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Mamela gives voting lessons
He said at a political rally in Monarch, Francistown West constituency that it is wrong to assume that everyone who is going to cast their vote knows how it is done. He advised those who want to vote to carry a valid Omang card and a voter's...
ISAAC PINIELO 15 October 2009
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15 October 2009
Culture Spears to launch 4 products in 1 show
The traditional music troupe, who recently received a presidential award, are launching their funky website, www.culturespears.biz, as well as their world class studio, Kulenyane Studios, and two albums by affiliated musicians. The albums include the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 October 2009
Roots, rock, reggae show for democracy
According to Oliver Prentout of WeSSide, the date has been recognised not only as the eve of one of the most eagerly anticipated election days in the country, but now also the date for a roots, rock and reggae show, from the same people who brought...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 October 2009
Bobby aspires to be the new kwaito boss
There is no doubt that Bobby believes that he is a gift to kwaito fans because from the lyrics of the title song, one can tell he is convinced that he is the new 'boss' in the genre, which is unfortunately not so. The album, has 10 tracks (including...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 15 October 2009
Movie offers disturbing insight into woman's struggle for survival
It is this kind of behaviour that has inspired authors and scriptwriters to write successful novels and films that continue to capture the world's imagination. The world societies see in this theme (of greed and materialism) a mirror in which they...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 15 October 2009
African Copper resumes concentrate shipments
The company said in a statement on Wednesday that copper concentrate deliveries had commenced and that the first shipment left by road on October 5. Since recommencing operations, a total of 1,353 tonnes of concentrate have been produced at an...
STAFF WRITER 15 October 2009
Primary works to start at Letsibogo tourism project
The preliminary works consist of infrastructure such as roads, water and sewerage services that will provide an enabling environment for the entry of private sector capital and subsequent development of various tourism activities at Letsibogo...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 15 October 2009
Mixed expectations as karate teams leave
A strong contingent of 29 karatekas consisting of 11 females and 18 males has been selected for the tournament. Botswana will participate in kata for Under-16 and Under-17 girls, boys Under 13 and 15 kumite and junior individual kata and kumite. The...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 October 2009
Motlakase longs to play at home
Motlakase technical manager Dimpho Terena said they are eagerly waiting for the completion of their stadium in Palapye so that they can enjoy homeground advantage. He stated that the players miss the motivation of the home supporters. "I am not...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 15 October 2009
BSA on the verge of getting sponsorship for women league
BSA president Marumo Morule said that they are currently in talks with a potential sponsor and things look good. He said that they might sign a deal by the end of next month. The women's league started in May this year without a sponsor but the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 October 2009
Maun water shortage ends
He said the problem has been temporarily solved and next year, with the implementation of NDP 10, there will be plenty of water in Maun. He said Maun is a big village and the use of old water schemes has been problematic and a new one would be...
STATES MODIBATI
Correspondent 15 October 2009
Uncertainty hangs over volleyball league
However, the Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) president, Daniel Molaodi has said preparations for the kick-off are going on smoothly and the competition will start soon. He refused to reveal what has delayed the start of the league, saying he...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 October 2009
Clemency board yet to respond to Dube's appeal
Ookeditse Maphakwane says they made a formal application to the Clemency Board a month ago. "We have long filed the application with the executives, but we haven't received any response," the lawyer says. The clemency application comes after the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Write 15 October 2009
DK skips Mogami launch
Kwelagobe once declared that the party is not represented in the constituency after its initial candidate and BDP secretary general, Gomolemo Motswaledi was suspended by President Ian Khama. Motswaledi was recalled as Gaborone Central parliamentary...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 15 October 2009
Cellphone tower radiation is a reality - SA expert
Karl Muller, a former physics lecturer at Wits University and now on the managing committee of the Electromagnetic Action Group South Africa (EmagSA), has criticised a recent Botswana government statement that there have been no scientific studies to...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 October 2009
A political novice with ambition
Perhaps, this is the reason why in 2006, the 56-year-old decided to retire early from the public service and join politics as an active member of the BNF. Moumakwa, who comes from Tlhabane - a small village in the Kweneng District - worked as a...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 15 October 2009
IEC should be more serious
This is an important role and we take it with pride but most importantly with the seriousness it deserves. We have always recognised the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) successful conduct of every election in the past. The IEC does this...
