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Expelled from the BNF just months before the election Modubule decided to defend his seat as an independent candidate. He proceeded to make history by becoming the first independent candidate to win a parliamentary seat by getting 4,175 votes. His...

Gideon Nkala
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

2009 Elections Results

ChobeBCP 3322BDP 3057BNF 131 Maun EastBAM 2693BDP 6509BNF 2548Independent 192 Maun WestBAM 2369BDP 4685BNF 685 NgamiBAM 6836BDP 6565BNF 494Independent 219 OkavangoBCP 6211BDP 4309 Tati EastBDP 5396BPP 2353 Tati WestBCP 489BDP 4277BPP...

19 October 2009

Saleshando Retains Gabs Central

To make it worse, the BNF only got one council seat in a city it has had control over since 1984. The only win for the BNF was recorded in its traditional stronghold of Gaborone South where it got its sole council seat. The Botswana Democratic...

By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 19 October 2009

Ntuane, Motlhale Win

Motlhale, the newcomer in the constituency beat Setshwaelo, the joint candidate of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) by 6,084 votes to 5,739. Ramasu Mogatle of the Botswana National Front (BNF) got 762 votes. An...

By Bame Piet
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Mabiletsa Retains Kgatleng East

Almost everyone was sure of a win, except for a few, like one candidate in Molepolole South (name withheld) who told an opponent, while waiting for results that: "I know I will lose. I am just trying to represent my party". Even the likes of MELS'...

By Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

BDP Will Give Us Development - Residents

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) snatched the Letlhakeng West constituency from the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) over the weekend when Maxwell Motowane narrowly ousted Filbert Nagafela. At the end of the counting, only 33...

Tshireletso Motlogelwa
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

BNF Protests As Mangole Gets Kgatleng West

Mangole garnered 5,493 votes beating Jerry Rasetshwane of the BNF with a margin of 676. Joseph Monametsi of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) got 2,676 while Alfred Pilane who was an independent candidate managed 565 votes. A total of 13,764 people...

By Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

BDP Landslide

The BDP got 45 parliamentary seats out of the 57 that were contested. Though it lost some of its seats, it compensated by winning those held the Botswana National Front (BNF). The BNF got a paltry six seats, down from the 12 they had after the 2004...

By Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Ugly Scene Checked At Molefhabangwe Rally

Molefhabangwe was an independent candidate while Ntuane, who has won the constituency, was a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) candidate. Before he was expelled from the Botswana National Front (BNF), Molefhabangwe, Ntuane and the Botswana Congress...

By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 19 October 2009

US Ambassador Congratulates Batswana On Polls

Speaking ahead of the results on Friday, Nolan said he was pleased that Botswana was holding its 10th general elections. At a press conference held as the elections were taking place, Nolan congratulated Batswana on choosing their local councillors,...

Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Careers Department Tackles 'Idling Graduate' Problem

Propelled by an outcry that most graduates from the country's highest institution of learning spent a lot of time roaming the streets without jobs after graduating, UB involved the Careers and Counselling Department to come up with initiatives to...

By Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Transfers Shock DBS 5

According to information reaching Monitor, the transfer letters, which did not state the reasons for the transfers, shocked the five staff members. Speaking in an interview with Monitor in Gaborone over the weekend, Mogomotsi Kaboeamodimo said...

By Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

What's In The Signs Of The Zodiac?

The 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces - are interpreted by those so gifted to forese what tomorrow holds for their clients. They are said to indicate what...

By Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

An ARV And Condom Making Outfit Sets Up In Botswana

Gemi Pharmacure, a subsidiary of the Gemi Group, will make generic anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and other pharmaceutical products to treat HIV/AIDS and related opportunistic diseases. Through another subsidiary, the Gemi Group will start an export...

Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Well Done Every Body

As expected, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) registered a landslide victory. The BDP got 45 out the 57 parliamentary seats up for grabs. The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) did very well by winning five seats in Parliament while the Botswana...

EDITOR 19 October 2009

The Winners Code

The whole class broke into a chorus as the kids raised their hands and shouted spontaneously, "ME! ME! ME! ME!" Still dangling the note she asked for a second time, "Who wants 20 dollars? There was pandemonium in the class as the little souls surged...

