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Kalafatis witness demands P11m in damages
Piet was in the front seat when Kalafatis was gunned down, allegedly by security operatives in Gaborone two months ago. In the driver's seat was Ray Gare, another Gaborone resident. Yesterday, lawyer Gabriel Kanjabanga of Kanjabanga and Associates,...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 10 September 2009
SA strike hurts Botswana revenue
He said the strike may result in a shortage of commodities in Botwana. He told Mmegi that the flow of commercial traffic from South Africa has slowed down hence the Botswana Unified Revenue Services is not collecting enough revenue. He added that...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
Nkate doubts rival's support in Ngamiland
Obviously, that is important but that is yet to manifest itself," he said when told that Kwerepe is supporting him. The minister said he is yet to hear from Kwerepe though he has been told that a suggestion that they work together had been made to...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
BDF to play war games in South Africa
The officers are drawn from the Botswana Defence Force (BDF), Botswana Police Service and Prisons. The officers join others from all SADC countries excluding Madagascar, which has been suspended from the organisation following a coup. The exercise,...
STAFF WRITER 10 September 2009
Pathologist explains baby's death in murder case
He said his findings revealed that Nyatsego Nthoiwa's new-born baby was killed by manual suffocation. He told a silent court that closing the mouth and blocking the nose suffocated the baby. Nthoiwa is facing one count of murdering her baby in 2006...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 10 September 2009
OSISA calls on Botswana to legalise commercial sex
The report was released on Tuesday at Phakalane Golf Estate in Gaborone. The study indicated that governments should recognise and address the relationship between laws criminalising sex work and the human rights violations that result from the laws...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
General elections clash with BGCSE examinations
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development and Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) still have no clue how to sort out the clash though they asserted they are considering options. Besides the invigilators, a majority of Form Five students...
STAFF WRITER 10 September 2009
Our Heritage
Because I was unable to get to his funeral in Mogoditshane last Saturday, I hope that this photo can be taken as my own statement of appreciation for him, and regard. George Kgoroba had a long, multi-faceted career but knowing almost nothing about...
10 September 2009
NBB code on elections coverage is draconian
We understand that this code was developed with the input of players in the broadcasting industry. This should be laudable. However in its current form, one wonders how the code is supposed to help broadcasters to inculcate proper debate in the...
10 September 2009
Cartoon Strip 10.09.09
10 September 2009
Owning up to Israel's bomb
US Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller's recent call for Israel to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which would require it to declare and relinquish its nuclear arsenal, has incited fears that America's diplomatic umbrella...
*SHLOMO BEN-AMI 10 September 2009
Moswaane stirs trouble
This response is also directed at another article "Moswaane takes leave of absence" carried in The Gazette of September 9, 2009. It is important for the readers to know who this Ignatius Moswaane is; a former BDP Councillor for Monarch South in the...
10 September 2009
BHC aims to build 30,000 houses over NDP10
"To this end, the corporation plans to build 29, 191 houses in a period of seven years during NDP10 with its own resources," Motswaiso said. The plan period will be broken into two - the first of three years, the second of four. "During the first...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
Mapetla re-launches himself
A period of quietness, which followed the not-so- impressive 2007 release, S'buyile, appears to be over for the star catapulted to stardom by his two first albums, S'khoko, and Phanz' Phezulu. The star has been lately re-appearing in half-page and...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
Gabasiane shelves Best of Punah CD/DVD plans
She has also shelved plans to release the Best of Punah CD and DVD this year. The two projects will take off next year. Gabasiane says she has decided not to release any albums this year because of other personal commitments. But she...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 10 September 2009
Vee ventures into movies
The comedy, titled, Vee, vs Radijo, also features the most sought after Tswana comedian, Radikgang Madiane, popularly known as Radijo among his legion of fans. Another popular comedian, Joel Keitumele, known as Ntsoro, also stars in the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
Hobbling Notwane call special meeting
Notwane spokesperson, Andrew Mokgatlhane said top of the agenda will be drawing up a strategic plan, the recruitment of players and filling the chairperson's post left vacant after the recent resignation of Molebatsi Molebatsi. Mokgatlhane said the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
I am done with Santos-Phiri
Although his contract with the club runs out next year, Phiri who has had a troubled time at the Gabane side has decided to quit. "I have made up my mind. I considered this decision seriously. There is no way I am going back there. I would rather...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
New Nico chairperson promises change
"We have set targets for ourselves and we would like to see the team finishing the 2009/2010 season in the top four. We can only achieve this if we have a good team and quality players. We have agreed to have collective responsibility. We do not...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 10 September 2009
Semakwezi trains with Gunners
The player has been released by Township Rollers who recruited him from BDF XI. Gunners' communications officer, Kitso Dlamini said coach Daniel 'Chicco' Nare is still assessing Semakwezi with a view to signing him. Dlamini said Nare will decide...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 10 September 2009
Botswana is satisfied with Zim situation-Skelemani
The minister said yesterday that at the just ended SADC Summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), they were told that Zimbabwean leaders are working well together. He said that in his address, South African President and outgoing SADC...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 10 September 2009
It is tomorrow
Last week Motswaledi and Khama's lawyers made submissions before a three panel judge of Chief Justice Julian Nganunu, Justice Ian Kirby and Justice Isaac Lesetedi. The focus quickly moves away from the lawyers and the protagonists and all attention...
