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I was not bought by De Beers - Masire
If these allegations were simply a challenge to my own reputation, I would be content to follow the friendly advice of some to withhold comment, in the sure knowledge that my legacy will ultimately be measured by history and by our maker. But,...
SIR KETUMILE MASIRE 27 January 2010
Folk music night slated for end of Feb
According to Leburu, the French approached him about the concept and since then, he has been helping them secure leading folk guitarists like Malefho 'Stampore' Mokha and Ntirelang 'NT Berman. "Basically, we intend to bring some of the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 27 January 2010
Andreattah drops debut poetry album
The production scheduled for release on February 23 is bound to get many talking, thanks to its neatly woven poetry and the melody that is sure to blow anyone's mind. The silver vocals that voice out those deep poetry lines sound even better in...
27 January 2010
Alliance Francaise hosts L'Espirit Du Sport
The photographs were taken in Longueuil (Seine Maritime, France), Entrecastreaux (Var, France) Solaize (Rhone, France), Bourganeuf (Creuse, France) Reibeek Kasteel (Western Cape, SA), Ladysmith (KwaZulu Natal, SA), Ceres (Western Cape, SA) and...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 27 January 2010
VPB acts to plug investment depreciation
Some of these steps include facilitating access to finance and balance sheet restructuring, for the affected companies.VPB manages CEDA's Venture Capital Fund (CVCF) which has, over the years, invested close to P200 million across various business...
STAFF WRITER 27 January 2010
African Copper moves to ramp production at Mowana
In a statement , African Copper said that it will install a mobile crushing unit and amend the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) at its Mowana mine to remove bottlenecks hampering the ramp-up to full capacity. African Copper...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 27 January 2010
Today's Work Space
The question as to whether someone is an employee has had its fair share of contest in the work space and in courts, both in Botswana and abroad. This has shown itself in the form of one person arguing that s/he is an employee of a particular...
JOSEPH MASANGO 27 January 2010
Standard Bank wins award for the Morupule B deal
PFI is the leading source of global project finance intelligence. It is published every two weeks, PFI reports on the entire lifecycles of deals, from the initial rumours through to post-completion analysis. Morupule B was the first major...
27 January 2010
Time up for Marumo in Egypt
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has banned foreign goalkeepers from playing in the domestic league after national coach Hassan Shehata repeatedly bemoaned the lack of quality custodians in the North African country. "We will allow the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 27 January 2010
Heartbreak for Chipolopolo
After 120 minutes without a goal, it was down to the dreaded penalties to decide who goes through to meet Ghana in the semis. Zambia's Thomas Nyirenda saw his penalty saved by Nigerian goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama to dash the hopes of southern...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 27 January 2010
BSA returns Ipelegeng funds
BSA spokesperson, Kabelo Kwape said the association has refunded the money collected in the fundraising project in 2007. Each club contributed P1,000 for the prize money at the end of the season. However, some clubs claim they have not received...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 27 January 2010
Sebele found guilty of stock theft
Molepolole Magistrate, Dumisane Basupi convicted Sebele yesterday and remanded him in custody pending investigations whether he has previous convictions. The former Bakwena regent was found guilty of stealing a billy goat worth P800 belonging to...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 January 2010
Music festivals banned in schools
Speaking in an interview, music promoter Gilbert Seagile said the decision has affected musicians and schools alike. He explained that schools used music shows to raise funds but now the situation has changed. "The problem that we have in the music...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 27 January 2010
Kagisano goes back to School
It took the kind heart of Botswana's yesteryear football star, Edwin Disang, for Kagisano to go back to school. Upon reading about the boy's plight, Disang, who has just completed his studies in the United States immediately sent money to a family...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 27 January 2010
BNYC to call youth leaders forum
In an interview with Mmegi two days ahead of the BNYC board meeting, chairman Chomi Letlole said they have since realised that they had been concentrating largely on the out-of-school youth and ignoring other youth, especially the working youth. He...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 27 January 2010
'Avatar is real', say tribal people
A Penan man from Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, told Survival International, 'The Penan people cannot live without the rainforest. The forest looks after us, and we look after it. We understand the plants and the animals because we have...
27 January 2010
Let us go and plough
These rains, according to the forecast will be experienced in most parts of the country.The rains have come at the right time. While pastures had not been depleted from the last rains, it is the water sources that were becoming a huge source of...
EDITOR 27 January 2010
The immorals of capitalism and climate change
The Presidents of 'Third World' countries came back upset due to the manner in which issues of global warming were discussed, especially by the leaders of Industrialised Nations. As they went to attend the Conference the leadership of Third World...
GAONTEBALE MOKGOSI
Correspondent 27 January 2010
Cartoon Strip 27.01.10
27 January 2010
Moroka lands at De Beers
This is a new post in the organisations' Botswana office. Moroka lost his Kgalagadi South parliamentary seat to John Toto in the last general election. He becomes the third minister, who lost in the elections, to be appointed to a high profile job....
