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Injured Tsvangirai Flown To Gabs
The Prime Minister was flown to Botswana late Saturday after the Botswana Foreign Affairs minister and other government officials visited him at a Zimbabwean hospital the same day. However Skelemani immediately allayed any fears that Tsvangirai's...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Modubule Reiterates Lobatse Fears
His latest fears come after the Minister of Justice, Defence and Security told Parliament that Gaborone will host a new High Court and a Court of Appeal. Previously, the MP has said there is no rescue plan to keep Lobatse vibrant like it has happened...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
How Free is Speech?
On questions of Roman Catholic doctrine, his views were considered so out of line with the modern Church that the Vatican excommunicated him in 1988, along with other members of the ultra-conservative Society of St. Pius X, founded by the fascist...
Ian Buruma* 09 March 2009
New SHHA Scheme To Deliver Over 1000 Houses
Lands and Housing Minister, Nonofo Molefhi, has requested P100 million under the Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) programme. P30 million of this will cater for SHHA Home Improvement Loans for 666 beneficiaries at the new maximum ceiling of P45 000 per...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Khama's Gesture Ushers In New Era
The private media could not do (and cannot do) the same because of limited financial resources, more especially when the President undertakes foreign trips. We have always thought that President Khama would call press conferences where all media...
09 March 2009
The Winners Code
The oxygen tanks had burst into flames, triggering the failure of other systems on the spacecraft. The problem was such that if they had continued with their expedition to the moon, they might not have arrived safely. Returning to the earth was also...
09 March 2009
Issues In Education
The secret of success in establishing equitable and quality education is one key issue that countries, big or small, developed or underdeveloped, wish for and therefore strive to attain. According to the Botswana education statistics, other regional...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI&
S. WEEKS 09 March 2009
Etcetera II
To some, it may appear from this decision that the government blew it when it took over the railway from the Rhodesians in 1987, that it took over a transport service in a state of terminal decline and that ever larger sums had to be committed to...
09 March 2009
Health Chat
This can make it difficult to define and describe pain. Acute pain is the body's warning system, which tells the body to move away from danger and to protect itself from further injury, and that with chronic pain there are changes in the...
09 March 2009
Was Debswana Caught Napping?
Debswana diamond company is a company owned by the government of Botswana and De Beers in a 50/50 partnership and it's the sole diamond miner in Botswana operating the Orapa, Letlhakane, Damtshaa and Jwaneng mines. De Beers is an Oppenheimer family...
09 March 2009
Vote More BCP MPs For Change
Obama was not elected for his colour but for the fact that America's economy is in dire straits and needs someone with a revolutionary mind hence different from the old conservative politics and that is what Botswana needs at this juncture of...
09 March 2009
Ministerial Houses To Cost P80 Million
Government is pouring P80 million into the construction of 16 houses - P30 million for the first eight houses from the previous financial year - and the balance (P50 million) from the new financial year, which starts next month. According to the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Cartoon strip 09..03.09
09 March 2009
Effects Of Credit Crunch On Mining
Answering a question on behalf of the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, Moroka said the average nickel and copper prices in December 2008 were $9.6/lb and $3.15/lb and $3.23/lb in 2007 respectively. Moroka was...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 09 March 2009
Mascom To Pump Millions Into Toyota 1000 Desert Race
The 2009 race will be on 19 and 20 June. Organisers of the event say the millions to be pumped by Mascom are second only to the sponsorship of flag-bearer Toyota, which has the naming rights by virtue of its massive sponsorship. However, Mascom has...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
BTB Gets Niche Market In Desert Race
He said that Botswana tourism activities have been concentrated in the northern parts of the country where there is the Okavango Delta, big game and Tsodilo Hills. But the annual off road race has enabled BTB to stimulate tourism in the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Standard Bank Records Steady Growth
Headline earnings grew by 8 percent to R14,1 billion (P11.28 billion) and headline earnings per share declined by 2 percent to 942,6 cents per share. Net asset value per share grew by 32 percent and a return on equity of 18,2 percent was achieved....
09 March 2009
OUT TO LUNCH
More especially if the business you have chosen to go into obscures your academic qualification and previous professional achievements (if you care). I mean, it used to be that if you worked for a prestigious multi-national you would somehow be...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 09 March 2009
UB Cultural Day Was A Welcome Breather For Everyone
Like a chameleon showing off its different beautiful colours, University of Botswana (UB) last week reflected its cultural diversity in a colourful affair that saw students from a number of countries showcasing their cultural dresses, food, song and...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Please Help Me, Cries Visually Impaired Singer
It is incomprehensible that such a gifted musicians who started singing to the public years before our country could have any recording artists, still remains in the background while many average musicians have made it big in this industry. "I am...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 09 March 2009
Talking Musika
It disappears a few months after the disappearance of Press Tv which has been replaced by yet another of these native hollering evangelical enterprises of ... surprise, surprise, surprise ... Nigerian origins. What this effectively means is that the...
09 March 2009
Food For The Soul
I suppose human beings and the whole world just love complicated solutions. For instance, if you go to a good (and I mean a truly good one) doctor with some crazy disease you probably made up yourself - because your imagination is in hyperactive mode...
