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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...
13 August 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 13 August 2010
The new never truly sheds
Seretse Khama is credited with having warned the founding activists of the Botswana Democratic Party in his last days that the BDP would be the cause of its own demise. Well, centuries ago, Hegel, in his contribution to earlier philosophical works by...
13 August 2010
Capello calls time on Beckham's career in brutal fashion
The dysfunctional nature of Capello's England regime was exposed once again after the Italian revealed in a television interview, actually conducted on Monday but broadcast prior to last night's friendly against Hungary, that he considered Beckham...
13 August 2010
Capital Motors action moves to Gaborone
Defending champions, Kutlwano are in Pool A with Spartans, Diphatsa, Prisons and Spiking Stars, while Pool B has Mafolofolo, Kalavango, Chobe, BDF VI, Dynamites and Magstimela. Kutlwano are confident that they will retain the title. Their coach,...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 August 2010
First Cut
When do politicians serve the interests of the community? When it suits them or when it suits the community?Equally when do ministers become accountable? Do they do so when it does not erode their political fortunes or personal integrity in the...
Dennis Keagile 13 August 2010
GU will improve this season - Mgadla
He said they have learnt from the mistakes they made last season when they posted a below-par performance and they are determined to prove their critics wrong. He believes that the team's involvement in CAF competitions took its toll on the players...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 August 2010
There is no turbulence at BFA - Fani
Mmegi Sport: The BFA general assembly has come and gone, but not without hitches. There were efforts to topple your committee. Do you think this is indicative of the restlessness in local football? Fani: I normally do not want to speculate but I am...
13 August 2010
Giants clash in Gaborone tourney
The four sides will participate in the Gaborone City Soccer Challenge, organised by the Gaborone City Regional Football Association to raise funds. Both GU and Rollers have made significant acquisitions and indications are that before the end of the...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
How the Zebras played
Modiri Marumo - Had a brilliant game as he made several crucial saves to deny Malawi before finally succumbing to Dave Banda's 75th minute screamer. The goal could be blamed on the slippery surface, which made the ball wet. Man of the match....
13 August 2010
Niyonzima waits for new BDF XI contract
The muscular Burundian goalkeeper said he is ready to join another club if negotiations with BDF XI fail. Niyonzima has given the club his terms and he is still waiting for a response though he is training with the team. "I am not worried that the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 August 2010
Bowling runs in Francistown family
Her daughter, 24-year-old, diminutive Shenilla Mahomed is a keen bowler. "I have got about one and half years in the sport and I am loving every minute of it. I have been involved in competitions, but the most memorable one was at the beginning of...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 13 August 2010
Zebras on course to make history
On Wednesday, the Zebras entered a stadium named after the late Malawian dictator, Kamuzu Banda in Blantyre as underdogs against Malawi but emerged unscathed after a credible 1-1 draw. The performance underlined the national team's growing reputation...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
Iraq 'not ready' for US pull-out
Lieutenant General Babaker Zebari warned that the Iraqi military might not be ready to take control for another decade. The US says it is on target to end combat operations by the end of August and meet its deadline for removing all troops by the...
13 August 2010
Pakistan's 'huge' flood crop loss
Nazar Muhammad Gondal said significant amounts of the grain, sugarcane and rice harvests had been washed away Meanwhile a senior religious scholar has said that flood victims living in difficult conditions should not have to fast over the Muslim...
13 August 2010
Uganda rebels 'abducted hundreds'
Human Rights Watch says the group has brutally abducted at least 697 adults and children over the past 18 months. Civilians were said to have been taken in remote regions of the Central African Republic and the north of the Democratic Republic of...
13 August 2010
Madagascar parties agree on new poll dates
The Indian Ocean island has been mired in political turmoil since President Andry Rajoelina unseated former leader Marc Ravalomanana with military backing, stunting economic growth as donors froze aid worth hundreds of millions of...
13 August 2010
Kagame wins, grenade wounds 7
A grenade was thrown into a rush-hour crowd in the capital Kigali, wounding at least seven people. Analysts said the attack appeared to be aimed at producing a political crisis. Kagame, widely lauded for rebuilding Rwanda and establishing peace in...
