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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 16 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 16 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...
16 July 2010
Europe's banks, Europe's crisis
How could this happen when all problems had seemingly been resolved during May's EU summit meeting, which created a European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and ensured total funding of close to $1 trillion? If all the resources promised...
* DANIEL GROS 16 July 2010
BNF's Mohammed Khan speaks out
Mmegi: Which religion do you subscribe to? Khan: I am a Muslim Mmegi: Are you married?Khan: Yes, with four children-two boys and two girls. Mmegi: What are your hobbies? Khan: I love playing tennis and also used to play football. But still...
16 July 2010
first Cut
Thank you and thank you South Africa for successfully hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And thank you for exposing the stereotype and wrong perceptions that some people in Europe especially the Australians and some parts of the British media have...
Dennis Keagile 16 July 2010
Tau to be retained as BNSC chairperson
However, some executive committee positions will be up for grabs at the AGM. So far, vice-chairperson, Nomsa Mbere, treasurer, Boitshoko Tsiane and additional member, Sesupo Mosweu are unopposed. BNSC spokesperson, Chris Nkwe said the meeting would...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 July 2010
BDF Cats hosts 'Find The Ball' Tournament
The event will be staged at the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and will feature clubs from Botswana (seven), Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Botswana sides include defending champions BDF Cats, Flying Hawks, Pink Roses, Jungle Queens and Task. The...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 16 July 2010
I am ready to rejoin Nico - Muchina
Muchina told Mmegi Sport on Wednesday that he has resolved issues he had with the club. He explained that he does not have a problem with re-joining Nico. "If they are interested in my services, I can join them. The animosity that existed between us...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 16 July 2010
Under-14 cricket side in South Africa
The squad is expected to leave today and returns on Monday. The Eastern Junior Club Cricket Association (EJCCA) of South Africa has organised the two-day tournament that starts tomorrow. The tournament will be held at the Eastern Cricket Union Sahara...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 16 July 2010
Mopako ditches Killer Giants for Letlapeng
The veteran midfielder scored crucial goals in Killer Giants' last three be MOBILE Premier League matches to help the club avoid automatic relegation. He has been with the side for six seasons. Mopako said he is leaving Killer Giants after the club...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 16 July 2010
Four Premier League sides in pre-season tourney
TAFIC, Motlakase and Police XI will join debutants Miscellaneous in a competition meant to gauge the clubs' preparedness ahead of the new season. The tournament is the brainchild of TAFIC vice- chairperson, Livert Ntwaagae who said it is critical...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
Tswapong soccer academy gets technical sponsor
The academy chairperson, Moses Moloko, said Sinohydro will provide them with [foot]balls and training bibs for the next three years. He said the academy has adopted three primary schools; Boipuso, Lerala and Khurumela and two junior secondary...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
GU stalk little known Egyptian side
El Hodood is the former club to Zebras' number one goalkeeper, Modiri Marumo. It [El Hodood] plays in the Egyptian league alongside the likes of Zamalek and Al Ahly. Unlike Al Ahly, Zamalek, Arab Contractors and Ismailia, which have dominated...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
Gumbo moves to Chiefs
Gumbo joined Rollers two seasons ago from a club in Malawi and guided them to the league and Coca-Cola Cup double last season. Early this week, he was reported to be negotiating with Chiefs whose hopes of re-hiring Mike 'Dubula Dubula' Sithole to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
Is Facebook a 'tool' for cheating spouses?
She had recently recovered from a bout with depression and dependence on prescription drugs, and he thought reconnecting with old friends would help get her out of her rut. But he says he became increasingly suspicious of her social networking...
16 July 2010
Obama warns Africans of Al Qaeda racism
A US official meanwhile branded Al-Qaeda, linked to the Somalia-based Shebaab group, which claimed the attacks, as "racist," as the United States cranked up its diplomatic response to increasingly active extremists in Africa. Obama, leveraging his...
16 July 2010
Experts to free hull trapped at WTC site
It's hoped the artifact can be retrieved by the end of the day on Thursday, said archaeologist Molly McDonald. A boat specialist was going to the site to take a look at it. McDonald said she wanted to at least salvage some timbers; it was unclear if...
