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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
TAFIC supporters up in arms
Information reaching Mmegi Sport indicate the fans are worried that their Zimbabwean coach, Willard Khumalo is not doing enough to take the side out of the relegation zone. TAFIC are lying in a precarious 13th position with nine points from 12...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Injured Mafoko leaves void at Rollers
Mafoko was one of the most outstanding players at the heart of Rollers' defence against BMC. It is expected that either Kgomari Mothuba or Oscar Ncenga makes his return to the starting line up in place of Mafoko. The duo missed games against...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Who will come tops?
Although GU have been generally disappointing in terms of attracting crowds as they used to be in their heydays, there is no doubt that prior and after the game, Gaborone will be abuzz with debates and discussions about the duel. GU and Gunners are...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
Cartoon strip 13..02.09
13 February 2009
Gaddafi, Africa's 'worst model'
Whatever catapulted the person of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to the supremacy of this rather endowed but impoverished and mismanaged continent is now a curse. And so it is incumbent upon African presidents to remind the Libyan leader that...
13 February 2009
Cleaning chemicals tender flawed?
The company has been awarded a tender valued at P11, 579, 105 to supply the government with cleaning materials one of which is the Chemdol excel super powdered soap. One of the conditions set out in the tender documents is that the item tendered for...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 13 February 2009
You are nothing but wilderness
A Mercy is Toni Morrison's most recent novel. It is ranked by the New York Times as one of the 100 best books of 2008 and also placed in the top ten of last year. Beloved (1987) won the Pulitzer Prize and then was recognised in the Nobel Prize...
13 February 2009
'Fire and brimstone' in Nchindo case
- Nchindo wants to quiz Khama, Oppenheimer, Merafhe, Kwelagobe and Skelemani - DPP says it won't assist the defence in its work When the legal teams in the Louis Nchindo corruption case clash on Monday there will be yet another major twist to the...
STAFF WRITER 13 February 2009
DIS torture report trapped in police sieve
The sieve of steel, which includes among others, claims of loss of memory by senior police officers, abdication of responsibility by the investigating team, and denial of ownership by the head of the service, has refused to give in to four weeks of...
ISAIAH MORWAAGAE
Staff Writer
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Court reinstates expelled UB students
Justice Unity Dow ordered that Molatedi Kgotla and Gomolemo Kemotho be re-admitted to the university following their expulsion last week after a class boycott led to the closure of the institution. UB students, who packed the court celebrated...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Thieves haunt Ngwao Boswa
Museum staff who made the discovery the following morning said among the goods that the thieves stole are bicycles, t-shirts, umbrellas, toys and other items. The stolen items were then stashed inside deserted buildings in the vicinity of the...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 13 February 2009
Hope and caution for new Zimbabwe
Tyson Tatenda says he is a victim of the political violence that erupted in June 2008 until end of year. He says that he used to work as a DJ before securing another job as a flight services officer. After quitting the job in 2004 he made a living...
13 February 2009
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