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City Admin Puts Vendors Out Of Business
The operation targeted stalls belonging to barbers, vegetable vendors and other people operating small businesses. As they went about their operation, the over-zealous council employees threatened to beat up anyone who stood in their way, including...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 17 November 2008
Issues In Education
This article intends to look at this report with specific reference to Botswana.The EFA Global Monitoring report portrays Botswana in both positive and negative light. This report needs to be seen in the light of previous reports, for one to fully...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI&
S. WEEKS 17 November 2008
Etcetera II
Fast catching up are the celebrations of local anniversaries, which are coming at us from both left and right. Not so long ago there were the anniversaries of the Police and of Molefi Secondary School and recently we have had the 80th anniversary...
SANDY GRANT 17 November 2008
Health Corner
Not only does it more than double your risk of having a heart attack but it reduces your rate of recovery after having one. Cutting back is not enough. Whatever your age, make it a priority to stop smoking to reduce your risk of CHD and other...
R. CHINDOMU
S. CHIDZOMBA&
K. BHAGAT 17 November 2008
Tsodilo Hills And GChwihaba Caves Did Not Burn
To begin with, it is reaffirmed that the caves at Gcwihaba have not been burnt by veldt fires as alleged in your paper. They remain secure and in their original condition. There is, in fact, no damage to the caves altogether, although there were...
17 November 2008
Moatlhodi's Fate, A Wake Up Call
That a member of parliament could be blocked from standing for elections just because his views did not rhyme with those of the leadership is disheartening to say the least.Reports from the media indicate that Pono Moatlhodi , a Member of...
17 November 2008
Of Radio Active Waste Facility At Pilikwe
It is through this medium that I came across a newspaper notice recently of an EIA of a proposed Radio Active Waste Facility at my home village of Pilikwe. My modest attempt to find out more information about the project has left me with...
17 November 2008
Mugabe and Tsvangarai Are Birds Of The Same Features
The two gentlemen forget that none of them attained the 50% mark in the general elections required to form a government without power sharing. Whether Mugabe cheated or not should not be our concern because people are suffering as a result of...
17 November 2008
Tsa reng 17.11.08
17 November 2008
BMC Reopens, No Kill For Europe
Among 1,500 cattle, some were infected and others had been in contact with the infected lot. The risk group was culled recently. The BMC's two abattoirs, which reopen today, will still not be able to export beef to lucrative European markets, they...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 17 November 2008
Grading Of Government Supplies in View
This PPADB initiative should influence the procurement systems in the country and provide a viable platform for economic empowerment of local entrepreneurs. PPADB has already consulted the business community, procuring entities as well as some...
By Martin Nyirenda 17 November 2008
BMWU Withdraws Case Against BMR
BMWU's secretary general, Jack Tlhagale, has confirmed that the issue has been taken for arbitration but refused to comment about why the union had decided to withdraw the case from the Industrial Court. The BMWU and BMR lawyers have appointed Cyril...
By Oliver Modise
Correspondent 17 November 2008
BOCCIM To Hand Over Private Sector Study To
Trade minister Neo Moroka will receive the PSDS from BOCCIM officially at a ceremony at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) this morning(Monday). "BOCCIM initiated the development of a Private Sector Development Strategy for...
By Staff Writer 17 November 2008
OUT TO LUNCH
Now, everybody's favourite superpower has elected a man who happens to be Black. So, amid the euphoria and the speculation, I thought this a good opportunity to bring the subject of prejudice in Botswana to the table. It's going to offend all sorts...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 17 November 2008
Life With The Zimbos Turns Sour
FRANCISTOWN:It was in the middle of winter in 1978 as we sat huddling together, trembling like hung-over alcoholics in a classroom that had broken windows. Our teacher at Tsienyane Primary School was a lanky and dark-skinned Ndebele from the then...
17 November 2008
Tsodilo Hills: The Magic Lingers On
To some, Tsodilo is a magical place with a natural spring or sacred well that renews the soul and cleanses the human spirit, yielding blessings, and all that is good. The legend still goes that the spring is so sacred that if one does not...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 17 November 2008
Village That Gives Hope To The Hopeless
Their stay at the centre is however brief as they are transported to the centre every morning for short lessons and meals before they are taken back home to their guardians until the next day. Motse wa Tsholofelo is also a place where these...
