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Traffic flow was impeded as it took police, firemen and army officers seven hours to remove the truck, which had part of its body blocking the road. Acting Station Fire Officer Tladi Pilane told Mmegi that this was the second fire truck to be...

CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 January 2010

BOMU goes to the polls in February

At a meeting last year, Taolo Moshaga came up with a motion that the elections should be postponed to help the executive prepare for awards. He said new officials would have problems negotiating with companies that the old committee had...

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 January 2010

Losers bitter with BOMU, says Dedcoh

Dedcoh, who was nominated in the Best Newcomer category alongside Ghavorr, Thusego, and Stompie and in the Best Kwasa-kwasa category alongside, Franco, Alfredo Mos and ChrisManto7, says the organisers and the judges knew the criterion they were using...

GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Survival and greed mix in a war-torn Holland

Black Book is Dutch director Paul Verhoeven's testimony to courage and revenge in late 1944 and early 1945 in Den Haag in the Netherlands. It is the first film that he has made in Holland since Soldier of Orange (1979), a story of the heroic Dutch...

18 January 2010

Letshego clinches financing deal

The US $20 million loan facility has a seven-year term and will be used by Letshego to finance its existing operations in Botswana, Swaziland and Zambia.This will be the IFC's second investment in Letshego following the acquisition of a 7 percent...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Liquidity returns to stock market

The increased activity on the bourse is attributed to the forthcoming company results for mostly large cap counters, and has seen investors scramble for certain stocks or dispose of stock or take cover. "Most of the blue-chip counters have now...

BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

BTC must jack up service

This, without doubt holds the competitive edge over the popular cell phones.Users of fixed line telephones would have noticed a disturbing trend that every time it rains, BTC lines usually go dead. We do not know whether this is the technology or...

Editor 18 January 2010

The year of the 'China Model'

Exciting new buildings, designed by the world's most famous architects, will make Beijing and Shanghai look like models of twenty-first century modernity. More Chinese will be featured in annual lists of the world's richest people. And Chinese...

IAN BURUMA 18 January 2010

Unresolved issues in the Balkans

Even with peace, major problems were left unresolved. Bosnia was divided between a Muslim-Croat federation and a Serb republic, with little authority vested in the central government and a large international military - and eventually civilian -...

*DANIEL SERWER 18 January 2010

Arab Fathers and Sons

The problem of succession in the Arab secular republics highlights their predicament in the transition to a post-revolutionary phase, for succession in regimes that fail to build strong institutions always risks triggering a systemic crisis. While...

*SHLOMO BEN-AMI 18 January 2010

Writing should offer solutions

The writer intelligently introduces the theme in the opening paragraph but goes on to write on a completely different subject. Even the quotations that are made with reference to the Chobe MP do not back up what was to be the version of the...

18 January 2010

Mhlauli appeals

Magistrate Moroka convicted Mhlauli on two counts of abuse of office and that he knowingly made a false statement in an affidavit. On the count of abuse of office Mhlauli was slapped with a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment. Mhlauli also...

GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

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18 January 2010

Chiefs keep unbeaten run

After the shocking resignation of head coach Mike Sithole just before Christmas holidays, the Mochudi boys invested their faith in Morapedi to lead the title-chasing Chiefs against struggling Comets. After his side missed numerous scoring chances...

TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Hunda resigns from Gunners

The coach joined Gunners this season, replacing Fewdays Musonda, who once complained about lack of quality players. Before going to Gunners, Hunda was at Uniao Flamengo Santos where he had a relatively good time with the youthful side. Hunda was in...

BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

TAFIC start on a high note

TAFIC, which is in the process of hiring a new coach from Zimbabwe, Willard Khumalo, had a field day at the expense of the limping champions. The game started at a high pace with both sides showing determination to win. Matjimenyenga got an early...

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent 18 January 2010

SuperSport cancel trip to Botswana

SuperSport is reported to have received invitations for the Gaborone and Maputo tournament the same time. A source at the club says the Maputo trip gives them an opportunity to honour their latest acquisition - Elias 'Dominguez' Pelembe signed...

18 January 2010

Olesitse claims glory in Palapye

Having joined the BCP last August from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Molosiwa posed a serious threat to Olesitse who has represented the BCP in Palapye ever since its birth in 1998. Although Olesitse, did not participate in the 1998...

RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

In the Beginning was the Command Line

But around the same time, Bill Gates and Paul Allen came up with an idea even stranger and more fantastical: selling computer operating systems. This was much weirder than the idea of Jobs and Wozniak. A computer at least had some sort of physical...

Neal Stephenson 18 January 2010

Adventures in the Ransom Trade

At 7:30 on the morning of September 23, 1994, just outside Cali, Colombia, Tom Hargrove was driving fast down a familiar stretch of the Pan American Highway 10 minutes from home, a little late for work. A large man, Hargrove, at 50, had experienced...

William Prochnau 18 January 2010

Marina Conducts Successful Heart Surgeries

Vincent Molelekwa, acting hospital superintendent said that both operations took three hours and 40 minutes. He announced that the patients are still in the intensive care unit, but are doing well. According to Professor Teeluck Gunness, a...

By Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Moupo Fights For His Political Life

The BNF is going to hold its congress in July where a new central committee will be elected. Moupo, who has scoffed at repeated calls to resign, has indicated that he is going to defend his position. It remains to be seen whether Moupo will be...

By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 January 2010

No Charges For DIS Agent

The DIS agent drew a gun after his car hit another vehicle in what appeared to have been a genuine accident. A speeding Toyota Tazz that belonged to the CID agent, rammed into another vehicle near a Gaborone West filling station. When the driver of...

By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 January 2010

BIUST steps up hunt for VC

Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, project coordinator Badumetse Hubona said the BIUST council has engaged Academic Partners, a South African recruiting agency, to hire the vice chancellor. The agency has since advertised the post in newspapers in Botswana...

CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

F/town Magistrate Courts Comes To A Standstill

As minutes, which turned into hours, ticked by no one knew what was happening. Members of the legal fraternity, in their black regalia, mingled with the police and prison officers, court officials and accused persons unaware that Dibotelo was locked...

18 January 2010

Stock Theft Court Faces Challenges

Deputy registrar of the High Court, Nelson Bopa, said the court was a mobile one, which was designed to travel to places of rough terrain - rural areas where livestock abound. "The court is expected to travel to villages like Nata, Gweta,...

By Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 18 January 2010

Police Under Pressure To Roll Out Youth Policing

While the police top brass are understood to be under pressure from the Office of the President (OP) to roll out the programme in earnest, it has emerged that the police have no funds or clue whatsoever as to how much the programme is going to cost....

By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

DRTS Sanctions 'Overloading' Of School Buses

According to one parent, Kesego Ketlhokile, the way the drivers pack the young children in the combis, is very dangerous and a cause for concern for many parents. She explained that the drivers, who are mostly youth, are reckless on the roads as if...

By Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Bakgatla Still Unrepresented in Ntlo Ya Dikgosi

Kgafela, who assumed his duties last year, is not a member of Ntlo ya Dikgosi because he is not on the government payroll. Unlike other chiefs, the Bakgatla Kgosikgolo is not paid by the government. Kgafela claims that he is being taken care of by...

By Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 January 2010

Botswana Donates To Haiti

This donation is a token of the friendship, goodwill and solidarity that exists between the government and people of Botswana and the government and people of Haiti. Botswana believes that it is imperative that we, as developing countries, show...

18 January 2010

Erectile Dysfunction Is A Serious Problem

Not because they don't want to indulge in sexual acts, but that their manhood does not guarantee that. Vincent Koko* is such a man. Erectile dysfunction, (ED) has taken away his sense of masculinity. "I am incomplete, half a man," he says in an...

By Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

My Tour Of Mozambique

I enjoyed my stay in Mozambique but came back with strong appreciation and love for my country and its president. Arriving in the capital, Maputo, during the morning rush hour with my fellow backpacker, Pako Lesejane of Botswana Guardian on an...

By Thalefang Charles 18 January 2010

Kgatleng: A State Within A State?

The statesman was reacting to the abuse of power by those in authority, who ruled with violence. It is a fact that in any society the leadership has the role of maintaining law and order. In pre-colonial Botswana, mephato were and are still being...

Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Jwaneng Extension To Yield Diamonds Worth P105 Billion

De Beers MD Gareth Penny reports that the shareholders of Debswana, which includes the government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers, have given the green light to proceed with this project, which forms a key component of Debswana's North Star...