13 August 2010
Robben Island: The 'dumping site' of the liberation fighters
Looking closely into the history of Robben Island, one gets a clear view that the place has been synonymous with banishment, neglect and ostracism. Besides the colonisers, warders, health care providers, missionaries and clerical staff who provided...
13 August 2010
Project Syndicate
NEW DELHI - As the world economy begins to recover, Indians are looking back with particular satisfaction at how they coped with the recent crisis. Despite an unprecedented global recession, India remained the second fastest growing economy in the...
Shashi Tharoor 13 August 2010
At the heart of the BFTU saga
This article has been influenced by reports in the media and comments from some trade union leaders regarding the subject of bargaining in the public service. As a trade union leader and one who has been following the transformation in labour...
13 August 2010
Tread ye lightly, Mr Skelemani
In the immediate post-colonial period of the 1970s, and even the '80s, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was located at the Office of the President. Foreign policy was always seen as an extension of the president's vision, and even 'personal...
13 August 2010
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13 August 2010
Lt-Gen Walls gave Zim a torrid time
General Walls was so unrelenting in his determination to "search-and-destroy" Joshua Nkomo's and Robert Mugabe's ZIPRA and ZANLA bases that he would unleash his ruthless troops in "hot pursuit" of the Soviet and Chinese trained guerrillas in the...
ALFRED MULENGA
Correspondent 13 August 2010
Volkswagen's new Hilux, the Amarok
I invite you to look up the word "superlative" in the dictionary and I also guarantee you won't find a picture of the 2010 Toyota Hilux next to it. This is for one of two possible reasons. The first being that dictionaries are obsolete the...
13 August 2010
What's in a dress?
FRANCISTOWN: In yonder days, a Motswana woman would not be seen in public without a headscarf (tukwi) or a hemline above the knees. For good measure, they draped themselves with a shawl to make a statement that says 'I am Mrs So-and-So' or 'I am...
13 August 2010
Africa must find her own solutions - Dr Ruhakana Rugunda
On the issue of reproductive and child health programmes, Rugunda emphasised developed cost effective ways towards promoting maternal, infant and child health care as well as the need for mothers to deliver babies in hygienic conditions under the...
13 August 2010
From micro-businessman to tycoon
Flamboyant tycoon, Bartholomew Ophaketse Gaobakwe, commonly known as "Uncle Parks", was driven by poverty to become a businessman. The man who is counted among Botswana's richest traces his involvement in business to his humble family...
13 August 2010
Tension as BMD goes to Lobatse
In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, BMD interim vice-chairman Botsalo Ntuane said the BMD considers the BNF a partner in opposition. He dismissed talk that there is likely to be a violent encounter, especially that some BNF members in the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
Odds against BDP in Tonota North?
The rallies were meant to launch candidates for the two parties that will slug it out for the parliamentary by-election on September 4. The BCP was first to launch Dr Habaudi Hobona in Borolong on Saturday, followed by the BDP who launched Fidelis...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 13 August 2010
Unions to seek members' approval to quit BFTU
The decision to affiliate to BFTU was taken by a special congress and the same congress will have to take the decision to join the newly formed Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU). Yesterday, the Ministry of Labour and Home...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
Uyapo meets Barack
I guess many people, including business and political leaders, would have relished the opportunity that I had. It was a momentous occasion in my life, which I shall forever treasure. The primary purpose of the meeting was to reflect on the...
