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BDP meets ANC
The BDP delegation had cabinet ministers Daniel Kwelagobe and Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi; and the party's political affairs and administration manager, Fidelis Molao. Kwelagobe is BDP chairman. Word has it his delegation met with ANC president...
STAFF WRITERS 26 August 2008
Mogae to know her fate today
The offences were committed in 2006. Chedza pleaded "not guilty" to the two counts before Gaborone's Extension Two Magistrate, Nokothula Moyo. It is alleged that on June 16, 2006 at around 10pm, the police on patrol along the Nelson Mandela Drive...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 August 2008
Magistrate to rule on P17million fraud case
Sierra Leone national Patrick Cole, Clement Molefe, Jabulani Johnson, Norman Maja, Aaron Babolele, Lebogang Kaisara, David Tumagole, Otsile Mosarwe, Jenamo Nfana and Bushi Nthibo have been charged with the theft of P17 million from CMS through three...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 26 August 2008
More shocks expected as Bulela Di Tswe nears
The BDP holds its band C primary elections this coming weekend, with 25 constituencies scheduled to hold the primaries, also known as Bulela Di Tswe. Already three sitting MPs have lost in the primaries. They are Ronald Ridge of Maun West, Rakwadi...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 August 2008
The funeral with a touch of politics
Few will forget her death as she passed away at a time when her son is vying for political office against Vice President Mompati Merafhe in the Mahalapye West constituency. What is certain is that her son, Bernard Bolele, had the painful experience...
SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANESS
Correspondent 26 August 2008
Thapelo Lippe to head BTC?
Sources said yesterday that Lippe, who is currently CEO of Microsoft in Kenya is likely to land the BTC top job that has been vacant ever since V.T Seretse left. BTC board chairman, Len Makwinja, said yesterday that Lippe is one of the two...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 26 August 2008
Ostrich abattoir slaughters cattle to survive
The abattoir manager, Freeman Mogaga told Business Today that they do not have ostriches to slaughter because farmers are not supplying them. "The little that they (farmers) have are for breeding and not for meat. We are slaughtering cattle...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 August 2008
Analysts predict continuous DCI rebound
The weekly market report from Motswedi Securities say the DCI closed last week above the 7,600 point mark mainly because of gains in financial stocks on expectations of positive earnings results. The DCI has staged a dramatic recovery since reaching...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 26 August 2008
Tawana Lebale in Big Brother 3
The weather on Sunday night was just perfect, favouring, the new housemates' glitz and glamorous looks, as they entered the house, which could be their home for the next 91 days. The show, of course, attracted a crowd of BBA enthusiasts, who had been...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 26 August 2008
Duo plan fabulous Miss Independence pageant
The duo of 23-year-old Koketso Moremi and Lindi Ndaba said that the pageant, which will take place at a spot near the Three Dikgosi Monument in the new Gaborone central business district (CBD) will be held under the theme: A re buseng ngwao ('let's...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 August 2008
Shirley optimistic about the future
That has not happened, four years down the line, she is still amongst the 'middle class' artists who are not so talked about, but not completely out either. In 2006 she released Tsoga maroko featuring Gong Master (Mponang Ketshabile), which was an...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 August 2008
BACK STAGE
Koktebel is an unusual award-winning road film. It explores the relationship between a father (acted by Igor Csernyevics) and his 11-year-old son (played by Gleb Puskepalis). The road from Moscow to the Crimean town of Koktebel is not easy,...
SASA MAJUMA 26 August 2008
Buffaloes show their mettle
The First Division side had fought Santos to a 2-2 standstill and the lottery of the shoot-out had to be applied to decide the winner. Though they lost to Santos, Buffaloes once again showed that they had not reached the semi-finals by fluke....
