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Modubule denies targeting Moupo
He insisted that he is still BNF member because he cannot be expelled by an illegitimate central committee. Suspicions that Modubule might be out to settle scores on the floor of Parliament have been raised by two questions he asked touching on Moupo...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Matter of fact
It has since come to our attention that the deceased has long been buried. Any inconvenience caused is regretted.
26 March 2009
Govt should hasten brigades take over
Ever since that directive in 2006, there has been very little more than over extended consultations to show that the takeover will indeed, happen. Brigades and development trusts have provided an alternative education to many of our communities....
26 March 2009
Saber Energy gets 30-day loan extension
The original maturity date of the loan is March 24, 2009. "The company will update shareholders when the discussions are concluded. In the event that the discussions do not result in a further extension to the loan and the interest earned being...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
Cresta in multi-million expansion drive
TA Holdings, the parent company of Cresta Hospitality said in a statement accompanying its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2008, that the investment will be done in preparation for next year's 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Musicians potent agents of social change
In fact some of the artists' music was banned in their respective countries while others were even jailed for their involvement in politics. In Zimbabwe, there was the legendary Thomas Mapfumo with his unique blend of Chimurenga music, which...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Culture Spears goes hi-tech to reach global audience
In an interview with Showbiz, group leader, Kabelo Mogwe, said that they have woken up to the fact that their music, which has an international appeal, is needed on a global level. Every time they travel abroad they are met with requests to create...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
Illushen no illusion but real hip-hop king
Illushen, born Gobonaone Moroka, has nothing against the new brand of hip-hop, which is quite dominant in our country, and South Africa normally called Motswako, but he wants to do his in its 'purest' form. He has compiled a mix tape featuring nine...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Splash invades Phikwe, Shashe
Dan Tshanda and his groups start a disco-filled weekend in Selebi-Phikwe tomorrow followed by another show at Shashe Dam near Francistown. In fact the ace disco producer has released a double CD, Tolovela which is disco and Time to shine, his gospel...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Financial woes dog Gunners
Reports indicate that some Gunners' players have been demanding outstanding payments before honouring matches and Nare has to beg them to play. It is understood that Burundian strikers, Christopher Ndayishimiye and Aime Nzohabonayo refuse to play...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Celtic trip set to benefit Zebras
He said they decided to hold a workshop with Bloemfontein Celtic since it is one of the best-supported soccer clubs in South Africa while the Zebras supporters are said to be among the best in the region. "Celtic supporters are doing a lot of things...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
BHC evicts illegal tenants
Tefo Kebabope said some of the tenant obligations include, checks on whether the houses have been vandalised or sub-let to third parties. "If the inspection reveals that the BHC house has been sub let to a third party, who has not signed any...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
BNSC denies downgrading games
It is alleged that the BNSC wants the Botswana Chess Federation (BCF), Bridge Federation, Botswana Darts Association (BODA) and Motor Sport Association to be registered as bodies in charge of recreational activities and not sport. However, the BNSC...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Govt rents vehicles at P18m a year
The vehicles, 90 vans consisting of Nissan and Toyota Hilux Double cabs, will be rented out to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for use in a survey. The CSO will conduct the Botswana Core Welfare Indicators Survey, a project expected to last a...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
Councillors reject cessation of BR passenger service
In response to the Deputy Permanent Secretary of MWT, Lewis Malikongwa, councillors of Botswana's second city said they did not agree with the decision, primarily because they were not consulted beforehand. The passenger service of Botswana Railways...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
Motobake revs up Kgalagadi race for parley
The launch coincided with the official opening of the BDP regional office in Kang. In his address, Nkate hailed Motobake as the right man for the job. One of the issues he raised in Parliament was that of the former Kang Brigade students who could...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Robbery suspects make fresh bid for bail at Broadhurst Magistrate's Court
Kanjabanga appeared on behalf of John Olivia and Mohammed Killan Bakari, who are both Mozambican, and Mohammed Salim and Kelvin Bernard William, who are Tanzanian.Kanjabanga, reasoned that the change of circumstances warranted that his clients may...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
BCL pledges to switch into global 'Earth Hour'
Most buildings around the world will go dark for one hour on Friday March 27 in support of the Earth Hour, a climate change initiative of the United Nations. BCL public relations and communications superintendent, Tiro Kganela, said all BCL...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 26 March 2009
Missing woman found hanging
Officer Commanding, Foreman Baganetswe confirmed that the police found her after receiving information from residents. "The police got a report from some people that a person was hanging from a tree and when they got there they found the missing...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 26 March 2009
The Bourbons of global finance
At a time when rich countries like the United States are running deficits of 12 percent of GDP because of the global financial meltdown, the IMF has been telling countries like Latvia and Ukraine, which did not start the crisis but have turned to the...
