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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 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
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 26 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,...
26 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 26 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 26 August 2010
BoB blocks Stanchart CEO appointment
Information reaching Mmegi is that, Leburu, who was early this year appointed deputy CEO at the bank purportedly in preparation to take over from West Indian David Cutting, did not pass the Bank of Botswana's 'proper and fit persons'...
STAFF WRITER 26 August 2010
BFA to deliberate on Santos, Rollers feud
Rollers wanted to sign the two players during the off-season but a hit a brick wall as Santos are not willing to sell.Rollers are said to have asked for permission to speak to the two players before the transfer window closed but Santos turned them...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Karate guru praises BKF
The Japanese instructor who arrived in Botswana on Monday is a Kofukan seventh dan black belt and works in London as chief instructor. He visits Botswana annually to assess progress though he did not come last year due to a busy schedule. He said at...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 26 August 2010
Heartbreak for Botswana at Youth Olympics
The games end today but by yesterday, the team had not won a medal and all five athletes had been knocked out. High jumper, Mmilili Dube was the first Motswana to bite the dust despite making it to the top 15. The Africa Youth Games gold medalist...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Marumo joins Bay United
The Port Elizabeth outfit wrapped up its pre-season preparations in Benoni last week for the NFD league kick-off this weekend. The gifted shot-stopper left for Port Elizabeth, South Africa yesterday afternoon to link up with Bay United. Zebras'...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 August 2010
Keitsile gives gospel music a Dikhwaere touch
Those who use music mostly believe there are certain tunes, which are 'godly' and more relevant to accompany carefully crafted lyrics that show much respect for God. Yet there are others who would use house beats or even Kwasa-kwasa influenced...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 August 2010
Miss Earth Botswana pageant in crying need of sponsorship
Only the top four contestants were given prizes. Whilst in other local pageants the queen receives mouth-watering prizes, Miss Earth Botswana 2010, Onalenna Gaopalelwe only received a paltry P3,000 and an opportunity to represent Botswana at...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 26 August 2010
Ramasedi's Miss Universe hopes dashed by a Mexican
Ramasedi even failed to make it to the top 15 as she was eliminated early in the competition. Named first princess at the pageant held in the US gambling city was Miss Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps whilst Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell emerged second...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 26 August 2010
Ringo to star in Botswanacraft spring shows
Local artists who will perform at the same concert include Botswana Jazz Quartet and Eugene Jackson. The Gaborone Sun, Duma fm, Botswanacraft Marketing and The Voice are sponsoring the show. Oliver Groth of the Botswanacraft Marketing revealed...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 August 2010
Pakistanis flee new monsoon floods in south
Some 200,000 people have been evacuated in the Thatta area of Sindh province, where dozens of villages are submerged. In the north, workers have begun clearing up as the floods recede. The UN has appealed for more helicopters to reach 800,000...
26 August 2010
Somali attack tests peacemakers' resolve
So say critics of African Union (AU) peackeepers, who argue the outside world should disengage militarily from a nation whose fractious clans often close ranks against outsiders. A pull-out would deprive the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab of a foreign...
26 August 2010
Strike strains alliance
Two years after Polokwane, we have nothing to celebrate. We lost more than 1.1 million jobs. As a result, 5.5 million South Africans have been pushed into poverty The strike by more than one million public workers has shuttered schools...
26 August 2010
US existing home sales drop to 10-year low
Home sales completed in the month stood at an annualised rate of 3.83 million, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The main reason for the drop was the end of tax credits designed to Despite that, the figures added to fears...
26 August 2010
SA inflation at 4-year low
Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday CPI slowed to 3.7 percent year-on-year, its lowest since April 2006. It braked from 4.2 percent in June and was lower than market expectations of 4.0 percent. On a month-on-month basis, CPI quickened...
26 August 2010
Alexander Forbes launches new Fund
The Fund was registered with and approved by the relevant authorities in Botswana, which include the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority and Botswana Unified Revenue Service. The A53 has been introduced to further augment existing...