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 August 2008
Nico, ECCO fight over player
The dread-locked Zimbabwean international finds himself at the centre of controversy as ECCO try to lure him away from Majombolo. The dispute has been referred to the Premier League Committee (PLC) for arbitration. However, Nico United do not see...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 26 August 2008
Youth league launched in Phikwe
Guest speaker and Selebi-Phikwe West MP, Kavis Kario, said at the event that it was crucial the government commits more resources to sport. He said the government should ensure the provision and repair of infrastructure like the Selebi-Phikwe...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 26 August 2008
Double Action win Pro-Guard tournament
The team finished in the driver's seat with 16 points followed by Rollers with 14. Untouchable and Prisons finished in the third and fourth positions respectively with 12 points each. Lobatse side Roosters finished eighth and last with no point. The...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 August 2008
Pick-ups smuggle goods to Zimbabwe
It has emerged that Botswana Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers s at the Ramokgwebane border crossing do not check the pick-ups and Zimbabweans have taken advantage to smuggle stolen goods to their country. Top officials at the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 26 August 2008
Transporters profit from Zim economic crisis
Their well-known trademark is the luggage that fills their trucks to the brim.They have all of a sudden become the most sought-after motorists, a swift shift from the love for fancy cars that has hit our nation lately. For some people, they are a...
DAN MOSEKAPHOFU
Correspondent 26 August 2008
F-town Mmegi sponsors gender debate
In the hall, the atmosphere is electrifying. The noise is going over the roof. The hall is packed beyond capacity. Some of the students who have failed to secure some seats inside can be seen eavesdropping at the doors to try to grasp what is being...
DAN MOSEKAPHOFU
Correspondent 26 August 2008
Can manufacturing could save Lobatse, and Botswana
Various attempts to try and diversify the country's economy from the mineral driven economy have not been very successful in the past and our hope is that this time it will be different. The can manufacturing plant is yet another attempt to try and...
26 August 2008
Shock and panic
This is surprising in an era when treatments that work should supposedly be used with some uniformity. In fact, despite a consensus that ECT is the most effective treatment for severe depressive disorder, it comes at the bottom of the list in most...
DAVID HEALY* 26 August 2008
Soaring Asia trade benefits Africa
Despite the recent climb-down of crude oil prices- off historic highs- the almost daily reports of worsening economic growth prospects and rising inflationary pressures have made for a very sombre mood in the world's financial capital. Yet despite...
26 August 2008
Cartoon Strip 26.08.08
26 August 2008
Police sue govt
Other respondents are the Commissioner of the Police Service and the Attorney General of Botswana. Through a savingram dated 16 May 2008, Pearl Matome, on behalf of the director, suspended the implementation of scarce skills at the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
Mogae ordered to go for fingerprinting
The Gaborone Extension Two Magistrate's Court made the order after the prosecution alleged that Mogae had initially refused to be fingerprinted. Magistrate Nokuthula Moyo earlier on, discharged her of the offence of driving a motor vehicle...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
Culture Spears' Kulenyane grabs double platinum
The group's leader, Kabelo Mogwe, said that they were awarded the Double Platinum Award in recognition of their extraordinary achievement last June by the Replication Technology Group in South Africa. The company specialises in replicating DVDs and...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
Artists band for Sponsor-A-Child
The festival, an annual event, will be held on September 6, 2008 to raise funds for Sponsor-A-Child.It will be the third concert to be held for Sponsor-A-Child. The last two generated a staggering P104,000. The festival is organised by Sound of Hope...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 27 August 2008
BOMU elections postponed
In an interview, former BOMU secretary general , Winfred Rasina, said the elections, which were scheduled for last week Thursday, were deferred to give former members of the two consecutive executive committees time to amend the organisation's...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
Bisto's Uglyman
Remember that funny track Pusha Sekgoropa, which dominated at various drinking spots around the country? Most people who boot the CDs and cassettes of that album were attracted mainly by the clowning lyrics than its melody. But nothing will stop...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 27 August 2008
Botswana Olympiads impress BNOC
Although the athletes did not bring the country's first medal as expected, their performance has not gone unnoticed. BNOC programmes manager, Andrew Kamanga told Mmegi Sport that individual performances have shown that the athletes have done very...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
WASBO, SVM review to end soon
BNSC halted the operations of Women and Sports Botswana (WASBO) and Sports Voluntary Movement (SVM) sometime last year and ordered a review because the council was not satisfied by the way the two bodies conducted their affairs. Kemoeng...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 27 August 2008
Competition policy crucial for SADC-PS
Speaking yesterday at the SADC Regional Conference on Competition Policy and Law, Permanent Secretary (PS) at Ministry of Trade, Banny Molosiwa said that anti-competitive behaviour will nullify markets. "The liberalisation of markets in the region...
