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Court President Warns Women To Stop Stealing From Men's Waists
They (the girls) need to be taught about management of their reproductive system. There is no way they should just let themselves have babies in order to get maintenance money," she warned. Speaking as a discussant at a one-day workshop on gender...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 23 March 2009
Ambassador Appeals To Public Over Disability
"I want to call on all parents with children living with disabilities to take them to clinics or to social workers to get assistance on how to enroll them into government programmes tailored for them," he said. Balebetse noted that government has...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Women In Flare Up Over 'Support'
Sources at the court said about six women went up in arms when they were told late in the afternoon to come the following day. They had been sitting in the offices since they arrived that morning and they were dutifully told to wait for the...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 23 March 2009
Let There Be Service Delivery
The head of the civil service and Permanent Secretary to the President, Eric Molale, spearheads the effort. This is a good initiative and it can only be encouraged. In a number of workshops organised for heads of departments, the managers of the...
23 March 2009
The Winners Code
These are perilous times. These are trying times. These are times of challenges, and also times of opportunity. If we may paraphrase one celebrated author, these are times in which a genius would wish to live. The world today is facing challenges of...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 23 March 2009
Issues In Education
Last week, this column introduced Judicial Evaluation Method (JEM) as an alternative education policy evaluation tool. This article discusses Robert Wolf's JEM model and proposes its practicality to the context of Africa.It should be noted that in...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI&
S. WEEKS 23 March 2009
Etcetera II
It's not such a commonplace occurrence that any of us should experience three coincidences within a very short space of time. One coincidence can be normal, and perhaps a pleasant surprise. Two can make one wonder what is going on whilst a third is...
Sandy Grant 23 March 2009
Health Chat
This is the final column on the series which started last week discussing the subject of Parkinson's disease. Last week we revealed patients' insight and day-to-day changes when they first become aware of the disease. In this column we discuss how...
23 March 2009
Cartoon Is Demeaning To Women
It is in this context that the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs would like to raise a concern with the management of the Monitor newspaper regarding the cartoon - BILLBOARD that appeared on Page 6 of Monitor, published on March 16. The Ministry...
23 March 2009
Cartoon strip 23.03.09
23 March 2009
KBL Announces Kickstart Rollout Plan
Over the last five years, KBL and BBL have invested P5 million, P 1 million a year into the programme, training at least 20 young Batswana. Every year the programme has funded five new and existing enterprises, which now stand at 20. Over the last...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
BMWU Drags Tati Mine To Court
Mbakiso Chilisa for Tati Nickel told the court that the employees were misled into believing that through consultation they were entitled to a negotiation with the company. He said that Tati Nickel had invited the employees to a meeting to discuss...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
DiamonEx To Sell Major Stake In Bots Subsidiary
Company secretary Paul Crawford last Friday said in a statement that they have finalised the key terms of a conditional agreement for the sale of 80 percent of the shares in Diamonex Botswana Limited to FAMB, which is acting for DiamonEx...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Botswana Joins Fight Against Money Laundering
Finance and Development Planning minister Baledzi Gaolathe tabled the bill. He said the bill is also aimed at establishing a Financial Intelligence Agency, which will receive, analyse and disseminate information to various...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 23 March 2009
OUT TO LUNCH
This is the last instalment in this series on entrepreneurial development, and it's about the way you generally come across to your market. Some of the observations I want to share today are around self-presentation and performance in...
SHAMEELA WINSTON 23 March 2009
Students Showcase Immense Talent At Maitisong
"You may pro-actively watch and enjoy it on a deep level by applying your own interpretation to the visual images that are presented, or you may simply read it lightly as a collection of variety acts strung together by a loose narrative," explained...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Correspondent 23 March 2009
Ambitious Four Make It To My African Dream Show
Group manager and 20-year-old, Wada Majobe, says that his team was the first to qualify from the auditions held at Marang Hotel last Sunday. "All the groups that were competing for a spot in the top 10 in the junior category were 61 and we...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Talking Musika
Where the traditional methods do not work, or where they are not accessible to student and teacher, the Africans should not shy away from experimentation.The traditional teaching method leans heavily on the premise that all sound can be captured in...
23 March 2009
Food For The Soul
I have often pondered why something so easy to do or the simplest advice is the one most difficult to take and apply.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...
23 March 2009
Santos Hammer Nico
But the visitors were disappointing and never really threatened Santos despite scoring first in the game. The win means that Santos have moved two places to position 10 with 20 points from 17 games. After starting the second round on a sour note by...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Rollers Sweat For Draw
The draw did not quench the appetite of Rollers' supporters who braved the chilly weather to attend the game. The fans expected punishment of a team that has given them a headache in recent seasons but stared defeat in the face for most of the game...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
BNF Holds Special Congress In Phikwe
BNF spokesman, Moeti Mohwasa said there will be no party elections at the congress because the term of the current officials expire in 2010. He said an ordinary congress is due next year after the last one was held in 2007. He explained that the...
Mqondisi Dube
Correspondent 23 March 2009
If You Are Corrupt, Quit
Permanent secretary in the ministry, Carter Morupisi, sent this strong warning during the just ended two-day corporate planning workshop for the entire ministry staff across the country. The workshop was conducted to enhance the ministry's service...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 23 March 2009
TSM Got It Wrong - Teachers
Some teachers have approached Kgalemang and Associates law firm following what they call the "suspicious conduct" of some education officials. They allege that they were called for oral interviews but their letters are confusing because they bear...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Student Charged With Hiding Baby
Masunga station commander, superintendent Hendrick Mmipi, says they received a report on March 16 and after interviewing the student, they realised that indeed she had given birth recently. Mmipi says that the report they got is that one of the...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Zimbabwean Murder Accused Turns State Witness
Mubika told the court that they intend to use the third accused person, Isaac Ngoma as a state witness in a case that will see him turn against his fellow country men. Mubika told the court that the state wishes to withdraw charges against Ngoma...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Court Finds Missing File
But on Friday, the judge announced that the file has been found at the Criminal Registry. Apparently the file was misplaced when it was sent to the Registrar's office for processing of claims for pro deo attorneys. Though the file was...
