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Businessmen plead harassment, DISS shields identity
The applicants, Jamal and Abdille Mohammed Ali, want to have their confiscated passports returned. They also want the High Court to restrain DISS operatives from harassing them and frequenting their place of business. The matter was supposed to be...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 January 2009
BDP's New Year message
We thank all of you for making the Botswana Democratic Party a successful Party in 2008, one that you are proud of and can openly identify with. Because of your support, your constructive criticisms, your call for services, your challenges and needs...
15 January 2009
MISA Botswana does not recognise the Media Practitioners Act
MISA Botswana is not entirely surprised because government had shown its unprecedented determination to enact the law. Every obstacle, including parliament were side stepped to establish a media council that is supposed to "preserve the maintenance...
15 January 2009
Imara agrees deal for Nigeria access
Imara Chief Executive Mark Tunmer said his company had agreed to a cooperation deal under which the two firms will sell each other's services and that Imara may later take an equity stake in Chapel Hill. "We have signed a memorandum of understanding...
STAFF WRITER 15 January 2009
Batswana among SA 100 celebrities
In one of the December editions of popular South African magazine Drum, television actress Connie Ferguson and her husband and actor Shona, made it to the top 100 celebrities' list. The list also includes...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 January 2009
Ko Setlhareng Dot. Com means business
It has now grown into a brand and now caters for almost everybody who cares to listen to music. From an old man who passionately followed South Africa's Mahlathini and Mahotela Queens during his time at the South African mines to a youngsters in...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 15 January 2009
Transfer market unsually quiet-Phuthego
It has been quiet on the Premier League "stock exchange" since the player transfer window opened this month. This time round there have been no big-name signings. Actually there is no scramble for players. Premier League secretary Setete...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 January 2009
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15 January 2009
Botswana broken into 19 new sub-districts
Nine of the sub-districts are in the vast Central District. The Ministry of Local Government says the new sub districts plus three new administrative authorities will be implemented in phases throughout the six-year life of NDP 10. The principal...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 January 2009
Boerewors' welcome for BDP councillor at BCP
Tsetse says he was driven to resign from the BDP after he was harshly reprimanded by his fellow party members, allegedly for being in violation of the party's caucus rule during the election of the council chairman and deputy. He departed from BDP...
EDGAR TSIMANE
Correspondent 15 January 2009
Drunken driving offences defy liquor restrictions
In 2007, Selebi-Phikwe registered only eight accidents while the number quadrupled to 36 in the same period in 2008. There was one serious accident recorded in the just ended festive period, while in 2007, there was none. In the last festive...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 15 January 2009
British Council hosts Green Week
The global concentration of these gases is increasing, mainly due to human activities such as the combustion of fossil fuels, which release carbon dioxide and deforestation because forests remove carbon from the atmosphere. In an effort to educate...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff writer 15 January 2009
Photos delay stock theft case
When the case started yesterday, the defence attorney Richard Josiah of Josiah and Company indicated that he spoke to one of the defence lawyers, Morris Ndawana, who could not make it to court because the state had not given him some sets of photo...
15 January 2009
Tell the truth, Mr Speaker
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Patrick Balopi, is currently on an extended 'consultative tour' of the country to brief Batswana on the role and functions of Parliament, we are told. Perhaps there will be some value in what he intends to...
Editor 15 January 2009
Hamas's real enemies
In response to this, Tariq Alhomayed, a Saudi who is editor-in-chief of the newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat , describes Hamas as Iran's tool, and argues that "Iran is a real threat to Arab security." Egypt's foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, agrees...
* BARRY RUBIN 15 January 2009
BDP youth responds to BCP youth
The Botswana Democratic Party Youth Wing views other youth movements across the political divide, as stakeholders in the democratic process of this republic, the Botswana Congress Party Youth League included. This explains why we strongly believe...
15 January 2009
Don't panic, says Gaolathe
The minister said he is aware of the anxiety among Batswana caused by the recent collapse of businesses at home and abroad and the resultant job losses at Debswana and other key revenue earning hubs. He nevertheless laid to rest concerns about the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Police blame careless driving, not alcohol
At the top is careless driving, which shows that in 2006, a total of 12, 342 accidents were reported countrywide, whilst the number increased to 14, 367 the following year. The second major cause is domestic/wild animals. In 2006, the report says,...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
CKGR BaSarwa divided over negotiations?
