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Khama misses another summit on Zim
Minster for Foreign Affairs, Phandu Skelemani, could not disclose what is on the agenda for the meeting of the two leaders. "The meeting has no agenda as such. The two presidents will meet and we will put forward the challenges facing our country...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
Kwerepe elected new BDP secretary general
According to BDP insiders, the meeting, which was attended by 15 of the 17 committee members voted by secret ballot and Kwerepe edged out Wynter Mmolotsi 8-7. Mmolotsi, like Motswaledi, belongs to the Baratha-Phathi faction of the BDP while Kwerepe...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
The Eye presenter goes to labour
Nyanga, who has been a senior producer and editor, has been working for eight years at the Department of Broadcasting and Services. At the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, he will be working in the Public Relations and Customer Service...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
DCEC drags BDP politician to court
Bontlogetse Prince Kgwaneng, who previously served as a ruling party nominated councillor in the Central District and a Land Board officer in Serowe, has been dragged to court by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC). He will...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
'Chiluba-targeted' task force disbanded
Vice-president George Kunda has announced the dissolution of the Task Force on Corruption, which has been fused into the Anti-Corruption Commission, an institution established by an Act of Parliament. The task force was initiated by the late...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 03 November 2009
Education may elude Botswana by 2016 - Prof Thapisa
Speaking at the 2009 ABM graduation ceremony here last Saturday, Thapisa said achievement of the Vision 2016 was becoming increasingly difficult because Botswana was yet to develop capacity to deliver tertiary education as the country had a shortage...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 03 November 2009
Stock-theft on the rise in Tatitown
Assistant Superintendent Ontibile Motladile of Tatitown Police Station has said that his beat which includes Jamataka, Mokubilo and Marapong villages have been hit a new wave of stock-theft. He stated that at the moment they are keeping over 100...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 03 November 2009
Joina wants social democratic parties to unite
In a statement about the recent general elections, Joina said scientific socialists and progressives should rally behind his party to wage serious war against neo-colonialism and capitalism. He said that the programme of petty-bourgeois parties must...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 03 November 2009
RAD pupils strike over "maltreatment"
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ngwaketse West, Memphato Reatile, said in an interview that the problem of food shortages at the RAD hostels was not new. "The problem has been there, but it is the first time the students have gone on strike over...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
BOMU fiasco is another eye-opener
One does not need to look any further than the fiasco of the weekend at the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) Awards. What was supposed to be the pinnacle event of the year to recognise the artists who have made a sterling contribution over the past 12...
03 November 2009
AS I SEE IT
On the third general elections it conducted, the IEC made a good impression by registering one of the highest numbers ever registered since 1965. Unfortunately, the IEC poll achievement did not match its excellent registration performance. To have...
Michael Dingake 03 November 2009
Cartoon Strip 03.11.09
03 November 2009
Berlin, Birthplace of Modern Asia
For Asia, the most important consequence of the fall of the Berlin Wall was that the collapse of communism produced a shift from the primacy of military power to economic power in shaping the international order. To be sure, rapid economic growth...
* BRAHMA CHELLANEY 03 November 2009
We are at a cross-roads
To be precise, I cautioned of what I referred to as the Big Brother state. As usual this vexed many who have allowed themselves to be hoodwinked by their blind loyalty to a power system despite its obvious imperfection. The...
03 November 2009
Nearly 200 exhibitors at Global Expo 2009
The organisers of the event, the Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA), said yesterday that preparations were at an advanced stage and for the show in which 185 exhibitors had already confirmed participation. BEDIA's Deputy...
