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High Court starts hearing Nchindo case application
The substantive case is before Gaborone Chief Magistrate Lot Moroka. In the High Court application, the defence team is challenging a ruling made by Moroka that the state ought not to provide further particularities in most of the charges that...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA and ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writers 07 May 2009
Natasa in new offer to African Copper bondholders
This is in addition to the proposed debt and equity subscription agreement reached with bondholders on April 9. The offer must be approved by African Copper shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting today._Natasa has offered to acquire...
STAFF WRITER 07 May 2009
Orange bankrolls new Vee album
The company is hosting a listening session for Vee's latest offering at Bull 'N Bush in Gaborone today. Vee and Orange seem to have forged a strong relationship. The company last year sponsored Vee's album launch at Chez'Ntemba at an Orange branded...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
Hologram holds back Machesa, K-Boss albums?
The Registrar of Companies, which issues the hologram confirmed that they have not been able to supply the device since April, especially to those clients who ordered in bulk. Ramco Records' chief executive officer (CEO) Eric Ramogobya yesterday...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
DJ Boggie Sid's album goes international
His hot house album compilation, The New Movement is selling on the international scene, with about 11 reputed Internet stores offering tracks from the album for sale to the international audience. Among the Internet stores selling Boogie Sid's...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
Stop crowding the press, govy
World Press Freedom day has since 1991 been pencilled on May 3. While May 3 has accordingly been observed as such, the festivities have been extended. This evening at Maharaj Conference Centre the media fraternity will host a panel discussion that...
EDITOR 07 May 2009
BFTU shocked by Govt bias
On Workers Day 2009 "BOFEPUSU" held what has been termed a "Workers Summit" in Gaborone, which was attended by, among others, several government Ministers, Senior government officials and some Members of Parliament from both the ruling party and the...
07 May 2009
It's over the top... PSP should visit
The letter itself differs not from the earlier article on the PSP or words attributed to the PSP. As Batswana and being part of the human race forging for a common good, let us learn respect and to "do unto others as would want to be done unto us"....
07 May 2009
BNF's world press freedom day message
To us in the BNF, May 3 which has been declared World Press Freedom Day by the United Nations is not just another day. It has its origin on the Windhoek Declaration. This 1991 Windhoek Declaration has its roots on a gathering that brought together...
07 May 2009
Editors meet Khama
It is a considered view of the Botswana Editors Forum that the meeting was productive and encouraging in as far as it was candid - with either side expressing their concerns about issues of mutual interest. Among other things BEF outlined in detail...
07 May 2009
Cartoon Strip 07.05.09
07 May 2009
Police boss ordered to back-down at OP meet
It is understood that Tsimako was told to back down at a stakeholders' meeting yesterday afternoon. The meeting discussed the merger of the Local Police and Botswana Police Service. At the meeting were representatives from Local Government, Botswana...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
Gunners' players revolt again
Abednico Powell, Thulani Moyo, Kgololo Leteane and captain Ofentse Mmipi did not travel to the copper-nickel mining town because they have not been paid for the last two months. For the Nico match, Mapantsula coach Daniel 'Chicco' Nare had only 14...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
The chopping and changing continues
With eight games to go, there could still be more departures. First to go through the revolving door this season was former Nico United coach, Madinda Ndlovu who quit the Selebi-Phikwe side in December. His replacement, Guston Mutobo lasted only...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
Mystery around Ngoma, Muzila 'voluntary relocation'
Speculation has been rife in Francistown West that in the interest of the elusive peace in the area, Muzila has transferred her membership to the Francistown East, whilst Ngoma has opted for a transfer to Tati East. Since the two failed to oust the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
Small crowd gives rousing welcome to BNF
The BNF said retaining BDP power is tantamount to digging one's own grave. They said this on Sunday in one of their political campaigns in Broadhurst 'Jinja' when they launched one of their candidates for the Gaborone Central, Kagiso Thutlwe. When...
