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BDP recalls Moatlhodi
Yesterday the BDP attempted to match the South Africans when it recalled Tonota South MP, Pono Moatlhodi as the party candidate in the 2009 general elections. The decision was made at a BDP Central Committee meeting on Tuesday evening,...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 13 November 2008
Seven years in Afghanistan
Much has been accomplished along the way, for Afghanistan and for the world. In less than 45 days in 2001, we Afghans were freed from the menace of terrorism and the Taliban. Back then, Afghanistan's people held great hopes for an immediately...
*HAMID KARZAI 13 November 2008
Board member of Conservation International or President of Botswana?
This is prompted by the fact that our President is a member of the Board of Directors of Conservation International (CI). Questions that are to be asked are; who is responsible for his upkeep there, we tax payers of Botswana or Conservation...
13 November 2008
Is BCP a pressure group or a political party?
Dr Koma's style of leadership was responsible for the BNF's missed opportunities and present leadership crisis and lack of leadership intergrity. Sir Seretse Khama's style of leadership has laid a solid foundation for Botswana as a democratic...
13 November 2008
Thank you Be Mobile
Well, one cannot but marvel at the rate at which the local soccer is growing. If my ears are not failing me, the winners of the league will walk with a cool one million Pula! Be Mobile should inspire all those involved in the football...
13 November 2008
Cartoon Strip 13.11.08
13 November 2008
Youths in Kickstart training
More companies should be doing this because collectively we will have an impact," Molale said at the launch of Kickstart, a youth training programme of the Kgalagadi Beverages Trust, on Tuesday. Molale encouraged the 13 Kickstart aspirants on the...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 13 November 2008
Meet Mabutho the artist extraordinaire
He is a decorated artist and academic in his own right. "Some of my awards include the Best Student award from Russell Roads College and Best International Student Achiever award from Port Elizabeth Technikon (PE Tech) in South Africa" Mabutho...
ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 13 November 2008
Young Batswana brace for awards
The awards, which are going to be held under the theme, Young People's Active Participation in Development Process: An Imperative; will be the fifth since inception in 1999 as they are held biannually. The awards are open only to Batswana youth aged...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 13 November 2008
L'etranger opens at Thapong
The exhibition opens at 6pm.The exhibitor, Justice Gaga, is a Cameroonian artist who has been awarded a prize by the French cultural agency "Culturesfrance" and thereby given a grant to do an art residency in Botswana. She has been working at Thapong...
13 November 2008
DJ roots releases exotic house album
The album has 12-tracks and it is Mashona's first ever. Mashona prides himself in going for an exotic sound in line with European techno music played at rave parties in European countries like Britain and France. The exotic sound route...
ISAAC PHEKO
Correspondent 13 November 2008
Nightclubs take govt to court again
Tomorrow, Justice Key Dingake of the High Court is scheduled to hear an application from the nightclub owners who are seeking an order that the new liquor regulations should be declared discriminatory, ultra vires and to be set aside. The plaintiffs...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 November 2008
Tswana-American quilt exhibition on cards
Quilting is an art form that uses the infinite variety of fibers to make objects of extraordinary beauty. The event will be held at the Botswana Craft Gallery, starting on November 20 from 6pm - 9pm. It ends on November 28. Botswana Craft...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 November 2008
BBL sponsors Keone Mageu again
The tournament starts over the weekend at Glen Valley in Gaborone. The finals will be held next weekend at UB Student Hall. Speaking at the unveiling of the sponsorship on Tuesday, Tom Mpedi of BBL said their continued support for boxing is a sign...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 November 2008
Netball boss slams the media
She told netball people to shun journalists as they do not have good intentions. She said some media people enjoy sensationalisation when reporting netball issues. She claimed that the media is out to bring down netball. "Media is not going to...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 November 2008
Sister held in connection with brother's death
Mabutsane police station commander, Senior Superintendent, Steven Kebaitse, told Mmegi that it is suspected that an axe handle was used to commit the crime. "Investigations are still going on to determine the cause of death. We are also...
