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What Now For DK?
"What I foresee is that Khama wants to isolate Kwelagobe and win his (Kwelagobe's) supporters to his side. It goes without saying that by using the party's established structures it is evidently a way of winning support than anything else," analyses...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
Drivers Warned To Be Careful
Traffic Officer Commanding, Superintendent Pelontle Kesupile, does not mince his words when he says they are out to get traffic offenders in Francistown, who for too long have been a law unto themselves. "People will just have to start complying...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 06 April 2009
'Magician' Gets 10-Year Jail-Term
For malicious damage to property, he will serve two years with six months suspended. Keeme will be in for three and a half years with six months suspended for the crime of unlawful wounding. The magistrate said the sentences for arson and...
Ndingililo Gaoswediwe
Correspondent 06 April 2009
Khama And His April Fool's Day
Khama brought new things like the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS), new operating hours for liquor outlets as well as countless directives on that day. A year later, on April Fool's Day this year, new traffic laws, with heavy penalties were...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
Nation Banking On You, Kapinga Tells Airborne Officers
Speaking at an event to mark the end of a six-week training course for the ALEOS in Gaborone last week, Kapinga said there will be times when the ALEOs will be called upon to abandon their personal plans to attend to calls at awkward hours....
Keobonye Majatsie
Correspondent 06 April 2009
Khama's Bag Of Mixed Results And Unpredictability
Eager to take the country to a higher development trajectory; the Commander-in-Chief has since sought to emphasise discipline and a sense of national pride as fundamentals that if well pursued would see the country reach unparalleled development...
Lawrence Ookeditse
Correspondent 06 April 2009
The Bigger Issue In Sudan
But this global focus on Sudan's Darfur region, though justified, has overshadowed an even more vital issue: sustaining the quest for a broader peace in all of Sudan. What is most needed now is to build an international consensus on a strategy to...
*By Shlomo Ben-Ami 06 April 2009
Fare Thee Well Boboza
It was not a surprise that he eventually donned the national colours, for both the junior and the senior team. He played for the country with pride and as a nation we have lost a true servant. We would like to pay tribute to Boboza for the service he...
06 April 2009
The Winners Code
William Shakespeare once wrote, "All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely actors. They have their exits and their entrances. And one man in his life plays many parts." The ineluctable truth is that life is about entrances and...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 06 April 2009
Issues In Education
One of the critical challenges which is always facing school leadership is the issue of managing conflict at the school level. Student uprisings are common in secondary schools, colleges and universities. These are often projected as "very bad" by...
D. MOLEFE
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Etcetera II
It does seem a trifle quixotic that whilst everyone elses' attention has been on the G20 meeting and the world's financial collapse, many of us here have been pre-occupied with cleavage, bare backs and bare shoulders. I am, of course, referring to...
06 April 2009
Opposition Condemns DK 'Purge'
BNF spokesperson, Moeti Mohwasa, admits that cabinet appointments are the preserve of the president. "However you can tell that this reshuffle was done to address inner-party differences. You can tell too that government appointments have nothing to...
Tshireletso Motlogelwa
Staff Writer 06 April 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...
Kiran Bhagat 06 April 2009
Where Is NDP 10?
This was done by the different ministries which will later submit their proposals to the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning which will come up with a document termed National Development Plan and allocated a number. This is normally a...
06 April 2009
We Are Suffering Here In Malaysia
This money wasn't enough at all for us staying here and we requested an increase of allowance which took decades for the Ministry of Education to resolve. The allowance was increased by RM495 in March 2008 but by that time we still received RM2100...
06 April 2009
Time to revise the global financial architecture
There is little doubt that the time has come to revise the global financial architecture. The problem is, if you ask three economists what the priorities should be, you are likely to get (at least) three different answers. Competing advice,...
* Linah Mohohlo 06 April 2009
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06 April 2009
AB Deal Fails To Take Off Again
"We have gone back to the other party (International Development Ireland (IDI)) to re-negotiate," permanent secretary Carter Morupisi said. "We were re-directed by Cabinet to re-look at certain things," he added. Speaking to Monitor at the...
