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Favourites Brazil knocked out
Brazil, the five-times champions, took a 10th minute lead through Robinho and dominated the first-half against a Dutch team which initially looked outclassed. The Dutchmen sent their strongly favoured opponents packing after unleashing a...
02 July 2010
Uruguay make Gyan and Ghana pay the penalty
The South Americans will now play Holland for the chance to reach the final in this stadium, leaving Ghana to go home with Brazil. They can say they have gone further than any other African team in this competition, previous quarter-finalists...
02 July 2010
Paris Hilton arrested in South Africa for 'smoking marijuana' during Brazil game
Police confirmed Hilton had been arrested and said an investigation was under way. It is thought the star was now due at one of the dedicated World Cup courts set up to deal with crime specifically during the tournament. South Africa's...
02 July 2010
Brazil sack coach Dunga
Dunga, 46, who returned with his squad to Brazil on Sunday, had already said he was likely to go after their 2-1 defeat by the Netherlands on Friday. The CBF revealed that a new coach would be installed by the end of the month. Corinthians manager...
02 July 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 02 July 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 02 July 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...
02 July 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 02 July 2010
What is wrong with the civil service: a custom(er's) perspective
For many African countries functionality in the civil service was greater in the first two decades after independence than the decades that followed. The rot in African civil services set in the mid to late 1970s and accelerated during the 1980s as...
TITUS MBUYA 02 July 2010
State-media relations in Botswana
The 1980s can be regarded as Botswana's decade of economic growth. It was then that the country was upgraded from a low-income to a middle-income country. Several independent newspapers emerged, to all intents and purposes as a spin-off of the...
02 July 2010
"Noynoy" Aquino III sworn in as president of the Philippines
Hundreds of thousands of people, many of them clad in yellow, his signature campaign colour, applauded and yelled his nickname "Noynoy" as Aquino took his oath before a supreme court justice at Manila's Rizal Park. Vice-president Jejomar Binay was...
02 July 2010
Domkrag ministers on a roadshow
The BDP's latest move comes as the breakaway party, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) is riding the crest of a wave as droves join it, recruited or on their own volition, mainly from the BDP. In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff writer 02 July 2010
Injury sidelines Brazil star Elano
Elano, 29, was hurt during his side's group-stage win over Ivory Coast and limped out of training on Tuesday.Brazil's team doctor Jose Luiz Runco said: "The bone is swollen inside. "He has been undergoing treatment which can take a few days, weeks...
02 July 2010
Low's boys have the belief
Many of his young side have only recently graduated from Germany's U-21 team which won last summer's European Championships, and while his team has an average age of just under 25 years, they are eager to take on Diego Maradona's Argentina. "There...
02 July 2010
First Cut
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa was supposed to mark the coming of age of African football but sadly this has not been the case. If anything, this has probably been one of the worst performances by African representatives at a FIFA World Cup if we...