STAFF WRITER 13 November 2008
Policeman admits failure in Patlakwe rape case
Lebogang Sebogisi said he decided to charge Patlakwe with rape immediately after getting the testimony of the alleged victim. Patlakwe is said to have offered a young girl a lift from Mmakgodi to Gaborone and then went with her to a lodge in...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 13 November 2008
CMS fraud rises to P20 million
A Gaborone court was puzzled by the sudden arrival of one of the suspects, Jabulani Johnson, who was said to be under arrest in South African authorities over an undisclosed criminal offence. One of the prosecutors, Priscilla Israel told the court...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 13 November 2008
BCP starts early Francistown campaigns
The BCP fancies its chances in Francistown and is staging rallies to win council and parliamentary seats. Speaking at one of the rallies last weekend, the BCP council candidate for Boikhutso Ward, Onkokame Mosweu regretted that Batswana continue to...
SYLVESTER WAPPITSO
Correspondent 13 November 2008
Selebi-Phikwe, Bobirwa get new x-ray machines
As a result, Bobonong and Selebi-Phikwe government hospitals have not been doing X-Rays for more than a month and patients have been referred to Mmadinare Primary Hospital. However, the installation work for new X-Ray facilities at the Mmadinare...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 13 November 2008
Zims deserve your sympathy - Seretse
Zimbabwe is presently is locked in a political crisis after the March 29 and June 27 disputed election results, forcing thousands of displaced Zimbabweans to flee to neighbouring countries like Botswana and South Africa. Addressing a Kgotla...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 13 November 2008
The inspiration of Mama Afrika
Though she was an African, she was a citizen of the world. In Africa, particularly, the sorrow was too much to bear. Makeba was not fondly known as Mama Afrika for nothing. She had come to be an embodiment of the African cultural...
EDITOR 13 November 2008
Heads roll at Education
Mosoma was served with a letter on Wednesday suspending him with immediate effect. Last week, two senior members of Mosoma's staff, deputy director Bontle Menyatso and assistant director Cosmetic Molebatsi, were served with similar letters. "This...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
My client was not involved - Mack
Mack told the court that his client, who worked at the Ministry of Health as an Accountant, was not the only one responsible for payment documents at the accounts office. During his cross examination of first state witness, Baile Moumakwa, Mack...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
CKGR 'evictee' scoffs at Mogae award
Smith Moeti, 29, says Mogae does not deserve the Mo Ibrahim award for excellence in African leadership, which he is going to receive in Egypt tomorrow (Saturday). Moeti is doing his final year (BA Education) at the University of Namibia, with...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
No decision on Activox, says Tati Mine
Tati Nickel Mine manager for Organisational capability, Peter Meswele, yesterday confirmed that "no decision has been made on possibly resuscitating the Activox Refinery project". "What we said last June was that this is an investment suspension....
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Not too late to plough - Met chief
In an interview with Mmegi, the Director of Meteorological Services, Phetolo Phage, said yesterday that in their seasonal forecast for the period 2008/09 they had expected that by this time rain would be consistent, with normal rain showers. "The...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
16 to testify in P80m water project scandal
Public prosecutor Dumisane Marapo made the announcement at the Village Magistrate's Court in a case that implicates former Department of Water Affairs principal water engineer, Ephraim Kelaeng. Marapo told the court yesterday that they were ready...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Phikwe may not benefit from the World Cup
The recommendations included upgrading the stadium, airstrip and maintenance of roads linking Selebi-Phikwe with South Africa's Limpopo Province. The delegation said the projects should be undertaken by this year, but nothing has happened due to...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Germans win P120 million e-passport tender
But one of the companies, which lost the bid, AST Botswana, successfully challenged the award in 2005 at the High Court. The company had bid for P76 million. But since 2003, the cost of the project has escalated and the Public Procurement and Asset...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Remembering Mama Afrika
Before I could relay the depressing news to my parents, an incoming message on my mobilephone from my old man (who was at the time in Johannesburg) read: "Mma Makeba has passed on". As the world began to mourn and tributes poured in from all over...
