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Our Heritage
True Mmegi did give it a go with an editorial which largely viewed heritage in terms of art, Michael Dingake, bless him, wrote forcefully about the heritage of politics and I have suggested elsewhere that the country has a rich agricultural...
SANDY GRANT 25 August 2010
BFTU must stop its obsession with other unions and concentrate on its mandate
Since its formation as BOFESETE in 1986 and subsequent registration in 1987 (as an association then), the organisation has not lost its focus. It has worked tirelessly with several civil society organisations like labour, media, churches,...
25 August 2010
BMD exposes 'The Left' for what it really is
The current mucking about inside and between political parties should serve to - once and for all - do away with the myth that their multiplicity offers the electorate that much sought-after commodity, variety and contrast. If anything, recent...
25 August 2010
Inside Nchindogate - in their own words
The most high-profile of the state witnesses to appear this week was former director of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime, Tymon Katlholo. He had been sitting outside in a chair waiting for his turn as one witness went through the...
25 August 2010
Time for honest presidents to quit SADC
But then, SADC was not formed to perform any meaningful purpose; SADC was formed to fan the egos of regional leaders and, in that regard, it is performing its duties well. Thus I was astounded when SADC "came down hard" on Robert Mugabe and Morgan...
DON-MARTN ROPAFADZO
Correspondent 25 August 2010
That surly driver could kill you!
It is not that difficult to get a driver's licence in Botswana. You simply need to pass the theory test, the parking test, the road test and you are set. Afterall, you can turn a steering wheel and tell the accelerator from the brake pedal. Plus,...
25 August 2010
Why - asks Paul Rantao
The politically robust opinion pieces attest to Rantao's proficiency and verve as an investigative journalist who relished playing the role of critical witness to Botswana's imperfect past and present. The articles are living examples of Rantao's...
TIRO SEBINA 25 August 2010
Save The Child Next Door
At some point in your life you felt desperately in need of something but at least you were able to share it with your friend and even went to the extent of finally getting it, because you are capable. Now put that remote control on the table, walk...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
Songbird Vebrok drops Komoskodae
She has just recorded her second album, titled Komoskodae, which simply means dance. The new album will be released next month. The last time when she released an album was in 2008. Now she has made a follow-up to her first album...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Mugabe says sanctions must go
President Robert Mugabe was speaking at a meeting of his Zanu-PF party's 150 member policy-making committee. He said that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had failed to meet conditions of the 18-month-old coalition deal to have sanctions...
25 August 2010
The road to food security
Thanks to the cooperative and support from other farmers, she now has a thriving business and all of her children are in school. On the way to meet her, I passed women walking through mud to the market with large loads of fruit and vegetables...
* KANAYO F NWANZE 25 August 2010
Project Syndicate
TOKYO: Hillary Clinton's recent trip to Asia may one day be seen as the most significant visit to the region by a United States diplomat since Henry Kissinger's secret mission to Beijing in July 1971. Kissinger's mission triggered a diplomatic...
Yuriko Koike 25 August 2010
Selefu 24 August 2010
25 August 2010
Former friends in court over unpaid debt
Urban Customary Court president Dikwalo Monametsi yesterday heard a case in which Thapelo Machobane wants Odirile Rakereng to repay P2,400 he had lent him. The court was told that Machobane owned a photography studio in the Main Mall that he shared...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
Youth House must be utilised, urges Nyeku
At an inauguration ceremony attended by a delegation from Belgium, Nyeku said the Youth House will be "the focal point of all youth activities in the city." He explained that, the office, which started operating in July 2009, under the auspices of...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Drug-resistant TB worries mayor
Speaking at the on-going full council meeting in Francistown yesterday, Shadreck Nyeku revealed that out of the 261 patients who are on TB treatment in the city of Francistown, 10 of them are multi-drug resistance cases, while one is extreme drug...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Another hurdle for Molao
His grandmother on his father's side, Nthusi Ntobe, died last Saturday at the age of 105 years. She will be buried next Saturday. "Definitely, I have been grounded during this crucial time of our campaigns. Whilst I want to ensure that I do the leg...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
BDP rally suggests sagging popularity
