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Mathokgwane acquitted
Mathokgwane was in the second month of his sentence after being convicted by Broadhust Principal Magistrate Nehemiah Mugoni of raping a nine year-old girl at Old Naledi on March 30, 2006. Mathokgwane appealed to the High Court. In his appeal, he...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 25 September 2008
Miss Independence show on
The pageant, according to organiser Koketso Moremi, will feature 12 young contestants selected in July this year. The event, which starts 6.30 pm, will have a music galore, featuring musicians like Maxy, Eureka, The Real Magosi, and Vebrok. As...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 25 September 2008
Miss Ravos here again
A very popular item on the Kanye Showbiz calendar, the event once more promises to pull big crowds. Beauty enthusiasts should brace themselves for an even elegant event considering that the man at the head of the organisation of the event has a...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 25 September 2008
If the expulsions have restore order - so be it
Several members of cabinet have resigned in protest over Mbeki's resignation. Our hope is that what is seemingly a political crisis will die down with the passage of days. With the ruling African National Congress having recalled its president...
EDITOR 25 September 2008
The American anti-intellectual threat
Examples include the war in Iraq, launched by the US on false premises, obstructionism on efforts to curb climate change, meager development assistance, and the violation of international treaties such as the Geneva Conventions. While many factors...
*JEFFREY D. SACHS 25 September 2008
Enforcement of smoking ban inadequate
The smoking ban was expected to usher in a new era in which non-smokers would access public places like restaurants, buses, hotel lobbies, bars and offices without having to worry about finding such places enveloped by life threatening...
25 September 2008
Report illegal hunting operations
He strongly advised the hunting industry to monitor and discipline members rigorously.In response to this challenge, the representative body of the Botswana hunting industry, BWMA, and its members are committed to abiding by their Code of Conduct,...
25 September 2008
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25 September 2008
CEDA launches new scheme for Farmers
Addressing Pandamatenga farmers recently, CEDA chief executive Dr Thapelo Matsheka said he was glad to announce CEDA's new scheme called Ipelege Agricultural Scheme in which farmers will be assisted with seasonal loans for working capital and the...
BILLY CHIEPE
Correspondent 25 September 2008
BSB mauls non-guaranteed loans
Speaking at the official opening of the first BSB branch here last Friday, the Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning Guma Moyo said the opening of the branch was a demonstration of a broader commitment by the bank to promote the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 25 September 2008
UB teams Visit De Beers Laboratory
De Beers Botswana had extended an invitation to the faculty members to enable them to witness firsthand the possibility of collaboration between the two organizations. DebTech is the arm of the De Beers Group that focuses on mining and...
25 September 2008
Magistrate to deliver judgement in warders' case
The suspects Oganne Dekesu, Daniel Poulo, Mpho Basia and Onkgolotse Mokgatle are alleged to have assaulted a Zimbabwean man, Willington Madubeko, who was admitted as an in-patient at Princess Marina Hospital in August last year. Madubeko said he...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 September 2008
Kamwimba still to join Nico
Reports say that the Zambian is trying his luck in Mauritius. Kamwimba was signed by Nico during the transfer window but went to the Indian Ocean island to seek greener pastures. Reports say that in Mauritius, he was offered a similar deal to the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 25 September 2008
Tswapong to host 50km relay
BAA president Moses Bantsi said at a press conference yesterday that they expect about 300 participants at the open event. The race will be run by five athletes with each covering 10km. Bantsi said the relay is a response to the general public...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 25 September 2008
New Btv line-up annoys RETENG
Professor Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo, the secretary general of RETENG lamented that the government is not willing to listen to those who want to promote other indigenous languages. She said they have tried to approach government on the use of more...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 September 2008
Sixty million condoms distributed in two years
PSI technical services manager, Diana Gourvenec said the NGO helped the government distribute 50 million free condoms in the last two years. In addition, PSI sold nine million of its Lovers Plus condom brand. Gourvenec was speaking at the launch of...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 25 September 2008
Plans to make colleges of education autonomous
He revealed that the colleges have identified a task force to come up with what is expected of the colleges once they become self-governing. Masebola said the colleges are waiting eagerly to be given the opportunity to run their affairs. "We are...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 25 September 2008
Gospel sensation releases another album
She explains that Africa is a story in which she wants to share her experiences after travelling around the world as a musician. The gospel muso, who has been to countries like China and Nigeria, says the world is facing many challenges, including...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 25 September 2008
Cash shortage could delay Bathoen statue
The clay mould is now ready to go for the next stage before it is ferried to South Africa for the final bronze stage. Seepapitso and the committee approved it though the Bangwaketse leader advised that the rose on his jacket pocket be removed. The...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 25 September 2008
No. 1 Ladies' Detective movie continues?
