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Botswana stagnant in governance rankings
The 2009 Ibrahim Index of African Governance says for the third year running, Botswana has been ranked fourth from 53 African countries. From the four broad categories used to measure governance in the Index, Botswana slipped by 10 points in the...
STAFF WRITER 06 October 2009
BoB mum on extent of currency defects
This follows revelations last month that some of the new notes, particularly the P100 bill, have been found to be defective hardly a month after being released.In his response to Mmegi questions, BoB's Public Relations Officer says although defects...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 06 October 2009
BB Revolution ups eviction rate
This past Sunday, three housemates were evicted from the BBR house, leaving only 16 housemates in the house. The first evictee to be announced was Namibia's Erastus Moongo, followed by yet another Namibian Rene Moolman, and lastly Zambia's Paloma...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 06 October 2009
BACKSTAGE
The movie opens in 1932 in Cuba. Cuba is in the grips of one dictator, Gerardo Machado who will soon hand over to a worse rogue, General Fulgencio Batista. There are two brothers, a number of women, and different paths to be followed. There is...
Sasa Majuma 06 October 2009
BFA suspends Kgotlele
Fani said the BFA convened an emergency meeting on Sunday to receive a report concerning the match between the Zebras and China played on Independence Day. "The report given to the National Executive Committee indicated that, during the organisation...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 06 October 2009
Fighters start campaign with a win
The Mogoditshane side was relegated to the First Division where they start six points behind as punishment for misbehaviour after they lost 12-1 to Jwaneng Comets in the Premier League promotion play-offs. On Sunday Letang 'Rasta' Kgengwenyane's...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 06 October 2009
Powell wrangle goes to players' body
Gunners have apparently transferred Powell to GU but the player does not want to play ball. It is said Powell changed his mind about the transfer after the two clubs had signed a deal and his blue book was transferred to GU. Reports say the player...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 06 October 2009
Sparks fly at Motswaledi hearing
It is understood that Pilane, who represented Motswaledi, grilled Tafa before the DC chairman Ambrose Masalila. In the hearing Tafa is a witness in the case in which Motswaledi's main accuser is BDP Publicity Committee chairman, Shaw Kgathi....
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 06 October 2009
BEC faces crisis after court ruling?
This comes a week before the Junior Certificate and the Botswana General Certificate in Secondary Education are due to start. Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU) has revealed that no teacher will be persuaded to invigilate the external...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 06 October 2009
Ministry ponders winter school closure
Speaking in an interview with Mmegi over the weekend, the public relations officer Godfrey Kalanke said that the issue was still at the initial stages. He said the main objective was to consider how vacations would be rationalised so the syllabus...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 06 October 2009
Kokorwe still to decide next move
Kokorwe, who has quit active politics, was appointed to Cabinet in April last year in a reshuffle that saw her replace Moeng Pheto. She will leave her position after the October 16 general elections. The ex-Kweneng South Member of Parliament (MP)...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 06 October 2009
BCP plans to amend Section 41
Section 41 has been in the limelight recently after the High Court and Court of Appeal cited it in declining to reverse the suspension President Ian Khama slapped on ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) secretary general, Gomolemo Motswaledi....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 06 October 2009
Don't vote for Saleshando and Mohwasa, Phikwe voters told
She said Botswana National Front (BNF) candidate Moeti Mohwasa was only "a child visiting this town" and should be ignored. Nasha warned the masses that if they vote for the opposition they would be sentencing themselves to five years of...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 06 October 2009
And where is the wit and the humour?
It is hard not to remember the late Paul Rantao, maybe out of my bias towards his charade, and his mouthful-not without reason, he made me read the biblical book of Lamentations, Chapter 5 when he likened the masses in this country to the children of...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 06 October 2009
The Mo Ibrahim Index is about Africa's people
Some may wonder why measuring governance in this way is necessary and ask what contribution it makes in improving people's lives on the ground. My experience as a school teacher tells me that if we do not grade ourselves we cannot possibly know where...
* QUETT MASIRE 06 October 2009
The battle belongs to Batswana
The matter should have been just an internal party affair, but assumed national significance because it involved a sitting state President.By appealing his sudden suspension by Khama to the courts, Motswaledi inadvertently caused Khama to invoke a...
06 October 2009
AS I SEE IT
Friday, October 2 2009 was a historic day. On this day, appealing a 'sick' decision from a previous court, suspended BDP Secretary General, was rudely rebuffed by an imported appeal court bench, which irrevocably made our democratic Botswana...
Michael Dingake 06 October 2009
Cartoon Strip 06.10.09
06 October 2009
BEC and teachers clash over election day invigilation
But teachers' organisations say their members should not be coerced into invigilating because it is not part of their core duties . In a press release, BEC public relations officer Spencer Moreri says schools are advised to make the necessary...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Francistown leads in citizenship applications
The Government Gazette of October 2 shows that out of 178 applicants for citizenship, 35 of them are residents of Francistown, followed by Gaborone with 26. The third town with foreigners aspiring to acquire Botswana citizenship is Selebi-Phikwe with...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Refugees to be delivered to DRC next week
He could not disclose how much the exercise will cost Botswana because preparations are still going on. He said talks between the two countries are at an advanced stage and what is still pending is logistics. He stated that the international...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
How far will Motswaledi's hearing be?
