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Two percent VAT increase a sucker-punch
He later said, "Finally, I propose to increase the Value Added Tax rate from 10 to 12 percent, effective April 1, 2010 and to raise the threshold for VAT registration from P250 000 to P500 000." This was a hot smack across the voters' faces. As if...
RUSSO LUMA 01 March 2010
Masire-De Beers: the civil coup of 1987
Our people are interested in answers to two simple questions; how does democracy obtain in a situation where the ruling party is financed by the government? and why the President should not declare the BDP an unlawful society? The class differences...
LEDIRETSE MOLAKE 01 March 2010
Of a callous cabinet and a lame duck parliament
It started when then Vice President Ian Khama was appointed Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration and Coordinator of Government Projects. But the man who wielded such immense power never saw fit, or rarely ever did, to attend...
01 March 2010
Can Masire be prosecuted?
"Corrupt politicians make the other 10 percent look bad". It has become common to associate politicians with corruption to the extent that those engaged in the trade are often found guilty by profession. This week the opposition Botswana Congress...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Thou shall not insult the president
[When] people said 'This fellow has nothing to say except sing for Kenyatta,' I said I did not have ideas of my own. Who was I to have my own ideas? I was in Kenyatta's shoes and therefore I had to sing whatever Kenyatta wanted. If I had sung...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Who will succeed Ian Khama as president?
It is an open secret that Vice President Mompati Merafhe will not take over from Khama after 10 years. There is a school of thought that Merafhe will only hold the fort until 2014. Initially it was felt that Merafhe would only serve for a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 March 2010
BCL Fall Of Ground Leaves One Dead
It was not clear how many people were injured at the time of going to press, but initial, unconfirmed reports said two people were lightly injured and have been admitted at the mine hospital While he confirmed that there had been a fall of ground at...
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
The Monitor Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Over the last 10 years Monitor has grown in leaps and bounds. It has become part of the regular reading diet for many people in Botswana and around the world. The Monitor has contributed immensely to the watchdog role of the press in Botswana....
01 March 2010
Nchindo Co-Accused To Appear In Court Today
The accused are facing 36 counts of corruption. Legal proceedings are set to continue today before Regional Magistrate (South) Lot Moroka in the marathon case that has been running for two years now. Questions have been lingering in the public...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Official Explains Citizenship Application Process
Some foreigners say that they have lived in Botswana and brought development and investment to the country but their attempts to become citizens have failed. Some say that their applications are rejected or take several years to be considered....
Joyce Grey
Correspondent 01 March 2010
Old Abandoned Granny Languishes In Backroom
Khumanego Vuvu stays in the one-roomed house in her daughter's yard and says that her children have abandoned her. She says that though she prefers to stay in the village she had to come to town to the Old Pension's Fund office to verify that she is...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer
& Pini Botlhoko
Correspondent 01 March 2010
Botswana Urged To Exploit Research, Innovation, Technology
Head of a visiting Japanese delegation, Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa said the country has to leverage on research, science and technology in order to drive its economy. Kurokawa said Botswana must ensure that the implementation of its Science,...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Masalila Takes Up Fight Against Stigma
The daring 38-year-old mother of five tested HIV positive ten years ago when she was only 28 years old and for her, this was a crucial turning point in her life. She said contracting the virus has given her a chance to retract her steps on life -...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 01 March 2010
Exceptional Pupils Must Be Identified - Rammidi
Assistant Minister of Local Government, Kentse Rammidi has said it is time for government and relevant stakeholders to scout talent in primary schools, in an effort to build a pool of human resources in areas of innovation. In an interview with the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
'Stop Fortifying Thugs With Muti' - Marumoloa
In a development that is likely to create debate for a long time, chief Mompati Garlicks Marumoloa of Pitsane last week summoned traditional doctors in the village, with the intention of giving them an ultimatum: STOP HELPING CATTLE RUSTLERS ESCAPE...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
The Hermit Of Mogoditshane
The Moshupa born 65 year old has lived in the shack since 1984, he thinks. His has been a hermit's existence. Reclusive, solitude existence. To many he is just a man with no family and whose origin is not known. "I have lived here, I think...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Ngamiland Jumbos Afraid Of Chillies
To tackle the problem, the government of Botswana has launched an initiative aimed at combating this menacing problem of human/elephant conflict called the Elephant Chilli-pepper Project that helps farmers combat elephants without killing...
Khayalethu Mpofu
Correspondent 01 March 2010
Eight Hours On The Beat
Mogoditshane Police Station has one of the vast, most dangerous, most crime prone jurisdictions in the country.The area stretches from Mogoditshane to Gabane in the west, to Kopong, Metsimotlhabe, Gakuto and Matseta in the north - an area whose...
01 March 2010
'Sex At A Discount'
The clients seem drawn to the usually overly made-up face of the women, who on a daily basis line the streets hoping to get a night catch. What does it take to negotiate a price with one of these ladies of the night? And just what drives the ladies...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Naturalisation Isn't Handing Over Botswana To Foreigners
Even people who have lived in Botswana for many years and brought development and investment to the country, and lived lives that are above-board have found it nearly impossible to attain citizenship. The number of years, the anxious wait, is all too...
01 March 2010
Health Chat
Mounds of scientific evidence points to the power of food as medicine. However, the "medicinal" foods are simply the foods that our bodies have evolved to eat- fresh, unadulterated, slow burning, high fibre, vitamin and mineral rich, omega-3...
Kiran Bhagat 01 March 2010
Etcetera
Just for a change, I want to make this my 'I don't understand week', so please bear with me because there may be matters that you also do not understand. So, to quote Dylan Thomas, let's begin at the beginning, I do not understand why in Gaborone, we...
