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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 11 May 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...
11 May 2010
Winter is no excuse to stop exercising
Temperatures drop significantly in winter, and as a result most people prefer to spend most of their time indoors, either at the office or at home. Outdoor activities are shelved until the beginning of the warmer season. Engaging in exercise or...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
The hazards of drinking during pregnancy
This is in spite of repeated warnings by health experts that taking alcoholic drinks by expectant mothers poses serious hazards to the unborn baby. According to Doctor Lufungula Pepe of Polani Private Clinic in Francistown, drinking during pregnancy...
OLEBILE NDEKE
Correspondent 11 May 2010
Kanjabanga speaks
Mmegi: Do you go to church? Kanjabanga: No. My mother and father raised us to be independent to make our choices and did not force us to go to church. But my mother encouraged us to engage in extra-curricular activities like sports and boy scouts. I...
11 May 2010
Open letter to AG
The emerging social and political relationships naturally affect the mode and processes of their regulation within the nation. More specifically are the mushrooming of political parties in the country that force Batswana to make informed decisions...
MD Lecha 11 May 2010
Boko ahead on points,but does he have a license?
The race for the BNF presidency pits attorneys, Gabriel Kanjabanga and Duma Boko, against acting president and legislator, Olebile Gaborone. In the dog-eat-dog encounter, the 'weaker' candidates have reportedly resorted to dirty tactics of...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Welcome BMD, but the world is hard!
There is a newborn political baby, the Botswana Movement for Democracy. There is certainly a visible crack in the BDP. A new doubt has forced itself into our minds as a political equation and particularly so in the mind of the BDP itself. Its...
11 May 2010
BMD: Fresh coffee or old wine in new bottles
Those who call in have shown support for the party. Opinions in and around little gatherings also seem in support of the 'Orange' as some have christened it. Whether an 'Orange revolution' will ensue is still open to debate, that the political...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 11 May 2010
Fighting fire with fire: the Khama response to crisis
Leaders come with different style, demeanor and manner. Some are 'soft' to the extent of being viewed as weaklings while others are abrasive in the extreme and are viewed as outright dictators. Within this continuum, are Lions and Foxes, according to...
11 May 2010
Preconception Check-up Important For Parents
This action not only shows parental responsibility but helps in ensuring a healthy pregnancy. In most instances, women do not realise they are pregnant until after the first crucial weeks have passed. When Kedi Pelontle, a mother of a 13 months-old...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Chadibe Route - An Ordeal For Commuters
A sane trip to Chadibe village - situated about 25km southwest of Francistown - is supposed to take not longer than 30 minutes. But due to the extensive delay at the rank, one can expect to reach home after about three hours. This means that the...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 11 May 2010
Issues In Education
Past columns have looked at various programmes and activities both in Botswana and worldwide and the Road Map for Arts Education. What are the lessons and what is the way forward? The first, and perhaps the most significant, is that arts education...
D. Molefe
O. Pansiri
S. Weeks 11 May 2010
The Winners Code
The shopping trolley was invented by a little known grocer called Sylvan Goldman. Goldman was an alert and very enterprising grocer. He noted that his customers would buy as much as they could carry and no more. He figured out that if a way of...
George Chingarande 11 May 2010
Wynter Mmolotsi next on BDP 'disciplinary' menu - Garekwe
Next in line will be the MP for Francistown South Wynter Mmolotsi for next weekend. Some of the politicians charged with sabotaging the BDP include MPs Botsalo Ntuane, Guma Moyo and Gilbert Mangole. They have since been expelled in absentia after...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
UK PM Brown to quit as Labour seeks coalition with Lib-Dems
Gordon Brown has said he is stepping down as Labour Party leader. Brown, prime minister since 2007, said he wanted a successor to be in place by the time of the party's conference in September. Brown announced his intention to quit in a statement...
11 May 2010
Killing of Terre'Blanche 'was self-defence'
Two workers, 28-year-old Chris Mahlangu and a 15-year-old minor, are accused of murdering Terre'Blanche, the founder of the right-wing AWB, on April 3 at his farm house outside Ventersdorp. The killing, which allegedly followed a wage dispute, has...
