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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
Rift Valley Fever vaccine too dear- Bamalete
Chief's representative, Kgosi Ambrose Mokgosi says Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Oreeditse Molebatsi had told them in a recent Kgotla meeting that they would have to buy the vaccine for their livestock, which costs P400. However, the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Who really hates who, and for what?
Bob Marley once compiled a song with the lyrics;"Man to man is so unjust, children: Ya don't know who to trust. Your worst enemy could be your best friend, And your best friend your worse enemy. Some will eat and drink with you, Then behind them...
30 July 2010
Batswana get Chinese scholarships
Amongst these students will be two who will pursue doctoral programmes in Curriculum and Teaching Methodology and Telecommunication and information system, five will pursue bachelors degree, 20 will be doing their masters programmes and one will be...
30 July 2010
Female condom still not popular
A survey at several government clinics and health posts has revealed that the female condom is scarcely used although it is provided free of charge. At Dibete Health Post only 'two or three,' people use the condom said a health worker who preferred...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Love triangle results in suicide attempt
Sources revealed that the woman, who is in her mid-twenties hung herself with a rope after her husband confessed to having impregnated his mistress. "The two, who are both Zimbabwean nationals had an argument in the morning after the man confessed...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
We're still BDP, vow 7 SES councillors
Of the eight BDP councillors in the constituency, Boiki Gaseitsiwe of Ramotswa Central has also joined the BMD. In a letter to the media, the remaining seven BDP councillors said they remain committed and loyal BDP members. They have sworn to...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Busy weekend for political parties
The major opposition parties - the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and the Botswana National Front (BNF) - are engaged in various political campaigns in the rural areas where the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) commands massive...
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Back where it all began
He concluded that the only consolation that could be salvaged from the rupture was that it had happened when the opposition was still vying for power rather than when it is governing. "It might have been a blessing in disguise that we had to break...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Mzwinila brothers remanded in custody
The brothers, together with their co-accused, Elizabeth Surtee who is their mother, and another family member, Doreen Moseki, are expected to appear in court on August 5 where new dates for their trial will be set. The four are accused of attempting...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Ntuane calls for review of constitution
The motion reads: "that this Honourable House requests government to establish a broad-based commission to undertake a comprehensive citizen centre initiative to review the Republican Constitution adopted on 30th September, 1966 and such a review...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 30 July 2010
BDP Tonota North recount in doubt
Onkabetse Daniel who came second after Fidelis Molao in the five-man contested election has indicated he wants a recount. The politician complained of an anomaly during counting after the poll. "Everybody knew I was the winner given the figures we...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Tawana remains mum on defection reports
The legislator has been invited to a BMD rally in Maun over the weekend. "I am going to consult my wife today so that we can decide whether to go or not to the BMD rally. But as you know I am a BDP MP," he said yesterday in Gaborone. Meanwhile three...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Five judges to decide colleagues' recusal
Donald Gaetsaloe is seeking court intervention to order the company to pay him outstanding payments and bonuses for performing additional duties as acting officer for several months before he left the company. Judges Seth Twum, Stanley Moore and...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Botswana to decide on deployment of troops to Somalia
Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Ramadeluka Seretse said the Vice-President Mompati Merafhe has just returned from the AU Summit and he is yet to brief President Ian Khama on the issue. "The president will then...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Making sense of the climate impasse
The first five months of this year were the warmest on record going back to 1880. May was the warmest month ever. Intense heat waves are currently hitting many parts of the world. Yet still we fail to act. There are several reasons for this, and we...
* JEFFREY D. SACHS 30 July 2010
Ndadi, Akoonyatse for JCI awards
Uyapo Ndadi, the director of Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), has been nominated for contribution to children, world peace and/or human rights category. Basadi Akoonyatse, a physiotherapist in the Ministry of Health, has entered...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 30 July 2010
A tribute to Nana Coyote Motijoane
The recent and sudden passing away of the affable and charismatic lead singer of the legendary South African band of the 80s Stimela, not only shocked many an avid afro-jazz follower but it also personally brought a great sense of sadness and a deep...
30 July 2010
Opposition parties should smell the coffee
Almost everybody talks about opposition cooperation, it is the most widely used expression to date. All opposition parties talk about it, ordinary citizens seem to demand it now more than ever before. The demand for opposition cooperation has...
30 July 2010
Project Syndicate
BERLIN - Fuad Siniora, Lebanon's former prime minister, is a thoughtful man with deep experience in Middle Eastern politics. So when he speaks of "trains with no drivers that seem to be on a collision course," as he recently did at a private meeting...
Volker Perthes 30 July 2010
Talking Point
I recently read a report (Mmegi, 26 July, 2010) about yet another incident of a group of Batswana men assaulting a young woman at a bus rank, this time at the Francistown bus rank. According to the report, the young woman's offence was that she...
Kathleen Letshabo 30 July 2010
Orbituary: Comrade Pule Ramaabya
Ramaabya then was a member of Botswana Primary Teachers Association (BOPRITA) and was in its leadership.We interacted numerous times in national meetings and workshops while I represented Botswana Federation of Secondary School Teachers (BOFESETE)...
30 July 2010
Whither Botswana
Promises of cooperation among opposition parties at future elections are a fairly common phenomenon in Botswana. This is because general elections in this country always result in acute embarrassment on the part of opposition parties following...
