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PEEPA acts to replace Galeforolwe
The human resource consultancy firm HRMC this week ran advertisements in local newspapers for the position. The deadline is December 11. Galeforolwe's term was officially scheduled to end last month. However in September the permanent secretary in...
STAFF WRITER 26 November 2009
Obama in Chains
The difficulties that President Barack Obama is having in passing his basic program, whether in health care, climate change, or financial reform, are hard to understand at first glance. After all, he is personally popular, and his Democratic Party...
*JEFFREY SACHS 26 November 2009
A case against euthanasia
Euthanasia is defined as "the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit". In this scenario the choice to die is not imposed by legal or social rules. Euthanasia.com also defines, assisted...
DON-MARTIN TAKUDZWA WHANDE 26 November 2009
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26 November 2009
Debswana to spend P20 billion on expansion
Cut 8, as the project to extend the life of the world's biggest diamond operation by production value is styled, "will ensure profitable and continuous production at the mine until at least 2025", De Beers Managing Director, Gareth Penny, said at a...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 26 November 2009
Mascom appoints Russian firm for upgrading its services
According to results of a tender for the supply of a Ring Back Tone (RBT) solution announced by Mascom, Bercut's X-tones was chosen as a solution to meet Mascom's requirements and provide a service to ensure stable and increased revenues,"Mascom CEO,...
STAFF WRITER 26 November 2009
TODAY'S WORK SPACE
Yes, this can easily arise at work, at a cost in terms of time, money and/or other resources...Ordinarily, an individual is responsible for the consequences of own actions or omissions. However, within the law of delict there are certain...
Joseph Masango 26 November 2009
BOMU honours Bra Malombo
Mmereki was one of the winners at the recent glamorous BOMU awards held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC). Bra Malombo still cherishes that Saturday night of the awards when he marched to the podium as his name was announced as...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 November 2009
Singer Maake keen to prove he apes no one
Like a young stud that has just started breeding, Maake wants to impose his authority and perhaps intimidate the 'old folk' to jump fence. He sees himself as the bull within the kraal that wants to take control as soon as possible despite that there...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 November 2009
African countries told to take art seriously
However, independent curator Raphael Chikukwa of Zimbabwe decried the fact that most African governments do not take art seriously. He called for the building of proper art educational infrastructure and museums on the continent. He also said...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 November 2009
Pastor releases R & B album
Chadzimula Chinyama, known as Tarzman, said that other people picked up his talent in this genre when he was singing in church. "I am a good singer and when I performed in church people often told me that I would do well as an R&B artist so I...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 26 November 2009
Tawana,Toto speak
Obviously referring to the case of suspended Botswana Democratic Party secretary general, Gomolemo Motswaledi, Tawana said his political career was destroyed by one of the boot-lickers. He said the boot-licker in question made a false report...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 November 2009
Lack of facilities hinder cricket development
BCA development manager, Girish Ramakrishna has said that if the government does not do anything about the lack of playing fields in the country, they might have to reduce the number of participants in the programme. The development programme has...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 26 November 2009
Mascom takes over Kabelano
Kabelano Trust chairperson, Terence Dambe said in Gaborone on Tuesday that Mascom will be the primary sponsor with naming rights for the one-day soccer spectacle for the next three years commencing in 2010. The competition was previously known as...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 November 2009
Prisons XI show early intentions
Team manager, Ernest Mahala Dintweng said they cannot afford to stay in the First Division longer. Leading the pack with 16 points, four ahead of second placed Naughty Boys, Prisons XI look set to win the league and bounce back to the top flight...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 November 2009
MP resists constitutional calls
In the past two weeks, a majority of MPs have called for a comprehensive review of the constitution but when he rose to debate the State of the Nation Address on Tuesday, Makosha said that there is no need for such an exercise. He asserted that a...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 26 November 2009
New date for Mogae court case
The case failed to proceed last week because it had been omitted from the court roll. Besides Mogae, some of the top figures featuring in the case are Chief Justice Julian Nganunu, Assistant Minister Charles Tibone, Mogae's one-time right hand man,...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 November 2009
PS gives Marina staff Ultimatum
He told the staff that this is what they (staff) do with their maids and herdboys at home. "If they don't do their job, you fire them, but why should you not expect the same to happen to you at work?" he asked them. Kahiya expressed frustration...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 26 November 2009
Chinese arrested over work permits
Senior Superintendent of Police, Chabaesele Kesupetswe said that they nabbed a good number of Chinese in shops and other businesses for working without permits. He accused some Chinese of applying for business permits on the promise that they will...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 26 November 2009
'Sober is cool'
The ministry unfurled the logo that carries a slogan that reads "BREAK THE HABIT, Sober is cool" at Phakalane Golf Estate on Tuesday. The launch of the logo puts the campaign against alcohol abuse on a higher level. The campaign was spearheaded by...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 November 2009
UK university caps Kgosi Seretse
Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, Seretse said that the London-based university, proposed to honour him with a Doctorate of Leadership and Influence three months ago, in recognition of his accomplishments. "This honour comes after the university...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 26 November 2009
All must confront gender-based violence
She told participants to picture their loved ones huddled in a corner, cold with fear; lost and vulnerable. She urged them to visualise the family members bruised, battered, scarred physically and mentally. However violence, especially the one based...
