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Big names snub DPP in Nchindo case
Yesterday the Village Chief Magistrate, Lot Moroka heard that the DPP has hit a blank in its quest to get President Ian Khama and members of the old cabinet on its side. The prosecution admitted that it did not get favourable responses in its...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
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29 April 2009
Universal and mandatory pension scheme proposed
Various speakers at a workshop on developing the pension scheme organised by the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs spoke of the need for administrative costs to be reduced for it to benefit the poor. "Most employees in Botswana earn under the...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
ABC re-brands as BancABC
If plans to open the retail business go ahead as scheduled, BancABC will become the eighth commercial bank in Botswana.In a statement, the bank said subject to regulatory approval, BancABC branches will open across Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania,...
STAFF WRITER 29 April 2009
Stage set for Miss Botswana pageant
One of the Miss Botswana organisers, Bissau Gaobakwe, said that the countrywide scouting had been quite successful. The nationwide scouting produced 24 beauties, but only 14 finalists will compete for the ultimate Miss Botswana crown on Saturday. The...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
Fetz revisits rap dream
He was simply known as Fetz on stage, and his tongue- twist rap style would leave many revellers spell-bound on those rap nights held at the Village. With rap music not doing so well in local circles, young Mangope studied for air conditioning and...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
Aubrey Woki returns to Gaborone
The raid, by all indications, sought to pre-empt commemoration of the June 16, 1976 Soweto uprisings, which Africans now celebrate as the 'Day Of The African Child'. The 10 tracks on the CD are, at one and the same time, an autobiographical...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE
Correspondent 29 April 2009
Santos warn the Reds
GU are second in the log standings, just one point behind defending champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs. The Reds will be looking for maximum points in order to restore their two-point lead at the top. GU have 49 points from 20 games while Magosi have 50...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
Appearance fees put BSA in dilemma
BSA president, Marumo Morule said shortly before being re-elected on Sunday in Gaborone that they are expected to pay players from the annual grant they get from government. But this has not been possible because the grant is not even enough to cover...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 29 April 2009
Minister applauds tourney organisers
The minister said that it is a commendable effort by the organisers to bring sport to the young inmates. She said that everyone in the country has the right to enjoy sport. Kokorwe encouraged the young inmates to take sport seriously because it can...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
PLC announces breakdown of prizes
PLC chairperson, Mokganedi Molefe revealed that the player of the season will get P50,000. He stated that the PLC technical panel will shortlist four players and the public will then choose the best in a vote that will last for two to four weeks. The...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
The Nchindo charge sheet - what might be dropped
Count 3 - KhamaCount 3 relies on the statement of the current President Ian Khama who was the then Vice President under Festus Mogae's tenure as president. The count reads 'Nchindo and Matome, on or about December 21, 2000, acting jointly and in...
29 April 2009
Corrupt immigration officers get the sack
The employees were dismissed after thorough investigations. The ministry's permanent secretary, Segakweng Tsiane has said that some foreign nationals were arrested when they were found in possession of the stolen Botswana documents. "When they were...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
High Court hears Mhlauli appeal today
Mhlauli was jailed after he was found guilty of abuse of office and lying under oath in the matter surrounding the allocation of a plot to Eddie Norman in the famous River Walk Mall of Gaborone. When jailing Mhlauli, Village Chief Magistrate, Lot...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
BNF targets 29 MPs
He lashed out at the media and critics whom he said are hell-bent on portraying his party in bad light."We are disappointed that journalists and critics are quick to write obituaries every time we quarrel in BNF. We have no doubt that we will prove...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 29 April 2009
BNF to expel members?
BNF sources have revealed that a number of activists from Gaborone, Molepolole, Kanye, Lobatse and Thamaga have received letters from the party leadership asking them to show cause why they should not be suspended or expelled from the party. The...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 29 April 2009
Africa must revisit Marx and The Communist Manifesto
The current engulfment of the international capitalist system in reckless mismanagement of resources created on the back of the working peoples of the world, themselves relegated to most cruel extremes of poverty and underdevelopment, rekindles the...
