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Monday March 31
Khama gives Nchindo prosecution cold shoulder?
A week into the 30-day period given to the prosecution to avail a statement from President Ian Khama to the defence, has not yielded anything. The absence of Khama's statement is said to say a lot about the government's position on the case - it does...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Councils' budgets 'trimmed' to beat recession
Jobs for companies relying on tenders from the local authorities will be very limited in the new financial year after the development budget was tremendously reduced by over 50 percent, from P2 billion to P1 billion for the financial year, that...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Sekelemani's diplomatic problems
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Phandu Sekelemani said in his budget presentations to Parliament that Botswana has to rely on multiple accreditations and frequent travel to cover up for the shortfall in foreign missions. Sekelamni said resource...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Khama - the Moses of Tsolamosese strikes the rock!
We can now drink water, Good Heavens! And its thanks to the almighty and most benevolent, President Ian Khama! It only needed his majestic ear to hear our plea. The water is sweet indeed, and it smells of the hand of God, its creator, as it runs down...
06 March 2009
No back pay for officers who sued state?
It has also emerged that since the public officers successfully sued in 2002, it took another three years before government could issue a new directive correcting the scheme of service of 1998, which did not favour some public officers, resulting in...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
BDP factions launch their own loyalists
It has emerged that these launches are nothing but factional affairs. It started two weekends ago with Vice President Mompati Merafhe launching Francistown East Member of Parliament (MP) Phandu Skelemani in Francistown and Tati West MP Charles Tibone...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Running for the sake of Joseph Kavindama
In 1979, the revered Mpho was toppled by retired senior police officer, Bailang Salepito of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Salepito lasted only one term and in 1984 he was eliminated by the unknown politician, the late Joseph...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Inside the police cells
Common complaints from the detainees in police cells include inter alia dampness, coldness, lice, poor toilet facilities, overcrowding, lack of exercise and difficulty in seeing a doctor or obtaining appropriate medical treatment. In some cells,...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Corruption body starts to bite
The Task Force's latest conviction was secured on Tuesday on second President Frederick Chiluba's wife, Regina, who has been jailed for three years and six months. Regina was sent to prison by the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for a light sentence after...
HUMPHREY NKONDE 06 March 2009
The MDC continues conceding too much too often to ZANU-PF
I am obligated to agree with those who say that there is no Government of National Unity (GNU). in Zimbabwe but a ZANU-PF government in which the MDC has been invited to do the cleaning up, campaign for the end of sanctions and beg for billions of...
DON-MARTIN ROPAFADZO 06 March 2009
Threats to the Zimbabwe Government of National Unity
It is unfortunate that SADC and other stakeholders are not nurturing their baby in Zimbabwe that the laissez-fare perpetrated by the dominant partner Zanu-PF and its Mugabe continue to haunt the letter and spirit of the Global Political Agreement of...
06 March 2009
BMWU accuses Debswana of intimidation
"We have been informed that your management team at Orapa mine is using what can best be described as unscrupulous methods to force skeletal and essential service employees to take the so-called voluntary separation schemes," reads a hard-hitting...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Namibia state broadcaster scraps "Chat Shows"
Members of the public used to phone in to express and discuss a number of issues. The government and ruling party's, SWAPO argue that the shows are being abused to attack the party and government leadership. A ruling party arm called the Swapo Elders...
06 March 2009
GTV's collapse lesson for broadcast industry
In its place, South Africa which only got its first television stations in 1976 appears to have taken a quick surge ahead and for many years has led the continent in broadcasting. In Nigeria for instance, many would agree that watching local...
* ABIOLA MAKINDE 06 March 2009
Tshekedi: an historical perspective
The million dollar question is: Who was this Tshekedi Khama the man whom so many adore and yet so many love to hate? Tshekedi was born on September 17, 1905 to Khama III, otherwise known as Khama the Great, an ageing patriarch of the house of...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Economic crisis and regional integration
In the 1930's, however, economic nationalism was not the only show in town. Many people started to think of regional integration as the answer to depression. But the sort of integration that occurs in times of economic crisis is often destructive....
