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Students take UB to High Court
Last week UB's public relations officer, Tefo Mangope, confirmed that the University had expelled SRC vice president, Molatedi Kgotla, and bar and canteen minister, Gomolemo Kgotla, amid reports that the two were instrumental in fuelling UB class...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 12 February 2009
Jwaneng council, Petra in land use tussle
Jwaneng council authorities are wondering when the company acquired the rights after the town council there spent P65 million servicing Unit 8 for the Botswana Housing Corporation to build houses there. The three Ministries of Local Government,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
United Zimbabwe administration takes toddler's step
We understand the painful process and the risks associated with this process. We know that it has taken a giant leap of faith for both parties, especially MDC-T, which has been doubting Mugabe's motives, to finally put pen to paper. When the warring...
12 February 2009
Coming Soon: Capitalism 3.0
Those who predict capitalism's demise have to contend with one important historical fact: capitalism has an almost unlimited capacity to reinvent itself. Indeed, its malleability is the reason it has overcome periodic crises over the centuries and...
*DANI RODRIK 12 February 2009
Boteti Exploration chiefs step up cash hunt
Diamond giants De Beers, the 71 percent shareholders, say they are still committed to bringing the mine on schedule despite the unfolding credit crunch."Boteti remains committed to bringing the AK06 mine into production in line with the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
Rural fuel stations set to pop up across Botswana
Established in 2007, Viva Oil trading as PetroBotswana has travelled the long road to establish this new brand. Spending many months on research in the local market and exploring alterative fuel sources beyond South Africa. Petro has travelled to...
12 February 2009
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12 February 2009
Misfortune made Tebby stronger
"It was through the will and protection of god that I am still alive today because I was sitting next to the driver and he died while my life was spared. I was supposed to have been killed as well because the car was badly damaged at the front where...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 February 2009
Sheleng 'shells out' new album
Sheleng, a traditional folk music singer, is unfazed by the fact that his first album, Ntwa Kgolo Ke Ya Kopelo, did not sell well on the market. He told Showbiz that because of lack of finance he was unable to promote and market his album. He noted...
STAFF WRITER 12 February 2009
Sensational Mahupela goes 'sexy'
The album titled Ke Ise Keje has eight tracks. The whole album addresses sexuality issues, lovemaking and promiscuity. In the first track Mokwepa, the male sex organ is compared to a mamba. The song comments on beliefs that big sex organs are...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
National Archives goes electronic to boost service delivery
At a stakeholders forum this week, BNARS director, Kelebogile Kgabi, said that the system, dubbed National Archives and Records Management System's (NARMS) implementation started last July when Secure Data Content was engaged as a design...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
Pope Benedict appoints new Bishop of Gaborone
A statement from the Apostolic Nunciature in Pretoria, South Africa, said the pope made the appointment on Thursday. Until his appointment, Fr Seane was administrator of the Catholic Cathedral in Gaborone. Fr Seane was born on November 2, 1966, in...
12 February 2009
The day of Miscellaneous
The stage was set for an intriguing top of the table clash between unbeaten leaders, Motlakase and second-placed Miscellaneous who were seven points off the pace. Palapye came to a standstill. It was an encounter of epic proportions and there was...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 12 February 2009
Mascarenhas quits Phikwe bowling club
Her departure is likely to affect Selebi-Phikwe as she has served the club with distinction for more than 20 years. She is a founder member of the club. Mascarenhas has been rated the eighth best bowler in the world after her brilliant singles run in...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 12 February 2009
What is wrong with TRX?
