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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 19 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...
19 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 19 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 19 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...
19 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 19 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 19 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...
19 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 19 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...
19 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 19 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 19 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...
19 May 2010
Democracy and floor crossing
Twelve years later, despite the unanimous adoption of this motion, the law banning the defection of Members of Parliament and Councillors is yet to be passed. The vexing specter of floor-crossers is once again upon us, due to the imminent mass...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 19 May 2010
We want our country
To refresh your minds Professor Sen cites a study of certain societies where free flow of information and freedom of the press makes them less prone to poverty, underdevelopment and civil strife. In...
19 May 2010
Paying tribute to Batswana WWII veterans
As mentioned in previous editions of Mmegi, the efforts of Batswana soldiers that took part in this war have been inadequately recorded. Bechuanaland as Botswana was known back then, was dragged into the war by its colonial master, Britain. One of...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
BCC boss quits but keeps the spirit
Mmegi: When did you join the BCC? Modiega: In 1993. I was coming from Kgolagano Theological College but before then I had worked for Botswana Cooperative Bank as an accountant. Mmegi: So how did you find the Lord? Modiega: I grew up in the Roman...
19 May 2010
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19 May 2010
Tutu: SA's Gutter politics would hurt Mandela
Tutu, who led the campaign for Mandela's release, admitted his generation had been naive in thinking the altruism of the anti-apartheid struggle would inoculate against corruption in the democratic era. In an interview by email prior to his speech...
19 May 2010
Tsvangirai wants SADC summit on Zim
"The party urges the immediate convening of a SADC summit to resolve the matter which SADC summit should clearly discuss the road map to an election and gurantees to the legitimacy of this election," Tsvangirai told a news conference after an...
19 May 2010
Somali rebels fire mortar bombs at MPs' rare meeting
Insurgents fired mortar bombs at the building in Mogadishu, triggering retaliatory shellfire from African Union peacekeepers. There were rowdy scenes in the chamber earlier as members voted to remove the speaker, who had criticised the PM. The...
19 May 2010
Niger Delta militant backs Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan
Victor Ebokawe, also known as General Boyloaf, told the BBC that, because President Jonathan is from the region, he understands its problems. Ebokawe also said that Jonathan should contest next year's elections. Militants have carried out attacks,...
19 May 2010
NACA head welcomes deputy coordinator
Matlare, who is the head of NACA said; ""We have always needed a deputy to the coordinator and now we are glad to have one," he said. Matlare said the coordinator, who has a heavy workload, operates at the same level as a permanent secretary,...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
SA communist urges vigilance on BNF youth
Addressing the BNF youth at their congress over the weekend in Kanye, Young Communist League (YCL) provincial secretary in the North West, Mike Mokhutshwane, said the BNF youth suggested that they mobilise society against government on the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
Btv barred from covering BNFYL elections
When the Btv crew arrived at the venue of the elections on Sunday morning, they were met by angry BNFYL members who blocked the hall entrance, barring the crew from entering and covering the event. Though BNF spokesman Moeti Mohwasa tried to talk...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
P20m for airport fire fighting trucks
British supplier Carmichael Support Services Ltd is the provider of the firefighting equipment. According to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board's statement released this week, CTO has made the final payment of about P12 million for the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 19 May 2010
Spillover of SA strike dries up fuel supplies
The strike by workers of logistics company Transnet which controls SA's rail and port transportation has paralysed operations in South Africa, leaving oil companies in Botswana with only the road as a means of importing fuel. Some service stations...
BRIAN BENZA & MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writers 19 May 2010
DIS applications to intercept phones overwhelm courts-claim
Ntlhomiwa said some of the applications are made at magistrate's courts thus making it difficult to tally the numbers. Information reaching Mmegi however indicates that applications for interceptions from the DIS are overwhelming many courts...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
MP Mmolotsi faces (BDP) music?
Mmolotsi is one of the MPs associated with the newly formed Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). The Francistown South legislator has been charged with attending the Barata-Phathi faction meeting in Mogoditshane, at which a resolution to form a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 May 2010
BMD creates youth league
Interim spokesperson of the BMD youth league, Winfred Rasina has indicated that they have been inundated with calls from young people across the country who want to register for membership. "The league cannot register any members until the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
Too soon for OPEC to act on prices - Libya
Shokri Ghanem, the head of Libya's NOC state energy firm and its representative to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, said part of the reason for the fall in prices was members' failure to fully comply with output quotas. Asked...
