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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 31 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 31 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...
31 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:...
31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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...
31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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...
31 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...
31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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...
31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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...
31 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...
31 March 2010
Halt the army barracks at State House - Mmolotsi
Commenting on the issue in Parliament yesterday, he said that there is no need to build army barracks at State House as there is no imminent security threat to President Ian Khama. He said that three former presidents stayed at the State House before...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
Botswana to continue selling ivory every nine years
The recent CITES conference held in Doha revealed that African countries are divided on the issue of selling elephants. Deputy Permanent Secretary under the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Edmond Moabi, told the media yesterday that...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
Nchindo lawyers request for damaging reports
The defence team have argued that the Slaughter and May report as well as the De Beers Confidential Report, which have been circulating in the media, have a bearing on the criminal trial of Garvas Nchindo and his co-accused, Joseph...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
Regional christian body opposes Copenhagen Accord
Phiri told the Southern African Development Community - Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (SADC-CNGO) meeting at Ditshupo Hall on Monday that FOCCISA is seriously concerned about the state of the climate negotiations. Phiri said they are...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
Give us news - the first job of the media
This article is not designed to discuss ethics and professional conduct of journalists as its main subject, so it deliberately makes reference to them only when the subject of 'news' as against 'propaganda' is discussed. In certain quarters,...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE
Correspondent 31 March 2010
No arrests yet in grenade incident
On Monday, police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Christopher Mbulawa, said their investigations are continuing and they have not made any arrests yet. A grenade is a military weapon, usually thrown at enemy forces during war. The grenade...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
Saleshando not contesting in 2014 elections
Saleshando who is also the BCP president, won the Selibe-Phikwe constituency in last year's general elections by a margin of 674. He toppled former MP, Kavis Kario, of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Saleshando has also indicated...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 31 March 2010
BDP central committee snubs Masire
Contrary to Masire's wishes, the BDP decided on Monday to take disciplinary action against Barata-Phathi members and snub efforts to meet the faction representatives for mediation. "The BDP central committee has resolved that disciplinary action...
GREG KELEBONYE &EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writers 31 March 2010
BHC to focus on flats, not single house units
Land Minister, Nonofo Molefhi, made these revelations at a stakeholders' breakfast seminar hosted by the Botswana Housing Corporation. "We are moving towards high-rise development and will be looking at issues of costs with a view to building flats...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
BDP cannot intimidate me- Pilane
The former presidential adviser said he cannot be intimidated by BDP threats after the party gave members of Barata-Phathi an ultimatum to return the cards or face the consequences. "I stated a public intention to engage with others in the formation...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
Our Heritage
It would, of course, have been thoroughly understandable if this failure had happened as a result of inheriting a ramshackle, worn-out system. In fact, when the government took over the line, it dramatically overhauled it, the old tracks were...
Sandy Grant 31 March 2010
We don't need fresh elections
President Khama has not commented on these suggestions but some in his party say this is not a remote possibility. Khama does not take advice from us but we will go ahead and give unsolicited counsel realising that those close to him might be telling...
31 March 2010
BDP is taking Batswana for granted
Government efforts to diversify the economy and move away from reliance on mining as a major source of income and hence increase government revenue have never borne any fruits because of the approach of the BDP government. Its belief that foreign...
* MOETI MOHWASA 31 March 2010
Selefu 31 March 2010
31 March 2010
Today's Workspace
A useful approach on its own, or as prior work to conclusion of a transactio/compromise/settlement by agreement, where the relationship has become deeply fractured. Previously I discussed the very useful intervention called...
Joseph Masango 31 March 2010
World Cup accommodation prices 'reasonable' - SA minister
Speaking at a conference held at the glittering Emperor Palace Hotel Convention Centre here, Schalkwyk said the survey was initiated in response to a public outcry at the overpricing of accommodation facilities in South Africa ahead of the world's...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
BEDIA and Mozambique identify partnership areas
Speaking at the official opening of a business seminar between the Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA) and its Mozambican counterpart Centro de Promocao de Investmentos (CPI) in Gaborone yesterday, the High Commissioner of...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
ElBaradei in Facebook plea for reform in Egypt
He used his video message to urge all Egyptians to join his newly formed group, National Association for Change.ElBaradei has hinted he may stand against 81-year-old President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled since 1981, in an election due in...
31 March 2010
Cosatu: 'Shoot the boer' was part of struggle
"Cosatu agrees fully with the ANC's (African National Congress) argument that the song Ayesaba Amagwala [The Cowards are Scared] is part of the historic fight of the people against apartheid, led by the ANC," it said in a statement. Cosatu said it...
31 March 2010
Gaddafi says Nigeria should split into several states
He said Nigeria should follow the model of Yugoslavia, after previously saying it should be divided into two - along the lines of India and Pakistan. He recently said Nigeria should be split into a Muslim and a Christian country to end communal...
31 March 2010
CDC: H1N1 still causing serious illness
Three states namely Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina are reporting "regional" flu activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Puerto Rico and eight other states -- Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North...
31 March 2010
Somalis in rare march against al-Shabab militants
The protesters, mostly women and children and wearing traditional white clothes, chanted slogans denouncing the al-Qaeda-inspired group.The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan says this is only the second public demonstration against al-Shabab, which controls...
31 March 2010
Mascom signs 50 local artists as they exploit ringtones, caller tunes
The leading cellular network, with 1.3 million subscribers, this month announced its robust strategy to tap into melodies by offering ringtones and caller tunes. Responding to a Mmegi questionnaire, Mascom said internationally, the caller ring back...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 31 March 2010
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