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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 30 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 30 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...
30 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:...
30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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...
30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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...
30 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...
30 March 2010
New party, centre-left agenda needed
The words were prophetic in light of the abysmal failure of the opposition parties to seize the critical moment when they could have achieved the feat Seretse referred to. There are two instances in which that critical moment presented itself:...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 30 March 2010
Teenager overcomes early HIV setback
Some people advised me that he had phogwana (a problem associated with the fontanel), yet others said he had ditantanyane (gripes). I got to a point where I simply got tired of seeking treatment for the child," she says and looks at the boy as he...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 30 March 2010
Let the Botswana Congress do something differently
There is nothing wrong with Dumelang's qualifications in academia or life experience. The man holds a laudable record as a spokesperson for his constituency of Gaborone Central and the nation in general. There is only one thing wrong with...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 30 March 2010
Botswana heads towards 'press freedom' under a dictatorship
Previous articles have pointed out that generally the notion of a 'free' press refers to the freedom from political influence. More precisely, it refers to freedom from government. The rationale is that the state should not, in a democracy, be...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 30 March 2010
Who is likely to cross the floor?
Botsalo NtuaneDuring his pre-election campaign he told voters that he was not going to be a bootlicker to anybody and that he would represent their interests. He beat his rivals by a margin of 2000 voters. His constituency has been in the hands of...
30 March 2010
Has Khama lost his grip on the BDP?
As a faction of the BDP presses ahead with the notion of forming a splinter party, the latest developments in the BDP can be said to be symbolic of a party whose leader has lost his grip. For the prevailing mess in the BDP is uncharacteristic of a...
RYDER GABATHUSE,br>Staff Writer 30 March 2010
What is wrong with Molepolole: a subject(ive) insight
Bakwena "ba ga sebolaya kgosi" are the most senior among Tswana speaking tribes in Botswana. Under their great leader Sechele I, who ruled from c.1833 to 1892, they gallantly rebuffed Boer invasion. Other Batswana groups coalesced around Sechele in...
*TITUS MBUYA 30 March 2010
Groundbreaking Aids campaign gets under way
"...We are absolutely united and ready to take the bull by the horns," Motsoaledi told a media briefing at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The campaign, approved by Cabinet earlier this month, has a price tag of more than...
30 March 2010
Indonesia upholds anti-pornography bill
The law was passed in 2008 and heavily backed by Islamic parties who helped to draft it. But it was opposed by minority groups who say it goes against Indonesia's tradition of diversity and pluralism. The anti-pornography law was passed with an...
30 March 2010
Pope faces fresh claims of sex abuse cover-up
The documents, which emerged as part of a lawsuit surrounding a school for deaf children in the US state of Wisconsin, show direct correspondence from the accused priest to the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1996, the Times said. A trial against...
30 March 2010
Switzerland ready to lift Libya travel ban
The Swiss government hopes that Libya would reciprocate by ending its ban against travellers from Switzerland and 24 other countries. Last year Switzerland denied entry to nearly 200 prominent Libyans. In retaliation, Libya stopped issuing visas to...
30 March 2010
Big food push urged to avoid global hunger
With the world's population soaring to nine billion by mid-century, crop yields must rise, say the authors - yet climate change threatens to slash them. Already the number of chronically hungry people is above one billion. The report was prepared...
30 March 2010
Ethiopia 'silencing its critics' before election
The group accuses the ruling EPRDF party of using its control of local government to withhold services and job opportunities from political opponents. The activists also said new laws had severely restricted the activities of activist groups and...
30 March 2010
Goshwe is the place to be!
The greenish mophane shrubs that are still fresh from the recent rains that have hit this area in the past weeks pave and sandwich the otherwise dusty and bumpy road that takes one to this place. This is an approximately...
IKE VAVI
Correspondent 30 March 2010
Khama: Mogae's plan has gone awry
Factional politics is not a new phenomenon in the BDP. Whilst some trace it to the era of the second president, Sir Ketumile Masire's tenure, some think it is as old as the party itself. The only difference is how the first to the third former...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 March 2010
Tread carefully with neighbouring countries
There were so many paths leading towards the border. Some branched into the fields, but some led straight to the border. Near the border, it is so hilly. That provided an ideal cover for the villagers. You would soon know why. These paths became so...
RUSSO LUMA
Correspondent 30 March 2010
The man behind 'mabijo'
He speaks of Mabijo with great passion that one would think he was speaking of a real life character. Anyway, he has got every reason to do that, as the cartoon is his own brainchild. The child he has nurtured so well in the past two decades and...
