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Police Chief unaware of DIS torture report
A few weeks ago the Police Service said they had completed investigations on the officers. Former commander of the Central Police Station, Takongwa Mazwiduma, has told Mmegi that they have finalised their investigations into the allegations and...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Levy amendment was much ado about nothing - KBL
It has since surfaced that the amendment tabled before Parliament on Tuesday was only a formality as the taxman has been charging importers of alcohol a levy on transport and insurance costs anyway. The Director of Trade and Consumer Affairs, John...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Government screwed up on alcohol levy - Moyo
Nkate holds the powerful position of Secretary General of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party, which implies bringing 'errant' members to order. Moyo, who was dropped from the Cabinet in December, apparently views his ejection from the vortex of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Fifty people in Botswana get infected daily - BOTUSA
Speaking at a BOTUSA workshop under the theme "New Directions in HIV/AIDS," Dr Poloko Kebaabetswe of BOTUSA said yesterday that of this number the most affected are people aged between 18 and 39 years. Dr Kebaabetswe expressed concern that the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Shoot to kill! The 'Nays' have it
Addressing a political rally in Francistown, the legislator said in the 1990s crime was ravaging Zambia and the police were ordered to shoot to kill suspected criminals. "We should emulate the Zambians. Their strategy has worked. After...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 06 February 2009
BDP launches election manual
In his view, the most popular candidate will always win, unlike in the past when a few people decided who the contested would be. But, this is the very system that has forced Cornelius Gopolang, Obert Takobana, Todd Maligen and Savie Toitoi, amongst...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
BDP manual to transform membership
BDP executive secretary, Dr Comma Serema says the leadership training manual will inspire a new brood of politicians like those produced by the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) achieved with its famous study groups decades ago. The training...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Witness narrates how CMS lost millions through fraud
The 33-year-old witness, who is a graphic designer, has already been convicted for the crimes at CMS and the court ordered that for his own safety his name should not be revealed. He gave evidence for the state in the case in which 11 others are...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
There is little chance of the MDC terming Robert Mugabe
The MDC is whining and complaining about its chosen partner as if they did not know what ZANU-PF's intentions were from the very beginning. I fail to understand how these party people reach their decisions and if they discuss anything at all. Real...
DON-MARTIN ROPAFADZO 06 February 2009
Opening of the legal year
. Since his assumption of office, President Ian Khama has shown a special interest in the judicial and legal system, and his vision is that it should deliver meaningful services to all, especially ordinary citizens. Among the initiatives he has...
06 February 2009
'Govt should have used credit rating and reserves to borrow'
Contributing during a Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) budget review meeting at Bosele Hotel on Wednesday here, Mphathi, said borrowing was a better option than depleting the foreign reserves. The Minister of...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Two expelled at UB
According to the acting director of public affairs, Tefo Mangope the two students were expelled, while the rest of the SRC, including the president, were suspended for two weeks pending disciplinary action. "I cannot divulge the reasons of those...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Banks, states, and financial crises
But the definition of "small" keeps changing: a few months ago, small meant Iceland, then it meant Ireland, and now it means the United Kingdom. The aftermath of the banking crisis requires thinking about not only the most appropriate form of banking...
* HAROLD JAMES 06 February 2009
The alternative is a people based budget
The World Economy has entered into a very serious crisis, by most accounts, the worst since the economic catastrophe of the 1930s. Like the financial crisis which detonated it the crisis is centered in the United States, the major locomotive of the...
06 February 2009
A business-as-usual budget
IntroductionThe 2009 budget speech comes at a trying time for Botswana, both at the domestic and international levels. It is the first budget to be presented under the President Ian Khama- led government. Since the ascension of Ian Khama...
06 February 2009
A wish list to Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai
First, Mr Prime Minister we would like to be apologetic for the situation that you find the country in, anyway it is not a new situation, you have seen it happen before your own eyes and that is what you have been fighting for in the past decade with...
06 February 2009
Judge accuses Mugabe of using political muscle to wrestle farm
Court documents in our possession filed on November 10 last year show that High Court Judge Ben Hlatshwayo had been allocated Gwina Farm, located in Banket, Zvimba District, in Mashonaland West province and measures approximately 580...
