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Kalafatis' lawyers want Khama
The Kalafatis family, acting through their lawyers Duma Boko and Dick Bayford, have written to President Ian Khama requesting a sworn statement from him on a number of issues. Among others the lawyers want Khama to clarify his relationship with a...
STAFF WRITER 19 June 2009
Parliamentarians hear out F/town and Phikwe
Speaking at a press conference last week here, Molefhabangwe said this town should not be treated like other towns. He said that the government must concentrate on things that can attract investors to set up quickly in Selebi-Phikwe, such as...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Khama's sister re-starts feud with paper
She wants the newspaper's editor, Outsa Mokone, and reporter, Rueben Pitse, banned from practicing as journalists. Last week, President Ian Khama announced that he was withdrawing his suit against the paper following a story carried in the weekly...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Alleged thief pleads 'not guilty'
Eighteen year old Othusitse Bless Moepeng aiiegedly broke into six different houses and stole household items worth close to P20 000. All the crimes were committed in Tonota in 10 months. On the first and second counts, on 19 August 2008, Moepeng...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 19 June 2009
GM foods could be a big a risk
Last Thursday night's 'The Eye' Btv programme discussed one of the topical issues at the 19th World Economic Forum held in Cape Town the same week on genetically modified foods. Host Sipho Nyanga and discussants Drs Bulawayo and Maphanyane shed some...
19 June 2009
BIDPA reports lack of coordination in land management
The rapidly increasing demand for land and its shortage in urban and rural land areas has created pressure on peri-urban areas, the study says. The report also notes that though land is not elastic, the population keeps growing. It refers to the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Only AIDS beats trauma related deaths - medic
This was said by the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Dr Kolaatamo Malefho, officially opening the symposium on trauma management workshop at the Marang Hotel in Francistown. "Trauma is second to only HIV/AIDS with regards...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Alcohol drives high risk sex, says PSI
The report says that whilst alcohol and substance abuse do not play a direct role in HIV transmission, they are both associated with high-risk sexual behaviour due to reduced inhibitions and diminished risk perception. PSI said that they have an HIV...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Who will win Kanye North?
For a long time, the country's second largest political party, the Botswana National Front (BNF) has put its foothold in Ga-Ngwaketse. Thus to date the BNF has won the two Kanye constituencies and has its clutches in the neighbouring towns of Lobatse...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
June 16 in historical perspective - from the Khoisan Resistance in 1642 to democratic South Africa in 1994
The 'Day of the African Child', celebrated early this week in recognition of the historic 1976 black student resistance against education in Afrikaans and English in the institutions set aside for 'bantu' schooling in South Africa, should remind...
19 June 2009
Rampholo Molefhe: How I will vote
The deserving political party or candidate under the current economic circumstances would the one that is sensitive to the plight of miners and the working class in general. Workers in the cattle industry are also likely to be adversely affected by...
19 June 2009
Khama to dissolve Parliament in August
"Parliament will, after this meeting, be dissolved by the President to pave way for general elections in terms of Constitutional provisions," the Principal Public Relations Officer of the National Assembly, Redman Josiah, said yesterday. The...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Media and whistle blowers unprotected - BIDPA
A 2008 Botswana Institute for Policy Development Analysis (BIDPA) released this year however decries the fact that whistleblowers are not protected by any legislation. The report notes that the Corruption and Economic Crime Act protects...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
'Moshombororo' boards airwaves at RB
He was driven by passion to re-trek to the old radio station. "It was not for other things. I grew up in the studios of Radio Botswana. I love it. I have passion for the job". Motshidisi joined the radio station in 1971 at the age of 23. He...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Media obsession for Khama is self-destructing
The State President is normally the biggest newsmaker in his own country at any given time. When the President speaks, especially in public space, invariably what he says is news. Some people have even argued that what the President says is policy or...
