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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...
26 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 26 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 26 April 2010
Mmadinare goes modern holding on to tradition
This is in view of development projects that continue to stream into the village; a senior secondary school, police station and the Letsibogo Dam, which is expected to help in the diversification of the Selebi-Phikwe economy. Mmadinare, situated...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
Our Heritage
This seems to mean that the Dictionary, being inherited from the past, is part of my personal heritage. The reality seems to be, however, that 'heritage' as it is applied to a country is virtually un-definable. I begin with this little preamble...
Sandy Grant 26 April 2010
German bishop Walter Mixa offers to resign
Bishop Walter Mixa told the Pope in a resignation letter that his diocese needed a "new start". The bishop at first denied hitting children before saying he may have slapped them, and apologising. A stream of abuse allegations in Europe and beyond...
26 April 2010
Airlines press for compensation as skies reopen
Eurocontrol, Europe's air safety authority, said it expected air traffic to be "almost 100 percent" on Thursday, estimating that 75 percent of the 28 000 flights normally scheduled for Wednesday had flown. All of Europe's main air hubs were up and...
26 April 2010
Army warning as tense Bangkok stand-off continues
Protests have also escalated in the north of the country, where a train carrying military vehicles was blocked. The government is under pressure to crack down on the red-shirt protesters, who say they want new elections. Prime Minister Abhisit...
26 April 2010
Sudan delays landmark election result
The BBC's James Copnall in Khartoum says the delay is because counting is taking longer than anticipated and other logistical problems. Results so far, mainly from the north of the country, show President Omar al-Bashir's party has a strong lead....
26 April 2010
Kagame rival arrested in Rwanda
However, a police spokesman said she had committed serious crimes. She has previously said she had been harassed since returning from exile in January. One of her aides was jailed last month. Her party, the Unified Democratic Forces, called her...
26 April 2010
Zimbabwe leaders disagree over visit of Iran's Ahmadinejad
The MDC has called Ahmadinejad a "war-monger, a trampler of human rights [and] an executioner". It has also expressed concern that the visit could affect an attempt to improve relations with the West. Ahmadinejad has been invited by President Robert...
26 April 2010
We are ready for World Cup
That is the moment we are all waiting for, our maiden showcase for the African continent with the tournament of this magnitude. We have spoken about the year 2010 for so many years in this country that it became synonymous with football and...
* JACOB ZUMA 26 April 2010
Google releases tool to show govt censorship requests
Tonight it released a web page with a map showing country by country where it has had government requests or court orders to remove content from the YouTube video service or its search results, or to provide details about users of its services. The...
26 April 2010
Study to probe mobile health risk
It will last between 20 and 30 years and aims to provide definitive answers on the health impacts of mobile phones. Research to date has shown no ill effect, but scientists say those studies may be too short to detect longer term cancers and other...
26 April 2010
Could Cecil Rhodes have done better at SADC?
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), which evolved out of the Southern African Development Coordinating Conference (SADCC), celebrates its 30 years of its existence in April 2010. Established in 1980 on the date of the non-racial,...
26 April 2010
Snap election has costly implications
Alternatively what would happen if the President is forced to call a snap election because the Barata-Phathi faction leaves with most of the seats that would make it virtually impossible for him to govern? A snap election would be the...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Are the proposed BMC Act amendments in the producer's interest?
Part 1 is an explanation of the underlying purpose and principles of the BMC which few technically understand. Part 2 will explain each proposed amendment, its implications and the BCPA's recommendations in respect thereof. Purpose and...
26 April 2010
Kgaphamadi; where the streets tell
The streets themselves have a story to tell. Though tarred, they do not have road markings; the reflective yellow line that should show pedestrians where the sidewalk is and the one that divides the lanes simply does not exist. Pedestrians have to...
RUSSO LUMA 26 April 2010
Dumelang speaks
Mmegi - You are a private guy. How do you spend most of your free time? Saleshando - Yes I am a private guy and I know some people like to say that to show that I am not at ease with what in politics are referred to as the masses. Mmegi: What would...
