa conference, he said that a state must mobilise its socio-economic resources making sacrifices for the development of the country. Using the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Gaborone mall gets a facelift
It is expected that the project will cost P18 million. RPM, the site development company tasked with the project design has already submitted its preliminary report to the Gaborone City Council (GCC). RPM managing director, Richard Arthey, said...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Lionjanga faces graft charge
Lionjanga thus joins the long list of personalities who have in the recent past been arraigned before court on charges of corruption. Late last year former Local Government permanent Secretary, Elvidge Mhlauli, was convicted by court, then followed...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
BACK STAGE
Why now again another film based on a television series (we've had Get Smart and Sex and the City already this season)? Because the producers think that might be what the audience might crave. Since its release on July 25 in North America it has not...
SASA MAJUMA 22 August 2008
BOOK REVIEW
In my review of another book, At War (Mmegi 20 August 2004) I noted that it was a book about, "Artists called on to portray war, in sketches, paintings in a variety of media, in sculpture and in recreations from war scrap". It includes art by...
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SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 22 August 2008
YaRona FM turns nine years
YaRona FM and Gabz FM were the only country's private radio stations until last year when another station, Duma FM started operating. YaRona FM was first licensed in 1998 ,but only started broadcasting the following year.The man who has to be...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Magical moments
Although the Kuru San Dance Festival is held in the belly of the Kalahari, this did not deter hundreds of tourists, both local and international from negotiating treacherous terrains to witness this great multi-cultural festival. Traditionally,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
They want to become more productive, more efficient and to have happier customers. Very sensibly they have recognised that to do this they have to very carefully examine the way in which they do things. They are going through all of their...
22 August 2008
New diamond company to train locals
Van den Eynde is an agent of Belgium company HRD Antwerp. He said when his company moves into the Diamond Technology Park in October, it will offer training in diamond industry-based skills. The trainees will be taught how to use and service HRD...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Stanbic rolls out charity programme for Maun
The project is geared to benefit the Maun community and in line with the bank's vision to be relevant to the communities it operates in. The project kicked off last Wednesday with the collection of boxes to be used to store for donated clothing,...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 22 August 2008
IMF tips Botswana as emerging financial market
The report reckons that the crucial developments that presaged the arrival of institutional financial investors in emerging markets in the 1980s are taking place in parts of sub-Saharan Africa today. Emerging financial markets are presently found...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Fledgling industries fear choking under SADC FTA
At its summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, SADC launched a regional trade zone last Sunday that aims to eliminate import tariffs ahead of a common currency by 2018. The Chairman of the Botswana Poultry Association, Peter Kirby, says the poultry...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Tough times not yet over-analysts
Botswana's consumer inflation quickened to 15 percent in July from 14.5 percent in June, largely on higher transport costs, and if Government goes ahead with the proposed 70 percent levy on alcohol, it could add up to 5-6 percent on inflation. "The...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
Makhandela's theatricals
Makhandela was at his comic best last week Thursday during the Botswana Teachers' Union (BTU) secondary and tertiary sectors' annual conference. That was where he left teachers and lecturers in stitches and some crying for more of his sharp wit....
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Mugabe's propaganda machine
Robert Mugabe's vitriolic propaganda net that until recently was mainly targeted at ZANU-PF opponents that included the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the West, civil society and religious organisations, has now been cast wider to...
EDITOR 22 August 2008
OP responds to Zimbabwean media reports
In the said article it is claimed that: "Leaders from Zambia, Botswana and Tanzania expressed "embarrassment" at having "blindly supported Tsvangirai" during the 28th SADC Heads of State Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, after South Africa's President...
22 August 2008
Mugabe must emulate Musharraf
Good riddance, his resignation may usher in a new political and economic dispensation in troubled Pakistan. He leaves behind a disastrous economy, but also a huge sense of relief. Mugabe should emulate Musharraf and step down. Enough is enough!...
22 August 2008
What is wrong with the Vice President?
"He accused the press of bias during the debate on the Media Practitioners' Bill in Parliament the other day. Merafhe cited a Radio Botswana report which attributed the victory of Mochudi Centre Chiefs over Lobatse Extension Gunners in the...
22 August 2008
My MP is an embarrassment
But I must hasten to say that some of the things that my MP Olifant Mfa says or does always embarrasses and shocks me. He seems to have made it a point that every term of office he comes up with farcicical and outrageous things, which much more than...
22 August 2008
NITTY GRITTY
Tonight is the night. Tonight is the night where everyone will be dressed to the nines. Tonight is the SADC Grand Ball night. As you can imagine, dear reader in whom I always confide, the SADC Grand Ball night is the mother of all balls. The...
BAROLONG SEBONI 22 August 2008
WHITHER BOTSWANA
This is particularly disappointing as it follows president Mbeki's various expressions of optimism about the prospects of his mission. From the outset, Mbeki predicted that the negotiations between the leaders of Zanu (PF) and the Movement for...
DAN MOABI 22 August 2008
Cartoon 22.08.08
22 August 2008
FIRST CUT
The American prodigy has over-leaped Mark Spitz as the most decorated Olympian with eight gold. Spitz amassed seven at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Phelps' story reminds me of a local radio programme in which listeners were asked to state what...
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 22 August 2008
Face to face with 'Chicco'
Mmegi: Can you briefly tell us about yourself?Nare: I was born on Christmas day in 1972 in Peleng township in Lobatse. I was born in a family of five and am the last born. We are now three as I have since lost a brother and a sister. I did my primary...
22 August 2008
Matsatsela' to be buried in Modipane
His close friend, Parker Mampori told Mmegi Sport that he first met with the nippy left-footed player in 1996 at Chiefs. He was one of the youngsters at the club at the time alongside Mareledi 'Pele' Moleboge. "I once stayed with him in the same...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 22 August 2008
BVF continues search for sponsors
BVF vice president in charge of technical affairs, Waboraro Mokgatla said they are still in negotiations with a potential sponsor and they hope to seal a deal before the end of the league. He said they started the competition without sponsorship...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 22 August 2008
Zimbabwean coach for Rollers?
The Zimbabwean was said to be, in Gaborone last week to meet with Rollers officials. The future of Rollers' Zambian coach, Dickson Ngwenya has been a subject of speculation in the past few weeks. Ngwenya has been under pressure after his charges...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 22 August 2008
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