19 May 2010
Microsoft calls for govt, industry support to combat piracy
According to the seventh annual global software piracy study released today by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an international association representing the global software industry, in partnership with market research firm IDC, PC software...
19 May 2010
Retailers press govt for fuel review
While the one pula mentioned by industry sources is the difference between administered and prevailing fuel prices or "under-recovery," it is unlikely that petroleum retailers will secure that quantum of increase. This is given government's desire to...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
Matsheka to quit CEDA for Aon
In a telephone interview yesterday, CEDA Chairman Lucas Gakale confirmed the move and said Matsheka, who has been at the agency since March 2003, was currently serving notice until end of June. "Yes, he is leaving," Gakale said. "He is currently...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
Selebi-Phikwe to stage Hip-hop music contest
Organiser Michael Makgolela told Showbiz in an interview last week that the event is being promoted by Smoke Deal on May 29. He explained that the competition is targets at school going youth but even out-of-school youth are encouraged to...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 May 2010
Film-maker documents Obama's childhood
Director Damien Dematra is basing his movie on a fictionalised account of Obama's childhood that he published earlier this year, using interviews with neighbours and friends of Obama and his family. The movie will be in both English and the...
19 May 2010
Mabijo On The Move Volume One humorous
Over the years, Mabijo become part of us, someone everybody loves to hate. This year, Motswetla, urged on by the fans of the character, decided to publish volume one of a collection of Mabijo strips namely, Mabijo on the Move. Perhaps another...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
Dramatist Gape hails pal and mentor Keitumele
Many would be happy to learn that the two men have a long theatre history. In fact, Keitumele was Gape's mentor and according to him (Gape), it was a dream come true when they finally started working together on the popular drama. By his own...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 19 May 2010
Kgomo e tshwaana: The most travelled political symbol
This is because it is the most traveled party symbol in the country having first merged with Leach Tlhomelang's Botswana Freedom Party to form Independence Freedom Party (IFP), which Paul Rantao used to call Inkatha Freedom Party. When the IFP...
19 May 2010
Project Syndicate
Most notable has been the work of Senator Ted Kaufman, a Democrat from Delaware (yes, a pro-business state), who has pressed tirelessly to fix the most egregious problems in the US financial sector. Kaufman understands that successful reform requires...
SIMON JOHNSON 19 May 2010
Selefu 19 May 2010
19 May 2010
Nigerian police kill and torture suspects, claims report
Police personnel routinely kill suspects, use torture as a principal means of investigation, commit rapes of both sexes and engage in extortion at nearly every opportunity, according to joint findings by watchdogs in Nigeria and the US. The authors...
19 May 2010
Striking Transnet workers turn to Parliament
The United Transport and Allied Trade Union (UTATU) and South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) were planning to march to Parliament to hand over a memorandum to Ndebele. "The strike is continuing. Indication we got from...
19 May 2010
Rollers rolling rich!
Finest athleteAmos 'Shoes' Godirwang put on a stellar performance in the middle for Rollers. The midfield maestro sent his Chiefs' opponents flying in the wrong direction the whole afternoon as he stamped his authority. Godirwang's masterful...
MQONDISI DUBE 19 May 2010
Tshosane in Brazil for coaching course
The course is organised by the Union of Professional Football Trainers of Sao Paulo, Palmeiras Football Club, the Sao Paulo Football Federation and the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil. Botswana is amongst four African countries chosen to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 19 May 2010
BDF sides blast basketball committee
BDF men and women's teams failed to honour fixtures last weekend and have laid the blame on the BBA league committee. BDF teams' assistant manager, Samuel Moalosi said they failed to honour fixtures because the BBA informed them of the weekend...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 19 May 2010
Pirates favourites to sign Mandaza
Mandaza, scorer of 40 goals in all competitions this season, is in demand in South Africa with two other clubs, Bloemfontein Celtic and AmaZulu being interested in his services. Maritzburg sent their coach Ernst Middendorp to watch Mandaza bag a...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 19 May 2010
Congratulations to NACA
We understand that the National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA) has invited gay and lesbian organisations to its on-going stakeholders conference, NHASORC II. We welcome this radical departure from regarding people of such sexuality as deviants and...
EDITOR 19 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 20 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...
20 May 2010
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