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Match Day Nine
Netherlands 1 - Japan 0 Netherlands moved to closer to booking a point in the last 16 as Wesley Sneijder scored to beat the Japan with a solitary goal at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. The Dutch now leads Group E with six points from two games....
Thalefang Charles 18 June 2010
Anelka kicked out of French squad
Anelka insulted Domenech in a crude manner at halftime of a 2-0 defeat by Mexico on Thursday in Polokwane. "The comments made by Nicolas Anelka towards national coach Raymond Domenech are totally unacceptable for the French Football Federation,...
18 June 2010
Match Day Ten
Slovakia 0 - Paraguay 2 Goals from Enrique Vera and Cristian Riveros took Paraguay to the top of Group F with four points at the match that was played at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. Enrique Vera opened the scoring with a beautiful strike in...
Thalefang Charles 18 June 2010
France boycott training
All this came a day after striker Nicolas Anelka was sent home for insulting coach Raymond Domenech at halftime of a 2-0 defeat by Mexico on Thursday in Polokwane that left France on the verge of an embarrassing group stage exit. The incidents...
18 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 18 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 18 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...
18 June 2010
A security strategy for the 21st Century
As with the politics pursued in the Obama administration's 16 months of office - dialogue, international commitment, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament - the document's strength lies in the position that it takes. The Security Strategy is a...
JAVIER SOLANA 18 June 2010
Khama's pick expected to lead BDP youth
Will the congress receive and consider divergent views, or will they only listen to the president and rubberstamp his position? The congress comes at a time of serious concern that inner-party democracy at the BDP has been replaced by...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
Cold kills 500 penguins
SanParks spokesperson Megan Taplin said: "The chicks, aged between a few weeks and two months, are covered only with down feathers. They succumbed to the cold and wet weather that has hit Bird Island." It was common for a third of a penguin...
18 June 2010
A H1N1 vaccination starts next week
In a press release, the acting principal public relations officer, Tuduetso kelapile said the campaign will be rolled out in four phases with the first phase targeting health workers, officers of ports of entry, pregnant women, people with heart...
STAFF WRITER 18 June 2010
How ambush marketing ambushed sport
It was, the authorities claim, a gimmick cynically designed to capture the attention of the world's media - and, if so, it was wildly successful. When 36 young women wearing orange mini-dresses associated with the Dutch brewers Bavaria entered the...
JON KELLY 18 June 2010
Beyond petroleum, beyond pollution, beyond politics - a short history of BP
BP, however, goes beyond petroleum, indeed, beyond business. The mess we have today in the Gulf of Mexico is not the first time BP has committed crimes against the environment and against people. This is a proverbial drop in the bucket for BP. This...
M. KAMIAR 18 June 2010
The Afrikaners demand 'whites only' land
It is here two black men were accused of murdering Eugene Terre'Blanche, the leader of South Africa's far-right Afrikaner Resistance Movement,. The people manning it, from another Afrikaner outfit with similar views to Terre'Blanche's, were...