Oarabile Mosikare
Correspondent 23 March 2009
Russian Gets Seven Years For Defilement
The crime is alleged to have happened on several occasions between 2005 and January 2008 in Gaborone. Tonoki pencilled the hearings for the bail to next week Saturday to allow the state prosecutor time to prepare answering arguments....
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 23 March 2009
Officer reveals trauma of executions
Last Saturday, Florence Selaledi told the Minister for Labour and Home Affairs, Peter Siele that prison wardens are always traumatised after executions. Speaking at the Centre for Illegal Immigrants in Francistown, where Siele was meeting wardens at...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 24 March 2009
AS I SEE IT
Across the border, presidential candidate, Jacob Zuma alias 'Umshini-wam' is everywhere sweet-talking the electorate to elect the ANC as the ruling party and by implication, him, as the next president of the country; he visits the churches pleading...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 24 March 2009
Cartoon Strip 24.03.09
24 March 2009
SACU to lose $680 million in revenues
SACU, which groups together Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and South Africa in the regional trade bloc, will experience the huge decline in customs revenues over the 2008/09 financial year due to the deepening global downturn, South Africa's...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 24 March 2009
BOCCIM to host an intellectual stimulation workshop
According to a press statement from BOCCIM, the two-day forum will be held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) from March 26 to 27. The press statement says as businesses adjust to the global financial crisis, "the need for...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 24 March 2009
Ditso debuts with Diselammapa
Though it would be an exaggeration to label it an instant hit, with the right marketing the album could help Otlotleng Tooto and his fellow band members to a good start in the all too saturated genre. Tooto, a former dancer with Mokorwana mixed both...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 24 March 2009
Ditshwanelo Film Festival on at Maruapula School
After the film, there was also a discussion on asylum seekers, which was led by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officials. Tomorrow's (Wednesday) documentary will be looking at the Palestinian situation. Another...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 24 March 2009
Back Stage
Yung Chang is a young Canadian of Chinese origin who wrote the script and directed the film. The documentary was sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada. Up the Yangtze moves smoothly between life on a luxury tourist cruise boat run by...
SASA MAJUMA 24 March 2009
Cheetahs set pace in rugby league
After two weeks of action, the BDF Cheetahs have proved to be the team to beat. At the Wharic Park on Saturday, Cheetahs hammered Tuskers 29-0 in a one-sided affair. All the goals were scored by tries with one conversion by Omphile Debula....
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 24 March 2009
Coach blasts GU defence
The Reds were lucky to beat Naughty Boys 5-4 in a game they were supposed to win at a canter. After humiliating Dinoko 5-0 in the first round clash, GU seemed to be headed for another resounding victory but things fell apart in the second half. After...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 24 March 2009
Killer Giants surge ahead as Checkers shock Comets
There was more good news for Killer Giants when another title hopeful, Prisons XI were held to a 1-1 draw by Kgabosetso Southern Callies. The Ramotswa side now lead the standings with 32 points with a game in hand after 15 matches. In second place is...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 24 March 2009
Botswana mobile penetration reaches saturation point
The Market Research Report Title for East and Southern Africa Telecommunications, covering the first quarter of 2009, shows that Botswana's uptake continues to slow down while in other countries, the sector continues to grow rapidly. The report...
Staff Writer 24 March 2009
Kanye police fish foetus from latrine
Kanye Police Station commander, Superintendent Mpho Modisaotsile said they received a report from the Kanye Seventh Day Adventist Hospital that they have admitted a 22-year-old woman, who seemed to have had an abortion. They tried to ask her where...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 24 March 2009
Uganda opens consulate in Botswana
Okello-Wengi was installed on Sunday in Gaborone at a ceremony attended by Uganda's Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa, his Botswana counterpart Phandu Skelemani and other dignitaries. During the ceremony, Skelemani said the establishment of the...
TOM ONIRO
Correspondent 24 March 2009
'Botswana should market itself better'- Japan official
In an exclusive interview on Saturday afternoon, deputy director general for press and public relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yasufisa Kawamura, said that Botswana is not doing enough to convince Japanese investors about the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 March 2009
Foreign inmates demand ARVs
The South African was speaking on behalf of 535 inmates at the Francistown Prisons courtyard last Saturday during Siele's tour of prisons facilities. He accused the Botswana government of contravening WHO provisions on health. He said Botswana is...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 24 March 2009
Report the 'credit crunch' from an African perspective
Whilst this shall not be a work of academic economic analysis, it should serve to make the more important point that the journalists of the underdeveloped countries must embrace fully, the challenge of responsible reporting on international...
24 March 2009
Obama should beware the growing anger in America
Spring has come to Washington DC and, with it, the sickly sweet smell of scandal. "Who knew what and when did they know it?" roared the House Republican leader, John Boehner, last week. At the White House's daily briefing, agitated reporters besieged...
24 March 2009
The BNF leaders must show maturity
The history of the party is replete with factional fissures, which have led to break-aways. The state of affairs at the BNF has made irreparable damage to the opposition as a viable alternative to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). A...
EDITOR 24 March 2009
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