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Recession balloons CEDA's arrears
While CEDA's loan book grew by P190 million to P546.4 million in the 2008/09 financial year, its quality was diminished by the high rate of arrears among beneficiaries who struggled against the effects of the recession. Generally, CEDA aims to...
STAFF WRITER 22 January 2010
Property fundamentals strong for 2010
While the local property market largely shrugged off the effects of the global recession last year, higher prices of construction materials meant a slowdown in the number of new residential and commercial developments. This, in turn, analysts said,...
STAFF WRITER 22 January 2010
World Bank forecasts strong recovery for domestic economy
The Report, released on Thursday and researched by World Bank economists, predicted that Botswana's Gross Domestic Product would rebound this year, boosted in part by the stronger prices of diamonds and also by increased remittances and tourism...
STAFF WRITER 22 January 2010
Aussie firm starts drilling for Uranium
Impact said in a statement on Tuesday that the Lekobolo drill targets collectively cover an area of about 140 square km within which there were numerous clusters of elevated uranium-in-soil values. The drill programme is anticipated to...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Ten more years to total food security
Mmegi : Maybe we should start by you highlighting on your mandate at the Agriculture Hub? Fitt : My mandate at the Hub is basically to attain three objectives which are firstly to commercialise, diversify and lastly to create employment in the...
22 January 2010
Consumer Watchdog
This might seem like a ridiculous question but where would you want to finish in a race? I can't imagine anyone saying they'd want to come second or third, can you? Surely everyone wants to come first? So why, as a nation, do we accept...
22 January 2010
Premier League teams join Coke action
This weekend, there will be two all-Premier League clashes featuring Comets against Extension Gunners at the Jwaneng Galaxy Stadium and Motlakase versus BDF XI at Palapye Swallows Grounds. Both fixtures take place on Sunday. It will be interesting to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Eight days for Botswana to find a World Cup team
Nearly 20 of the 32 teams coming for the World Cup have already confirmed that they will have their training camps in South Africa. The remaining sides are also expected to train in the host country. Failure to lure World Cup- bound teams is a huge...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Can Angola emulate South Africa?
The last time AFCON was played in the southern region was 14 years ago when South Africa were the hosts. East Africa was the initial venue for the 1994 event but hosts Kenya failed to convince CAF that it had what it takes to stage the tournament....
22 January 2010
Btv fails to clinch belated AFCON deal?
The tournament reaches the quarterfinal stage this weekend in Angola but so far, Btv has failed to show matches. It is reported that Btv was making frantic efforts to clinch a belated broadcasting deal but a source close to the negotiations said the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
BCP forum unlikely to discuss Saleshando heir
In an interview with Mmegi, BCP spokesperson Dumelang Saleshando said yesterday, "I doubt the issue (of succession) will be discussed at the forum. The people at constituency level are free to choose whom they want as president of the party and if...
EPHRAIM KEORENGStaff Writer 22 January 2010
Teachers wary over minister's 'dress code'
Shortly after her appointment Venson-Moitoi revealed in a meeting attended by various stakeholders in education, her intention to introduce a new dress code for the teachers. This revelation has been viewed with suspicion by the concerned parties...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Teachers' concerns over scarce skills to be addressed
Teachers have been concerned why some of their colleagues were left out of the scarce skills occupations although they had been put under that category in schools. A savingram, dated October 28, 2009, from the director of the Teaching Service...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Phumaphi revives 'Ditsela tsa Itshetso'
One such project is an organisation by the name of "Ditsela tsa Itshetso", which was her pet project when she was a Member of Parliament for Francistown East. The organisation, in which she grouped local women, identified underprivileged...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 22 January 2010
Crime rocks 'landlocked' Area S
Being one of Francistown's oldest and tiniest townships, Area S is landlocked between the BDF camp, prisons camp, Ntshe and Tati rivers, which are situated on the north-western side of the city. It takes a sane, few minutes drive from the city centre...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 22 January 2010
New Children Protection Act to be implemented
Head of Child Protection Unit, Ookame Mokabathebe said in Gaborone yesterday that the old Children's Act of 1981 mainly addresses custody, care, juvenile justice, and aspects of child protection whereas the new one advocates for respect, protection,...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Is alcoholism a problem of the poor?
That was then, but now they have raised the pitch, zoning in on the face of poverty, a feature that continues to define a significant section of our society. Picture this...a man wearing an unzipped jacket (with no shirt), potbelly overflowing above...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
That materialistic streak is a marriage wrecker
"Whatever happened? I loved this girl with everything I have. She was a storekeeper and I was a self-employed plumber. I saved some money and ensured she went back to school. She got her university degree last year and God knows what I have been...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Knock their socks off at the new job
Or maybe you're a recent college/university graduate and have just landed yourself your first job, ever. Which ever bracket you fall in, you will still be starting something new in a completely new environment. Everyone could use a little...
TUDUETSO TEBAPE
Correspondent 22 January 2010
Mma Ramotswe movie buttresses South African dominance
For some film reviewers and locals, the fact that the actors are mostly South African is a cause of concern. "Despite being produced entirely in Botswana, however, it is surprising that certain words have been pronounced differently from local usage....
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 22 January 2010
Zambia survives recession
As the curtains closed on 2009, the Southern African country is still hopeful it will meet its macro-economic targets in spite of the many internal adversities and the largely still hostile systemic conditions. After enjoying a single-digit...