30 March 2010
'I stockpile in summer'
Perhaps you should consider saving your hair for the hard times when you will really need that cash, say when the motshelo lady knocks at your door for the unpaid interest. Then you can look at her, with a twinkle in your eye and tell her that you...
30 March 2010
Kgori, the decline of nonyane ya magosi
Among Batswana, it is often called nonyane ya dikgosi. In the olden days, ordinary people were forbidden from eating it and if it so happened that a hunter killed the bird while out hunting, he would take it straight to the kgosi as a tribute to him....
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 30 March 2010
Our Heritage
But whilst there can be no doubts about the extraordinary quality of this person's skills, there are any number of unanswered questions about his identity, about the object itself, the date it was made, and about his chosen subject matter -...
SANDY GRANT 30 March 2010
Low HIV prevalence rates on SA campus
The study of almost 24,000 students and staff found a national HIV prevalence rate among college students of about 3 percent - a sharp contrast to the national prevalence rate of around 18 percent estimated by UNAIDS. A combination of individual...
30 March 2010
Batswana urged to do volunteer work
The call was made by participants at an Easter dinner organised by the Gathering of Virtuous Women (GVW) in Francistown last week.Tatitown Customary Court President, Ludo Margaret Mosojane, who was amoung the guests at the event said GVW has helped...
PINI BOTLHOKO
Correspondent 30 March 2010
Commuters cry foul
Tshesebe resident Kegomoditswe Mazwi, a worker at the Outreach Project for Youth, said the drivers normally refuse to carry them because there are Combis designated to transport people to these destinations. "These drivers are very rude that at...
OLEBILE NDEKE
Correspondent 30 March 2010
Limkokwing students win scholarships
Awarded by the institution's president Tan Sri Limkokwing, the scholarships were offered in recognition of these students' outstanding academic performance to a tune of P1 million. Set up in Botswana three years ago, Limkokwing has three campuses in...
STAFF WRITER 30 March 2010
Unionist urges teachers to fight for their rights
Speaking at the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) northern region conference in Francistown on Saturday he said they have realised that employers are violating teachers' rights. That is why the conference was held under the theme 'Solidarity against...
SESUPO RANTSIMAKO
Correspondent 30 March 2010
Ministry grapples with declining exam performance
Speaking at the launch of the Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) evaluation report that was completed last October, the director of Curriculum Development and Evaluation, David Ratsatsi asserted that the decline is due to a...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 30 March 2010
BDP pounces on Barata-Phathi
It is understood that yesterday's meeting was categorical that the members must face the wrath of the party after peace efforts by former president, Sir Ketumile Masire reportedly collapsed. This could mean that many more suspensions from the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 March 2010
Division of labour eludes BNF lobbyists
So far, there is a pattern indicating a meeting of minds in the choice of personnel but disagreement in who is to get what. That suggests the party, which was embroiled in internal bickering towards the general elections goes to its congress in July...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 March 2010
Modubule clashes with Moatlhodi
This followed a decision by Moatlhodi not to allow a motion tabled on Friday by Mmoloki Raletobana calling on government to suspend the takeover of clinics by the Ministry of Health. It was agreed last Friday that since the takeover is...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 30 March 2010
BFA must do a full introspection on Zebras
In the heydays, Zebras fans used to fill the stadium to the rafters. When a game was upon us, it used to be impossible not to imbibe the spirit of camaraderie and patriotic fervour. Songs were composed and sung. This country wore attires of blue,...
EDITOR 30 March 2010
Funding a Global Health Fund
Three of the eight MDGs involve bringing primary health services to the entire world's population. A small amount of global funding, if well directed, could save millions of lives each year. The key step is to expand the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...
*JEFFREY D. SACHS 30 March 2010
US economic growth revised down
This is the rate of economic growth for the three months that assumes the same level for a full 12 months. It was revised down from 5.9 percent, in the US Commerce Department's third estimate of fourth-quarter GDP. The main factors behind the...
30 March 2010
World trade to rebound as Doha talks drag on
The WTO said the volume of merchandise trade would expand by 9,5 percent after dropping 12,2 percent in 2009, the biggest contraction in more than 70 years. The forecast growth this year comprises 7,5 percent for developed countries and 11...
30 March 2010
Tibone encourages FNBB to deliver
"It is not these beautiful and state of the art facilities that will do business for you. It is the warm hearts and welcoming personalities that will do," Tibone said last Saturday at the official opening of the FNBB state of the art regional offices...
KARABO SENAME
Staff writer 30 March 2010
Botswana seeks collaboration with Russia's diamond industry
The news agency cited Nchidzi Mmolawa, director of mineral affairs in Botswana's Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources saying that the two countries "need to work closely in diamond mining and to sign the necessary agreements." "We'd like...
30 March 2010
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