13 August 2010
'It can only get warmer from now' - the Met
But suddenly, when most were looking forward to warmer temperatures, the mercury dipped again. "It is a cold spell, which is a normal occurrence at this time of the year," says the Director of Meteorological Services, Phetogo Phage. A cold spell is...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
Fidelis Molao: the face of the BDP in Tonota North
A teacher, manager and politician, Molao was born 33 years ago in Mathangwane. The fifth child in the family, Molao went to Mathangwane Primary School before transferring to Mpatane Primary School in Mathangwane in his sixth year to complete his...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 13 August 2010
State funding of political parties law to be tabled
Addressing a media briefing, Arone said state funding of political parties is a necessary cost of democracy. He said it would ensure a level playing field for competing political parties and avoid unfair advantages especially for the ruling...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 August 2010
Parliament urged to ensure balance of power
The call was made by a University of Botswana (UB) professor of political studies, Mpho Molomo yesterday at the ongoing Centre for Strategic Studies Capacity Building Workshop, Botswana Chapter. Prof Molomo said dominance of the executive arm of...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
Dr Hubona paves path from surgery to Parliament
No challenge stood in her way and right now she feels no challenge can stand in her way, including the challenge of representing her constituents in Tonota North. On September 5, Dr Hubona, waving the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) ticket, will be...
13 August 2010
The return of the prodigal son
Politicians are quite a tricky lot," says one villager in Shoshong on the way to the community hall where the BDP was gathered to receive a prodigal son. Shoshong MP, Phillip Makgalemele, in a yo-yo like move, left and returned to the BDP in the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
CMS accused lambasts investigating officer
Johnson complained to Village Magistrate, Barnabas Nyamadzabo, that he should have come for mention on Wednesday but never made it to court because "I noticed that my warrant of remand has been tampered with, and upon closer examination, the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
BNF to meet for additional members of CC
In an interview with Mmegi, BNF Secretary General Akanyang Magama said the nomination of the three members is the prerogative of the party president. He added that he expects one man and two women to be named to the politburo. Another matter on the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
No De Beers relisting- Anglo
Then the whispers turned into headlines that De Beers was going to be relisted to raise equity capital to put a dent into its $2 billion debt. But, according to miningweekly, Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll was adamant during a conference call in...
13 August 2010
BP, Shell pull out: pros and cons for Botswana
The two companies contributed immensely to the country's economic growth by supplying fuel through their retail network to the government fleet, and to commercial customers such as mines, transport and construction companies. BP, particularly, has...
* MAHUBE MPUGWA 13 August 2010
BIHL bullish about first half year performance
In a trading update released on Wednesday, BIHL says it expects the 2010 first half results (June 2010) to be significantly higher than the prior year's comparative period, resulting from strong operational performance from both its life insurance...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
BDC marks 40 years with scribes in tow
The tour started in Gaborone on Wednesday with a visit to two of its construction and engineering geared outlets, Kwena Rocla and Kwena Concrete Products. The former is a pre-cast concrete producer partly owned by southern Africa's leading producer...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
Sefcash to be de-listed in cost cutting measure
The move is calculated to cut the listing costs of the two companies. Sefcash, which is Sefalana's only listed subsidiary, is currently 79.35 percent owned by Sefalana, while the remainder of the shares are free float as required by BSE. Apart from...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
"Shady" accountants face P500,000 fines
This is in accordance with the recent passing of amendments to the Accountants Act. Before it adjourned last week, the Winter Parliament passed amendments to the Accountants Act and enacted the Financial Reporting Act (FRA), both of which prescribe...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
Book Review
Botswana Society (2010)Botswana Notes and Records, Volume 41, 2009. Gaborone, Botswana Society, paperback. P200 to members, ISSN 0525-5090. Available at The Botswana Society Office at 2704 Phala Crescent or at the Mochudi Rondavel, National...
Sheridan Griswold 13 August 2010
Back Stage
Knight and Day (2010) is now showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It opened in June 2010. It could have been called "Knight and Havens" because the male star is always seeking a haven. Or the female star should have been named "June Day" and then it...
Sasa Majuma 13 August 2010
World's funniest museums
Paris Sewer Museum, FrancePrepare yourself: the 'galleries' of the Musee des Egouts de Paris are actually disused sections of Paris' sewerage system (fans of Hugo's Les Misrables will know what to expect). The smell is unbelievable and let that be a...
13 August 2010
Kuru festival attracts 600 tourists, dancers
Traditionally the event has attracted the likes of President Ian Khama, especially when he was still the Vice President, Ghanzi and Maun Members of Parliament (MPs), and chief executive officers (CEOs) of various corporations have also graced the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 13 August 2010
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