NDABA NKOMO 18 June 2010
Day of the African Child: No child labour, exploitation and abuse
BNYC executive director, Fidelis Molao, said the commemoration of the day provides governments and stakeholders an opportunity to reflect on youth development issues. However, the BNYC chief said, they will continue to urge government to put a...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
Boiditswe in new 'missing persons' plea
Boiditswe said the importance of the programme is to avoid chiefs at ward level from tackling issues of lost relatives. He said there are cases where families have failed to locate their family members because of lack of such a programme. "It is...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 18 June 2010
Khama to open Damuchujenaa projects
The projects are the Kgotla office, Sedibe Primary School, disaster single-room structures and a bus stop shelter.Selebi-Phikwe Lions Club president Siva Prasad told Mmegi in an interview yesterday that they built the bus shelter after being...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 18 June 2010
NGO fights sexual abuse in Kgatleng
It will start with a march on June 26 and culminate with interactions and speeches at Rover's Ground at the Kgatleng District Council. The director of programmes at Stepping Stones, Lila Pavey said sexual abuse statistics in the Kgatleng capital,...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
Chobe farmers need more gov't support-Kgosi Sinvula
Yesterday (Tuesday), all the Chiefs were in support of the motion passed by their colleague, Specially Elected member of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi, Kgosi Moffat Sinvula, who requested that government establish a market for livestock as well as an...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 18 June 2010
It's business as usual for Kgosi Sekai
Sekai is enjoying all the luxuries that go with his job including even whipping offenders. As a chief, Sekai's duties entail sentencing people to corporal punishment but only after they have faced a formal trial. The same applies to...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 June 2010
Rape and defilement rage on
Driving without due care and attention, overspeeding, and drunken driving have led to the deaths at least 38 children aged between one and 17 over the past 18 months alone. According to assistant superintendent Dimbo Peter of the Public Relations...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
Bakgatla hold meeting at sacred site
Yesterday, Bakgatla deputy paramount chief, Bana Sekai declined to shed light on the meeting yesterday addressed by one of the princes. Unlike other meetings, this one was attended strictly by Bakgatla's initiated men from various tribal...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
'Mma Bana' scores breakthrough for breastfeeding
The study found that HIV-infected mothers who take combinations of ARVs can safely breastfeed. The study has shown that 99 percent of HIV infected women who enrolled for highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during pregnancy and...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
Corpses of SA car crash trio arrive
The corpses have been in the hands of the South African police, who have been conducting DNA tests, which should be completed today. As soon as the South African police are done they will hand the corpses over to the Botswana police, who will then...
MPHO TLALE
Correspondent 18 June 2010
Botswana spends big on soldiers
The Botswana government bought equipment worth P28m ($4m) in the years between 2005 and 2008. The report, however, excludes procurement of military systems between the Botswana government and entities other than the US government such as private...
STAFF WRITER 18 June 2010
Fongkongs....
You may derogatorily call them fongkongs, but the advent of Chinese goods has made a difference in the lives of ordinary folks. For those who cannot afford exorbitant prices charged by South African chain stores, they have found a solace in...
18 June 2010
World Cup: A chance of a lifetime indeed
The stakes are even higher when a football lover gets to see the World Cup opening match. I do not know how a Muslim feels after making that trip to Mecca or a Zion Christian Church (ZCC) member feels after the Easter trip to the Holy City of Moria,...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
Ntombi Setshwaelo: "I've learnt to centre myself"
Setshwaelo is a nurturer and her youth environment has molded her into the person she is today. Raised in South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and finally married in Botswana; travelling across borders makes her what she calls a "SADC product." She...
TUDUETSO TEBAPE 18 June 2010
Politics is not a job but volunteerism - Phitshana
Alcohol abuse is the order of the day there. Crime levels are high. Houses are prone to flooding due to the poor drainage system. There are not enough streetlights, nor are there any public toilets, a situation that, coupled with excessive littering,...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 18 June 2010
Selebi-Phikwe fails to tap into World Cup
Contrary to expectations, Selebi-Phikwe did not implement any of the recommendations that were made by the delegation the council sent to South Africa in July 2006 to attend a seminar on opportunities in the FIFA World Cup. The council failed to...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
The day the SADF bombed my village
There were six altogether. Two huge ugly fish-birds and smaller ones, although by no means smaller than what the residents of the budding village of Mogoditshane were used to. Their combined drone shook the ground and the houses and rendered...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
Divorce but consider the children
That was the last time their father spent the night at home. Many times the youngest of the children would snuggle up to her mother: "mommy where is daddy? I miss daddy," and begin to cry. Her mother would hide her tears from the child. The children...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 18 June 2010
The Black Peril I loved and captained
His team almost always emerged the victor over Moeng, where Mogolori Modise played right wing, and the village rivals at Swaneng. The home teams, Miscellaneous and Motherwell, always had trouble coping with Uncle Ray's TTC. He already had a...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 18 June 2010
What working class agenda are unions pushing
In the last general elections, Manual Workers Union came out in the open in their support for the Barata-Phati Faction within the ruling Botswana Democratic Party( BDP). The basis for their support of the Barata-Phati against the A-Team Faction...