"I hope they are aware of the fact that we residents of Metsiamanong are legally covered to reside in the CKGR," said Smith Moeti. "Everything pertaining to the CKGR should therefore be communicated to us." Moeti pointed out that people had a lot of...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Access road to Dikgatlhong Dam site holding back progress
Construction of the 43-kilometre access road between Mmadinare and Robelela began in May last year, but only heaps of soil and earthworks are so far visible on the dusty and rough terrain in the approaches to the dam site. During a kgotla meeting...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Prof Kgomotso Moahi: From 'ordinary' girl to extraordinary academic
She is the eldest daughter among five children of refugee parents who fled apartheid South Africa. She says her mother and father, who were active Pan African Congress (PAC) activists, had to flee their motherland to escape the clutches of the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Free movement invites crime and dearth of goods
While those sentiments were prevalent, the political leadership went ahead and told pessimists that the ideal thing was to open up the borders as part of the global village. As a founding member state of SADC and one on whose soil stands the...
ENOLE DITSHEKO
Corespondent 16 January 2009
Life goes better with the US Dollar in Zimbabwe
The so-called partial 'dollarisation' of the economy by the Zimbabwe Central Bank is in full swing as every seller is keen on the use of the American dollar, popularly referred to as'real money' in the troubled southern African economy. Virtually...
16 January 2009
Tabitha queries BOTA clamp down
The institution was among the 15 that were on the list of closed institutions, which did not register with BOTA. According to one of the owners, Sylvia Muzila, the move was a plot by BOTA to sabotage her institution. "It is us who told them that we...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Countries that will miss George Bush
As he leaves office with a record high domestic disapproval rate - 73 percent , according to an October ABC News/Washington Post poll - President George W Bush can perhaps take some comfort from the fact that this feeling is not uniformly shared...
KIM GHATTAS 16 January 2009
Viewpoint: The end of the neocons?
But the epitaph of neoconservatism has been written before - prematurely, as it turned out, in the 1980s.Having been apparently headed for extinction at the end of the Reagan Administration a second generation emerged in the mid-1990s. This was a...
*JONATHAN CLARKE 16 January 2009
How Do We Reverse the Brain Drain?
Personally, I have lived continuously in the United States for the past 30 years. My last visit to Africa was 17 years ago. On the day I left Nigeria, I felt sad because I was leaving my family behind. I believed I would return eight years later,...
PHILIP EMEAGWALI 16 January 2009
Govt sniffs around DCEC
In a curious turn of events, the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Ramadeluka Seretse assembled a three-man team late last year to investigate the institution that has recently been in the news for investigating high profile individuals and...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Eradication of poverty by 2015: A perspective
These and many other questions are what brings many of us to this gathering today; questions whose answers touch human lives; questions upon which serious deliberations may make the difference between an infant living past birth or not, a young woman...
16 January 2009
There must be division of districts, and power
Often, infrastructure such as clinics, schools and sewage systems present a huge challenge in many parts of the country. Without these basic amenities, social upliftment and empowerment of communities become a pipe dream. The dearth of services in...
16 January 2009
Deflation and democracy
And, like any quest for certainty in our unpredictable world, it was doomed to failure. The latest financial crisis powerfully highlights this vulnerability, as it destroys any sense that we can put an accurate price on assets. Most people are now...
HAROLD JAMES 16 January 2009
Calling on Pius XII, UBBS and UBLS Alumni Reunion
The purpose of the meeting is to share information on the 3rd Alumni Reunion scheduled for the Easter weekend April 9 to 13, 2009 in Gaborone. (The first and second reunions took place in Cape Town and Lesotho in 2007 and 2008 respectively). The...
16 January 2009
Zim needs reorientation
There was a time when I was so convinced that a change in government could be achieved without confronting Mugabe's physical mighty. When we voted in 2000, I thought ZANU-PF would be removed by the cumulative strength of our ballot. We failed....
