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Match Day Five
New Zealand 1 - Slovakia 1 New Zealand waited until the last minute of added time to secure their first World Cup point when defender Winston Reid beat Slovakia goal keeper Jan Mucha with a header. Robert Vittek hit the net early in the second half...
Thalefang Charles 15 June 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...
15 June 2010
The 'what ifs' of opposition cooperation after BMD
Three weeks later, Botswana Congress Party spokesperson and presidential hopeful, Dumelang Saleshando, told Mmegi, "We need cooperation. It's in both our interests. We need each other, but I think a total merger, though desirable, I don't think we...
15 June 2010
Would Boko be the cornerstone that the builder overlooks?
I was outraged when I heard the Botswana National Front central committee had decided to bar one of the contestant for the office of presidency. My immediate reaction was to cry wolf thinking that it was an elbowing kudo of the incumbents. But...
15 June 2010
A tribute to Howard Head
He was only 48 years old when he passed on and like his mother, he died relatively young. In 2007, multitudes of Bessie Head fans and scholars converged on the capital of the Bangwato to celebrate what would have been Head's 70th birthday and...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer and TOM HOLZINGER
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Our Heritage
The unlamented past, in a nutshell, is dead and to be permanently buried whilst today and tomorrow is popularly seen as the new dawn. Is there a belief that the traditional home, being 'made' of earth, wood and grass or reeds was only a variation of...
SANDY GRANT 15 June 2010
Football Football is war
The late Rinus Michels, also known as "the General," coach of the Dutch team that narrowly lost to Germany in the 1974 final, famously said, "Football is war." When the Dutch had their revenge in 1988 and beat Germany to go on to become European...
IAN BURUMA 15 June 2010
BMD for the middle class, maybe, but it is no 'opposition' yet
Middle class? Yes, in the language if the spokespersons of capitalism who prefer the method of 'social stratification' to differentiate the various economic groupings that their preferred mode of production creates, refer to this economic layer...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 15 June 2010
Instability in Botswana's labour movement - an inside view
"Beware of the wedge-driver, the man who creeps from ear to ear, carrying a bag full of wedges, driving them in between you and the next man, between one group and another, a man who goes round creating splits and divisions. Beware of the wedge...
15 June 2010
Tumie Finds Solace In The Media
Tumie is not only a presenter with YaRona FM but she also presents a TV show, and is also editor of the life style magazine, Flair. However, despite her achievements Tumie is not one to blow here own trumpet. She co-presents the YaRonaFM breakfast...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Mazebedi: The Dapper Dresser Who Suffers From The Art Bug
A dapper who dresses flashily in African print and trendy suits, he was in the civil service for 30 years when in May 2005 the drawing bug bit him so hard he had to let go and set up ALBJ Enterprises, a company he is using as a vehicle of "bringing...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Nurses' Dress Lets The profession Down
They are members of a profession that has, and continues, to be punctuated by caring and abundance of love for patients. They are indeed professionals whose presence makes human life complete. These professionals are nurses. Be that as it may, one...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Boko puts BNF on the spot
The card party's central committee threw a spanner in Boko's presidential campaign by declaring, early this month, that his membership duration fell below the stipulated five years, therefore he could not contest. The party revealed that although...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 15 June 2010
Warrant of arrest for hostile CMC witness
Regional Magistrate (South) Lot Moroka issued the warrant of arrest for Smarts after the State complained that the witness was not cooperating and refusing to come and give evidence in court. Moroka has ordered that Smarts be remanded in custody...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 15 June 2010
Ministry saves millions after student allowance cut
Motsumi was responding to a question from Kgosi Ebineng Potsoeng of the Ngami Region on yesterday at the Ntlo Ya Dikgosi. Potsoeng wanted to know whether the Ministry of Education is not violating students' loan agreements by cutting the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Over 40 security guard companies de-listed
Controller of security guard services, Ernest Nthobelang says that failure to renew licenses on time is in violation of Section 9 as read with Regulation 4 and 5 of the Control of Security Guard Services Act Cap 21:07. Nthobelang says that usually...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 15 June 2010
Bakwena royals' lawyer unhappy with 'delaying' tactics
Onalethata Kambai said this yesterday during the men's mention at the Molepolole Magistrate's Court. The men, royals Kabo Sebele, his uncle Kgosimotse Sebele and tribesman, Motlhabatsatsi Nkonyane have been charged with a single count of threatening...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff writer 15 June 2010
Archaic Botswana passports are a problem to SA
But since the country changed to the high-tech system that recognises only e-passports, Batswana attempting to cross the border into South Africa with the old manual passport have been met with rejection. South African immigration officers are...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 June 2010
World Blood Donor Day commemorated
Health Minister John Seakgosing revealed that 60 percent of blood collected in Botswana comes from secondary school students. He said the need for blood is increasing in all parts of the world and it is young people who can make an impact by...
