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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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 April 2010
Can Masire stop an hour whose time has come?
Some observers and even members of the belligerent factions themselves have already dismissed Masire's rather belated and seemingly desperate effort as an exercise in futility. It is said that the intensity and gravity of the differences, some of...
JOHN MAKGALA and
BANYATSI MMEKWA 16 April 2010
Most of our MPs do not deserve to be in parliament
We, people authority, stand and watch from across the road and get dazzled by women and men in three piece suits, contemptuously walking into parliament as if they are going into a tomb to replay the waking of Lazarus from the dead. We brought them...
DON-MARTIN ROPAFADZO 16 April 2010
World media to attend Terre'Blanche funeral
"We have never experienced anything like this, we have had bookings from journalists in France, Spain, Germany," said the owner of the Ruimte Guest House on the edge of Ventersdorp. "I am sending all my bookings to the other guest houses in...
STUART GRAHAM 16 April 2010
Our Heritage
The objective of this exhaustive programme is presumably to give each community copyright control in respect of those elements of its knowledge that it claims to be indigenous to itself. Presumably, the lawyers are wetting their lips anticipating the...
SANDY GRANT 16 April 2010
Our leaders need an early man moment
This knowledge opened a whole new world for us. I believe a people that transition from our traditional system of governance to democratic republicanism without having the same " early man" experience cannot come close to understanding what democracy...
16 April 2010
The blood that saved my life
I was so dizzy and my heart was beating so loud I initially thought somebody was beating a drum, so deafening was the sound. It took a while for me to recognise that it was my heart! I took a bath and before I could dry myself, I needed to rest...
BOITSHEPO BOLELE 16 April 2010
Terreblanche's death should not spark racial chaos
Midweek, the hotels and lodges in the otherwise insipid farming village-town of Ventersdorp in South Africa's Northwest Province were bursting at the seams with bookings that could only have been managed by seeking help from surrounding settlements...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 16 April 2010
Proudly Motswana
When I meet people, they usually think that I'm from South Africa. The reaction I get when I tell people that I'm a Motswana born and bred in Botswana tends to be of shocked surprise and disbelief occasionally followed by a tentative interrogation,...
16 April 2010
Odyssey to fun
"I'm sorry sir, your ticket has expired! Our buses to Cape Town are all fully booked 'til Saturday Sir," said the young beautiful lady with the most fake grin ever. Heavy make-up. Doll-like looks. A smile that disappears as soon as it appears. Fast....
16 April 2010
On Barata-Phathi, tact and strategy
Grand battles are won and lost on the basis of strategy. The better strategists win and the less strategic side largely loses. The battle for the soul of the BDP - or whatever remains of it - will be won by the most strategic side. Strategy and tact...
16 April 2010
Mutambara owes nobody an apology
But thanks to the resilience of the Zimbabwean people today, the nation of Zimbabwe refuses to buckle and, although teetering, the plight of the Zimbabwean people continues to overshadow and take the limelight from other concerns, like human rights...
DON-MARTIN ROPAFADZO 16 April 2010
Of voting and drinking ages and the age of majority
There are many examples for that. For what is on record, the drinking age trailed behind when nations for their peculiar reasons decided to reduce the age of majority to below 21, which hitherto had been almost a universal minimum for defining a...
M.D. LECHA 16 April 2010
The crisis in the BNF - [Part Two]
Leninist Priciples In an attempt to lend some theoretical justification to their opportunist tactics, Tafa often makes reference to Leninism, falsely pretending to be a genuine defender of that canon of ideas, methods and principles formulated...
16 April 2010
Leadership forum or BNF obituary?
The reports say that neither party president, Otsweletse Moupo, and his deputy and contestant for the presidency, Olebile Gaborone, attended. Only two of the party's parliamentarians - John Toto of Kgalagadi South and Isaac Mabiletsa - attended. Duma...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE
Correspondent 16 April 2010
ANC deserves Malema, South Africa needs him
He maybe some of those but he comes just at the right time for the African National Congress and for South Africa. All too often, the aspirations of the liberation movement get lost in the intoxicating celebratory mood that ensues after the...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 16 April 2010
Why Barack Obama isn't black
Instead, he checked "black, African American or Negro." By doing that, Obama probably did what was expected of him, but he also confirmed an enduring legacy of American racism. According to the Census Bureau, a little over 12 percent of Americans are...
