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Match Day Eleven
Portugal 7 - North Korea 0 The Portuguese proved too strong for the North Koreans at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town as they registered their biggest ever World Cup victory in the Group G encounter. Portugal went into the match after a draw with...
Thalefang Charles 21 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 21 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 21 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...
21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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...
21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 June 2010
Bed-ridden for 8 years
At the family home in Tonota last week, the woman's mother still hoped to see her daughter walking independently. Doctors told the parents in 2007 that their daughter would never recover. The bed-ridden Gontlafetse has been in hospital since...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
Getting e-passport is 'a hassle'
Almost everyone understands that they have to get the e-passport. The main question is: What has the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs done to accommodate the rush that will be caused by the panic to get the document? The pressure from South...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
Lack of interpreters cripple courts
On Friday, the Village Magistrates Court was forced to postpone the matter in which a Shona speaking Zimbabwean national, Richard Chinyweri, is on trial for car break-in and theft. Magistrate Dumisane Basupi was of the view that if Chinyweri had...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
Entrepreneurs blossom at women's expo
Madira Mondira of Gaterena Investment was speaking at a media briefing ahead of the 11th exposition, which commences today until June 26. "I started attending this exhibition in 2008, which was the ninth and it has been quite invaluable to my...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
Farmer sues magistrate for half a million
In his court papers, Ookame Lekaukau claims that the magistrate ordered that he should be locked up last year because his lawyer failed to turn up in court. In December last year, Lekaukau was appearing for mention before Sibanda on stock...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 21 June 2010
BPS records 7% reduction in violent crime
Tsimako made these remarks during a press conference at the end of the senior officer's conference held in Gaborone on Friday. He said the Botswana police have not been doing badly in their fight against crime. He said since last year, they...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 21 June 2010
Face-off:DK vs Khama
Kwelagobe made these admissions in his welcome remarks at the 18th National Youth Congress in Gaborone on Friday. "Considering all these challenges facing us as a party, we have a duty to make a thorough assessment of our present position making...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
Teenage students under investigation for live bullet
"We got a report from Pandagala CJSS that two Form 2 boys were harassing teachers and that one of them actually fought with his teacher," Jorowe said, adding that the incident happened on Tuesday. "We rushed there and took the two students to the...
Mogomotsi Buzwani
Correspondent 21 June 2010
UCCSA pastor Tiego in divorce court
In court papers filed in February, Tiego says their marriage has broken down irretrievably and that they have reached a settlement on how to divide their estate and have resolved to live separate lives. The two were married in 2005...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
"I won't apologise," says Khama
Khama was addressing the BDP's 18th National Youth Congress at the Maharaja Conference Centre in Gaborone on Friday. He warned the party youth to be wary of colleagues who do not have the patience to build and believe they are above the party's...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
New BDP youth executive appointed: no elections held
While inside sources revealed that there were four lobby groups ahead of the congress interested in contesting for the YEC positions, the party leadership opted for compromise appointments as they feared further factionalism in the already troubled...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
The shopaholic disease
However, when it becomes uncontrollable and leads to debt this can cause problems. The term shopaholic is aptly coined to describe people who fall into the trap of compulsive buying without much thought or care to the dire consequences of debt until...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
'The son is older than the father'
The show was one of a series of events leading to the commemoration of the Day of the African Child on June 16.Its theme of the show was Planning and Budgeting for Children - Our Core Responsibility. It was well attended by students from Francistown...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 21 June 2010
Avoid accidents on the roads
A horrific accident was reported at the junction leading to Glen Valley while another was reported near Mmamashia. In all these accidents, lives were lost. The Glen Valley junction has become a blind spot as many accidents happen there. Like we...
21 June 2010
Health Chat
How Do I Get Rid Of Floaters?I often see spots or squiggly lines in my eyes. My eye doctor says that they're called "floaters" and are not serious, but they are so annoying. Can I do something to get rid of them? Answer Floaters are very...
Kiran Bhagat 21 June 2010
Issues In Education
Researchers and practitioners in education agree that there should be an education policy on "equity" that will ensure that all children regardless of ethnicity, language, race, religion, gender, socio-economic status, location or region, have an...
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S.Weeks 21 June 2010
The Winners Code
Few inventions have had such a profound impact on human life as the telephone. Financial figures reveal that the telephone is the most profitable device ever to be patented. Alexander Graham Bell is generally credited with its invention....
George Chingarande 21 June 2010
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21 June 2010
Etcetera II
Somewhat surprisingly questions about design turned out to be one of the more interesting themes of the last week. An exhibition of photos of some of France's most interesting architecture proved to be a starting point. This gave Jode...
Sandy Grant 21 June 2010
Our country on fire
Notwithstanding, in reality the country is still a colony of the former coloniser underground if not re-colonised by other invisible powers. For those powers to control the so-called independent country, a class society needs to be created. The...
21 June 2010
Registration drive to curb African mobile growth
Analysts said that mobile operators were set for a short-term hit in revenues as many of Africa's poorer or more remote users struggle to produce the necessary documents and so risk being cut off. A number of African governments are calling on...
21 June 2010
My Money
The term inflation refers to a general escalation in the price of goods, resulting in the need to pay more for the same goods today than you may have had to pay in the past. Basically, inflation may occur when there is too much money in the economy...
Olebile Makhupe 21 June 2010
Botswana officials leave for key KP meeting
The Acting Deputy Director of Mineral Affairs, a Senior Minerals Officer and a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, will join representatives from 75 other Kimberley Process countries at the meeting. A founding and integral member of the Kimberley...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
Cresta's "empowerment" IPO succeeds
The IPO, which had to be extended for a week after a slower-than-expected uptake of the shares, closed last Monday with more than 3, 400 subscribers taking up a total of 38.2 million shares. As part of its citizen economic empowerment, BDC was...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 21 June 2010
Collins wins Johnny Mercer award
The singer, who has sold over 100 million records as a solo artist and with the band Genesis, said writing a popular track is "a complete accident". This year's inducted songwriters included Leonard Cohen, Jackie DeShannon, David Foster, and R&B...
21 June 2010
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