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BDP investigates S/Phikwe mayoral elections
BDP councillors were shocked when the Mayor cast his deciding vote in favour of the candidate of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) after the votes for deputy Mayor tied between the two parties. The Executive Secretary of the BDP, Dr Comma Serema,...
11 November 2009
Now the face of DIS juggles as traffic cop
However there is concern that Kgosi, who is the face of the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS) goes too far with his traffic cop role after he was recently spotted on several occasions directing the flow of traffic at Phakalane...
STAFF WRITER 11 November 2009
BDP gets 106 ,gives oppositon 8
Though the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) won 75 seats in councils in the October 16 general elections, the party, according to its spokesperson Dumelang Saleshando, got two seats, whilst the party's elections partner Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM)...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 November 2009
NACA declines to answer queries on extra payments
The organisation rented vehicles for the three-month Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS III) conducted last year from July to October. The final report of the survey was released last week. On October 22, 2009 the Public Procurement and Asset...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 11 November 2009
Gaborone businessman invests in new tourism concept
The world tourism sector has re-invented itself in recent years as far as shareholding of property is concerned. While an investor can own a share of the market through hotels, lodges and other property, the breakdown has been levelled down to an...
11 November 2009
Musician among abandoned funds beneficiaries
The Bank of Botswana says that the Kabo Matlho Trust funds have been lying idle at Barclays Bank while more abandoned cash isat First National Bank and Standard Chartered. The trust was set up by former First Lady, the late Ruth Khama in 1986. It...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 November 2009
Zim suspects accuse police of torture
The accused, Prince Magwezi, Mandla Ncube, Portia Ndlovu and Themba Vusi, are facing a single count of robbery. All of them are unemployed. They are charged with forcefully taking belongings of a woman on October 31 at Area A location in...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 11 November 2009
Ex-Mwanawasa VP recalled from China
If Mwape had retained the seat in Lukashya Constituency in Kasama, Northern Province, he would probably have been the sitting vice president when Mwanawasa died after suffering a stroke last year. It was also likely that he would have become...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 11 November 2009
Restore dignity-SRC tell Venson-Moitoi
During a meeting with the minister on Monday, one student representative said they have lost trust and respect for the ministry. He urged Venson-Moitoi to make a difference in the ministry and to communicate more with students. He asserted that...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 11 November 2009
Three arrested for armed robbery
It is said that the three men, who are in police custody, used knives to scare the employees of the Bureau de Change before grabbing the loot. However, they were not so lucky as the police, with the assistance of members of the public nabbed them...
STAFF WRITER 11 November 2009
Let us support Tshosane
It is not an easy job coaching a football side, let alone a national team. No doubt Tshosane will feel the pressure because over the past few years, the Zebras have registered some remarkable improvements in the field of play, particularly during the...
11 November 2009
More walls to fall
The dismantling of the Berlin Wall - that stark, concrete symbol of a world divided into hostile camps - is such a defining moment. The fall of the Berlin Wall brought hope and opportunity to people everywhere, and provided the 1980's with a truly...
* MIKHAIL GORBACHEV 11 November 2009
Cartoon Strip 11.11.09
11 November 2009
Furnmart withstands recession while Chobe suffers
In the reporting period, revenue increased by 15.5 percent to P565.7 million, as contribution to the top line by recently established stores continued to manifest in performance. Operating profit increased by 30.2 percent to P113.1 million, while...
STAFF WRITER 11 November 2009
'Botswana SMMEs can benefit from the Chinese experience'
Speaking at a Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC) stakeholder consultative forum in Gaborone last week, Huanxing said since China's reforms and opening up in 1978, that country's private sector had grown and become an important part in the...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 11 November 2009
Superior drilling technique brings higher uranium grades for A-Cap
In a statement on Tuesday, the company said results showed a 47-percent higher grade than the previous factored radiometric probe grades.Also, the interpreted secondary ore zone at Mokobaesi was 17 percent higher than the factored probe grades. The...
