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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 28 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 28 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...
28 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 28 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...
28 July 2010
Going back to Takatokwane village
As the Mmegi team comprising Moreri Sejakgomo and I leave the city of Gaborone, I cannot help but wonder whether I am going to be met with a lot of changes in the area. I try to push all the bad memories that I have about Takatokwane to the back of...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Takatokwane stirs to life with modern houses
Some 20 years ago, the village looked desolate and it was hard to access it but today, Takatokwane is connected to Letlhakeng by a nicely tarred road. Yes, it is true that most of the yards have unsightly mud huts but there are modern houses...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Zambia's Lewanika could be TAZARA's messiah
LUSAKA: You don't get small talk with Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika. The long time Zambian technocrat fashions himself as a man with a great deal of both idealism and practicality. In private briefings, as in press interviews, he exudes...
28 July 2010
Israel: A failing colonial project?
In order to firmly secure its existence - as firmly as that is possible for any state - a settler state has to overcome three challenges. It has to solve the native problem; break away from its mother country; and gain the recognition of neighboring...
* M. SHAHID ALAM 28 July 2010
Leading the nation from the crossroads
Our common values and vision for the future of this country have compelled us to come together under one roof. We have demonstrated maturity by not allowing the minor differences we may have had in the past to over shadow the many attributes...
* DUMELANG SALESHANDO 28 July 2010
Fear drives Zim migrants home
"I am left with little money on me because I left South Africa in a hurry and before my employer could pay me. All the transport operators are saying my money is too little and I don't know how I am going to leave this place [the bus terminus],"...
28 July 2010
Base Sebonego Achieves Success At A Young Age
Not one Base Sebonego. Interestingly, his dream was not founded on bank loans or CEDA loans, but by the age of 30, Sebonego had tasted success, after establishing what would later become the country's first legal aid company, Mosele Legal Services,...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Yes, Sometimes Meat Glows In The Dark
A 2005 BBC news bulletin tells of how Australians were alarmed by reports of glowing meat, and as with the Molepolole case, there were fears of radioactive contamination. At that time The New South Wales Food Authority assured the population the glow...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Glowing Chicken Feet Alarm Villagers
The chicken feet would also bring her an endless stream of visitors, not just from Motiketsana ward, but also from other wards in Molepolole and indeed newspaper reporters. The chicken feet glowed in the dark! And do not be so quick to dismiss her...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Mmadinare Elephant Sales Raise 'Only' P422,000
They had anticipated that they would raise P615,100. The highest bid for a single elephant was P19,000. Mmadinare Development chairman, Moseki Moseki, said they failed to raise the anticipated amount because buyers decide the price of the...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Total Abjection For Moshopa Family
All 18 of them in this dump! Young children in shorts in the horror of the wintry elements take up most of the space in the little hellhole. Forty-two-year old Judith Johane, who looks twice her age, assumes the role of family spokesperson in the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
A new focus for the BCP
A full report of the elections is expected in two weeks and will be used to evaluate the manner in which the party conducts its elections. Focus on the Economy It is common knowledge that the BCP 2010 manifesto focused on issues of civil...
DUMELANG SALESHANDO 28 July 2010
As I See It
June 2010 was an unusually treacherous month. It deprived us of our three great sons Baledzi Gaolathe, Bright Bagwasi and Thomas Tlou. We mourn their passing; in life they kept us hopeful their talent in mind, spirit and focus might yet...
Michael Dingake 28 July 2010
Diamonds: Burden or boon?
According to a confidential 44-page report produced by investigators mandated by the Kimberley Process, an international scheme designed to prevent the sale of 'blood diamonds,' diamonds at Marange are being mined under the direct surveillance of the...
28 July 2010
BDP official 'explains' Bulela Ditswe
Oabile Power Moupi, BDP chairman for the political education and elections committee (PEEC) explained to Mmegi yesterday, "reports that the crew that counted the ballot papers at the counting centre cooked the figures are unfortunate." The counting...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Tati East exodus to BMD begins
The defectors are joining BDP's splinter party, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). The area MP, who was previously BDP, was recently expelled from the ruling party for reportedly attending a meeting that was not blessed by the party...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Mfa leaves tourney organisers in the lurch?
One of the organisers, Kesaobaka Majase, says the former Sebina/Gweta Member of Parliament (MP) has allegedly been taking them from pillar to post such that he has reached the end of his tether. It all began on July 10 when Mfa offered to sponsor a...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 28 July 2010
Opposition unity: Is history repeating itself?
Among them was former Mogoditshane MP Mokgweetsi Kgosipula, who had served the BCP as secretary general. The BNF was only too happy to welcome Kgosipula, while the BCP cried foul. The BCP argued that it was the wrong time to welcome defectors while...
STAFF WRITER 28 July 2010
Mixed feelings about elephant sales
The chairperson of Xhauxhwatubi Trust at Phuduhudu, Omphile Mash Libalamwe, says she is unhappy that the auction failed to raise even a quarter of their targeted P1.8 million. The trust, which is located some 100km from Maun, auctioned 22...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Kalabeng causes storm at Kanye Kgotla
In fact, had the majority of attendees lost their heads, an exchange of blaows, and throwing of chairs would have ensued. Tempers of the old men and women flared but the director of ceremonies appealed for calm. The rightful heir to the throne is...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Mogae house defects to be fixed
The house, whose construction was initially budgeted at P14 million but later escalated to P20 million, was completed and handed over to government in 2008. However, DEBS' principal public relations Morwalela Kesalopa however says with the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
MoE sticks to budget in sponsorships
Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry Ruth Maphorisa, said they had to put their heads together and come up with a plan to source funds for new students. "We utilised the savings from last year that amounted to P350...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
We are not with BDP,' ANC
Though the two political organisations are ruling parties in their respective countries, they subscribe to different political ideologies, with the BDP leaning on capitalism and the ANC on socialism, he suggested. BDP spokesman, Segaetsho Garekwe,...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Education ministry should sort itself out
In the tradition of such movie heroes such as Superman or 007, Pelonomi-Venson came in just in time to rescue the victims from imminent destruction. So, our minister is a hero like her predecessor, Jacob Nkate, who created funds to once again...
