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Rollers face Fighters, as Gunners wait for Chiefs-TAFIC verdict
Fighters will find it difficult to stop Popa who are displaying some of their best football in recent years. After relegating to the First Division last season, many did not give the 'Brazilians' a chance to reach this stage of the Coca-Cola Cup....
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
MJ estate agrees record Sony music deal
The deal reportedly involves 10 album projects over seven years - including one of previously unreleased material. The singer died at his Los Angeles home in June, aged 50. He was due to stage a series of comeback concerts in Britain. Michael...
23 March 2010
Abba receive Hall of Fame honour
Abba's Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad accepted their trophies, but Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog did not attend the ceremony in New York. Andersson said: "I speak for all of us, we are deeply, deeply honoured."He added that the band, who...
23 March 2010
Ditshwanelo hosts 10th annual film festival
The official opening of the film festival, will be held at the University of Botswana's Faculty of Business Studies auditorium, on Thursday. The festival will be officially opened by the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego...
STAFF WRITER 23 March 2010
Kwaito starlet to drop second album
According to the young musician's mother, Jenny Oanthata who also acts as his manager, the delay in releasing a follow up album was due to the fact that the first one was still doing well in the market. "We felt there was no need to disturb the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 23 March 2010
Mosele plans 'Euro' touch album
Mosele says the forthcoming album should be ready by September because he wants its release to coincide with the onset of the festive season. Speaking in an interview with Showbiz, Mosele said he was busy in the studio, recording material for the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 23 March 2010
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...
23 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...
23 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...
23 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 23 March 2010
Nchindo lawyers want Slaughter, De Beers reports
Advocate Parks Tafa, for young Nchindo and Matome, told the Gaborone Village Magistrate's Court yesterday that the state has to try by all means to avail the two documents before the commencement of trial on April 6. Tafa said that they (the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 23 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 23 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 23 March 2010
'I have fallen in love with Namibia'
I don't know where to start because I have been here for only a month, too short a time to say much about this town. My flight landed in what seemed like a bundu with no sign of civilisation. I was with another freshman, who also seemed to be...
23 March 2010
Experiencing the rugged beauty of the Kgalagadi
When I got an invitation from Conservation International (CI) to be part of their Western Kgalagadi Conservation Corridor (WKCC) project tour alongside stakeholders from the government and NGOs, there was both a sense of enthusiasm and trepidation:...
23 March 2010
My journey to Namibia
Then my friend from Windhoek, Namibia, called and invited me to visit him. "Wow!" I was speechless and gamely accepted the invitation. I had never been to Namibia before, let alone travelled to the western part of Botswana. With a packed...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff writer 23 March 2010
More must be done before new polls
Do those in power, like President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and South African President Jacob Zuma, care to consult, listen and do what the Zimbabwean people instruct? Or is this hullabaloo always stirred to accommodate a few...
DON-MARTIN ROPAFADZO
Correspondent 23 March 2010
Serious education leaders wanted
A TEC advert in the local print media is of great interest to BOSETU. The advert in fact simply defines what BOSETU has been calling for many years now. The advert reads: "IF YOU ARE A LEADER, IT'S TIME TO TAKE EDUCATION SERIOUSLY". The advert is a...
JUSTIN HUNYEPA 23 March 2010
Reflections on the 2010 budget: lessons and questions?
Speaking to the nation in front of legislators, the executive and captains of industry, the new broom lamented the 'threat' and not the 'reality' of the global economic crisis on slowing progress towards achieving the aspirations of Vision 2016 as...
*JOWITT MBONGWE 23 March 2010
Zim rivals under fresh pressure in mediation talks
Zimbabwe's ageing President Robert Mugabe, in power since independence from Britain in 1980, reluctantly formed a unity government one year ago with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the former opposition leader. The power-sharing pact has curbed...
23 March 2010
Somerset: The Ugly Face Of Poverty
Unemployment, underemployment, lack of access to land, lack of skills and old age, among other things has been blamed for this acute poverty. The informal sector has however served as a useful alternative to unemployment. Informal sector activities...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 23 March 2010
This is Omphile Sehurutshe of the Eye
As much as his is a questioning profession in pursuit of informing and educating the nation, he says an effective question has to have relevance and purpose. The clich 'first impressions count' is no lie, especially in the broadcast media and in...
23 March 2010
Counselling Is At Loggerheads With Secrecy
It has become a concept that hailed by many as a potential saviour of multitudes in these trying times - a reassurance to the world that despite the challenges, there is still hope and that there is no problem without a matching and perfect...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 23 March 2010
Biogas the cheaper, energy saver
After all, the advantages of using biogas as a form of energy are numerous. Besides saving him a lot of money, as he no longer needs to pay any electricity bills, he can save energy and does not have to contend with power outages. This scenario is...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
Restoring Lost Hope For Failed Students
In his own words, even his own family as well as friends had given up on him. "My parents thought the idea of repeating would be a waste of money as they had lost hope in me. They thought I would never make it, so I was more determined to prove them...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 23 March 2010
Jessie Okoche Investment employees cry foul over salaries
Jessie Okoche Investments operates a Western Union and a bureau de change in Francistown as well as several cash loan companies in towns such as Selibe-Phikwe, Palapye, Maun and Francistown. "We get paid late every month. Even up to now we have not...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
When people kill and die for love
In Mosetse, a man reportedly went berserk killing a policeman, injuring relatives and torching houses. Two of the houses were reported to belong to sangomas whose tools of the trade, herbs and money paid out by patients, perished in the inferno. The...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 23 March 2010
Remembering the prophecy of prophet Ngombe
He also prophesied that the man would cause great strife in the party. Yes, he also prophesied that the opposition - the Botswana National Front (BNF) would fare even worse than it was at that time. Is Ngombe's prophecy being fulfilled? The year...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
State appeals Patlakwe acquittal
The appeal, before Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo, was due to commence last Friday but had to be postponed as the Chief Justice had not read the record from the magistrate who acquitted Patlakwe. It has now been scheduled for May 10. Former radio...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
Govt to reduce age of maturity to 18 years
Member of Parliament for Mogoditshane Patrick Masimolole, who tabled the motion, argued that there was inconsistency in Botswana laws as some government ministries recognised somebody as mature at 21 years, while others did so at 18 years. He cited...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
LSSS headmaster commits suicide
The incident occurred Saturday morning and was only discovered when he failed to turn up for a meeting scheduled for 8am that same day. The meeting between teachers and parents ended prematurely when the tragedy came to light. "I can confirm that we...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 March 2010
No floor crossing yet in parliament
This comes after reports that a weekend meeting of members of the Barata-Phathi faction, had split from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to form a new party. About 20 MPs were said to have joined this new party. However this was not to be as all...