* TITUS MBUYA 19 June 2009
LCE: The death of a monumental treasure
To a visitor, the college looks more like a forest, only short of wild animals to populate its wild-looking environs. Weed have grown to shoulder length, and you would think the college management would have found it fit to keep the grounds...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Govt approves P245bln NDP10 Budget
NDP10, which will run from 2010 to 2016 to coincide with Vision 2016, will be presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning Baledzi Gaolathe next week in the third meeting of the fifth session of the ninth...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Analysts predict unparalleled mining boom
Prior to the recession, mining was on a boom with exploration budgets reaching P246 million in 2008 and the Department of Geological Services struggling to process a monthly average of 100 new mining applications. Companies already on the ground were...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Orapa pioneer hopes for another big find in Ngamiland
Manfred Marx was among the group of geologists who discovered Orapa and Letlhakane mines in the late 1960s after a decade long search. Led by Lamont and Gibson, Marx and several other geologists made the discovery that propelled Botswana into the...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Horticulture market thriving
The Botswana Horticultural Market is a joint venture between the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) and the Botswana Horticultural Council. The Ministry of Agriculture is represented on the board of directors. The former car assembly plant at...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Discovery to raise USD 140m for Boseto this year
The Managing Director of the Australia-based Discovery says the company may raise half the sum from equity and half from debt. "The company is also open to talks with potential joint venture partners," Brad Sampson said in an interview with...
GOITSEONE KGOPANA
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Downturn won't stop Rand Diamonds' plans -Tiffany's
Infact, according to Tiffany's Vice President James Fernandez who was in Botswana last week, Rand Diamonds is going ahead with building its close to US$5 million (P35 million) factory adjacent to Diamond Trading Company (DTC) Botswana in Gaborone....
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
BNF intent on weekend protest march
In a letter to the party this week, the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Margaret Nasha, 'regretted' that they would not receive the BNF petition.Nasha said they are not going to entertain the petition because the subject...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Stanchart seeks to lure back lost clients -MD
Although Stanchart is still healthy and scoring double-digit growth figures, it has lost some of its former prestige to the point where a sizeable number of its customers have heavily criticised it. Some of them say it is the bank's service delivery...
19 June 2009
Consumer Watchdog
I don't like those newspaper columns that try to begin with a seemingly trivial personal experience and then generalise from that to make important philosophical or spiritual point. You know the type. "I went to the ATM this morning...
19 June 2009
Stone make it a complete home for Selato
But to those who watch the artworks it could mean an entirely different thing. Mosese Selato, a resident of Morwa village, about 25km North of Gaborone, says this is true. Six stones are stuck on the plaster at the entrance to his house and while...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Hunt for Botswana's cultural ambassadors starts
And the good news is that this time around, the pageant will have five categories - Little-Boys and Girls (ages 3-6); Junior-Boys and Girls (ages 7-12); Teen-Boys and Girls (ages 13-17); Miss-Boys and Girls (ages 18-25); and Mr and Mrs-Men and Women...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Back Stage
Duplicity (2009) is now showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. Those who were amused by the antics of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr and Mrs Smith (Mmegi 17th June 2005) may enjoy this new turn around on the theme starring Julia Roberts and Clive...
SASA MAJUMA 19 June 2009
'Is it better to be loved than feared, or vice versa?'
"The President". Port Adelaide, South Australia, Ginninderra Press, 68 pages, paperback, A$18.00, ISBN 978 1 74027 500 2. Available through Exclusive Books, Riverwalk or see www.ginninderrapress.com.au REVIEWED BYSHERIDAN...
19 June 2009
Councils are corrupt, inflation goes down
We all know that councils around the country are very corrupt. Cases of council officials appearing before courts, some of them being convicted, is adequate proof that corruption is rampant in our councils. What however makes the Daily News story...
19 June 2009
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
Last week, I tried to explain to President Ian Khama and Vice President Mompati Merafhe why the local media have to criticise their government. I argued that the local media weren't overly impressed that Botswana was doing better than many African...
DAN MOABI 19 June 2009
I was misrepresented - Mamela
The story says that in my response to accusations by the BNF that the B.C.P. copied their social democratic programme (SDP), I said "They think SDP is their property. The core values of democracy are found in the SDP and the BNF is crazy to claim...
19 June 2009
Scottish Livingstone needs to up its game
While at the hospital I observed what I thought was appalling service. There is still no running hot water and the air conditioners are on throughout because of poor ventilation in one or more cubicle?. Hospital attendants boil water for patients to...