26 April 2010
Solomon: the gem of Boteti teachers' union
To date, Botswana is globally envied for its infrastructural development of roads, hospitals, schools, streetlights and all the trappings of prosperity and modernity. Add good education, health, socio-economic advancement and other positive...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Barata-Phathi becomes BMD
The party shall be known as the Botswana Movement For Democracy (BMD), an inside source told The Monitor late yesterday. However, Barata-Phathi spokesman Sidney Pilane declined to confirm nor deny that they have settled on BMD as the name of the...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
'Lesbians' get tips on safer oral sex
Mogapi Skipper, Prevention and Research Initiative for Sexual Minorities (PRISM) assistant officer, told The Monitor yesterday that they are currently holding workshops in different locations to educate not only lesbians, but all people about the use...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff writer 26 April 2010
Female condom not so blissful
In an interview with The Monitor, Gabana said it is likely that some people are turned off by the fact that the female condom has to be inserted well in advance before sexual intercourse. The other reason, he said, might be that some people find it...
Vivian Nthwesane
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Tswapong residents fight for homes
The residents have petitioned the head office in Geneva asking to have their debt, amounting to P1.8 million, written off. Since 1992, Habitat for Humanity has built about 2,450 houses for low-income earners who could not get loans from banks or the...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
The hardships of a destitute family
The 87-year-old Gakenamotho Mathapa, her 71-year-old daughter, Gabohitlhwe Tumeng and her grand-daughter doing Standard Six at Sefophe Primary School will once again go hungry. Tumeng is the only surviving child of Mathapa out of the eight...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Better that mother and daughter-in-law live apart
It may start as a feud between the two, but before you know it, the husband, kids, father-in-law and other relatives are also drawn into the conflict. It is not always the mother-in-law's fault when in-law relationships are rocky. As women, these...
Pini Botlhoko
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Ministry of labour places interns
Information reaching The Monitor from the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs shows that the programme has admitted diploma holders with scarce cadres and degree holders from all local and external institutions. The information further shows that...
Sesupo Rantsimako
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Car washers have fun at owner's risk
They are merely dismissed as an epitome of hunger and suffering. Sometimes they stand by the roadside, directing their potential clients to their various car- wash garages that have lately mushroomed all over the country, particularly in large...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Ginger, mayonnaise and spunk at the shebeen
It is windy and the black plastic bags that have been used in the construction of this structure are already complaining of the immense pressure of the blowing winds. From the other room of this rather special house, a dark smoke bellows through...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 26 April 2010
The flu season is here
As winter slowly makes its way into the Botswana weather chart; not only will furred coats and knee-length boots become the order of the day; so will sickly faces, feverish, endless coughs, sneezes and dripping noses. Flu. It pronounces winter - at...
26 April 2010
Seretse: Joshua is my Shepherd, I shall not want
Apparently, Brigadier Seretse, a cousin of President Ian Khama also linked to a company that supplies military equipment to the Botswana Defence Force and police who are under his ministry, is a regular at the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN)...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Nyangabgwe celebrates excellence
Last Wednesday, a total of 18 workers from the surgery department got a special thank you for the hard work they put in each day. This was in the form of a prize giving ceremony where certificates were awarded to the workers in various cadres of...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Prisons Commissioners discuss Prison reform
Responding to questions at a conference organised by his department in Gaborone on homosexuality in prisons, Motlalekgosi said that "if homosexuality can happen in a normal society, who says it could not happen in places like prisons and other men...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
Clinics fail to record patient info
Last Thursday, two out of five clinics admitted that they failed to record complete information about their patients. These clinics and two hospitals were engaged in a year-long project of assessing their services and finding ways of...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
Batswana don't read - Magang
Magang said this at his book review session at Phakalane last week Thursday. Two years after publishing the book, Magang invited local scribes, book critics and literature enthusiasts to discuss a number of issues raised in the book. Responding to...