Sandy Grant 01 March 2010
The Other, Brighter Africa
Last year, the annual Ibrahim Index of African governance, produced by my foundation, showed that governance had improved in two-thirds of African countries. And if we look at politicians such as Joaquim Chissano, the former president of Mozambique,...
Mo Ibrahim* 01 March 2010
The Winners Code
A makeover is a term applied to changing one's appearance. There are various types of make-overs. They range from something as simple as a new haircut, to the use of cosmetic surgery, to the extreme of the implantation of dental veneers,...
George Chingarande 01 March 2010
Issues In Education
This is a question about our education system that will always remain with us. Everyone has answers, but who has the solutions? This Issues will both answer this question and argue more related philosophical questions about the relevancy and context...
D.Molefe
O.Pansiri
S.Weeks 01 March 2010
BoB adopts neutral monetary policy
Speaking at the launch of the Monetary Policy Statement 2010 in Gaborone last week, BoB governor Linah Mohohlo said the challenge facing monetary policy is the desire to strike a balance between supporting the still fragile economic recovery and rein...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Mowana Mine moves to increase production
Newswire Bloomberg reports that African Copper will install a mobile crushing unit and amend its environmental management plan at its Mowana mine to remove bottlenecks hampering the ramp-up to full capacity. African Copper reopened its Mowana mine...
01 March 2010
Zimbabwe Presses On With Local Ownership Law-Minister
President Robert Mugabe's government in 2007 passed an indigenisation and economic empowerment law, before he formed a power-sharing administration with rival Morgan Tsvangirai last year, seeking to localise control of foreign firms. Youth...
01 March 2010
DTC's Feb.sight estimated at $525M
While the De Beers marketing and sales unit announced a price increase in the high single digits prior to the sight, the company also changed its assortment of goods to allow sightholders to profit from their boxes. Sight participants noted higher...
01 March 2010
PPC To Set Up Plant In Botswana
PPC Cement Botswana General Manager Werner De Beer said this at the launch of the competition 'Botswana's number one builder' at the Cresta lodge in Gaborone last week. According to De Beer, the company is exploring cement grade limestone in the...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Foreign Reserves Slide Again
From highs of P72.2 billion in October 2008 - just before the recession - the country's foreign reserves sank to P55.3 billion last May, continuing a pattern of general decline averaging one billion Pula per month during that period. The...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
GOV'T prepares to float P1.9 billion bond
Since the 2008/09 Budget, government has issued four bonds worth P3.1 billion, all of which have been oversubscribed by a liquid market desperate for investment vehicles. The 2008 bond issuance programme was designed to boost capital market...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Talking Musika
Thirty years ago, Jonas Gwangwa warned Eberhart Froese for overplaying at the rehearsals that we held at Charles Taylor's residence, the son of the director of the Peace Corps in Botswana. The senior Taylor played drums when the band played at the...
Rampholo Molefhe 01 March 2010
Soul Food
Have you heard of it? Maybe if you took chemistry in high school. Yes magnesium is a nutrient, a very important one at that and it is essential for all things metabolic. In other words, whatever else you eat and how you utilise it in your body,...
Boitshepo Giyose 01 March 2010
Drama At BOMU Special Meeting As Kast Is Booed
However, things took a different turn for the microphone checker last week when he stood up to hold the mic at a Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) Special General meeting at Thapong Visual Arts Centre. Before he could even go half way, boos erupted and...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Magosi, Kast Albums Left In Suspension
Prez Beats, who also created Juju Boy's hit track, Hurt Me, was working on both Kast and Magosi's forthcoming releases before he was involved in a road mishap last week. Now Kast, who already has a single produced by ...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Culture Spears Find Gold In Piracy
Then a miracle happened when a promoter who was not quite sure about the popularity of the Botswana outfit in Harare decided to book them for two shows. The results? Kabelo Mogwe tells Showtime Monitor that both shows were sold out to the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Promising Rapper Rides On Andreatta's Poetry
The youngster whose soft and delicious flow merges well into the hit song, The House Of Zion, has opened his facebook page to everyone and posts the lyrics he contributed for the song. Interestingly, the young rapper posts the lyrics in original...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Andrew Sesinyi launches books
It was the first time that the author and long serving government official exhibited his works to the public since he released his Love on the Rocks novel in 1981 with Macmillan Publishers. He has also published Rassie, and Car Jack with the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
BPC Donates To Mega Com Safaris
The donation cheque was handed over by BPC public administration officer, Tlhomamiso Selato at a press conference at Thabitha Training Institute in Francistown. She said they gave the money in response to a request for help by Michael Belebese, the...
Sesupo Rantsimako
Correspondent 01 March 2010
SANTOS pushed out of confed cup
Santos, making their debut in CAF competitions courtesy of their 2009 Coca-Cola Cup victory, dominated the whole first half and made their intention of getting an early goal very clear. Thato Bolweleng tested Costa Do Sol goalkeeper as early as the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Prisoners' Boxing Rehabilitation Project Rolls On
Project coordinator, Thuso 'Scud' Khubamang said he first conceptualised the idea when he was a professional boxer in the United States. He said when he returned to Botswana, he talked with prisons' officials to implement the idea. He proposed to...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 01 March 2010
Chile earthquake: scientists defend tsunami false alarm
"It's a key point to remember that we cannot under-warn. Failure to warn is not an option for us," said Dai Lin Wang, an oceanographer at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii. "We cannot have a situation that we thought was no problem and...
01 March 2010
Selefu 01 March 2010
01 March 2010
GU advances to the next round
The first leg of this first round tie was played in the Botswana capital two weeks ago ended goalless. Pirates were coasting at 2-0 until Katlego Mashego headed home an own goal from a Vincent Phiri corner in the 86th minute and two minutes later...
01 March 2010
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