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Monday October 31
Botswana loses its shine
But of late, the country has shown signs of losing a grip on some key governance attributes. Last week the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) launched 'The State of Governance in Botswana 2004 and the Botswana Governance...
STAFF WRITER 03 October 2008
Bakwena urged to use culture to fight poverty
The day saw a number of speakers who were unanimous that culture has every potential to improve people's lives, and help in combating the ever growing unemployment, giving individuals opportunities for self employment and creating employment for...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
White Collar to premier on October 31
After opening in Gaborone, the movie will also premier in Francistown on a date to be announced. Baboneng Film Company has been working on the production for most of this year. The movie was shot in Palapye and Gaborone and the producer Seabelo...
03 October 2008
BACK STAGE
Part of the success of Hellboy I lay in the cast, and at least five of them are back to support the sequel Hellboy II. Between the two movies Guillermo Del Toro made Pan's Labyrinth (2006) in Spain and it received Oscar nominations. Pan's Labyrinth...
SASA MAJUMA 03 October 2008
BOOK REVIEW
Jose Saramago is a Portuguese writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998. He has come again to the world's attention with the release, this week, of the movie version of his classic tale Blindness. Saramago, now 86-years old, lives in the...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 03 October 2008
Mosojane's last dance
This was his last dance in the judiciary. So, it was not surprising that the 70-year-old put his very best on the dance floor, perhaps in appreciation of the retirement party in his honour and colleague, Justice Thomas Masuku, who is returning to his...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Why Air Botswana, Comair talks collapsed
Ministry of Works and Transport sources privy to the negotiations say that one of the sticking points is the proposed retrenchment by the management company Comair. It is understood that as part of the restructuring of the national flag carrier,...
BRIAN BENZA and
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writers 03 October 2008
AK6 mining licence negotiations extended again
The negotiations have been extended by two weeks for the mining project, which is a joint venture between African Diamonds and De Beers. In a statement this week, African Diamonds said the details of the terms of a mining licence for the mine near...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
FSG raises P36 m from investors
The company which will become the first funeral services firm to list on the bourse had availed 36 million shares at P1 per unit to be taken up by both members of the public and institutional investors. "All applicants who applied for up to 3,000...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
BBS launches loan consolidation scheme
The company's head of corporate affairs, Sipho Showa said the mortgage bank offers customers an opportunity to consolidate their loans at reasonable interest rates. He said the rates are both below the prime-lending rate at 14.5 percent for people...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 October 2008
Natural gas discovered in Pandamatenga
The surprise discovery occurred during initial exploratory drilling by Nyati Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zulu Energy. The company announced last week that as a precautionary measure, the well was temporarily shut until the required...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Dikakapa truck hijacked at gunpoint in Jo'burg
The group had been invited by the Botswana consulate to perform at Botswana's 42nd independence anniversary celebrations. In an interview with Mmegi, a visibly shaken Moagi Lekone of Dikakapa said that they arrived in South Africa on a Thursday...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Forum told SMMEs are vital to diversification
This was said by the Director of the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) Ratang Sehuhule at the Bankers Forum at Tati River Lodge at which First National Bank, Venture Partners Botswana, Barclays Bank, Stanbic Bank, CEDA, NDB, and Standard Chartered...
ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 03 October 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
I confess that probably the worst offenders are consultants, that strange sub-species of humanity who wander round telling people the blindingly obvious in return for sometimes staggering amounts of money. Here comes a confession. I used to be...
03 October 2008
Khama does not love this country better than us
To be fair to President Ian Khama, we think we understand why he is so concerned with alcohol consumption, which borders on the abuse. The atrocities resulting from alcohol abuse are a compelling case that very few can argue against. We have seen...
EDITOR 03 October 2008
WHITHER BOTSWANA
The hateful system had often caused me unforgettable humiliation. So the delight I felt on hearing the initial news of its demise was to be expected. The news was especially delighting because although I had known that the distasteful system could...
DAN MOABI 03 October 2008
BNF expulsions- The platform responds
The BNF Temporary Platform wishes to respond to the points raised by the Central Committee. 1. The two comrades (Tafa and Modubule) are accused of 'constituting themselves into a faction, which waged a disloyal and slanderous campaign of...
