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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 23 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 23 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...
23 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 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 June 2010
World Cup victory for Africa a mere dream
One or two teams may make it into the last 16 but that would be just about it. 'Ke nako, it is time', is quickly appearing to be a slogan to mean nothing more than it is time for Africa to be beaten on home soil. "There is a new rule, if you...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 23 June 2010
Boko bounces back
In a statement released yesterday, the party says it came to the conclusion that Boko's membership is valid after deliberations held on the same day. This followed an application by BNF member Thuso Mogorosi who had put the validity of Boko's...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
World Cup makes Batswana more peripatetic
A spokesperson of the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Osesenaqa Lekgoko, says border-posts like Pioneer, Martins Drift and Tlokweng see huge numbers of people moving to and from South Africa in this manner. Towards the start of the international...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
Buffer in buffalo, not our cattle say chiefs
Government says the buffer zone will be used to prevent the spread of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), which has largely affected the region. Kgosi Ebineng Potsoeng of the Ngami Region said he is disappointed by government's sudden decision to...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 23 June 2010
Fired Limkokwing lecturer appeals to High Court
Acting Judge Michael Leburu advised Raisi, who was a lecturer at the Faculty of Information Communication and Technology, to lodge his case through the normal court process as he had failed to adduce explicit facts, which rendered his matter...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
Calls for livestock patrol along A15 road
Vikash Prasad made the appeal during the official opening of Damuchujenaa projects by President Ian Khama recently. He said every year numerous people lose their lives along this road due to accidents that involve livestock especially when driving at...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 23 June 2010
Mother sues Adansonia Hotel for negligence
According to the particulars of the lawsuit, Olerile Mabutho, is suing Fencit Proprietary Limited, trading as Adansonia Hotel, for P225,000 in damages for funeral expenses incurred in the burial of her son, general damages and costs of the...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 23 June 2010
Letshego donates beds to NRH
NRH public relations officer, Caiphus Gabana said the donation was made after Letshego noted that there was an acute shortage of beds at the health institution. "One of their workers was admitted here and they noticed the shortage of beds that we...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
New BDP youth leader lambasts his predecessors
In a wide-ranging interview with Mmegi shortly after being appointed following a compromise, Monare said he believed the youth structure could effect meaningful transformation despite failing the youth and the BDP in general in the past. "My...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
BMD in fundraising crusade
The BMD has to start from scratch to effectively compete with already established political organisations."BMD is going to host a music festival at the Botswana Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) show grounds where the South...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
BCP congress plans at advanced stage
In an interview yesterday BCP secretary general Taolo Lucas said the Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa (EISA), which has been engaged to run the elections has already circulated nomination forms which constituencies...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
CAAB boss resigns
He would not shed light on his reasons for departure nor would he state what his last date in office will be, but insiders say he was not happy at what he called sabotage from government officials. Mmegi understands that Belayneh was advocating for...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
Murder appeal case a mystery to lawyers
The Court of Appeal roll issued this week shows that Molefhe and Motswana Brandon Samson, who were jointly convicted of murder and sentenced to death, will be in the dock appealing their conviction and sentence. The court of appeal session is...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
AH1N1 vaccine safe to use
Director of Public Health Halabi El-Shanaaz told Mmegi yesterday that the vaccine is World Health Organisation (WHO) pre-qualified and its safety and efficacy established. She said it is important that people take the vaccination since it is flu...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
Wily, wild and wayward
FRANCISTOWN: Since years of yore, children have been known to stun their parents with their novel ideas, despite the harsh punishment this often earned. Traditionalists are fast in their belief that today's children are spoilt and wayward, rushing...
23 June 2010
What is wrong, Dr Ramsay?
We in the media have always understood that cabinet meetings are a no-go area for journalists and we have been content with that arrangement. We have never asked nor insisted that we be allowed to sit at these meetings that, in his words, discuss...
23 June 2010
Project syndicate
LONDON - American exceptionalism, when it runs rampant, is a tsunami to be avoided. The oil company BP is discovering that right now. The environmental disaster destroying seaside communities around the Gulf of Mexico and killing off marine life is...
Chris Pattern 23 June 2010
The Return of the African Coup
In the past two years, Africa has seen successful coups in Niger,Guinea, Madagascar, and Mauritania. In addition, there have been a handful of indirect interventions,failed coups, and whispered threats elsewhere. Despite the development of...