JOSHUA HOWAT BERGER 11 May 2010
Thamaga police chief involved in accident
Kwena is said to have smashed into the sedan around 9pm on Saturday night while driving through the village. Sources indicate that the irate Corolla driver called police officers to the scene. The Police boss was however nowhere to be found...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Farmers strike sorghum deal with Botswana Breweries
In an interview with Mmegi last Friday Gaontebale Nthebolang said he started growing Bitter Sorghum this ploughing season on December 31, 2010. The sorghum is a hybrid seed and compared to the traditional sorghum crops like...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Gaborone council collects garbage
She says that the council received assistance from the Lobatse and Jwaneng Town Councils and CTO."Lobatse Town Council lent us a refuse compactor and Jwaneng a tipper truck on weekends. CTO loaned us four open trucks," she said. Lekgaba...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Young SA communists visit BNF
BNFYL spokesperson, Arafat Khan, said alongside the communist leader, outgoing BNF president, Otsweletse Moupo, is also expected to open the BNFYL assembly where 1,000 delegates of the league are expected to congregate. Khan said besides the expected...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff writer 11 May 2010
BDP expels Nyeku, Moatlhodi, Thupeng
The three activists, who boycotted a BDP disciplinary hearing on Sunday, have been associated with the Barata-Phati faction of the BDP and the newly formed Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). The charges faced by the trio included attending a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 May 2010
I fired them but i'm not cruel - Khama
In a wide-ranging interview on DUMA FM on Thursday evening, Khama said after he introduced the fifth D for Deliverance last year, he made it clear during his interaction with civil servants that the people at the top should ensure they lead by...
STAFF WRITER 11 May 2010
Botswana failed to prepare for the World Cup
There was a feeling that the media was negative at a time when there was need for a concerted effort to attract teams and tourists to our shores. But the media was merely interrogating a system that was going wrong. The verdict is out. Botswana is...
11 May 2010
No band-aid solution for South Africa's racial problems
Given South Africa's long and bitter history of racial oppression and its continued legacy, it is astonishing that the country is yet to have an open and transparent public discussion about race. In fact, the only people who talk publicly about race...
11 May 2010
As I See It
Either he could call it quits following his abject failure to keep the party together or he could call a snap general election to demonstrate his tight hold on the reins of power. President Khama has done neither. Instead like Don Quixote he went...
Michael Dingake 11 May 2010
Selefu 11 May 2010
11 May 2010
Grand Palm becomes five-star hotel
The five-star rating is towards Grand Palm's Walmont Hotel, which sits between the casino and convention facilities."To be the first five-star full service city hotel in Botswana is an unsurpassed achievement," said Bruce Page-Wood, Regional Chief...
STAFF WRITER 11 May 2010
Spike in rough prices boosts Gem Diamonds
Gem Diamonds' statistics showing a spike in rough diamond prices mirror trends De Beers' Diamond Trading Company has been seeing in its monthly sights since the beginning of the year. Gem Diamonds, which owns the Gope exploration company in Botswana,...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Pioneering P30 million jewellery plant takes shape
The plant will occupy premises in which Shrenuj has already invested approximately US$4 million (P27.5 million) establishing its cutting and polishing operations. Shrenuj Botswana General Manager, Kim Lanny, told Mmegi that space had already been...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
'Kenya better than SADC in attracting World Cup fans'
In an interview with Mmegi after a media briefing at the recently built Moses Mabhida Stadium, SA Tourism CEO Thandiwe January-Maclean said despite their efforts to make the World Cup an African event, SADC countries failed to come to the party and...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Thailand red-shirts set out new conditions
The red-shirts accepted PM Abhisit Vejjajiva's offer of November 14 polls but said they would not go home until the deputy PM surrendered to police. They say Suthep Thaungsuban must answer for the deaths of protesters in a April 10...
11 May 2010
UNESCO 'dictator' Obiang science prize condemned
The 28 groups say UNESCO should end its association with "one of the world's most infamous dictators". Obiang, who has led the oil-rich country for 30 years, has been accused of rigging elections and corruption. He has previously denied such charges....