STAFF WRITER 03 November 2009
Forum to strengthen China-Africa ties-envoy
It is projected the Shanghai Expo, in which Botswana and 50 other African countries will participate, will add over 90 million visitors from the world over to the city's 18 million inhabitants between May and October next year. In an interview with...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
We knew all about the goof - BOMU
However, it was the next day during the 7pm Botswana Television (Btv) News Bulletin that BOMU president, Sello Socca Moruakgomo, announced that there had been a mix-up, hence a wrong announcement was made. Moruakgomo said the rightful winner of the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
Top artists given 6 months to quit Thapong studios
But in a strongly worded letter, the nine artists have hit back, saying they will not bulge. They have also suggested that the post of the coordinator of Thapong Visual art Centre, currently held by Reginald Bakwena and author of the "offending...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
BACKSTAGE
Secrets of the Heart (1997) a.k.a Secretos del Corazn is being shown today only at 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. This is not your run-of-the mill "boy discovering life and suddenly growing up" type of film. It transcends the genre...
SASA MAJUMA 03 November 2009
The night comedy went awry
Listening to Gabz fm the following morning, one could hear caller after caller, lambasting the comedians for their insensitivity. The duo trade by the name Laugh A Little Laugh A Lot, and they are known in comedy...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
Pitch-work delays National Stadium upgrade
Anthony Sekgweng of Tectura International explained yesterday during a tour of the facility by new Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Shaw Kgathi that the construction and renovations of the stands are almost done and will be finished on as...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
Chiefs' boss slams coaches
For close to 30 minutes, the technical team listened in silence as Molome read the riot-act. "This is not the first time this thing is happening and it is disgusting. If the boss is not happy with the performance of the team, he should meet with the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
Pilot squash project ends in Francistown
The pupils, drawn from Mahube and Nyangabgwe Primary Schools, spent the afternoons of Thursday and Friday learning the basics of the sport by coaches who included Botswana Squash Racquet Association's development officer, Margo Schickering. The...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 03 November 2009
Mazembe favoured to lift Champions League crown
Though the tie is balanced on a knife's edge, the central Africans have the advantage of playing the decisive second leg at home. The Congolese last won Africa's premier club competition in 1968 and were finalists in 1969 and 1970. Since then, save...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 03 November 2009
BDP central committee members to resign?
The latest political fissure follows the controversial election of the new Secretary General at the party central committee meeting on Monday. Thato Kwerepe, who has all along been an additional member of the committee that was elected at the Kanye...
STAFF WRITER 04 November 2009
New BDP scribe denies he is next NWDC chairman
He said at a press conference in Tlokweng yesterday that though he has been nominated as councillor in the NWDC, he is not aware that he is being prepared to become the council chairman. Kwerepe wanted to become Ngami MP but lost the BDP...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Body ranks Botswana 'most peaceful in Africa'
Botswana is at 34th position with 1.643 points, followed by the United Kingdom at 35th position with 1.647. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation says Botswana is above all African countries. Malawi is second in Africa at...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Death on delivery
"From the look of things, she left the baby late in the evening and slipped into the toilets where she committed suicide," said a source who requested anonymity. Another source pointed out that the woman used the cord of a cellular phone to kill....
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Speedy CD4 count results in HIV positive patients crucial?
Speaking in an interview with Mmegi yesterday, Glynis Davids of Inverness Medical Innovations said the Pima machine, which she called 'the first truly point of care instrument to check CD4 count' can help speed up the process of patients whose CD4...
GASEBALWE SERETSE and
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writers 04 November 2009
Norwegian Crown Prince to visit next week
According to a press release from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Norwegian prince, who is UNDP's global goodwill ambassador, will visit local projects implemented by the organisation in collaboration with the Government of Botswana...
STAFF WRITER 04 November 2009
Molefhabangwe has been left out
Molefhabangwe's name was not amongst the list of nominated councillors who were announced by the Ministry of Local Government. There was talk that Molefhabangwe will not only be appointed a nominated councillor but would ultimately become the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 November 2009
Murmurs as youths' drugs case stalls
Prosecutor Osefile Mmitseng of the Diamond and Narcotic Squad told the court that the state is still waiting for results. He added that a technician from South Africa is expected to give a helping hand.The accused were arrested on 22 August. The...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 04 November 2009
Maun residents fault hospital for 'polluting' Thamalakane
The residents say the hospital is a threat to their health because it is releasing sewage into their source of water and food. "We use this river for fishing, farming, human consumption and other recreational purposes," said a resident on condition...
