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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
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 29 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 29 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 29 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 29 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 29 July 2010
Another BDP MP defects to BMD
The MP, speaking at a press conference in Ramotswa, said he is not leaving the BDP because of factionalism. "My defection has nothing to do with factionalism. I realised that the BDP leadership had no intention of addressing the disquiet in the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
WUC's slow water connections rile villagers
The supply of water in the area has been a concern, mostly in villages such as Ditladi, Shashe Mooke, Borolong, Chadibe, Makobo, Natale, Jamataka and Mathangwane. These villages were in the past supplied with water by the council, through the...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 29 July 2010
Is Khama the BDP?
Khama has been cited by the BMD as the reason for their defection from the ruling party. Under normal circumstances, his ministers and other party activists would be travelling the length and breath of the country defending their leader and...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 29 July 2010
Botswana commits to free movement of persons
Siele was speaking at a Southern Africa Development Community Council of Non Governmental Organisation (SADC-NGO) free movement of persons campaign held on Tuesday in Gaborone. The campaign brought together state and non-state actors (NSA) from the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 29 July 2010
'It's a cock and bull story' - Dr Seakgosing
While the Ministry of Health is aware that the energy drink has been banned in countries like France, Denmark and Norway, it does not follow suit that Botswana should do the same because there are "no documented positive or negative health effects...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
BDP structures collapse in Tati East
The BDP Tsamaya ward committee is resigning in solidarity with the area civic leader, Reginald Mudongo who resigned on Monday from the BDP to join the BMD. More bad news is expected from BDP Tati East as more operatives and party structures are...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
Khama to attend BDP parliamentary caucus
Sources close to the ruling party have revealed that some BDP MPs called on the President to come to the caucus so they can discuss the dire situation because of the defection of legislators, councillors to the breakaway Botswana Movement for...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
I am not leaving BNF- Gaborone
Prior to the recent BNF central committee elections Gaborone, who is also MP for South East North told Mmegi that Duma Boko is not a legitimate presidential candidate. Gaborone actually pulled out of the presidential race, claiming that he was...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
Judgement on Limkokwing retrenchments reserved
Judgement of the case has been reserved to an unspecified date. TAWU attorney, Sipho Ziga of Armstrongs has told the court that 15 Limkokwing staff members on fixed-term contracts were told last month that their contracts ending July 31 would not be...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 29 July 2010
Our Heritage
In the last few weeks in Mmegi I have been battering away at the general subject of craft and have argued that only rarely can traditional, functional craft be so transposed that it becomes a viable commercial product. I have also suggested that...
Sandy Grant 29 July 2010
Project Syndicate
China has devised a novel strategy to relieve pressure on its overcrowded prisons: employ convicts as labourers on overseas projects in the developing world. The practice has exposed another facet of China's egregious human-rights record, which, when...
Brahma Cellaney 29 July 2010
The Afghan war springs a leak
But they increase the political pressure on a war policy that has already suffered a precipitous loss of credibility this year by highlighting contradictions between the official assumptions of the strategy and the realities shown in the documents -...
* GARETH PORTER 29 July 2010
Al-Bashir should be delivered to the ICC
At the on-going African Union summit in Uganda most African heads of state wanted the union to take one common position and disregard a warrant of arrest that has been issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Sudanese leader Omar...
29 July 2010
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29 July 2010
'Google in talks to build Facebook competitor'
The Internet giant has had talks with makers of online games for the service including Playdom Inc, Electronic Arts Inc's Playfish and Zynga Game Network Inc, the report said. The report said is unclear when the new offering will be launched. Google...
29 July 2010
LG Electronics profits slump by a third
Net profit came in at 856.4bn won ($723m; £463m) for the three months to the end of June, down 33% on the 1.28bn won it made a year earlier. Revenue was very slightly lower at 14.4 trillion won. A strengthening won against the euro, which made...
29 July 2010
Zim resists IMF audit of Reserve Bank
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is saddled with financial liabilities of more than US$1 billion, incurred during a period of looting and quasi-fiscal activities that propped up the Mugabe regime. The bank was given US$10 million this year to cover...
29 July 2010
Lobatse Tile to be liquidated - Tibone
Parliament has been told that Lobatse Tile is about to be liquidated because the Botswana Development Corporation-owned company has not been doing well. The Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Charles Tibone, said the BDC board...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 29 July 2010
'Positive trends in recent credit growth'
The latest trends are suggested by the Bank of Botswana's monthly analysis of banking sector trends and observations by economists. According to the data, more commercial bank lending is being extended by the private sector, parastatals and other...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
Oil disaster: from failure to hope
"I think - no guarantees - but I believe there will be no more oil flowing into the Gulf as of the 15th of July," Dudley told CNN's American Morning on Wednesday. Dudley, who BP elevated Tuesday to replaced current Chief Executive Officer Tony...
29 July 2010
Army expands probe into soldier suspected of earlier leak
The expanded investigation was confirmed by Colonel David Lapan at the Pentagon. According to a US military official who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to talk about the investigation, the probe by the Army's Criminal...
29 July 2010
ANCYL not in crisis: Malema
"There is just a group of rowdy, ill-disciplined individuals who posed a challenge in some provinces." Malema mentioned the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provincial conferences as having disgruntled members who tried to undermine the ANCYL. Former...