*JOHN B. JUDIS 16 April 2010
Vatican comment on paedophiles draws gay groups' anger
The UK's Stonewall group said it was astonishing gay people should still be dealing with "such an offensive myth". Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone had said homosexuality, not celibacy, lay behind the child sex abuse scandals. The cardinal, the Vatican's...
16 April 2010
India says talks with Pakistan 'conditional'
India blames Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the November 2008 attacks, which left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen. On Monday, India and Pakistan's PMs met at a nuclear security summit in the US. Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza...
16 April 2010
Kyrgyztan's ousted leader Bakiyev 'must stand trial'
Bakiyev, currently in the south of the country, had said he was willing to resign if his safety was guaranteed. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned Kyrgyzstan is "on the brink of civil war". Otunbayeva was speaking after talks in the...
16 April 2010
Somali radio stations bow to Islamist ban on music
Hizbul Islam, one of the two main insurgent forces in Somalia, issued the order on April 3, saying music broadcasts violated Islamic principles. It gave FM radio stations -- the main form of news and entertainment in the country -- 10 days to comply...
16 April 2010
Nigeria ex-leader Babangida 'will not buy presidency'
On Monday, he announced his intention to seek the nomination of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in presidential elections due in 2011. Gen Babangida, 68, said he had the necessary experience to be president. The PDP says its presidential...
16 April 2010
Zimbabwe scraps indigenisation law
Speaking after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the government had declared the so-called indigenisation law "null and void". "Cabinet is directed that the directives as announced in the law are...
16 April 2010
UB SRC in conflict with outgoing council
This follows an incident this week which saw the new leadership GS26, a Botswana Democratic Party's affiliate sweeping all the posts and the outgoing leadership, Mass Botswana National Front (BNF) refusing to hand over the office. The elections were...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
BOSETU gives MoE daeadline to pay
Speaking at a mass rally organised by the union at the Gaborone Senior Secondary School grounds, the BOSETU President Shandukani Hlabano said teachers who were included as scarce skills cadres are still to benefit. He said they have advised the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
Phikwe skates on pit waste
Botshabelo East resident, Chalido Madome, says it will be difficult to get rid of pit latrines because a majority of the residents are unemployed and they do not have money to connect to the sewerage reticulation system. "At the moment people are...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 16 April 2010
Botswana jumbos rumble into Zambia, destroy crops
Several elephants have entered Zambia through Sesheke, a town that borders with Namibia and Botswana. The animals are posing a threat to human habitation, Sesheke Member of Parliament (MP) Adonisi Mufarari has said. The...
16 April 2010
BPP revival gathers momentum - Marobela
The central committee has since embarked on a number of projects to rejuvenate the country's oldest political movement.The party is also going to revert to its old methods of staging demonstrations, party officials have announced. Talking about some...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 April 2010
Police still probing Maun suspect's death
Mbulawa said findings would be made public once investigations are completed. This is a process that involves the police and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), he said. The police spokesman said even after they have forwarded the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 April 2010
Zambian journalists opt for non-statutory self-regulation
Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ronnie Shikapwasha, said the proposed self-regulatory mode proposed by the Zambian media fell short of a genuine regulatory framework and suggested that the country adopts the Kenyan model. During...
16 April 2010
Let Robert Mugabe keep his job
I am appalled that the MDC, with its western backers, is advertising for President Robert Mugabe's job. I hear that some counter-revolutionaries are saying that our country is in a desperate search for a hangman. There are more than 50 death row...
DON MARTIN ROPAFADZO 16 April 2010
Contract for foreign currency payment missing - AG
In his report, that was released this week for the year ended March 2009, the Auditor General said therefore he was not aware of the duration of the engagement and how much money the company was paid. He said he had drawn the attention of the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
Transparency cast to the shadows
It was the Budget session in which 410 questions were put before the House and 368 were answered, two deferred to a later date, while three were withdrawn. The House passed a P30 billion budget for the financial year 2010/11 together with eight...