11 May 2010
New mass grave 'of Kosovo Albanians' found in Serbia
It said the information had come from Eulex, the EU police mission in Kosovo, and Serbia was sending investigators. The victims are believed to have been killed during the 1998-99 conflict, when Serbian forces fought ethnic Albanian rebels in Kosovo....
11 May 2010
Kandahar braces itself for a bloody summer offensive
The coming of spring always brings an influx of Taliban fighters to the district of Zhari, where the young leaves on the grapevines and fruit orchards provide cover so thick that NATO's hi-tech thermal imaging cameras struggle to see the insurgents...
11 May 2010
Son of Nigeria's Abacha challenges Swiss $350m order
Abba Abacha was also convicted of being a member of a criminal organisation and given a suspended custodial sentence. Switzerland began investigating the Abacha family in 1999 and has so far handed back about $700m to Nigeria.Nigerian state lawyers...
11 May 2010
Top ICC prosecutor in Kenya to probe election violence
Luis Moreno Ocampo will meet victims of the upheavals and senior government officials during his five-day tour. It is his first visit to the country since judges at the ICC gave him the go-ahead to investigate. Ocampo, who will also meet civil...
11 May 2010
Zimbabwe court acquits PM's ally Roy Bennett
The judge ruled that the prosecution failed to prove that its alleged link of Bennett to a convicted arms dealer was genuine. The case had threatened to split the country's unity government of long-term rivals Mugabe and Tsvangirai. The MDC had...
11 May 2010
Back Stage
La Terra Trema (1948) is being today only at 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School by the Gaborone Film Society. It is the second of four films in an Italian Film Festival during May 2010. It is by one of the masters of post World War II...
Sasa Majuma 11 May 2010
Rapper Apollo Diablo now on eBotswana
The rapper actually announced at the launch of the new look television channel at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) recently where he was one of the masters of ceremony (MCs) that he is the presenter of a new local hip hop show...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Batswana don't appreciate fashion - Khupe
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview yesterday, the youthful designer, who hails from Mmadinare, says he has observed that Batswana consider fashion as 'part of entertainment', which has greatly compromised the industry in the past. He, however,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Of missed opportunities and mediocrity
It should have been a bright Saturday for GU despite the gloomy weather in the capital. The atmosphere at the UB Stadium was vibey with Dynamos' supporters out in numbers to urge their team on. This was a team that was highly spoken of, having...
11 May 2010
Spartans halt Troopers' Dominance
Troopers have been the dominant force in local basketball taking everything on offer in recent years. They are the defending league champions, a title that they have almost made their own. Eleven men's teams and three women sides took part in the...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
BFA asks for more World Cup tickets
Although BFA had initially requested 500 additional tickets, they were only given 250 last week which fell short of demand. BFA marketing and communications officer Phakamile Kraai said the additional tickets were finished by Friday despite only...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Mascom sponsors Phikwe Marathon for P250, 000
This year's 42.2km Mascom Phikwe Marathon, which was previously known as Cresta Bosele Phikwe marathon, is scheduled to take place on July 10. Winners in both the men's and women's categories will receive a whopping P25,000, an improvement of P5,000...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 11 May 2010
Press freedom - the midwife of democracy
Thomas Jefferson, the former president of the United States and author of that country's Declaration of Independence in 1787 had this to say about newspapers: "The basis of our government being the opinion of the people the very first object should...
11 May 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 12 May 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...
12 May 2010
Winter is no excuse to stop exercising
Temperatures drop significantly in winter, and as a result most people prefer to spend most of their time indoors, either at the office or at home. Outdoor activities are shelved until the beginning of the warmer season. Engaging in exercise or...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 12 May 2010
The hazards of drinking during pregnancy
This is in spite of repeated warnings by health experts that taking alcoholic drinks by expectant mothers poses serious hazards to the unborn baby. According to Doctor Lufungula Pepe of Polani Private Clinic in Francistown, drinking during pregnancy...
OLEBILE NDEKE
Correspondent 12 May 2010
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