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Ntuane Challenges Merafhe
"He must assure the nation that there is nothing to fear from security forces," said Ntuane when contributing to President Ian Khama's State of the Nation address last week. The outspoken legislator said that people are even afraid to make...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 23 November 2009
Marobela To Revamp BPP
Marobela's assignment is to resuscitate one of the country's oldest political movements.In the 60s and 70s, the BPP was the vanguard of local politics. But the party became moribund after the death of its charismatic leader, Phillip Matante....
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 23 November 2009
Stop This Police Brutality
It appeared that on their routine patrols the officers had apprehended a Zimbabwean man. According to this man, upon his arrest the police beat him up for no apparent reason. You could see an element of truth in what he was saying. But as it has...
23 November 2009
The Winners Code
Nineteenth century French chess player Alexandre Deschapelles mastered the game of chess in two days, by the fourth day he had become so phenomenal at the game that he dethroned his teacher who was the regional champion. However, when...
George Chingarande 23 November 2009
Issues In Education
The Botswana Examination Council (BEC) announced the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results last week. Out of a total of 42 217 candidates, who took the examination, 21 270 were girls and 20 939 were boys, while seven did not indicate...
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S.Weeks 23 November 2009
Etcetera II
Pure bred Batswana, if indeed there are such individuals, accord the speech and the speech maker a role and an importance which is more normally to be found in many pre-literate societies. Indeed it is today fairly routine for a prestige...
Sandy Grant 23 November 2009
Health Chat
Managing Weight and Diabetes1. A healthy lifestyle and a healthy weight can hopefully prevent or manage diabetes.2. Improve your blood glucose, blood pressure and blood lipids (fat).3. Reduce the risk of complications such as heart disease and...
Kiran Bhagat 23 November 2009
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23 November 2009
Taking The Church Outside The Four Walls
Let me start by saying that it really was never the intention of God for His church to be manifested within the confines of the four walls of the church. Unfortunately church has been reduced to activities within a church building that do not impact...
23 November 2009
More Fund Managers Express Interest In IFSC
"We are seeing significant interest from new investment funds and fund management companies seeking to domicile in Botswana, to deploy private equity capital into existing and emerging investment opportunities within the SADC region and the rest of...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Property Markets Has Not Felt Any Recession
Speaking in a wide ranging interview, Bale said when the market is in a recession, there would be a lot of vacant properties. "You wont have rental growth. Prices would drop dramatically," he said. Bale said they do not have any...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 23 November 2009
Couple Hospitalised After Mob Attack
Superintendent Tebogo Madisa confirmed the incident that happened in the wee hours of last Sunday. He said that the couple were awoken by a mob of six men, four of whom were already inside the house, while two kept vigil outside. He said that the...
Ndingililo Gaoswediwe
Correspondent 23 November 2009
BPC Starts Installing Smart Meters
When fully rolled-out, the corporation experts believe the smart meters could save the national grid 40 Megawatts (MW). This is a considerable saving given that presently the country's sole power producer pumps out about 130 MW of energy. Recently,...
Thato Moseki
Correspondent 23 November 2009
Fitness Guru Brings Weight Boot Camp To Botswana
Morgan says that the boot camp is called 'The Biggest Loser' and the auditions for those willing to participate will be held at Gaborone's Tsholofelo Community hall early next month. Morgan is the founder of Obert Fitness, a company in the US that...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Love Affair In Slizer, Vee Album
Vee and Kagiso have a baby boy together, Elisha, whom the pint-sized Taku-Taku star sings about in his 2009 album, Mamacita. Anyone listening to the new collaboration by Slizer and Vee would be forgiven for concluding that the duo might be...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Talking Musika
Botswana's music is not developing, the band master commented. The comment carries some credibility because the man is looking at Botswana from outside. He has been living in Botswana for a quiet a while and he has the formal training...
Rampholo Molefe 23 November 2009
Food For The Soul
Show me one person who does not want to be healthy and I will give you a million dollars - if I had the money that is. The point is that we all dream and strive for the best health and performance, right? And if you must feel good, look good and...