GEORGE CHINGARANDE 19 October 2009

Issues In Education

These different characteristics inherited from their parents, and their experiences from their diverse environments, make them develop into more widely and different individuals from their parents or siblings. The differences in students' upbringing...

D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI and
S. WEEKS 19 October 2009

Etcetera II

And at my polling station, Rampedi ward in Oodi on Friday there was an all day long problem, perhaps not so much of a problem as a dispiriting shambles which must have meant that I and number of others were unable to vote. When we went to the...

SANDY GRANT 19 October 2009

Health Chat

A bald patch gradually develops in the middle of the scalp. The receding front, and the bald patch on the top gradually enlarge and join together. A rim of hair is often left around the back and sides of the scalp. In some men, this rim of hair also...

KIRAN BHAGAT 19 October 2009

Cry The Fatherless Child

Mum who is my dad? Mummy, how come your dad is my dad? Why don't you look like your brothers and sisters? These questions and many more are regularly asked in situations where a child is 'fatherless'. 'Your father was run over by a train', seems...

19 October 2009

Financial Derivatives Market Establishment & Implications

These derivatives derive their value from the value of the underlying asset. The underlying asset could be stocks, currencies, bonds, interest rates or commodities. In essence, these underlying assets could be divided into two categories thus...

19 October 2009

Ebullient Khama Tells Victory Rally Of Fifth 'D'

On April 1 last year when he was sworn-in as President, Khama said his administration would be anchored on a roadmap of Four Ds standing for Democracy, Development Discipline and Dignity. The BDP leader begins his first five-year term as the head of...

By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

BCP In Hot Pursuit From The Okavango To Palapye

In the Nkange constituency, former Police Commissioner Edwin Batshu won by over 1,400 votes after ousting Ambrose Masalila in BDP primary elections. Though Batisani Maswibilili of the BCP gave Batshu a run for his money, in the end the BDP candidate...

By Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

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19 October 2009

Inflation Quickens To 7% On Rental Increases

This happens after inflation had reached the upper limit of the Bank of Botswana's (BoB) medium-term inflation target of 6.0 percent in July 2009. The biggest increase was in the Housing, Water, and Electricity, Gas & other Fuels group, which...

By Wanetsha Mosinyi
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Poverty Tarnishes Sparkle Of Botswana Diamonds

"I only benefited from the diamonds through my studies which were sponsored by the government, but that is of no use now as I am jobless," the 26-year-old political science graduate told Agence France-Presse. Despite being one of Africa's...

19 October 2009

Setampore's Band Breaks New Ground

It has been traditionally regarded as music of herd boys entertaining themselves over a calabash of traditional brew, and not a product to proudly show off in a glittering concert. If ever it did traditional Tswana folklore music would be played at a...

By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Youth Centre Launches New Play

In an interview with Monitor, the coordinator and scriptwriter of the play Lyenel Nkosi said they came up with the idea after research findings that incest is still common in many households more especially in the rural areas. He said many children...

By Karabo Sename
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

EMI, Solly Moholo Remakes Kulenyane

Just last year the same song was re-made by House group Bujo-mujo and was well received. However, Culture Spears are yet to get a cent from the House super group, although the Botswana group's official has told Showtime that they are...

By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 19 October 2009

Talking Musika

The Apollo in Harlem was not of the stature of Carnegie Hall where the New York Philharmonic performed, but it was a community based cultural institution where any Afro-American artists worth his or her salt had to pass to get a chance to progress...

RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 19 October 2009

Food For The Soul

Low serotonin levels, depressed? Goodness, this is a state that more people than I care to count find themselves in. Don't despair; help is at hand, nutritionally and psychologically of course! As I travel and see the world and its beauty and not so...

BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 19 October 2009

Poor Zebras Held

Favoured to go through from a group that also includes Swaziland and Seychelles, the Zebras now have a mountain to climb if they are to make it to the quarterfinals. The national team had a glut of opportunities to bury Comoros in both halves,...

By Owen Sibanda
Correspondent 19 October 2009

Masitara Tips Ndoro To Shine

Newly-signed Tendai Ndoro has sent an early warning that he can fill Masitara's big boots by scoring a brace in his debut and then sinking Police XI with a solitary strike. The performance has caught the eye of Masitara, the top striker in the...

