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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
NITTY GRITTY
Secondly, all the fellows present and drinking are attentively listening to me reading the letter from the white envelope that Chicken, now called Cock, has addressed to his brothers and sisters of the Nitty Gritty. Now this latter phenomenon is...
BAROLONG SEBONI 12 June 2009
Students must not boycott polls
At many of our colleges, including the University of Botswana (UB), hardly a semester goes by without disruptions to classes over one problem or the other. We have at times taken a hard stance to these disruptions without informing ourselves on what...
EDITOR 12 June 2009
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12 June 2009
Can Chiefs surmount ECCO juggernaut?
Since then, many football lovers have written the obituary of Chiefs. This is because Magosi have never had it easy against ECCO in the last four seasons especially in Francistown where they clash this weekend. ECCO recently humiliated Chiefs 3-0 in...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
The players in the Kalafatis killing
Directorate Of Intelligence And Security (Dis)A number of sources say the DIS expended both human and other resources into the planning and the killing of Kalafatis. The DIS is said to have been at the centre of this plan. Names of both junior and...
12 June 2009
What the experts say
Mmoloki 'Smallboy' Mothibi (Radio Botswana) It is a difficult game to predict. Since ECCO has beaten Chiefs recently, they will be under pressure to prove that their win was no fluke. It will be interesting to see ECCO training in preparation for...
12 June 2009
BDF XI,Gunners lock horns in Coke Cup
Interestingly, the winners in the two big clashes will lock horns in the semi-finals. Many people will not forget the semi-final clash between Gunners and Chiefs last year that ended in a shoot-out with Magosi carrying the day. Whether the two...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
'King Goals' pumped up ahead of epic clash
Neither does he walk around with a chip on his shoulder. "Who says I am King Goals?", he asks, feigning indifference. The Zebras' forward is pumped up ahead of the much-awaited duel against visiting Coca-Cola Cup champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs in...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Dinoko defies odds in Coke Cup
Like last year when they bowed out in the semis, the Tlokweng side is once again enjoying a good run in the knock-out competition. Dinoko are now in the quarter-finals after eliminating TASC 3-2 in the round of 32. Their hitman, Ringo Rankgomo was in...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 June 2009
First Cut
The Confederations Cup is a tournament of eight teams. This year it features the 2006 World Cup winners (Italy), and the 2010 World Cup hosts (South Africa), continental champions Iraq (Asia), New Zealand (Oceania), Egypt (Africa), Brazil (South...
TSHIMOLOGO BOITUMELO 12 June 2009
Berlin championships beckon for Bosele marathon runners
The race's Local Organising Committee (LOC) confirmed this during a media briefing held in Gaborone on Wednesday. Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) sports development officer Bobby Gaseitsiwe said athletes are expected to record good times on a...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
BBA council meets to address contentious issues
BBA chairperson, Kitso Robert told Mmegi Sport that the burning issues include a post-mortem of the national championships in Selebi-Phikwe last week, the appointment of national team selectors, bad publicity and the selection of the singles team. It...
CALLISTUS KOLONTSHO
Correspondent 12 June 2009
SSKB stadium renovations on course
In an exclusive interview with Mmegi Sport, Kemoeng revealed that potential bidders have been taken to the site to inspect the place. He said they expected to have identified one company almost immediately because "we expect the company to start the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Victorious Mmesi defies odds
His appointment was met with much pessimism and created rifts at the club. Even captain Donald 'Coach' Mopako, was among the 'Doubting Thomases'. Lack of experience was cited as Mmesi's major undoing. From day one Mmesi knew that the odds were...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Story of racism published by your newspaper
The story is not true. It is written by someone who does not understand the administration of the sport she/he plays. It is a story written by someone who wants to drive personal fame, self-centredness and does not love peace. I will...
12 June 2009
Problematic dynamics of law enforcement agencies
Critics of the military methods say the name 'military intelligence' is an oxymoron, putting together terms that seemingly contain opposite meanings. However their opponents would argue that this is an unfair statement given that the critics...
12 June 2009
Botswana fans show little interest in Confederations Cup tickets
Hence, a member of the Rustenburg 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC), Obed Legobate has made a passionate plea to Batswana to buy tickets for the Confederations Cup. Legobate was speaking at a recent media briefing amid reports that 95...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
Volleyball umpires attend refresher course
The workshop is one of Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF)'s initiatives to keep officials abreast with the laws of the game. The BVF vice president in charge of technical affairs, Waboraro Mokgatla said though the federations is faced with...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Vultures in Zambia for sevens tournament
The team left the country on Wednesday night and will return on Monday after their last game on Sunday in Lusaka. The players in the team come from clubs that participated in the just ended local sevens tournaments. They include Conrad Ntshebe from...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 12 June 2009
'Enough is enough,' says BNF in today's protest march
Since April last year, more than 10 people have been killed by state security operatives.The latest was the slaying of John Kalafatis last month which the BNF has characterised as "premeditated murder". The execution of Kalafatis has been roundly...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 June 2009
Nasha resists Bakgatla demand on chieftainship law
She said that there are procedures that should be followed and the need for valid reasons for any law to be amended. "I am not convinced that there are enough grounds to review the law which was only passed yesterday," she said. She added that even...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 June 2009
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