MPHO TLALE
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Three Batswana die in SA crash
Public relations officer for Botswana Police Service Assistant Commissioner, Christopher Mbulawa said although they do not as yet have details on the accident, reports indicate that the three young men were burned beyond recognition and police are...
STAFF WRITER 15 June 2010
Khama free to travel with friend Olopeng - OP
"Legally and administratively, there is nothing wrong with it," he said. He said the president is privileged to take anybody as a "special guest". Madisa said the president has a prerogative to take his friends or anybody on an official...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Lt Prince Harry meets Lt Gen Masire
He also spent more than five minutes chatting with Vice-President Mompati Merafhe, himself a retired army commander. Both men appeared in full security with Masire accompanied by his bodyguards, while the Prince was also attended by his own...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff writer 15 June 2010
The state of democracy in Botswana
Democracy has presented a great definitional challenge to writers on the subject, leaving it open to numerous interpretations that have given many including less than democratic regimes an opportunity to claim to be democratic. In this piece, an...
GABRIEL MALEBANG
Correspondent 15 June 2010
In honour of the African Child
It is significant that though apartheid had been an utterly unacceptable heresy for more than four centuries, it took young people - in one cataclysmic wave - to stand firm against it and set in motion a selfless campaign that would deliver the...
15 June 2010
As I See It
The Fourth estate never has the luxury of nestling snugly on the ruling party executives' bosom, only the state media is so indulged. The ruling party politicians are the same everywhere including the oldest parliamentary democracy, Great Britain.In...
Michael Dingake 15 June 2010
Selefu 15 June 2010
15 June 2010
De Beers urges vigilance over Marange diamonds
In a letter to sightholders, the company said that in view of recent reports suggesting Marange goods will soon be exported, discretion is advised in purchasing goods throughout the region to ensure that any parcels they view do not contain...
15 June 2010
BP mulls dividend cut as spill costs rise
The company said in a statement that this figure included $60m on building barriers off the Louisiana coast.The costs update came as BP directors prepare to discuss whether to suspend dividends to shareholders. The firm is under intense pressure from...
15 June 2010
Discovery closer to acquiring mining licence
In a statement released to shareholders, the London, Australia and Botswana-listed company said it had received the nod from Government after satisfying all requirements for reducing potential hazards of the mine on the environment and the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 15 June 2010
Debswana adopts OREP to extend Orapa
The resource at Orapa is expected to run out in 2026 after more than half a century of high value diamond production and pivotal support to the country's economic development. However, under the Orapa Resource Extension Project (OREP), geologists and...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 15 June 2010
Police clash with workers in first unrest
"Security guards hurled bottles and other objects at the office of the security manager, which struck some of the staff, causing slight injuries," said Brigadier Phindile Radebe. She said about 500 guards went on the rampage, overturning refuse bins...
15 June 2010
UN: DRC one of world's 'worst humanitarian crises'
"The country is confronted with one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world," said Elisabeth Byrs, spokesperson of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Violence by armed groups such as the Lord's Resistance Army is "growing...
15 June 2010
Zimbabwe's elites use violence to exploit diamonds
The campaigners also criticised the Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme, created to prevent the sale of blood diamonds, for what they said was its weak response to Zimbabwe's diamond industry problems. The report, released in London, came...