By Kenneth Kobedi
Correspondent 17 November 2008
An Obama Moment For India's Untouchables
Could a person of colour win power in other white-majority countries? Could a member of a beleaguered minority transcend the circumstances of his birth to lead his or her country? While many analysts in a wide variety of nations, especially in...
By Shashi Tharoor* 17 November 2008
A Night To Remember
The event, organised by Exodus Live Poetry, was a sizzler as those who attended were treated to some of the best talents this country has ever produced, as the host of the evening Letsomo-la- Tshipa, rightly pointed out. Some of the local lasses and...
By Gasebalwe Seretse
Staff Writer 17 November 2008
Supa Ngwao Museum Hosts Arts Exhibition
All art forms including sculptures, paintings and photographs are on display at the exhibition, which comes a few weeks after Thapong held a workshop for artists at the museum. Monwabisi Ntuli, a curator at the Super Ngwao Museum, explained that the...
By Isaac Pheko
Correspondent 17 November 2008
Talking Musika
She had pleaded, as only she would have, with family and friends that there should be no excesses about the manner in which she would be put away once she had passed. She wanted to be cremated so that she could travel on with the waves of the...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 17 November 2008
Food For The Soul
November appears to be a month loaded with big changes worldwide. So why not jump on the bandwagon, catch the frenzy and vow to make a change for your health, particularly bearing in mind that with the festive season around the corner so much damage...
BAROLONG SEBONI 17 November 2008
Anglicans Seek Minister's Help Against Mwamba
The members want to force out the Anglican Bishop Trevor Mwamba who has refused to quit despite a petition calling for his resignation. The faithful say Siele should probe whether the foreigners working for the church have work permits. A source in...
By Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 17 November 2008
We Want Our Democracy Back!
Tonota MP, Pono Moatlhodi, raised this issue in Parliament recently when he responded to the President's State of the Nation address. Parliament is the very symbol of democracy and freedom of speech. Gone are the days when the ruling party's...
EDITOR 17 November 2008
Wonder Stage Last Minute Come back
Wonder scored twice in the last 10 minutes to collect maximum points. The game was locked at 0-0 at half time even though both teams had made numerous attempts to score. Wonder Sporting put their opponents on the back-foot and forced Tigers'...
By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 17 November 2008
Volleyball Sponosr Angry
"Although I am speaking for my own company, this may be true for other companies that are helping to develop sports in this country. We are being given a raw deal by the powers that be. They seem not to recognise the contribution that we are...
By Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 17 November 2008
Debutante Gives Botswana Women First Olympiad Win
The win helped the Botswana female team to a meritorious 2-2 draw against highly rated Yemen. Fide Master (FM) Boikhutso Mudongo and Tshepiso Lopang drew with their Yemeni opponents while Ontiretse Sabure lost as Botswana women recovered from a first...
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 17 November 2008
BNYC Denies Firing Suspended Director
"If we have discussed any issue and taken a resolution, a press statement will be issued," said Morima. He stated that the BNYC board met about a week ago but did not take any decision on Jonas who was suspended five months ago after some staff...
By Oliver Modise
Correspondent 17 November 2008
World AIDS Day Celebration Organisers Change Strategy
Unlike before, the celebrations to be staged in Selebi-Phikwe have been preceded by an education and sensitisation campaign and a survey to assess the community's level of awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS issues. The campaign and the survey...
By Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 17 November 2008
Youth, Elders Must Dialogue - Ex-BNYC Chief
"Culture should not be used as a buffer for youth not to question elders," said Nthoi when responding to a call by the United Nations (UN) for governments to embrace culture in policy development. The UN, through one of its agencies, the United...
By Tatenda Moyo
Correspondent 17 November 2008
60 Zimbos Netted In 'Operation Clean-up Masimo'
During what was code-named Operation Clean-up Masimo, 77 immigrants of Zimbabwean origin - 12 of them women - were rounded up. A subsequent sreening showed 60 to be illegal immigrants. At the time of going to press, Superintendent Thito...
Edgar Tsimane
Correspondent 17 November 2008
Mosutlhwane Days Are Back Again
The Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) is working hard to promote its own 'made in Botswana' rice as a substitute for the current stock which is becoming more and more expensive. This will not be a rice project around the Okavango swamps....
