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Expelled BNF 'mavericks' in comeback bid
The letter has been written by former national disciplinary board chairperson, Dr Lebohang Letsie on behalf of Lobatse legislator Nehemiah Modubule and former central committee member Dr Elmon Tafa and others. The trio were expelled from the party...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 19 March 2009
Botswana to host TICAD meeting this weekend
The discussions will focus on boosting economic growth, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the impact of the global economic crisis. The two-day ministerial-level meeting will be hosted by the Government of Botswana and convened...
19 March 2009
Correction
"Tourism Board get's lion's share of Ministry Headquaters' Budget". We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused
19 March 2009
Kubuitsile scoops yet another prize
According to the organisers of the prize, it has been birthed from a recognition of dearth of fictional African literature that focuses on the youth and encourages them to explore and develop an interest and pride in the African continent. "I...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 19 March 2009
Hiked Miss Teen Africa fee irks parents
Miss Teen Africa beauty pageant was staged last year and the queen scooped P100,000 as the first prize. But it came as a shock to most parents when the winner was given only P20,000 and the organisers announcing that the balance (P80,000) had been...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 March 2009
I deserve top honours - Vomit
Now the fellow, who broke onto the music scene with that Afro pop hit Matshidiso a decade ago, believes he deserves national honours for having 'taken dikhwaere to the top'. In his new album, Ke Tswhwana Le Moshe, Vomit insists that he is the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 19 March 2009
Phakalane Estates sponsors volleyball
The tournament will be played in four stages over seven weekends. Speaking at the unveiling of the sponsorship on Tuesday, David Magang of Phakalane Estates said they believe the little they gave will take the sport to a higher level. He expressed...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 March 2009
Morule wants BSA presidency again
Morule said his long stay at the BSA helm is a positive development because he has learnt important lessons that will help the sport. He became BSA president in 2000 having been the vice president before. In 2001, he was relegated to the vice...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 March 2009
Morule wants BSA presidency again
Morule said his long stay at the BSA helm is a positive development because he has learnt important lessons that will help the sport. He became BSA president in 2000 having been the vice president before. In 2001, he was relegated to the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 March 2009
MoE gets Indian computers
Speaking at the handover ceremony, the Indian High Commissioner in Botswana, Vishnu Hade said his country is making the donation as part of a commitment made in 2006. He said the commitment was made by the Indian Prime Minister during his December...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 19 March 2009
Woman survives mauling by dogs
When a Mmegi team arrived at the scene around 11pm the two bull terriers were menacingly barking at the crowd that had gathered by the gate. Neighbours complained that they feared for safety of their children, as they did not know where the dogs had...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 19 March 2009
Kgosi Sechele set to introduce wife
"We wish other tribes will join us to celebrate Kgosi Kgari's wedding. Visitors will be taken very good care of because Bakwena are a generous and kind-hearted people," says Kgari's deputy and chief wedding organiser, Kgosi Keineetse...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 19 March 2009
our heritage
If there is any single photo which can claim to illustrate the economy of this country prior to the advent of the diamond age, it surely has to be this one. But if there is another which is even more illustrative I hope that someone will bring it...
Sandy Grant 19 March 2009
Before we blame criminals, let us look at ourselves
There are reports that in Mahalapye, Palapye, Selebi-Phikwe and Gaborone, some criminal elements who masquerade as DIS agents were arrested, charged and convicted by a court of law. It would seem the sole aim of these criminals was to gain entry into...
19 March 2009
Cartoon strip 19.03.09
19 March 2009
BOSETU mourns its founder member - Fernando Maoto
The last time I met Mr Maoto was last year (2008) before the commencement of the external national examinations when I addressed School Heads of the South region in Lobatse about BOSETU's position of not going to invigilate and mark the examinations....