10 September 2009
Motswaledi suffers devastating blow as Khama wins big
The judgement was read by Chief Justice Julian Nganunu before an overflowing High Court that had taken residence at the new and more spacious Lobatse Woodhall Magistrates' Court."In summary therefore, the constitution has granted to a sitting...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 11 September 2009
Ministry to postpone or fast forward exams?
President Ian Khama last week set October 16 as the Election Day and declared it a public holiday. On going BGCSE exams were overlooked but Nkate says that the ministry has taken note of that mistake and it would be resolved. "We are aware of the...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 11 September 2009
Despised in public, sweet in private
A commercial sex worker speaks Mmegi: Where were you born and how did you grow up? Mary: I was born 23 years ago in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe where I attended school and college. My stepmother raised me after my biological mother passed away and my father...
11 September 2009
ZCC dissidents foment trouble at peaceful Lentswe-le-Moriti
Not promising too much as it may seem, the small village harbours a very unique lifestyle that lures the outsider to visit the place and appreciate the daily lifestyles of the residents. It sits inside the Northern Tuli Game Reserve and on the edge...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 11 September 2009
Illegal gambling rampant in Botswana
In their statement to a regional conference held in Swaziland last week, the board partly blamed cell phone companies for taking advantage of the outdated casino and gambling laws, saying: "There are some promotional activities where the operators...
11 September 2009
Call me fastidious - the story of medical pioneer Dr. Linette Mahloane
It was former president Sir Ketumile Masire who once described clinical specialist and one of the pioneers of Botswana Medical Services, Dr Linette Mahloane, as fastidious, meaning she is somewhat overly concerned with cleanliness. Mahloane credits...
11 September 2009
How government can support writers
Notwithstanding these problems, the Association established a Radio Programme - The Writers Corner - which continued broadcasting until late 1995. The Association had also initiated a regular Reading Session which encouraged established and aspirant...
*BAROLONG SEBONI and
JANE SWARTLAND 11 September 2009
Mombasa - a complete African story
MOMBASA: Motswana captured it quite well when he coined the phrase 'Go tsamaya ke go bona', referring to the fact that to know about the world and understand yourself better you need to travel, going beyond the boundaries of your everyday life...
11 September 2009
There was no emergency - it should have come with 4Ds
This in this country is unprecedented and the reality is that it is the kind of decision that will be celebrated by many across the political divide. It's a decision that when looked at objectively was long overdue and it makes one wonder why...
EDITOR 11 September 2009
WHITHER BOTSWANA
The country's opposition parties have campaigned for this for years without success. They believed that holding elections on Saturdays contributed to this country's recurring low voter turnout, which reflects badly on the quality of our democracy....
DAN MOABI 11 September 2009
BDP emotionally unfit for re-election
We wish to take issue with his recent article, which was meant to be a rebuttal to one written by Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Vice President Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang. In his article, Peloetletse writes thus, "the phony press release by Dr...
