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BDP insiders, especially those associated with the Barata-Phathi faction, have dismissed the deal between Khama and DK as a non-starter. Ahead of the general elections on October 16, Khama is reported to have held a secret meeting with his rival DK...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 16 September 2009

We need immediate constitutional review

The most prominent fights have been experienced in the two big political formations - the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and the Botswana National Front (BNF).There is no doubt that the two parties still have a long way to go in conflict...

16 September 2009

The Tobin tax lives again

The official in question was Adair Turner, the head of the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority, the country's chief financial regulator. Turner, voicing his concerns about the size of the financial sector and its frequently obscene levels of...

* DANI RODRIK 16 September 2009

Unionism understood by BOSETU

One of those situations is the concept of unionism.All organisations,movements or grouping aspire to be counted among the best in its workings and dealings with other stakeholders. A glance in this article is placed on BOSETU as a union. Further, I...

16 September 2009

Thanks to our constitution and well done Khama

The justice system has acted as prescribed within the Constitution that the president be provided immunity against any prosecution. Following this statement, I would say the comments we have seen in numerous newspapers have reflected our lack of...

16 September 2009

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16 September 2009

CSO criticised for late, inaccurate data

At a CSO-sponsored seminar for BOCCIM and the wider business community on the role and mandate of the CSO as an information collection and dissemination body, many expressed concern on the timeliness and accuracy of CSO data and urged it to do more...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 16 September 2009

BOMU awards entries close on Sunday

Botswana Musician Union (BOMU) spokesman, Joel Keitumele, says his organization had received over 100 entries by last week. The BOMU spokesman says they are only accepting entries for songs and albums produced last year and this year. While...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 September 2009

Scotland club wants 10 Roller's players

He said the players will be initially in the Scotland club's feeder team from where they will graduate to the senior side. Modibe could neither reveal the name of the club nor the players they will be sending since they are still waiting for their...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 September 2009

Botswana qualifies for 2012 world bowling tournament

Botswana Bowling Association (BBA) public relations officer, Lebo Mascarenhas told Mmegi Sport that both teams qualified after playing well at the African States competition in Swaziland from August 29 to September 5. Other countries that qualified...

CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 16 September 2009

Southern African clubs continue to sing blues in CAF competition

Zimbabwean side, Dynamos came agonisingly close to adding a second for the region in 1998 when they lost to ASEC Mimosas from Ivory Coast, the club that was beaten by Pirates in 1995. This year, southern Africa's hopes were on Zimbabwe's Monomotapa...

MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 September 2009

DCEC is yet to fill Katlholo's booots

Its former Deputy Director, Rose Seretse, was appointed Acting Director beginning May 1, but the Office of the President is yet to endorse her - or name someone else - as Katlholo's replacement. Katlholo was a member of the team of founders of the...

ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 16 September 2009

Low turnout mars Inter-Club boxing tourney

Few boxers, particularly from Thebephatshwa and Francistown turned up arguing that they were informed late about the tournament. BOBA competitions manager, Phetogo Tsheko said the tournament which is part of the 2009 league is currently struggling...

NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 16 September 2009

Graft rife in councils - DCEC Report

Some of the issues brought before the graft-busting agency were "misappropriation of funds, connivance of council officials and clients, bribery, irregular procurement practices, misuse of council property and deviation from established...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 September 2009

Seretse dismisses allegations on Muslims

She said the number of Muslims eligible to vote in Botswana is negligible, hence what happens on election day will have little effect on Islamic activities in the country. She added that not many Muslims in Botswana are citizens and are not going to...

KARABO SENAME
Staff writer 16 September 2009

Study suggests handwriting can uncover liars

The research was done at Haifa University in Israel and will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. The study was headed by Gil Luria and Sara Rosenblum. They used a specialised computer tool called...

LAURI KUBUITSILE
Correspondent 16 September 2009

Foul language out, police boss tells politicians

He said that the use of dirty words is not allowed and if such words reach the police, "perpetrators will face the music". He said people should be free to canvass for support, but provoking, shredding posters and scandalising others would not be...

NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 16 September 2009

Parents, teachers must work as team - Molefe

Molefe was speaking at the Tashatha Community Junior Secondary School (CJSS) prize giving ceremony held under the theme: "Recession: A challenge to excellence in quality education." "Schools such as yours could revive gardening and grow vegetables...

KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 16 September 2009

G-West man suffers wrath of commercial sex worker?

It is said the Zimbabwean commercial sex worker slashed the man's private parts in what appears to have been a deal gone sour. Those who saw the man after the attack said his manhood was in a terrible state. They said it looks like the...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 September 2009

Infanticide mother sentenced to six months

Though he delivered the judgement in which he found no extenuating circumstances last week, Justice Moses Chinhengo of the Francistown High Court hit a snag when time came for him to pass the sentence. After mitigation was dealt with, the judge had...

GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 16 September 2009

Saleshando loses axe and saw 'theft' case

Saleshando, who is also Selebi-Phikwe West parliamentary hopeful in the October 16 general election, lost the case on a technicality yesterday as the police had charged the accused - Khupe Khupe - with a wrong offence. The accused was supposed to...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Health students graduate tomorrow

The graduation ceremony will be held under the theme 'Transforming Health Training Institution; a challenge for Quality Training and Improved Service Delivery'. The graduating students did the following basic programmes: Dental Therapy, Nursing,...

STAFF WRITER 17 September 2009

Bazezuru swamp F-town after pilgrimage

Thousands of Bazezuru women draped in their trademark white silk garbs and head doeks; and long bearded men with clean-shaven heads swamped the town after they dispersed from their praying ground in the bushes near Shashe Mooke lands. Church...

ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 17 September 2009

Our Heritage

Thus, I suggest that in the past few years, Masike's throaty singing of Kgatla dikoma and meopelwana, re-played again and again over Radio Botswana, has been the chosen means of expressing this country's culture. More routinely, the recent reaching...

Sandy Grant 17 September 2009

We welcome BDC investments

Reports indicate that the BDC will invest in a glass manufacturing plant in Palapye. The plant will rely on locally sourced raw materials such as silica and soda ash deposits. This obviously shows that we are making efforts to derive maximum benefit...

17 September 2009

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17 September 2009

Success in Afghanistan needs China and Russia

But achieving success in Afghanistan - defined as achieving a sustainable democratic regime able to contain political violence, prevent the reconstruction of a terrorist base with global reach, and dampen a narcotics-funded insurgency that threatens...

*RICHARD WEITZ 17 September 2009

Please prove that Khama is a dictator

Batenegi writes in his letter to the Editor that President Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama is not and will never be a good President. There are certain qualities, which I guess Batenegi is misled to believe are those of a president. First...

17 September 2009

Dingake is misleading Batswana

Dingake raises many questions, all of which are aimed at turning Batswana against President of the State. I do not think Batswana will take notice on failed politicians like Dingake whose only contribution to our politics is the 1998 Palapye debacle....

17 September 2009

Fuel prices push up inflation marginally

For the month of August, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reported this week, annual inflation increased by a marginal 0.1 percentage points to 6.1 percent from 6 percent in July. In a statement, the CSO attributed the slight change to the...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Botswana to have national postal code

The Marketing and Communications Manager for BotswanaPost, Keoagile Rafifing, told Mmegi in a telephone interview yesterday that the system will be launched by the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology. "We have a steering...

KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 17 September 2009

Law Society to scrutinise Motswaledi judgment

The judges held that Khama could not be sued because as State President, he is protected from suits for actions he carries out in his official and private capacity, and dismissed the case with costs. The outcome of the case means that Motswaledi...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Slizer is bestseller

The data was verified by an independent body, the copyrights office, which administers the hologram device, which started to be enforced last year to authenticate the originality of CDs and DVDs, sold in the country. According to the Hologram's...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Berray Bone House album to be launched with a live band

Berry Bone will be backed by Gavin Banton's popular band Brand New Vibes, as he launches a house album described by one of mud studio engineers, Thabo Makhaya as a mixed bag of house tunes. Makhaya, who also had a hand in the production of the house...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Thabiso's reality TV show to premier September 21

Thabiso told Showbiz that Botswana Television (Btv) had to watch the clips of the show before it could go on air, resulting in renegotiation of the content, meaning that some clips had to be edited out to meet the expectations of the...

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Matona a Koma, growing in stature and spirit

Their dress code when on stage make them look like those lowly paid security guards, but that is the image they are proud of and one that they do not plan ditching any time soon because it was those same "men in uniform" who inspired them to start a...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 17 September 2009

GU suspends Sandaka, Gwandu

Captain Itai Gwandu and striker Sageby Sandaka have been sidelined because the club thinks they were behind players' demand for higher bonuses from the P1 million they won for bagging the national title. Although club officials could not be reached...

MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Mogotsi set to shine at Gunners

Having been overshadowed by the likes of Dirang Moloi, Keoagetse 'Barnes' Radipotsane, Jackie Mothatego and Tebogo Sembowa at Notwane, the 26-year-old midfielder started shining at the start of last season when all these players were on the...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

ECCO, TAFIC welcome Independence Cup

ECCO spokesman Unabatsho Mathalaza and his TAFIC counterpart, Jones Mosweu have said the tournament will help the two teams assess their new signings as the be MOBILE Premier League gets underway. "The Independence Cup is one of the competitions...

GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 17 September 2009

BNOC post still vacant

The post has been vacant after Reikeletseng decided to vie for BNOC presidency albeit unsuccessfully while his would-be successor, Bobby Gaseitsiwe ,pulled out of the elections at the last minute even though he was unopposed. The new committee was...

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 17 September 2009

Electricity tariffs to go up?

The South African company in June hiked power tariffs by 30 percent in the country but Botswana tariffs were not affected. Botswana imports more than 40 percent of its electricity from South Africa, particularly Eskom. Reports have been showing that...

STAFF WRITER 17 September 2009

Namibia backs govt of national unity

Over 300 delegates from across Africa attended the conference that started on Monday organised by the International Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Parliament of Botswana and the Frederick Ebert Foundation. The debate on Government of National...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

World HIV/AIDS figures go up

He was speaking at the World Health Organisation Sub-Regional workshop in Gaborone yesterday. The theme of the three day workshop is: 'Strengthening linkages between Sexual Reproductive Health (SHR) and HIV: Sharing evidence and best practices". It...

ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

BCP protests Moshupa school invite

The BCP chief coordinator in Moshupa constituency, Sethibe Sethibe has written a letter to the head of Diratsame Community Secondary School (CSS) about the matter saying it is tantamount to her participating in the BDP campaigns. "We strongly feel...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 17 September 2009

Health official identifies obstacle in malaria control efforts

He explained that implementing malaria control strategies is complex because it does not just dependent on how much they can deliver, but mainly on the acceptance by the communities. He explained that to address the obstacles, they have developed an...

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

IEC releases voting timetable

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) secretary Gabriel Seeletso said yesterday that citizens living abroad go to the ballot early so that their votes can be collected and relayed to their constituencies in Botswana to be counted on October 16....

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

Two Batswana jet-off to Japan for post-graduate studies

Ame Thato Selepeng and Itumeleng Seitshiro will be in Japan courtesy of a collaboration between AKITA and the Botswana University of Science and Technology (BIUST). The two were the best from 104 applicants who showed interest in the scholarships....

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 September 2009

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