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Motorists complain about police 'harassment'
In addition to two letters from the public recently, there were several other reports about police harassment of motorists. Motorists say that the police fine them P1,000 for transporting friends, relatives, and co-workers in their...
MADELEINE GALE
Correspondent 14 May 2009
Climate change losing battle of hearts and minds
An army of pundits tells us that we need to cut emissions, and cut them immediately and drastically. But this argument is clearly losing the battle for hearts and minds. Global warming has now become the lowest-priority policy problem among...
* BJORN LOMBORG 14 May 2009
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14 May 2009
Botswana wants more power
Although supplies from Eskom have been gradually declining since January last year, Botswana expects to have the P8 billion Morupule B power station fully running by 2013, which should go a long way to boost supply. Botswana currently imports 70MW...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
Morupule Mine expansion to proceed despite recession
Speaking at a stakeholders' workshop in Palapye over the weekend, Debswana's Ore Processing Engineer, Craig Robertson, explained that the Debswana board views the project as one of high priority. "The expansion of Morupule Coal Mine is expected to...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 May 2009
Zim firms ready for BOCCIM Northern Fair
The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce's (ZNCC) Matabeleland Region has started registering Zimbabwean companies that will exhibit at the show, according to its spokesman, Bulisani Ncube. Ncube said the ZNCC aims to bring 30 firms to exhibit at...
FRASER MPOFU
Correspondent 14 May 2009
Norwegian-based Banjo gets hero's welcome
Mosele is in the country to promote his album, Nowadays, which he released last year. The album includes the acclaimed track, Ntsa E Jele Ntsanyana. This song is in high demand in entertainment joints especially in places where...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 May 2009
Skinflint releases third album
The album produced and mixed by Ivo Sbrana of Nosey Road Band has eight tracks, including two instrumentals, one of which is identified as Speechless. While many people complain about quality with local music, Skinflint's latest offing is of...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
Curator fires salvo at government
Speaking from the dilapidated buildings of the museum during an interview with Showbiz, the outspoken Lekhutile says "We have our hands tied behind us because we do not have enough resources to make this museum operate the way we want it to. At the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 May 2009
OP to probe Btv personality
Senior private secretary to President Ian Khama, Colonel Duke Masilo confirmed receiving letters of complaints from Btv staff members with various allegations against Kgosi. " I can confirm that some people from Btv have written to me recently...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
Coke draw sets tongues wagging
The Last 16 games will be a blessing in disguise for Notwane as they still have 'boardroom issues' to settle with their opponents. Though it is said that Chiefs failed to stamp their authority when they beat Great North Tigers (GNT) 3-2 in the 32nd...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
Wrong HIV diagnosis traumatised woman - psychologist
The woman, Kgakgamatso Sekgebetlela, was wrongfully diagnosed with the virus in 2003, which led to her being estranged from her husband and children. Sekgebetlela is suing government for half a million pula,Clinical psychologist, Claire Hearne, told...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
No wages for drought relief workers
Yesterday afternoon, Mmegi found a group of them at the Gaborone Senior Secondary (GSS) grounds near Gaborone City Council offices where they had gone to protest their unpaid allowances. This group was from Tsholofelo and Notwane wards. They say they...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
Death row prisoner is my witness - theft accused
Matlapeng believes that Fly's evidence will complete his defence. The court is experiencing difficulties in having Fly to testify after he was condemned to the gallows last year for killing his two year old son. Matlapeng is in court for allegedly...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
Suicidal 'born again' gets bail
The court heard that a fight erupted after the accused found his girlfriend with another man. Ojahile told Justice, Mpaphi Phumaphi, that he attempted suicide when he realised that the judge was reluctant to grant him bail. Justice Phumaphi had...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 14 May 2009
No bail, you might bolt - magistrate
Trust Mpofu was in court for breaking into a nightclub in Tonota last weekend, allegedly stealing disco equipment. Mpofu is said to have stolen two DVD players, a Gemini disco mixer, 103 compact discs and two CD bags worth P8,950.State prosecutor,...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 14 May 2009
Search for adjudication stalls Daisy Loo case
At the centre of the case is the controversial tender in which the government claims to have been defrauded of P21million as a claim for the tender of bush clearing in the Segoditshane area. The accused persons are Daisy Loo, its manager Dijeng,...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 May 2009
Phikwe BDP launches councillor, opposes party funding
She finds it ironic that the opposition parties should be agitating for party funding when, in her opinion, that dispensation will benefit the BDP more than them. Seretse said the funds will be distributed taking into consideration the number of...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 May 2009
Botswana's democracy is in reverse gear
He was the fourth democratically elected leader after the end of apartheid only 15 years ago in 1994. The country emerged from apartheid when Botswana's democracy was 28-years-old and dubbed the shining example of democracy in Africa. In fact,...
