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Study confirms binge-drinking problem
It shows that that 54.1 percent of males and 51.8 percent of females have had more than the recommended amount of alcohol in one week. A non-communicable diseases officer at the ministry, Helus Medhin told Mmegi that the recommended standard drink is...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
MPs call for legal protection of small businesses
Arone said it is the responsibility of the government to make sure that the weak are protected. He also wanted to know how small business like vendors will benefit from the proposed law and how small businesses in the rural areas will lodge...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 December 2009
Shot suspect not dead - police
"The suspect was in the company of three others who were also wanted for various offences when the incident happened. The suspect is admitted at a local hospital," he said. He said that the four men were on the police wanted list for several...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA and BAME PIET
Staff Writers 11 December 2009
Did security agents shoot harmless suspect?
*Serious Crimes did not know about him being wanted*Police say he was on wanted list Sources within the law enforcement fraternity say that at the time a Zimbabwean suspect was shot by security agents on Wednesday afternoon, the Serious Crimes...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA and BAME PIET
Staff Writers 11 December 2009
Civil service trappings not for me - Kgafela
This means that he is not a civil servant. As a result, unlike other chiefs, Kgafela is not under the control of the Minister of Local Government. He is only accountable to his tribe. Government does not have to worry about the Bakgatla...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 December 2009
Construction of BIUST begins
The first phase of the development project, with an initial cost of P429 829 million is expected to be completed in the next 18 months. Structures will include the administration and academic block, laboratories, library and auditorium, food court,...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
Stock theft syndicate gives police hard time
Unemployed young men and boys of school going age are busy cutting out a career in cattle rustling. They are part of an organised cartel of criminals whose main job is to steal cattle from farms and communal freehold pastures. Sometimes they are bold...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
Lands ministry under pressure to deliver - Molefhi
He was addressing participants at a recent workshop on the theme: "Measuring progress towards service delivery targets: engage with civil society and Government" held at the University of Botswana (UB). The workshop was meant to bring together...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 11 December 2009
Supermarkets quiet as Zim shoppers go home
Supermarkets such as Spar, Shoprite and Choppies say that things have normalised because now Zimbabweans come at normal rates as compared to last year when they emptied the shops. It is also a sign that the government of national unity signed by...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
KBL calls for sober driving over Christmas
Corporate affairs and strategy director, Thapelo Letsholo, says motorists need to be alert at all times and be able to react quickly. Research, he says, shows that the reaction of an inebriated driver may be reduced by up to 30 percent. Even...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
How corruption-free was Mwanawasa's rule?
To many people in the region and beyond, Mwanawasa had come to rid Zambia of corrupt practices especially those perceived to have happened during the reign of his predecessor Frederick Chiluba; so the nation was shaken by the statement from outspoken...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 11 December 2009
Tattoos are a health risk
The Centres of Disease Control (CDC) caution people to be careful with the procedures of printing tattoos since they can lead to the spread of diseases like hypertitis A, B, C and HIV/AIDS. "If the equipment used to create the tattoo is...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
Illegal immigrants prepares to go home for Christmas
As she prepares to return home next week for Christmas, she has started rounding up people she has been working for to inform them of her impending departure. She specialises in sweeping yards, washing clothes and plaiting hair. She keeps a long list...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
The High Court:a complete mess
The supposition that justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done is very vital and must never be treated with disdain. This maxim provides the best recipe to maintaining a corrugated judiciary that inspires public confidence. In...
GOSEGO R LEKGOWE 11 December 2009
More Fire in Music
The BMC is now 25 years old. It began in 1985 as the Botswana International School of Music. Then in 1989 became the one-week music camp held at the end of the year following the start of the school holidays. This is the first music camp to be full...
SHELDON WEEKS
Arts correspondent 11 December 2009
BACKSTAGE
"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" (2009) is showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It is nowhere near the standard of "Up" (Mmegi 28th September 2009) and other recent animated films. The premise of "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" is very simple....
Sasa Majuma 11 December 2009
BOOK REVIEW
Aravind Adiga (2009) "The White Tiger". London, Atlantic Books, paperback edition, 321 pages, P 124. ISBN 978-1-84354-722-8. Available through Exclusive Books. The White Tiger is a thinking man, an entrepreneur, living in the world's centre...
11 December 2009
Progress in SA-EU negotiations auspicious for SACU - Malin
Speaking to Mmegi Business Week in Gaborone this week, the Head of Delegation of the EU in Botswana, Paul Malin said he was confident SACU would stay intact after the EU softened its stance and agreed to apply a common tariff to its exports to the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
Mines shed 2 000 jobs in 2009 _ Union
According to the Central Statistics Office's Labour Statistics Report, an estimated 11 000 people were employed in the mining and quarrying industry by the end of 2008. With rentrenchment resulting from the recession, nearly all mines implemented...