29 April 2009
Bravo to labour intensive project
In the early days of the programme, we were sceptical, although we did appreciate the importance of such initiatives in the creation of employment. Programmes such as Namola Leuba have often been credited for creating short-term employment at a time...
29 April 2009
Developing countries and the global crisis
Even developing countries that did everything right - and had far better macroeconomic and regulatory policies than the United States did - are feeling the impact. Largely as a result of a precipitous fall in exports, China is likely to continue to...
JOSEPH E STIGLITZ 29 April 2009
Govt retreats on education
At a press conference yesterday, Vice President Mompati Merafhe said the government was committed to educating citizens, hence it had heeded the public outcry against the earlier decision announced just before the Easter weekend. Merafhe explained...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
World War II was not 'really white'
According to the article, 'papers unearthed by the BBC reveal that British and American commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1945 was seen as a 'whites only' victory, adding that 'the BBC's Document programme has seen...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 30 April 2009
A sad day for justice
Whoever accepts to answer questions from police officers who come to his/her door is doing more than answering questions from police officers. She/he is exercising responsibilities that society has placed on him/her as a citizen or resident of this...
30 April 2009
AfDB to assist Botswana mitigate recession
The interventions will be rolled out between 2009 and 2013. Speaking at a workshop AfDB organised with the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, AfDB Director of Governance and Financial Management, Gabriel Negatu, said the CSP would contain...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
Pandamatenga gets P452m capital boost
The funds will be used to develop an appropriate water control and drainage system for Pandamatenga farms. At the signing ceremony of the loan agreement in Gaborone on Tuesday, the Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Keletso...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
What will they bank on now?
FRANCISTOWN: There was an air of optimism in Francistown before the end of last year.That Francistown was becoming the true northern capital of Botswana could be seen in the vibrancy of its central business district, whether it was month-end or...
30 April 2009
New business tools are IT-based - Consultant
In an interview, Strategic Change Consultant and professional speaker, Michael Jackson, urged businesses to remain proactive and avoid dogmatism enveloping their operations. Jackson said that there were signs of the global economic cycle changing...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 30 April 2009
Zambian Copper reinforces its bid for African Copper
In a statement on Tuesday, Zambia Copper announced it had made the improved offer in an attempt to satisfy all repayment obligations to Natasa Mining in full, hoping to remove the latter's ability to force African Copper into liquidation. ZC also...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
IMF revises down growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa
Announcing the outlook for sub-Saharan Africa, which was highlighting the impact of the global financial crisis, Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, the Director of the IMF's African Department, said in a statement that these projections imply a sharp slowdown...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
Coal to open new economic corridor
That Botswana's long-term economic development will increasingly hinge on the development of its massive coal resources is no longer debatable. In 2009, diamonds - the traditional bastion of the country's economy - have proven that far from being...
30 April 2009
Consumer Watchdog
My family and I were in a Woolworths store in large shopping centre in Jo'burg. My wife, not able to find exactly what she wanted, turned to a passing Woolworths employee and asked for assistance. Her response? "I can't help you, I'm...
30 April 2009
High Court reserves Mhlauli ruling
Mhlauli is appealing against conviction and subsequent sentence on charges of abuse of office and giving false information to a Commissioner of Oaths. He was given the maximum sentence of two years for the abuse of office and seven years for giving...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
VIPs presence sign of better days - Seakgosing
About 120 art lovers, mainly representatives from government departments, turned up at the launch of the exhibition that will run until May 10. The exhibition features two artists, Seakgosing and his friend Prince Marakane, both of them degree are...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
Rapulana born to be actor - not pursuing miscreants
Rapulana was never meant to be chasing after criminals. For he is proving that he was cut for the big screen. Rapulana is one of the main actors in the Botswana Police educational crime television programme, called...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 30 April 2009
Back Stage
The DVD was released on December 23, 2008. It opens with an aerial comedown into the halls of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. Osborne Cox or "Ozzie" (a very bald John Malkovich) has been called in for a confrontation....
