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P2m worth of stolen copper cables seized

Selebi-Phikwe Police Station commander Superintendent Victor Nlebesi, said officers raided a scrap metal yard on Friday and found 15 tonnes of copper cables stacked in sacks in the storeroom. Nlebesi said the value of the copper cables could not be...

MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 07 October 2008

Nigeria's Uti out of BB3 race

Uti left on Sunday, following Namibia's Lucille Naobes, 21, the second housemate to be evicted, after Tanzania's Latoya Lyakurwa, 21, who was the first to leave the house. Unlike the other two evictees, Uti, however was kicked out of the house...

MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Mos and Ghanzi group release gospel album

Moses, who is also known as Double Mos in music circles, said that the group was formed in 2001 and consists of six members. Moses explained that five members of the group are from Ghanzi and he is from Tsamaya village in the northeast. "The group...

ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 07 October 2008

'Defamed' duo threaten to sue radio station

Madumo has just left Yarona fm for the government commercial radio station, RB II.In a letter to the radio station, Tshesebe and Abram's lawyers stated that the two presenters claimed that their clients were found having sex with a...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 07 October 2008

The bike is the Devil's work

I ran has a film industry that includes 500 male directors, but only 10 female directors. Of those who are female, three are related to the great director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, his sons and daughters, the most famous being Samira Makhmalbaf, and...

BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 07 October 2008

FSG empowers local investors

FSG's Initial Public Offer (IPO), which ended September 22, 2008 was overwhelmingly supported with total applications amounting to 20.2 million shares for the eight million shares on offer. "We are extremely proud," said an elated FSG Chairperson,...

WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Where is the MABC tv sponsorship?

The league was supposed to have been launched over the weekend, but this has since been postponed indefinitely. Those in charge have indicated that the postponement was for a good reason. They want to launch when all else has been put in place....

Editor 07 October 2008

It's touch and go down South!

The question is controversial, when you listen to those who say Mbeki was denied the principle of natural justice. The NEC recalled Mbeki without hearing his side. The Republic of South Africa constitution, one of the best constitutions in the...

AS I SEE IT
MICHAEL DINGAKE 07 October 2008

Banks Ndebele must stop his hooliganism

In his fabricated and inquisitive so-called rebuttal to my previous article on David Sebudubudu's predictions, Ndebele conveniently decided to disregard the context under which my article was made and decided to launch an unsubstantiated diatribe...

07 October 2008

Torture by train - a true story

It is obvious that as the long distance bus fares continue to rise owing to escalating fuel prices, most people have resorted to travelling by BR coaches between Francistown and Gaborone, which is the cheapest. Travelling by BR coaches is cheap,...

07 October 2008

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07 October 2008

ANC assures Botswana of power supply

The minister was addressing the press yesterday on the power supply constraints expected to hit Botswana from today until end of November. By 2012, Botswana is expected to be an exporter of power when its Mmamabula project starts...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Giants in impressive victories

Rollers hammered Naughty Boys 3-1 in a pulsating game at the National Stadium on Sunday night to register their best start of the season in recent years. Playing Naughty Boys was never going to be easy as the Tlokweng side had shown in the...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Notwane woos Zambian coach

He said that at the moment, the tactician is finishing his assignments in Zambia. He added that at the moment, they are negotiating with former goalkeeper Tlhalefang 'Sheleng' Mogorosi to lead the team until the Zambian tactician arrives in the...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Sponsors reap rich after Gunners deal

On Saturday, a day after the launch of a P180,000 three-year-sponsorship deal, the company recorded booming sales during the match between Gunners and Mochudi Centre Chiefs. Vendors ran out of supplies after thirsty soccer fans snapped up all the...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Major villages to pay high water bills

The WUC Annual Report raises concerns that the NSCW will come under tremendous pressure due to government plans to connect it to major villages. The NSCW was commissioned in 1999-2000 and has been hit with major leakages. The WUC Annual Report...

ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Botswana wants Mbeki to break Zim impasse

Botswana has expressed concern over the current cabinet posts-sharing impasse between ZANU-PF, MDC-Tsvangirai and MDC-Mutambara in the Zimbabwean government of national unity. The Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement...

TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Half a million Pula to rescue Tsodilo Hills from fires

The acting permanent secretary at the ministry, Moses Nkgowe, told Mmegi that when they learnt about the approaching fires last Thursday, an emergency meeting approved the P500, 000 budget for the construction of fire-breakers around the area amid...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

BNF struggles to douse G-North fires

There is a dispute as to who is eligible to contest the BNF primary elections in Gaborone North. The former chairman of the BNF Youth League, Gabriel Kanjabanga insists that he should be declared the party' s sole parliamentary candidate for the...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 07 October 2008

Mmegi F/town toasts five great years

At a colourful event that was packed with clients, fellow media houses, the newspapers' avid readers and Mmegi staff from Gaborone, Francistown and Selebi-Phikwe, Mmegi Northern Bureau, which is one of the Dikgang Publishing Company (DPC) branches,...

PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

School turns challenges into opportunities

Deserving members of the school community were awarded certificates, trophies and presents in recognition of their outstanding work during the ceremony whose theme was Cultivating a Culture of Excellence. The General Manager of the Botswana Meat...

SYLVESTER WAPITSO
Correspondent 07 October 2008

Designer Abdoola motivated by Junk't

"I had wanted to enter the last two years, but the show always happened around exam-time and I missed out, but this time around, I made sure that I started preparations well on time," Abdoola says, adding that he entered the competition under his...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 07 October 2008

Softball mourn 'Ausi Posh'

At 52 years, Mokgotlhe was the oldest player in local softball. She played for BDF IX women and doubled as national team coach. She died a week after being hospitalised following a motor accident in South Africa. She was injured when her car...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 08 October 2008

Of Moupo and the politics of discontentment within the BNF

With most African states patched up with political disapproval for their former colonies, and content with the power to self-govern; it comes into sight that to do so proficiently, maturely and dignifiedly is a daunting task. The paradigm shift is...