Gunners' fans were hurt when he left to join GU at the end of last season. But the scintillating form he enjoyed at Gunners has since deserted him or is it lady luck?. In the 10 games he has played for the Reds, Mohambi has only managed a brace...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 February 2009
Councillors urged to 'go surfing'
Officially launching the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) website and new logo, Mokalake said the councillors must be trained in information technology (IT). He encouraged them to contribute articles and make the website talk to the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
Cellphone lands Zimbabwean in court
Special constable Goabaone Kalayakgosi of the Francistown Police Station told the court that he was on patrol when he arrested the accused on September 8 last year at the bus rank. Moyo was reportedly selling a sky blue 1110 Nokia cellphone. The...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondence 12 February 2009
BALA secures Euro 2.1mil funding
The president of BALA, Kentse Rammidi, made this announcement at the launch of the BALA website and logo on Tuesday at the Big Five Lodge in Gaborone. Rammidi said one of their projects, 'Transparent Local Governance', is to support the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
Parties brace for by-elections
Seronga ward in the Chobe District Council lost an independent councillor, Walter Phillips. The Central District Council was dealt a severe blow by losing the long time councillor for Sebina North, Phumula Tema, of the ruling Botswana Democratic...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 12 February 2009
'Ko Diteneng' razed to rubble
Ko Diteneng, then known as the Lobatse Brickfield, was located along the banks of Peleng River, overlooking the hilly location of the same name. Last week the yellow monsters descended on the bushy area following a long standing battle between the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 February 2009
BDF warns villagers about ordinances
Mokgware was speaking at a BDF wellness day held in Tonota yesterday as part of community responsibility by the BDF. He said that it is important for people to understand that this exercise was planned a long time ago. "The exercise was planned...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
APARC launches African Leaders Report
The report, now in its seventh year, is published by the African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC), at Boston University (USA) and is funded by USAID. This year's report features 15 African leaders. According to a release from the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 12 February 2009
Race for Speaker hots up
The race pits four Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) heavyweights in a battle that has all the ingredients of a thriller. Two Cabinet ministers, Dr Margaret Nasha (Local Government) and Gladys Kokorwe (Youth, Sports and Culture), and the incumbent...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Meet Motlhagodi the 'rebel with a cause'
Although she is from a privileged background, and a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) family, Motlhagodi identifies herself with the opposition cause. Motlhagodi's father, the late Klaas Van Der Westhuizen, was the first councillor for Bokspits...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Nasha the BDP 'Iron Lady', the new BDP kingpin
In a patriarchal society men rule and the duty of women is to submit. Over the years the men have had a domineering influence in almost all BDP structures, creating the impression that political power is a man's preserve. As for the...
RYDER GABATHUSE AND SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANESS 13 February 2009
Rammidi supports separation of powers in BDP
He asserted that the BDP Central Committee should be distinct from the cabinet or parliamentary caucus. The BDP is scheduled to hold its polls in July and there are suggestions that those who are vying for parliamentary or council seats in the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Banks freeze loans to miners as crunch bites
A survey conducted by Business Week established that top commercial banks, no longer accept personal or home loan applications from workers from the mining sector and related industries. The crunch began with the bank and the property markets...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
DTC Sightholder choked by debt, loses diamonds
DDA of Botswana is at the centre of a brewing storm with Standard Chartered Bank of Botswana for failure to service debt, forcing the bank to seek redress from the courts. Reports coming through are that the bank, through the Deputy Sheriff's office...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Tough test for Moshashane at SPEDU
Moshashane takes over from Disikalala Gaseitsiwe who has been the programme's acting coordinator. The appointment comes at a time when confidence in Selebi-Phikwe has been dented by the government's failure to announce a bailout package for the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 13 February 2009
BHC sells 48 sectional titles
The common property in such blocks is jointly owned by sectional title-holders. BHC property sales manager, Gaotlhogwe Baleseng seems to be impressed with the new scheme of selling units in residential flats. The scheme was initiated with 64 units at...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Call to cut interest rates widens
Analysts have raised the call for BoB to cut the bank rate especially at this time when interest rates can be used as a practical monetary policy instrument to spur economic growth through cheaper finance to the business community. Inflation has...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Chinese envoy tips Batswana entrepreneurs
Speaking in a interview with Business Week, the envoy said that more than 1,000 Batswana went to China in 2008 and imported containers of clothing and electronic gadgets. "This is a new phenomenon, that was not there five years ago and I believe with...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Consumer Watchdog
Last week I wrote about the "John Major Foundation" scammers that had ripped off a theatre group in Francistown. They were supposedly offered a trip to the UK to attend a conference that didn't in fact exist. Neither, of course, does the...