26 March 2009
Marital rape exists
All the same, allow me to humbly but firmly disclose my displeasure towards the words that you said in an article that appeared in the Monitor of March 23, 2009. Don't steal from their waists in which you assert that "there is nothing like...
26 March 2009
DPP fails to get Khama to speak
By 2 o'clock yesterday, the DPP was still struggling to get a statement from Khama, vice president under Festus Mogae's tenure as president. They failed. The DPP had orders from Gaborone Village chief magistrate, Lot Moroka, that at that hour...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer and
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Botswana marks World Kidney Day
The campaign focuses on the importance of kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems Officiating at the event, held under the theme "On the move for kidney health", Onalethata Johnson,...
STAFF WRITER 27 March 2009
Eight killed in police shootings, House told
The Minister for Defence, Justice and Security, Ndelu Seretse, said 12 shooting incidents involving the police, were recorded from April 1, 2008 to date. Out of these incidents, eight suspects lost their lives. Seretse revealed...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Mmegi's 25th Anniversary logo launched
The logo appears next to the newspaper's masthead (nameplate) on the front page. The logo will appear on the daily issues of Mmegi running up to the month of celebration at the end of August 2009. This launch of the logo is part of the build-up to...
27 March 2009
Put your foot down, Chiluba tells beleaguered Banda
Recruited from former president Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP) by the late president Levy Mwanawasa after the 2006 general elections, most MMD veteran politicians have not fully accepted Banda as leader of the party, which...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 27 March 2009
I'm still Kgosikgolo, says BDP's Tawana
"I will always be Kgosi Tawana and I won't fight those who address me as such. I am the first-born son of Letsholathebe and I can't change that. I was designated by Batawana to be kgosi, later made a choice to stand for elective office but I am still...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 27 March 2009
What they say about the Children's Bill
Though the current Act addresses custody, care, juvenile justice and child protection, it has been overwhelmed by challenges like HIV/AIDS, rapid urbanisation and an increase in single parenthood. "These challenges have rendered the Children's Act...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
Can anything good come out of Peleng?
Others will think of the dirty streets, abuse of alcohol and poverty. I recently stumbled upon a group of young people agonising over the volatile and unreliable nature of the Lobatse political leadership - from a mayor who defected with people's...
* PHILLIP SEGADIKA
Special Correspondent 27 March 2009
A miners day: From dawn 'til the 'graveyard' shift
Still dark, a bus pulls up by and the group of men, speaking in hushed tones, climb on board. The bus roars into life and disappears into the distance. This scenario has been a common site in Selebi-Phikwe for decades now. The men and the bus are...
MQONDISI DUBE
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Farm boy goes back to his roots
He grew up on a farm and now he is back to the farm where he was born. At the gate of the farm in Letsholathebe Village in the North-East District, there is a board engraved Zwa Mbungwa Villa. That is where he whiles away time with his wife,...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
Mmegi journos muse with Time scribe
His statement is somewhat explosive and it is likely to baffle a lot of people who might pause and wonder what this man is trying to imply. After all, the first person to trust in our first days as children are our mothers. They breastfeed and...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
Police receive reports of DIS torture
The Minister of Justice, Defence and Security, Dikgakgamatso Seretse told Parliament yesterday that one report is from a police officer, while two are from civilians. Seretse was answering questions from the Member of Parliament for Gaborone Central,...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
The prison condom debate debate
Others like Botswana still outlaw homosexuality though the reality is that it is rampant in such countries despite the legal position. It is particularly said that the vice is rife in prisons. The situation in Botswana is no different. In the State...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
Has the lot of women improved?
