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Killer Dube must die - judges
Yesterday a panel of three judges confirmed that belief when they upheld the Francistown High Court's ruling, which found Dube guilty on all four counts of murder, and sent him to the gallows. Dube murdered Francistown-based Zimbabwean lawyer and...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
Tribal Administrators assist Children
The initiative to donate to the centre by the two institutions was hatched in 2007 when they started off by selling food to raise money and this was driven by the national vision pillar of a compassionate and caring nation. However the initiative...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
BCL smelter stimulates delegates' curiosity
Delivering the keynote address at the week-long Southern African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) Fifth Base Metal Conference in Kasane this week, Mphathi said for them to succeed in this volatile environment, industry players must share...
STAFF WRITER 30 July 2009
Two Batswana open Lobatse's first Pick 'n Pay franchise
Bakang Modise and Kagiso Mongwaketse acted after they saw an advert from Pick 'n Pay stating that the retail giant was looking for potential Batswana franchisees. "We prepared a business plan and were invited to South Africa to see how other...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 30 July 2009
Motswana woman to head Stanbic Bank Africa unit
According to a statement, the move is in line with Stanbic Bank's active involvement in spearheading a culture of skills development. "Stanbic Bank, in line with (the) Standard Bank Group, has a philosophy to identify talent in any of the 17...
STAFF WRITER 30 July 2009
Phikwe drilling company beats the odds
The company's director, Hendrick Herbst, says the Selebi-Phikwe-based Discovery Drilling started its operations last year in July. He explained that he decided to be based here because he wanted to support the economy of this town because he grew up...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 30 July 2009
Local musicians to stage charity show
Revaka says he stayed in the same house with the late guitarist who also doubled as an environmental consultant. The charity show will be held at the Botswana Craft tomorrow evening, supported by jazz maestro Citie Ntsholeng Seetso, well known for...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
Mr O! set to release an album
After years of literally grabbing the local house music scene by the horns, Mr O! stands out like a monolith in the pantheon of local house greats. But after a well documented career spanning over a decade of rocking everything from house parties to...
KEOBONYE MAJATSIE
Correspondent 30 July 2009
FETS proud to "represent"
The energetic rapper says he is happy whenever he hears people calling him in any hip-hop description because he says it shows that people recognize him for what he is-representing hip-hop. Ofentse 'FETS' Mangope's recently appeared on...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 July 2009
BVF postpones league kick-off
New BVF president, Daniel Molaodi said there are many things to be ironed out in the sponsorship deal with mobile cellphone service provider, Mascom. He said when his committee assumed office early this month, there were issues to be finalised with...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Correspondent 30 July 2009
BMC part ways with Tamirepi
Club chairman Joe Ramotshabi said the coach is serving notice until the end of August. "I cannot discuss the details of last (Tuesday) night's meeting with Tamirepi but I can confirm that he is serving notice," he said. He refused to disclose if...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 July 2009
MoE appeals court order to pay students
According to MoE's deputy permanent secretary, Golekanye Setume, the ministry felt aggrieved by the decision. He said tersely: "We will withhold paying the students pending the decision on the application lodged last week at the Court of Appeal."...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
GNT explain why they relegated
"You may note that we did well during the first round of the league. It is because we had a full squad. In the second round, we had injuries to our key players, which took long to heal. Even now some players are still out," he explained. GNT was...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 30 July 2009
Management blamed for Naughty Boys' demotion
He said if everybody at the club pulled in one direction, it could have stayed in the Premier League. He asserted that the players were good enough to help the club avoid the chop but the leadership did not play its part. "We have some of the most...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 July 2009
Khama should learn to accept democratic principles
It is because of the simple reason that the party was faced with a moment of great division and managed to settle the dispute with a simple election. Other parties would have broken apart as we have observed in the past. Our country's history is...
30 July 2009
BNF is a dying horse
At a political rally that Mohwasa and some BNF gangsters addressed in the mining town of Selebe-Phikwe recently, they took turns making a cacophony of senseless voices, rubbishing the Botswana Congress Party and its leadership. We wish to respond to...