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Mephato: Govt puts foot down
At a meeting between the Defence, Justice and Security minister Ramadeluka Seretse and Bakgatla chief, Kgosi Kgafela II, he said that the mephato were doing a good job in fighting crime and other social vices but, "all measures taken should be in...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Zim-Botswana diplomatic row looms over arrested officers
Skelemani said on Tuesday that he met the Zimbabwe High Commissioner in Botswana to lodge a complaint about the treatment of the officers but the response was not satisfactory. "The response was that the (Zimbabwe) police have made up their mind that...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
High Court sets group sex convicts free
Special constables, Sydney Ntope and Phetogo Gaanakobo and soldiers, Samuel Seshabo, Thato Bojosi and Moagi Samson were acquitted and discharged by Justice Gabriel Rwelengera who found that the magistrate erred when he convicted them. Rwelengera...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Lightning kills two soldiers at SSKB
Public affairs and Protocol officer at Botswana Defence Force (BDF), Ben Ragalase confirmed the incident yesterday but would not disclose the names of the deceased officers saying their next of kin have not been notified. A soldier, who preferred...
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Education Ministry tightens sponsorship
The acting permanent secretary in the ministry, Baeti Molake says the reforms have been necessitated by the declining government revenue caused by the current adverse economic down turn. He explains that the reforms therefore focus on expanding...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
MP, residents cry for constitutional reforms
This emerged recently at a well-attended consultative meeting the vocal legislator addressed at Block Seven in Francistown. Mmolotsi, a backbencher, alongside other ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) backbenchers and opposition MPs have been...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 28 January 2010
Cobra kills three women
According to village chief, Meshack Kaponene one woman survived the snakebites but is still fighting for her life at Maun Primary Hospital. He said the incident happened in the early hours of Monday morning, last week while the women were sleeping...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 28 January 2010
Husband stabs wife to death
Sources said the suspect stabbed the deceased several times in the chest and head. It is understood that the woman was stabbed while attempting to protect her baby from the husband who wanted to harm it. The woman had alerted neighbours about the...
KEOBOYE MAJATSIE
Correspondent 28 January 2010
Botswana to host international talks on wetlands
This year, things will be different as there will also be a conference that will bring national and international stakeholders together for a five-day conference from February 1-5 in Maun to discuss and share experiences on issues relating to...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Nuclear support plan discussed
He said at the mine around December 2008, a radioactive source had contaminated the soil surface on the site when a company engaged in well-logging drilled through the source. After the soil samples were contained in drums, some people stole...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Our Heritage
On Modern Palapye, his second article, I have written very little, and on his third, the new University I was, until I read what he had to say, totally blank. It does seem to be a peculiarity of this country that when it embarks on a really...
Sandy Grant 28 January 2010
Ministry has misfired
Their situation is unenviable. They need funds that these music shows generate. They need to expose students to music and even allow students to see these musical stars in action so that they broaden their horizons. In other villages, school halls...
28 January 2010
Cartoon Strip 28.01.2010
28 January 2010
Economy in foreign hands - response
Our disappointment stems from certain factual inaccuracies and insinuation, which we only imagine are intended to paint Chinese construction companies specifically, and Chinese people generally, in an unfavourable light. First and foremost, the...
28 January 2010
Thank you rational atheists
I confess that I expected a negative response, but in fact everyone has been remarkably positive. It's often surprising to learn that although the religious might be in the majority a surprising number of people reject superstition in all it's...
28 January 2010
SPEDU NationalConference starts today
The conference is expected to attract ministries that are critical to the programme, Members of Parliament from Tswapong North, Bobirwa, Mmadinare, Selebi-Phikwe East and West Constituencies. The private sector, members of the diplomatic corps and...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 28 January 2010
P164m training funds lying idle-BOTA
Speaking at a ceremony to handover a BOTA accreditation certificate to Events Venture, an events management and training company, the Authority's CEO Abel Mudongwa urged employers to undertake training for their employers in a bid to develop their...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Chorale music composers rubbing hands
Composers would be submitting song entries in tonic solfa notation in setswana, not more than 120 bars. However a leading chorale music composer, Luka Disho yesterday refused to comment on the latest development saying, ' I reserve my comment",...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Orakle resurfaces after six years
The 14-track album is named after Orakle's zodiac sign and also gets its name from its unique track listing and arrangement motivated by the Gemini twins from the star. The upper section, of the album is fierier compared to the lower section which is...
MPHO TLALE
Correspondent 28 January 2010
Notwane part ways with Kofi
The move comes as no surprise as there have been doubts over Kofi's credentials since he replaced veteran Zimbabwean, Paul Moyo. Notwane spokesperson, Andrew Mokgatlhane said yesterday the decision to sack the coach was taken in the best interest of...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
India confident of successful Commonwealth Games
Bhatnagar, was speaking to Mmegi Sport at the Gaborone Cricket Club during the brief tour of the Queen's Baton yesterday. He said although cricket remains by far the most popular sport in India, the over one billion people in the country are still...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 28 January 2010
Abednico relishes new Rollers' challenge
"You might say I am a slow player who relies heavily on physical strength and good passing but I can fit into any team. Maybe Rollers have been looking for such a player who could win the ball and release the speedy wingers to launch attacks,"...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 28 January 2010
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