THATO MOSEKI
correspondent 11 December 2009
Diamond sales assume a glint again
According to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office, diamond exports shot from P655 million to P1.759 billion between August and September this year, contributing approximately 67 percent of Botswana's total export figures of P2.6...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 11 December 2009
Competition law in the offing
According to the memorandum accompanying the Bill, the government approved a competition policy in 2005 after an economic mapping survey. The survey considered factors such as the increasing dominance of foreign companies in the economy, the need to...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 December 2009
Mobile telephony grows
Figures availed by the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) show that the sector experienced a 26 percent growth between March 2008 and March 2009 compared to 29 percent in the previous period. The slower rate of growth is despite the entrance...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
CONSUMER WATCHDOG
What are the warning signs that consumers should look out for if they want to protect themselves? What are the clues that something is perhaps not what it seems? What signals should make you run in the opposite direction? Well, you can...
11 December 2009
Credit furniture stores flout hire-purchase law
"Where goods are offered for sale on hire-purchase terms or by way of credit sale or on any other terms as to deferred payment, the amount of any deposit, each instalment and the frequency of the instalments, the total number of instalments and the...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
Nyeku: Turning slums into homes
FRANCISTOWN: Shadrack Nyeku should have been the one who wrote the memoirs The Monarch Of All I Survey; not the colonial egotist, Charles Rey, who took pleasure in denigrating all who crossed his path, including fellow colonial...
11 December 2009
A minute or two with Tutu
"God waited..." He shuts his eyes. Hands up in the sky, fists clenched and contorts his face in sudden ecstasy, as if something painfully pleasurable is coursing through his veins. "...God waited until the moment was just right..." He opens his...
11 December 2009
Security agents must not be trigger-happy
Various security organisations in the country have done reasonably well to protect citizens from local and external threats. We appreciate them for being there for us. When some of us are busy enjoying our sleep and the comfort of our homes or...
11 December 2009
The Botswana system is laughable in the democratic world
Considering the number of times I've expressed strong views in support of such a review, this was good news to me. I was particularly happy that Assistant Minister Charles Tibone not only generally spoke in support of such a review, but also...
11 December 2009
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11 December 2009
The curtain falls on 16 days of Activism
The 25th November, the day on which the Campaign starts, has its roots on the First Feminist Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean held in 1981, that declared the 25th as an International Day Against Violence of Women and Children. The...
11 December 2009
Financing the Fight against Climate Change
Funds are needed to invest in new low-carbon energy sources, reforestation and protection of rain forests, land-use changes, and adaptation and mitigation. But there is no similar agreement on where the money will come from. The developed countries...
* GEORGE SOROS 11 December 2009
There can be no delivery without decentralisation
Just after the elections President Khama announced that he is introducing a fifth D (for Delivery) to his famous four Ds. By so saying Rre Khama was assuring the nation that he would make sure that the workers of this country work hard to deliver...
11 December 2009
Nitty Gritty
Every institution has official membership titles for its patrons. We see this especially in the professions where people give you a business card that has their names, and then a long list of alphabetical abbreviations after that. Nobody ever tells...
Barolong Seboni 11 December 2009
GU seek redemption against TAFIC
The Reds have lost their championship winning coach, Mike Sithole and appointed another Zambian, Manfred Chibanga. Last Friday, they played a disappointing draw against Jwaneng Comets at the UB Stadium. The defending champions have already lost three...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
Will GU, Santos alter Botswana fortunes?
The question might seem frivolous after the draw for the CAF Champions League pitted GU against South African giants, Orlando Pirates and Santos against Mozambique's seasoned campaigners, Costa Do Sol in CAF Confederations Cup. Barring a major upset,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 11 December 2009
BAA explains athletes return to Senegal
Montsho and Makwala have expressed their misgivings about the centre saying their careers have stalled. But they returned to Dakar in September and the BAA has said they will stay there till August when the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 December 2009
BAA bids farewell to veteran coach
In a farewell luncheon hosted in his honour by the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) on Wednesday, Letham described his stay in the country as memorable. He urged the BAA to embrace cross-country because it offers more chances of success. He...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 December 2009
Under-20 prepare for Namibia with Zim friendly
Botswana Under-20 coach, Thembinkosi Takobana said the will use match to avenge the 2-0 loss they suffered from Zimbabwe in the Zone VI finals last year. She stated that though the game against Zimbabwe is a friendly, they want to win to give players...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 December 2009
First Cut
Long before the World Cup draw last Friday, expectations have been high in Africa that come 2010, a team from the continent will win the tournament or reach at least go beyond the quarter-finals. A few minutes before the draw, South Africa's...
Dennis Keagile 11 December 2009
Table tennis players cry foul
Table tennis is one of the marginal sports in the country and has received little backing from the corporate sector. "Table tennis is facing problems because there are no sponsors and people are not coming to support the game. Maybe it is because the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 11 December 2009
BCF aligns strategic plan
The move is meant to ensure the continued development of chess. BCF secretary general, Kenneth Boikhutswane said it is imperative that they align the strategy so that they operate in tandem with the BNSC. The four-year BCF strategic plan came into...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 December 2009
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