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Inferno razes Mfa's house
But there are contradictions regarding the presence or otherwise of anyone in the house when the fire started: Mfa says there was no-one home while the police say his 26-year old daughter and a toddler were present but escaped without injury. "I...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 July 2009
Botswana ranked best mineral investment destination in Africa
Against the 71 jurisdictions (a combination of countries, provinces and states) included in its most recent survey, Botswana is ranked 18th. This is the highest score of any African nation. In Latin America, only Chile is rated higher than...
STAFF WRITER 14 July 2009
LEA breaks new ground in ISO certification
Managing Director of Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) Dr. Elsie Meintjies said the event was equally special to them just like it was to LEA. This is because the certificate is a new achievement for BOBS as well as LEA. LEA forms part of the...
GOITSEONE KGOPANA
Correspondent 14 July 2009
AS I SEE IT
"Democracies" without opposition parties and more importantly vibrant opposition parties are at best pseudo-democracies. In addition to being a democracy, the government must have a free, fearless and independent press. We owe to the French...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 14 July 2009
BDP MPs are spineless
Under a more organised and objective Parliament the motion should have cruised through without hitches. But it seems its major undoing was its origins. The fact that the motion was put through by a member of the opposition seems to have condemned it...
EDITOR 14 July 2009
Serowe controls govt and the party
As a disciplined and loyal member of the ruling party, I initially wanted to abstain from the war of words between the two factions within the party. As a non-partisan member, I have always wanted to follow the last word from the party leader on...
14 July 2009
Who is Sidney Pilane?
Pilane is no fool, that I will grant at least as he occasionally displays the way his brain functions. But for his heart and ability to apply thought processes to reason, for accepting that our thoughts and expectations only work if the world around...
14 July 2009
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14 July 2009
Softball coach drops bombshell
Kgosiyang tendered his resignation on Saturday saying he was under pressure from unnamed Botswana Softball Association (BSA) officials. The team flies to Canada today. The BSA has promised to find a replacement before the team departs. Kgosiyang's...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 July 2009
Rollers deny match-fixing allegations
Before and after the game, there were reports that Rollers and GU had struck a deal to fix the match to help the Reds maintain a three-point lead ahead of closest opponents of defending champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs. GU have amassed 71 points with...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 14 July 2009
Zebras to play China
China will host the Botswana national soccer team on September 29. The Zebras have already played Namibia, Lesotho, New Zealand and Iraq to prepare for the qualifiers. Zebras coach, Stanley Tshosane has expressed his desire to have...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 July 2009
Law society could arraign Khama before ICC
LSB Chairman, Tebogo Sebego says this year's AGM agenda items featured extra-judicial killings by Botswana's security forces, the Media Practitioners Act and Legal Practitioners Act. Sebego says after a lengthy debate, lawyers attending resolved to...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 14 July 2009
Thrilling end to season on the cards
It is not clear who will join Naughty Boys to the First Division, although debutants Great North Tigers (GNT) looks the most vulnerable of the relegation candidates. GU were ruthless against cross-town rivals, Township Rollers and the emphatic win...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 14 July 2009
Inmates need condoms
There have been calls by organisations like the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), urging government to distribute condoms in prisons. Their argument is that the prisoners engage in sexual activity with each other and that without...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 July 2009
State questions credentials of Nchindo's lawyers
During yesterday's hearing of a High Court application by former Debswana managing director, Louis Nchindo and his co-accused for a review of a ruling by Regional Magistrate, Lot Moroka that further particularity is not needed in most of the charges,...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 July 2009
DPP gets Maun police killing docket
Mothusi Sephiri of Sanyedi Ward in Maun was shot dead by a police patrol team, investigating a street robbery. Apparently, he was not the person the police were looking for in connection with the cellphone robbery.Senior Assistant Commissioner of...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 July 2009
Police boss warns new officers
The unit was disbanded after a merger with the Botswana Police Service headed by Tsimako. Speaking in Gaborone at the Special Support Group (SSG) lecture hall, the Commissioner of Police warned the former Local Police officers that indiscipline will...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 July 2009
Another politician drags BNF to court
The main opposition party has been dragged to the High Court by Kopano Rannatsha, who won the Kweneng South parliamentary primaries, only to be slapped with a one-year suspension. Rannatsha defeated Murray Dipate, who had defected from the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 July 2009
Alliance Francaise mounts Hall's Swazi photo exhibition
This is no surprise coming from an institution that so often comes up with such exhibitions. Acting director Jean-Marc Depierre said: "We present work by French speaking artists and works of different cultures. Our aim is to build bridges between...
GOITSEONE KGOPANA
Correspondent 14 July 2009
Back Stage
Do British films have to begin with a wedding and end with a funeral? A Kind of Loving may be one of them that proves the rule. How many people want to get married after attending a wedding, or is it just because they feel they have come of...
SASA MAJUMA 14 July 2009
Khama's magic will be tested today
The Kedikilwe-Kwelagobe faction is in total control of these areas and there have been cries from the Nkate-Merafhe axis that its members are being sidelined. Lately, BDP primaries losers in Francistown South have reported the winner, Wynter Mmolotsi...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 July 2009
Vets destroy 84 goats near Zim border
Most of the goats belonged to one person, who is now threatening to sue the police for negligence. The rest belonged to two other families. The 84 goats were intercepted between the Botswana and Zimbabwe cordon fences along the Shashe River, which...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 15 July 2009
Law Society is apt and upright
After the President signed the bill into law, it looked like the media was going to be delivered to the guillotine by bloodthirsty hounds. Except for the litigation mounted by the media to fight the unjust law, there has been very little support...