Boitshepo Giyose 23 November 2009
Rollers Gun Down Policemen
After a poor first half, Rollers bounced back to take control of the game and grab maximum points. Rollers' coach Rahman Gumbo introduced former Gaborone United (GU) attacking midfielder Thando 'Matsau' Moreki at the start of the second half for the...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Metropolitan Sponsors Primary School Football
Metropolitan said the second edition of the tournament will be held in Selebi-Phikwe next month. The inaugural edition was staged in Lobatse last year. On Thursday, Metropolitan retail marketing consultant, Tebogo Toteng said his company realised the...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
GU Suspend Sithole
Sithole is scheduled to appear before the GU Disciplinary Committee (DC) on Wednesday."There are a number of issues which we're not happy with as the club pertaining to the way he handles himself. And this affects those who work with him and we will...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Palapye United Vows To Stay Put
After such a long struggle, the club has said it has no intention of relegating though the going has been tough in the First Division. Club president and sponsor, Germanus Stoneham admits that it has been a rude welcome but they will survive the...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Notwane Fails To Win Again
Winless Toronto had failed to give their few supporters at the match anything to cheer about in the first half. Notwane's direct approach only served to drain the players' energy as it never troubled the opponents. Nico made the hosts...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 23 November 2009
Botswana In Trans-Frontier Conservation Initiative
Botswana will be joining the four states of Namibia, Zambia, Angola and Zimbabwe to formalise the establishment of the TFCA, whose objectives include fostering trans-national collaboration and cooperation among the states in implementing ecosystems...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Woman Denies Being Prisoner's Mother
Mathews English, who has been living at the centre for about three years, has deposed an affidavit, saying that Nomathemba English, a royal wife in Kgari Village, is his mother and has even been to court applying to be helped with a DNA test, which...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Marriage After 20 Years' Break Up
After 20 years, Rankgwati divorced and went back to Masogo who gladly accepted him and they got married. When relating their story to the Monitor he said: I'm happy I won my love back and l thank my wife after so many years of suffering."...
Kebofhe Mathe
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Gabs Superfit Gym Ushers In New Era
According to owner Emmanuel James, they decided to be unique in their operations because they are customer oriented. " We are controlled by customer needs, " James said. The 24-hour schedule means that customers can come in any time of the day they...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Zim Asylum-Seekers Cry For Beloved Country
The meeting sought to keep those who do not follow the political events back home abreast of what is happening. "We know that you don't know what is happening, whether MDC has completely withdrawn from the unity government or not, but what is...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Botswana: A Dancing Nation
It is said that one day after his installation as the paramount chief of the Bangwato, President Ian Khama used to have visitations from his subjects to tell him about their problems. One of the subjects was having a domestic problem. After sitting...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 23 November 2009
Leteisi Is Back With A Bang
Ask any Motswana what the traditional attire is, the answer will be none other than leteisi. Knowing very much that saying jeremani is the Setswana version for the German print fabric, they would prefer to run away from the obvious question: If it is...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 23 November 2009
Modubule urges Khama to forget democracy
Responding to the State of the Nation Address by Khama, Modubule said yesterday that the President has displayed disregard for democracy in his leadership style. He cited what he called examples of Khama's undemocratic style. He said Khama has...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 November 2009
Foreign votes cost P1.8 million
The money was used to register the external voters, to finance the polling exercise and to transport the ballots back to the country for counting. It is said that 1,646 Batswana residing abroad registered for the 2009 general elections but only...
STAFF WRITER 24 November 2009
BNF postmortem set for next year
At the forum, the BNF will do a postmortem of its disastrous performance in last month's general election. Yesterday, BNF spokesperson Moeti Mohwasa said they postponed the meeting because they had to collect election reports from regions across the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 24 November 2009
Police smash Zim cigarette smuggling ring
This is contrary to reports that the culprits have been arrested and slapped with a P15,000 fine. The suspects escaped after the police confronted them, abandoning the contraband. The police recovered 133 boxes containing 66,500...