So disappointing that a dejected member in the audience, clad in red colours of the party, could not help quipping afterwards that he was seeing only the same faces that he has seen at previous rallies. "Besides, most of the people who came today...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Tonota North candidates seek boost in Ikalanga names
It seems the candidates' names have become a factor that could possibly influence one to be endorsed in a political race. People have started treading carefully to ensure that they make the right choices even in the use of their names to remind...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
Chinese Clinch Kafue power deal
Last week, three Chinese companies - the China Africa Development Fund, the China Development Bank and the Sino-Hydro Power Company and the Zambian government - signed a MoU which sets out the roadmap for the construction of the massive power station...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Decentralisation experiences teething problems in Palapye
Shortage of resources, which had been haunting the district even before decentralisation was introduced, is being felt in the new administrative authorities including Palapye. Chairman of the Palapye Administrative Authority councillor Onneetse...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
Nationwide tour for PAC after snub in Parliament
Among others, they will visit Gantsi, Charleshill, Kang, Hukuntsi, Tshabong, Khakhea, Jwaneng, Mabutsane, Maun, Seronga, Shakawe, Gumare, Sehithwa, Makalamabedi, Nata and Phuduhudu where they will address civil servants in government offices...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
Man gets seven years for manslaughter
High court judge Justice Modiri Letsididi said while he took into account the mitigation by defence attorney Miriro Furusa a minimum sentence of seven years was appropriate other than a discharge. The judge stated that he accepted that Unopa...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Twelve perish in Sunday road accidents
Five others are in hospital with serious injuries. Senior Superintendent Seabe Maboka of Mochudi Police Station says the first accident involved two 4x4 vehicles that collided head-on near the popular Mosaditshwene Restaurant. The driver of one...
STAFF WRITER 25 August 2010
Moroka to rule on 'case to answer'
Moroka, the judicial officer who in Prison Street is known as 'The Hanging Judge', says he will deliver a ruling on Thursday morning. Yesterday morning, Moroka listened to Advocate Craig Webster as he muckraked and mopped up in a technical stage...
STAFF WRITER 25 August 2010
Double shifts to cease in secondary schools
Addressing a full council meeting yesterday, Nyeku said the intention is to cease this system with effect from 2011. He however indicated that Montsamaisa Junior Secondary School will continue to offer double shifts due to the large number of...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Tycoons reach out-of-court settlement
Lekalake moved to the High Court seeking a declaration that Makgekgenene is insolvent and his property should be auctioned to recover the R11.5 million debt he is owed. In the out-of-court settlement, Makgekgenene acknowledges his indebtedness to...
STAFF WRITER 25 August 2010
Oil price falls to 7-week low
US crude for October delivery fell as much as 56 cents to $72,54 a barrel, the lowest price since July 7. It was down 33 cents at $72,77 by yesterday. ICE Brent for October fell 35 cents to $73,27. "The basic issue is just record-high inventory...
25 August 2010
Today's Work space
Question: In our Billing Section management appointed someone to act in a higher position. However, our Workers Committee felt, and I agree with them 100 percent that I should be the one to act, as I am the longest serving in the Section. ...
JOSEPH MASANGO 25 August 2010
De Beers expands Diamdel auctions to DTC sightholders
In a statement released on Monday, De Beers said DTC sightholders - who comprise its exclusive list of rough diamond buyers - would become part of the Diamdel auctions from October. DTC sightholders collectively handle approximately 75 percent...
STAFF WRITER 25 August 2010
Projected hard times call for reduced public spending-WB
At a workshop held to discuss a Botswana Public Expenditure Review Report in Gaborone yesterday, it emerged that with a less accommodating economic outlook on the horizon due to dwindling diamond and Sacu revenues, which constitute the government's...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
Journalism under siege in SADC
Six months ago, the Nordic-SADC Journalism Centre in Mozambique was on the brink of closure. A few weeks later, a website announced two or three editors' courses in South Africa to be conducted by an institute shaped along the lines of the...
EDITOR 25 August 2010
The plight of the Roma
Last week, France began to carry out plans to expel all non-French Roma, implicating them as a group in criminal activity, without any legal process to determine whether individuals have committed any crime or pose a threat to public order. ...
* GEORGE SOROS 25 August 2010
More AU troops arrive to boost Somalia peace force
Al Shabaab, which is linked to al Qaeda, and another Islamist militia have been fighting Somalia's government since the start of 2007. Uganda said last month it was willing to send an additional 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the anarchic country...