15 June 2010
Five dead as blasts hit Kenya political rally
It was the most serious incident in the east African nation since the violence that followed disputed elections in 2007 left 1 500 people dead and 300 000 displaced from their homes. Panic gripped the crowd in Uhuru Park in the heart of the capital...
15 June 2010
Back Stage
The Class (2008) a.k.a "Entre les murs" is being shown today only at 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School by the Gaborone Film Society. It is the third of three films on education during June. Look for Bright Star and An Education to...
Sasa Majuma 15 June 2010
Konkrete has concrete plans for next album
He said in Botswana there are many young artists whose talent goes to waste because they are not given a chance to realise their full potential by the so-called established recording labels. Konkrete said he would help unearth raw talent and build a...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Thapong has improved local arts - Bakwena
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview, he said that since the inception of the centre in 1989, there has been remarkable growth of the arts. Bakwena pointed out that art has evolved from colonial times when the British art greatly influenced local...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 15 June 2010
Organisers will not ban vuvuzelas
The sound of the plastic horn has been likened to the drone of a thousand bees or a herd of stampeding elephants. Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo says the noise affects player concentration, while some fans watching on television claim they...
15 June 2010
Botswana to host cricket World Cup qualifiers
The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) fixtures and publicity secretary, Sumod Damodar said Botswana beat Japan for the right to host the qualifiers. Botswana, Japan, Nigeria, Norway and two other countries came through from Division Eight to...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Gabonamong snubs national duty?
There are reports that Gabonamong might have snubbed national duty amid allegations that the midfield workhorse is unhappy over undisclosed issues. Zebras' coach, Stanley Tshosane had drafted both Gabonamong and Mafoko into the squad that will do...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 15 June 2010
Border delays: South Africa's Achilles Heel
The World Cup kicked-off in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday without any major glitches. In fact, the host nation has hailed the tournament's opening days as largely successful. South Africa claimed a major security success when it staged an...
15 June 2010
Let us be a nation in dialogue
This is clearly a diversion from Setswana proverbs like "Mahoko a kgotla a mantle otlhe" and "Mmualebe o a bo a bua la gagwe", which for many years have guided national dialogue. There has also been a shift in terms of how we do things amongst...
15 June 2010
Match Day Six
Honduras 0 - Chile 1 Chile opened their 2010 World Cup campaign in good form as they won their first match in the finals after 48 years. Jean Beausejour scored in the 34th minute the only goal that secured their victory against Honduras that is...
Thalefang Charles 16 June 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...
16 June 2010
The 'what ifs' of opposition cooperation after BMD
Three weeks later, Botswana Congress Party spokesperson and presidential hopeful, Dumelang Saleshando, told Mmegi, "We need cooperation. It's in both our interests. We need each other, but I think a total merger, though desirable, I don't think we...
16 June 2010
Would Boko be the cornerstone that the builder overlooks?
I was outraged when I heard the Botswana National Front central committee had decided to bar one of the contestant for the office of presidency. My immediate reaction was to cry wolf thinking that it was an elbowing kudo of the incumbents. But...
16 June 2010
A tribute to Howard Head
He was only 48 years old when he passed on and like his mother, he died relatively young. In 2007, multitudes of Bessie Head fans and scholars converged on the capital of the Bangwato to celebrate what would have been Head's 70th birthday and...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer and TOM HOLZINGER
Correspondent 16 June 2010
Our Heritage
The unlamented past, in a nutshell, is dead and to be permanently buried whilst today and tomorrow is popularly seen as the new dawn. Is there a belief that the traditional home, being 'made' of earth, wood and grass or reeds was only a variation of...
SANDY GRANT 16 June 2010
Football Football is war
The late Rinus Michels, also known as "the General," coach of the Dutch team that narrowly lost to Germany in the 1974 final, famously said, "Football is war." When the Dutch had their revenge in 1988 and beat Germany to go on to become European...
IAN BURUMA 16 June 2010
BMD for the middle class, maybe, but it is no 'opposition' yet
Middle class? Yes, in the language if the spokespersons of capitalism who prefer the method of 'social stratification' to differentiate the various economic groupings that their preferred mode of production creates, refer to this economic layer...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 16 June 2010
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