14 May 2009
Security agents shoot another man
Kalafatis, who was a passenger in a two-door car, was shot execution style at a car wash, next to the Extension 12 shopping complex. This is the second such shooting a in a week. Early in the week, a robbery suspect was shot to death by the police in...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Of Khama's presidency and police brutality
Some welcomed the move in the light of the rising crime that could be attributed to the increase of Zimbabweans criminals. Others were suspicious that since Khama was a former military man perhaps he wanted to make everyone to feel the grip of his...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
Drama in court as war-of-words erupts over medical report
From the onset, Charles Gulubane of the Attorney General's chambers was in a fighting mood. He took on the expert witness, Claire Hearne - a clinical psychologist - who gave a report indicating that Kgakgamatso Sekgebetlela suffered post-traumatic...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
Former student leaders decry quality of UB politics
In the era of political revolution, when political understanding is more sought than before and where politics constitutes a greater percentage of the global thinking and policy making, the UB political climate is said to be going down the drain;...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Money laundering case hinges on common purpose
Manewe is representing a company known as Levico's Building and Multi Services and Victor Mathumo, who are the first and second accused respectively. The other accused are Daniel Ramosiane, Rodgers Lekgoba, Khumo Zaba and Taboka Zaba. According to...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Francistown: Battlefield for electorate's souls and minds
The parties have embarked on an advertising blitz to increase their visibility and thereby lure potential voters. For the first time in Francistown, there is a billboard bearing all the three Botswana Congress Party (BCP) parliamentary aspirants. The...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Toteng: A village of many lives
Unless you have something specific to do there you would not care to stop. You probably would not even notice the tiny village as you whiz past it on your way to Sehithwa or Shakawe beyond. That is because Toteng today represents the very picture...
GALEFELE MAOKENG
Correspondent 15 May 2009
SADC governments are trying to own the word
Most governments of this region, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia and Zambia for example, do not have the freedom of information bills that compel accountability by people in authority. That, in spite of SADC's professed commitment to an...
KEINEETSE KEINEETSE 15 May 2009
Celebrating Garvey in the era of despair
At its peak in 1920, the UNIA-ACL claimed 4 million members. Despite Garvey's controversial mail fraud charge, trial, conviction, jailing and deportation back to Jamaica by the US Government, his UNIA-ACL was the first black movement that showed...
JERRY KAI-LEWIS
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Botswana edges closer to recession
Speaking at the release of the Bank of Botswana's 2008 Annual Report, Head of Research, Andrew Motsumi, said that according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Botswana's GDP was at 2.9 percent in the last quarter of 2008,...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
World Bank ranks Botswana as a top investment destination
The report hailed Botswana as "a star performer" noting that the country had improved its overall score in the GIPB's criteria to "an excellent 70 percent, which is an almost 140 percent improvement." Botswana is the second most improved country in...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Bayford,Boko shun Venson-Moitoi
Lawyers approached to serve on the controversial Appeals Committee have turned down lucrative offers, which go with cash incentives. The lawyers' stance comes at a time when local publishers have taken the government to court challenging the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
Boost for Morupule B Power Station
The Morupule B Power Station project involves the installation of 4 x 150 megawatt units. Associated projects include water supply works and the construction of transmission lines and substations for the distribution of power to the rest of the BPC...