Thalefang Charles
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
Police respect the Chief-Commander Kealotswe
The police boss was reacting to accusations from a Family of God pastor, Godfrey Mbaiwa, who says in a letter carried in the Monitor today that the Mochudi Police did not come to their rescue when Kgosi Kgafela II ordered the closure of their...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
Inside the Kalafatis murder case
* Accused men turn violent on journalists* Case sent to High Court The long-awaited case on the brutal shooting of Gaborone man, John Kalafatis, started in earnest on Friday morning before Magistrate Lot Moroka. According to the...
Tshireletso Motlogelwa
Staff writer 26 April 2010
Help the judiciary do its job
We have seen how since the beginning of the Ian Khama presidency and Ndelu Seretse's rise to head the Ministry of Defence and Security the security fraternity has portrayed a renewed vigour and sometimes disconcerting excitement as exemplified by the...
26 April 2010
The Winners Code
In their seminal book, Competing For The Future, Hamel and Prahalad describe an experiment that was conducted at Harvard University. Four monkeys were placed in a room that had a tall pole in the centre. Suspended from the top of that pole was a...
George Chingarande 26 April 2010
Etcetera II
What a fortunate and intriguing coincidence it has been that the launch of the multi-authored book on Tsodilo should have taken place almost simultaneously with the opening of UB's new Research Centre for San studies; and that, within a short time...
Sandy Grant 26 April 2010
Health Chat
What does dental health have to do with heart disease? I've heard that gum infections raise your heart disease risk. True? Answer Yes, recent research suggests that the bacteria that cause gum infections can also lead to or worsen...
Kiran Bhagat 26 April 2010
Issues In Education
Last week's Issues looked at the history and the vision of the proposed Botswana National Arts Institute (BNAI). It is a "baby" of the Botswana Society of the Arts and has been in gestation for over a dozen years. The key concept of developing our...
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S.Weeks 26 April 2010
Tribal leaders should cooperate with church leaders
It's hurting to learn that Kgosi Kgafela II's eyes are blind to the fact that his job will be easier if he allows the church to preach with liberty and convert people towards Godliness, a thing that will make people have respect for themselves and...
26 April 2010
De beers produces 7m carats first quarter
The diamond giant mined 7.012 million carats during the first three months of the year, compared with only 1.082 million in the same period of 2009, according to a report by Anglo American, which owns 45 percent of De Beers. "Production is...
26 April 2010
My Money
Last week we discussed how to make investment decisions, with special emphasis on the need to differentiate between 'asset' savings and 'liability' savings, with each factor determining the length and type of investment. There are many different...
Olebile Makhupe 26 April 2010
E-Card Comes To Botswana
The two partners say the card is going to be a must-have for local businesses. The card was launched in Francistown by the managing director of Gigatech Botswana, Gadzanani Kind Makopola. BOCCIM regional manager, Eileen van der Est says they have...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 26 April 2010
Airport expansion boosts Chobe tourism
Signing a $8 million (P54.4 million) Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) loan towards the project last Thursday, Assistant Finance Minister, Charles Tibone said the upgrade and expansion of the airport would drive the promotion of...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
Debswana diamond sales pick-up
Speaking at a 2009 annual review briefing in Gaborone last week, Debswana managing director, Blackie Marole said prospects for 2010 and beyond look good and the sale of diamonds in the first three months of the year is already showing positive...
Brian Benza
Staff writer 26 April 2010
SA hip hop group teargas to perform in Gabs
The launch for the South African outfit will take place at Bull and Bush this Saturday. The launch, which promises to be a night to remember for hip-hop lovers, is brought to you by a local entertainment company, RIZN Media. "It's going to be a...
Staff Writer 26 April 2010
Regional art exhibition attracts huge turnout
About 80 artists had submitted their art and craft works for exhibition and adjudication as part of the programmes of the President's Day celebrations during the Heritage Month of July. The three-day exhibition is meant to showcase the best selection...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 26 April 2010
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