MARANYANE NGWANAANOTHO
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
New BDP secretary general vows to deliver
He told the media yesterday that he is ready for the job and he will depend on the support of those who held the post before, for guidance. He said he should not be expected to deviate from the normal functions of a secretary general. "I am not...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Zim suspect faces robbery charges
Lekgobo Makolo also told the court about how he managed to identify his phone when it was later recovered by the police. Peter Gerald, a Zimbabwean national, is facing robbery charges.Makolo told the court that he had been sleeping with his wife...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Customary Court officers lack training - Masunga
"It is a serious issue because we see that people complain in the way the cases are recorded from these courts because they miss important details of the case at times. The other problem facing Customary Courts is that of insufficient resources...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 04 November 2009
The folly of special election
In simple words, this means that those who get the chance to have control over the state should be elected by the people. One must add that this should be under a free and fair electoral system. Post-modernists like to argue that everything is...
EDITOR 04 November 2009
Another chance for SADC to flex its muscle
The problem is that SADC is backing the wrong man; SADC is looking for solutions in the wrong place. The well-meaning international community is looking for virgins in a maternity ward!Mugabe, the man they adore to our disgust, refuses to even...
DON-MARTIN ROPAFADZO 04 November 2009
Israel after Goldstone
Indeed, the rules have changed, and Israel cannot say that it was not warned that this is an era in which international law and universal justice are being forcefully promoted as pillars of an improved world order. That was not the case when the...
*SHLOMO BEN-AMI 04 November 2009
Cartoon Strip 04.11.09
04 November 2009
Pay stalemate in the Botswana diamond family
Debswana, which has just emerged from its worst period in decades, has proposed a zero percent salary increment citing the impact of the global recession as the reason. But the employees argue that for De Beers, which owns 50 percent of Debswana, to...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Aviva to freeze Mmamantswe project
The future of the Mmamantswe project, along with many other IPPs such as CIC's Mmamabula Energy Project (MEP), hangs in the balance because Eskom, which is supposed to be the projects' off taker, is yet to commit to any agreements to purchase...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Zeus wins Channel O award
In the presence of hundreds of fans and the continent's best artists, the second time nominated Zeus bested household names such as South Africa's HHP and Pro Kid on his way to making yet another historic moment for Botswana. "It was really an...
JERRY KAI-LEWIS
Correspondent 04 November 2009
Motswana artist pays tribute to Michael Jackson
The album opens with the track, MJ tribute dedicated to the memory of Michael Jackson or MJ as he was known to legions of his fans. The song will certainly win fans for the youthful Mochudi-born artist who mostly sings ballads. One of the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Was Botswana given a fair deal in BBR?
Botswana was one of the countries that had a single housemate in the house, Kaone Ramontshonyana was evicted last week after being paired with South Africa's unpopular Liz. As he was the only one, Kaone's eviction meant that Botswana's chances were...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 04 November 2009
Tshesebe languishes in jail
But he has failed to meet the bail conditions. One of the conditions is that he must deposit P150, 000 cash with the High Court. However, he seems to have failed to raise the money. Tshesebe's lawyer, Busang Manewe, confirmed that his...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 November 2009
BNSC appeals for P2m to host games
The BNSC has so far raised P3.5 million of the P6.2 million needed to host the games. On Tuesday, the BNSC raised P688,908 from eight sponsors in Gaborone. The eight sponsors are Mmegi, Trade World, Chemical Industries, Soul Box, Security Systems,...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 04 November 2009
Sacked Radipotsane fires back
The coach, who was on a three-month probation, accused the committee of failing to embrace change. He said the committee, which has served for 10 years has outlived its purpose. "The problem is that they (officials) have been in office for 10 years...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 04 November 2009
Francistown gets sports development officer
He explained that the main part of his job is to be the eyes and ears of the BNSC on the ground. "I will be working hand in hand with the main office in Gaborone. "Initially, I will be running the office alone," said Sibanda, who plays for...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 04 November 2009
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