Wanetsha Mosinyi
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
EU Funds Phikwe Small-Scale Projects
The injection of EU funds would see the town hold the long-awaited conference on diversification later this year. EU Press and Information Officer, Bester Gabotlale, said the works programme is being undertaken in conjunction with the Selebi-Phikwe...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
OUT TO LUNCH
Given that many organisations have established March/April as their year end, I suspect a lot of you will be going through various types of appraisals around this time. Business units will be looking at financial performance against goals and...
06 April 2009
Angela Kerrison Stars At BIFM-EU Festival Concert
The event started with Botswana's National Anthem, which was sung by a mass choir, comprising Sedibeng Choral Society, KTM Choir and the audience on the other hand. After the anthem, first on stagewas Sedibeng who sang Mozart's Nettuno S'onori, a...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
Talking Musika
The challenge of finding an African context out of which Batswana can then apply universal principles of music education should be viewed as a serious experiment for pedagogy - the manner in which teaching is done - and for the...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 06 April 2009
'Pastor' Mbaakanyi Preaches To Parliament
She dedicated 30 minutes of her two-hour contribution reading verses in the bible explaining why equal representation of men and women should be maintained in Parliament. But other MPs frequently interrupted the 'sermon' demanding explanations from...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
Food For The Soul
It is so obvious I should not even say it. But I feel compelled to nevertheless. Your heart is your life. You need a good strong functioning heart to live and enjoy life into a meaningful old age. Your heart is the seat of many aspects of your...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 06 April 2009
World Cup Trophy Coming To Botswana
The marketing manager of Coca-Cola, Paul Kaluba said during a meeting with the media on Friday morning that with the World Cup coming to Africa for the first time, his company has decided that the trophy should be taken to all the 52 African...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
Boboza Laid To Rest
Thobega who was hospitalised at the Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone for almost three weeks after a car accident near Lobatse, died at the age of 35. Former teammate at Mogoditshane Fighters and close friend, Barney Marman described the departed...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
Gunners Hold GU
Gunners nearly grabbed maximum points in the denying minutes but captain Ofentse Mmipi's snap shot missed by a whisker. Ofentse Nato gave GU the lead on the stroke of halftime by capitalising on poor goalkeeping from Mandivenga Paradzayi. The draw...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
Hogs Displace Cheetahs
The win was sweeter for Hogs because they have dislodged Cheetahs from the top spot. It was a tight affair that failed to produce goals till the end of the first half when Vuyisele Moyo of Hogs did what seemed impossible by scoring a try that...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 06 April 2009
Lawyer Blames Death Penalty For Death Of Jesus
He explained that the African Charter on Human Rights declares human life sacrosanct. He said Botswana's justice system is therefore undermining human rights because it has capital punishment. He stated that he cannot thank the President for his...
Nikita Geldenhuys
Correspondent 06 April 2009
'Mekoko' Make History
IEC spokesperson, Osupile Maroba said this is the largest number of independent candidates they have ever registered. "The number of aspiring independent candidates is on the increase. The commission is still receiving written intentions from...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 06 April 2009
BR To Consider Proposals To Revive Train Service
"The Botswana Railways Act was amended in 2004 to allow the organisation to enter into Public Private Partnerships and form Joint Ventures. As a result, Botswana Railways has always been open to receive proposals from interested parties," BR...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
'Cheating' School Referred To Police - Nkate
Education and Skills Development Minister Jacob Nkate told Parliament that all the O'Level candidates had been disqualified in view of the extent and nature of the malpractice. Nkate said during the marking of the 2008 O'level, examiners reported...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
MPH Donates P10,000 To Motetshwane School
The 38-year-old school has a special education section. It has a vegetable garden, workshops for carpentry, stone-carving, sewing and other activities for children with special needs. The school head, Margaret Hunyepa said that they lack the...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 06 April 2009
GCC Invites Tenders For Manual Labour
The work include bush-clearing and de-silting drains. GCC spokesperson, Seeletso Lekgaba said the ceiling for each company is P19,000. She said the council cannot hire individuals as it has been doing because of a shortage of trucks to transport the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 06 April 2009
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