ROBERT MAKOLA
Correspondent 22 January 2010
Baleseng, legendary radio personality
Those of us who grew up in the 80s would clearly remember Baleseng Baleseng's charming voice from unforgettable programmes such as Thibang Diphotlha. Many would concede that agricultural programmes are not everyone's cup of tea including...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Atribute to Teddy Pendergrass
According to Wikipedia, TP was born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass on March 26, 1950, and died on January 13. Like most African-Americans of his time, he was brought up in a Christian family and 'the church was his initiation for talent and eventual...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Backstage
Julie & Julia (2009) is being showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It had its worldwide opening on August 8, 2008 along with 500 Days of Summer that is also now playing in Gaborone and should not be missed (see Mmegi, October 23 2009). Some good...
Sasa Majuma 22 January 2010
BOOK REVIEW
John Updike (1997, 2006) Toward the End of Time. London, Penguin Classics, Paperback edition, 334 pages, P159. ISBN 9780-14118-896-6. Available through Exclusive Books. Reviewed bySHERIDAN GRISWOLD Correspondent Toward the End of Time plays...
22 January 2010
Chic rain solutions
The stampede is not good news for the fashion conscious Gaborone urbanista. Rain is an enemy of shoes. Summer sandals shrivel in the rain and leather is never the same after being plunged into the many puddles that customise our roads and sidewalks....
NICOLE MOLETSANE 22 January 2010
Let's all watch out for Measles
We had all hoped that the Ministry of Health would by now have succeeded in bringing the disease under control. A lot of time and effort has already gone into the Measles campaign. There have been massive media campaigns and community outreach...
22 January 2010
Whither Botswana?
When the Bakgatla ba ga Kgafela installed their paramount chief, Kgafela II, last year, there was considerable goodwill from all corners of Botswana for the new paramount chief and his tribe. The event was even broadcast live on state radio and...
Dan Moabi 22 January 2010
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22 January 2010
BFA should go back to the drawing board!
World cup is not a joke, contrary to the mentality of those people responsible for running football in Botswana. Growing up, I thought by now we would be far, if not in the same standard with such countries as Zimbabwe, Angola and even entertaining...
22 January 2010
Atheists are rational and logical
There are many arguments against the existence of an invisible friend in the sky but I would rather be constructive and offer him a suggestion. I think his approach of using endless quotes from the Bible to persuade us non-believers is...
22 January 2010
Appeal Court to deliver verdict in Nchindo cases
In the first case, Nchindo is challenging a High Court judgment last year granting a restraining order against him. The order bars him from developing the plot on grounds that he has to wait for a resolution of the criminal proceedings instituted...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
One% diamond business for Botswana in 40 years
Until they entered into a new and revolutionary agreement with De Beers diamond company around 2006, Botswana's diamond returns were equivalent to just one percent of the world diamond trade valued at US 67 billion. The founding coordinator of...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Witness leads evidence in theft of motor vehicles
Mompati Katholo, 18, told the court that what started off as an evening out with his friend ended in a night where his friend just engaged in a crime spree. Katholo told the court that the accused person Peter Phatsimo Oraletse picked him up from a...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Baby burns to death
The mother of the baby was allegedly taking a bath inside the house when the incident occurred. According to superintendent Rodney Nkokwe of Kutlwano Police, the baby was burnt to death in the fire that had been allegedly caused by the older boy...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 22 January 2010
Is a cell phone good for your child?
First term Form Four, excellent results! Thandi's uncle is very impressed, buys her a very sophisticated cell phone as a present. Thandi gets so excited, tells her friends about the present and are all happy for her, and even those who were not...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Joy Phumaphi, the human development activist
She had crossed over to the bank after spending four years at the World Health Organisation where she was Assistant Director General responsible for family and community health. When rumours started filtering to Botswana that she was leaving the...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 22 January 2010
Understanding 'postpartum psychosis' in new mothers
After finishing her tertiary education, she got a good job at a bank in Gaborone and soon after she met Tumelo, a dashing young man and the two fell madly in love. Two years down the line, Dineo falls pregnant and the young couple is happy at the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Controversial officiating saves Chiefs
The government of Botswana had no choice but to shoulder the P48 million burden, at the insistence of the Diamond Hub, which had identified the project as one of the five urgent and critical components of the fledgling Botswana diamond industry, as...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
Lay-off worry Satmos in Coke Cup clash
The First Division side meets the Gaborone giants after their league match against Ferry Wanderers was postponed last weekend. Satmos' spokesperson, Mpenzeni Sambandawe has said that they could have used the match to prepare for the Rollers' game....
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 22 January 2010
BNOC incorporates culture in Queen's Baton Relays
The baton will be in Botswana for the second time next Monday for four days. On the first night, the baton will be at the Gaborone Sun where a reception will be held to welcome it and its bearers. The baton will begin its relay in Botswana on...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 22 January 2010
Nitty Gritty
Everyone is battling with resolutions and what they can do better in 2010, because 2010 is finally here. Apart from the years 2000 and 2016, this must be the most anticipated year in the history of years. The year 2000 was anticipated because...
Barolong Seboni 22 January 2010
Dingake-Marole appeal removed from the roll
Former employee of Debswana, Donald Gaetsaloe, who got the High Court order to access the mobile phone of the phones of the two gentlemen said he was not aware that the case was not in the roll. He told Mmegi that he will consult his...
Staff Writer 22 January 2010
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