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Motsumi speaks on HIV and AIDS
Today marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Over the last 20 years we have dedicated December 1st as the day in which we all pause to reflect on the global fight against HIV/AIDS and re-dedicate ourselves to achieving an AIDS free world. The...
02 December 2008
Defined not by chance but by a hunch
Apparently, the show has been running on Hungarian television since last month and the final episode was due on Sunday.The show came as a result of agreements between the government of Botswana through the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and...
BACK STAGE
SASA MAJUMA 02 December 2008
Don B, the creative genius
Don B, as he is called in music circles, has never been afraid to try anything new and you should have been at Lions Park on Saturday night to see just how creative he can be in his dance. How many of us knew what a good rapper he is? Well,...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 02 December 2008
Hugh Masekela thrills revellers despite the hiccups
However, the South African maestro did not disappoint the faithful as he demonstrated that despite his age, he has not gone over the hill yet. But for the revellers and performers alike the nightmare started as our own Socca Moruakgomo was...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 02 December 2008
Chinese firm to build ambitious Mmamabule project
MEP promoters CIC Energy yesterday announced the selection of Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd. (SEC) as the preferred Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the first power station to be built at the Mmamabula coalfields.CIC...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 02 December 2008
Investors in selling mood ahead of Christmas
For the greater part of this last quarter of the year, share prices have been tumbling much to the detriment of investors who had taken positions on the local bourse. The mainstream index DCI finished the week 0.92 percent softer at 7,820.41 points...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 02 December 2008
BDP and Moatlhodi are no heroes
In our considered view, the event marks, in very graphic terms, a number of patterns, all showing a dramatic turn for the worst in our democratic development. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) would like to define government as an executive...
Editor 02 December 2008
What is happening to christianity?
All happening, is it not as predicted in the holy scripture, the end of the world and mankind? I remember Andy when he was just an ordinary man then doing some accounts or IT work for a firm of lawyers. He was with another fellow from Zimbabwe. Poor...
02 December 2008
Thanks BDP executive committee for swallowing your pride
Gratitude of thanks once again goes to the public, community of Tonota Village and opposition parties, who strongly poured scorn on the move that was taken by the BDP to recall the MP. The recent move by the latter really demonstrates a...
02 December 2008
Moatlhodi saga portrays the BDP as undemocratic
A majority win by a party in general elections legitimises a democratic government; a majority win in the primary elections legitimises the candidate as a popular representative of the party. What the general and primary elections do, is to...
AS I SEE IT
MICHAEL DINGAKE 02 December 2008
Khama castigates Tawana
Khama said Tawana has disgraced the country. "O digile leina larona le flaga yarona. (She has the disgraced us as a nation)," he said during World AIDS Day commemorations yesterday in Selebi-Phikwe. He added that Tawana had let the country down and...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 02 December 2008
Cartoon 02.12.08
02 December 2008
Naughty Boys hold BMC
However, Naughty Boys should be worried by the failure to expose the evidently rusty BMC defence. Alex Matshameko and Chakadza Pharo committed some schoolboy errors, which Galefetoge 'Dilo Dilo' Kenaope and Kgaodi Odirile failed to exploit. There...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 02 December 2008
Be mobile transforms football
During the launch of the sponsorship, the company proved what marketing is all about. At the Sunday game between Gaborone United and Mochudi Centre Chiefs, the University of Botswana Stadium was painted be Mobile colours and everything was organised...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 02 December 2008
Ramotswa clubs fight over 'muti' again
The clash between the two sides on Saturday was full of drama and the referee had to stop proceedings three times because of crowd trouble. Eventually, Letlapeng won the duel 2-1. On two occasions, the game was stopped when some supporters started...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 02 December 2008
The going gets tough for Chiefs
By this time last season, Magosi were riding the crest of the waves, brushing aside opponents with contemptuous ease and sauntering away with the title unbeaten. But this time, things are difficult for Chiefs, which lost its second match on Sunday....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 02 December 2008
ARV patients to double by 2016
Speaking yesterday at the World AIDS Day commemorations in Selebi-Phikwe, Khama said that the figure is expected to escalate by nearly 100 percent in 2016, going by the current rate of infection. Khama said the government will continue to explore...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 02 December 2008
A rejuvenated Moatlhodi vows to 'prove his mettle'
"Now I know that my main challenge is to prove to the party leadership and everybody else what I am capable of. It is my plan to ensure that the opposition is not given the slightest chance at all." As expected of the man, whose penchant for...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 02 December 2008
Moatlhodi promised hero's welcome in Tonota
After confusion that was created by the BDP Central Committee's recall of Moatlhodi from running for the 2009 general election on the party ticket because of his involvement in the acts of "indiscipline", the party has since rescinded its...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 02 December 2008
Mogae addresses Stockholm AIDS conference
The conference was organised by the two organisations' Swedish Workplace HIV/AIDS Programme in Stockholm. The programme aims at contributing to the establishment and support of HIV/AIDS programmes at the workplace by engaging Swedish companies and...