SASA MAJUMA 30 April 2009
No easy task for women
Despite a host of international agreements affirming their human rights, women are still powerless, especially politically. A lot of reasons have been advanced to explain this situation, patriarchy almost always at the top. Politics, which is about...
30 April 2009
Ntuane hastens pace for Gaborone West
Both legislators have been outstanding in Parliament and they appeal to voters across the political divide. Since he was appointed in 2004, Ntuane has proved to be an independent thinker and at times even attacked government...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 30 April 2009
The politics of forgetting
It is now a century since the passing of Belgium King Leopold II (1835-1909), and while many Africans probably would not know who he is, they would nonetheless be familiar with his brutal legacy that is still alive and well today. Although he was...
30 April 2009
The President Hotel, Gaborone in 1970
A second reason is to suggest just how interesting this history might be and a third that, hopefully, it will encourage other Derek Haldanes to let me have copies of their old photos which need to be dated and described so that I can have a stab at...
30 April 2009
The road headache in Mahalapye East
Once upon a time, there was so much fascination with socialism, capitalism and even internationalism. But with the Cold War era gone, many believe that the ashes from the smouldering fire have now gone cold. Nobody cares about isms anymore! In...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
Refugees in SADC: Is a new era dawning?
LUSAKA: For three days last week, a meeting took place in the Zambian capital Lusaka in what is seen as another step towards finding a permanent solution to the refugee problem in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The...
30 April 2009
More needs to be done to secure passports
We have always known that Botswana passports were openly being sold. There have been reports that non-Botswana, some of whom are hardened criminals are using Botswana passports to move around the world. Unfortunately, this has come at a great cost to...
EDITOR 30 April 2009
Francistowners fire up race for BDP women's wing
A few days before the congress, which commences today, former Francistown district commissioner, Sylvia Muzila, emphatically altered the complexion of the race by declaring interest in the position of chairperson, albeit belatedly. Muzila's entry...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
Obama's hardest choices lie ahead
These are times of trial and upheaval that call for such daring. Strikingly energetic and self-confident, Obama has set out on a titanic journey to remake America's economy and redress a broken and dysfunctional international system. It is perhaps...
* SHLOMO BEN-AMI 30 April 2009
Botswana police are 100% useless
The officers who were tasked with tracking the robbers from the house completely rejected help from Gabane community members, insisting on the use of foot prints of the thieves. The footprints were followed from our house where the robbers gained...
30 April 2009
Love makes laws obsolete
The enduring "darkness" that was once perceived to pervade every corner of Africa seems to still persist because some of our once promising torch bearers have seemingly lost their sight. Many of them bear the torch, but cannot see where the light is...
30 April 2009
...the explorer
He gallivantsheavy satchel on his backto the far corners of the earthbringing nothing but the barest essentials of life;soap,toothpaste,and a penguin paperback to keep him company.Behind himWay yonder at homelie the tattered ruins of a middle-class...
30 April 2009
Cartoon Strip 30.04.09
30 April 2009
Mapalastina and Matebele in epic clash
After starting the season well, Rollers have fallen off the pace, putting coach Rahman Gumbo's job on the line. Rollers have been sitting in position four for sometime until this week when they slipped to fifth. The club has 38 points from 22 games....
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 30 April 2009
Rhinos face daunting task
Rhinos are seeking revenge after losing 10-8 to the army side in the first round clash last year. Left wing player, Biki Mawela told Mmegi Sport that they lost to Cheetahs because they made bad decisions. "When awarded penalties, we did not utilise...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 30 April 2009
Still no sponsor for volleyball league
Mokgatla said that at the moment, the federation is in talks with a potential sponsor and there are hopes that a deal will be sealed soon. At the start of the year, the BVF said that the league will start on time. However, it appears that it will be...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 30 April 2009
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