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High quotations stall destitute housing scheme

"I can say the scheme goes even beyond 2002, because when we revised the destitute policy in 2002, the housing component was still there, but implementing it was a headache," Masalila told Mmegi. He stated that President Ian Khama has pushed for the...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

African satelite landscape tilted

This is partly because of Sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth in the last decade, creating a market niche for other players in pay-televison, thus drastically shifting the Satelite Televison landscape. Many African countries have a small emerging...

16 October 2008

Phikwe diversification unit launch postponed

Among other key speakers was the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe. The launch, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed to a date yet to be decided. The Acting Coordinator of SPEDU, Disikalala...

MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 16 October 2008

Cartoon 16.10.08

16 October 2008

Long overdue directive will improve efficiency

This long overdue move is most welcome. Lethargic and unproductive disposition has for long been the bane of the public service. The resultant scenario has been poor public project implementation and poor service delivery. Scheming and lazy civil...

EDITOR 16 October 2008

Political power of our Courts should not be misjudged

Once signed into law, the Judicial Service Commission Amendment Bill establishes a binding code of conduct for judges, requiring them to make annual declarations in a publicly accessible register. It also bans them from any outside employment as they...

* COLLETTE SCHULZ-HERZENBERG 16 October 2008

A neighbourly option for Iran

Some are convinced that a nuclear Iran is the worst of all possible scenarios, worse even than the fall-out from a pre-emptive strike. But neither a nuclear-armed Iran nor air strikes against it are wise options, certainly not for this region. ...

* VARTAN OSKANIAN 16 October 2008

Skizo works on Chamza's debut album

" It is true that we started working on  his album,  we have been doing it in bits and pieces. It still has a number of things to be added. Chamza wants to add  some things, I also want to do something on it as well, so it is getting...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

Franco to fete fans with freebies

Followers of Franco, real name Frank Lesokwane, will be treated to hot-dogs, drinks and free t-shirts at the Chez-Ntemba garden at a show that is expected to start in the morning, for family audience, ending late in the night for the night...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

Local author spins tale of passion and revenge

It's been a while since I read a page-turner from Botswana. To my delight, Gasebalwe Seretse's The Pursuit of Xhai captured my imagination in its first few pages - on a bus to Gaborone - and wouldn't let me go. My enthusiasm intensified when I...

Reviewed by TOM HOLZINGER
Correspondent 16 October 2008

When journalists become tourists

Like most working-class people in Botswana, I have never had the chance to tour any tourist attractions in the country mainly due to time and financial constraints. So for me the tour was a great treat. The familiarisation tour started at...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

Fire ravages Nata Bird Sanctuary

The sanctuary is one of the oldest community-based projects in Botswana. It was gutted by fire on Sunday morning. The sanctuary manager Tshegofatso Ramontsho said  the cause of the inferno was unknown. She stated that the fire started 500...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 16 October 2008

Ripple effects of veldt fires on Botswana

Officially, the veldt fire season in Botswana starts in July to October, but this year, fire outbreaks started in April in earnest and have already consumed 70 percent of Chobe, 80 percent of CKGR and 70 percent of Ngamiland.  Other areas like...

MORERI GABAKGORE 16 October 2008

Girl dies after eating funeral food

About 100 people who ate at the funeral were hospitalised. Selokolela chief Motlalethebe Legabala said that he was also affected after taking a few bites of pounded meat at the funeral. He said that he spent a sleepless night as he had pains in his...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

New twist in traffic enumerators' case

The secret came out at a closed-door meeting between Roads Department officials and the National Amalgamated Local, and Central Government Parastatal Manual Workers' Union recently. The new development comes when the workers are still fighting to...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

Reinstate banned priests, orders court

The seven priests - Aubrey Molatlhwe, Botshabelo Beleme, Moreri Leteemane, Mooketsi Mokgatlhe, Paul Beleme, Essau Mosima (deceased), an d Patrick Ncaagae - will continue preaching at their congregations of Lobatse, Molepolole, Mahalapye, Broadhurst,...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

Softball team final selection over the weekend

The coach asserted that preparations are going on well for the Zone VI event billed for next month. He explained that their focus is more on the coming international competitions and they will use the Zone VI event as a build up. He said they are...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 October 2008