Dennis Keagile 02 July 2010
Grassroots progress disappoints visiting golf coach
Addressing a media conference at the BGU offices in Gaborone this week, Johnson said during his last visit, the golf union had shown promise with a hardworking and determined technical team. "However, I have to admit that the junior structure, which...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 02 July 2010
Inaugural Motor Centre netball tourney kicks-off
Motor Centre Group who previously sponsored the netball league has availed P100,000 to finance the two-day event. The tournament is meant to be held annually. This year's edition will be used to select a 12- member national team to represent Botswana...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 02 July 2010
BCA suspends Under-13 league
The league was halted this week after all schools failed to honour their fixtures. "Some however wanted to honour fixtures but their respective councils didn't release buses to transport them to the oval," BCA president, Girish Ramakrishna, said. He...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 02 July 2010
Major boost for Kenosi ahead of Africa event
The Kanye-born athlete finished the 100m in 10.5 seconds before clocking 20.84 seconds in the 200m. The national championships were his last competitive race ahead of the Africa event scheduled for August 1 in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenosi told Mmegi Sport...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 02 July 2010
BAA announces LOC for Africa Youth Championships
The committee is headed by Solly Reikeletseng with Dickson Gabanakgosi in charge of protocol. Dorcus Montlane will handle the competition's logistics. Tebatso Hule will be responsible for communications while Reuben Rathedi will be the technical...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 02 July 2010
Prisons netball side in financial doldrums
The club has failed to honour fixtures due to lack of transport because it no longer receives financial and material backing from the Department of Prisons. The captain, Keneilwe Makwati said they failed to honour a weekend fixture against TASC in...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 02 July 2010
Gunners court former chairman
Ismael has confirmed that Gunners have approached him to come on board and they are in negotiations. He said the emissary who delivered the message is Gunners' corporate affairs manager, Kitso Dlamini. "I met with Kitso on several occasions and in...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 02 July 2010
No elections at BDF XI AGM
BDF XI spokesman, Philimon Mompati, said that only two posts of manager and vice manager would be contested at the AGM. BDF XI is an army side. Mompati explained that due to the fact that the team's current manager, Podulogo Sokwane, would be...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 02 July 2010
Makhwengwe, Shangare reject technology in football
There are renewed calls to introduce technology to avoid such incidents in future. England were denied a goal which would have tied the score at 2-2 before half time. The goal was disallowed though the ball had clearly crossed the line. FIFA has...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 02 July 2010
Why soccer goal line technology?
Technology in cricket, tennis and American Football has been successfully implemented, and in general the fans have welcomed it. RequirementsThere are several options available for goal-line technology. The International Football Association Board...
02 July 2010
Has the nation abandoned Zebras?
Only a handful of people were at hand to wave off the Zebras. Rewind to 2004, when the team left for a similar assignment against the same side, thousands of supporters clad in Zebras' colours saw them off at the Sir Seretse Khama International...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 02 July 2010
Ghana on the brink of history
The once-legendary Black Stars could become the first African team to reach the semi-finals of soccer's biggest showpiece. By reaching the quarterfinals, Ghana has already surpassed expectations and equalled the exploits of fellow West Africans,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 02 July 2010
Ghanaian arrested after illegal gold mine collapses
There are fears that an estimated 100 people have been killed in the accident in Dunkwa-on-Offin, central Ghana. At least 15 people survived. Rescue workers are continuing search efforts, but have been hampered by flooding. The West African nation...
02 July 2010
Cabinet okays diamond sales
Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu confirmed the development in an interview with The Herald yesterday. The decision followed his presentation of a report to Cabinet on last week's Kimberley Process Certification Scheme meeting in Tel...
02 July 2010
Mozambique authorities deny trafficking report
"The Mozambican police have no information about this case," said spokesperson Pedro Cossa at a media conference in the country's capital, Maputo. "We have spoken with our South African colleagues. They don't know anything about the case."...
02 July 2010
Hurricane Alex churns toward Mexico, Texas coasts
The National Hurricane Center in Miami upgraded the storm to a Category 1 hurricane - the least powerful type - shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday after measuring sustained winds of 121 kph. Alex became the first June hurricane in the Atlantic since...
02 July 2010
Nigerians angry at oil pollution double standards
But occurring over the 50 years since oil production began in the Delta, this environmental disaster has never received the attention that is now being paid to the oil-spill catastrophe hitting the U.S. Gulf coast. "The whole world is trembling and...
02 July 2010
Rwanda's Hutus live in fear
With his assailants just metres away, Mani Uwimana jumped up and fled, startling the attackers and becoming a survivor of what appears to be an assassination campaign targeting Rwandan dissidents at home and abroad. International rights groups have...
02 July 2010
A hospital may have infected 1,800 veterans with HIV
John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has recently mailed letters to 1,812 veterans telling them they could contract hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after visiting the medical center for dental work, said Rep....