19 March 2009
Natasa Mining to acquire 70% stake in African Copper
African Copper says Natasa has agreed to assist the ailing group with a bridging loan of US$1.5 million to meet its immediate and critical working capital requirements. Under the terms of the agreement announced on Monday, Natasa Mining has agreed...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 19 March 2009
No SADC soldiers for Madacascar - Skelemani
Mmegi had wanted to know whether sending an army from SADC countries, as in the case of Lesotho, where soldiers were sent to quell a mutiny by the mountain kingdom's army, was a viable option. In Skelemani's view, Madagascar's is a bloodless coup...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
Debswana waits for Btv on Marole interview
She said she will once again try to get Btv boss, Mogomotsi Kaboyamodimo to give reasons for not airing the interview on The Eye programme. "It is important that we know because time is not on our side. There is a likelihood of the interview being...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 20 March 2009
Relief as BCL cuts down retrenchment
Employees in the lower stratum have been the most affected by the recession. "But in principle, the more people working, the better," Moitlhobogi said.He said small to medium enterprises continue to feel the effects of the recession despite BCL...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 20 March 2009
The other meaning of MCP
"What is MCP?" We would ask the bald-headed Mitchell, our attention now turned towards him as he leaned on his table. Laughingly, while shaking his head, the sage would retrieve a chalk from the cupboard and write MCP on the blackboard. And then,...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 20 March 2009
Zimbabwe: 'The left doesn't know what the right is doing'
The Zimbabwe Government of National Unity is a month old now but there seems to be no convergence of policies and ideals of the three parties to the agreement. Since the swearing in of the cabinet last month, tussling quietly has characterised the...
20 March 2009
O mo kae? It still matters!
Contrary to a statement made to Parliament in 2007 that the tribal question on complaint forms is left out when offenders are booked, police officers still ask people: "What tribe are you?" The issue came up in Parliament when Specially Elected MP,...
20 March 2009
Education must embrace dynamics of IT
From the academic point of view, it is clear, more schools are introducing computer lessons much, much earlier to the children, and so are most parents to their children at home. To be computer literate is considered being civilised and conceivably...
* TERRYSON KABBWERU HIMAYUMBULA 20 March 2009
No official complaint on Tawana
There seems to be precious little the government can do to protect the national flag from misuse. Office of the President spokesman, Dr Jeff Ramsay says he is not aware of a formal complaint having been lodged with the show's organisers. "That...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 20 March 2009
Robert Mugabe's untold story
Several years ago, when Archie Mogwe was Minister of Foreign Affairs, he informed Parliament, then composed largely of cattle farmers and villagers, that it was illegal to refer to human beings as 'witches' because, by doing so, one would be...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE
Correspondent 20 March 2009
Media Practitioners Act: a critical analysis (part 2)
Section 10 of the Media Practitioners Act deals with the right of reply. The provision compels a media practitioner who publishes a statement about or against a person to publish a reply from the person in respect of whom the publication is made. The...
20 March 2009
The right to know
"My dear friends." That is the fraternal greeting of trade union of journalists of Great Britain. They boast a tradition of trade unionism of 109 years, which goes back to 1900. Their experience includes reporting on the Great Depression of...
20 March 2009
File disappears, trial jams
He was scheduled to continue hearing a 2003 murder case involving seven accused person from Kasane yesterday morning. The particulars of the offence are that on November 21, 2003 at Kasane the accused persons jointly and acting together robbed...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
The duopoly of presidentialism and autocracy
Facing the Realities Botswana is in a deep trough of its rulers' making, from which no easy or quick escape is foreseeable. The country is caught between an autocratic and increasingly powerful presidency and vision less, stultified ruling party, on...
20 March 2009
Children's Act; the other view
The bill still needs some work to synchronise articles - to make sure they do not contradict each other. Also, the drafters should check all references to the Minister, and make sure it is clear which minister is being referred to in different...
* DR KATHLEEN LETSHABO 20 March 2009
What is 'a child'?
"The Government of the Republic of Botswana enters a reservation with regard to the provisions of article 1 of the Convention and does not consider itself bound by the same insofar as such may conflict with the Laws and Statutes of Botswana." A...