08 October 2008

La Strada on Wall Street

The market, they insist, regulates itself. But, more than 50 years ago, the Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson, contradicted this idealisation of markets in graphic terms: absolute freedom for the market will lead to Rockefeller's dog getting the milk...

*ALFRED GUSENBAUER 08 October 2008

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08 October 2008

Nerws Briefs

Mothusi Ratshipo is said to have given the boy a ride on his bicycle and on the way raped him in a deserted structure outside the village. He had pleaded not guilty. The magistrate was not happy with the conduct of the accused by failing to show...

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BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

Court clears Banda for presidential race

Anti-Rigging Zambia Limited had sued Banda, saying he ceased being a member of the National Assembly after filing nominations as a presidential candidate for the ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) to participate in the October 30...

HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 08 October 2008

Botswana on fire again

With about 60 percent of the country's protected and heritage sites wiped out, the tourism industry is bound to be in the doldrums. It goes without saying that there could have been some cancellations of bookings to the affected tourist...

08 October 2008

Theft, pregnancies and alcohol rock LSSS

Welcoming guests, parents and students, school head Tamuhla Jorosi said yesterday that despite its successes LSSS has serious challenges. "First on the list is alcohol consumption by students. It is a small number of students who partake alcohol. It...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 08 October 2008

Botswana does not own land along its borders

Highly placed government officials revealed that this makes it difficult for security forces and government agencies like the immigration department to access the farms mainly owned by white Batswana of South African origin. The farms are fenced...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

BDP dismisses Maoto appeal as Ngoma, Muzila get lifeline

Mmolotsi got the ticket after the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) dismissed an appeal against his win in the party primaries by current MP, Khumongwana Maoto. The legislator and another loser in the parliamentary race, Godknows Robi had filed an...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 08 October 2008

Man sues for castration of bull

Giving evidence before Village Chief Magistrate Lot Moroka, Mokoko pointed out that he wanted to be compensated about P14,000 for the bull and P25,000 for damages. He told the court that he arrived at P14,000 because of the characteristics of the...

ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

Money issue resolved at Zebras?

Speaking to journalists yesterday, Tshosane said he was glad that the issues that have been dogging the team have been resolved although he did not go into details. After the Zebras lost 1-0 away to Madagascar, it was claimed that failure to pay...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

ANC stalwart to address BDP women's fundraiser

BDP women's wing chairperson Tebelelo Seretse says they invited the ANC official to share with them how to empower women in politics. "We have a relationship with the ANC," Seretse says. "He will be coming as the guest speaker. You will realise...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff writer 08 October 2008

'Hope springs eternal,' says orphaned volunteer

The family unit, which is the nucleus of society, has been swayed by winds of change, carrying influences of different civilisations. But the African extended family principle, in which relatives support one another, especially the weak and poor,...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

Infectious disease strikes

This advice comes in the wake of reports that an unknown highly infectious disease has been identified in South Africa. In a press release the ministry also implores people who sought medical attention in that country's province's health...

STAFF WRITER 08 October 2008

The new Nkate and the Policy Forum

The man of the moment was Education Minister and BDP secretary general, Jacob Nkate. After months of controversy and the resultant battered image, Nkate needed something to revamp his political career and reputation. On Monday, he got the political...

08 October 2008

Ngoma's crimes catch up with him

The minister declined to approve the appointment of the former Francistown mayor as headman of records because he has previous convictions on various offences by a magistrate. The minister, through her Permanent Secretary Thato Raphaka, quoted...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 08 October 2008

Chiefs attack referee Bondo

Chiefs' communications manager, Clifford Mogomotsi said Bondo always gives a Chiefs' player a red card whenever he is in charge of a game involving the Kgatleng giants. Against Gunners, Chiefs' captain Pontsho Moloi was dismissed for dissent in the...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

Four up for possible eviction

Tawana is up for possible eviction alongside Kenya's Sheila Kwamboka, Malawi's Hazel Warren, and once again through head of house powers of replacement, Angola's Ricardo Venancio, fondly referred to in the house as Ricco. Call it fair or unfair,...

MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

Five-year show to beam Bots to Europe

The reality show will run for the next five years. Botswana will not commit any money towards the production, according to the Botswana Tourism Board (BTB) officials who said yesterday that they would only be providing logistical support. BTB...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

Kolobe, the Queen of the runway

Jersey Kgoreletso was always happy when her grandchild brought beauty pageant trophies home and encouraged her to keep at it to attain perfection. "As old as she is, my grandmother still follows my career and if she sees me poorly groomed, she...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

Firestone accelerates decision on new mine

Kenny told MiningWeekly online that the BK11 mine might be advanced to the first quarter of next year and production to 2010.Drilling and bulk sampling at BK11 is ahead of schedule, with results now expected before year-end. The Aim-quoted Firestone...

STAFF WRITER 08 October 2008

Diamond Hub attracts world's best gemologists

The Diamond Hub has struck a deal with the USA's GIA (Gemological Institute of America), the world's largest and most respected non-profit institute of gemological research and learning. Conceived 75 years ago in the tradition of Europe's most...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 08 October 2008

The second coming of Lippe

But this time, we have to buckle the trend and celebrate the appointment of Thapelo Lippe as Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) Chief Executive Officer. During the heated campaigns for the 1984 Gaborone South by-election, then Vice...

EDITOR 08 October 2008

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