MMOLOKI MARUMO
Correspondent 07 May 2009
Electoral commission targets rural Batswana
The commission's spokesperson, Mpho Maifala, said they intend to ensure that every eligible Motswana is afforded the information on elections and takes part in the electoral process. "To reach people in very remote areas, through the information...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
Lawyer's questions irritate alleged fraudster
Some of the accused persons, who are charged with allegedly defrauding CMS of P17 million include Jabulani Johnson, Norman Maja, Aaron Babolele, Lebogang Kaisara, David Tumagole, Patrick Cole, Clement Molefe, Otsile Mosarwe and Bee Jenamo Nfana....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 07 May 2009
SADC mines boosted, China's copper needs rocket
In Zambia, until now, plans were mainly for mine closures, wholesale labour retrenchments that had begun and maintaining the closed mines on a care and maintenance basis until metal prices on the global market improved.Because of the good news from...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 07 May 2009
Alert alarm, but no cases of 'swine flu' yet
Addressing journalists on Tuesday, public health director Shenaaz El-Halabi said that despite that, Botswana is on high alert and has reactivated the National Multi-Sectoral Outbreak Preparedness and Response Task Force, which is made up of various...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
UB benefits from Emery scholarships
Emery was the British High Commissioner to Botswana in 1973. In her memory, the Eleanor Emery Scholarship Programme will initially provide three postgraduate research places for students from Botswana for three successive years beginning in the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 07 May 2009
Publishers take govt to court
The notice was served on Wednesday by the publishers' lawyer, Batsho Nthoi. "We have received instructions from Botswana Publishers who intend to challenge the Media Practitioners Act for being unconstitutional and at variance with Botswana's...
08 May 2009
The removal of Mathiba's town from Tsau to Maun
A suspected pneumonia outbreak in 1912 shook the Batawana capital at Tsau. The outbreak was so severe that in the month of August alone it claimed over 40 lives. And by September a decision was reached to relocate. Theories ran wide and wild...
08 May 2009
The Ngamiland price wars
In 1931 there arose a storm in Maun over high prices charged by the local traders. The gist of the matter was that the local traders (all European) purchased Batawana cattle at very low prices yet charged exorbitant prices for consumer goods in their...
08 May 2009
Residents angry at sewerage smell
"It smells all over the place, it smells over the house," said a worried resident, Nigel Munro. He said the sewer pump is broken and residents are forced to live with that smell.The problem of the poor sewer drainage system is said to be now a year...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 08 May 2009
Don't worry, I am very much in the race-Chengeta
Chengeta finds it unfair that the media should regard the contest for the constituency as a two horse race, between the incumbent MP, Robert Molefhabangwe of the Botswana National Front (BNF) and specially elected MP, Botsalo Ntuane, of the ruling...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 08 May 2009
"I am no cub at politics," boasts Mumba
The 43-year-old Mumba says even during his days as a soldier with the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) he sympathised with the BNF policies. He has never voted for any other political party in Botswana except his beloved "Kopano". The father of three...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 08 May 2009
BAPTEP banks on parents to stay afloat
Speaking at a press conference that was held at the Gabion Institution of Professional Studies (GIPS), BAPTEP chairperson and Managing Director of ABM College, Daisy Molefhe said there are parents who have shown willingness to pay for their children....
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
My life in Botswana
When I told my family where I planned to study abroad, they all had the same question - why Botswana - and I always had the same response - why not Botswana. Ever since I first flipped through the Pitzer College Study Abroad catalogue, this...