STAFF WRITER 23 March 2010
State media blacks-out Barata-Phathi, covers A-team
By yesterday, the two Radio Botswana stations; Botswana Television (Btv) and the Daily News have not reported on the historic meeting the faction held on Saturday and its aftermath. However last night in the 9pm news BTV read the statement released...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 23 March 2010
BDP statement on Barata-Phathi gathering
*We now understand that the same group of dissidents have resolved to leave the BDP and form a new Party. The Central Committee also read and discussed a document addressed to the Party Leadership entitled "the concerns of an assembly of...
23 March 2010
BDP declares war on Barata-Phathi
In the strongest sign yet of the no-nonsense attitude of the A-Team leader and party President Ian Khama, the statement has declared the gathering illegal, effectively demanding Barata-Phathi members quit the party and form their own. The party...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
Time for Africa to rise to water shortage challenges
Water is essential for life. Safe, abundant water is vital to our ability to prosper and to fulfil our potential. Without it, we face a continual decline in our well-being, poverty and hunger, and increasing levels of conflict. Across Africa, a...
23 March 2010
Moupo may go, but how relevant is the BNF?
On Duma FM Monday last week, not a single commentator on the announcement that Otsweletse Moupo would not contest the presidency of the Botswana National Front regretted his leaving. On the contrary, most, if not all, welcomed it. The...
23 March 2010
Minorities under threat from male traditionalists
The recent report by leaders of Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) and some members of Dikgosi on so-called moral regeneration is a case in point. Instead of bringing together a group of diverse religions, age groups, ethnic groups and even civil...
23 March 2010
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23 March 2010
As I See It
Baruti and dikgosi have produced a degenerate Moral Regeneration report and our degenerate Cabinet has submissively accepted it. To add insult to injury our directive-obsessed President has directed that it be implemented with immediate effect. What...
Michael Dingake 23 March 2010
Stanchart trains journalists
The call came from the Deputy Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank Botswana, Serty Leburu at a two-day training workshop orgainsed by the bank in cooperation with a local Media and Public Relations company, Seed Communications. Leburu said...
23 March 2010
Diamantaires top Forbes billionaires list
Nicky Oppenheimer and his family took the top spot among them and ranked position 154 on the overall Forbes list, followed by Laurence Graff ranked at 374, Beny Steinmetz at position 488 and Lev Leviev at number...
23 March 2010
Over half of business owners stressed-survey
The Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) 2010, which covers the opinions of over 7,400 business owners across 36 economies, puts the stress level for Botswana at 58 percent against a global average of 56 percent. However, Botswana's...
Over half of business owners stressed-survey 23 March 2010
BDC to shed property investments
The divestiture is part of BDC's Strategic Plan for 2007 - 2011. Between 2007 and 2008, BDC reviewed its various wholly, owned and equity property assets with a view to shedding its interest in selected properties. BDC's strategists are targeting...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 23 March 2010
Sudan govt repression threatens freeelections
“Conditions in Sudan are not yet conducive for a free, fair, and credible election,” Georgette Gagnon, the US-based rights group’s Africa director, said in a statement. Sudan is set to stage its first multiparty elections in 24...
23 March 2010
Hillary Clinton warns Israel faces difficult choices
Her comments come amid a dispute between the US and Israel over plans for 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem.On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out halting settlement construction in the city. The Palestinian Authority is...
23 March 2010
US sees food security as next big Africa push
“We want to see the food security initiative take on greater momentum as more African countries are drawn into this programme,” said Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, the administration’s top official for...
23 March 2010
South Africa commemorates Sharpeville Massacre of 1960
Sixty-nine people died on March 1960 when police gunned down unarmed people protesting against apartheid laws.The dead were honoured as part of Human Rights Day, with church services, the laying of wreaths, and a speech by Deputy President Kgalema...
23 March 2010
Back Stage
Milk (2008) is being shown today only at 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. This steamroller of a movie tells the true story of a small group of activists in San Francisco, California, and their fight against bigotry, discrimination and...
Sasa Majuma 23 March 2010
Zim Struggle For Change drama to stir Francistown
A press release from the organisation's secretariat, which is based at Ditshwanelo-the Botswana Centre for Human Rights, says actors from both Zimbabwe and Botswana will perform in the show, which starts at 6pm at John Mackenzie School. In the...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 23 March 2010
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