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MoE to assess absorption capacity of institutions
Speaking in an interview yesterday, Setume said this is to avoid over-subscription of students in institutions, which might be battling to accommodate their existing students already. The Tertiary Education Council (TEC), which is responsible for...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
AS I SEE IT
Delivery of public services leaves much to be desired, one must say: unnecessarily long queues at some public service centres, nerve-racking 'come tomorrows,' misplacing of files, talking to friends on the telephone, while clients wait with the...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 12 May 2009
BCP Youth disputes UB SRC elections
We do that as follows;The 2009/10 UB SRC elections chief electoral officer (BNF card carrying member) has announced the results of the elections with the BNF Mass "sweeping all the 13 posts with a huge margin". As a result of the numerous...
12 May 2009
Cartoon Strip 12.05.09
12 May 2009
The time is now
It is important to highlight these events as they were geared to underscore the centrality of freedom of expression in the life of our democracy. Perhaps more than ever before the event brought together journalists, media workers and other champions...
EDITOR 12 May 2009
Hologram lands musicians in hot soup
The copyright office found holograms belonging to certain musicians within the DDS record label on wrong CDs and DVDs. 55 copies were confiscated at Knock Out shop at the Station as proof. Yesterday, music producer Robert Dargie appeared...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Former Matshikos singer dies
The gifted vocalist died at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg on Friday night following a long illness.In 1991 Dan Tshanda convinced his two musicians Kunene and the late Joseph Tshimange to form pop reggae and decided to call them Matshikos, a...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 May 2009
Back Stage
It is by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (born in 1932 and died in 1986 in Paris, France, having only made seven films) who loved to be impressionistic, abstract and poetic in both images and content, in his films. Ivan's Childhood (1962) is...
SASA MAJUMA 12 May 2009
Gunners survive Real Masters scare
Goalkeeper Ntungamile Tshoganetso made two excellent saves during penalties, booking his side a place in the Last 16 round of the competition. Substitute Sello Mogotlhwane and Emmanuel Moroke missed penalties for the home side. Credit has to go to...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Notwane edge gallant Prisons XI
Toronto, as Notwane is affectionately known, took to the field aware that another premier league side, BMC, had fallen to a First Division team just 24 hours earlier. Notwane were the first to create a real scoring opportunity in the 31st minute...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Experience carries the day for BDF XI
The young lads went down 1-0 but gave a good account of themselves, earning the respect of BDF XI coach Stanley Mwaanga in the process. Mwaanga admitted that experience saved his team on the day as the Division Two side showed no respect for their...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 May 2009
BNF organ sweeps the stakes in UB-SRC elections
The Mass swept all the stakes in elections held at UB on Saturday. GS26, an organ of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), came second place in all the posts, while the Botswana Congress Party's (BCP) UBCD trailed in third place. But UBCD is...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Malatswai BNF speaks, BDP elusive
The Serowe North West constituency, a traditional stronghold of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party, was represented by the then vice president, Ian Khama, when Botswana National Front's (BNF) Kebosenke wrestled Malatswai Ward in 2004. The MP...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Bayford cages witness in fraud case
Boko's grilling was quite a baptism of fire for the witness. The flamboyant lawyer told the witness what he thought of him in not so complimentary terms. He dismissed the witness as "a liar". After his cross examination, Boko threatened...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 May 2009
Police kill suspected robber
Three more suspects, all Botswana citizens aged 22, 23 and 26, were arrested, while one is at large. The Public Relations Officer of the Botswana Police Service, Assistant Commissioner Christopher Mbulawa, says the police acted on a tip-off that...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Masisi points middle finger to audience
This was after he told the audience that politics was a dirty game and "if you don't want to stay you better stay out of the kitchen". He described himself as a political giant and advised the losers to learn from him. That was when, out of the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 12 May 2009
No rabies panic in Francistown - Vet
"This serves to inform the general public that there is no rabies outbreak in Francistown, let alone in Botswana, contrary to reports that appeared recently in the media culminating from an undated press release from the Francistown City...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Makgadikgadi Pans based Jack's Camp best in Africa
Jack's Camp,which is a subsidiary of Uncharted Africa Safari was also voted by other tourism operators as the Best Safari in Southern Africa, Best Safari Guiding Team, and retained the Best Ecological Safari Camp award it won last year. "We're...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
Zambia Copper wins battle for African Copper
African Copper, which fell a victim to the commodity price crash and went into care and maintenance early this year, has been the target of a hotly disputed takeover bid by Natasa Mining and Zambia Copper. However, at an extraordinary general...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 May 2009
BNF expels Moshupa candidate
The party deputy secretary general, Mokgweetsi Kgosipula, confirmed that Kebaswele was expelled. Kebaswele and Gaborone confronted each other in Bosele Hotel in Selebi-Phikwe at the end of the recently held congress there. Kgosipula said Kebaswele...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 13 May 2009
Is South Africa ready for 'swine flu', experts ask
While the only person who is suspected to have swine flu or what is otherwise known as A(H1N1) seems to be recovering, South Africa has been training response teams in preparation for any possible influenza outbreak. South Africa is the...