16 January 2009
NITTY GRITTY
The two that come to mind that I think were the mark of a good year gone bad, or a bad year turned good, are the power-sharing deal of Uncle Bob and co and Malome Morgan, and the shoe-throwing spectacle of George W!They are also the favourite moments...
BAROLONG SEBONI 16 January 2009
First Cut
Stress not because it was putting extra financial burden on the association, but stress because it transgressed or conflicted with the world football governing body's standing rules and regulations. But what really was/is the primary goal of the...
DENNIS KEAGILE 16 January 2009
Briton undeterred by 'negative' media reports
When contacted by Mmegi Sport for the first time on Wednesday, Medric said he was disappointed by the local media and therefore intended to stop talking to them. But he agreed to speak to Mmegi Sport on Thursday because he wants to contribute to the...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Hunt for sports awards sponsor on
In the past year, Orange sponsored the event to the tune of P150,000 with a possibility for an extension. According to BNSC Marketing and Communications Manager, Modipe Nkwe, their negotiations for an extension with Orange had been unsuccessful; so...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 January 2009
ECCO City lie in wait for Rollers
Phiri, who took the reins after league winning coach Barry Daka's departure for Police XI, said that preparing for Rollers was in fact a matter of routine. But he admitted that Rollers are a good side capable of destroying any team if given a room....
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Hillary Clinton praises Botswana
"We should look at the models of countries that have handled their mineral wealth to the advantage of their people. Botswana comes to mind. They have been very good stewards of their diamonds and have invested in roads, schools and infrastructure in...
16 January 2009
Mahala: I lived my dream
Mmegi: Can you tell us who Thabo 'Mahala' Motang is? Motang: I was born on the 20th November, 1967 in Goodhope in the Borolong area. I am the first born in a family of four, consisting of two men and two women. I grew up in Selebi-Phikwe where I did...
16 January 2009
Ailing Gunners take on BMC
There is no secret that in derbies history counts for nothing. Gunners go into this game place din an unusual fifth spot with 14 points from eight games with their cross-town rivals BMC lying in eighth spot with 12 points from seven games. Judging by...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Botswana headed for crippling recession?
The impact of the global financial crisis has definitely hit the mining sector, which is a key contributor to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). The world's economies are currently in recession. Recession means a period of negative...
16 January 2009
Botswana scores badly in trade and corruption freedom
The country's economy is 69.7 percent free, which is 1.5 points better than last year and remains above the regional average. The annual index report, which Heritage Foundation compiles in collaboration with the Wall Street Journal, however shows the...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Munhumutapa fails to meet broadcast deadline again
But no action has been taken against the company which has been failing to comply with its licence requirements. MABC was granted a satellite subscription television service licence in December 2007 in terms of which the company should have started...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 January 2009
Tati Nickel welcomes Sebetlela
Sebetlela becomes the first Motswana to hold the top post at TNMC. He made an unexpected move from Debswana to TNMC towards the end of last year. Sebetlela, who had been with Debswana for more than 20 years, left the Orapa office last month and...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
KBL records sales slump as 30% bites
In an interview with Business Week, the breweries' Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs Thapelo Letsholo said their historical data from 2000 indicates a real price to volume correlation of 1:1 over an eight-year period. This means that for...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Shareholders' resolution rescues African Copper
"African Copper is pleased to announce that the resolution proposed at the company's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on 9 January 2009 was duly approved by shareholders," the company said on Monday.The company, which operates Mowana Mine...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
Consumer Watchdog
I don't want this to be one of the traditional, rather tedious round-ups of the year but hidden amongst the stories of disaster, gossip and trivia, I think there were some events that mattered to consumers, events that teach us something about how we...
16 January 2009
Lazare Kaplan sales down as worried buyers reassess strategy
The economic slump has disrupted credit and equity markets worldwide and led to deterioration in the global economic environment, a general tightening of credit, and lower levels of liquidity. As a result, some diamond producers have reduced mining...
STAFF WRITER 16 January 2009
Domkgrag whines as BNF and BCP sweep the boards at GCC elections
The BDP subsequently withdrew from the mayoral elections and watched as the BNF retained the Mayor's and Deputy Mayor's seats unopposed and the BCP swept the boards in committee elections. Patently frustrated, BDP Councillor for Ledumang Dominic...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 January 2009
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