EDITOR 28 July 2010
Power to the people
But over 2 billion people - one in three people on our planet - have no access to modern energy to light and heat the dwellings in which they live. The obstacles to energy access are not technical. We know how to build power systems, design modern...
CARLOS SLIM HELU 28 July 2010
A tale of two worlds
Across a growing number of emerging market economies, central banks are becoming more concerned about how soon and how fast they should tighten monetary policy. Perhaps most telling are the recent rate increases in India and Brazil, two major...
GERARD IYONS 28 July 2010
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'Oleseng's voice mine' - Young muso sang 'sick-bed' ditties
The label allegedly used a trailblazing Pretoria- based musician to sing all Oleseng's ditties on his album Tribute To Oleseng and lied that the alto-voiced musician recorded the songs when he was ill. It emerged this week that this was a ruse to...
28 July 2010
My experience with Guta Ra Mwari
When I left last Thursday to pay my last respects to my uncle, I did not know what to expect. This was so because I had never attended a funeral of a member of Guta Ra Mwari church. When I got there, the first thing that greeted me was a...
28 July 2010
Chaka Chaka warms up for Bots with hot show in Kampala
"The sweetness of her voice left many perplexed at the fact that the older she gets, the sweeter her voice", reported a Ugandan publication following her weekend show. According to a Ugandan publication New Vision the super diva...
28 July 2010
Sammi asked to play paranoid
Asking "Can you keep a secret" Biggie told Sammi to pull a fast one on his fellow Housemates. Sammi agreed that he could keep a secret and notified Biggie he would play along. Biggie then laid out the Secret Task. Sammi is to pretend that he is...
28 July 2010
Culture Spears honour Kasane cultural groups
Culture Spears honoured the groups with lunch and dinner at their home in Mogoditshane. Kasane was represented by Matsosa Ngwao, Tse Tilodi as well as Lelekeng Drama group. The evergreen Culture Spears originate from Kasane where they were...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 28 July 2010
Leaders should learn to take criticism
Finest athletesLeungo Matlhaku recorded a dashing 24.83 secs in the 200 metres, which rates among the fastest times on the continent both at junior and senior level. At a young age of 15, Matlhaku should be destined for greater things and the...
MQONDISI DUBE 28 July 2010
Security beefed ahead of Africa Athletics Championships
Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairman Isaiah Kiplagat said the recent bomb attacks in Kampala, Uganda which targeted fans watching the finals of the football World Cup had forced the government to raise the security level status. Teams from...
28 July 2010
Killer Giants still searching for coach
The Zimbabwean left after the club relegated from the Premier League last season. Killer Giants' communications manager, Offmann Montsiemang said they released Tamirepi because they could not afford to pay him in the lower division. "We had to be...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 28 July 2010
US 'fails to account' for Iraq reconstruction billions
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says the US Department of Defence is unable to account properly for 96 percent of the money. Out of just over $9bn (£5.8bn), $8.7bn is unaccounted for, the inspector says. The US military...
28 July 2010
Climate change 'will increase Mexico-US migration'
For every 10 percent of lost crop yields in Mexico, another 2 percent of Mexicans are likely to leave their country, the study says. The research draws a clear connection between climate change and immigration - two heavily debated issues in the...
28 July 2010
Russia says new EU sanctions on Iran "unacceptable"
EU foreign ministers on Monday approved a range of extra restrictions on Iran that went well beyond UN sanctions agreed last month, including a ban on dealing with Iranian banks and insurance companies as well as steps to prevent investment in...
28 July 2010
Leak leaves White House on the defensive
The documents made public late Sunday by the website WikiLeaks included dozens of new disclosures about Pakistani intelligence agencies' assistance to Afghan insurgents, corruption in the US-backed Kabul government, and incidences of US troops...
28 July 2010
Fidel makes latest appearance as Cuba says no rush on reform
Cuban Television showed Castro, 83, at a somber ceremony in Havana's Revolution Square, then in a lengthy meeting with Cuban intellectuals and artists where he answered questions about a variety of topics for more than an hour. It was the latest in...
28 July 2010
US military steps up support for AU force
In a speech to a group of Africa specialists at a think tank in Washington, General William Ward emphasised that Africom is engaged in "a sustained, long-term endeavour." Saying "we have turned a corner," General Ward suggested that African leaders...
28 July 2010
AU leaders debate action on Somalia
Meanwhile, Zambian President Rupiah Banda said Zambia will not send peacekeepers to Somalia. Asked whether Zambia will send troops to Somalia, President Banda, who attended the opening session of the AU heads of state and government summit in Uganda...
28 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...
29 July 2010
Zambia's Lewanika could be TAZARA's messiah
LUSAKA: You don't get small talk with Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika. The long time Zambian technocrat fashions himself as a man with a great deal of both idealism and practicality. In private briefings, as in press interviews, he exudes...
29 July 2010
Israel: A failing colonial project?
In order to firmly secure its existence - as firmly as that is possible for any state - a settler state has to overcome three challenges. It has to solve the native problem; break away from its mother country; and gain the recognition of neighboring...
* M. SHAHID ALAM 29 July 2010
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