02 December 2008
Botswana team at UN climate meet
Botswana is a signatory to the climate change treaty and the Kyoto Protocol, which prescribes targets and modalities for the implementation of the Climate Change Convention - UNFCCC. Under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, developed countries have...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 02 December 2008
BDP cracks the whip again
The BDP disciplinary committee has punished the controversial politician for slamming those who are opposed to the party holding elections next year. Education Minister and BDP secretary general, Jacob Nkate, told Mmegi that Morwaeng has acknowledged...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 02 December 2008
ARV programme unsustainable - Khama
In a speech to mark World AIDS Day commemorations in Selebi-Phikwe yesterday, Khama said the nation needs to understand the cost implication of the ARV programme. Khama said the only sustainable way to help in the fight against HIV and AIDS would be...
STAFF WRITER 02 December 2008
Botswana denies closing Zimbabwe embassy
The ministry spokesman, Clifford Maribe, said yesterday that reports of the closure of the mission by a Zimbabwe newspaper are false. "There is nothing of that sort. The minister has said it before that our mission in Harare will remain open," Maribe...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 December 2008
Pomp and ceremony in Tonota
It started at daybreak with a motorcade from Natale and stopovers at Mathangwane, Marobela, Sebina, Marapong and Mabesekwa wards. Clad in red colours, members of the BDP descended on the main venue, Borolong Primary School in numbers to listen to...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 03 December 2008
The social aspects of alcoholism
There is a genetic component among alcoholics nonetheless," says Dr Philip Opondo, head of psychiatric department at Nyangagbwe Referral Hospital. Sociological theories analyse social, cultural and psychological variables to illustrate that the...
SYLVESTYER WAPITSO
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Sechaba exults sales growth but glum about future
The results were on the back of good performance by its associate companies, Kgalagadi Breweries Limited (KBL) and Botswana Breweries Limited (BBL). KBL delivered a year-on-year growth of 13.8 percent in attributable profit. This was driven by good...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 03 December 2008
Grand Palm in P24m facelift
New developments at the Gaborone facility include expansion and refurbishment of the casino, an upgrade of the Walmont Hotel's exclusive executive floor business lounge and bedroom bathrooms and a total revamp of Livingstone's Restaurant that will...
03 December 2008
All roads should lead to Oodi turn-off for Rockcember
However, revellers who missed out shouldn't worry because they will have an opportunity to attend the Rockcember festival scheduled to take place at the Old Quad track on the Oodi turn-off this Saturday. The festival, which has become an annual...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 03 December 2008
Ghanaian crowned M-Net Face of Africa queen
The Ghanaian beauty beat nine others who made it into the top 10 at the glittering finals organised at the South African resort city in North West Province. Menson proved that hard work and perseverance do pay, as this was not her first time trying...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 03 December 2008
BOMU chief Moruakgomo blasts his accusers
Besides the foreign backing band, Moruakgomo also featured South African vocalist, Coyote and Nigerian based South African guitarist, Kunle in his act. Other than himself, the only locals in Moruakgomo's band on Saturday were backing...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 December 2008
It simply begins with you
He noted that by 2016, about 220,600 patients are expected to be on the programme.We shudder to imagine what the unsustainability portends for the nation. Fresh in our minds are the high mortality rates and burials that were a common feature of...
