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Moyo, Mmolotsi, Morwaeng quit BDP posts, DK stays
They are Deputy Secretary General Wynter Mmolotsi, additional members Guma Moyo and Kabo Morwaeng who handed in their letters of resignation at Tsholetsa House in Gaborone yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile, party chairman Daniel Kwelagobe, who was...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
Africa's urban farmers
Even though Wangari lives in Kenya's capital, she is able to reap hundreds of dollars a year in profit from cash crops grown with the help of relatives. Her initial stake - drawn from her nursing wages of about $350 a month - has long since been...
* JULIET TOROME 05 November 2009
Cartoon Strip 05.11.09
05 November 2009
Foreigners should respect our President
To say it is shocking that people find it easy and comfortable to blurt out anything they deem fit about His Excellency would be an understatement. The most worrying thing is these insults are uttered by foreigners who have come here to milk our...
05 November 2009
Botswana IFSC companies invest P6bln
The CEO of Botswana International Financial Services Centre, Alan Boshwaen, believes their facilitation efforts continued to "bear fruit" during the year under review as total employment created by these companies now stands at 585, comprising mainly...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
Vusi survives car crash
Still faced with a murder case, the silk-voiced musician was involved in a car crash on Sunday morning while travelling from Tsabong to Gaborone. He told Showbiz that he felt lucky to be alive after the car he and his three friends were travelling...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 05 November 2009
BOMU vows to hold awards prize-giving ceremony
BOMU Secretary General, Seabelo Modibe, told Showbiz yesterday that BOMU is looking at holding the awards prize-giving ceremony within two weeks, assuring that the ceremony "will difinitely be held before the end of November". He said the prize-...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
Things fall apart at TAFIC
Last Tuesday, players stood idle in the middle of the training pitch at Leseding (just behind Tati Town police station) saying that they want to be paid first, while officials consulted on the touchline. Meanwhile, supporters were debating the...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 05 November 2009
GU holds on to Abednico
The ownership of the player has been in dispute after GU tried unsuccessfully to recruit from Gunners. The matter reached the Players' Status Committee (PSC), which ruled that the midfielder belongs to Gunners. However, GU have declined to hand over...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 05 November 2009
Golf expert holds seminars in Botswana
The expert was appointed by Royal and Ancient (RA) Golf Club of St Andrews as a consultant to Botswana. The RA is one of the most prestigious golfing clubs in the world. Johnson came to Botswana on October 26 and left on November 2. During his stay,...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 05 November 2009
Nganunu hospitalised, Dibotelo acting CJ
Unconfirmed reports say Nganunu is suffering from a heart-related illness, which left him in a coma. The Registrar and Master of the High Court, Godfrey Nthomiwa said in an interview yesterday that Nganunu did not show up for work starting from...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
Bokamoso threatens GPH
The employees complain that they have not been consulted about the issue. It is reported that the management told the staff during the meeting that GPH is threatened by Bokamoso Private Hospital, which is to open in the near future. "They admitted...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
Airport tenants in rent arrears
About 16 tenants collectively owe the Department of Lands P788, 869.17 in rentals. The company with the highest amount due is the Alliance Media, Outdoor Advertising at P384, 000 followed by Continental Star at P58, 379.17. Other companies in...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
BOPEU threaten court action over dismissals
The 24 senior employees at DBES and Central Transport Organisation (CTO) from different parts of the country were fired last month. "We have engaged an attorney whom we have requested to look at different options and give us his opinion on Friday for...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
Productive age suffer hardest AIDS blow in Botswana
Giving a presentation yesterday at the launch of the findings of the survey at Phakalane Golf Estate, chief demographer, Dr Peter Ubomba-Jaswa said that 9,318 people livening with HIV/AIDS died though they were not sick for more than two months....
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 05 November 2009
Our Heritage
I don't suppose that either our tourists or our tourism companies are likely to respond to the Lake Ngami spectacle as they annually do in South Africa to the sumptuous wildflower display in the Karoo - which is of course, big, big...