EDITOR 15 October 2009
The Copenhagen panic
It is becoming obvious that the highly trumpeted meeting set for Copenhagen this December will not deliver a binding international treaty that will make a significant difference to global warming. After lofty rhetoric and big promises,...
BJORN LOMBORG 15 October 2009
The President looks like a San! Is that a problem?
In my biology class back then in secondary school this difference in complexion has been explained within the context of the content of melanin we have. In my curiosity, that has never made sense to me, in as much as the difference might be...
15 October 2009
Khama's sexuality discussed in court
On Monday a non-citizen of Botswana, Sayed Fakhan Abbs Shah, was arraigned before the Gaborone Regional Magistrate, Lot Moroka, after Shah allegedly uttered words to the effect that President Ian Khama is of a different sexual orientation than the...
STAFF WRITER 16 October 2009
I'm not militarising govt - Khama
Addressing a rally in Old Naledi where he launched party candidate Kagiso Molatlhegi yesterday, President Khama, a former army commander, said that the media has been accusing him of filling government departments with soldiers. He said he has only...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 October 2009
Khama to vote his brother in Serowe
The Secretary General at Tsholetsa House Dr Batlang Comma Serema said the former army chief will cast his vote in his home village of Serowe, but would not say which polling station. "He will cast his vote in Serowe but I am not sure at which polling...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 16 October 2009
President to be inaugurated on Sunday?
Josiah told Mmegi yesterday they are ready to perform the inauguration ceremony for the President and MPs and for the President's State of the Nation address.There are rumours that the Presidnt could be inaugurated as early as Sunday. The Speaker of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 October 2009
Parliament: The next battle-ground
The biggest fight of all is going to be for the position of Speaker. There is no doubt that the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will be returned to power but the party is disjointed and does not speak with one voice. The differences will become...
STAFF WRITER 16 October 2009
What voters want
Janet Jackson59-year-old Janet Jackson says that she is going to vote for someone who will listen to the people's problems and take action. "It has to be someone who can listen to people's problems and attempt to help them. It has to be someone who...
16 October 2009
BMWU leadership cobbles strategic plan
Speaking at the workshop, BMWU Secretary General Jack Tlhagale said the strategic plan was overdue because the last one adopted in 2003 and was expected to run for five years. "BMWU currently has close to 10 000 members with 14 branches and their...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 16 October 2009
Rise in drowning cases worries Maun police
It was reported that a 22-year-old man of Sexaxa settlement drowned at around 13 hours last Friday after his fibre glass canoe tumbled several times in the crocodile infested river. A colleague said while they were crossing the river, the deceased...
Correspondent 16 October 2009
F/town West teaming with criminals, revelers-Mamela
Speaking at a rally in Monarch area ahead of today's general election, Mamela last Saturday said that Francistown West, which includes Monarch, Tatitown, Botsalano and Gerald Estates, is where revellers from Francistown come to fulfill their wildest...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 16 October 2009
What is at stake in the elections?
The two warring factions in the BDP have pinned their hopes on the results, hence the ruling party has a lot riding on the election. For the first time, the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana Congress Party (BCP) might emerge as...
STAFF WRITERS 16 October 2009
Woman pleads guilty to fraud
Setso who appeared before Francistown Senior Magistrate, Peggy Madandume, pleaded guilty but she had re-paid most of the money and agreed with Mponang that the matter would not go to trial. "I paid almost all the money," she told the court. "The...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 16 October 2009
Man gets 18 years for passion killing
The judge found Tumelo Mothathego guilty of murdering his 20-year-old Zimbabwean girlfriend, Fortune Moyo in Senyawe village in the North East. "The accused is sentenced to 18 years imprisonment from which the period of two years nine months during...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 16 October 2009
Munhumutape fails to go on air
There are doubts about the viability of the company in Botswana since its offices remain locked during working hours. The telephone lines have been disconnected. The company was granted a satellite subscription television licence by the National...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 October 2009
FRC in crying need of private historical documents
FRC principal records manager, Bruce Kojane, has revealed that they are working on a project that would help expedite the use of the centre. "We are planning to have open day for archives collection around May next year, and the community is very...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 16 October 2009
Research points to new way to treat type 2 diabetes
A study at the University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Centre headed by assistant professor of internal medicine Dr Ildiko Lingvay has shown that it may be time to include insulin in the first line treatment of type 2 diabetes instead of leaving...