EDITOR 03 December 2008
The ordeal of Pius XII
Indeed, so searching are the questions and so inflamed are discussions about the Roman Catholic Church's pontiff during World War II that the current pope, Benedict XVI, recently announced that he may postpone Pius's beatification until the Vatican's...
*ROCCO BUTTIGLIONE 03 December 2008
Let's stand up against dictatorship
Dictatorship is descending like an angered eagle. Already we are hearing of innocent souls being beaten to a pulp by members of the so-called Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS). Directives are being dispatched with systematic...
03 December 2008
BNF suspends Kanjabanga
The indefinite suspension comes hardly weeks after Kanjabanga and his supporters disrupted a rally held by his rival at Gaborone North, Lemogang Ntime in a dispute that ended at the Broadhurst Police Station. The clash between Kanjabanga and Ntime...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Cartoon Strip 03.12.08
03 December 2008
TAFIC in financial crisis
One of the players said they have been paid and some of them are now rebelling. "Now players just do whatever they want and the spirit of the team is at its lowest," said an inside source. The players blame management because they feel that even...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 03 December 2008
Mophuting dies in Jwaneng
Mophuthing made his name at GU where he started his playing career in the 1980s. His father managed the club for a long time. He was a powerhouse at GU with his dangerous runs from the left back. He was part of the national team, which...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Kgabosetso coach demands commitment
He said the club must overhaul its act to realise its ambition of qualifying for the Premier League. The coach demanded that everybody at the club must pull up their shocks because the loss to Masitaoka could have been avoided if the management acted...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Will Zambia be ready to host All Africa Games?
The country's sports infrastructure has seriously degenerated and so far, repair and construction work that is supposed to be completed by the end of next year has not gone past the tendering stage. There has been a major reversal of sports...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Public transport fares reduced
The new prices state that a shared taxi will go down from P3.60 per person to P3.20. The 'special' fare will be P16.00 per trip from P18.00. Minibuses will charge each person P2.70 down from P3.00. A long distance trip on a bitumen road will cost...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 03 December 2008
DPSM disinclined to collective bargaining - BOPEU
Speaking at the union's second annual convention at Mater Spei College on Tuesday, BOPEU President Andrew Motsamai said they were saddened by this lack of urgency on the part of government. "We have no intention of accepting any excuses once...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 03 December 2008
BCP to run electoral workshop for candidates
The workshop is being sponsored by the British Labour Party's Westminster Foundation.Workshop facilitators are BCP vice president, who is also the party's parliamentary candidate for Tswapong South Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang and Dr Ben Bolaane, who is...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Police chief declares war on criminals
Speaking at the Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) annual general meeting in Maun at the weekend, the police commissioner told participants that police are worried about the increase in the number of attacks on tourists,...
KENNETH KOBEDI
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Government wipes tears off Gantsi farmers
Veterinary services director, Moetapele Letshwenyo said killing of cattle quarantined in Zone 12 was finished mid November and a total of 1,583 were culled, costing P23,745 if paid at average price. "In the infected zone, we are left with sheep and...
TATENDA MOYO
Correspondent 03 December 2008
Tribute to Ruth Motsete
Ruth Motsete contributed greatly to the struggle for gender equity in Botswana. She has over the years worked with the Gender and Development Sector of BOCONGO and many organisations, among others Botswana Council of Churches, Emang Basadi and the...
03 December 2008
BNF feud shifts to Parliament
Modubule was expelled from the BNF with party ideologue Dr Elmon Tafa for gross indiscipline. It is understood that the party leadership want the sitting arrangement in Parliament changed to show that Modubule is no longer in the BNF. The MP said he...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 03 December 2008
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