11 September 2009
Excerpts from the judgement
'The 2nd respondent has advanced two preliminary grounds, and each one of those grounds, if successful, would in fact defeat the application so that it could not be considered on its merits. This is because each of the preliminary points raises the...
11 September 2009
We want Kgosikgolo Kgafela to lead by being inclusive
The man appears to be focused and innovative and his tribe seems set for better times under his reign. One can only hope that other tribal leaders will learn from his example and engage in decisive and innovative attempts to uplift their...
11 September 2009
NITTY GRITTY
Mr Kool has more or less agreed to go into this "non-risky venture" with Smooch, especially since it has been agreed by the two parties that Mr Kool will be the CEO of this new business venture. Apparently, lots of perks go along with the job, but...
BAROLONG SEBONI 11 September 2009
Cartoon Strip 11.09.09
11 September 2009
Origin of Bakalanga
History recorded at the site shows that the Shonas are the forefathers of the Bakalanga, Bakaranga and the Bazezuru tribes as we know them today. Domboshaba Ruins are located in the quiet and protected hills just some 10km outside Masunga, one of...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 11 September 2009
Financial woes delay Bathoen statue project
The committee needs over P200, 000 for the project and although there are some pledges to help in raising the amount needed to pay, the smelter company in Pretoria as well as the sculptor Masilonyane Radinoga, raising the total amount could take...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 September 2009
Namibian artist takes up Thapong residency
Asked why he chose to take residency at Thapong, he replied: "I have always wanted to explore the use of different media and share my experiences with other professionals from outside my country and Thapong seemed the best place to visit." He...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 11 September 2009
Back Stage
Marketa Irglova, who plays "The Girl" in the movie, was born on February 28, 1988 at Valasske Mezirici in Bohemia, so she is just 21-years-old now, and was only 18 when this film was made. She is pensive and magnetic, a wonderful find, musical, a...
SASA MAJUMA 11 September 2009
Contemporary Botswana poetry
Wild Berries Inside and Behind the Yard: An Anthology of Contemporary Botswana Poetry is a joint publication between the British Council and Books Botswana resulting from The New Authors Competition initiative. The anthology contains poems by nine...
Reviewed by DORCAS MOLEFE
Correspondent 11 September 2009
Debswana bullish as Marole begins second tenure at the helm
Briefing journalists on the company's performance and the measures they put in place to cushion the impact of the economic recession, Debswana management said in Gaborone on Wednesday that the company is now out of the woods largely because of the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 September 2009
Innovation Hub gets Ericsson boost
Ericsson also owns 50 percent of mobile phone manufacturer, Sony Ericsson.Ericsson Botswana, which has been in the country for over 20 years, is set to be among the first tenants of BIH premises near Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (SKIA)...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 September 2009
The people speak
A high-ranking member of the Tswapong region (speaking anonymously) (Khama) might be favoured by the immunity clause in section 41 of the Botswana constitution. In the BNF people are being fired for not following the party constitution. Party...
11 September 2009
African Copper says Mowana grades encouraging
"The results achieved over this short period of time are encouraging," said Chief Executive Chris Fredericks. African Copper, which put the mine on care and maintenance in January pending completion of financing talks, had said it planned to resume...
STAFF WRITER 11 September 2009
Hana upbeat on Ghanzi copper deposits
During Mmegi's exclusive tour of the project, which adjacent to Kuke cordon fence and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) last weekend, the company's geologist said he was upbeat about demonstrating the economics of the project before...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 11 September 2009
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
As the environment gradually changes those forms of life that have a natural advantage are the ones that are most likely to survive long enough to breed, thus passing on the genes that gave them that advantage. This works for every form of...
11 September 2009
Copper prices bring good tidings for BCL, African Copper
Over the years, the price of copper has played havoc with mines' books, at one point weighing down BCL Mine and forcing the Selebi-Phikwe- based mine to rely on external funding of its operations. Prior to the global financial crisis, copper had been...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 11 September 2009
Debt-saddled consumers threaten economic stability
He earns a net salary of P4,200 monthly from which he deducts rental, food and groceries, transport and utilities, leaving him with just under P1, 000 income. From this amount, Ephraim services a three-year loan with a local commercial bank,...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 11 September 2009
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