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Three Collapse After Suspected Cocaine Binge
However, police claim they are in the dark about the incident despite the presence of their vehicle and officers at the crime scene. The nightclub was immediately locked by Phakalane police who allegedly rushed to the scene, ending the night...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Runaway Soldier Arrested
He was charged with the attempted murder of Nametsegang Stewart and her mother, Cecilia Mphathiwa last Tuesday. Tonota police station said that Batsile Kesupile, 35, a lance corporal based at Area S BDF camp, was brought in by his parents. "He went...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 11 January 2010
Kgafela Vows To Crack The Whip
The Bakgatla paramount chief vowed that they are going to crack the whip on wrong doers, come what may. "We are going to beat them up. We are going to whip them," he repeated. Since he took over last year, Kgafela has put emphasis on the restoration...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 11 January 2010
India, Botswana Sign Two Accords
Ansari is visiting the country at the invitation of his Botswana counterpart Vice-President Lt Gen Mompati Merafhe to strengthen the relationship the two countries have enjoyed over the years. Soon after his arrival on Saturday, the two vice...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Tailors Suffer As LEA Takes Over BEDU
They claim that with BEDU, their businesses flourished and they were hopeful that they could grow into nationally recognised tailors. Kefilwe Molale, one of the tailors, told Monitor that they were comfortable when they had stalls inside BEDU...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
TEC Calls For More Funds For Research
In its 2008/09 annual report, TEC sees a need for the government to fund tertiary institutional research, as lack of research continues to hamper the quality of tertiary education. The report further says for many years, government did not fund...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Calls Made For ARVs For Foreign Inmates
"You are basically condemning the inmates to death," said Uyapo Ndadi, the acting Director of the Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS. The government does not provide free ARVs to foreigners in local health facilities. This also...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 11 January 2010
Accidents On "Highway OF Death"
The ever growing carnage on the road now not only calls for the highway's thousands of drivers' attention but also that of other players such as the Department of Roads, and that of Road Transport and Safety. The latest casualties are two men whose...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Maintain A Healthy Living Style
Gym rooms as well are flooded by one-month wonders that will disappear in a short period of time. Almost all these people have one goal in common, to lose weight. Come end of the year a lot of these people will be carrying the excess weight again....
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Achieving Your Goals This Year
Yes, service delivery in Botswana continues to be characterised by endless queues. Nonetheless I awaited my turn to get my name into the 'system' as that was the gate pass to attending classes and ultimately becoming a taxpayer. I...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
When Should My Child Start School?
Botswana government policy is that children can be accepted for standard one from the age of five-and-a-half. "We want all children to start learning at an early age and we believe that five-and-half is a good age for children to start school,"...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Ipelegeng Has Lost That Lustre?
Interestingly, when the programme first took off, with workers paid as high as P1,500, there was a lot of interest and enthusiasm for the programme. The reason for that was clear - the unemployed Motswana at the time saw this money as something worth...
11 January 2010
The Winners Code
William Ernst Henley was one of the best known editors, critics and poets of his time. He is credited with having nurtured such great poets as Yeats and Rudyard Kipling. However, perhaps his most important contribution to humanity was his...
George Chingarande 11 January 2010
Issues In Education
The provision of education requires that there be a venue, commonly a classroom and a teacher, or a source of knowledge. In the case of a teacher, it is necessary that she possesses knowledge to pass on to the learners and skills and methods on how...
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S.Weeks 11 January 2010
Health Chat
Fainting occurs when there has been a fall in blood pressure, which reduces the amount of blood and oxygen flowing to the brain. This is more common in people with low blood pressure, teenagers, and pregnant women. A faint is most likely to happen in...
Kiran Bhagat 11 January 2010
Spiritual Migration
A time is coming when there will be a switch from analog to digital meaning that you may still have a twenty thousand pula television set but will not be able to pick up BTV. This will be so because your TV set could not be compliant with the digital...
11 January 2010
Debswana Targets 20m carats In 2010
The company produced approximately 17.1 million carats of diamonds in 2009, or around 50 percent of its normal levels. Debswana's output was 32.3 million carats in 2008 and 33.6 million carats in 2007. Debswana, De Beers largest mining venture,...
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
BSE Starts Off In The Red
BIHL which had stunned investors in the last quarter of 2009 by rising to 1,250 thebe succumbed to more profit taking into the new year. Barclays Bank also followed the same trend losing on three consecutive days during the week to close at 658...
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
DTC Arrangemnet Remains In Force - DeBeers
Last week Indian press ran articles which said India was to sign an agreement with Botswana to buy rough diamonds for its cutting and polishing industry instead of using De Beers as middleman. Indian website LiveMint said an agreement was expected...
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Pop Star Wanna-be Causes Storm At Auditions
The aspiring singer, who introduced herself to the judges as Tebo, sounded to be cruising with wavy pitches in the middle of her choice song, but it was her use of waves in her singing styles that seemed to irk the judges. The formal looking singer,...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
My Star Show Starts In Earnest
The show continues this weekend in Lobatse and in Palapye the following weekend, with aspiring contestants parting with P200 to register for the auditions. The Star show is in its fourth year and has been consistently entertaining Btv viewers.The...
11 January 2010
Talking Musika
Last week the French embassy held a seminar to discuss 'culture and resistance' and the MEDU experience. I would have liked to participate but I had been assigned to provide the music. One of the themes of the seminar was 'the role of the...
Rampholo Molefe 11 January 2010
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 11 January 2010
Ezinkomo Frustrate Mapantsula
He said this after watching his side's courageous performance against neighbours Extension Gunners in a be MOBILE Premier League clash at the Lobatse Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Despite playing with 10-men for 55 minutes, Ezinkomo held their own...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Kgotlele's Hearing Adjourned To Tomorrow
BFA president David Fani said the hearing was adjourned at Kgotlele's request because he wanted to have a look at some documents relating to the case. "It was not postponed because there are divisions within the BFA, but it was Kgotlele who requested...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Motlakase Switched Off At UB Stadium
Rollers' marksman Terrence Mandaza scored a brace in the first half before Thando Moreki hammered the final nail in the visitors' coffin in the second half. The win now means that Rollers have 37 points from 14 games, eight more than second-placed...
Tshepo Molwane
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
India Aids Constituency League
Handing over the donations at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture in Gaborone on Friday, Indian High Commissioner to Botswana Madhava Chandra said they found it necessary to donate the equipment for further development of sports in Botswana and...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
We're Still Chasing 2010 World Cup Teams - Fani
Despite half of the 32 teams confirming that they would set base in South Africa, Fani said BFA's campaign to woo teams could not be termed a failure yet. "We are still in discussion with some teams. Some work has been done and whether it is enough,...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
Keganne May Elude The Hangman
This development came to the fore Thursday when attorney Joao Salbany representing Keganne applied for postponement of their appeal at the beginning of the first session of the Court of Appeal (CoA). Salbany reasoned that they were served with an...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 11 January 2010
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