15 July 2009
Cultural exchange in Botswana?
Cultural institutions worldwide, such as museums and art galleries, are continually engaged in processes of creative, social and aesthetic exchange that actively inform and enhance the promotion of contemporary practices in the arts and that welcome...
15 July 2009
Peo to relax loan conditions as SMEs default
Speaking in Phakalane near Gaborone on Tuesday, the Chairperson of Peo, Sheila Khama, said the global economic recession had led to shrinking markets for Peo beneficiaries, hence their working capital problems. "Like most businesses, the Peo joint...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 15 July 2009
Mokaila laments little progress in tourism joint ventures
This years' conference was held under the theme Tourism: Responding to Challenges in the Global Market. The annual tourism pitso is the initiative of Minister Mokaila that began in 2006 to create a forum for the ministry, the private sector and other...
GOITSEONE KGOPANA
Correspondent 15 July 2009
CITF speeds up design of skills training curriculum
CITF training facilitator in the welding department, Geoffrey Matswa, says the organisation has developed programmes to encourage Batswana to contribute to the Botswana's economic development processes. Matswa was speaking in an interview as a CITF...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Way forward for Private Sector in Africa
RESTORATION OF DEMAND. * An economic recession is primarily characterised by a decline in demand for goods and services. Specifically, the purchasing power of consumers is adversely affected by an economic recession due to loss of jobs, stagnant...
15 July 2009
Stage set for BOTA drama semi finals Aug 11
The competition attracted highly talented dramatists from scores of vocational institutions, all eager to reach the semi finals slated for the Botswana Television (Btv) Auditorium on August 11. This year's theme is: Chaba e senang ngwao (Our...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Abelson's album out
Abelson Modise, a young kwaito musician going by the name Zoun 2, has had his own share of disappointments in this dog eat dog music industry. He recorded a-not-so-good album in 2004, which flopped. He later joined Robert Dargie but once again his...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Rollers protest committee's ruling
On Monday, the Disciplinary Committee penalised Chiefs for using their reserve goalkeeper, Thabiso Bobby Mathe in a Premier League match against Rollers in March. Rollers filed a protest against the young goalkeeper on the grounds he was not...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Govt killing Lobatse - Modubule
He was commenting on the Draft National Development Plan 10 in Parliament on Monday. Visibly angry at Education and Skills Development Minister Jacob Nkate, who kept on interrupting his debate, Modubule described him as a "very dishonest man". Nkate...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 July 2009
Confident softball team leaves minus coach
Despite a promise by the Botswana Softball Association (BSA) that a coach will be roped in to replace Kgosiyang, the team flew out under the tutelage of assistant coach, James Gunda. Matshediso said though Kgosiyang's departure shocked them, they...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Mopako puts retirement plans on hold
The 33-year-old veteran is aware that his best days are gone but he is ready to guide the youngsters in the new season. When Killer Giants failed to win promotion two seasons ago, the diminutive midfielder threatened to quit playing. Mopako has been...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Inaugural Chinese golf tourney a success
The team played well on a perfect sunny day and the golfers excelled from hole one. Rodney Butau from the ZimBots team was crowned individual champion, with Tim Calvert and G. Melagan coming second and third respectively. ZimBots chairman, Paul...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Correspondent 15 July 2009
New volleyball chief promises change
Molaodi and his committee were elected during the BVF congress at the Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) in Sebele over the weekend. He beat Mokgatla Waboraro by 15 to two votes to grab the top position. The other committee members are Godfrey...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 July 2009
BDP central Committee finds Mmolotsi guilty
The BDP Central Committee, at its sitting yesterday, found Mmolotsi guilty of contravening the party vetting policies. This was confirmed by the BDPs secretary general, Jacob Nkate. He has breached conditions of the vetting exercise, however the...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Government will wipe out undesirable immigrants - Khama
He said at the - Tourism Pitso 2009 - that there are certain foreigners who come into the country to commit serious offences such as money laundering, human trafficking and drug peddling after taking advantage of loopholes in the immigration laws....
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 July 2009
CMS fraud suspect gets bail
Sierra Leone national, Patrick Cole was freed on Monday, despite opposition by the prosecution. Cole, Clement Molefe, Jabulani Johnson, Norman Maja, Aaron Babolele, Lebogang Kaisara, David Tumagole, Otsile Mosarwe, Jenamo Nfana, Bushi Nthibo and...
OLIVER MODISE
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Regional office embroiled in controversy
After the heated arguments the congress descended into chaos as the democrats walked out as regional committee chairperson Botho Ntirang addressed the meeting. The marginalised Barataphathi factions bone of contention was that out of four employees...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Mayor roots for women politicians
He said that at this stage, it is advisable to encourage voters to support women who have won primary elections. He told stakeholders to lobby the government to review the electoral system to increase the number of women in decision-making and...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 15 July 2009
Rigging claims in BDP elections
Former BDP National Youth Executive Committee (NYEC) vice-chairman, Oaitse Kgotla Moahi said his votes were fiddled with and he only made it as a delegate after a protest and recount. During the branch elections, I was told that I was elected by only...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 July 2009
BCP urges youth to think outside the box
Responding to remarks by a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) officials Segaetsho Garekwe that voters should ignore opposition parties, Lucas told the workshop that when the BDP assumed power they did not have experience in governance. Garekwe, who is...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 July 2009
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