Dan Moabi 30 July 2010
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30 July 2010
Judgement on Limkokwing retrenchments reserved
Judgement of the case has been reserved to an unspecified date. TAWU attorney, of Carlos Salbany Armstrongs of Salbany and Torto Attorneys has told the court that 15 Limkokwing staff members on fixed-term contracts were told last month that their...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 30 July 2010
Official: Pentagon focusing on 'main suspect' in
Manning, 22, is believed to have accessed a worldwide military classified Internet and e-mail system to download tens of thousands of documents, according to the official, who did not want to be identified because of the ongoing criminal...
30 July 2010
'Worst-ever' SA services shutdown
Trade union federation Cosatu served notice on the government on Wednesday, giving it just a week to up its offer or the country's teachers, nurses, police and doctors will stop working. COSATU and its affiliated unions - including teachers' union...
30 July 2010
Michael Jackson doctors will not face criminal charges
Investigators did not find sufficient evidence to recommend criminal prosecution of any of the medical practitioners, said Christine Gasparac, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Jerry Brown. But a doctor who prescribed drugs to the pop singer using...
30 July 2010
Pakistan mourns air crash victims
An Airbus A321 crashed as it was about to land in the capital Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board. The domestic flight from the southern city of Karachi was operated by the private Pakistani airline Airblue, which has a good safety...
30 July 2010
Nigerian sprinters show class in heats
Unheralded Agnes Osazuwa eclipsed her much-famous compatriots Blessing Okagbare and Damola Osayemi to set the fastest time in qualifying in the women's heats. The 23-year-old Osazuwa, a member of Nigeria's Olympic bronze-medal winning relay team in...
30 July 2010
Maradona hits out at 'betrayal'
Maradona claimed national team manager Carlos Bilardo "worked in the shadows" to oust him after Argentina's quarter-final exit at the 2010 World Cup. He also accused AFA president Julio Grondona of lying about his future. "They called me to put out...
30 July 2010
Badminton team in Mauritius
The tournament is organised by Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA). It is scheduled to start on Sunday till August 8. The Botswana team comprises two boys, Tumisang Olekantse and Pako Kenalemang, and two girls, Moratiwa Matlapeng and Goitsemang...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Hamstring injury grounds Molefe
The injury has kept the 30-year-old sprinter from action for the better part of this year. It caused him to miss the ongoing Africa Athletics Senior Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. "I have been out with a hamstring injury for a long time now. But I...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 30 July 2010
Golfers throw jabs ahead of Kim's tourney
Speaking from Mochudi, the diminutive Frost said players from the south are intimidated by the browns and that is why they did not win last year. "They even admitted last year that they are unable to bring out their best in browns. It looks like...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 30 July 2010
El Hodood's home record intimidating... but poor form should encourage GU
El Hodood, like GU, have not lost at home in an African competition, but have hit a bad patch in their last two assignments. They lost 1-0 to glamour club, Al Ahly, in the Egyptian Supercup on Sunday. That was the Alexandria-based side's second...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Happy Hearts will be no push over - official
The former Zebras' midfielder who hung up his boots last season, said they have a formidable squad good enough to do well in the competitive First Division. "We assembled a good team in Division Two which can compete in the First Division. We have...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 30 July 2010
First Cut
Tomorrow the Botswana Football Association (BFA) will hold its annual general assembly with the position of vice-president (administration) up for grabs. Currently, Olsen Mantle is holding forte in an acting capacity. As a result, ex-cabinet...
Dennis Keagile 30 July 2010
The three men standing
Segolame RamotlhwaRamotlhwa can claim to be more knowledgeable about Botswana football than the other two candidates. He has served as BFA vice president (administration) before. He worked under former BFA president, Philip Makgalemele and his...
30 July 2010
I still want to play for my country - Gabonamong
Mmegi Sport: You wanted a meeting with the Botswana Football Association (BFA) during the build up to the Tunisia game. What was the agenda of the meeting and why did it fail to take place? Gabonamong: I arrived in Botswana a week later than the...
30 July 2010
I still want to play for my country - Gabonamong
Ramotlhwa's candidature is in doubt because he has failed to get support from at least four regions as required by the BFA constitution. He will know his fate tomorrow when the BFA structures meet at Boipuso Hall. The BFA constitution says that a...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Plot to oust BFA leadership
Reflective of simmering factional wars in the Botswana Football Association (BFA), some disgruntled individuals are planning to oust the National Executive Committee (NEC) during tomorrow's general assembly. A document, entitled 'Need for change at...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 30 July 2010
Tenth AGOA Forum is a time to assess U.S.-Africa trade
Florizelle Liser, the assistant U.S. trade representative for Africa, made that point in a July 23 interview with America.gov. "Ten years ago when we put AGOA in place, I think we were clear that we wanted to provide more market access for Africa's...
30 July 2010
SA growth forecast lowered
"For 2010 as a whole we have made a downward adjustment (from 3.4 percent in April to 3.1 percent) in the GDP growth forecast," said the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) in its economic prospects statement on Tuesday. According to the BER, two...
30 July 2010
CB Richard Ellis swings to $54.8-million profit
Although much of the local commercial property market remains depressed, improving global conditions allowed the Los Angeles company to report a profit of $54.8 million, or 17 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $6.6 million, or 2 cents, in...
30 July 2010
World Cup's boost for GDP 'higher than expected'
Initially, Government estimated that the World Cup would add 0.5 percentage points to annual growth this year.However, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told guests at a dinner hosted by the International Marketing Council last night: "When we take...
30 July 2010
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