09 March 2009
Ministers Halt Parliamentary Proceedings
Only three ministers and three assistant ministers were in Parliament and many questions from MPs were not answered. It was discovered when the MP for Mahalapye East, Botlogile Tshireletso was concluding presentation of her motion that the...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Rampant GU Crush Dinoko
The win comes after Moyagoleele faltered in their titled challenge in a 0-0 draw with former champions ECCO City Greens. The humiliation of struggling Naughty Boys is testimony to the depth of talent at GU. For sometime, the Reds have been playing...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Santos Rise From The Dungeons
Once languishing in the Intensive Care Unit, Santos have staged a late rally in the first round with convincing wins that have seen them gallop up the standings where they are poised to be in position 12 or 13 depending on how Great North Tigers...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 09 March 2009
Fighters, Boteti Fail To Break Deadlock
Boteti were the more threatening side in the opening minutes of the game displaying skill and urgency but mid-way through the first half, Fighters quelled the fires and started competing. Boteti's game plan was clearly to get an early goal and when...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 09 March 2009
CDC Prioritises Projects
The prioritisation is based on the project's contribution to the economic growth, employment creation, economic diversification and equitable distribution of benefits as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Local Government to civic...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Judge Orders Robber To Get Trial Records
The High Court judge said he has prioritised the appeal of Caiphus Atlholang and that is why he ordered the record should be availed to both parties on March 13. The hearing will be on March 18. Reneetswe Rabosotho for the state told the court that...
Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent 09 March 2009
Farm Invasion Leaves One Dead
Francistown police boss, Senior Superintendent Foreman Baganetswe said they are investigating the incident in which two Batswana workers were attacked at the farm. The other one is recuperating at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital. One of the workers...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 09 March 2009
Bible Life Plants Trees In Phikwe
The church's senior pastor McDonald Ndlovu said they the gesture is a show of their commitment to the protection of the environment and specifically the need to conserve trees. He said the church's aim is to plant as many trees as possible every...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Mogae Becomes President-In-Residence
He leaves for the United States today, a day after returning from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he attended the inaugural meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa Advisory Board. The African Presidents-in-Residence Programme is an initiative...
09 March 2009
BTB Goes to BBC World Service
The deal has been sealed by the Botswana Tourism Board (BTB) at a bargain price under bulk advertising. The 671 video slots of 30 seconds each have been spread across North America, Europe and Africa. BBC America (North America) gets 224 slots,...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 March 2009
Magistrate rejects request to recuse himself
Charumbira, who is also the deputy registrar and master of High Court, dismissing the application, said that the meetings referred to by the defence lawyers did not have a bearing on the case. "I am of the considered opinion that grounds advanced for...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 10 March 2009
Ntsoro part Two, the story of two worlds apart
Things like robots and electronic stairs were simply impossible and when the two finally make their fateful trip to the big city they are intrigued by even the slightest of things. The fun-loving duo never stops wondering, 'how do they do that...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 10 March 2009
Back Stage
Ju Dou (1991) is being shown today only at 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is the second of four films on Tuesdays in a Chinese Film Festival. Last year Zhang Yimou orchestrated the opening and closing ceremonies at the Beijing...
SASA MAJUMA 10 March 2009
BDF XI dislodges Rollers
BMC finished the first round in fifth position with 24 points. In the game against BDF XI on Sunday, it was obvious that BMC was going to be a difficult customer after a heavy loss in their preceding assignment. Though captain Mosimanegape...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 10 March 2009
Good start for 'Observer'
This was Letlapeng's first win in four games and Pelokgosi had reason to smile after registering such a feat in his debut as the club coach. Pelokgosi was roped in from Kgabosetso Southern Callies of Moshupa after a fall-out between Letlapeng and...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 10 March 2009
Rousing rallies at Saleshando launch
There was hardly any parking space as BCP supporters descended upon the youthful parliamentarian's rallies to also launch his council candidates. Saleshando is standing against the ruling Botswana Democratic Party's, Gomolemo Motswaledi, who has...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 10 March 2009
Murder-accused cop attacks journos
Walking with a hitch occasioned by leg irons, Motswasele, a former police officer at Broadhurst Police Station, charged at photojournalists who were trying to photograph him, choice words tossing out of his mouth in the process. Motswasele is...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 10 March 2009
How long shall they kill our prophets?
"How long shall they kill our prophets"- Bob Marley sang The first real accident that happened to Morgan Tsvangirai and family was his mistaken belief that he could tame the old crocodile that has been eating the children of Zimbabwe from the days of...
10 March 2009
Let the Khama media charm roll-on
But that was after he had opened up to CNN the only way he could ever do for foreign journalists. Khama did for CNN what he has never attempted to do for the local private media. He gave them an all access pass into his life. Khama has this ability...
10 March 2009
AS I SEE IT
When Batswana talk about government, including some educated ones, they have in mind the Executive: the president, ministers, public servants, law officers, immigration officers, magistrates and all those who order people around, give them some...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 10 March 2009
Cartoon strip 10..03.09
10 March 2009
DCI makes surprise comeback
Accordingly, the DCI gained a modest 0.72 percent to finish the week above the 6,500-point mark. On the other hand, the FCI was flat at 1,171.80 points on thin volumes on the Foreign Equity Main Board. The local equity market has been on a steep...
STAFF WRITER 10 March 2009
Mosadi makes Batswana women proud, special
Organised by four youthful minds - Tshepo Sikwane of Big Dawg Productions, Mpho Laing, journalist and fashion editor of Lapologa magazine, Bakang Sebele, who is the founder of the non-profit organisation, Youth Alive, which focuses on HIV/AIDS and...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 10 March 2009
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