LAURI KUBUITSILE
Correspondent 16 October 2009
Twelve die as bus plunges into ravine
Local police said the accident happened near the Luangwa bridge on Saturday when the driver apparently lost control at a bend and the vehicle veered off the road and plunged into the ravine, killing the 12 instantly. Zambia Police spokesperson,...
ROBERT MAKOLA
Correspondent 16 October 2009
Govt to raise P1.5bn with AfDB for Morupule B
The funding structure of Morupule B is 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity, which is covered by the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) and the government respectively. "Certainly the presence of the bank is being re-kindled," the director of AfDB's...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 16 October 2009
Eskom disappoints Mmamabula again
For MEP to start rolling, it requires a commitment in the form of PPAs from Eskom, which is supposed to consume 75 percent of the power generated from the project. According to Miningmx, Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga told a media briefing in Johannesburg...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 16 October 2009
A-Cap needs P1.6 to proceed to uranium mining
In the company's annual report for the period ended June 30 2009, Chairman Pat Volpe says the company, which is also listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, will require US$179 million(+/-30percent) to advance to mining. This translates to...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 16 October 2009
EU intervention extends BCL Mine's operations
This came through last week when the Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Botswana, Paul Malin and Heads of European Union member states represented in Botswana visited the EDMS programme in Selebi-Phikwe. The entourage went on an...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 16 October 2009
Sulphuric acid plant for Phikwe under consideration
In their preliminary assessments, experts engaged by the European Union for a Cleaner Concentrate and Emission Control Study recently said that a plant to convert sulphur dioxide emissions into commercially profitable sulphuric acid was the most...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 16 October 2009
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
Yes, we've won a prize. We got an email last week from the "World Confederation of Businesses" announcing that we had been selected for, "The Bizz Awards 2009". Impressive eh? OK, I confess, it's not as simple as that. The email...
16 October 2009
The environment takes centre stage in Phikwe
Since its establishment in the 1970s, BCL Mine has battled with the flip side of its economic contribution to Selebi-Phikwe and the country as a whole - the control and reduction of emissions from its operations. The mine has implemented various...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 16 October 2009
Museum hosts Chinese silk embroidery and photo exhibition
According to Zhang Ruodan of the China International Exhibition Agency, the show, which opened last week, is part of his country's endeavour to promote bilateral relationships between Beijing and Gaborone. "We have decided to host this exhibition to...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Write 16 October 2009
Towards a cultural revival
It was precisely in 1997 that I did an article for Mmegi about a renaissance of Botswana music. I had seen the musical tsunami that was about to hit these shores first hand and could not help proclaiming that the country was about to witness a...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 16 October 2009
BACKSTAGE
"The Time Traveller's Wife" (2009) is now playing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It had its worldwide release on the August 14. It is one of the better films of the North American summer season. It is yet another story of a young couple that is very...
Sasa Majuma 16 October 2009
On the wrong bus
"The Challenge for Africa: A New Vision". London, William Heinemann, Random House, 319 pages, paperback, P189, ISBN 978-0-434-01981-6. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk. Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD Correspondent The Challenge for Africa:...
16 October 2009
Political parties in Botswana - 'the weakest link in democracy'
The historic court case between the BDP President and his secretary general exposed the dictatorial nature of the constitution of a party which calls itself 'Democratic'. The rules governing the conduct of primary elections or failure by the...
Q DR ELMON TAFA 16 October 2009
Merafhe and the last great debate that wasn't
It is Wednesday evening when a red-blazered, white-shirted and 'black-tied' General Mompati Merafhe painfully walks into the glare of bright lights at the Btv theatre. He squints a bit as he steps gingerly. The middle of the public gallery goes...
16 October 2009
Another milestone
We have held elections without fail every five years since 1965. This is an achievement we should be proud of and celebrate because not many nations have remained true to the dictates of their constitutions, where they have such guiding documents. We...
16 October 2009
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