By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 17 November 2008
The Winners Code
Beethoven was blighted by deafness, yet he overcame the obstacles to become an accomplished and acclaimed composer and performer. It was said that man could not fly, yet the Wright brothers defied the gravitational pull. It was believed that it was...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 17 November 2008
Moatlhodi apologises and appeals to BDP
BDP secretary general, Jacob Nkate told Mmegi yesterday that the party has received Moatlhodi's apology letter in which he appeals the decision to deny him the party ticket. Nkate said the BDP Central Committee will today meet to preside an...
STAFF WRITER 18 November 2008
Botswana's Tawana ejected from BBA3 house
Tawana, who was put up for possible eviction by her 'bedmate' and Zimbabwe's Munyaradzi "Munya" Chidzonga, with whom she occasionally engaged in sexual encounters, received a shock of her life when the head of house revealed his decision to save...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 18 November 2008
Remembering Mama Afrika
As part of my own tribute to this fallen African queen since the news of her death broke I have been listening to her music and I appreciated the reason why the entire globe was saddened by her death. She sang in various African languages, European...
TITUS MBUYA
Staff Writer 18 November 2008
Blue eyes that get tangled
In the coastal town of San Sebastian in Spain two people meet momentarily on a bridge, one contemplating suicide, urging himself to jump, the other more determined, crashes through the rail of the bridge on her motorcycle, but instead of plunging...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 18 November 2008
Fuel price decline eases inflation
After an 11-month successive surge, the inflation rate has started to slow down as fuel prices continue to go down in tandem with international oil prices. According to the CSO, the Transport group index went down by 5.5 percent from 134.1 to...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 18 November 2008
Youth hooliganism poisons democracy
It is not clear whether the elders in those parties have abdicated governance to the increasingly unruly youth; or are they just feigning helplessness. Such cases are clearly evident in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. During the liberation...
Editorial 18 November 2008
The art of fighting crime versus South Africa's 'new' direction
Applying the same logic and slightly adapting the above definitions, it can be argued that the fight against crime (or the war on crime) should also be developed as an art. Not only does it then imply that the South African government must have a...
* JOHAN BURGER 18 November 2008
Cartoon 18.11.08
18 November 2008
Facilities will be readyfor 2010 - ambassador
"The Confederations Cup will give us a chance to test our facilities and more especially the security. Remember this is Africa's World Cup and we would like to involve all our neighbours. It will be important for some teams and supporters staying...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 18 November 2008
Khetho vies for prize at Olympiad
The list ranks 100 players according to points accumulated and is dominated by International Masters (IM) and Grand Masters (GM). Khetho is among a group of 52 players tied on three points out of four. He is ranked 59th in the list of 100 and is in...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 18 November 2008
TASC starts the chomp at Choppies
Bots Rail and Marwaneng were demolished 78-19 and 60-14 respectively by a formidable TASC side boasting national team players, Motlhokwa Motsumi, Ogone Gabaratane, Florah Keeditse, and Kelebogile Mangole. In Pool A, Continental Aces beat Phikwe...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 18 November 2008
BDP hijacks Masa-a-sele
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) assault on democracy continued yesterday morning when the popular Radio Botswana Masa-a-sele phone-in morning programme fell victim to censorship. Just as the show's presenter Mmoloki Mothibi, was about to open...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 18 November 2008
State loses again in liquor war
Justice Key Dingake made the interim order in the case in which four nightclubs Havanna, Ozone, Satchmos and Trekkers are challenging the new regulations. The matter will resume in court on December 2. The new regulations, which stipulate that...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 November 2008
Patlakwe rape case adjourned to Friday
Bogopa told Village Magistrate, Olivier Zvedi that the state had failed to establish all the essential elements of a rape charge. He said the testimony against his client was unsafe because of the many contradictions. Patlakwe is a former Btv head...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 18 November 2008
Disele joins flight of BNF big wigs to BDP
Speaking in an interview, Disele confirmed that he resigned from the BNF on November 4. He said he left the BNF because he was disillusioned with the manner in which the party was run. He believes that the BNF is not run properly. He said the BNF...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 November 2008
BCP derides Khama's military rule
"Parliament is ignored on major decisions involving huge sums of money. The presidential initiatives announced pay very little attention to the 2008/2009 budget passed by parliament. National Development Plan 9 has become just another document as...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 18 November 2008
Police investigate Kanjabanga/Ntime clash
The clash between Kanjabanga and Ntime comes after months of an unresolved dispute on who should represent the BNF at Gaborone North. While Ntime maintains that he has been transferred from Molepolole North constituency to Gaborone North and has...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 18 November 2008
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