20 March 2009
Botswana in record P2,6 billion trade deficit
According to Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures, this is in sharp contrast to previous years when trade surpluses were registered in 2006 and 2007 to the value of P 8,5 billion and P 6,8 billion respectively. The CSO says December 2008...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
Botswana's first uranium mine to open soon
The uranium mine , which is being developed by ASX-listed uranium exploration company A-Cap Resources is projected to have an exploration target in excess of 200-million pounds of uranium. According to a report on ...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
Power tariffs may increase again
"What we have said there is a need for a significant increase in electricity tariffs," Eskom spokesman, Fani Zulu, told Reuters in an interview. "The application will be made very soon, let's say in a few weeks," Zulu said.The new tariff would take...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
Govt boosts two diamond companies - PHK
In an interview with Business Week last week, the minister revealed that the government had helped two companies that were on the brink of folding up to access cash injections to sustain their businesses. "We will help any company that is...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
Government bonds oversubscribed
The Government of Botswana (GoB) floated three Republic of Botswana Bonds on the market on March 6. The bonds were over subscribed by more than 100 percent, raising P300 million for the government. On the first tender, P100 million worth of BW003...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
Consumer Watchdog
Scarily we often hear of consumers who treat these commitments with the same level of seriousness as the purchase of a cellphone or a DVD player. It's scary because the consequences of getting these purchases wrong, of choosing the wrong lender...
20 March 2009
Khomela, the show-stealing artist
"I realised that I was going to be an artist at Standard Three, I could excel at pencil drawing, outclassing my fellow pupils," Khomela explains to Mmegi during an interview at Thapong Visual Arts Centre. The creative gods smiled on the painter when...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 20 March 2009
President versus JSC, lawyers debate
Sources at the Office of the President reveal that Khama has instead called for the Administration of Justice to re-advertise the positions. Last month, the Administration of Justice carried out interviews to recruit two judges and one acting judge...
OLIVER MODISE and OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondents 20 March 2009
Changing Family Systems: A Global Perspective
Lisa Lopez Levers (Duquesne University; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)Gloria Jacques (University of Botswana; Gaborone, Botswana)Published by:Bay Publishing (Gaborone, Botswana), 2008 Book Review by: Ngwakwana MalemaHead, Guidance and...
20 March 2009
Back Stage
The film begins in the foothills of the Drakensburg Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal. There we meet Musa (bravely and competently acted by Junior Singo). Musa is 11-years old. His mother has just succumbed to the "sickness". Now Musa is lonely. He has time...
20 March 2009
Life is a big, unfriendly ocean
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD Correspondent Bait is a first work of fiction by Nick Brownlee. He is a British journalist who fell in love with deep-sea fishing off the coast of Kenya. His experiences there provided the framework for this detective...
20 March 2009
It is difficult to support Rajoelina
At the height of the impasse, troubled Ravalomanana invited his youthful rival, Andry Rajoelina, to a dialogue, which the latter spurned. Ravolamanana even offered to call a referendum to determine matters regarding the stalemate occasioned by the...
20 March 2009
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
However, I differ with Tshireletso on her decision to contribute to the effort of finding a solution to the problem by introducing for debate a parliamentary motion that seeks to increase the number of specially-elected MPs from the current four to...
20 March 2009
We all must support the children's bill
As we are on the countdown to elections, I think it is only proper that we start thinking about who we are going to vote for. Judging from how they contribute in the debates and whether the bills they vote for are in the best interest of ordinary...
20 March 2009
Democracy under threat
Even though, that was the case to some individuals who have ties with democracy, they remained hallucinated. Indeed, to them it was not a good day at all; since they doubted the integrity of the top man on the ladder. In most cases, if not all,...
20 March 2009
Cartoon strip 20.03.09
20 March 2009
Red-hot GU gear to roast Dinoko
Though achieved against relegation candidates, the victory sent a warning that the Reds are championship material and have the ability to fight until the final whistle. The 5-0 demolition was followed last weekend by a 3-1 win over ECCO City Greens...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 20 March 2009
Masitaoka ponders move to Gaborone
However, the managers did not rule out the possibility of moving the club to Gaborone. Club spokesman, Kennedy Ramojela, told Mmegi Sport it will not be good for them to switch base at the moment. "Initially, we were supposed to have separate...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 20 March 2009
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