STAFF WRITER 11 November 2009
Barclays donates gifts of P16,500 to Nyangabgwe hospital
He said this over the weekend when he received gifts from Barclays Bank valued at P16,500. The gifts included the microwave, oranges, a walker for disabled children, baby swing, home theatre system for maternity ward as well as wall display...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 11 November 2009
Rising star rapper killed in petrol station attack
With bandaged hand, stitched eye, and open knife wound in the back, Mingo walked into Mmegi offices yesterday to narrate his brush with death on Saturday night at a filling station near Old Naledi. Mingo, real name, Aminoni Tiro Mojokeri, says he...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE and KARABO SENAME
Staff Writers 11 November 2009
Vee performs new song at Play N Win launch
Vee, who is the darling of most Batswana fun-lovers, dished out a song from his forthcoming album that is going to be launched some time early next year. As usual the pint-sized artist was in his element and he did not disappoint his fans, who were...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 11 November 2009
Who burnt down Ozone nightclub?
It is well over a year since the nightclub was gutted during the day and it remains a mystery as to what caused the inferno that destroyed the popular joint. Before the nightclub was burnt down, Ozone had become popular with the youth, especially...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 November 2009
Costs foil judicial inquiry
Fani said the BFA sought assistance from its external auditors who suggested a judicial inquiry. However, the process would have set back the BFA by between P750,000 and P1.2 million excluding tax. "The auditors were willing to assist but their...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 11 November 2009
Tshosane calls for Support
He explained that after a selection process which started last year, he has finally come up with a final list of players. He has forwarded the list to the Botswana Football Association (BFA) technical director, Losika Keatlholetswe. Tshosane...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 11 November 2009
Officials save ref from coach's wrath
Last weekend, the accusations nearly led to violence in the be MOBILE Premier League game between BDF XI and hosts ECCO City Greens. Annoyed by what he thought was a biased decision, the usually calm BDF XI coach, Stanley Mwaanga threatened to...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 11 November 2009
Troopers narrow gap in basketball league
He said Police faced a mammoth task on the day because they have never beaten Troopers in a league game. Troopers are last year's league champions and are favourites to retain the crown. Kalebwu said they expected to win the game this time around...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 11 November 2009
Special Olympics kick-off in Maun
The games have been organised by Special Olympics Botswana and end on Saturday.Ross Tebele from Special Olympics said they wanted to include other sports like swimming and judo but they did not get enough participants. He said each school is expected...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 November 2009
MI spying on union leaders
A recent report published by The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) alleges that members of Military Intelligence (MI) have been spying on the presidents of the Botswana Unified Local Government Service Association (BULGSA) and the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
Condom use is more widespread - Study
Making a presentation at the launch of the report at Phakalane Golf Estate, the Chief Demographer of the Central Statistics Office, Dr Peter Ubomba -Jaswa, said all survey participants who had ever had sexual intercourse were asked about condom...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
Ministry suspends livestock programme
The Ministry of Agriculture announced that the suspension will last till a review of the programme is completed and resources mobilised to support it. The programme will be revived depending on the results of the review to be completed in three...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
BDP abuses power once again
That is the sickening truth found in the fact that the BDP has appointed 106 nominated councillors for itself and gave the opposition a measly eight. This is flagrant abuse. We all expected the BDP to get the majority of the nominated...
EDITOR 12 November 2009
The Twilight of France's Republican Aristocracy
Recent weeks have seen the trial of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and the conviction of former Defense Minister Charles Pasqua. Now even former President Jacques Chirac has learned that he is not immune from prosecution. Is France's...
*BY GUY SORMAN 12 November 2009
Government should not antagonise God
After all "quite a few of these 'makwerekwere' have come under the guise of being ministers of the Word only to fleece this country's citizens of their hard earned cash." The true "tricksters" that they are, they have used aliases, "cooked" figures...
12 November 2009
Cartoon Strip 12.11.09
12 November 2009
Sale of De Beers shares secures future of AK6
Both De Beers and BSE-listed African Diamonds have confirmed the transaction that brings an end to the wrangle that ensued last year when the two former venture partners engaged in a public spat over the project. As part of the transaction, African...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
PPC profit falls 25%, admits to cartel activity
PPC had recorded a R1.5-billion net profit in the 2008 financial year, but warned, in October, that a finance charge related to a broad-based black economic empowerment deal would impact on its earnings. The group's revenues increased by 8...