03 October 2008
The nerve of KBL!
From a public health perspective, "the global burden related to alcohol consumption, both in terms of morbidity and mortality is considerable in most parts of the world" (WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004).Alcohol is a mind altering drug whose...
03 October 2008
NITTY GRITTY
1. btv - as in B-movies, B side of records and tapes. We are still waiting for A tv2. mels - to disappear into obscurity and yet claim to be in existence - eg " The elections are coming, just watch how many of these small parties will MELS like...
BAROLONG SEBONI 03 October 2008
Cartoon Strip 03.10.08
03 October 2008
Can Gunners do it?
Many pundits believe that the moment of truth has come when Chiefs' unbeaten record will be breached. After finishing the 2007-2008 Premier League season without a loss from 30 games, many people believe that the Magosi juggernaut will come unstuck...
03 October 2008
Tshosane looks beyond Mozambique
Zebras welcome Mozambique's Mambas at the National Stadium in Gaborone next Saturday in a game of academic significance. Zebras bombed out of the qualifiers last month when they were beaten 1-0 by Madagascar in Antananarivo. Botswana are lying...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Northwest students back in class
Students at the university went on strike last week, burning down buildings in protest against the dismissal of their colleagues from the institution. They were also calling for the dismissal of the university vice-chancellor, charging him with...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Uncertainty as stadiums close for renovation
The alarm has been caused by government's announcement that eight of the 12 stadiums in the country will be closed for renovations in a week's time. Previously, the government had said it has postponed the renovation of the stadiums to December this...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Francistown hosts inaugural open tennis event
One of the tournament sponsors and Francistown businessman, Vadakkeymadam Murthy said that the event was conceived one and a half months ago by the residents and their friends from Masunga. "We realised that there was a serious dearth of tennis...
ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 03 October 2008
Khubamang hails boxer's performance
Phelane lost the flyweight bout after a split decision last Friday. But his coach Khubamang said that despite the loss, he gave a good account of himself. He said the fight gave the spectators their money's worth. Khubamang added that Phelane...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Teenager in shock win at chess event
The development has raised new debate as to whether this could be a sign of decline in the women's game. Faith Mbakwa of Maikano Junior Secondary School in Gaborone was the shock winner at the annual Botswana International Open, which usually...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff writer 03 October 2008
FIRST CUT
While some doubt whether the money is available, many journalists have so far demonstrated a limited knowledge if not ignorance about the cost of running a club. Some journalists have even suggested that the league is not worth such a huge...
DENNIS KEAGILE 03 October 2008
Khama shuns independence celebrations
The National Stadium in Gaborone, which over the years has become the platform for colourful Independence Day celebrations was empty with no activity. There were no Botswana Defence Force firecrackers and war games, no police bands or traditional...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
UB library is underused
The UB had requested the University of Pennsylvania to undertake an analysis of the UB library so that recommendations can be made for the development of the library in the university's strategic planning for the NDP 10 period. A team from...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Khama steps up war on alcohol
In his Independence message on September 30, President Khama, who is the paramount chief of Bamangwato, blamed alcohol for most of the social ills besieging the nation. Perhaps an indication that his government would rather implement sterner...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
Councillors say Khama is 'lost' on stray animals
Khama had recommended the abolition of the programme, saying it was a financial burden on local authorities. But Selebi-Phikwe councillors, including those of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), rejected the proposal outright during a...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 03 October 2008
Ikalanga folk festival upbeat
For the folk, it was a moment of rediscovering and connecting to one's dim and distant past. For the young generation the experience was a learning curve. On display were delicacies of yesteryear such as Chimoni, Zembegwe, Mathunde, Serobe and...
SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANESS
Correspondent 03 October 2008
Another chieftainship dispute hits Kweneng
Some villagers are up in arms against a decision by Bakwena Paramount Chief Kgosi Kgari Sechele III to appoint a headman for them. In a letter written on September 29, to the Minister of Local Government Margaret Nasha, the residents accuse...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 October 2008
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