WAYNE MAFARO 06 February 2009
UB closure is justified
The hyperactive students should have seen this coming. Unlike previous class boycotts, the latest protest seems to have been poorly planned from the start. The students were opposed to the new rule that students who repeat their courses will not get...
06 February 2009
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
The legislation that established the directorate will go down in Botswana's history as one of, if not the, most controversial ever. It attracted considerable criticism not only in parliament but also among ordinary people. The main criticism being...
DAN MOABI 06 February 2009
Minister Nkate must continue cracking the Whip
He is one without any sense of self-respect and has not learnt to cultivate a spirit of gratitude. But I wonder who is to blame? The government of Botswana and its social system of governance, and parents who believe that government is the answer to...
06 February 2009
An ordinary budget in extraordinary times
The mixed message budget was unequivocal in acknowledging the turmoil in the global economy, re-assuring on the otherwise, subdued ability of the national economy to support development and hazy on strategies to deal with the extraordinary challenges...
* JOWITT MBONGWE 06 February 2009
Orange service is sorry
Whenever I try to send a message, it wont get through. If I am lucky it goes through by the third or fourth attempt. If I try to make a call, still it fails. And for me to talk to a representative I have to go to their offices as their...
06 February 2009
BCP appeals to De Beers on mine closures
Our expectation is that De Beers should continue to mine," BCP deputy president, Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang, said this week at a press conference where the party issued a financial and economic alert. He called on De Beers and the government to devise...
EDGAR TSIMANE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
NITTY GRITTY
1. Kgetsi ya tsie- very heavy bag that needs carrying2. Mmaago setlhako- a mother's shoe that shouldn't belong to you3. Khamfurutsi- (this word is a corruption of "canned fruit") air-tight fruit container, now used for drinking traditional brew/...
BAROLONG SEBONI 06 February 2009
First Cut
I return to see nothing of much interest in the unfolding saga that is local football: Short-age of playing grounds; 'Cards for funds'; stalled developments and search for senior coach, and so on. While away, I had prepared a dossier of topics and...
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 06 February 2009
Satmos bolster squad
The former premier league club has faltered in the current campaign and finds itself a distant seventh as Palapye-based Motlakase threatens to run away with the title. Satmos public relations officer Mpenzeni Sambandawe admits that the championship...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Cricket chief confident of growth
Ramakrishna said government schools have been targeted in a rollout programme that has so far benefited Kgatleng and Maun. Cricket is viewed as a game of the elite. Ramakrishna said the BCU two-year-old development programme is on track and will...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
FNBB sponsors bowling development tourney
The event is expected to attract a maximum of 48 amateur players. It starts in the mining town on Monday and runs from four to six weeks. The event is meant for non-bowlers keen on learning the game. Selebi-Phikwe Bowling Club vice chairperson,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
The circus at Majombolo
The club does not have a rich history and has won no major cup. There is nothing to show for the club's toil on the pitch, except the inconsequential Mirror Cup won back in 2002 against lower division opposition. Celebrations have been the order of...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Molapi prefers caution over ambition
He said that although he cannot spend sleepless nights because of a game against the under-performing Toronto, his greatest fear is that teams in trouble can always rise to the occasion. "In the event they find their scoring boots when we meet them,...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Ndlovu in surprise Nico return
Ndlovu was expected to take the side through its paces on Tuesday in preparation for this weekend's game. It seems the marriage between Nico and Ndlovu had hit the rocks in December when the former Township Rollers' coach announced that he was...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Rollers , BMC face major test
On paper, Rollers are favourites to overcome Ezinkomo but again, BMC has been Rollers' hoodoo team for a couple of seasons. This season, BMC started like a house on fire, winning their three consecutive matches but the long interval broke their...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Kgosi Sechele I Museum to host Thapong Arts workshop
Themed Art Healing and Social Responsibility, this works will put more accent on using art as a tool in the fight against the HIV/AIDS scourge. Thapong, being the only art centre in Botswana, is starting to be active in encouraging...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Rescue plan for mines in the offing
Working on behalf of the government of Botswana, LEK Consulting will analyse the impact of the global economic slowdown on the country's mining industry, recommend strategies that could be employed to mitigate the impact and identify possible...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
The aroma of Addis
ADDIS ABABA - I am sitting at the balcony of a small coffee shop watching the world pass by. I am holding a small cup of coffee and watching Ethiopians imbibe their favourite drink. An Ethiopian drinking a cup of coffee is an experience; he takes his...