Sandy Grant 05 November 2009
Atlas Farming could transform SADC agriculture landscape
Atlas Farming, which had successful farming ventures in Zimbabwe from the late 1960s until president Robert Mugabe's much criticised land reforms around 2000, has partnered with Chayton Capital to invest in large-scale farming in Zambia. Atlas...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 05 November 2009
Congrats to Botswana but...
We think this is an achievement that Batswana and residents of this country should be proud of. This peace is a product of our collective effort at respecting our constitution and laws whose basic thrust is democracy and respect for human...
05 November 2009
BDF stuck with OK1
The BDF is charged with the responsibility for the presidential jet. The BDF Protocol and Public Affairs Officer, Major Bernard Ragalase told Mmegi that companies, individuals and organisations that showed interest in purchasing the jet have changed...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
Masisi hails African broadcasting body
Speaking at the Third General Assembly of the AUB in Gaborone, Masisi said that as the global community migrates to digital transmission, Africa has to be vigilant and ensure that old technologies are not dumped on the continent to unsuspecting...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
This year's brigade graduation in S/Phikwe
The guest speaker is the founding Vice Chancellor of the Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Professor Kweku Bentil, while the Assistant Minister of Education, Keletso Rakhudu, will also address the graduates. Speaking to...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 06 November 2009
Mother who torched son found guilty
I wanted him to have permanent scars that would remain a reminder every time he thought of stealing, said Eva Segolame The missing money amounted to P5. Visibly stunned, Chief Magistrate Mokwadi Gabanagae asked Segolame if the boy - aged 11...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 06 November 2009
Accused robber awaits
The accuseds attorney Richard Josiah of Josiah and Associates submitted that the accused had learnt his lesson and would not abscond again if granted bail the second time. Naledi and three others appeared before Senior Magistrate Peggy Madandume...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
Cap found at scene links suspects to crime
Keiphemetse Kamanga (18) and Kebafentse Kgotlaesele (19), who are both unemployed, pleaded not guilty to the two counts of housebreaking and stealing from a dwelling house. The two allegedly broke into the house and stole electrical...
STATES MODIBATI
Correspondent 06 November 2009
Council nominations favour BDP faction
A source in the ruling party said that out of the 140 nominatons, only about 10 councillors are associated with the Barata-Phathi faction. He said the nominated A-Team councillors are shadow MPs who have been put in place to destabilise Barata-Phathi...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 06 November 2009
BDP-3 fleeing probe team?
President Ian Khama is said to have sanctioned an investigation into the dealings of party members with the opposition in the run-up to the October 16 general election. The three, the sources said, are likely to be implicated and thus...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
Khamas game plan
At the heart of Khamas political strategy are simple concepts - respect for the legal environment he is working in, advancing the political careers of those willing to work with him and using state resources to strengthen his control....
06 November 2009
How Kwerepe became Khamas scrimp card
BDP insiders reported this week that after the BDP congress, Khama got closer and closer to Thato Kwerepe to the extent that there was a time when Kwerepe boarded the OK 1 (the presidential jet) in Maun to attend a party meeting in Gaborone...
06 November 2009
What went wrong with Barata-Phathi?
And as one pundit put it, where information is not forthcoming, assumptions reign. The air is thick with assertions and speculations as party watchers and insiders try to give form to the resignations. Some sources close to the A-Team...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
BDP leadership to hold a retreat
The retreat is expected to help the ruling party to make some thorough introspection and suggest corrective measures to various problems buffeting the party. BDP executive secretary Dr Comma Serema confirmed yesterday that the BDP has an...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
Phitshana - a man of the people
FRANCISTOWN: Among the virtues of a politician are the patience of a vulture and the conviction of a religious zealot. With the financial and emotional strain involved, an opposition election candidate in Botswana needs to be a rebel with a...
06 November 2009
HIV infection bellowing
It is also estimated that in 2008, over 250,000 South Africans died of AIDS. Initially, the South African government published its plan to provide public access to anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) in November 2003, many years after the...
VICTOR MULANGISI
Correspondent 06 November 2009
council seat after 25 years Molapise loses
Former Mayor Molapise, who was a councillor for Boikhutso ward, became one of the casualties of this years general elections, which were full of surprises. Molapise, who originates from Mmadinare, says, the people have spoken through their...