16 July 2010
Kenya launches text service to stop hate speech
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission, set up after the 2007 post-poll violence in which some 1,300 people were killed, will monitor it. "If hate speech is reported, we will be able to respond within 12 hours," NCIC head Mzalendo Kibinja...
16 July 2010
Police minister: Xenophobia reports "myth and rumour"
Mthethwa says: "at the end of last year certain agencies said that with the kick off of the World Cup there will be xenophobic attacks. But even the United Nations in South Africa agrees with the government that these are just rumours." Both...
16 July 2010
Rwandan opposition leader dead
Andre Kagwa Rwisereka, deputy president of the Rwandan Democratic Green Party, was last seen walking out of a bar in a southern Rwanda district early Tuesday, according to police. "This morning police were called by people who said they saw the body...
16 July 2010
Nitty Gritty
We are sitting at the Nitty Gritty, as is our wont, in our favourite haunt, drinking our drinkables we are generally minding our own business except for Walkie whose general business it is to mind everybody else's business, but her own. She has just...
Barolong Seboni 16 July 2010
Whither Botswana
I am certainly not one of those who believe that the break-up of the governing Botswana Democratic Party was inevitable. True, the BDP factions have been known for many years. While I'm not absolutely certain that this was or was not the case...
Dan Moabi 16 July 2010
BNF: The immediate tasks
Botswana National Front (BNF) observed then, that "the section of the petty bourgeoise, which is in power is drawn from the bureaucratic elements - the genesis of the bureaucratic bourgeois, which is the high grade clerks and the rest of the upper...
16 July 2010
Parliament must support the motions
The recent unanimous decision by Parliament to allow the Member of Parliament for Gaborone Central, Hon.Dumelang Saleshando to come up with a Freedom of Information Bill is much welcome and genuinely applauded. MISA Botswana has been in the fore...
16 July 2010
The power of legislation
This was meant to cushion the country's economy from the risk inherent with relying on diamonds as the only source of revenue. Though each budget speech spells out government plans on economic diversification none of these plans have borne any...
16 July 2010
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Shame on OP, shame on Seretse!
This week, the government propaganda arm, the GCIS, waded into the muck in bid to save the minister's face. After the PPADB turned down the request to pay for the fridge, the Office of President made a decision to green-light the payment, we are...
16 July 2010
It's the accident, not my knife - accused
It is alleged that in 2007, Tetuka stabbed Mbote Kaneng six times until he died, using a press button knife, following a misunderstandings over a home brewed alcoholic drink. The deceased is said to have had a sip of Tetuka's 'Shake-shake' without...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 16 July 2010
Brigades compete in anti-AIDS competition
The winning group, together with three others will now take part in the semi-finals to be held in Gaborone on July 24, 2010. Eight groups took part in the quarter finals, held in Molepolole last Sunday. The theme of the drama for this year is:...
JERRY BUNGU 16 July 2010
Galo Mall; A favourite haunt
"To me, it's a one-stop-shop. One would not have to move from this to that mall for the things they want.There are no Chinese shops, which sometimes attract the wrong people. It's the trendiest mall in the city, so, if one is following trends, this...
RUSSO LUMA 16 July 2010
Moupo vacates the driver's seat
Mmegi: You first became the president of BNF at the Kanye congress of 2001. Why did you want to become president of BNF? Moupo: The initiative did not come from me. It came from other party comrades and party elders who pursued me to become party...
16 July 2010
Tswaipe: soldier who ordered the shooting of three white men
As expected the shooting of the white men by a black soldier made headlines internationally. According to the Daily News of Monday, April 3 1978, a Botswana Defence Force (BDF) patrol led by the 30-year-old Tswaipe went to a game farm in the Tuli...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
'Gil' Saleshando speaks
Mmegi - You have been in politics for decades now, and people know you as one of those old school opposition politicians to whom politics is almost a spiritual engagement. How did you come to the decision of finally walking away from your...
16 July 2010
There's need for media to reform
One would expect a country like Botswana, which is making much progress economically at a faster pace than most African countries, to depart from traditional styles of broadcasting for the latest trends. I believe there is need for reform in order to...