The concern comes from the fact that the DC is one of the sub-committees of the central committee whose appointment by party president Ian Khama was questioned by Gomolemo Motswaledi. The suspended secretary general of the BDP questioned the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Election 'fifth columnists' worry Domkrag
The Minister of Defence, Justice and Security and MP for Serowe North East, Ramadeluka Seretse told Mmegi on Monday that he was dismayed by some members who turned against the party because of their dissatisfaction with the outcome of primary...
ISAAC PINIELO 07 October 2009
Ex-presidential guard gets 7 years for murder
On the first count, Kgankgetsile was sentenced to seven years in jail for murdering Mooketsi Radinonyane, a former BDF colleague. On the second count, he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for attempting to murder Kagiso Selala and on the...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 07 October 2009
Mayor outlines FCC achievements
"We also assisted 285 home based care patients as well as 1,950 orphans. Orphans were assisted mainly with accommodation as well as their daily food," said Billy in his Independence Day message last week. To help reduce unemployment in the...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 07 October 2009
Two ex-employees lose unfair dismissal claims
Industrial Court judge Justice Tapiwa Marumo dismissed the case, stating that some of the money was paid and on other applications there was no proof. The two applicants, Keolopile Morolong and Chite Matibini, appeared before the Industrial Court...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Indian community celebrate Gandhi's anniversary
Ghandi's birthday, October 2, was declared by the UN General Assembly in 2007 as the International Day of Non-Violence in his honour. The Indian community celebrated with music and poetry. There were speeches by diplomats, academics and...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff writer 07 October 2009
Now Chiluba acquittal unleashes diplomatic earthquake
Some Western governments led by Britain were major financiers of the anti-corruption drive launched by the late president Levy Mwanawasa which targeted Dr Chiluba and some senior members of his administration. Dr Chiluba, who ruled Zambia for 10...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 07 October 2009
Exams must go ahead
There is every likelihood that this year's external examinations will be administered under very difficult and trying circumstances unless good sense prevails. As it is, we do not know who is going to invigilate examinations. Teacher organisations...
EDITOR 07 October 2009
No time for complacency
Some required billions of dollars of international support. Even those countries that were better prepared were made painfully aware of the after-effects of crisis: export markets collapsed, commodity prices fell, and credit markets seized up. In...
THOMAS MIROW 07 October 2009
Interrogate qualities those vying for public office
Have you given aany thought to the kind of men and women we need to represent us? I am fully aware that many Batswana have in the past voted along party lines, regardless of the integrity and capability of the men and women who are running for...
07 October 2009
Cartoon Strip 07.10.09
07 October 2009
Water Utilities pays P40m dividend to govt
In its 38th Annual Report that covers the period April 2008 to March 2009, the parastatal says in compliance with Section 19 of the WUC Act, a dividend of P42 692 579 was estimated and paid on 31 March 2009, resulting in an overpayment of P3 107 038...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Absa eyes Botswana's 'opening' debt market
In an interview with Reuters, Stephen van Coller, the new chief executive of Absa group's investment banking arm says they have noticed a positive development in debt markets in Botswana and other countries that have managed to handle the recession...
STAFF WRITER 07 October 2009
Shanti Lo returns to Maitisong
The last time Shanti Lo took to Maitisong, he was not backed by a live band, but this time he will be backed by a hugely talented six-piece band made up of the widely travelled John Selolwane on lead guitar, Thapelo Tamukate on bass...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Shaikarawe hosts 3rd Kuru mini-dance festival
The event, which will start on Saturday morning, will see the groups showcase various Basarwa movements such as Yeuei, Xana, and Ndingo. Participating villages are Dobe, Tsodilo, Kaputwa, Tobere, Mogotlho, Gudigoa, Mohembo, and the hosts...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Ex-Egypt star admits Ramadan difficulties in football
He acknowledged that it will be difficult for FIFA to make a special calendar for Muslims during Ramadan. He said that when he was playing in Portugal for Beira-Mar, his coach was furious when he found that he did not eat because he was fasting...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Father and son affair at Lizard Lounge
Jackson Snr is one of the pioneers of local music having dedicated his life to playing in hotels and pubs in Gaborone for decades. His band will provid live backing at the Friday night event, which coincides with the announcement that the son has...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
Why was Kgotlele suspended?
That the fateful trip to China for a friendly match, which the Zebras lost 4-1 is central to the indefinite suspension is not in doubt. But the reasons for the action are not clear with conflicting answers provided by those who should be in the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 07 October 2009
First point galvanises Motlakase
Motlakase held Lobatse giants, Extension Gunners to a 0-0 draw in an entertaining match on Saturday. The result lifted the Palapye side off the basement of the table. "I am satisfied with my boys' performance. They played according to instructions....
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 07 October 2009
Volleyball woes continue
The team was making its debut at the competition and won one match and lost two. Despite the lowly finish, Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) president, Daniel Molaodi said the team did well considering that this was its maiden appearance. He said...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 07 October 2009
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