19 June 2009
Govt meddling fuels skills loss in parastatals
The system of patronage, says the report, has a tendency to circulate the same officers in different entities, in the long run giving the picture that the country lacks skilled people with appropriate, relevant qualifications and experience to...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Let's campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi's release
As Mmegi readers will remember in May this year, the Nobel laurette was arrested and put on trial, charged with breaking the terms of her house arrest after an American man, John Yettaw, swam to her house uninvited and refused to leave. The fascist,...
19 June 2009
Teacher-student relationships: another view
The way they fume about it always sounds like they wish capital punishment was the penalty for those teachers who do that. Sexual feelings are innate. It is completely natural then that as human beings, we feel sexually attracted to each other. In...
19 June 2009
NITTY GRITTY
Before I continue with this thing ya "the white envelope that I got from the Prophet, I have to declare that I took a peak into the contents and one of the things that I can tell you right away, dear reader with whom I'm always straighter than a...
BAROLONG SEBONI 19 June 2009
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19 June 2009
Chiefs shift focus to Premier League
The national champions face a difficult time in defending the two titles they won last year. Unlike last season when they were on fire, winning the league unbeaten, Chiefs have suffered four defeats in the current campaign. This has hobbled Magosi's...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Can the Reds bounce back?
The game kicks off at 3pm. People have started doubting GU's resilience in competing for the league championship after their recent form both in the league and the Coca-Cola Cup. The Reds were seen as the favourites to clinch the prestigious...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
The Coke Cup survivors
Mochudi Centre ChiefsOf the four remaining teams in the competition, Chiefs stand a better chance of retaining the cup. On paper, Magosi have the best squad and can mesmerise any side on its day. Since the competition started, Chiefs have gone past...
19 June 2009
When Chiefs returned to Ghetto
On Friday, there were still vestiges of clouds whose downpours have been causing havoc to the crops in the fields, but as it came out on Saturday, the sky was all blue and, at the eastern horizon, the sun at its orangest. Though as a journalist I am...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Celebrating Killer Giants put preparations on hold
Coach Enos Mmesi's contract expired at the beginning of June and management is still to give him a new offer. It is reported that the club is planning to host a party for players and supporters to celebrate the historic achievement. The club is yet...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Notwane pursues Dirang's case
The midfield dynamo has joined Mochudi Centre Chiefs following the committee's decision. In an earlier decision, the National Appeals Board (NAB) ordered that the Players' Status Committee should hear the matter again and call both parties for a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 June 2009
"Stop felling the trees," Monna pleads
Briefing journalists on the 'World Day to Combat Desertification', Monna said it should be every Motswana's responsibility to conserve the environment. He said they were concerned about the cutting down of trees and the indiscriminate mining of pit...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 19 June 2009
Boxing goes to the polls
By the time of going to press yesterday, BoBA spokesperson Willough Kemoen said most officials have indicated that they will defend their seats but nobody had come forward to seeking to challenge them. The deadline for contestants to enter the race...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Gopolang shines in Lusaka
Every time he walked into the pitch for a game in Lusaka, he wanted to bring the Castle Rugby Sevens Cup home. He scored three tries in three matches and says it was an easy task because no defender could block him. "We lost by a very small margin...
19 June 2009
First Cut
The importance of playing in a full stadium was highlighted this week by FIFA president Sepp Blatter who castigated the local organising committee for the Confederations Cup currently taking place in South Africa for not doing enough to fill the...
19 June 2009
The Herbst to take part in Mantshwabisi
Hendrick Herbst and his 16-year-old daughter, Elrica will be participating in the quad bikes category. Herbst said that motor racing runs in the family. His wife races for fun and his daughter has just got an off-road licence. It will be Elrica's...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 June 2009
Can circumcision reduce HIV infection? - workshop asks
Actually, it was during a presentation by Dr Poloko Kebaabetswe on male circumcision as the solution to the AIDS epidemic when participants could not help giggling and exchanging furtive and shy glances. Dr Keabetswe, like other resource persons,...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 19 June 2009
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