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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
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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
Another hitch in Nchindo case
Justice Singh Walia heard the constitutional application by Nchindo, his son Garvas Nchindo, Joseph Matome and Jacob Sesinyi. The constitutional application is a counter-application in response to the restraining order by Directorate of Public...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Two Zimbabwean youth sent to jail
Innocent Manyenga and Richard Chnoera both aged 28, pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that on May 19, 2009, at Tonota village, the two cut a roof and ceiling of Letlhokang Bar and got inside. While they were still at it, a neighbour heard the...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Guidance teachers complain of 'straining' workload
The issue was raised on Monday at Tati River Lodge during a consultative meeting on alcohol and drug abuse prevention. Akanyang Mpolokang, a senior guidance teacher at Goldmine Junior Secondary School said she still has to meet all the requirements...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Nkate honours out-going BIUST Council
Speaking at the Maharaj Conference Centre, Jacob Nkate said "the launching of this outgoing council marked a turning point in Botswana's Human Resources Development Strategy". The minister said in any development process, there were learning curves...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Cracking hostels not renovated yet
As a result this year's Form Four girls intake has been drastically reduced. A visit to the hostels this week revealed cracks in most of the rooms as well as worn out electric plugs that were said to have collapsed after a bout of quakes that rocked...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
The gladiators of the BDP factional wars
It is progressively getting seedy but last weekend, the soulless party politics sunk to the gutters during the launches of Vice- President, Mompati Merafhe in Mahalapye West and Tati West legislator, Samson Moyo in Matshelagabedi. After the weekend...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Samson Moyo Guma offers to serve the nation
Thank you Mzwakhe for that spirited and inspired poetic rendition as well as your kind verses of endorsement. I love poetry! Poetry is not merely a turning loose of emotion, for it also serves as a means of escaping from emotion. It is both the...
12 June 2009
Selling tswii is sweet but risky too, says trader
He really meant it. For a majority of people for food to be on the table, one has to really sweat. This is exactly what Keolebogile Matebele has been doing every day for the past 14 years. She has been toiling to harvest and sell the Ngamiland...
LEINANYANA TSIANE
Correspondent 12 June 2009
The sorry state of a city's 'Ghettos'
FRANCISTOWN: Driving or walking into the city's low-income locations, some of which bear a true semblance of squatter settlements, is not without its risks. Majority of the tarred roads going into these have literally become playgrounds for the many...
12 June 2009
'A tale of two cities'
MAHALAPYE: Located north of the Dibete cordon fence is Mahalapye West, an offshoot of what used to be the Mahalapye Constituency. The 2002 Delimitation Commission had the vast Mahalapye constituency partitioned into two - Mahalapye West and Mahalapye...
12 June 2009
Khama loses BDP grip?
Recent developments in the party are reflective of a BDP that is torn apart. There is literally no love lost between the party's traditional factions. The factions have been hibernating but now they are back in action and are threatening to reverse...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
KBL, BBL workers march against alcohol levy
They called on the government to rescind the levy or reduce it to save further job losses. The employees of the two sister companies that brew clear beer and the popular Chibuku said while they understood the government's war on alcohol, it should...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Climate change and sustainable development in Africa
Weather patterns are becoming increasingly volatile and resulting in more droughts and floods, higher air and water temperatures. Sea levels are rising and coastal areas are eroding and experiencing saltwater intrusion and flooding. Lake Chad, once...
MICHAEL BERNARD KWESI DARKOH 12 June 2009
Civil Society rejects AU stance
BackgroundWe, the 40 representatives of African civil society organisations (including the media), the legal profession, other relevant organisations, and concerned individuals and academics (see the list below), participated in a meeting in Cape...
12 June 2009
What is the BDP doing to itself?
However, they should be careful not to debase our established norms of etiquette and protocol. Your story ('Merafhe snubbed') paints a picture that is too painful to look at.Even when he is conducting politics, Mompati Merafhe is still vice...
12 June 2009
The attack on President Khama is politically motivated
The BDP is planning a big walk in Francistown in support of the President and I call upon all of our members to join this walk on the 16 of June 2009. The BDP would like to dismiss all the accusations and allegations leveled against the President...
12 June 2009
Bots economy to shrink by 10 % -IMF
"Its quite a scary figure," Jefferis said on Wednesday at the Botswana Resource Sector Conference organised by Capital Resources. "If your largest sector of the economy produces half of what they produced last year, then the economy is clearly in a...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Debswana shelves plans to sell to third parties
Stung by the recent sharp decline in demand for rough by DTC sightholders, the government - through Debswana - has been trying to find alternative markets for break off from the monopoly sales agreement with De Beers. Debswana, which is a 50-50...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Do Botswana's diamonds really benefit Batswana? Asks BOCCIM
Unlike South Africa and Namibia, which have deliberate policies like Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) that require a certain percentage that is reserved for local citizens, Botswana does not. Answering a question from Botswana Confederation of...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Wrangle over AK6 resurfaces
"We hope that uncertainty regarding the AK6 project will be removed after the July board meeting," the CEO of African Diamonds, James Campbell, said at the two-day premier mining conference at the GICC (Gaborone International Convention Centre) on...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Mining sector shed over 4 000 jobs
Delivering his keynote speech at the Botswana Resource Sector Conference in Gaborone on Wednesday, the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Ponatshego Kedikilwe said at the end of April 2009, there was a decline of 36 percent, leaving the...
GOITSEONE KGOPANA
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Dear Doctor
Obviously I still have very strong feelings about them and I still think that many of them are criminal scumbags who threaten the health and the lives of our family, friends and neighbours. I still think that action should be taken to curb...
CONSUMER WATCHDOG 12 June 2009
High demand for Botswana beef in Europe
He said there is need for Botswana to improve its beef production to take advantage of this opportunity, which implies high prices for beef exports. Minister Moroka was briefing members of the press yesterday evening in the company of his assistant...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Second members' exhibition on at Thapong
According to the coordinator of Thapong, Reginald Bakwena, the quality of works mounted at the exhibition was better than that of the past members' exhibition that was held in March this year. "After the last members' exhibition, we sat down...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Historical Dictionary of Botswana
As with its three earlier predecessors the new edition of this important series is a most remarkable compilation. However, my copy cost no less than P499.95 at Books Botswana, otherwise known as the UB Bookshop, which is, as far as I know, the...
Reviewed by Sandy Grant 12 June 2009
Back Stage
There were two showings a day, except on Saturday and Sunday when there were three, starting with a special programme for "Kids" at 2 pm. It is not common to have features suitable for children shown in Gaborone so these "KIDS" films were most...
SASA MAJUMA 12 June 2009
Book Review
The Fourth Treasure is a book about calligraphy, its history, its practice and its part in the life of Kiichi Shimano, 29th head of the Daizen School of Calligraphy in Kyoto, Japan. It also features his student Hanako Suzuki, who is the wife of a...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Why is local media critical when others see a gem?
They both commented on the irony that some American newspaper had written glowingly about Botswana, and CAF chosen the country for its award, while the local independent media incessantly criticised the country's government. To them, this clearly...
12 June 2009
This is why they do this to khama
I'm trying to respond to one MacDonald Peloetletse's latest attack on the media but I must admit I find myself in a predicament as to where exactly to start because his letter is a complete shaggy-dog story. Perhaps I should state from the onset...
12 June 2009
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