26 November 2009
'Collapse' of SACU could sink Botswana - Study
If that happened, it could result in the country losing billions of Pula, forcing it to take drastic measures like imposing a higher Value Added Tax, raising income tax and charging higher tariffs on imports from South Africa and other neighbouring...
STAFF WRITER 27 November 2009
Tawana walks out of Parliament
Tawana had questioned why Moatlhodi granted vice-president Mompati Merafhe an opportunity to raise a point of procedure when another MP was on the floor. Immediately after Moatlhodi's warning, he picked up his papers and walked out. Merafhe, who is...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Merafhe move undemocratic, says BONELA
One of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which sees itself as a stakeholder, the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), has expressed disappointment with Merafhe at the NAC meeting last week Friday. They found the approval of...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Botswana's democracy alive and well - Seretse
Responding to President Ian Khama's State of Nation address yesterdy, Seretse said the spirit of democracy is very much alive as witnessed by the robust debates in Parliament.To critics who have doubts about Botswana's democracy, he said, they should...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 November 2009
Campaign costs catch up with politicos
Kanye North legislator, who is also Assistant Minister for Local Government, Kentse Rammidi's car is under the hammer after he failed to repay a Wesbank loan. According to a legal notice published in the press, Rammidi's Toyota Hilux...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Policeman faces bribery charge
The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) on Monday dragged 27-year-old Keneilwe Boikhutso before the Francistown Magistrate's court charged with official corruption. Boikhutso appeared before Principal Magistrate Peggy Madandume...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
MoE plans national qualifications framework
Assistant Minister of Education, Keletso Rakhudu said yesterday that the need to implement a national credit and qualification framework is long overdue. He said that it well known that there is a growing demand for post secondary education and the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Police helicopter helps combat crime in F/town
"Three thugs," he pauses before he could complete his sentence as pain from his broken hand hit deep right into his heart. He broke the hand in an unrelated incident when his motor vehicle overturned about a month-and-a-half ago. And before he...
RYDER GABATHUSE AND KARABO SENAME
Staff Writers 27 November 2009
Survey reveals sharp decline in fertility rate
Presenting the results of the 2007/08 Botswana Family Health Survey - IV (BFHS IV) results at the Pavillion at Fairground Holdings in Gaborone yesterday, chief Statistician, Kwenagape Mogotsinyana said the survey was conducted to provide information...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Alleged wife killer in court again
Though instructions ordering silence in court are clearly spelt out on the wall, the audience kept murmuring as the state counsel announced the progress of the case. Nomsa Moatswi told court that exhibits were sent to the forensic laboratory and...