* TABONA MANJE 30 July 2009
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30 July 2009
Botswana to open Swine Flu lab
El-Halabi said that towards the end of August, tests will be done locally but still some specimen will be sent to South Africa for validation. Currently, the Ministry of Health sends all specimen of suspected Swine Flu patients to South Africa for...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
Khama threatens Mmolotsi with recall?
In the run-up to the Kanye congress, which elected the new BDP Central Committee, the youthful Mmolotsi, who is associated with the Barata-Phathi, and who was accused of being divisive and sidelining other BDP operatives in his constituency, had to...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
Molf to stand for elections
Speaking to Mmegi in Gaborone yesterday, he said that his expulsion from BNF did not mean the end of his political career. He said that he was a political activist before joining the BNF; so the party could not determine his political future. ...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
Suspected rustlers case for September
The accused person, Nelson Mbuso, together with Edward Masala and Nelson Motshabadira earlier this year appeared before magistrate colonel Badirile Mooketsi to answer the charge of stealing 85 cattle from Zimbabwe. The three were facing three counts...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 July 2009
Problems rock 'No Mathata' Filling Station
They said they were promised a wage increase at the beginning of the year but until now this has not been fulfilled. They said every month, the management keep postponing the payment of increased wages and to make matters worse, they have been...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
Minister says govt has complied with Basarwa case decision
The group moved to the High Court after the government relocated them from their settlements in the CKGR. Answering a parliamentary question from Ngwaketse West MP Mephato Reatile, Seretse said that the Basarwa are allowed entry into CKGR...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 July 2009
Residents left out in the cold
One of the residents, Gaipone Morapedi, lashed out at the council for ignoring the area. He told Mmegi during a visit to the area yesterday that they are not enjoying any fruits of independence, including potable water. "We have stayed here long...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 30 July 2009
Khama replaces Mogae
Bank of Botswana (BoB) public relations officer Chepete Chepete has said that the new P200 banknote would be purple with a rampant Zebra watermark. "The portrait on the front of the banknote is an art work of a woman teaching pupils. The concept is...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
Magama 'floors' BNF - again
A panel of three Court of Appeal judges, Lord Abernethy, Justice Michael Modibedi and Craig Howie upheld the High Court judge, Justice Isaac Lesetedi's ruling that Magama is the legitimate BNF candidate for Gaborone South and the decision of the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
Govt needs P7.3bn for roads - Swartz
Presenting his budget proposals for National Development Plan 10 (NDP) in Parliament yesterday, Minister of Works and Transport Johnnie Swartz said that major roads would be constructed during NDP 10 among them the dualling of the deadly...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
Phumaphi nips in to address HR gala
"She will address the audience, which will be made up of people in management in Botswana, on a number of issues," says Tebatso Hule of the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM-Botswana). Hule says IHRM-Botswana is a professional body for...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
Kwelagobe pays homage to Temane
Morwaeng said as was the case with former presidents, the government should extend pensions to former MPs and councillors for their contribution to developing Botswana's democracy. "Presidents don't work alone," Morwaeng said. "They work with...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff writer 31 July 2009
Sparks likely to fly at BDP meeting
The committee is dominated by the Kedikilwe-Kwelagobe faction and will come face-to-face with their nemesis led by President Ian Khama and the five members he nominated to serve in the party organ. The faction occupies all the 10 elective positions,...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
The pitfalls of Khama's methods
In particular the AG's office advises the sitting President to help him avoid legal pitfalls that the Office of the President may encounter in the process of executing administrative, political and constitutional functions. Notwithstanding the...
RYDER GABATHUSE and SIKI MOTSHWARI JOHANNESS 31 July 2009
Botswana's health strategy wins WHO praise
DR Nyarko was speaking at a national port health stakeholders' consultative meeting held yesterday at the Fairground hall whose objective was to sensitise senior managers and partners. The other objective was to inform the stakeholders on...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
Case of pension robbery postponed again
Angelina Mbutho, Batsile Thipe, Ofentse Vincent, Daniel Thipe and a Zimbabwean who is still at large, Lastboy Thomas, allegedly stole a Nokia 6610 cellphone valued at P850, office keys, safe keys and cash box keys from Josephine Mokgwe, whom they...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Correspondent 31 July 2009
Military weapons used in Chinese shooting
The spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Gaborone, Zhou Zhigang told Mmegi that he has been informed by investigators that the guns were of the types issued by the security forces. "The police told us this. The weapons are of a higher grade....
