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No sponsorship means students in jail - Opposition
This is according to Botswana National Front spokesperson Moeti Mohwasa. Citing the global economic meltdown, MoE recently announced that it will stop giving scholarships to students studying at private tertiary institutions and that it will not...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff writer 21 April 2009
I am not into politics - Nyanga
Contrary to the time tested basic principle of journalism known as balanced reporting, I was never contacted for comment. My director who was quoted on other issues in the article was also not asked to comment on these allegations. This left...
21 April 2009
MoE mess portends a messy future
The decision came late after students had already applied to the University of Botswana where they popped out a non-refundable P180 application fee. All this being hard-earned cash they would not have spent had they known that they would not qualify...
21 April 2009
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21 April 2009
Call to streamline business development agencies
The calls were made by chief executives of some of these agencies at the just-ended Local Enterprise Authority (LEA)'s inaugural Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) conference held at the GICC last week. "There is a lot of fragmentation of...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
Choppies plans to open 10 more stores in SA
Choppies already has seven branches in that province that neighbours Botswana, the latest having been opened in Lichtenburg recently. The company has plans to open at least 10 stores in Tswana-speaking province this year, before spreading deeper to...
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT 21 April 2009
Maxy steals the show at Maitisong festival
The Old Naledi Freedom Square, which was full to capacity saw the likes of Frank Lesokwane, known as Franco belting out some of his popular songs like Koti-Koti, Ntsanyana and Ambassador before the appreciative crowd, which kept on dancing to his...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
BY4 releases disco album
The album is titled Molweni, which is Xhosa for Dumelang in Setswana. The disco album that was released last week has songs in Venda, Zulu, Xhosa and Setswana. The album comprises 14 tracks that are very hot, including Impumelelo, Feel So Lonely,...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 21 April 2009
Tebby comes up with dirge in praise of the Lord
In an interview, Tebogo Setlhomo, the self-proclaimed queen of gospel, said that after realising that most of the time Batswana artists prefer to perform for audiences at parties and CD launches "but not at funerals, I saw this as a need that must be...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
Back Stage
Since Otar Left ...(2006) a.k.a Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti is being shown today only at 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is a Georgian film set in Tbilisi and Paris, France, and in Georgian, Russian, and French with subtitles in...
SASA MAJUMA 21 April 2009
Gunners improve their act
Gunners never looked like a team recovering from a 5-0 humiliation by ECCO City Greens. Only bad luck and the brilliance of Notwane goalkeeper prevented Mapanstula from collecting maximum points on Sunday. The most-improved department at Gunners was...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
Temporary Platform regroups for brass tacks
Said Modubule in an interview with Mmegi yesterday: "Now that we have realised that the BNF leadership has taken a position to maintain its rigidity on not taking our request to open talks with them seriously, we have been left with no choice but to...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
ECCO overcome Matebele
ECCO won through a solitary strike by the increasingly influential, Bonolo Fraiser in the dying minutes of the firsthalf. It seems Moyo's gamble of starting the game with Victor Watlala instead of Tshokolo Nkola paid off as Matebele were effectively...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 21 April 2009
Motlakase powers into the Premier League
There were wild scenes inside the Selebi-Phikwe Stadium at the end of 90 minutes as the small travelling contingent of Motlakase fans broke into song and dance. It was not a spectacular performance against a Satmos side that struggled for fluency,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
Comets edge closer
The Ramotswa side has a reputation for faltering at the last hurdles after raising hopes that they will win the First Division title and qualify automatically for the Premier League. A few a back, they enjoyed an eight-point lead and looked poised...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 21 April 2009
Player weeps as Kutlwano thump Mafolofolo
The dread-locked player cried bitterly and held his head in shame when Kutlwano overcame Mafolofolo 3-2 in a breath-taking match to book a date with the army side BDF VI in the final this weekend. His teammates gathered around him to comfort him but...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 21 April 2009
BOTEC ordered to pay sacked boss
Dow found that BOTEC's termination of Ndaba's employment was without notice, a hearing or justification and was thus substantively and procedurally unfair. She ordered that Ndaba be restored to the financial position he would have been in had BOTEC...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
Slash slush funds to sponsor students - BCP
"Why can't he (Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe) go to the World Bank or International Monetary Fund," Gobotswang said, adding that Mugabe was responsible for the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe. Gobotswang was speaking at a...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 21 April 2009
BCP wants budget cuts across the board
The BCP wondered why the government is buying a jet and helping Zimbabwe when it has announced that it will no longer sponsor students to private tertiary institutions or to foreign colleges because of financial constraints. Speaking during the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 21 April 2009
Magistrate postpones P80m graft case
The case was postponed to tomorrow after Tony Matilo, for the accused, submitted that the state was in possession of some documents that have not been served on the defence. He told the court that they require some documents, which are with the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 21 April 2009
The good old days of Palapye railway station
There was a connection between the railway station and the people. The station was the most frequently visited part of the village. Like a magnetic force, the station had the power to attract all people - old and young. Judging by the low level of...
SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANESS
Correspondent 21 April 2009
Who is the MoE trying to fool?
First, the ministry announced there will be no sponsorship for students in local private tertiary education institutions. We thought that was bad enough, but they had saved the very worst for the last. Without forewarning to parents and students, the...
21 April 2009
AS I SEE IT
In 1999, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) wrote a letter to the Ombudsmans Office complaining of abuse of office by Lieutenant General Ian Khama, then Vice President of our Republic. The complaint arose out of His Honours entourage of public...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 21 April 2009
Govt will not finance Zim loan - Gaolathe
"We are going to encourage our banks to extend that line of credit," he added. He said government is going to guarantee the bank loans which will help Zimbabwe revive its economy. "Banks will want some sort of comfort from us looking at what is...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 22 April 2009
New Management training company launched
Speaking at the official launch of Veldbery in Phakalane on Tuesday, Chief Executive of BOTA, Abel Modungwa, said service delivery in Botswana was still below acceptable international standards and thus there was every need to improve if the country...
STAFF WRITER 22 April 2009
BWA appoints new president
BWA exists to provide effective and quality voluntary service to communities at large but particularly, the disadvantaged communities locally and internationally.Nan is the Managing Director of Mileage air(Pty) Ltd and the Executive President of...
22 April 2009
Shumba feels the heat as album sales plummet
This is in stark contrast with his phenomenal arrival onto the music scene two years ago when his Makhirikhiri album notched approximately 170, 000 copies in sales, both here and in South Africa. The Bobonong bred musician even went on to be...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 April 2009
Fabulous Ernest the singer and painter
He is Ernest Seakgosing, who is currently dealing with multimedia that includes film production, graphics, and music. He is also running a recording studio, from his house. Early this year Seakgosing staged a gospel talent search, and...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 April 2009
The architect who stores events in portraits
Twenty-four year-old Thabo Moyo earns a living by making painting. Moyo is more focused on the African portraits that conserve the African culture through literal likeness. As Aristotle stated: "The aim of art is to present not the outward...
NDINGILILIO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 22 April 2009
Culture Spears DVD sells like hot cakes
Culture Spears frontman Kabelo Mogwe said in an interview in Gaborone yesterday that normally a best selling DVD in Botswana would have close to 2, 000 copies. He says that they were happily surprised to discover that despite the prevailing...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff writer 22 April 2009
Seretse gets BFA top job
BFA president, David Fani said that Seretse will add value to the association because of his experience especially in administration, business and relations with the private sector and the public. "Seretse will also be useful in strengthening...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 22 April 2009
BMC gets tough on players
The development is causing concern to club officials. BMC public relations officer, Tiny Dinoko told Mmegi Sport they charge players who get unnecessary cards to instill discipline. "We have made it clear to the players that we would no longer...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 22 April 2009
BOKA boss faults mushrooming of karate styles
Nkwe said the new styles do not add value to the sport. This is because the styles are introduced by defectors. Nkwe said some people form their own styles when they cannot settle differences with colleagues. He was speaking at the BOKA Ordinary...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 22 April 2009
Baledzi leaves for IMF, World Bank meetings
At the meeting, the development committee and the International Monetary and Finance Committee will discuss the progress made in the governance reform agenda of the IMF and World Bank. The African Constituencies will also consider the...
22 April 2009
Vitamin A campaign starts in June
The campaign kicks-off on June 1 and will last for a week. Nelson said that Vitamin A is an important micronutrient when she was addressing the full council meeting a Francistown City Council (FCC) on April 20. It is said that malnutrition is...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 22 April 2009
Water key to sustained economic growth - Gabaake
This point was highlighted at the start of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) workshop in Gaborone yesterday aimed at strengthening the River Basin Organisation (RBO). Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources permanent...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 22 April 2009
Batswana must vote the BCP for a better future for their children
Most people believe that a fragmented opposition is no match for the BDP and that only a united opposition, especially one which includes the Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) can achieve such a feat. It is believed that...
22 April 2009
Botswana looks forward to SA Elections
Other than the violence; particularly in Kwazulu Natal, the campaign was feisty and offered what was one of the most intense and riveting campaigns ever since the first non-racial elections in 1994. To us in Botswana, and many others in the sub...
22 April 2009
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22 April 2009
Debswana pumps P40m into SMMEs
Over the same period, the BDU also brought in P176 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) via companies relocating to Botswana in order to benefit from Debswana's policy of favouring local companies over foreign ones in its procurement. In the...
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT 22 April 2009
Botswana boat maker breaks into international market
The Maun-based company has been operating since 1986. Its Managing Director, Rod Bateman, says the initial plan was to manufacture and supply the various lodges in the Okavango Delta with aluminium boats. Aliboats obtained the Yamaha dealership...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 April 2009
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