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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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14 November 2008

Lessons from the Moatlhodi fiasco

In his endorsement, Powell said Obama had the ability to inspire people not just in the US but around the world and in him he saw a transformational figure who can lead America forward other than his party's presidential choice - John McCain. His...

GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

Boko on exit (Part 2)

We also know that the opposition is not very strong right now. And that civil society is also very weakened to be able to protect our democratic system against these attacks. Is it not that, apart from the media, you as legal practitioners are the...

14 November 2008

The departure of a nonconformist

Justice Unity Dow's impending retirement from the Botswana High Court is not surprising given her unconventionality. Customarily, judges literally die on the bench. At 49, she is still a youngster in a profession where people retire in their 70s....

14 November 2008

The little known talents of Unity Dow

Time of the Writer literary publication noted that: "her writings which strongly express women's struggles for equality and justice in Botswana are based on her own immediate experiences of working in these areas". Her first novel, Far and Beyond,...

KETO SEGWAI
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

Botswana emits more carbon than Africa, Latin America

This is much higher than the emission for the rest of Africa which stands at 0.91 tonnes per capita. Latin America emits 2.14 tonnes per capita. Lesolle said Botswana's emission is higher because the country is "energy wasteful". "We live lights...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

A journey to Moeng College

FRANCISTOWN: Our long wait for the Moeng College bound trucks to pick us from the Palapye railway station had already exposed us to many risks.The motor vehicles that incessantly splashed some stationery water trapped in the black cotton soil at...

14 November 2008

Top of the table clash

The Ramotswa side is leading the log with 10 points from four games while Prisons XI is in second spot with the same number of points after five games. Both have lost one game each and conceded four goals. Prisons XI manager, Jacob Tonoki said...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 November 2008

FIFA hands over Molepolole Sports Complex

At the handing over ceremony at the stadium on Wednesday, senior FIFA manager in charge of development programmes Africa, Cyril Loisel said the renovation is a big investment. He said that all the support that FIFA is providing is to try and...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

MP slams be Mobile sponsorship

"This is a wrong sponsorship," he said when commenting on President Ian Khama's State of the Nation Address. Maoto said that while he supports the growth of national football, it is too early for Be-mobile to be venturing into sponsorships. He...

OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 14 November 2008

Clubs welcome be Mobile sponsorship

She said news that be Mobile will provide internet services and offices for clubs will make things easier for those in the football fraternity when they want information about a particular club or player. Her sentiments were shared by the BDF XI...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

Kubara keeps his financiers secret

"We know where the money comes from. It is shareholders' funds. We are not at liberty to disclose the identity," said Kubara ,whose sponsorship deal with Botswana football authorities fell through when he failed to show the money. He declined to...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 November 2008

New BNSC officials unveil action plan

Tau said they intend to work with all sports stakeholders to achieve the goals in the plan which some felt was too ambitious to be executed in one year. He explained that they are putting in place a foundation that can be used by their successors....

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 November 2008

Rivals meet in Soweto derby

With the local Premier League temporarily suspended, thousands of Batswana are expected to cross the border to the North West Province to watch what promises to be a thriller between the two Soweto giants. There is no doubt that the two South...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

BP and Castrol fuel 2010 World Cup

With 573 days remaining before the World Cup comes to Africa for the first time, BP and Castrol said that it is important for them to brief the media on their role in the event. Journalists from South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia and...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

The benefits of the MABC fiasco

If it was not for the insistence of Pula Sports Marketing that the value of the Premier League is much more than P1.5 million, the Botswana Football Association (BFA) and the Premier League Committee (PLC) would not have managed to secure the P15...

FIRST CUT
DENNIS KEAGILE 14 November 2008

Police arrest diamond theft suspects

An eye-witness said the men had many precious stones in their possession when they were arrested at a popular hotel in the city. CID deputy director, Matthews Maduwane said that they arrested three men with stones that looked like diamonds in...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

BNF draws election roadmap

BNF delegates converged on Mahalapye last weekend to strategise for next year's elections. The party's Publicity Secretary, Moeti Mohwasa, says the conference came up with a four-pronged electoral strategy. The first phase is known as Itlhokotso...

MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 14 November 2008

Potential BPP candidates fail to meet party deadline

"Only a few people have submitted their applications," he said. "Even where we have sitting councillors, comrades have not applied. They just assume that they are going to stand." Mpoloka said the BPP executive committee will meet next weekend to...

OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 14 November 2008

Botswana team ill-prepared for UN climate change conference

The breathtaking range of issues to be tackled include analyses of means to reach emission targets and identification of ways to enhance their effectiveness, capacity building under the Kyoto Protocol, greenhouse gas, emission from fuel used for...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

Police to mount 'Sobriety Checkpoints' over Christmas

A spokesman of the traffic police, Bruno Paledi, said at a press briefing yesterday that the objective of the operation is to have the community see the seriousness of the problem first hand. The police will involve the Department of Road Safety...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 November 2008

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