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency movie, starring American songbird, Jill Scott, as the main actor and the lady detective, is being continued in Gabane, four kilometres from Gaborone. Jill Scott stars as Mma Ramotswe, a lady...
MEEKAEEL SIPHAMBILI
Correspondent 25 September 2008
Molepolole to host cultural festival
The annual festival scheduled to begin early in the morning and go on until late, is aimed at promoting a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Kweneng cultural heritage, while at the same time offering leisure for the discerning enthusiast....
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 25 September 2008
Khama method under scrutiny in alcohol case
In an affidavit submitted in an urgent application by the alcohol industry to have the controversial alcohol levy stopped, KBL and BBL managing director, Lehlohonolo John Matsela, says that Khama is more interested in arbitrary decisions than the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Mogende: fiery, firebrand, outspoken and humble
The towering Mogende was a humble man, described by many as a capable union leader. His death sparked outpouring condolence messages from across the spectrum. Mogende wore many hats during a life that spanned 56 years and came to a brutal end on...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 26 September 2008
Domboshaba festival promises thrills
To the Bakalanga people, Domboshaba hill is what Mecca is to the Islamic world. Like pilgrims journeying to Mecca for a spiritual revival, Bakalanga people, both young and old, are this weekend expected to throng the Domboshaba hill for a cultural...
SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNES
Correspondent 26 September 2008
Two artists exhibit at Supa Ngwao
Dichaba and Seabo are both secondary school art teachers. They expressed their disappointment as members of the public did not turn up for the exhibition during the opening night. The two artists are graduates of the Molepolole College of Education...
ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 26 September 2008
Kraai makes ends meet chiselling dead wood
However, there are some Batswana who are into this type of art. One such artist is Mogoditshane-based ,Ziki Vincent Kraai, who once worked for Thapong Visual Arts Centre. While most of his peers retired and went into farming, Kraai decided to make...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 September 2008
BACK STAGE
Its main redeeming grace is that it is a serious satire of the whole movie industry, but its drawback is that it employs extreme and absurd situations to achieve its objectives. A lot of the references to other films will go over your head the first...
SASA MAJUMA 26 September 2008
BOOK REVIEW
The great Russian artist Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) comes alive in Dancer, a brilliant and complex novel by Colum McCann. It is a work of fiction, not a biography, but it reads more like an expanded autobiography. It begins in Russia during the...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 26 September 2008
BCL pays over half a billion to creditors
The General Manager of BCL Mine, Montwedi Mphathi, was in Gaborone on Tuesday to settle the mine's subordinated debt of P430 million given in US dollars (US$65 million) and P12 million to the government. "We are very grateful to Government for...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Lippe is the new BTC CEO
Len Makwinja said Lippe will takeover the reins at BTC from October 1 on a three-year contract and that the Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Pelonomi Venson-Motoi has approved Lippe's appointment. "I can confirm we have appointed...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Poverty is on the decline - professor
Speaking at the recent Decent Work workshop at Boipuso Hall in Gaborone, Economics professor at the University of Botswana Happy Siphambe said a part of the poverty reduction comes from social safety nets, although the problem is that they are...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Another set of counterfeit banknotes in circulation
According to a statement released by the bank's spokesperson Chepete Chepete , the P100 counterfeits bear the serial numbers G/27 832232; G/33 636820; G/29 894749; and, G/24 419516. The P50 counterfeit bears serial number F/30...
26 September 2008
Botswana going Zim way - experts
He called on the press to reject the bill. He urged Botswana to come up with a Freedom of Information Act instead of the discredited bill that is due to be debated in Parliament at the November sitting. Louw was speaking at a one-day conference...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Exporters told to prepare for stiffer competition
Opening the annual general meeting of the Botswana Exporters and Manufacturers Association (BEMA) recently, Trade and Industry Minister Neo Moroka said these developments meant more intensified competition. "It is therefore absolutely vital that...