08 May 2009
Nkange residents cry foul over lack of development
When Mmegi took a tour of the constituency last weekend everyone complained about lack of developments in the area and they felt that their votes always go to waste and so there is no need to vote for anyone. Some residents blamed others for not...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
Shoes land two men in court
Fourty-two-year old Mawila Motlotlegi, and 44-year-old Busani Ngadi, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The accused persons live in Somerset. Motlotlegi is an employee of the Department of Roads while his co-accused works as a groundsman in...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 08 May 2009
Sengalo: A new broom sweeps BDP Women's Wing clean
"The majority of women do not have the requisite skill to bravely conduct campaigns at all levels. This was even exposed in the last BDP primaries where the regulations did not permit open campaigns at rallies," Sengalo told Mmegi in an interview...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
Nchindo lawyers want oppenheimer
On Wednesday, Advocate Peter Hodes, arguing in support of an application before the High Court to overturn magistrate Lot Moroka's judgement on the case, said the state had failed to procure a witness statement from the former diamond mining...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
New CBD threatens office space market
The plan requires all plots in the new Central Business District (CBD) to be developed within two years. "In practice, it cannot possibly work," said Stephen Wyatt, a director of a leading global property consultancy, Knight Frank. "If everyone...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
Turn financial crisis into opportunity,says economist
The former Bank of Botswana deputy governor said the country needs to go through the reforms if it is to achieve sustainable long-term growth. He said the impact of the global crisis illustrates the need to boost economic growth through regulatory...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
IMF, World Bank keen to bail out Zim - Gaolathe
"One of the major constraints is that Zimbabwe is in arrears with institutions," the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Baledzi Gaolathe, said in an interview on Monday. "So there are questions of how this risk will be dealt...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
Pula continues to gain against US dollar
As a result of the link between Botswana's economy and South Africa's, when the rand weakens against the dollar, the Pula follows suit, although not by the same margins. The Pula simultaneously gains against the rand. The rand recently fell to as...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
Coal miner buys stake in A-Cap
In a statement, the mining and investment company which also has interests in uranium, said the purchase was part of a placement by A-Cap of 50 million new shares at 20 Australian cents apiece to raise A$10 million. Under the terms of the placement,...
STAFF WRITER 08 May 2009
Consumer Watchdog
There's a scene in The Matrix, which if you haven't seen your kids probably have, when one of the bad guys tells one of the heroes that "human beings are a virus". His point is that humans are destructive, spread uncontrollably and are just...
08 May 2009
Thapong mentors upcoming painters
Thapong coordinator, Reginald Bakwena, said the main aim of the workshop was to develop, promote, discover talent, strengthen interaction and network amongst local artists. "The workshop will help to stimulate cultural creativity and self-expression...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 08 May 2009
Wrong Turn has great lessons
Wrong Turn is Nsununguli Mbo's first novel, and it is not only an interesting novel, but it is instructive and a pleasure to read. While the book is fiction, it is the kind that borders on reality making it easier for the reader to relate to...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
Back Stage
X-Man Origins: Wolverine (2009) is now playing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It had its international opening on April 29 and its North American premiers on the May 1 to mark the opening of the long "summer season" of super-violent films, each one...
SASA MAJUMA 08 May 2009
Law is a calling, help the less fortunate
REVIEWED BYSHERIDAN GRISWOLD<br>Correspondent The Associate, John Grisham's 27th book, is another legal thriller. It stands on its own, unrelated to any of the other novels. It is another page-turner in the tradition you have come to accept...
08 May 2009
When can Judge Dibotelo hear Nchindo bid?
The purpose of the mention is to try to squeeze the matter into Justice Dibotelo's busy schedule. Progress in the substantive matter at the Village Magistrate's Court depends on the outcome of the High Court one. Already, the Village Magistrate's...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 08 May 2009
Hats off to war on swine flu
Mexico is believed to be the epicentre of this flu with close to 600 cases and about 25 deaths reported although unofficial statistics put deaths and confirmed cases of swine flu much higher than that. What makes everybody uneasy is that there...
08 May 2009
Cartoon strip 08 .05.09
08 May 2009
The false promise of global governance standards
The increased focus on improving corporate governance has produced a demand for reliable standards for evaluating governance in publicly traded companies worldwide. World Bank officials, shareholder advisers, and financial economists have all made...
* LUCIAN BEBCHUK 08 May 2009
Misplaced priorities of the black community
Recently there have been reports that 128 men are on death row in Iraq, many of which are gay. The Iraqi government plans to execute them in batches of 20 per week. When did human life become that cheap? About a month ago six gay men were...
08 May 2009
BDP is the best thing ever
The compelling priority now as a united country is to continue to accelerate the implementation of the policies outlined in the ruling party - BDP manifesto of 2009 paving way for focused delivery on our dreams just like we have consistently done...
08 May 2009
NITTY GRITTY
Many readers have been asking me where some of the characters have gone to. Have they stopped patronising that House of the Holy Waters? The person that I get asked about more than all the others is of course, Chicken. How is he? Is he still a church...
BAROLONG SEBONI 08 May 2009
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