DON-MARTIN TAKUDWA WHANDE
Correspondent 16 July 2010
O'Hagan's suspends beer challenge
Customers have to drink a total of 20 beers within a month to win the challenge. O'Hagan's general manager, Lefa Pheto, said the starting point is customers filling out entry forms and chugging down imported beers specified on the list in subsequent...
BASHI LETSIDIDI
Correspondent 16 July 2010
Boko wins BNF court battle
After going through the lengthy judgement for about three hours, Justice Moses Chinhengo said the case should be dismissed because clause 19.1 of the BNF constitution, on which it was based, is ambiguous. The clause states that: "Any member shall...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 16 July 2010
National agric show cancelled for livestock fever
In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, Boikhutso Rabasha of the public relations unit of the Ministry of Agriculture said if the show was held, it would attract livestock from all over of the country and thus perpetuate the spread of the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
Algerian envoy promises scholarships
Messahel has been on an African tour starting Monday. At the end of his tour Mehassel is expected to have visited Lesotho, Botswana and Tanzania. Adressing journalists yesterday, Messahel said that there is a need to strengthen African peoples...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 16 July 2010
Is Khama in denial of BDP troubles?
Although the formation of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) seems to have rendered him restless, Khama does not want to accept that there is a problem in the BDP. Since the formation of the BMD, the President has been travelling to places,...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 16 July 2010
SADC-NGO to launch Free Movement of Persons campaign
Speaking to Mmegi, Research, Advocacy and Policy Manager of SADC-NGO, Bob Muchabaiwa said the objective of the launch would be to facilitate the implementation of the protocol of movement of persons that was drafted and produced in 1995. He said the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
Gaetsaloe vs Debswana: a test of the integrity of Botswana's judicial process
Gaetsaloe is represented by Attorney Itumeleng Segopolo of Segopolo & Company, while Debswana is represented by Advocate Stephen Vivian and Dineo Makati-Mpho of Collins Newman & CompanyGaetsaloe, a former employee of Debswana who resigned...
STAFF WRITER 16 July 2010
Modubule speaks out
Modubule was expelled from the BNF in 2008 and has sought to have his expulsion reversed but to no avail, he said. The maverick MP was addressing Lobatse constituents on Wednesday at a meeting organised to inform them about his intention to move to...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
Unions granted interim order to stop govt
Tshosa ruled that Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU), the Manual Workers Union (MWU), Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU), Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and Botswana Land Boards and Local Authorities Workers Union (BLLAWU) successfully...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 16 July 2010
Modubule to join BMD tomorrow?
Last year he made history when he became the first Independent Candidate to be elected to parliament.At the well-attended consultation meeting yesterday Modubule informed his constituents that he had given up on the BNF, who he characterised as a...
16 July 2010
EU backs BA and American Airlines alliance
The EU Commission said it would give BA and Iberia immunity from anti-trust laws that prevent businesses from co-ordinating prices and schedules. Under the plan - which still needs US backing - the airlines would share costs, but give up four...
16 July 2010
Dumping the dollar: Why it's time to diversify
It's not an easy thought. The U.S. dollar has long been the global currency of choice. As much as 64% of the world's currency reserves are held in greenbacks, according to the IMF. But given the manic ups and downs of the dollar in recent years, it...
16 July 2010
SA economy, tourism score from World Cup: Govt
South Africa's successful hosting of the event would also lead to an increase in foreign direct investment, and see more foreign tourists visiting the country, he told a media briefing in Pretoria. "Initial calculations [show] that R93 billion was...
16 July 2010
Brazil considers lower tariffs for SA exporters
South African companies that export to Brazil would benefit substantially if tariff rates were reduced, especially as Brazil is a gateway to other Latin American economies. Brazil committed itself at the SA-Brazil Business Forum last week to buy...
16 July 2010
Golden orebodies emerge from beneath old Agnes mine
The golden galaxy might have been consigned to oblivion were it not for mining veteran Peter Skeat and his project savvy partner, Wayne Hatton-Jones, who have introduced modern new thinking that could result in the old lady of Barberton having the...
16 July 2010
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