13 February 2009
BCL manager quits after racial slur
The white manager is said to have used the derogatory kaffir word several times during a cell phone call to his colleague. The manager was unaware that his words were recorded in the voicemail. BCL spokesman in charge of external affairs, Sheila...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Death of moropa, the rhythm maker, but the beat goes on
Selectors or DJs have literally taken over the role that used to belong to moropa players, who do not feature anywhere in the newly commercialised borankana music. A traditional dance troupe would usually have as many as five or...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Back Stage
During Adolf Hitler's reign, from 1930 to 1945, there were 15 attempts to kill the Fhrer. Operation Valkyrie was the last, on 20 July 1944. If successful it would have reduced the war and all the suffering and dying from bombing, famine, fighting and...
SASA MAJUMA 13 February 2009
St Joseph's fiasco exposes combi owners' nefarious entitlement mentality
On the other hand, members of the Gaborone Taxi and Local Bus Service Association (GTLBSA) that ply that route see it as economic sabotage by transport authorities. In addition to the issues of the freedom of choice guaranteed to...
13 February 2009
The storm in Sub-Saharan Africa
Weak global growth is shrinking export markets, and many commodity prices are plunging. The combination of tighter credit conditions in the advanced economies and dimmer economic prospects in low-income countries is hitting investment flows. And...
*DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN 13 February 2009
Beware of De Beers' motives
During my last visit over the Xmas holidays I was interested in discussions with friends and reading previous press reports about the efforts of your government to establish the diamond centre in Gaborone and also the doubts and excuses by De Beers...
13 February 2009
It is a military State
What a good inspiration for our kids? Having soldiers on the streets was obviously the best those so called national leaders could come up with. What a waste! And they are supposed to be the brains behind the nation's security. Freaks! Am I the only...
13 February 2009
Let us look at ourselves
These passion killings also occur when we are still recovering from the brokenness after overspending over the festive season. Now we should ask ourselves whether these above mentioned trends have a link to passion killings. Government alone...
13 February 2009
Are dental therapists waiting in vain?
It has been 10 months since the introduction of Scarce Skill Allowance and some cadres have been enjoying between 30-40 percent hefty allowances. The member of parliament Mr Nehemiah Modubule asked the Minister of Health last year if the Dental...
13 February 2009
NITTY GRITTY
1. Jewish/ juish - smart clothing, sartorial/ elegance2. Humongous - a nonsense American word used to describe anything that is big or large. It is made of the words "huge" and "monstrous"3. Jack seven- the part of the male anatomy that is able to...
BAROLONG SEBONI 13 February 2009
First Cut
Outside these structures, there are others like the Botswana Football Association (BFA). It is therefore surprising that when the national game is just making its foothold and beginning to captivate more soccer lovers, the University of Botswana (UB)...
DENNIS KEAGILE 13 February 2009
Taxis and St Joseph's PTA collide
The Gaborone Taxi and Local Bus Service Association (GTLBSA) members are up in arms over what they call illegal operation and are threatening to protest if the matter is not resolved. They threatened to strike yesterday only to call off the boycott...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Veterans, youngsters in Metropolitan qualifiers
They seem to enjoy the national championships more than any other as they rarely appear in other Botswana Chess Federation(BCF) events such as the Botswana Open, and the national team's championships. The BCF over the past few years even tried...
MONKAGEDIGAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Who are First Division sponsors ?
Actually the sponsorship was supposed to be launched last month but it has been postponed indefinitely. Everything is quiet about the proposed sponsorship. The First Division League has been without a sponsor since the last...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Plenty boots but no joy at BMC
While this might have been a wise move on the part of management, it seems to have created headaches for the technical team. Their recruitment spree continued during the January transfer window when they lured former TAFIC hotshots, Nicholas...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Buoyant Nico confront Notwane
Nico are still on a high following their shock win over the defending champions last weekend. Before the win, Majombolo had lost seven games in a row. Tomorrow, Nico fancy their chances against a Notwane side that has been struggling to get...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 13 February 2009
BOKA gets funding for training centre
The two parties signed the financing deal at a ceremony in Gaborone yesterday. At the launch of the deal, the Japanese ambassador to Botswana, Ryoichi Matsuyama said the sponsorship is the first under the Grand Aid for Cultural Grassroots Projects...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 February 2009
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