LESANG MASWABI
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Miriam Makeba was a leading light
This lady of song was very influential in the music industry too. The Jazz songbird's music spread all over the world and permeated all generations such that new generations of musicians took her songs and remade them to suit their youthful...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
I had no reason to dislike anybody
Enole Ditsheko's partial memoir of his preparations to go to America, his first six months there and then some aspects of his return to Botswana, is told in 24 chapters across three books. It won the British Council and Books Botswana award as the...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 14 November 2008
Mugabe is ridiculous - Skelemani
Skelemani was briefing Parliament on the outcome of last week's Southern African (SADC) Extra-Ordinary Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, to try to find solutions to the Zimbabwean political crisis. Even Parliamentarians could not hide...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Paris fell in love with me
Directors Emmanuel Benbihy and Frdric Auburtin deal with all the interlacing overviews and day and night portrayals of Paris. As in any great buffet not all the dishes may match your appetite. This is true in Paris, je t'aime as they are of vastly...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 14 November 2008
Credit crunch creams off P2 billion from pension funds
Speaking at the Annual Retirement Fund Conference at Boipuso Hall on Wednesday, a committee member of the Botswana Pensions Society, Peter Hikhwa, said expectations of members often differed from those of trustees. "Education is very important,"...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Botswana to gain Frontier Market status
The term 'frontier market' is commonly used to describe equity markets of smaller and less accessible, but still "investable", countries of the developing world. Frontier or pre-emerging equity markets are typically pursued by investors seeking...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Water Utilities plans to duplicate North South carrier
Speaking to Engineering News on Tuesday, the CEO of Water Utilities Corporation, Fred Maunge, said the initial North-South water carrier project had cost the utility about P1,5 billion pula (approximately $350-million) and had started to convey...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
African Copper nets US$4.75m from copper put options
The company said in a statement on Wednesday that proceeds will be used to fund its working capital requirements at Mowana Mine near Dukwi. In May 2007, African Copper took the decision to implement revenue protection for the Mowana Mine by...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Government revives ostrich farming
Paya noted that since there were no facilities, stakeholders agreed on outsourcing the scheme that involves hatching and staff training on handling eggs. Because the ministry wants to resuscitate the industry, it found it prudent to start with...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Current account dips as imports outpace exports
According to figures released by the Bank of Botswana, in the second quarter of 2008, the current account surplus recorded a 42.6 percent decline from P4.8 billion in the first quarter to P2.7 billion. "This is largely explained by a decline in...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Butchers fall on hard times
Selebi-Phikwe butcheries are already reeling from the effects of a council bye-law banning the grilling of meat on braai stands on the premises. This has seen business dwindle with some small-scale butcheries forced to close. Prices of beef shot...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 14 November 2008
Tough times ahead as F/town run out of mealie-meal
In every supermarket and wholesale, Zimbabweans are scrambling for mealie-meal. After an eight year political and economic crisis, Zimbabwe is facing acute shortages of maize due to a haphazardly implemented land reform programme, a situation that...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
'Dear Commissioner'
We have recently investigated several so-called "traditional doctors" who advertised in a range of local newspapers. I believe that the products and services that they offer are illegal and that the Police Service should step in to prevent the...
CONSUMER WATCHDOG 14 November 2008
Khama surprises many at HLCC meet
The height of his non-conformity was the President's opening remarks, usually the highlight of this once-a-year meeting. Scores of private sector players who were hoping to make contributions at the meeting were turned away at the door by...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008
Barbarians are at the gate!
But we want to say it again today: the Barbarians are at the gate!The Central Committee of the Botswana Democratic Party this week recalled the Member of Parliament for Tonota South, Pono Moatlhodi, as the party's parliamentary candidate in the...
Editor 14 November 2008
Just how do political parties co-manage a government ministry?
Hence the decision of the leaders of the Southern African Development Community at their recent special summit that the said ministry should be "co-managed" by ZANU-PF and the MDC. Mugabe regards this as a huge concession by ZANU-PF to the...
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
DAN MOABI 14 November 2008
DTCB is committed to mutual cooperation
The business of the company is sorting, valuing, selling and marketing of an aggregated mix rough diamonds supplied by the DTC (the rough diamond distribution arm of the De Beers family of companies and is the world's largest supplier of rough...
14 November 2008
Women on probation deserve better
This year our president came up with some initiatives to try and absorb the majority of graduation in government ministries. These new government employees had to be on probation of one or two years.Probation is not a bad idea but it had not...
14 November 2008
Zimbabwe's political impasse: a tribute to Thabo Mbeki
Thirdly, as a mediator of Zimbabwe's political dispute, he actually did very well.This is despite the fact that at some point during the process of the negotiation MDC leadership showed lack of confidence in the mediator. I argue that this was...
*LESLIE S. BOTSIE 14 November 2008
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