STAFF WRITER 27 August 2008
StanChart launches CSG centre
Speaking at a press conference to launch the new centre, the Bank's Executive Director of Origination & Client Coverage, Seseti Mogami said that the bank was geared towards enhancing service for both individual and corporate customers. He added...
27 August 2008
SADC free trade area scraps tariffs
This means that the region has been declared a Free Trade Area (FTA) by which movement of goods and services will be unlimited since import tariffs will be eliminated. Companies in the countries that have signed will sell their goods to markets in...
EDITOR 27 August 2008
Is Khama plotting against Seretse?
This question has risen after the President's amazing tours of the constituency in the last three weeks in the company of the minister who is fighting hard to ward off the challenge of former area MP, Tebelelo Seretse in the ruling party primaries...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
First the journalists, now their families
Another day, another death list. Despite having an arsenal of anti-press laws at his disposal, the leader of Zimbabwe's junta, Robert Mugabe, has resorted to using brute force and the threat of assassination to silence the independent media. Yet...
* BY WILF MBANGA 27 August 2008
BAU response on SADC protocol on trade
1. Agricultural products not eligible for preferential treatmentAnnex 1, Section 5 provides that agricultural products shall not be eligible for any preferential treatment under the SADC Protocol on Trade, 2. Non-Tariff Karriers to trade...
27 August 2008
Facts on the Media Bill, according to the ministry
The Public Relations Office [of Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology] notes with concern the numerous negative reports by the local media on the Media Practitioners Bill as presented in Parliament a fortnight ago. The suggestion that...
27 August 2008
Cartoon Strip 27.08.08
27 August 2008
Written contracts can help combat stigma - Kraai
One of the nagging issues concerning HIV and AIDS in Botswana at the moment is stigma. People have lost their jobs because of their status or on suspicion that they are HIV positive. Reports of people dying because of the stigma surrounding them...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
SA killers get 18 years
The two from Madutle Village in the North West Province were charged together with a Motswana man, Benson Keganne from Pitsane, for the murder of Gloria Mahowe at Maisane lands near Molapowabojang on March, 10 2001. Keganne had already been...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
Ngoma faces civil jail
The nominated councillor nearly spent 30 days in civil imprisonment for failure to service two different debts. The former Francistown mayor owes Onma Investment trading as Gwedzi Cash Loan about P16,000. In another matter, his company, JS Builders...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 27 August 2008
BTU negotiates with BEC on examiners' pay
BTU president, Japhta Radibe, disclosed that they recently met with the officials of BEC regarding the matter. "We feel the conditions are not good for primary and secondary school teachers. But we are still in discussions with them. Our view...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 27 August 2008
Deportee gets reprieve
Following a recommendation by the High Court, a settlement was reached that Mthandazo Sibanda, be reinstated on medication pending judgement on the appeal against his deportation. The lawyer for the Botswana Network of Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA),...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 August 2008
Jehovah's Witnesses hold Gaborone event
Jehovah's Witnesses will host their annual convention at the National Stadium with the first of the two local conventions in English beginning Friday 12 September, followed by the second in Setswana beginning Friday 19 September. This year's Guided...
27 August 2008
BNF scores own goals again
With just a year left before the general elections, the BNF house is on fire. Infighting has erupted in the perennially troubled party. While other parties are preparing for the general elections, the BNF is tearing itself apart once again. These...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 August 2008
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