NIKITA GELDENHUYS
Correspodent 13 May 2009
Hospitals come first, rather delay other projects
There are some areas in this country where people travel long distances to access health facilities. Being a nation that has at least 17 percent of the population living with HIV/AIDS and with poor road infrastructure and public transport system, we...
13 May 2009
'Two-state solution' tops Obama-Netanyau agenda
This is the wrong approach. Israelis should not determine the status of the Palestinian entity, nor should Palestinians have a say in what Israelis call their own state. The only question that Obama should ask Netanyahu is: When will Israel quit...
DAOUD KUTTAB 13 May 2009
Ramotswa taxi drivers abuse their licences
It started with the taxi driver welcoming the woman and others to his car. They waited for about 10-15 minutes before they started complaining that he was delaying them. He didn't waste anytime and he told them to leave his car since he had...
13 May 2009
How much will Botswana benefit from 2010?
"We always said it is Africa's World Cup and (that) we will be looking at the region to participate," LOC CEO, Danny Jordan, said at a global media face-off at the Tourism Indaba held at the Chief Albert Luthuli Convention Centre here...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
I nearly gave up - Matheke
Leteane, one of the few gospel musicians who showed a lot of promise when he broke into the scene a few years ago, had been a central cog in Mtukufa, young career until last year when the two parted ways in an unprecedented manner, Leteane accused of...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 May 2009
Undaunted Franco adds Animals to his stable
Interestingly, Franco, real name Frank Lesokwane, has two groups in his Franco Investments stable. The popular rhumba artist, who leads the Franco and Afro-Musica band, has just added Animals, a group of four artists to his stable, adding to the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
Music show ends in tragedy
The deceased cannot be named until the next of kins have been informed. The musicians were in a Golf 4 as they returned from a performance in Oodi when their car collided with a train at the rail crossing near Ledumang. The rapper died on...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
Gunners' finest hour beckons
Gunners dispatched favourites, Gaborone Hogs, over the weekend at the Wharic Park, to set a potentially explosive final against Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Cheetahs on Saturday. The Selebi-Phikwe side reached their first ever final after...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 13 May 2009
Lekgari: 'Exclusion from team frustrates me'
The Under-23 leftwinger told Mmegi Sport that at one point, he contemplated leaving the Lobatse club. Pako is pained to see his team concede silly goals when he could do something to halt the downward spiral. The stocky defender believes coach...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 May 2009
Government deports Zim man accused of murder
Blessing Mukweni was deported last Friday despite a murder charge pending in court. He has been in custody awaiting trial for the murder of Daniel Moilwa last November. Speaking through a telephone interview on his way home to Harare, on...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
Dinoko vow to cause Coke upsets
Marketing Manager, Benson Phuthego says the team aims to improve on last year's performance when they reached the semi-finals. Phuthego warned other teams to undermine the beMOBILE Premier League log trailers at their own peril. "Our aim is to go...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 May 2009
Cartoon strip 13 .05.09
13 May 2009
Child grabber in psychiatric custody
Confirming the incident in a press statement issued recently, Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH) public relations officer, Caiphus Gabana, said: "A person drove into the hospital and went straight to the accident and emergency entrance". Gabana says...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
Stalled fraud case awaits magistrate
The case involves the Daisy Loo cleaning company and its manager, Moemedi Dijeng, together with Gaborone City Council employees who are accused of trying to defraud government of about P21 million in claims for clearing a patch of bushes near the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
'Attempted murder'victim awaits justice four years on
Misheck Nyakaswa, who was left clutching his protruding intestines following the attack by a Gantsi man, claims that he was on duty when the man attacked him at his (man's) house, which was the subject of litigation. The brutal attack occurred in...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 May 2009
OP puts watermelon on schools' menu
President Ian Khama, announced at a Kgotla meeting in Manyana last Thursday that the move will earn the small farmers money. Speaking in an interview, the OP spokesperson, Sipho Madisa, said their particular interest is in watermelons, which are...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
Local pharmaceutical firms ready to supply Swine Flu drug
In an interview on Tuesday, the managing director of Premier Pharma, Naren Kharedi, said that information from Roche, a multinational pharmaceutical firm, had promised to supply the drug to Botswana soon. He said that at the moment, the company,...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
Zuma lifts veil over 'First Lady'
Many South Africans now see her as the country's "First Lady". "This is MaKhumalo, my eldest wives," Zuma explained to the crowd outside the Union Building in Pretoria. MaKhumalo may be the elder of Zuma's three wifes, but she still graced...
NIKITA GELDENHUYS
Correspondent 13 May 2009
The accused pleads 'not guilty' - magistrate
Otlaadisa Ntwaetsile was in court on charges of defilement after allegedly defiling a 14 year-old girl last year. Makati-Lesang said the plea was not valid because the accused said that he did not know her age. "The plea is unequivocal because the...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 13 May 2009
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