06 February 2009
The Hermit of the Hoh strikes back
Guterson, who was a school teacher when he began writing, in Snow created a fictional island, San Piedro, and very sensitively explored love, commitment and racism there in 1954 (two years before he was born). The Other made The New York Times...
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 06 February 2009
Back Stage
It is based on the first of four teen-fantasy vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer, the Twilight Saga (17 million copies have been published). The moral of the story is that if you fall in love with a vampire make sure he or she is a good one, not...
SASA MAJUMA 06 February 2009
Mining crisis cripples property market
This follows retrenchments at TNMC subsidiary, Botswana Metal Refinery (BMR), where about 133 miners lost their jobs in the second half of last year. BMR was sub-contracted to build the Activox refinery near Francistown, but the project was halted in...
RYDER GABATHUSE AND NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Staff Writers 06 February 2009
PHK warns mines on 'unauthorised' layoffs
Speaking at a ceremony to mark the official opening of the Diamond Technology Park in Gaborone last week, Kedikilwe said though the government understands the plight of the mines, proper consultations and procedures must be followed and permission...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Budget dashes hopes in S/Phikwe
Top of their wish list, this mining town's residents had hoped the government would announce a bailout package for Botswana's ailing mines, including copper-nickel producer and mainstay of the local economy, BCL Mine. While the minister announced a...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Sales plummet as levy hurts KBL's profits
After some hesitation initially, the government imposed the levy in November. The Managing Director of KBL, Hloni Matsela, says the company experienced a 20-percent sales decline in the first two months - November and December - of the levy being...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 06 February 2009
'Botswana was never hit harder,' says Ibrahim
"Although agriculture was overtaken by diamonds as a revenue earner from Independence, a good number of Batswana relied on it," Ibrahim said in his opening remarks at the BOCCIM budget review session at the Marang Hotel here Tuesday evening. He said...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Consumer Watchdog
It's not rising food prices that are troubling me although I do think that's a worry and I think we should expect more from Government. No, before you misunderstand me I do NOT think it's Government's job to step in and dictate how much food...
06 February 2009
Nothing for us ordinary francistowners
"Until the economy shows positive growth, we cannot expect much support from the government," she says, adding that the hardships the country is facing could throw the informal sector in a worse situation. Letsholo laments that some mines have...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
'I am BNF, whatever they say' - Modubule
"I am still working with the structures of the BNF. Those who say I am not a member have been overtaken by events," the leader of PUSO said yesterday. Modubule refuses to recognise the current BNF leadership and has poured scorn over it saying the...
EDGAR TSIMANE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
IMF on Tanzania Conference
Mr. Strauss-Kahn said that the objective of the conference is to discuss the impact of the financial crisis on Africa and, at the same time, learn from the continent's successful economic experiences in recent years, especially in terms of...
06 February 2009
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06 February 2009
Botswana passports choice items of human traffickers
Charles Goredema writes on the ISS website: "Indications to date are that such predictions were accurate. Firstly, it is evident that cross-border human smuggling and human trafficking, which have manifested themselves since the late 90s in the...
EDGAR TSIMANE
Correspondent 06 February 2009
Rape suspect shouts at magistrate
Bungile Chakalisa threw a tantrum and refused to leave the dock until the police forced him out. He continued shouting outside the court-room. He said the magistrate never listens to him whenever he comes for mention. He complained that the...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
Cash-strapped law society pleads for help
During the opening of the legal year in Lobatse on Tuesday, Sebego said the society has only 221 members as private practitioners. "These are the only members contributing to the running of the society," Sebego said. He said the society was unable to...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 06 February 2009
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