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Gov't ropes in media in alcohol war
The directive orders the state electronic and print media to depict alcohol as socially unacceptable and destructive to society. Reliable sources say the anti-alcohol directive was issued this week. Government attempts to introduce a punitive 70...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 09 October 2008
Debswana sponsors volleyball tournament
The sponsorship was unveiled in Gaborone on Tuesday for the tournament billed to start on October 18 in Mahalapye. It is expected that 16 men and 11 women clubs will participate in the tournament. The men's competition will be played in three...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 09 October 2008
Foreign coaches dominate local league
A majority of coaches working in the Premier League are Zimbabweans with the latest arrival being Rahman Gumbo at Township Rollers. Gumbo who has coached in his country and Malawi, has been described as a good tactician. Other Zimbabwean coaches in...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 October 2008
E-tourism opens Botswana to global markets
The Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) and E-tourism International (ETI) on Tuesday launched what they term "an exciting project to implement Botswana's first E-tourism initiative". Dubbed 'Simply Botswana', the product was...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 09 October 2008
Botswana ranks third in resource investment safety
The ranking has been done by leading resources publication, RESOURCESTOCKS' 2008 World Risk Survey. The survey covered 74 countries in the world with Botswana and Namibia as the only African nations in the top 10. Other African nations that did well...
09 October 2008
Lessons from America's presidential race
This has been one of the most exciting American presidential campaigns in recent times largely owing to the world-wide attention and television coverage. We have seen how Barack Obama brought interest in the process when he started his campaign for...
EDITOR 09 October 2008
Alcohol economics and politics: the case for policy activism
Many perspectives are being offered with multivalent arguments coloured by economic, health, political, cultural and moral world views. As the debate rages and gains momentum, it is critical that the lessons on both democratic intentions and...
* JOWITT MBONGWE 09 October 2008
Cartoon Strip.09.10.08
09 October 2008
No end to Zwenshambe chieftainship dispute
The Minister of Local Government Margaret Nasha recently did not approve the recommendation for the appointment of the controversial Francistown nominated councillor and former mayor Peter Ngoma as the headman of records for Zwenshambe. Although...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 09 October 2008
Old BDP factions spawn new fissures?
The new-fangled fissures are believed to be the spawn of the old ones that have come to characterise the BDP since the 1990s - the 'enlightened' left of centre Kedikilwe-Kwelagobe and the rightwing Merafhe-Nkate factions. Both factions are known to...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 09 October 2008
Saleshando fires salvo at Khama
Speaking in an interview in Gaborone yesterday, Saleshando described Khama - a former Botswana Defence Force (BDF) commander - as an "autocrat who likes to take unilateral decisions". The Gaborone Central legislator said Khama should open up,...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 October 2008
Ministry urges distinction between discipline and punishment
The policy says that discipline should be viewed as a process of attaining self-mastery and self-control. It explains that students, who have learnt to be accountable for their actions are much more likely to be well behaved. The policy views...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 09 October 2008
DJ Sly comes up with a scorcher
The album, according to DJ Sly's spokesperson, Seabelo Modibe, of Lekoko Entertainment, shows off the DJ as a strictly house DJ who "does not play Kwaito, Borankana or Hip Hop in clubs but House. It is based on the fact that he lives and breathes...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 09 October 2008
Ambitious Uti aims for the sky
Speaking to Showbiz a day after his eviction, Uti said that while he went in hoping to walk away with the whooping USD 100 000 (about P670 000) prize money, his early exit "does not necessarily mean all is lost". He said that now that he is out of...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 09 October 2008
Two Mankgodi 'sons' and group produce album
The album that was recently released features six tracks. The young men, both hailing from Mankgodi village, have ventured into house-kwasa genre like most youths in this country. Group member, Daniel Morwaagae AKA Jabu, says that the album is a...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 09 October 2008
Shebeen under constant police siege - Bakwena
Since the beginning of the month, police have been raiding the club, eager to implement the new liquor regulations, which stipulate that nightclubs should close early. According to the new regulations, the clubs are supposed to...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 October 2008
Botswana has no border treaty with Zim, Namibia
A senior government official revealed at the National Security Strategy Review that ended yesterday that the problem is serious where Botswana does not have a border fence. He told Mmegi after the seminar that there is no treaty over the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
Grandfather's elusive remains: A source of family anxiety
PALAPYE: This week's exhumation of the human remains from the site of the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) for interment at Mmaphula cemetery in Palapye has left my heart bleeding. I am disappointed that the...
