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Molale Gives Govt Workers 'Bockorol' Scolding
The PSP pulled no punches and minced no words in a meeting that left stunned civil servants thoroughly intimidated. The civil servants are not likely to forget April 30, 2009 in a hurry when the hard-hitting PSP told them off in no uncertain terms....
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
The Winners Code
No man is an island. The creator has designed it in such a way that life cannot be successfully lived as a solo flight in which you fly alone, win alone or perish alone. Life is like an odyssey with many twists and turns but on each leg of the...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 04 May 2009
Issues In Education
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development is re-introducing a schools' fees policy through a directive for tertiary education for new entrants into private institutions beginning the next academic year. The re-introduction of school fees must...
D. MOLEFE
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S. WEEKS 04 May 2009
Etcetera II
News of plans to publish a dictionary of past and present African biography immediately invites questions about who from this country should be included? Personally, I can't resist challenges of this kind; but where should one start in selecting...
04 May 2009
Health Chat
The carerMost of us expect to spend part of our lives caring wholeheartedly for our children from their birth until they are able to leave home. We do not question our responsibility in this role, which we have chosen to assume. When their children...
Kiran Bhagat 04 May 2009
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04 May 2009
Response to"Where is the President?"
This is the case despite the newspaper's acknowledgement that the President has asked the Vice President along with the Ministers of Education and Skills Development and Finance and Development Planning to "address the nation about recent...
04 May 2009
AfDB Moves To Benefit Private Sector
AfDB officials, who are presently in the country for consultation on the 2009-2013 Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Botswana, have stressed that the private sector has a major role to play in their blue print in helping towards economic...
Wanetsha Mosinyi
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
Japan eyes Botswana's Mining Sector
Japan's interest in Botswana minerals goes back decades. Its current involvement in Botswana's mining sector is limited to the supply of capital equipment technological support and technical expertise. Last September, a 50-strong high-powered...
Thato Moseki
Business Correspondent 04 May 2009
Botswana at Zim show
The ZITF, Zimbabwe's top exhibition, ended on Saturday with more than 400 exhibitors taking part. ZITF general manager Daniel Chigaru said in addition to Botswana, other countries that took part were China, South Africa, Indonesia, Kenya, Zambia,...
Fraser Mpofu
Correspondent 04 May 2009
Miss Botswana Makes History
The organisers of the show say one of their sponsors, Tau Pride, a South African company, supplied the Miss Botswana branded chopper for the crowning ceremony. "It is very expensive to hire a chopper. It costs P200 000, so the idea was to fly...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
Tombstones Crush Man To Death
The deceased was an employee of Granite Buzzer, a Gaborone West Industrial company dealing in tombstones. Reports say the man was killed by tombstones they were unloading from a truck. One of his relatives, Catherine Mothowaeng blamed the company for...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
Talking Musika
Surely, there must be a way in which the district, town and city councils should regulate against humanly intolerable volumes of sound in the nightclubs. There is, I believe, a scientific basis for the calculation of the number of decibels that the...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 04 May 2009
Food For The Soul
They say variety is the spice of life, and I couldn't agree more. But what do most of us do? We are stuck in a rut of a monotonous diet that ends up making everything dull. You see even if you have an excellent well balanced nutritious and...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 04 May 2009
The Reds Merciless
The victory margin could have been bigger if GU strikers especially Ronald Chikomo did not fluff the easiest of chances. As early as the first minute, Otlaadisa Mohambi squandered the Reds' first chance when he tried to be stylish unnecessarily in a...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 04 May 2009
Matebele Add To Rollers' Troubles
The early season title favourites have faded badly and lost many of their fans who no longer bother to come to the stadium. After Saturday's defeat, nobody can explain the problem in the team. Even coach Rahman Gumbo has been left speechless. He...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
Troubled Gunners Sink Nico
SELEBI-PHIKWE: Three quick goals were enough to earn 10-man Extension Gunners The victory means that Daniel 'Chicco' Nare's charges have collected six points from Majombolo this season after winning the first round fixture 1-0. The Gunners'...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
Chiefs Stumble In Title Race
"We always have a good game when we play against ECCO City Greens. We respect them a lot," said Moloi, who was tightly marked in the game. While Chiefs could not get the usual service from their inspirational captain, ECCO had no such problems with...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 04 May 2009
Pressure On Bafana Bafana
Jordaan emphasised that African football should come of age when the continent hosts the World Cup for the first time. "If we do well, it will help our case if we argue for more representation by African teams in the World Cup," he said. Meanwhile,...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
BDP: Sengalo Scrapes Through Over Muzila
Sengalo narrowly defeated Silvia Muzila during the women's congress which was held in Tsabong over the long weekend. Sengalo obtained 228 votes, while Muzila was voted by 218. Sengalo took over from Tebelelo Seretse, who is intending to challenge...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 04 May 2009
Morwaeng Withdraws, Sebele Bitter
Sebele is the BDP member who contested the parliamentary elections for Molepolole North against Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri. The case was to be heard at the Lobatse High Court on Thursday only to find that Morwaeng withdrew the civil suit in...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 04 May 2009
Merafhe Admits Poor Communication From Government
During a press conference last Wednesday, he said that this could be the reason why there are untruths printed in newspapers about the government. He was responding to reports that government has lent Zimbabwe P500 million. He stated that the...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 04 May 2009
UB Medical School Will Find Body Parts Abroad
They were responding to questions raised by members of the media last week. The 450 bed academic teaching hospital will fully commence its construction at the beginning of 2010 and it is expected to be completed in 2013. However, Otlhogile said...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 04 May 2009
UB Unfolds Development Plan
Briefing members of different media houses at the UB council chamber, Vice Chancellor, Professor Bojosi Otlhogile, said the media plays an important role in the society in disseminating vital information to them. As the institution, he said their...
Tumelo Setshogo
Correspondent 04 May 2009
Angry Noga Wants Stolen Money
The emotionally charged Noga, Secretary General of the Botswana Landboards and Local Authorities Workers' Union (BLLAWU) was addressing hundreds of participants at the launch of the Botswana Local Authorities Sports Associations (BLLASA) games on...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 04 May 2009
Hurrah! For School Fees
When this decision was made, there was a lot of panic amongst the parents as they did not know what they were going to do about their children as this was a last minute decision by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development. The reversal of...
04 May 2009
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