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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 01 April 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 01 April 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...
01 April 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:...
01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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...
01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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...
01 April 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...
01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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...
01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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 01 April 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...
01 April 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...
01 April 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 01 April 2010
Parliament urged to think green
Speaking at the Earth Hour Exhibition held in Gaborone yesterday, Editor of Wena Industry and Environment Magazine, Florah Mmereki said parliament should be actively involved in ensuring that there is no dumping of rubbish and pollution of the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
BOSETU unhappy with Venson-Moitoi
BOSETU's Executive Secretary, Justin Hunyepa, said the delivery of the petition, supposed to be delivered on Tuesday, had to be cancelled after the minister made it clear that she had parliamentary business on that particular day. Hunyepa...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Accused pleads innocent to housebreaking
Gofaone Galetshabiwe, 21, of Sekoko ward in Tonota and his co-accused Meshack Matlapa, 18, of Monarch location in Francistown appeared before Chief Magistrate Mokwadi Gabanagae on two counts of housebreaking and theft. The State represented by...
SESUPO RANTSIMAKO
Correspondent 01 April 2010
BGCSE products not innovative - report
Weaknesses cited are that BGCSE school leavers lack innovativeness, creativity and team spirit, hence they fail in their joint venture programmes. The report states that people think senior secondary education is all too abstract and theoretical and...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
BDP faactions fail to sully voters' appetite
During the by-election, focus was on the BDP as the party has been engulfed in flames. People were wondering whether the embattled BDP would make it. But the BDP went on to defy its detractors by retaining the Gaborone North council seat. The...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 April 2010
The BDP split: What should the nation expect?
And so it has been the case with the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). The humiliating defeat that the Khama-supported A-team suffered at the party's congress in Kanye was essentially an objection to the way the party was being run. The...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Police chief suspended
Sources say about P60, 000, which was to be used as exhibits in some criminal matters, had vanished. Botswana police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner, Christopher Mbulawa, has confirmed the ban, saying they are still investigating the...
STAFF WRITER 01 April 2010
Worst reconciliation of best divorce?
It is said he made his presentation on his peace-making roadmap, and left, letting the leadership ponder on the matter. That is the story so far, at least as far as it can be revealed. However, the subtext is always more profound than the text...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Beware of carjackers at hiking spots
Botswana Police Spokesperson, Dipheko Motube told Mmegi yesterday that there are car hijackers who pretend to be asking for lifts on different bus stops and have been doing that for a long time. "There are hot spots that we have...
MARANAYNE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Boko and Mabiletsa strike deal
Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, Mabiletsa confirmed that they have agreed to contest the election as a pact with Boko running for President and he as the running mate. The Kgatleng East legislator, however, emphasised that the personal deal is yet to be...
01 April 2010
Consumer Watchdog
But where DO they come from? Is it a family business passed down from one generation to the next? Is it something that school kids in certain countries aspire to be? Some want to be a soldier, others a doctor or lawyer and a small group want to grow...
01 April 2010
Poor energy efficiency snags SMEs - report
CDE estimates indicate that electricity accounts for between 20 and 40 percent of company overheads, meaning that higher energy efficiency could translate into higher organisational capability. CDE is a private sector development body funded by the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Steeper VAT takes effect today
Botswana will attend the meeting in its capacity as the SADC EPA Group Chairperson. The meeting will mark yet another attempt to iron out glitches in EPA negotiations that saw a regional split last year when Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Owners of new plaza moot second phase
Speaking this week in Gaborone at the announcement of their financials for the year ended 31 December 2009,Group Managing Director Guido Giachetti said the centre, in which they have a 53 percent stake while the rest is owned by citizen companies,...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Ramasedi takes over at NBFIRA
A statement released by the Ministry of Finance says the former National Development Bank boss will be at the helm of the NBFIRA for a period of five years. "Members of the public are hereby informed that the Minister of Finance and Development...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
'De Beers policy shift could be harmful'
In an internal communication to sightholders and other stakeholders, De Beers recently announced its intention to focus on economic production, saying it would not mine "when it does not make good economic sense to do so". De Beers said rather than...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
The message of easter
Christmas is all about the birth of the baby Jesus, the beginning of a perfect life. It conjures up images of mangers and angels, wise men from afar and stars that shine brightly in the skies. Everyone loves babies and everyone loves...
STEPHEN WORKMAN 01 April 2010
Khama is a booming industry
But former president Festus Mogae launched a successful anti-AIDS drive that stemmed the rising tide. As Mogae was fighting AIDS, some unscrupulous characters took advantage of the situation. It was easy for four - five or six people to come together...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 01 April 2010
Obituary for Tamuhla Maningi Jorosi
He died on Saturday March 20 at around 12 o'clock. Up to this point in time, I find it difficult to come to terms with the sudden departure of my mentor who was such a strong principled and result- oriented man. I met Jorosi in 1994 at Marakanelo...
INNOCENT MONYADZWE 01 April 2010
Possible flooding of the Okavango and Chobe areas
According to information from the Department of Water Affairs, this year's water levels are slightly higher than last year's. As such, this is likely to cause flooding in certain areas. The public may recall that last year in March, some residential...
01 April 2010
Remembering Seepapitso
But to challenge this general understanding, I ask you to go back with me to the new 'nation', the new country, which came into being at the end of September 1966; a new 'nation', which had previously had no capital town or city - a conglomeration of...
SANDY GRANT
Correspondent 01 April 2010
The crisis in the BNF -reply to Elmon Tafa [Part 1]
In summary, Tafa's interventions in the debate on BNF problems are a hotch-potch of shallow and distorted analysis, scandalous falsification of facts, outright lies and malicious personal abuse of myself. I have known Tafa for about 30 years...
* CDE OTSWELETSE MOUPO 01 April 2010
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