10 October 2008
Ralekgetho: celebrating independently
RALEKGETHO: The bumpy and sandy road that leads to this village is a real turn off. The joy and excitement that has characterised the atmosphere earlier on is suddenly replaced by long faces and feeling of regret as the vehicle negotiates its...
DAN MOSEKAPHOFU
Correspondent 10 October 2008
Tati Nickel in AIDS campaign and soccer tourney
The campaign is an initiative of TNMC peer educators under a partnership formed with the Northern Regional District Multisectoral AIDS Committee (DMSAC) and the North East District Health Team (NEDHT).TNMC's public relations manager Tebogo...
ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 10 October 2008
Francistown, the city of hope for Zimbos
FRANCISTOWN: Human endurance versus human capacity. Hard times are nigh. A twinge of compassion is felt when men and women overcome insurmountable odds to take home a 12.5kg bag of mealie meal. Everyone tells the same story: the shops are dry where...
10 October 2008
BNYC boss faces the axe?
The move comes after a recommendation by a committee appointed to probe allegations of misconduct against Jonas. The BNYC executive director has been accused of maladministration, corruption, victimisation and intimidation by some employees. There...
10 October 2008
Nigerian-based churches spreading like veldt fires
For instance the music, dancing and clapping from the worship team called 'The House Of David' of Winners Chapel International Gaborone from Nigeria, would make you want to join in. On a typical Sunday, a pastor clad in West African regalia,...
JACOB MAKUSHA
Correspondent 10 October 2008
Churches presence evokes mixed feelings in Block One
The message is explicitly crafted for all and sundry to see. While the advertising board belongs to the Botswana Life Insurance Company, it ironically readies a visitor for a religious reception that awaits one in the seemingly overcrowded low-income...
SYLVESTER WAPITSO
Correspondent 10 October 2008
Kaunda endorses Banda for president
The country goes to the polls on October 30following the death of president Levy Mwanawasa on August 19 in France. Chief Justice Ernest Sakala has confirmed that the successful candidates who lodged their nomination papers for Zambia's first...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 10 October 2008
Nissan's NP 200 to lead new generation budget cars
The reincarnated Mini Cooper owned by BMW was commercial and successful around the world; but on the contrary, the Beetle was not very successful because of its soft and so-called girly look. Fiat has also released a retro version of its legendary...
ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 10 October 2008
Botswana National Archives and Records Services opens private archives
The event will be held at the National Archives and Records Services building near parliament. The theme of the event is "Private Archives: Towards a Strategic Partnership in the Preservation of the National Documentary Heritage". This theme was...
10 October 2008
DISS chiefs raise eyebrows at OP event
Senior officers from the Office of the President (OP) could not explain the absence of DISS Director Isaac Kgosi or any of his juniors. The officers said they always invite DISS to security events but they rarely show up. However, the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
Makhandlela: The new broom sweeping TSM clean
Mmegi: Kindly introduce yourself to our readership? Makhandlela: My name is Opelo Makhandlela - born on March 3, 1958, in Bobonong. I attended school at Mafetsakgang Primary (Primary) Swaneng Hill School (Secondary) University of Botswana (BA...
10 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 10 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...
10 October 2008
BACK STAGE
It was launched on the July 11 this year to enthusiastic claim, at least for those who like their movies based on comic books. Hellboy I (2004) was also hailed as a "bizarre comic book fantasy" by Mike Mignola, brought to the screen by Mexican...