RYDER GABATHUSE and
KARABO SENAME
Staff Writers 06 November 2009
The poverty-stricken settlement of Phakwe
PHAKWE: While efforts to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor are visible, there are people who are still at the deepest end of poverty. The settlement of Phakwe, which residents refer to as a village, is reeling in misery. The...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
More water, less irritation for Kalahari wildlife
The soaring desert temperatures are taking their toll on the group of visitors to this spot, forcing everyone to use their handkerchiefs time and again to wipe off the buckets of sweat. Under the thorny bushes tens of well-fed springboks can...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
Harness technology to mitigate against climate change
We, therefore, hope that you will go away from this workshop with enhanced appreciation of the problems associated with greenhouse gas emissions, information on the opportunities for carbon market finance, and successful contacts for long lasting...
* FESTUS MOGAE 06 November 2009
Bokamoso hospital prepares for grand launch
When completed, it is projected the health facility will have cost approximately P700 million and will have cutting-edge health, telecommunications and building technology developed with the expert technical consultancy of two experienced hospital...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 06 November 2009
Commodities exchange to start early next year
The CEO of the Botswana International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) Alan Boshwaen says the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) needed to be operational before the exchange could start. The exchange was initially expected...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
China is not trying to colonise Africa-envoy
The 4th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be convened next week in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, some African heads of state, Premier Wen Jiabao of China, the Chairman of the AU...
06 November 2009
IFSC legislation to be reviewed
Clifford Chase, which has done similar reviews in financial services hubs like Dubai, will partner with local firm Armstrong Attorneys to establish new, integrated legislation.IFSC Chief Executive, Alan Boshwaen, said at a media briefing on Tuesday...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
Report shows pre-recession employment bubble
According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), this figure represents a rise of 3.2 percent or 9,800 people from the September 2007 research. The private sector continued its dominance as the main employer accounting for 56.6 percent of total jobs...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 06 November 2009
Discovery's BFS for Boseto 'on schedule'
The BSE-listed company, which hopes to open the copper mine in Maun by June 2011, says finalisation of the BFS remains on schedule for the end of the first quarter 2010 and that the timetable is driven by the need to complete the infill drilling...
STAFF WRITER 06 November 2009
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
Let's start with some bad news. We got a phone call, an abusive one unfortunately. A consumer called in to insult us. She was very upset because we hadn't responded to an email she sent us some while ago. She referred to us as...
06 November 2009
National Museum hosts Phualerole exhibition
One of the things worth highlighting about the exhibition is that it features raw talent and given the quality of works on display, one can safely say that a number of the artists who took part have potential to go places. According to the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 06 November 2009
North-east artworks exhibited
Artworks on display included sculptures, drawings and paintings. Later on the day, patrons were treated to poems by Lucky Nkhurutshi of Ngwao Putswa, the poetry association in Francistown. The chairman of the Arts Association, Baldwin Nyamande,...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 06 November 2009
BACKSTAGE
If you get all four you end the warInglourious Basterds (2009) is showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It featured in May this year at the Cannes Festival. It had its worldwide release on August 21 while its opening in Southern Africa was on October...
SASA MAJUMA 06 November 2009
BOOK REVIEW
Little Giant of Bechuanaland is the story of pioneer missionary Reverend William Charles Willoughby (1857 to 1938) and his dedicated wife Bessie Willoughby. He is most famous for his role with the "Three Chiefs" when they went to London in 1895,...
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD
Correspondent 06 November 2009
China's dollar problem
With the United States government staring at the long-term costs of the financial bailout, as well as inexorably rising entitlement costs, shouldn't the Chinese worry about a repeat of Europe's experience from the 1970's? During the 1950's and...
* KENNETH ROGOFF 06 November 2009
Why defranchise aliens?
I will argue hereunder that it is not only imperative but necessary to enfranchise non-citizens. It is apt at this juncture to point out that Botswana is a sovereign republic (Section 1 of the Constitution of Botswana, Cap 01:01) characterised by...
06 November 2009
NITTY GRITTY
The expression on his face also says a lot about his emotional and psychological state. But what really gives him away is the slow and deliberate manner with which he takes his drink. It is whisky this time, not the usual imported beer that he...
BAROLONG SEBONI 06 November 2009
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