NDINGILILO GAOSWEDIWE
Correspondent 27 November 2009
FCB announces new grant for forest conservation
FCB chief executive officer Gagoitsiwe Moremedi said the NGOs must submit proposals to qualify for a chunk of the grant under the Tropical Forest Conservation Fund (TFCF). The fund is open to Community Based Organisations (CBO). Moremedi said FCB...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Introduce another "D" for Dismissal - council worker
Raphaka had given the council until today to have, among other things, made confirmations on those whose confirmations were long overdue and the issue of some people who reportedly refused to go on transfer when legitimately transferred. Though she...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 27 November 2009
AG commended for on-line launch
The Executive Secretary of the Law Society of Botswana (LSB), Tebogo Moipolai, said such accessibility would help those who needed to use laws of Botswana. "The availability of Botswana laws on-line will not benefit only legal experts but the general...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
School of Industry to be built in Ngamiland
Speaking in an interview, KFT Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sylvester Masweu told Mmegi that the aim of the school will be to rehabilitate youth who have been convicted by the courts. He explained that they would be working with the relevant...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 27 November 2009
Three arrested for stealing Ipelegeng funds
They are accused of conducting the exercise in a fraudulent manner. It is said that they put up to 100 names of people they had employed, while in reality they had recruited a lesser number - probably 70. At month end, the trio would distribute...
STAFF WRITER 27 November 2009
Kwelagobe no-quit move raises eyebrows
Kwelagobe is the only influential Barata-Phathi member remaining in the central committee. This follows the resignation of Kabo Morwaeng, Wynter Mmolotsi and Samson Guma-Moyo, who were all associated with the Barata-Phathi faction. The...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 November 2009
SPEDU face problems in recruitment of key staff
SPEDU marketing and communications director, Wazha Tema told Mmegi that the unit is still in its infant stage and is facing teething problems. He explained that regional economic development, coupled with the diversification agenda is a mammoth task,...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 27 November 2009
Africa will be hardest hit by climate change
Aside from Antarctica, Africa is the only continent that has not industrialised. Indeed, since 1980's the industrialisation that had taken place in Africa has by and large been reversed. Africa has thus contributed nothing to the historical...
* MELES ZENAWI 27 November 2009
'Singing the blues' in F/town's old shantytown
But being one of the oldest 'townships' of Francistown, Bluetown - which lies opposite the city's only airport - remains on the margins and it suffers economic stagnation. The people of Bluetown sing the blues of unemployment, underemployment,...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 27 November 2009
Drug-pushers dig in for 2010 World Cup, and Africa Cup
There is an increased flow of hard drugs through Zambia - and possibly through other countries in the region - basically en route to South Africa in time for next year's World Cup finals while the Africa Cup of African Nations (AFCON) tournament in...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 27 November 2009
See what God has wrought in Gaborone
Last week, Botswana hosted a special summit of the Interfaith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA). Members of IFAPA are drawn from seven major faith traditions working together for peace and human rights on the African continent, namely African...
27 November 2009
Man,machine,and in between
From computers and scanners to mobile devices, an increasing number of humans spend much of their conscious lives interacting with the world through electronics, the only barrier between brain and machine being the senses - sight, sound, and touch -...
* JENS CLAUSEN 27 November 2009
ANC's two thirds majority and the land issue
Though a lot of political analysts and the like tend to focus on surface issues like: the lack of a formidable opposition to the ANC; Zuma's supposed incompetence; the rape and fraud issues; and South Africa becoming a de facto one party state, the...
JERRY KAI LEWIS
Correspondent 27 November 2009
Botswana guards against illicit diamond trade
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Gabaake Gabaake said at the first Diamond Town Hall Meeting that government will create a clearing house to block illicit diamonds entering the country from independent...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
BPC announces power shortages as Eskom cuts supplies
"Eskom is going to cut 100mw at the end of December and we have already put in place a number of measures to cover the supply gap. "Load-shedding has already started and I am sure we are going to experience more of it in the coming months. I urge...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Diamond aggregation shift falls down priority list
Aggregation involves mixing of diamonds according to value. The movement to Gaborone should have been complete by the end of the year but there has been a delay because of the world economic downturn. Rough diamond prices started plummeting in the...
WANETSHA MOSINYI
Staff Writer 27 November 2009
Hope for Mmamabula as SA commits to IPPs
According to a report in Miningmx, Minister Barbara Hogan says she is concerned by delays in signing Power Purchase Agreement(PPAs) with IPPs and that she will seek an audience with the ministry responsible for energy matters. Promoters of MEP, CIC...
STAFF WRITER 27 November 2009
Botswana growth forecast revised
"GDP growth in 2009 has not been as catastrophic for the economy as once had been anticipated. Indeed, with the economy having contracted less than previously envisaged in 2009 and given a rebound in exports, we are anticipating relatively robust...
STAFF WRITER 27 November 2009
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