SASA MAJUMA 10 October 2008
No one is to blame in an epidemic
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 10 October 2008
Cartoon Strip 10.10.08
10 October 2008
Botswana 20 places up in global report
According to the report, which uses the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) as its barometer for the rankings, Botswana has gone up 20 places to position 56 from a list of 134 countries. Delivering the keynote address at the launch of the report at...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
Local investors reel as global markets tumble
In the first three trading days of this week, investors on the foreign board lost as much as 32 percent of funds and immediately analysts started to sound the alarm bells, warning shareholders to reduce their exposure in companies that...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
Political connections to blame for poor work ethic
Speaking at the launch the Global Competitiveness Index report in Gaborone on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Banny Molosiwa said politics is among reasons to blame for the carefree attitude amongst the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
Will the middleman of Botswana tourism be missed?
Last year alone, it is estimated that local tourism made P100 million, a figure industry analysts say is only 20 percent of the total proceeds the bulk of which lined the pockets of travel agents overseas.Travel agents have been in control of...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
Foreign-trained lawyers claim sabotage
They claim that the Law Society is sabotaging them in a bid to protect the market for locally trained lawyers. The society administers examinations to lawyers who got their degrees in foreign universities before they can practice in Botswana. One...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
PHK 'throws tantrums' over Inga 3
"I recently had to throw tantrums after a meeting that Botswana prompted did not materialise," Kedikilwe said this when addressing the media on the power shortages confronting the country. "The pace is not as quick as some of us would like it to...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
Some adults still believe in ghosts, witchcraft and thokolosi. Some still believe that Governments are best placed to run businesses. I confess I still believe that public transport and BX drivers CAN drive safely if they want to. But...
10 October 2008
A social worker- provider of hope for the hopeless
Even before the greetings, he is bombarded with complaints and issues that confront the villagers. He seems to be their only source of hope and their redeemer. All issues that range from social to economic hardships are presented before him. The...
DAN MOSEKAPHOFU
Correspondent 10 October 2008
How do women fight stress?
If you were to think back at a time when you were truly stressed, when you were nursing a clouded mind, don't you think these words ring true? Former US president Bill Clinton indeed got it right. Stress has been linked to problems like ulcers,...
NYAKWAR BARA
Correspondent 10 October 2008
Khama's intoxicating ruse
As we understand it, powerful figures in Government have instructed the official media to bombard the public with reports on alcohol. The instruction does not end there: nay, it includes suggestions on how these reports should be couched and skewed,...
Editor 10 October 2008
Hooliganism is in the BNF blood
The evidently peeved Khan, like a wounded buffalo, came guns blazing on one Banks Ndebele who had earlier called him to order for his somewhat wayward behaviour. It appears Khan remains unrepentant on his use of rough language towards other people....
10 October 2008
The unscholarly school girls
Granted, just a walk at the bus rank has prompted me to put this piece together. School girls, perhaps it will be more accurate to call them young women for there is about them a degree of adulthood not only in terms of obvious physical development...
10 October 2008
WHITHER BOTSWANA
The manner in which the party's leadership removed President Thabo Mbeki from office has hardened feelings among his supporters so much that it now seems as if only a miracle could save the unity that the party has enjoyed for so many years. Far be...
DAN MOABI 10 October 2008
NITTY GRITTY
1. NDB - what's this doing in political dictionary? (see below)2. NDB - a nationally developing bank that took 40 years to develop into a proper commercial bank.3. NDB loan - a grant given to big politicians that small farmers have to pay for.4....
BAROLONG SEBONI 10 October 2008
Zebras aim to finish on a high
Though the result of the game will mean nothing as the Zebras cannot qualify for round three of the qualifiers, Tshosane said it is important to win and finish second in Group Seven. Currently, the Zebras are languishing at the bottom of the group...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
Why no story on war against alcohol?
The newspaper only had an advert titled Alcohol abuse wrecks lives on the back page. On the page, a man is asleep and has by his side a bottle of alcohol. The advert says that alcoholism is the cause of moral decay, domestic violence, rape, road...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 10 October 2008
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