15 May 2009
Moolman agrees to AF Copper debt deal
The mining contractor is currently owed over P60 million by struggling African Copper. Zambia Copper has since agreed to take over the debt, along with the operations of the Mowana Mine, and is likely to bring in its own contractors. In a joint...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
Trade in vegetables booming
FRANCISTOWN: It is harvest time in Botswana and people at masimo (farmalands) are reaping the fruit of their sweat. In Francistown and other urban centres, vegetable farmers are laughing all the way to the bank as demand for their produce is at an...
15 May 2009
Little known Road King to produce 'virgin oil'
The idea is to manufacture the oils in Francistown once a plot has been secured. But at the moment they are content with ordering finished products from South Africa where they are processed and packaged. But the raw materials are procured from the...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Consumer Watchdog
Who can you turn to for help when things go wrong, when you've been abused, when you're unhappy or when you think your rights have been ignored?Well, there's good news and there's bad news. You can have the bad news first. You can't rely on...
15 May 2009
UK pianist thrills Maitisong audience
The Briton staged a free concerto as part of the cultural exchange initiative supported by the British Council in Botswana. For what it is the show attracted mostly the international audience, usually starved of this type of entertainment. The...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
Self-taught Matlale impresses art lovers
To demonstrate his devotion to his chosen career during the interview, the artist refused to leave his work, preferring rather to talk as he worked because "I do not want to waste my studio time, which I cherisheso much". Sparing a few moments,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Back Stage
Star Trek XI (2009) is now showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It had its worldwide launch on May 7. In its first long weekend in the United States of America (US) it grossed over P600 million, and more across Planet Earth. It has been hailed as the...
SASA MAJUMA 15 May 2009
Fundamental rights ... are not absolute
African Issues: Diamonds, Dispossession & Democracy in Botswana. Auckland Park, RSA, Jacana and Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, James Currey, 323 pages, softcover, P151, ISBN 978-1-84701-312-5, with references and index. Available at Exclusive Books,...
15 May 2009
Stay away from minister's media council
Reports reaching Mmegi indicate that the Ministry of Communication Science and Technology has been making overtures to certain members of society to attract them to the abhorrent Media Council. This, we are told, is part of the Minister's grand plan...
15 May 2009
Education and gender determine HIV incidence
The incidence rate among people with no education is 5.9 percent, while among those with education higher than secondary level is 3.2 per cent. Therefore people with no education or non-formal education have been revealed to have the highest HIV...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
On April 17, 2009, a Botswana Guardian news story reported that the Botswana National Front (BNF) and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) had confirmed that if the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) failed to form a majority in the National Assembly after...
DAN MOABI 15 May 2009
BNFYL congratulates UB students
We in the BNFYL are very pleased and appreciate the faith and confidence bestowed on the BNF by the students in the highest educational institution in the country. The positive signs emerging from UB prove beyond any doubt that the BNF is a force to...
15 May 2009
NITTY GRITTY
Yes, my dear faithful reader in whom I strongly believe, the moment of revelation has arrived. This moment that has long been predicted and prophesised by the bible comes to us through a red door in the inner sanctuary of the church of the Holy Goat,...
BAROLONG SEBONI 15 May 2009
Cartoon strip 15.05.09
15 May 2009
Chiefs' coach Chambeshi at peace
At the weekend, when Chiefs beat Great North Tigers (GNT) 3-2 in the Coca-Cola Cup Last 32 round in Francistown, some supporters are said to have complained that Chambeshi has run out of ideas and needs to be relieved off his duties. Speaking to...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
Sithole calls for caution
GU are top of the log with 55 points from 22 games, five points clear of nearest rivals and defending champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs. Ahead of their important clash against Police XI at the Molepolole Sports Stadium on Sunday, Sithole said that they...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
ECCO look to continue with purple patch
When a few weeks ago, ECCO coach, Max Moyo said it was possible for his team to catch up with frontrunners, Gaborone United (GU) and Mochudi Centre Chiefs, it seemed far-fetched but the Francistown side has since climbed to third position, only eight...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 15 May 2009
Survival battle intensifiesin the North
At the bottom, at least six teams need maximum points in their two remaining fixtures to confirm their First Division status. FC Palapye, Mahalapye Hotspurs, Stone Breakers, Orapa Bucs, Maun Terrors and Sua Flamengoes are aware of the importance of...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 15 May 2009
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