25 August 2010
US court halts plans to increase stem cell research
The court ruled in favour of researchers who say human embryonic stem cell research involved the destruction of human embryos. Judge Royce Lamberth said lawsuits brought against the new guidelines could now go ahead. President Obama lifted a ban on...
25 August 2010
Two hundred women gang-raped near UN base
Will Cragin of the International Medical Corps said aid workers knew rebels had occupied Luvungi town and surrounding villages in eastern DRC the day after the attack began on July 30. UN agencies sent SMSes saying the area was occupied, he...
25 August 2010
ANC: 'Overwhelming support' for tribunal
"Not all people think the same, we have received overwhelming support from our branches, provinces and different sectors of society," he said at Wits University. Most South Africans felt the self-regulation of the media industry "left so much...
25 August 2010
Govt is 'mischievous' - Unions
A pupil at Bonga Primary School in Gugulethu, Cape Town, sits apprehensively in a classroom during the strike by unions affiliated to COSATU and the Independent Labour Caucus. "That is not a new offer from the government. Its offer is still seven...
25 August 2010
Back Stage
The Alpha Team or A-Team is based on the classic '80s television show that delved into the lives of four rebellious Special Ops soldiers who know how to raise hell on anybody who gets in their way. The new version, however, has a twist; it is filled...
KHAYALETHU MPOFU 25 August 2010
Diphala makes controversial appearance at Kuru
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview yesterday one of the attendees, Armstrong Tingwane, expressed reservation about the group's participation. "Diphala's participation has defeated the purpose of the festival because one of its primary objectives is...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 25 August 2010
Munya and Sheila up for possible eviction
Initially, Munya was up for eviction with Code, but by the powers vested in her as Head of House, Mozambique's Jen saved Code and replaced him with Sheila. When Big Brother mentioned his name, Munya just went blank and starred into thin air. Jen was...
STAFF WRITER 25 August 2010
Don B quits Tshanda's Dalom stable
Don B joined Tshanda's stable in 2004. The stable includes other popular South African groups like Splash and Dalom Kids. Every year the stable has been staging successful festivals with Don B as one of the star performers. However, Don...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Stadia embarrassment continues unabated
Finest athleteBlack Peril striker, Benny Michelo, who scored the season's fastest goal, after four minutes against Township Rollers. He was a constant menace to the Rollers' defence. Week's disappointmentThe men and women national bowling teams...
MQONDISI DUBE 25 August 2010
Mourinho: City have more financial clout than Real
Mourinho revealed that the Spanish giants were outbid by City for Serbia left-back Aleksandar Kolarov - who arrived in Manchester for £16 million in the summer - and claimed that he would have 'no chance' of prising Emmanuel Adebayor away from...
25 August 2010
Hayashi-ha sends six to US event
The six-member Botswana team consists of three junior karatekas, Khaya Groth, Loagonyana Phefo and Kyle Bannister. Ofentse 'Shakes' Bakwadi, Kevin Groth and Tebogo Molapong are in the senior team. Hayashi-ha coach, Mpho Bakwadi said it is essential...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 25 August 2010
BFA cagey on Gabonamong return deal
Gabonamong, who turns out for South African side Engen Santos, announced his return to the national team last week. He has previously snubbed Zebras' call-ups saying that the BFA does not take players' welfare seriously. The Santos skipper feels...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 25 August 2010
Our Heritage
True Mmegi did give it a go with an editorial which largely viewed heritage in terms of art, Michael Dingake, bless him, wrote forcefully about the heritage of politics and I have suggested elsewhere that the country has a rich agricultural...
SANDY GRANT 26 August 2010
BFTU must stop its obsession with other unions and concentrate on its mandate
Since its formation as BOFESETE in 1986 and subsequent registration in 1987 (as an association then), the organisation has not lost its focus. It has worked tirelessly with several civil society organisations like labour, media, churches,...
26 August 2010
BMD exposes 'The Left' for what it really is
The current mucking about inside and between political parties should serve to - once and for all - do away with the myth that their multiplicity offers the electorate that much sought-after commodity, variety and contrast. If anything, recent...
26 August 2010
Inside Nchindogate - in their own words
The most high-profile of the state witnesses to appear this week was former director of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime, Tymon Katlholo. He had been sitting outside in a chair waiting for his turn as one witness went through the...
26 August 2010
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