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 31 July 2009
Marginal seats could go either way
For the first time the BNF runs the risk of losing its stranglehold on Gaborone, especially Gaborone South which has always been its bastion. One of the endangered species is the MP for Ngami, Jacob Nkate, who is also the former BDP secretary...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 31 July 2009
Maribe: a seasoned career diplomat
Mmegi: What was your first job after graduation? CM: I was employed in 1990 in this ministry (of foreign affairs and international cooperation) as a foreign affairs officer responsible for the Asia/Africa desk. I served as liaison officer for...
31 July 2009
Our heritage
With President's Day just passed, it must be appropriate to utilise the occasion to celebrate, not only the life of the country's first national leader, Sir Seretse Khama but also that of the person he appointed to be this country's first...
Sandy Grant 31 July 2009
Democratic leadership 101: Back to Athens and down to Botswana
Sparta's governance philosophy was centred on obedience and war. Whilst in Athens individuals enjoyed making choices and were provided with opportunities for education and for creativity, in Sparta all boys were forced into the military duty and...
JOWITT MBONGWE 31 July 2009
The changing face of Lizard Lounge
The club is re-arranging its self by coming up with exclusive sitting facilities, to attract the VVIP clientele there. Their VVIP lounge, which opened last week, is fitted with expensive and colourful sofas, cushions, and ottomans, and ...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
Sanitas to host exhibitions
This Sunday the famous garden will also be opened for something else, a painting and drawing exhibition. Few know that Sanitas also houses an art studio, which continues to groom and nurture both seasoned and learning artists. The owner of Sanitas...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
Back Stage
Brno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt" (2009) was showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It is Sacha Baron Cohen's third...
SASA MAJUMA 31 July 2009
Anne-Marie Smith (2009) editor. The Multicultural Writers Association of Australia
Australian Stories Across Cultures: An Anthology. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, 241 pages, paperback, A$24.95. ISBN 978-1-86254-8078-4. Available through Exclusive Books, Riverwalk or from Wakefield Press (www.wakefieldpress.com.au)....
31 July 2009
Proposed Nairobi-Gabs air service 'grounded' for regulatory reasons
Speaking to Business Week on Wednesday, CAAB Director of Air Transport Bernard Labrosse said they were disturbed that recent newspaper advertisements could create the impression that the two airlines were to offer their code-sharing service. After...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 31 July 2009
China to spur Africa 's growth
The Third Scramble for Africa here and is "absolutely unstoppable", according to a Sino-Africa trade expert. But this time around, the scramble is of mutual benefit. But the big question is: Is Botswana, and indeed the rest of Africa, ready to do...
31 July 2009
BoB seminar hears of poor banking services
Speaking at a Bank of Botswana (BoB)-hosted economic briefing for the Francistown business community at Thapama Hotel on Monday, the former Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) president, Iqbal Ibrahim, lamented poor...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 31 July 2009
Markets indifferent to Matambo's appointment
President Ian Khama last Friday appointed the former Managing Director of the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), Kenneth Matambo, as Acting Minister of Finance and Development Planning while the substantive minister, Baledzi Gaolathe, is on a...
STAFF WRITERS 31 July 2009
When friends like to be anonymous
In the run-up to the 1999 general elections, current Education Minister, Jacob Nkate, in his attempt to parry one allegation against the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), ended up admitting a much graver matter. When addressing the residents of...
31 July 2009
Swine flu: All must be alert
Although WHO and other bodies say the alert level has been raised considering the spread of the disease than its severity, this should not make anyone complacent. Reports indicate that the flu is generally regarded as mild but that does not mean...
31 July 2009
WHITHER BOTSWANA?
If I remember well, the recent parliamentary motion by the leader of the opposition - Otsweletse Moupo - proposing the granting of autonomy to local councils in Botswana was eventually defeated. However, there's no doubt that it made considerable...
DAN MOABI 31 July 2009
The Okavango...
This fairly easy to discernsprouting in the lofty Angolan highlandsthe mighty riverwinds down its way southwards skirting the mined areas around the benguelaand cuito cuanavale scene of a massive Cuban-inspired triumphover expansionist...
31 July 2009
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