By Thato Kala
Correspondent 19 October 2009

Double Action Prepare For Title Defence

Senki Sesinyi said the sponsorship they recently got from NTR Technologies has boosted their confidence. He stated that they would do everything in their power to give their sponsor value for its money. 'No escape from the rock' as the team is...

By Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 19 October 2009

The Return Of Botswana Football Export

The 26-year-old player who has plied his trade in Namibia has been languishing at home with an ankle injury. He suffered the injury during a social tournament in Selebi-Phikwe in 2005. By the time he was on holidays from Walvis Bay, where he was...

Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 19 October 2009

I Should Have Done Better-Phale

It has been a decade since Ninki 'Boomshaka' Phale left Magosi to start work at Morupule Coal Mine near Palapye but supporters cannot help comparing the current crop of midfielders at the Kgatleng side to their former magician. When they announced...

By Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 19 October 2009

Half-a-million Batswana are hungry - report

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) 2009 report indicates that many Batswana do not get the quality of food they need to be in a healthy state of mind and body. The report entitled 'The state of food Insecurity in the World' was released...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 October 2009

Khama deports the man who 'insulted' him

"In exercise of the powers vested in me by Section 7(f) of the Immigration Act. I Seretse Khama Ian Khama, President of the Republic of Botswana hereby declare Syed Fakhar Abbas Shah to be an undesirable inhabitant of, or visitor to Botswana," the...

STAFF WRITER 20 October 2009

Who will be Vice-President and specially elected?

Vice-PresidentLieutenant General Mompati MerafheHe has been accused of failing to give advice to his boss where necessary. Age is catching up with Merafhe and this might be his undoing. There is a strong likelihood that Khama will keep Merafhe...

20 October 2009

Ngcongco fired from parliament

Outgoing Speaker, Patrick Balopi has refused to shed light on the issue curtly saying: "Go and ask him, I am not his spokesperson". Efforts to speak to Ngcongco proved futile as his phone rang unanswered. Ngcongco was appointed to the newly created...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 20 October 2009

AU observers call for funding of political parties

Addressing the press yesterday, the head of the mission, Dr Brigalia Bam, who is also chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa, said that the funding should be done "based on fair and equitable formula that aim to...

BAME PIET
Staff Writer 20 October 2009

Poor performance of women worry observers

Out of about nine who contested parliamentary seats, only two won - Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi in Serowe South and Botlogile Tshireletso in Mahalpye East. Speaking at a press conference in Gaborone, Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations...

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 20 October 2009

Modubule is "ready to return to the BNF fold"

This comes after Modubule made the BNF eat humble pie by drubbing candidates of three solid political parties. The MP felled Moggie Mbaakanyi of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Diane Taunyane of Botswana Democratic Party (BCP) and Otlaadisa...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 20 October 2009

What next for BNF?

In the just ended elections, the BDP retained its strong-holds and managed to make incursions into BNF territory. The BDP strong-holds have been mostly in the Central District, Moshupa, Thamaga, Borolong and Molepolole constituencies. To a greater...

GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 20 October 2009

'Red Sea'as Rammidi wrests Kanye North from BNF

Kentse Rammidi - a rising star over a strenuously competitive BDP horizon for the past two years - garnered 7,004 votes against the BNF's Calvin Batsile's 5,601 votes while Koorapetse Mokopakgosi of the Botswan,a Congress Party (BCP) came a humble...

ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 20 October 2009

Khama: what the doctor ordered for Botswana

BDP's gains in terms of parliamentary seats pales in comparison to the increase that the party experienced in this year's elections compared to 2004. The party received a staggering 77,814 additional votes! Although the BDP 's target this year was...

TITUS MBUYA 20 October 2009

BDP win is another wake-up call for the opposition

We are particularly elated with the statement made by President Khama when he announced at the Old Naledi victory rally that while his party was savouring the sweet win, he will waste no time in seeing to it that his cabinet and MPs and the entire...

20 October 2009

AS I SEE IT

When you are a civilian pitted against a trained soldier, trust your guts but expect rough tackles. Batswana democrats, that is, all lovers of true democracy not just BDP members, have had a military-style engagement with the former commander of the...

Michael Dingake 20 October 2009

BNF humiliation: What should be done?

They ignored our comradely advice and even came up with strange explanations to the effect that the BNF performs wonders precisely when it is in the middle of a crisis! Just before the general elections we approached the Central Committee suggesting...

20 October 2009

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