16 April 2010
Labour and Home Affairs lead in digitalisation
Mmegi: What is e-governance? Siele: It is using Information and Communication Technology tools to deliver services to clients by government. These include the SMS (Short Message Service), internet and other ICT tools that are available. It is...
16 April 2010
Domestic violence law discourse on course - Letso
Kokorwe was the one who tabled the Domestic Violence Bill in Parliament as a private member's bill because she was concerned about incidents of domestic violence. This was the first time that a Backbencher had succeeded at presenting such...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 April 2010
Why do they keep on sacrificing Tshekedi Khama?
There is no denying that ever since this son of the soil died some individuals and perhaps some institutions have dedicated time, resources and energy to making sure that they demonise Tshekedi, overlooking the great things that he has...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
Is Bhagat buggered?
The certificate signed by Dr Joseph Makhema the current Botswana Health Professionals Council (BHPC) bears registration number 1B - 53 and is dated June 4, 1996. Makhema signed the letter as chairman of the BMC, the predecessor of BHPC. All health...
GREG KELEBONYE and
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writers 16 April 2010
Man loses P56,000 after DIS interrogation
Elias Ramogerika of Broadhurst in Gaborone was among a team of five men who made P56,000 at an auction at BBS Mall earlier that day. The money was entrusted to Ramogerika by the chief auctioneer, Senki Sesinyi, to take home at the end of the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
Nkate stars in Nchindo case, stuns prosecution
Yesterday, the former minister was in court, giving evidence in the criminal case that has now engulfed the Nchindo family. He got wide attention. Nkate was the prosecution's star witness. Well, he was supposed to be ... but when court adjourned...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
DIS boss pleads ignorance to abduction
In an interview with Mmegi, the DIS boss yesterday claimed his officers had told him that the youngster, was seen at a crime scene where a certain white man was robbed of cash by people claiming to be DIS agents that same day. " I am told some were...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
Auctioneers tell of their experience with DIS
Senki Sesinyi, who is popularly known as Tycoon in Gaborone, was accompanied by colleague Frederick Keakile to the DIS headquarters where they were following up the disappearance of their cash from the boot of the car which was in the hands of the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
I was made to transfer my TDC shares - witness
Thebenyane told the Gaborone Regional Magistrate's Court under cross-examination that he and his colleague and the then Debswana assistant group secretary Khumo Morupisi were awarded subscriber shares in TDC after they incorporated it. Their...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
The pain of losing our tribal lands
Tears for My Land: A Social History of the Kua of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), Tc'amnpoo is an amazing book. It is a welcome voice from within the CKGR and beyond. Kuela Kiema was born there sometime between 1966 and 1969, a Kua (not a...
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 16 April 2010
Back Stage
The story starts in 1987 in Harlem. Claireece "Precious" Jones (acted by Gabourey Sidibe) is in junior secondary school. She is in the back row of a classroom. She narrates, so we hear her thoughts: "I just sat and never opened my book" and share in...
SASA MAJUMA 16 April 2010
Johwa, Mosele to perform at Millennium jazz joint
The two men share the same love for culture and the guitar. While Johwa sings in iKalanga, Mosele is renowned for his Setswana lyrics. Mosele has done such popular hits like Selina, while last year the song of the moment was Ntsa E Jele...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 April 2010
Thapong hosts a unique multimedia exhibition
The workshop (and therefore, the exhibition) attracted a number of Thapong artists from Gantsi, Digawane, Kanye, Pelotshetlha, Kauxcwi (near Shakawe), Mahalapye, Mochudi, Molepolole, Moshupa, Tutume, Shashe and Francistown. The facilitator at the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 16 April 2010
Twitter unveils advertising plans
.However, co-founder Biz Stone said they would not be traditional adverts. They must be Tweets that "resonate with users" and be part of conversations. Twitter has already signed up a raft of big name organisations such as Sony Pictures, coffee...
16 April 2010
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