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Fit for a president: Pyjamas from Berlusconi
It states that Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma enjoyed the "use of property in Morningside, Durban courtesy of Malek at a value unknown". It was reported late last month that the president's wife had been living in Abdul Rahim Malek's eight-bedroom house in...
18 March 2010
Thai red-shirts give blood for anti-government protest
Earlier the protesters lined up to donate their blood, as the anti-government rallies entered a third day. So far the protests have remained peaceful and both sides say they want to avoid violence. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday...
18 March 2010
Rangers outgunned by elephant poachers
At its last gathering in 2007, the UN-backed Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) voted a nine-year moratorium on exports of African ivory. The ban went into effect in 2008, after South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and...
18 March 2010
God bless Botswana!
He was however referring to a growing anomaly that is being exploited by many including him to serve fleshly desires. Because of this alarming weakness, thousands are paying the ultimate price - their lives. The core of our moral fibre as a...
NDABA NKOMO 18 March 2010
Over 4,000 backlog cases at Industrial Court
The minister concerned, Peter Siele made these revelations during the request for P20, 120, 160, recurrent and development budget for 2010/2011."Cases registered by the end of 2009 stood at 2, 422 compared to 2008, when 1 768 case were registered....
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Botswana's richest 'classified information'-Tibone
Infact it is categorized as classified information to even reveal the numbers of people that comprise this special group, according to assistant Minister Of Finance And Development Planning, Chance Tibone. "The question touches on individual rights,...
STAFF WRITER 18 March 2010
Tafa and Bayford agree on Sunday Standard
Bayford read the agreement in court on Tuesday on behalf of Nchindo and Matome who had complained to Regional Magistrate Lot Moroka that the published articles had a bearing on the pending court case. Bayford told the court that the newspapers do...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Motshwarakgole slams task force's proposals
Speaking at a Public Service Unions rally held at the Gaborone Senior School grounds, Johnson Motshwarakgole said the unions will meet in the near future to talk about the recommendations, which include flogging on the bare back for disciplinary...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Levy increase would not solve anything - Mangole
He was responding to a presentation on budget allocation for Ministry of Youth Sport and Culture in which the minister said he intends to engage youth role models to address their peers throughout the country on the dangers of alcohol abuse. He said...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan dissolves cabinet
Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua. Yar'Adua went to Saudi Arabia for treatment in November last year and, despite returning to Nigeria recently, has not been seen in public. The...
18 March 2010
Khama finally confirms trio's suspension
'Your Suspension From The Party Pending Disciplinary Action" reads the heading of the letter, a copy of which Mmegi is in possession of. Khama states "In the exercise of my power as Party President in terms of Article 34.1.5 of the Party...
18 March 2010
Public ServiceUnions decide to merge
The unions concerned are the Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU), Botswana Teachers Union (BTU), Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU), Botswana Land Board and Local Authorities Workers Union (BLLAWU) and Botswana Manual Workers Union...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Kalafatis case takes off
The DPP has appointed Assistant Director of Public Prosecution Kabo Leinaeng to handle the case. Kalafatis' lawyer, Attorney Dick Bayford told Mmegi that the DPP has been in contact with his legal team on the matter. Leinaeng is reported to have...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Oil rises above $82 ahead of OPEC meeting
An industry report that showed a steep fall in US gasoline stockpiles and smaller-than-expected increase in crude inventories also helped buoy investor sentiments. US crude for April delivery was up 41c at $82,11 a barrel by 00:46 GMT, after settling...
18 March 2010
China growth forecast raised to 9.5 percent by World Bank
It said consumption by both businesses and households would grow strongly, even though government stimulus measures were being pared back. But the bank warned that Beijing needed to cool inflation and try to cut the risk of a bubble in property...
18 March 2010
Oppenheimer places shares for De Beers rights issue
The shares, 70 percent of which are held by E. Oppenheimer & Son International Limited, with the remainder owned by Gartland Limited, were valued at approximately $1 billion (GBP 739.8 million) when the agreement was transacted, based on the...
18 March 2010
IPPs can produce cheaper power - CIC
CIC Energy representative Tore Horvei said on Wednesday that it is important that South Africa had to level the playing field and to get the different frameworks right to enable IPPs to enter the electricity market. While government had...
18 March 2010
Analysts rail against Ipelegeng
Speaking at the 2010/11 national budget analysis by policy makers meeting in Gaborone yesterday, Dr Keitseope Nthomang of the University of Botswana lumped Ipelegeng with the so-called National Constituency League and the special nomination of...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Muzzling of BDP MPs causes alarm
"What they are doing does not augur well for our democratic growth," charged Gaborone in reference to the increasing control of what the BDP MPs say in Parliament by the party high command. He said the BDP MPs reject motions by the opposition without...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 March 2010
Thirteen long years
I later realised that friendship to him meant getting sex from me. I was only 19. I knew nothing about sex then and I did not want to get involved in it. Yet I had agreed to the friendship. In 1988 he seriously demanded sex from me. He wanted it by...
18 March 2010
Our Heritage
Some will argue that one part of a town cannot be called a settlement even though it is so very different from other parts of the town. So if not a settlement, it has to be a location but that won't do either, will it? But as Mooketsi mentioned...
SANDY GRANT 18 March 2010
A rape victim narrates her ordeal
"I came to Gaborone to look for a job leaving my parents who were working as teachers in Francistown. I came to stay with my grandparents'. My grandparents have since passed on, but each of their children -my mother's siblings, including her, have a...