* HAROLD JAMES 06 March 2009
Norilsk may close Tati Mine
Norilsk owns 85 percent of Tati Nickel in Botswana and 50 percent of Nkomati Nickel in South Africa. According to a report on Miningmx, Norilsk Nickel is considering terminating its $6.8billionn investment in Africa, a move that could be preceded by...
STAFF WRITER 06 March 2009
Trade booms at new horticultural market
The market has 1,200 registered buyers who include wholesalers such as Mr. Veg, Motopi Holdings, Supa Veg, Trans Africa, Veggieland and retailers like Shoprite, Danna Restaurant in Lobatse, shops outside Gaborone, small traders and individuals in and...
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT 06 March 2009
Komatsu not going anywhere despite Debswana mine closures
In an exclusive interview with BusinessWeek at Komatsu headquarters here on Tuesday, the company's Marketing Manager responsible for Africa, Hideaki Suzuki, said Komatsu Botswana is too "important and strategic" to even consider closing it down. "We...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Tati workers at the rock face of retrenchment
It has also been reported that the mine could possibly close down for a period, should nickel prices remain depressed and should the cost-cutting measures being introduced fail to pay dividends.Tati Nickel's operating position has been severely...
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT 06 March 2009
Meet Pheko whose given name means 'no free lunch'
Gaborone businessman, Majakathata Pheko, does not have to look further for inspiration. His first name, Majakathata, is an inspiration to work hard. Pheko is the Managing Director of the Oseg Group which runs a debt collecting company and an...
06 March 2009
SPEDU calls for diversified training curriculum
Speaking during an Institute Industry Partnership Programme (IIPP) breakfast show at the Selebi-Phikwe Technical College (SPTECO) on Monday, McGarvey said it was imperative for the institution to adopt a diversified syllabus that could meet the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 March 2009
BDP caucus agree on new specially elected motion
The motion, which is being debated today, will ensure that there are four extra specially elected MPs after the October general elections. Yesterday the BDP secretary general Jacob Nkate admitted that the party recently wrote letters to its MPs...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
U-build re-styled Builders World
"We did not have Builders World in this town before, and we are hoping that despite the credit crunch, it will make a difference, Mukadam says, adding that by means of this move, they want to bring better prices, more choices and increased...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Consumer Watchdog
One of the great myths in customer service and in consumer rights is that there are countries where things are fantastic, where the sun never sets and where the streets are paved with gold and that there are other countries where everything just...
06 March 2009
Circumcision play highlights benefits
At the ongoing military HIV/AIDS conference dubbed 2009 Military HIV/AIDS Prevention Conference where more than 20 militaries from Africa are participating here in Gaborone, a play on male circumcision was executed, to underscore the importance of...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
How Matshidiso saved Kgotla
"Matshidiso o ntshenya ka monyenyo/Ngwana wa thupa tsa maretlwa/O ntshenya ka molebo/Nna ke rata wena fela" and there go perhaps some of the most romantic lines since one folk poet/guitarist called his lover, "Ngwana wa mmala wa legodimo"....
06 March 2009
Back Stage
His body returned to be buried in Brooklyn, where he was given a massive welcome as the cavalcade, with his coffin, passed through the Borough. He was only 24-years -old. There are actually two murders in this film, as six months before Big Poppa...
06 March 2009
I also have a theory nothing matters
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is Paul Theroux's 14th non-fiction book. It is 2006 and he is following, as closely as possible, a route that he took 33 years before from England to Japan and back across Siberia to London. This trip resulted in his...
06 March 2009
A most callous attack
The fact that sports cuts across national borders is clearly evident in the fact that a Motswana can root for a Brazilian soccer side or a particular Chinese athlete. Indeed, sport knows no boundaries. It is therefore, with shock that we received...
06 March 2009
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
A more recent example is the Media Practitioners Act, which a group of 17 prominent "freedom of expression organisations" from around the world appealed in an open letter to President Ian Khama's government to review (Botswana Guardian, 06 February...
06 March 2009
SADC is a non-starter
The situation unfolding in Zimbabwe now has proved those sceptics right that this so called government of National Unity is nothing but a shenanigan. Mugabe and his ZANU-PF are in charge. Tswangirai and the MDC are just spanner boys darting here and...