26 September 2008
Mmegi F/town office turns five
I remember some people signalling a 'warning' that it was only a matter of time before we reverted to the old order of a weekly, citing the market forces. The main issue being that the printing costs and generally the generation of advertising...
26 September 2008
A ray of hope for orphaned children
As such, many have succumbed to emotional turmoil and perennial thoughts of their late parents. The retreat camps that the government has introduced to provide the psychosocial support have proven that indeed, such children are bottling up...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Batswana deserve better
In the 1960s, Africa experienced a stampede for independence. The independence of the Gold Coast, re-christened Ghana, opened the scorecard in 1957. Harold Macmillan, the Tory Prime Minister of Britain, portrayed the domino effect of Ghana's...
26 September 2008
The young helpless restless
Every morning they rush to this place; the labour office in central Gaborone. Their faces showing of the frustration they have to endure, waiting and waiting and more waiting has become a characteristic of their lives; they wait and wait. Perhaps...
26 September 2008
The state press is undemocratic
The dominant source of information was the South African press, modelled on the overarching political system of apartheid or racial segregation as a form of state ideology. The 'Bantu World' was supposedly tailored to the needs of the 'non-whites' in...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE
Correspondent 26 September 2008
Caught between past and present
Recently, I caught the advance publicity about a BBC TV programme, which was going to explain, why the tourism industry in India is so much less significant than that of other Asian countries such as Thailand and Malaysia? Unfortunately, I missed...
26 September 2008
Icons of modern Botswana architecture
It is that time of the year when we get to celebrate Botswana's existence as an independent nation, celebrating 42 years of independence. To most people it is a day to look forward to and celebrate the lives of the great chiefs that made Botswana...
26 September 2008
The Olsen behind award-winning videos
If the Channel O Music Video Awards are anything to go by, Shike is Botswana's premier music video director. His work first caught everyone's attention when music video fans across the continent voted Mista Doe's Hot to Death video, done in...
26 September 2008
Mafolofolo face tough test
After struggling to reach the final, Mafolofolo comes up against a formidable BDF VI side boasting good players like Lee Tshipana and the towering Francis Dingwe. Soldier-dominated BDF VI have won more cups than any other volleyball club in the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 September 2008
Govt tightens passport screws
Tsiane says in a press statement that the replacement cost of a lost passport would go up to P1, 000. This is one of the new developments government has adopted to protect the integrity of Botswana passports. "In view of the current security risks...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Young Zebras start final assault
A comprehensive, win tomorrow will make the Zebras task easier during the return leg in Kimberley in two weeks'time. The last time Botswana made an appearance at the continental youth showpiece was in 1994 in Mali where the Young Zebras were...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Mafolofolo, Kutlwano fight for supremacy
In the opening women's final which is expected to kick off at 1.30pm, favourites Mafolofolo will once again confront blood rivals Kutlwano. Games between the two giants have never disappointed and this clash will be no exception. Mafolofolo cruised...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 September 2008
Player gets counselling after leg-breaking tackle
TASC spokesperson, Jonas Ikgopoleng said that they have appointed a club official to counsel the player after his tackle from behind broke Mothusi's leg. He said that although he was not at training when the incident happened, they have talked to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 September 2008
Standard Bank sponsors Independence Open
About 200 players took part in the event that had a women section for the second year running. Standard Bank head of consumer banking, Michael Wiegand said the relationship between the bank and the tournament has been sustained for decades. "We have...
26 September 2008
Shock as BFA dissolves women soccer bodies
The former commission chairperson Senki Sesinyi got the shock of his life on Wednesday when he was summoned to the BFA offices to be informed of the dissolution. Sesinyi who was reluctant to discuss the issue said no explanation was given for the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 September 2008
Can Thammano inspire Killer Giants?
After failing once again at the last hurdle to make it to the elite league, the Ramotswa side recruited the ageing midfielder from the defunct Blue Diamonds.Thammano is not worried that he might not match the pace of young players. He says he uses...
26 September 2008
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