18 March 2010
The dangers facing the Botswana vulture
One vulture may lay an egg for two consecutive years and then stop due to a whole lot of factors for the next four years. So, imagine what it means when 40 vultures die at a go like it happened at Lesoma last week. Research has shown that the vulture...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Protect women and girls
But violence against women has been going on for so long that it has become a part of the culture of humanity - and a blind eye is turned on the various forms of it against womenfolk. Yet it can be prevented if humanity recognises it for the vile...
EDITOR 18 March 2010
Project Syndicate - China's bad debtor
China's foreign-exchange reserves, indeed, are facing a triple whammy: a decline in the US dollar's purchasing power, a fall in the prices of US government securities, and possible inflation in the longer run. The bulk of China's $2.3 trillion in...
Yu Yongding 18 March 2010
Politics and trade unionism
Politicians that we all are, do not live only by the ideas of how we govern ourselves but how we sustain ourselves daily; politics and economics are, therefore, two sides of the same coin. That is why the Bible states: " Man shall live by the sweat...
18 March 2010
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18 March 2010
Hillary Clinton piles pressure on Israel over East Jerusalem settlements
As rock-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in Jerusalem in protests dubbed "a day of rage", Clinton sent a double-edged message to Israel. She softened the tone of remarks coming from the Obama administration over the last few days by...
18 March 2010
Oprah in court for defamation trial over SA school
A federal judge this week refused to dismiss the suit filed by Winfrey's ex-headmistress, paving the way for a March 29 trial in Philadelphia. The billionaire talk show host, as a named defendant, must be in court and has rearranged her TV...
18 March 2010
SA to fast-track human-trafficking law
South Africa hosts the month-long event from June 11 and some child rights groups have warned that trafficking, mainly for sexual exploitation, could rise during the tournament. Work on the law, intended to bring together disparate pieces of...
18 March 2010
Africans 'take blame for climate change'
The report, the most extensive survey ever conducted on public understanding of the issue, found that others blamed God for changes in weather patterns. It suggests dealing with climate change poses similar challenges to HIV and AIDS, as people lack...
18 March 2010
Haiti estimates $11.5bn needed for reconstruction
The amount is a rough estimate of money required for a complete overhaul of the impoverished country, officials say. The plan, co-authored by international aid agencies, will be put to donors at a conference on Haiti on March 31. More than 220,000...
18 March 2010
Jazz DJs to perform at Millennium fund-raiser
Kebinatshwene, who is going to be installed on May 1, is a Gaborone socialiate and jazz enthusiast. He is also a former official of Notwane Football Club and a well-known figure in the Gaborone circles. The Sunday bash will feature...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 March 2010
Culture Spears rejuvenates with new dancers
Like the Red Bull advertisement, the youthful Malebogo has been brought in to give the super group wings as they aim to cement themselves as one of Africa's best music acts. Malebogo, along with another new...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Jub Jub tests positive for cocaine, court told
"His urine test came back positive for cocaine and morphine," investigating officer, Inspector Mpho Matshidiso, told the Protea Magistrate's Court. This was after state prosecutor, Liezl van Jaarsveld, asked him about Maarohanye. He repeated the...
18 March 2010
Thapong arranges art workshop
The workshop, which started in 2008 and made possible by funding from Barclays, aims to discover talent, develop, promote, strengthen interaction and networking amongst local artists. This workshop is one of the efforts to build capacity and...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
There is no turning back for crooner Tlhagadikgora
After winning the talent show, the crooner has been working hard to realise his dreams. Tlhagadikgora has released an R 'n' B album, which was part of his package. He has done away with the digital systems and is now playing with a live...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 March 2010
Mixing AIDS talk with Ntsoro
The day will kick off with a panel discussion on seven or so topics covering alcohol and substance abuse, abstinence, stick to one partner and condom use, multiple and concurrent sexual partners, intergenerational and transactional sex, and safe male...
STAFF WRITER 18 March 2010
Botswana umpires wait for ICC Qualifications
The results of the exam are expected before the end of April. Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) vice chairman, Praful Jog said that to attain the ICC certificate, umpires must score 80 percent and above in the examination and officiate in at least...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 18 March 2010
Bright might stay longer at GU
Bright has signed a short-term contract with the Reds until the end of the season after the sacking of Manfred Chabinga this week. The former national coach told journalists before he left with GU for a CAF Champions League tie in Mauritius...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Kgathi defends constituency league
The tournament is the brainchild of President Ian Khama. It was started in 2008, amid fierce criticism from some quarters including the Botswana Football Association (BFA). Speaking at the presentation of budget proposals for his ministry in...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Judgement on abandoned TAFIC vs Mochudi Centre Chiefs game
The committee had the opportunity to assess and study the Referee's and Match Commissioner's Reports and made the following determination. As per BFA Play Rules and Regulations article 8.0 "Stoppage and Abandonment of the game" the following...
18 March 2010
New sports law in the offing
The Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Shaw Kgathi said the cabinet has endorsed his request to draft a new sports bill to enhance sports governance. He told MPs on Tuesday that three bodies, the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC), the...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 18 March 2010
Irate TAFIC accept judgement
The match was called off with five minutes to go after TAFIC players reportedly swarmed the assistant referee for failing to raise his flag after the ball went out before it was crossed for Chiefs to take a 2-1 lead. The Coca-Cola Cup organising...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 18 March 2010
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 18 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 18 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...
18 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 18 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 18 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 18 March 2010
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