06 March 2009
BNF youth savages Tshireletso's motion
We in the BNFYL perceive her assertion that the extra four specially elected MPs to be reserved for women to be very unconvincing. If the BDP-led government was serious and wanted to bring women into position of influence, the BDP President Ian...
06 March 2009
Russian defiler to be sentenced today
While dating the victim's mother Pastouchenko (39) is alleged to have had carnal knowledge of the girl on several occasions between 2005 and January 2008. The sentencing was postponed to today because the prosecution did not have his previous...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
No mass terminations at BOSETU
BOSETU acknowledges some of the issues raised by 'Jakes', but some need to be clarified, lest they mislead and confuse BOSETU loyal membership. It is not true that BOSETU membership is resigning en masse. Less than 50 members (41) are on record as...
06 March 2009
NITTY GRITTY
1. Chenchi- change (as in money)2. A re chencheng- let's change3. Go shenama- gawk at; an impolite smile4. Nchenangwane- one with a permanent, but impolite smile5. Kofi- coffee6. Kofi Anan- de-nationalised blend of Kofi7. Belete- belt8. Lebelete- a...
06 March 2009
Cartoon strip 06..03.09
06 March 2009
First Cut
Like the biblical Thomas, I am often inclined to doubt something until I have been given proof. And when proof was given to me, I was numb with shock. How on earth? Let us hold it there. The second is the resignation of Botswana Football...
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 06 March 2009
Swimming plunges into trouble?
In a shocking incident, the chairperson of the association Darrel Murton is alleged to have passed a motion of no confidence in one of his executive committee members and secretary general Neo Ebineng. This is despite the fact that the chairperson...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 06 March 2009
BONA president accused of favouritism
It is alleged that last year, Mocuminyana incited Under-20 national team players to boycott games in South Africa because she was not made the team to coach as promised. Though the team did not perform badly, it is said the cellphone messages she...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Wells ready for Oseg Classic
He says they will leave no stone unturned in their preparations for games billed for the weekend. He says retaining the cup is going to be an uphill battle judging by the intense competition in the first leg of the tournament. Despite being a good...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Prisons XI gets their groove back
He registered two straight wins, something which has helped restore confidence among supporters that their side would once again stand a chance to return to top flight football. With nine games before the end of the season, Rankhudu is confident his...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 06 March 2009
BODA league survives without sponsors
He, however, said that they will not sit down and do nothing. "We are still searching for sponsorship. We have been trying very hard but have not been successful. We plead to anyone who is willing to come to our rescue," he said. He revealed that...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Can Chaenda save Dinoko?
The play-offs are not even an option. He says Dinoko will be among the teams in the top division at the end of the season. "There is nothing really to worry about. It is only a matter of time before we start moving up the log. Things are not as bad...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Botswana toasts global HIV/AID award
The award was issued last December for Best Practices in HIV/AIDS information delivery to teachers at the South-to-South Expo convened in New York. Brazil took the first position. Speaking at the event, Education permanent secretary Dr Theophilus...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Santos aim for Nico's scalp
Bottom of the log at the beginning of the year, Santos has slowly risen up the ladder since the arrival of Zimbabwean coach, Gishon Ntini. Despite their recent good run, Santos is still in the relegation zone, only one place above 15th-placed Nico...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Faltering Miscellaneous face Satmos
Miscellaneous lie second, eight points adrift of title favourites Motlakase, while Satmos are breathing down heavily on the Serowe side although they lie fourth. A win for Miscellaneous would close the gap to five points if Motlakase falter with only...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Depleted BMC tackles impressive BDF
The Lobatse side will be without key players following a series of injuries and the suspension of captain Mosimanegape 'Twizer' Ramohibidu. Goalkeeper Cosmas Lombala has not recovered from the injury he suffered three weeks ago when he collided with...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 06 March 2009
Sithole won't take chances against Dinoko
GU are lying second in the Premier League with 33 points from 14 games and a win tonight will take them back to the summit of the log. As for the Tlokweng side, they are lying at the bottom of the 16-club league table with five points from 14...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
Ramosoeu continues to shine for Wits
This comes after Ramosoeu scored the 10th minute winner over Ajax Cape Town in the Absa Premiership game played at the Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday night. The win ensured that Wits moved into the sixth position with 34 points from 22...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 06 March 2009
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