KARABO SENAME
Staff Writer 24 November 2009
Road death toll down in 2008
Speaking at the launch of the MVA products and services awareness campaign at Mathangwane over the weekend, he said that in 2008, 455 people lost their lives in road accidents, a reduction of 42 from the 2007 figure of 497. "Still in 2008, 20,415...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 24 November 2009
Mandunyane drivers threaten strike as fares drop
The drivers say the decision to reduce the fare from P7.50 per passenger to P5.50 was done without consulting them. "A transport officer just came to us and gave us letters stating that we should reduce the fares. This is surprising because we had...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 24 November 2009
BONELA repeats calls for sex work
BONELA official Annah Chalmas said the move will help sex workers as human beings and give them dignity. Addressing a workshop in Selebi-Phikwe, she stated that sex work must be treated as a labour and economic issue. She asserted that there is great...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 24 November 2009
Let's preserve land, urges Moatlhodi
He said this as the guest speaker during Tati landboard open day at Tshesebe on Saturday. He said people should preserve land because land does not multiply. "Lefatshe ga le na peo,ga le jwalwe ebile ga le ate," said Moatlhodi at the event held...
KARABO SENAME
Staff Writer 24 November 2009
Residents worry over churches by the river
The villagers say there are no ablution facilities along the riverbanks, yet members of several churches congregate there to worship. They claim that the churches are illegal organisations run by Zimbabweans. An overseer of African churches in...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 24 November 2009
DDT benefits outweigh risks - Ntebela
Among the many strategies is the reintroduction of Dichlo Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT) in Botswana to fight malaria. The Botswana government reintroduced the use of DDT in October this year after its use was suspended in 1997. Use of this...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 24 November 2009
Lawyers made a killing from Chiluba corruption case
The Ministry of Justice has revealed that US$13 million was the total "damage" in legal fees incurred by the disbanded task force on corruption set up by late president Levy Mwanawasa and that government has in fact not fully settled the legal...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 24 November 2009
AS I SEE IT
But I did mention that perhaps ironically this background might enable him to deliver service by kicking butt. After all, the army does not argue how to do things but focuses on doing things. Notwithstanding that, most knew that as VP he had been...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 24 November 2009
Volunteers must get their dues on time
We view with Khama because this is a countrywide problem affecting these workers. Most of us have come to accept that it is impossible to pay these workers. Government officials make it seem like they have important business to perform and wages for...
EDITOR 24 November 2009
Save the robots
It must be costing inordinate amounts of money to implement this regressive, inefficient "improvement" when the installation of robots to control flow into the existing circle would have accomplished the task far less expensively and with far fewer...
24 November 2009
Madam Venson-Moitoi: A good start!
I further observe, with gratitude, your meeting with institutional SRCs. This is a sign of consultation and transparency; a time to listen to and advice the young leaders accordingly. This has been duly appreciated by one Pako (Gazette: Nov...
24 November 2009
These penalties need a re-think
The regulations as current create an offence, in the event of a driver, not acting as stipulated and before the five year period ends. On each day that the "licensed driver" does not act, (includes Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays when the...
24 November 2009
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24 November 2009
Atlas Copco expands Botswana operations
Last Thursday, Atlas Copco unveiled its glittering Botswana headquarters, from which the group hopes to tap into the country's booming infrastructural development sector. Since taking over Rand Air 11 years ago, Altas Copco Botswana has diversified...
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent 24 November 2009
Financial counters dominate bourse activity
As the Domestic Companies Index (DCI) put on another 1.45% to end above the 7,400 mark for the first time since December 2008, financial institutions such as FNBB, BIHL and Barclays were the favourites of investors pushing up the bourse...
STAFF WRITER 24 November 2009
Thari ya Sechaba winner Madikwe has compassion for needy children
Shirley, who holds a Diploma in Child Care, was nominated in the Social Welfare category alongside Martinah Mogapi. When receiving the award, the God-fearing and warm-hearted Madikwe was so overwhelmed that she shed tears of joy. She related her...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 24 November 2009
Vusi on the way to self-destruction?
The duo are entangled in a copyright war after the youngster released the album they worked on together with the producer's consent. the two of them were already having problems following an argument over a key to the house they were sharing in...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 24 November 2009
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