29 July 2010
Japan hangs two death row inmates
The two prisoners, both convicted killers, were hanged at the Tokyo Detention Centre. Justice Minister Keiko Chiba - who opposes the death penalty - witnessed the executions and announced the formation of a group to review the death penalty. Opinion...
29 July 2010
'Military junta rules Zimbabwe'
Roy Bennett said Mugabe remained in office thanks only to a clique of generals who are enriching themselves.Bennett was acquitted in May on charges of plotting to overthrow Mugabe, but prosecutors are appealing. He has not yet taken up his post as...
29 July 2010
SA in cabinet ethics clampdown
This is according to the interim rules announced by government spokesman Themba Maseko yesterday. He said the Cabinet had adopted the interim sanctions following the public protector's recent finding that Zuma had not complied "with the...
29 July 2010
Pakistan plane crash kills 152
Officials said the plane lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing. It is not known what caused the crash. Pakistani TV showed images of smouldering wreckage on a foggy hillside, with helicopters overhead. A huge rescue...
29 July 2010
Biggie's own horror island
Their garden has been turned into a Horror Island. Big Brother's brief to the housemates states that they have been told they have a terrible incurable disease. The only cure is the Golden Snake, kept in the Glasshouse and guarded by other...
29 July 2010
Sheila plays hard to get for sexy Hannington
A clearly devastated Hannington told her that she had killed everything even though the Kenyan model had said that she liked him a lot and wanted to keep him in the game, which is why she could not do anything with him. Hannington demanded his...
29 July 2010
The Munya of massage
Complete with massage oils and swift strokes, Munya gave the Namibian housemate all the attention she deserved at the time and all she could do was moan and groan. Munya has been alternating between the two girls for the past few days having shared a...
29 July 2010
Thapong Members' second exhibition underway
The exhibition, which opened last Friday, ends in a fortnight's time. Interestingly, the show has not only attracted better quality works than the first one but it has also drawn some of the big names in the industry. One of the most intriguing...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
Chris Manto 7 running scared
He forwarded Showbiz's yours truly the message, which he says has got him very worried and it reads in part; "YOUR LAPTOP, YOUR VITAL INFORMATION, GUARD IT JEALOUSLY!!!! THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE BOTSWANA POLICE!" Manto 7, who recently...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 29 July 2010
Raul set to announce Real Madrid departure
Reports in Spain suggest the 33-year-old will join German side Schalke on a two-year deal. Real president Florentino Perez and director general Jorge Valdano will appear alongside Raul at a 1200 BST media conference in Madrid. Raul won six Spanish...
29 July 2010
Stanbic backs inaugural Dintweng Cup
The balls are meant to be used ahead of the academy's inaugural Ernest Dintweng Youth Cup on August 6-8. The tournament will involve primary and junior schools from Tsamaya and surrounding villages like Tshesebe, Themashanga and Mabudzane. Speaking...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 29 July 2010
Young Strikers brace for new season
At the end of the first round last season, it looked like the Extension 27 club was destined for Division Two football. At the time, it anchored the standings with a measly seven points. But they showed great character to fight all the way and finish...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 29 July 2010
GU out to defy odds in Egypt
The Reds flew out with morale high in camp after a slender 1-0 win over the Egyptian side. Gaborone United (GU) will seek to re-write the history books with a shock result against North African opposition. No Botswana side, including the national...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 29 July 2010
Kalavango losers in busy transfer period
Kalavango were the major losers after seeing five of their players leave the men and women teams. Three players left the women's team while the men's side lost two. The Gaborone side, however, managed to register three players. BDF VI recruited the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 29 July 2010
Khama under pressure to fire Merafhe - claim
It is said there is a growing lobby within the party to request President Ian Khama to ditch Merafhe to stem the tide of defections to the breakaway Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). While Mmegi has been unable to find anyone who admitted that...
STAFF WRITER 30 July 2010
Access to justice still a problem - Justice Tebutt
"For too many of our citizens, access to the judiciary is too distant, cumbersome, slow and expensive and if they do obtain judicial access, they may still feel their vulnerability and that they are socially discriminated against," Justice Tebutt...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
With the canoe, Captain's dexterity and safety record are second to none
Botsang, whose middle name denotes no rank in the military, is on another fare to ferry clients to Boseja, which in Setswana means on the other side of the river and is often the name assumed for such places throughout Botswana. The 40-year old...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
High water levels mean low profit margins
Until recently, Mongana General Dealer And Bottle Store, which sells a variety of goods, including fresh food and alcoholic beverages, used to be a hive of activity. Travellers used the Toteng-based shop as a hiking spot. Motorists travelling to...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
When the Kunyere bursts its banks
TOTENG: "Bridge closed," a warning sign screams to road users heading to the motor bridge across the heavily flooded Kunyere River in Toteng Village in the Ngamiland District. Cement like dust and barrier tapes blocking the path along the...
30 July 2010
Thirsty little faces of the CKGR
It is unbelievable how a five year-old child could stay for days without any drinking water. These children are caught in between the complex conflict between the government and Basarwa. On the one side is the Botswana government in its...
THALEFANG CHARLES 30 July 2010
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