Bribery suspect threatens to spill beans

"I will expose a woman player who actually bribed an opponent in the last game hoping to overtake my player. A popular player bribed a certain player in the last round. I have all the names, but the point she got was immaterial because it could not...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

Dube chased from classroom

Dube has been ejected from the college in his first year because of failure to pay fees.  He has paid only one month's installment of the college fees. He told Mmegi Sport yesterday that after he was chased from the college, he rushed to his...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2008

Notwane ready to challenge for honours

Toronto have lost their opening two Premier League matches against rivals Gaborone United (GU) and BMC and is a pale shadow of the crack-side of the mid-1990s, which swept everything on offer under the guidance of Zimbabwean coach, Paul Moyo. But...

MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 16 October 2008

Daisy Loo, DPP in see-saw battle?

In July, Dow made a ruling barring the state from touching Daisy Loo's P24 million. Daisy Loo's judicial manager, John Hinchliffe, has indicated that the company is struggling to pay off creditors and urgently seeks the release of its frozen funds.In...

OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 17 October 2008

ANC youth visit BDP

In an interview Motsaathebe said the delegation will be led by the ANCYL president, Julius Malema. He revealed that the purpose of the meeting is 'to strengthen the relationship between the BDPYL and ANCYL'. The delegation will be on a three day...

OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 17 October 2008

The prophet of football professionalism

Mmegi: How did the process begin?KUBARA: There was a tender. Bidders were invited to submit and we did. Some time in the middle of this year we submitted our bid. There were standard kind of terms that they were expecting, we followed those terms....

17 October 2008

Auction goes wrong for Ramotswa man

Setilo finds himself stuck with a mini-bus he must pay P35,000 for, and he says he does not know how he got himself into that mess. He says he never wanted a mini-bus in the first place. The Ramotswa businessman woke up yesterday with  dream of...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

Primaries report 'riddled with lies' - Magama

Magama says that Phiri was Sebego's campaign manager and his report was crafted in such a way that it would ensure that the elections are nullified."He is on record saying that he will write the report in such a way that it will necessitate a re-run...

OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 17 October 2008

Monuments worth visiting

Mmegi discovered that some of the most controversial statues are found at the University of Botswana (UB).The most prominent monument at the institution is the 'Motho le Motho Kgomo' statue, which was erected in honour of the 'Motho le motho kgomo'...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

I like long walks and hate rude people

Shelley Darlingson (the indomitable Anna Faris) was delivered in a basket to an orphanage and then remained the only one who was never adopted. She blooms at late adolescence and then at 18 becomes a Playboy Bunny. She has never made a centrefold,...

17 October 2008

If you cry for someone, it counts as a prayer

The Opposite House is Helen Oyeyemi's second major novel. It has an unusual start. First there is the "somewherehouse" home to the gods that have been subjected to the Diaspora (but the gods do suffer in exile). There are actually a number of...

Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 17 October 2008

Botswana moving away from rent economy

Speaking in an interview with Business Week at the University of Botswana where he gave a public lecture on Tuesday, Microsoft's Chairman for African Operations Dr Cheick Diarra said the formation of the Innovation Hub and the establishment of the...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

'Aggregation will put Botswana on a global pedestal'

This week, De Beers Aggregation began placing adverts in the local media inviting suitably qualified personnel for job interviews in the new company that is going to the housed at DTC Botswana near the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. In an...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

'Africans need change of mindset', says Microsoft lecturer

"If you do not have enough resources, re-think your plan so that it matches your resources," Diarra said. "If we could do that, I am sure that would open a lot of doors for us around the world because there is a lot of goodwill out there." Already...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

Gov't engages private sector on NDP-10

GICO director general, Moses Lekaukau, told the gathering that government alone could not bring developments to the people of this country. He said that it was clear that the private sector needed to be engaged and strengthened to make Botswana a...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

'Watch out,' Lippe warns competitors

"There is going to be a lot of 'animation' on the market soon," Lippe said in an interview with Business Week. "People should just watch the space."Lippe has been tasked with leading BTC to privatisation and bringing Be Mobile to an equal footing...

WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

Batswana entrepreneurs asked to consider Brazil

Russell Dowding, a logistics consultant and owner of Business Solutions Network, was speaking on behalf the Brazilian Embassy in Botswana at the show currently taking place at the Botswana Conference and Exhibition Centre (Fairgrounds) in...

WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

After the Nata Bird Sanctuary inferno

There are black and greyish burnt Mophani trees and vast stretches of grass. The once eye-catching vegetation making part of the entrance to Nata Bird Sanctuary is no more."I was at North Gate lodge where I stay with my husband. We saw a column of...

SYLVESTER WAPITSO
Correspondent 17 October 2008

Will NEPAD survive after Mbeki's fall from grace?

Mbeki was forced to leave office as president by his ruling African National Congress (ANC) days after ensuring a precarious power-sharing agreement was signed by Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change...

EDGAR TSIMANE
correspondent 17 October 2008

Beer drinking is a social transformation that should happen

In too much use of alcohol Bastwana are just responding to what society has to offer - alcohol. With rapid urbanisation that has swept through the country over the past 20 or so years, Botswana has become one of the fastest growing economies and one...

17 October 2008

Couples tied in knots of debt

Most popular venues are overbooked and so are churches.So couples will celebrate the end of the year in style, visiting honeymoon resorts.But glamorous as weddings are, they come with their share of misery because they leave a neat dent in people's...

NYAKWAR BARA
Correspondent 17 October 2008

Drastic measures needed to deal with Mugabe

The Southern African Development Community (SADC)-appointed mediator erroneously thought the September 15 signing ceremony he presided over had paved way for a permanent solution to the long running crisis. To those who know Robert Mugabe well, the...

Editor 17 October 2008

Race and the US Presidential race

The reason that he is not, I suspect, is racism. When polled, most older white voters overwhelmingly reject Obama, even if many of them are unhappy with Bush. Indeed, one-third of Democrats have at various times told pollsters that they will not vote...

*SIN-MING SHAW 17 October 2008

Botswana Law Society going transparent

It is good to think they investigated the story in the interest of vindicating the erstwhile besieged Judicial Services Department. People should have trust in their judiciary, and the least thing that seeks to taint the good image of the...

17 October 2008

Please take us seriously - BDF soldiers

1. Under payment2. Mistreated/misused3. Messing/food4. Accommodation Under paymentWe as soldiers are not paid as people would think we are. A junior soldier who is a private is still getting less than three thousand (P3,000) and a commuted...

17 October 2008

Ozone Club gutted by inferno

The fire fighters were frustrated because there is no fire hydrant at Ozone nightclub.  Fire hydrants are an active fire protection measure. According to the fire fighters at the spot, they needed a hydrant to fill the fire engines with...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

Gov't response to veldt fire claims

We take this opportunity to reassure the public that there is presently no evidence to support any such connection.We can further confirm that the document is not authentic BDF stationary and therefore does not come from any BDF office. The...

17 October 2008

A political dictionary of Botswana IV

foreign reserves - game reserves where foreigners are kept to attract pulas -sorry-game reserves where pulas are kept in foreign places to attract tourists -nope that's not it - Pula reserves where foreign games are played to attract interest - Not...

Barolong Seboni 17 October 2008

Cartoon 17.10.08

17 October 2008

Reds next on Rollers' menu

  He described the combination of Berbatov, Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney as the most dangerous in the English Premier League. He said that he could not wait to see the quartet tearing opponents apart. Locally, such...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 17 October 2008

Botswana stands no chance in karate event - official

Moloi said Botswana has failed to field karatekas in all categories and this means that its medal haul will be limited. The situation has forced the coaches to select athletes who can be fielded in both kata and kumite and this compromises the...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 17 October 2008

Who will stand the pressure?

Tshepo 'Schoolboy' MolefeThere is no doubt that he has talent and he is enjoying his football at the moment. He has scored two classy goals in two matches. Molefe has the temperament for games of this magnitude and is likely to come to the party...

17 October 2008

GU officials see bright future

Accompanied by four of his officials, Babatshe Phaphane (vice-chairman), Kagiso Sebele (secretary), Losika Seboni (communications officer) and Malebogo Keetsaletse (assistant communications officer), Nkomazana vowed that they are going to work...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 17 October 2008