18 January 2010

Rain foils phane trade

The only preservation method for the phane worms is to dry them in the sun to lengthen their shelf life. Exposure to humidity and damp conditions make them rot so that they are not good for eating. The heavy and continuous rains caught others...

ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Spedu To Host National Conference This Month

Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, SPEDU Marketing and Communications Director, Wazha Tema explained that the conference could have been held before but they had finance difficulties. "The conference is in line with the recommendations of the...

By Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 18 January 2010

Report Slates Botswana Trade Logistics

Published last Friday, the World Bank's 2010 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) uses more than 5000 individual country assessments made by nearly 1 000 international freight forwarders to compare the trade logistic profiles of 155 countries. The...

By Staff Writer 18 January 2010

'Loan-Trap' For Cash-Desperate Consumers

The other reason is that the beginning of the year brings about new things that need to be paid for, an example is the buying of uniforms for kids who will be starting school, paying school fees and even transport fares all require money. All this...

By Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Mandy Mash And The Girls Brace For Valentine's Day

Mandi Mash, the young woman who last year staged a staggering bare it all women's only musical called Shaken, Not Stirred, is at it again. The Valentine's show is scheduled to be an 80-minute presentation of about 20 to 25 songs in which the 'gals'...

By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Captain Dira Goes Mosakaso, Franco Goes Soukous

Traditional music icon, Captain Dira, and rumba king, Franco, are understood to be re-inventing themselves this year. Franco, who released his ninth rumba or kwasa-kwasa album late last year, is understood to be working on a new style, soukous,...

By Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Talking Musika

There ought to be a rationalisation of the administrative districts in the country which were designed to give Seretse Khama advantage over the other Kings so that he should become the first president of Botswana. The Central district is...

RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 18 January 2010

Food For The Soul

We can't hide our rolls any longer, and for those going on vacation to an exotic beach somewhere, all the more reason to make yourselves proud. And let us not forget that September marks the beginning of the celebration season - to which we often...

BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 18 January 2010

Chiefs Keep Up Pressure

Chiefs, who went into the game with reports of a player exodus had all their regulars, except for Moemedi 'Jomo' Moatlhaping who is rumored to have joined his former side Township Rollers. The Zambian trio of defenders James Kachinga and Given Mpundu...

By Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Tempers flare as Gunners beat Nico

Gunners beat Nico United 1-0 to stay in third place. Hell broke loose after Masitha disallowed Nico a goal claiming that it was scored from an off-side position. Fans ran into the pitch at the end of the game owing to a lax in security. The fans...

By Calistus Kolantsho
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Controversy Surrounds Ndoro's Move

Monitor Sport has it on good authority that Ndoro is still contracted to Bulawayo's Bantu Rovers Football Club while the last club he played for in Zimbabwe, Kujatana, who are in the First Division, also claim that he is still on their...

By Thato Kala
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Rape under duress

Reading judgement, Senior Magistrate Thato Mujaji said that not only did she not believe Mthakathi but that his evidence helped support the complainant's story that rape occurred. "Accused 2 says that he raped the complainant under duress because...

PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

Wrestling Body Registers 1,000 Members

Moagi told Mmegi Sport said they now have clubs in Gaborone, Francistown, Lobatse, Maun, Mahalapye, Palapye, Serowe, Molepolole, Gantsi and their headquarters in Selebi-Phikwe. Although they have not affiliated to the Botswana National Sports...

By Calistus Kolantsho
Staff Writer 18 January 2010

CAF Acknowledges Malawi Complaint

Malawi coach, Kinnah Phiri, told the BBC his team had been "demoralised" by being refused access to training facilities on three separate occasions. "We have written a letter to Caf, and to the Angolan association, and we've put up a protest," Phiri...

18 January 2010

Is Flogging Good For Botswana?

This has all got to do with the new order that has been put in place by the new paramount chief, Kgosikgolo Kgafela II. Like they say, a new broom sweeps better than the old one. So when he assumed the reins there was bound to be some radical...

EDITOR 18 January 2010

The Winners Code

People aspire to be and become different things in the year 2010. In a sense everyone is on his own mission. Although aspirations and missions differ, there are certain predictable constants that will determine the degree to which one attains one's...

GEORGE CHINGARANGE 18 January 2010

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