23 June 2010
Selefu 23 June 2010
23 June 2010
How we run cabinet meetings- Jeff Ramsay
In the process we hope to dispel the false suggestion that longstanding restrictions barring reporters from witnessing the deliberations of Cabinet and its committee's are somehow an assault on any section of the media. Ordinary Cabinet meetings are...
23 June 2010
Civil society urges action on Zimbabwe diamonds
A meeting in Israel of delegates from some 70 countries in the Kimberley Process (KP), a certification scheme set up to monitor diamond trades, will focus on trade in Zimbabwean gems after pressure on the regulatory body to address rights...
23 June 2010
Zim oil route imminent after SA Strike
Speaking at the Energy Pitso held in Gaborone on Monday, Kedikilwe said plans to import fuel from Beira in Mozambique were at an advanced stage and were part of broader plans to boost the nation's strategic oil reserves from the present 22 days cover...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
100 villages electrification nears completion
Initiated in September 2007 via a US$84 million loan from Swedish banks to the Botswana Government, the electrification of the 100 villages had a timeline of 36 months within which to achieve one of Government's major infrastructural...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
UK special envoy to Afghanistan who called for talks with Taliban quits
Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles has taken "extended leave", a spokesman for the British high commission in Islamabad said today. He has been replaced on a temporary basis by Karen Pierce, the Foreign Office director for South Asia and Afghanistan. News of...
23 June 2010
Ten bodies found in Cameroon plane crash
The plane carrying 11 people including tycoon Ken Talbot and the entire board of the Sundance Resources mining company went missing over the jungle on Saturday on a flight from Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, to Yangadou in Congo-Brazzaville. "Ten...
23 June 2010
Zim mining whistleblower denied bail
Justice Chinembiri Bhunu delivered the ruling on Monday, after the application was postponed on Wednesday and Thursday last week. The Judge denied bail on the grounds that Maguwu is faced with serious charges and the police are still investigating...
23 June 2010
ICD to assess complaints against Malema
Police allegedly acted on ANCYL president Julius Malema's instructions to use excessive force to clamp down on rival delegates at the conference in April. ICD spokesperson Moses Dlamini said the ICD would assess whether to investigate the matter, or...
23 June 2010
AWCO raises P3 000, donates to orphanage
AWCO, in conjunction with Madame Queens Modelling Agency, held a beauty pageant on May 29 to raise the funds for the orphanage. Other items donated were clothes, bags and toys. The theme of the pageant was Bokamoso bo mo diatleng tsa banana ("the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 23 June 2010
T-Izzy plans Jika Ma Jika
The Yarona fm Hotness Parts one and two presenter said the dance competition would be a replica of the SABC 1 dance show, Jika Ma Jika where competitors face off to different genres of music. "The competitors will, however, be judged by the crowd as...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 23 June 2010
Tuks Senganga and Scar set to give soccer fans a treat
Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, one of the organisers, Moses Maruping, of WindRush Communications, said yesterday that the gig, which is called Soccer Meets Hip-Hop, was inspired by the ongoing 2010 FIFA World Cup in neighbouring South...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 23 June 2010
Big Brother is back!
The Word Cup ends on July 11, thus paving the way for the fifth season live screening to start for 91 days on DStv Channel 198 for DStv Premium and Compact subscribers. Contestants will once again be drawn from 14 countries - Angola, Botswana, Ghana,...
STAFF WRITER 23 June 2010
Bright rejoins Bay United
Bright retraced his footsteps back to Bay United after an unnamed businessman bought the South African club.The coach had his first stint in South Africa at Cape Town Santos. He left to sign a two-year contract with Bay United at the beginning of...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 June 2010
BOTESSA gets funding to host regional games
BOTESSA chairman Dele Akpata said on Monday that they got the money from the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC). He stated that they need P1 million to stage the games and companies like Mascom, Gaborone Sun and BBS have come in with sponsorship...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 June 2010
Stadium delay riles councillors
The civic leaders did not have kind words for Tuwana Construction Company, which won the tender to construct the stadium. Tuwana construction's resident engineer, Douglas Kamedza told councillors during a tour of the stadium on Monday that the...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 23 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 24 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 24 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...
24 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 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 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 24 June 2010
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