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Puso turns down Kgafela
Kgosi Kgafela is trying to crystallise civic society against extra-judicial killings that have taken place over the past year in Botswana. The Bakgatla sovereign confirmed yesterday that Kgosi Gaborone had told him that his Kgotla would not be...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Maternal mortality on the rise
Sheenaz El- Halabi stated that the 2006 Botswana Demographic Survey revealed an Infant Mortality Rate of 51 deaths per 1,000 live births and an under five year-old mortality rate of 76 deaths per 1, 000 live births. "If this trend continues, Botswana...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Council accused of sidelining businesses
Businessman, Palalani Moithobogi of Kgwebo Management and Secretarial Services has complained that the council is not playing its role as a facilitator of entrepreneurship. He said that support structures that were available during the time of the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 10 June 2009
Drilling success for A-Cap at Letlhakane uranium project
In a statement posted on the BSE, the company said drilling was undertaken as part of a planned resource upgrade which will occur in the second half of 2009. The Letlhakane Uranium Project has a JORC Inferred Resource of 98 million lb uranium oxide...
STAFF WRITER 10 June 2009
Election fraud: This is a wake up call
After nine general elections conducted in this country since 1965, we thought we were too smart for this type of base election chicanery. When the Zimbabwean elections were marred by violence, most of us thought it will not happen here. In the...
EDITOR 10 June 2009
Capitals of capital
An ambitious goal, which may or may not be achieved. But China's aspirations also underscore a worrisome and increasingly pervasive new reality: political officials are making decisions normally left to markets on a scale not seen in decades. Like...
* IAN BREMMER 10 June 2009
Enough is enough!
They believed that problems such as unemployment, inadequate shelter, lack of clean water, reduction in levels of income and closing the gap between the rich and the impoverished would be a thing of the past. In his inauguration speech, the...
10 June 2009
Cartoon Strip 10.06.09
10 June 2009
Bad weather won't deter BB-Africa enthusiasts
As a result, not even the weather could deter the young men and women from streaming to the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) for a chance to participate in the popular M-Net reality show. The fact that ultimately it will only be one...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Ras Jesus seeks rematch after Kang debacle
Reggae musician Ras Jesus was yesterday expected to lodge an appeal to the office of Culture and Performing Arts. Ras Jesus, a music activist in Kang, lost to Obsa and Surrounding in the second Presidential Music Awards regional finals held in...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
DJ Bunz, KBL tug-of-war rages on
This was after the two parties had attended a Case Management Conference (CMC) at Justice Modiri Letsididi's chambers yesterday. Gaetsewe is demanding P390, 000 for unlawful dismissal. The DJ says the exceptional trial was raised by KBL laywers...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 10 June 2009
Khama can't attack me - Kwelagobe
In an interview yesterday, Kwelagobe said that he does not expect Khama, his friend to say such things about him. "I come from afar with him ke mo rata and I respect him as my leader and as a friend. It's becoming difficult for me to...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff writer 10 June 2009
Motlakase finally gets stadium plot
The club is working round the clock to ensure that it has a new stadium before the start of next season after it was finally allocated a plot to build the facility. Motlakase faces a dilemma, as their current home ground is deemed unsuitable for...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
BVF close to clinching sponsorship
"Our negotiations with the potential sponsor are at an advanced stage and we are hopeful that we will clinch a deal very soon," BVF vice president in charge of technical affairs, Waboraro Mokgatla said yesterday. He explained that though...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 10 June 2009
BMC breaks Motswadi's heart
The crafty player who has not been training with the team for the last four months, told Mmegi Sport that he learnt of his release through the media. "This team has made me and I have also played a big part in shaping its future and to be ditched...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 10 June 2009
FIFA empowers African scribes
Speaking at the end of a five-day FIFA-AFP media workshop in Johannesburg at the weekend, FIFA media officer Alain Leiblang said that since the World Cup is coming to Africa, it is important for African journalists to have a better understanding of...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Let us not hurl abuse and cast aspersios on other democrats
In October, we will be contesting the 10th general elections when we seek another fresh mandate from Batswana. Since our first electoral victory in 1965, we have been...
*DK KWELAGOBE 10 June 2009
Our heritage
The first such exhibition was, in fact, held at the Bechuanaland Training Centre in Gaborone (now BIAC) 44 years ago and was organised by myself on behalf of the Botswana Teachers Union as was reported by the November 1975 Kutlwano. Those were bust...
Sandy Grant 10 June 2009
I have no plans to 'unseat' Khama - DK
"I have worked with the current President"s father, the late Sir Seretse Khama, former presidents, Sir Ketumile Masire and Festus Mogae cordially. I supported them through and through," explained a visibly worried Kwelagobe, who is affectionately...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Barata-phathi stake their campaign on democracy
The Kedikilwe-Kwelagobe faction, as Barata-phathi are otherwise known, has apparently decided to take on their more formidable Nkate-Merafhe adversaries who count on President Ian Khama to reinforce their fortress. The factions are using rallies to...
10 June 2009
Limkokwing's SRC engages lawyer over allowances
According to the letter marked 'urgent' and delivered to the Ministry on Friday, the students complain that they had been assured through a June 1, 2009 letter, signed by the deputy permanent secretary Golekanye Setume, that they would be paid...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Pastouchencko to be retried for defilement
The 39-year old Russian will be re-tried on a single count of defilement after High Court judge David Newman found that there was nothing on the record of trial proceedings that any of the prosecution witnesses had taken an oath or made an...
ISIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Crime landscape changing too fast - Tsimako
The commissioner said that new trends like transnational organised crime continues to give them headaches, but he maintained that their efforts will be rewarded with significant reduction in crime some day. Speaking during the opening of a...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
Confusion over suspended BDP youth
Motsaathebe, the BDP Youth Wing's chairman, Secretary General, Nshakazhogwe-Masunga and the treasurer, Kgakge were in April suspended from the party for two months for financial transgressions involving close to P120, 000. However, information...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 10 June 2009
Politics gets murkier in Mmaphashalala
Magowe told Mmegi by telephone from Mahalapye yesterday that the IEC officer, Moitse Sefedile, was trying to tarnish his name by saying that he (Magowe) was responsible for the inappropriate registration of voters last week. It is alleged that a...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 June 2009
DK explains absence at Merafhe launch
Kwelagobe gave the launch a wide berth and the master of ceremonies had to apologise to the crowd about his absence. Health Minister and aspiring BDP secretary general, Lesego Motsumi was roped in to speak in place of Kwelagobe. The BDP chairman...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
Fantan should quit Intelligence Tribunal
In the story she is quoted as having indicated that the reports by the media concerning the recent extra-judicial killings by state security forces are part of a grand plan by an evil coalition hell-bent on ousting the President from his position. If...
11 June 2009
Cartoon strip 11 .06.09
11 June 2009
Rebalancing the US-China economic relationship
Despite Chinese official rhetoric about the need for a new global currency to replace the dollar, and US lawmakers' flirtation with "Buy American" clauses (which scares everyone, not just the Chinese), no one will want to rock a boat that has almost...
*KENNETH ROGOFF 11 June 2009
Global crisis takes centre stage at Resource Conference
The conference focused on, among other issues, the impact on the operations of various mining companies in Botswana by the global financial crisis and how they have responded to the squeeze on credit lines. Beneficiation was another topical issue...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
Impact completes first tranche of share placement
The 11.15 million fully paid ordinary shares placed in Polo Resources by Impact Minerals is meant to raise $1.79 million (P12.53 million). The balance of the share placement to raise $1.2 million (P8.4 million) will be subject to shareholder approval...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
Music distribution halted as recession takes its toll
DDS studios have announced they have taken a conscious decision to close its music distribution wing because of the global recession, which has resulted in poor local music sales. The company also has a CD/DVD mass production unit, as well as a video...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
Gospel duo releases soothing On My Knees
Goitseone Chamo and Maxwell Kgabo are putting across that message in their gospel album called On My Knees". The duo form CD a group called KayGierh. "I need you Lord to be my light, I do not have power to reach heaven, " goes one line in the track,...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 June 2009
'Local cartoon markets harder to find'
He said in developed countries, the influence of cartoons has been used to full advantage. In some countries, artists have used cartoons to help topple unpopular regimes, imprison unscrupulous politicians, win elections, address societal ills, win...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 11 June 2009
Khama to attend 'Caught in the Net' at the Moth Club
The Friday event, according to the organizers, is a gala night to be graced by President Ian Khama in aid of the Lady Khama Charitable Trust. The Saturday show is a public night. The previous seven...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
Iran next on Zebras' menu
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, David Fani told journalists in Gaborone on Tuesday that the match is likely to be played at the University of Botswana Stadium. He said the BFA will request the Premier League Committee (PLC) to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
DK confirms he was denied BDP funds
Though the party secretariat has denied the claims, Kwelagobe explained that he got no money when he travelled to Boteti North to launch Slumber Tsogwane. "I was denied funding. It is a fact," he said. Kwelagobe is out to retain the BDP chairmanship...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 11 June 2009
BFA explains role in New Zealand game saga
The game remained in doubt as soccer authorities seemed unprepared for it. BFA president David Fani blasted the media at a press briefing in Gaborone on Tuesday for reporting that the association had caused the country embarrassment by inviting New...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
Ex-volleyball player turns to officiating
Recently, he gained full umpire status after attending an international course in Bangkok, Thailand. After his return from Thailand, he said the course was an eye opener in many ways. At the International Referees Candidate course, he was introduced...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 June 2009
UB SRC threatens to boycott general elections
SRC academic affairs minister, Khumoekae Richard said politics "in UB are vital as people like Joy Phumaphi (former Health Minister) were groomed by being SRC politicians. The University Council (which issued the edict) forgets this and it will...
GOITSEONE KGOPANA
Correspondent 11 June 2009
Popular Triple S is no more
Triple S was a sure stopover for boozers alighting from buses all over the country. Even those who just wanted to pass time always found the bar welcoming. It is being replaced by some Chinese shops, much to the chagrin of fuming patrons who could...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 11 June 2009
Traditional dancer faces charges of defilement
Miki Selabe allegedly committed the offence in February 2007 and January 2008 at or around Mogoditshane. It is alleged that the artist had carnal knowledge of underage girls during the said dates. He faces a possible sentence of 10 years behind...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
Drug rehabs a must - students
He said this at a consultative meeting on prevention of alcohol and drug abuse that was held at Tati River Lodge on Monday. The Form Five teenage boy said that it is difficult to rehabilitate students who are habitually engaged in alcohol and drug...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 11 June 2009
Our heritage
From time to time, other secondary schools have been celebrating their varied anniversaries which have brought together staff members and students from earlier years - but any re-grouping at Swaneng can only be something different. No other...
Sandy Grant 11 June 2009
Students barred from class for school fees
In an interview with Mmegi this week, the Principal Tony Kula, said the government's policy on cost sharing is clear that students are expected to pay school fees 10 days after starting their courses and that those who are unable should seek...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 11 June 2009
BONELA joins calls for priority funding for health
A regional coalition of African HIV and TB activists and partners have been urging leaders to ensure that health is treated and financed as a priority. BONELA has joined the bandwagon by urging the leaders to mobilise the resources needed to secure...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 11 June 2009
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