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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 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
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 24 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...
24 June 2010
Use land rentals to develop firebreaks - chief
"Renting farms nowadays costs anything between P4,900 and P6,000 from the P200 that used to be paid less than 10 years ago," he said during debate at the Ntlo ya Dikgosi . He said that the excess money could be used to create the firebreaks. He...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 24 June 2010
Prisons' boss promise more whips
He told a prisons anti-corruption workshop in Gaborone on Tuesday that since he became commissioner in 2008, he has revamped the department by shaking officers out of their comfort zones. He said he discovered there was less delivery and this...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 24 June 2010
Mosele Legal Services under the hammer
SAGG went to court claiming P92,651.49 against Mosele Legal Services and its director Tshoganetso Base Sebonego. Deputy sheriff Urgent Chilisa will sell eight computer monitors from Mosele, a server, a conference desk, five executive chairs and five...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 24 June 2010
Frost causes tomato, butternuts shortage
Tsiane Sibanda, secretary of Botswana Horticultural Council told Mmegi yesterday that the country will meet the shortfall by imports from neighbouring countries, mainly South Africa. "Usually we import most vegetables that we do not have from...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 24 June 2010
Botswana loses billions to corruption - Magistrate
He told a prisons anti-corruption workshop on Tuesday in Gaborone that the calculation is based on the fact that his court room alone is currently dealing with economic crimes amounting to over P500 million. Moroka however said he believes his...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 24 June 2010
Calvin Batsile is late
According to a statement from the opposition Botswana National Front's spokesperson Moeti Mohwasa Batsile joined the party in 2000 and won the Kanye North constituency in the 2004 General Elections. He served his full term as Member of Parliament...
24 June 2010
Unions dump BFTU
BFTU secretary general, Gadzani Mhotsha said at a press conference in Gaborone that Botswana Secondary School Teachers' Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers' Union (BTU) stopped their monthly subscriptions to protest the BFTU's delay in availing an...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 24 June 2010
Chinese yuan flexibility comments buoy markets
US stocks climbed sharply in the morning but lost ground in late trading, while major European markets closed up about 1 percent. Earlier, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 3.1 percent, while the Japanese Nikkei rose 2.4 percent. Currencies...
24 June 2010
SA's CPI slows further, door open for rate cut
Statistics South Africa said yesterday headline inflation slowed to 4.6 percent year-on-year in May, bang in line with Reuters' forecasts and the lowest reading since May 2006, from 4.8 percent in April. On a monthly basis, CPI was steady at 0.2...
24 June 2010
Solar Energy company drives rural electrification
Each stand-alone solar power system will supply electricity to 100 households complete with solar street lights installed in the selected settlements. The selection of these settlements will be based on several criteria one of which is being off...
STAFF WRITER 24 June 2010
Absa Capital courts investors for historic ETF
ETFs are investment funds that track the performance of an index or commodity, the fund being listed on the stock exchange and traded like shares. Absa Capital's gold ETF tracks the price of gold and is supported by physical gold assets which...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 24 June 2010
Our Heritage
The descriptive note in respect of the latter two items worried me a great deal. Last week I spelt out my concerns about the rain pot, this week I want to take issue with the Museum's statement that, 'it is believed that drum represents the...
SANDY GRANT 24 June 2010
Govt deserves credit on Eltel
We have a keen interest in this project, perhaps more than most of the initiatives government is currently embarking on. This is because we think this is one of those projects that would play a major role in nudging our country further up into a more...
EDITOR 24 June 2010
The abuses of science
Science really isn't connected to the rest of life half as straightforwardly as one might wish. For instance, Isaac Newton noted gladly that his theory of gravitation gave a scientific proof of God's existence. Today's anti-god warriors, by...
24 June 2010
Just what is wrong with men?
Others do not celebrate it because the fathers of their children have deserted them while some did not celebrate this day because the men they call fathers do not deserve to be called that, even biological as this term simply is. There is something...
BAME PIET 24 June 2010
Selefu 24 June 2010
24 June 2010
Sudan army, rebels clash in Darfur
JEM said it defeated large government attacks in Uzban, 120km south-east of the capital of North Darfur state El Fasher on Monday, and another nearby settlement on Tuesday afternoon. The government-aligned Sudanese Media Centre reported it was...
24 June 2010
Congo train crash 'death toll rising - 76 killed'
The train derailed as it went round a corner in a remote area between Bilinga and Tchitondi, throwing four carriages into a ravine. Officials say the death toll is likely to rise as rescue operations continue. "According to the facts on the ground,...
24 June 2010
Libya violates human rights despite new image - Amnesty
Britain, the US and other countries are accused of turning a blind eye to "gross" domestic excesses committed by Muammar Gaddafi's regime, as they rush to co-operate over counter-terrorism and invest in the oil-rich north African...
24 June 2010
Back Stage
The movie is a remake of the 2007 British equivalent, however in this current version the movie is set in the location of a black suburban middle class family in Los Angeles (LA) and for all intensive purposes it works. Chris Rock stars as Aaron, the...
KHAYALETHU MPOFU 24 June 2010
Rhumba star helps fans beat off the chill
And if his testimony about the album is anything to go by, his fans should brace themselves for the dancing floor. The CD will be released with a DVD, which should be available in local music stores soon. For Mupulu this will be an...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 24 June 2010
A quiet storm in local Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop artists are their own brand always staying true to their own brands and understandably so. They always talk of being the best at what they do in 'the gamae' and swear by the fact that they and they only are number one who cannot be beaten at...
TUDUETSO TEBAPE
Correspondent 24 June 2010
'African football needs overhaul'
The 36-year-old told BBC World Service that African nations were not going "that extra mile to get results".Okocha blamed a lack of investment in local coaches and youth players, adding that the continent's big stars had not delivered on the world's...
24 June 2010
Domenech snubs Parreira handshake
The snub occurred after the World Cup hosts earned a 2-1 win over the French, with both teams being knocked out. "I was very polite at the end of the game but he claimed I had offended him," said Parreira. "I cannot for the life of me understand...
24 June 2010
Foreign runners for Phikwe marathon
A member of the marathon's organising committee, Sean Chitsiga said during a tour of the course that athletes from South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have entered the event. South Africa has 10 runners, two of which are professionals....
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 24 June 2010
BNOC announces AfricaYouth Games squad
The team was announced in Gaborone on Tuesday. It is made up of 13 athletes from five sports codes. Eight officials will accompany the squad. Botswana has fielded participants in athletics, boxing, judo, swimming and tennis in the games to be held...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 24 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 25 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 25 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...
25 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 25 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 25 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 25 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 25 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 25 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 25 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...
25 June 2010
Our Heritage
The descriptive note in respect of the latter two items worried me a great deal. Last week I spelt out my concerns about the rain pot, this week I want to take issue with the Museum's statement that, 'it is believed that drum represents the...
SANDY GRANT 25 June 2010
The abuses of science
Science really isn't connected to the rest of life half as straightforwardly as one might wish. For instance, Isaac Newton noted gladly that his theory of gravitation gave a scientific proof of God's existence. Today's anti-god warriors, by...
25 June 2010
Just what is wrong with men?
Others do not celebrate it because the fathers of their children have deserted them while some did not celebrate this day because the men they call fathers do not deserve to be called that, even biological as this term simply is. There is something...
BAME PIET 25 June 2010
Sudan army, rebels clash in Darfur
JEM said it defeated large government attacks in Uzban, 120km south-east of the capital of North Darfur state El Fasher on Monday, and another nearby settlement on Tuesday afternoon. The government-aligned Sudanese Media Centre reported it was...
25 June 2010
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