02 July 2010
New row over colonial past as Congo marks independence
The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has received a facelift for today's military parade, but the anniversary has triggered a rancorous debate about the colonial record of Belgium, where a campaign is under way to prosecute ageing...
02 July 2010
Taliban attack NATO base in Afghan
Gunmen set off a car bomb and fired rocket-propelled grenades. There were no NATO casualties. The attack came a day after US General David Petraeus warned of an "industrial strength insurgency" in the country. Gen Petraeus, who is set to take over...
02 July 2010
Chiluba drive hits snag
And ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) political and development consultant, who is also a former president Frederick Chiluba is facing some resistance on the Copperbelt. It is the first time that Zambia will embark on a continuous...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 02 July 2010
Nitty Gritty
Everyone has their calling. And when that horn sounds, it reverberates in the inner recesses of the soul. You can't ignore it. Two people at the Nitty Gritty have responded to the call: Walkie has decided to answer to the call of celibacy and will...
Barolong Seboni 02 July 2010
Project Syndicate
OXFORD - I confess: I do it, too. Like most Western women, I do it regularly, and it is a guilty pleasure every time. It is hard to listen to one's conscience when one is faced with so much incredible temptation. I am talking, of course, about cheap...
Naomi Wolf 02 July 2010
Editorial discretion and transparency
If it has cropped up it has often been in regard to government media and in situations where the private media houses accuse government of using advertising revenues to seek to influence them. I, however, feel that it is time the subject is...
02 July 2010
This is misleading...
It is important for a credible newspaper like Mmegi to inform and get people to know as their motto goes. This can only be achieved if the reporters in this paper or their correspondents write well researched and thought out articles. There is no...
02 July 2010
Build slaughter-houses to curb diseases
The animal viral disease is unknown in Botswana and the cases are the first ever detected. In humans, we are told, the disease may present with fever, muscle or joint pains and bleeding from the nose, mouth and skin which can lead to death, while in...
02 July 2010
Selefu 02 July 2010
02 July 2010
The unaccountable G-8
So let's make our own account of how the G-8 did. The answer, alas, is a failing grade. The G-8 this year illustrates the difference between photo-ops and serious global governance. Of all of the G-8's promises over the years, the most important was...
*JEFFREY D. SACHS 02 July 2010
My trip to Egypt
A writing friend had posted a link to a site about an international writers' residency in El Gouna on Facebook and, on a whim, I applied thinking I hadn't a chance since writers from all over the world would be applying. To my surprise, a few months...
LAURI KUBUITSILE 02 July 2010
Mafilla Promotions out to 'VEED' graduates
The occasion will be used to economically empower jobless university graduates. The event will be divided into four components - the exposition where different companies will be engaged to inspire youth. The companies will include both established...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 02 July 2010
Mosele Legal Services property not auctioned
According to a recent advertisement, Deputy sheriff Urgent Chilisa was supposed to sell eight computer monitors from Mosele, a server, a conference desk, five executive chairs and five office tables at the Broadhurst Police Station in an auction on,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 02 July 2010
Thune Dam construction suspended
Addressing stakeholders in Mathathane yesterday, project coordinator, Tasala Nsimbi said due to the stoppage there is no progress at the dam site. There is also no progress with any bridge work on site. However, bush clearing on site has started on...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 02 July 2010
Thaaka! It's Kenneth Koma's "Mene-mene tekel upharsin!"
Koma always maintained that the BDP was held together by Go Ja meaning that they were welded together by corruption and their love of ostentation, and that party's leadership propensity to covert state funds for private ends. Koma maintained that in...
KEINEETSE KEINEETSE 02 July 2010
Our Heritage
This particular post card, one of a series extending back to Independence, has been long out of print but to my astonishment, emerged from obscurity as an item placed on sale on e-Bay - my thanks to the kind friend who made the discovery and...
Sandy Grant 02 July 2010
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