But in the final analysis, women still get a very raw deal in nearly all societies. The other week, a female MP Bontlogile Tshireletso of Mahalapye East tabled a motion in Parliament to increase the number of specially elected women legislators....
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Plates still do for the discus in 21st Century Botswana
That is nothing compared to what Tswapong South MP, Oreeditse Molebatsi, was expected to hit the Minister of Local Government, Margaret Nasha, with on Wednesday and Thursday this week. On Wednesday, Molebatsi was to ask Nasha to say when she would...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 27 March 2009
A journalist's tour of prison with Siele
FRANCISTOWN: I have always struggled to get clearance to tour the Francistown prison and share my findings with the equally inquisitive public. The long fence and perimeter wall of the Francistown state prison prevents a clear view of what goes on...
27 March 2009
Ditshupo an introvert but highly talented painter
As they say, looks can be deceiving and the first impression one gets when he/she sees this introverted teenager is that he is unlikely to be a painter of note in the making. When Mmegi visit's the soft-spoken Mogapi, he is busy working on a piece...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Tribute to departed Dokodoko
The talented Tanzanian passed on last week shortly after he returned from Dubai where he had gone to perform. He was buried last Friday. The nippy guitarist was in a league of his own, always full of teasing gestures as he churned out music on...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Back Stage
. In the first 13 weeks it grossed only 24 million dollars and never played in many theatres. It should do much better as a DVD, so look for it. Stephen Holden of the New York Times says he fell in love with the film, even though he could see it was...
SASA MAJUMA 27 March 2009
Book Review
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was first published in hardcover in 2007. It has also won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the John Sargent Sr. First...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Morupule Power Station expansion set to take off
BPC hopes to fund the project through debt and equity finance. The Morupule B Power Station project involves the installation of 4 x 150 megawatt units. Associated projects include water supply works and the construction of transmission lines and...
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT 27 March 2009
Mmamabula hopes to complete BPC, Eskom deal by mid-year
(SEC) for the first power station to be built at the Mmamabula coalfields, the company announced on Monday. CIC president, Greg Kinross, said in a statement after the signing of the EPC contract that they now expect to complete Power Purchase...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
Domkrag meets in national council
The BDP national council is attended by members of the central committee, MPs, regional/branch chairpersons and their secretaries, a councillor from each constituency and members of sub-committees. The council is to be addressed by President...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Gaolathe wants Africa central to search for solutions
Speaking at the Japan-Africa development aid conference known as TICAD IV in Gaborone recently, Gaolathe said with its resources and its vast potential, the African continent must be part of the solution. "In order for us to play our part, we have...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
Barclays weathers the storm of '08
In a statement accompanying the bank's audited year-end results to 31 December 2008, Managing Director Thuli Johnson says despite the impact of the global financial crisis, the bank managed to deliver outstanding results, a trend that he expects will...
STAFF WRITER 27 March 2009
GPH welcomes health care competition from Bokamoso
The General Manager of GPH, Eugene Ferreira, says the opening of another private hospital will certainly affect them in one way or another. But that is not to say the competition is not welcome, Ferreira adds, though it will be something new to the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 March 2009
Hope for Tati, BCL as base metal prices rise
Base metal prices fell by more than 60 percent from their levels in the first half of last year, resulting in massive retrenchments and other cost-cutting measures. BCL Mine is expected to lay off 200 workers with scores of others voluntarily...
BUSINESS
CORRESPONDENT 27 March 2009
'Conclusion of Doha Round could prevent protectionism'
The more than 400 delegates to the Japan-Africa development aid conference in Gaborone recently issued a communiqu to be presented to the next G20 meeting in London next month. The communiqu, which was issued last weekend, emphasises the need to...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 27 March 2009
Consumer Watchdog
This is a time to use our critical thinking skills and not believe things just because someone says they're true. This is a time to be a skeptic. There's certainly no shortage of things to be skeptical about. Holiday ClubsNo, not...
27 March 2009
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