MOTELEBANE SHEPERD 18 June 2010
Let's work to save children from road deaths
While the police have not stated the times when the accidents happen, it does appear that most of them occur in the morning when children are on their way to school. Another dangerous time is the afternoon when the students return from school. This...
18 June 2010
Sri Lanka's dawn
Since this High Commission has diplomatic responsibility towards the Republic of Botswana, it is considered necessary to comment on this, not so much to disabuse the minds of the NY duo, for their anti-Sri Lankan mindset is quite obvious from their...
18 June 2010
Nitty Gritty
Ausi Maggie has been in business now for the past 20 years, but has never won a prize for her enterprising ways. Yet everybody who is somebody knows for sure that the Nitty Gritty shebeen, of which she is the sole proprietor and Chief Executive...
Barolong Seboni 18 June 2010
Whither Botswana?
Hopefully, the members of President Ian Khama's government read the article on the apparent contempt of many Batswana towards the alcohol levy (Echo, 08 April 2010). The article started: "If there was anyone who believed the 30 percent alcohol levy...
Dan Moabi 18 June 2010
We are not in crisis - BDP
The issues relate to the recent meeting by the Committee at Maharaj Conference Centre, which the media published out of context. The truth is; * The BDP like any other party has friends and sympathisers, who are not necessarily members of the...
18 June 2010
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18 June 2010
Barack Obama's pound of flesh
The payout is only the start of BP's pain. The White House was insistent that the $20bn (£13.5bn) was not a cap, and the company's chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, announced that BP would not be paying dividends this year.Svanberg's appearance...
18 June 2010
Kenya police accused of abusing Somali refugees
In its 99-page report entitled, Welcome to Kenya: Police Abuse of Somali Refugees, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Kenya to rein in its police and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) to step up its monitoring of the situation. "People fleeing...
18 June 2010
Sudan rebel leaders surrender to ICC
"Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, both suspected of having committed war crimes in Darfur, Sudan, arrived voluntarily this morning at the International Criminal Court," a statement said. "Both suspects will stay at the...
18 June 2010
Andropause 'rare' but it is not a myth
Just days after it was dismissed as a myth, the European team said the male menopause did exist - but that it affects only two percent of middle-aged men. Over 3,300 men from across Europe were assessed for the New England of Journal study. A men's...
18 June 2010
FIFA: Bavaria flew 'ambush marketers' to SA
"In this case, it has surfaced that at least two coordinators were flown in from The Netherlands to organise this ambush activity -- they hired innocent local girls and devised a strategy," the FIFA media desk said in a statement. This included...
18 June 2010
Zim begins process of crafting new constitution
The long-delayed programme to amend the constitution adopted after independence from British colonial rule in 1980 is already nine months behind schedule under an agreement forming a 16-month-old coalition government between President Robert Mugabe...
18 June 2010
Toni Kroos all set to shine
The global showdown in South Africa would not be his first FIFA tournament. The Greifswald-born player represented Germany three years ago at the U-17 World Cup in Korea, helping his country to a third-place finish. With five goals and four assists,...
18 June 2010
Tabarez hails Uruguay Phenomenon
The result was Uruguay's first World Cup victory since they beat South Korea in a group game at Italia 90.Tabarez said: "I told my players we had to write the history during the match.The men on this team are a phenomenon in our country today....
18 June 2010
Fabio Capello slams 'worst ever ball'
The Jabulani ball being used in South Africa for the World Cup has been widely criticised because of its irregular flight. "For the players it is terrible," said Capello. "It is also terrible for the keepers because it is impossible to anticipate...
18 June 2010
First Cut
The prospect of South Africa being knocked out early from the World Cup could rob Africa of the cherry the hosts had promised. This is based on the fact that the major pulse and spice of any tournament lies in the progress of the host country. Prior...
Dennis Moabi 18 June 2010
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