12 November 2009
Today's Work Space
While some organisations do have written contracts of employment and/or company policies including disciplinary codes, such may not always be elegantly drafted to settle the above-posed enquiry. The situation is likely to be even more difficult...
JOSEPH MASANGO 12 November 2009
History of Hip Hop in Botswana
But were you to ask a lot of young'uns today about the big names in hip hop they'll undoubtedly mention Zeus, HT, K-Bos, Stagga, Qbio, Apollo Diablo, Scar and Tha Orakle. But long before these young word alchemists dreamt of holding a mic, B-Boys...
JERRY KAI-LEWIS
Correspondent 12 November 2009
BDP settles on Gaborone mayor
Following what happened in Selebi-Phikwe this week, anything can happen in the mayoral elections even after the BDP caucus has decided on the line-up. Ahead of the first sitting of the Gaborone City Council (GCC), the dominant BDP has unanimously...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 November 2009
Vusi scales high mountains
Just when everybody was starting to write him off, the youngster has come up with an album poised for great achievements. His latest release Lithabeng Le Lithoteng will surely remind gospel music lovers of that 'small boy who burst into the music...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 November 2009
Sekgoma is Botswana's leading music promoter
For over 30 years, Tebogo Sekgoma of STS Promotions has been the country's leading promoter when it comes to organising big shows. Sekgoma has also been responsible for exposing some of the top artists to the entertainment fraternity. ...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 November 2009
Foreign-based boxers complain of neglect
The boxers registered their complaint in Gaborone yesterday during a meeting with Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development, Keletso Rakhudu. They said that since moving abroad, the BNSC has not supported them through its Local...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 November 2009
BNSC explains delay in SSKB refurbishment
Speaking during a brief tour of the stadium yesterday, he explained that the contractor who won the tender for the job that included the renovation of the University of Botswana (UB stadium) was found wanting and had to be replaced and this took...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
Stakeholders give volleyball tourney thumbs-up
He hailed the umpires' committee for assigning competent officials to handle matches. Kalavango coach, Lesedi Hule was impressed with the organisation of the tournament though he said there is still room for improvement. He complained of fixture...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 November 2009
BMC not in a rush to appoint new coach
Phiri said they want the best man for the job and the recruitment process needs time. "We have decided that we would use the whole month to try to find a suitable candidate for this job. We want to assess all the candidates without any rush. We have...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 12 November 2009
Police confirm death of Germany keeper Enke
The 32-year-old died close to his home in Neustadt-Eilvese, Hannover, near a railway level crossing. "First indications point to suicide," a media officer for the Niedersachsen police said. "At 1825 (1725GMT) he was run over by a regional express...
12 November 2009
The State of the Nation recovering, Khama
In his speech the president said there were signs that the country's economy was recovering from the current recession which has crippled the global economy. He also highlighted challenges that the country faces which include poverty and...
12 November 2009
BDP man lands BNYC top job
The former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) political and administration manager has been given a three-year contract, a BNYC press advert has said. The post became vacant after its previous holder, Ndulamo Morima fell out with the board and got...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
Safari lodges use Batswana women as sex slaves - report
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) last week published a report on core labour standards in the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. "According to the USDoS...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
Zim tops work permit holders in Botswana
Government statistician Anna Majelantle says this on the CSO website when outlining, the latest estimates of work permit holders as at end of September 2009. She states that information on work permit holders gives an indication of whether the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
Woman found dead in a car
Officer Commanding District Number 15 Police District, Senior Superintendent Chabaesele Kesupetswe said a passerby who reported the matter to the police had found the deceased on Monday morning. Kesupetswe said that investigations have just started...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 12 November 2009
Botswana joins Kavango-Zambezi conservation area
At a meeting hosted by Namibia recently, the countries developed a draft treaty, which provides the basis for national consultations with stakeholders. Besides Namibia and Botswana other countries in the venture are Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe. At...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 12 November 2009
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