26 August 2010
SMMEs agog about Consumer Fair
The Marketing and Communications Manager of Fairground Holdings, Nyaladzi Kutjwe, said this yesterday in an interview with Mmegi Business at the ongoing 2010 Consumer Fair. The fair, which is themed Your Spring Shopping Oasis, started on Monday and...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Project Syndicate
NEW YORK: I have just returned from Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom of unmatched natural beauty, cultural richness, and inspiring self-reflection. From the kingdom's uniqueness now arises a set of economic and social questions that are of pressing...
Jeffrey D. Sachs 26 August 2010
After the Middle East peace talks fail
Binyamin Netanyahu has scored a diplomatic victory, as many pundits have pointed out, because the US administration has shifted pressure from Israel to the Palestinians and coaxed them into direct talks with Israel. He probably assumes that the...
26 August 2010
The Isaac generation
I was pleasantly surprised this week when I read in the local newspapers that some companies have invested in private aircrafts. The question is what took them so long and why is it just a few companies, why not me and you? It's a...
Boitshepo Bolele 26 August 2010
Selefu 26 August 2010
26 August 2010
We need to reflect on road accidents
On many occasions our reporters and photographers have to witness the most graphic and traumatic scenes of carnage and immesurable pain. We note that there have been measures put in place by both government, non-governmental organisations,...
26 August 2010
Palapye Development Trust mum on investigation findings
Chairman Dithapelo Tshotlego however revealed that the Trust coordinator has been suspended. While he confirmed that investigations into alleged mismanagement of funds are complete he would not reveal the findings, and said they are still consulting...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Our heritage
It also provides striking evidence of the price that has to be paid in order to achieve the extraordinary developments of the last few years. Mabe used to be a well-known beauty spot. In years of good rain, it attracted both cattle and numbers...
Sandy Grant 26 August 2010
Testing for HIV in the belly of the Kalahari
The last time I went for a test was three years back during a youth event in Gaborone. Ever since then, I have found it difficult to go for further tests because whenever I make an attempt, I always find that the queues are too long. For starters,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Motswana student in Australian jail for stabbing fiancee
Marshall Kuda Mahube, 23, who appeared before Wollongong Local Court allegedly told police he'd had a bad day on Monday because his girlfriend had phoned him several times at the University of Wollongong to check on him. During the alleged assault,...
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Councillors plan to topple defecting assistant chairman
The plot is to be set in motion at the next session of the council on September 6. Unconfirmed reports say a nominated councillor from Shoshong has also defected to the BMD. The secretary of the Shoshong-Mahalapye (SHOMA) Region of the ruling...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Teachers demand MoU for invigilating
Speaking at a joint press briefing by the Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) held at Gaborone Hotel yesterday, BOSETU's deputy secretary general, Tobokani Rari, said that teachers would not be obliged to...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Spy agency boss denies snooping
The councillors said they heard allegations that the recent registration of cellphone simcards was done in order to spy on people of this country. Kgosi had been called to brief councillors about the DIS mandate, but he said it was not possible for...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 26 August 2010
Botswana 80th among Newsweek's 'best countries'
In Africa, Botswana beat South Africa, which got position 82, Ghana (86) and Kenya (87). Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation beat Burkina Faso at 100. America is at position 11, followed by Germany at 12, whilst France is number 16. Newsweek, an...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
BCP cllr declines BDP's P500,000 bribery?
Addressing a press conference at the BCP regional office in Francistown yesterday, Lemogang revealed how former BDP councillor in the Sebina South, Calvin Mooketsi Mafunge was used to call him to a BDP clandestine meeting. Lemogang says although it...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Choppies denies coaxing Makgalemele
Responding to a challenge by the Botswana Congress Party Youth League (BCPYL) to distance themselves from allegations that it played a role in Makgalemele's rejoining of the BDP. Choppies executive director, Sadique Kebonang, said it was untrue that...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Debswana employee expresses pornography fears
He said he wants P5 million from Debswana as compensation for planting cameras in the mining company's toilets at Orapa mine sometime in 2006, to spy on workers. He said that since he did not consent to being filmed in the toilet, the act is a gross...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 August 2010
Benitez denies involvement in Liverpool bids
Hodgson had stated that Inter president Massimo Moratti had vowed not to sign any of the club's players, while he also revealed Benitez had signed an agreement stating that he would not poach players from Liverpool. Inter are believed to be...
27 August 2010
'I never hit Woods', says ex-wife
Nordegren told People magazine that she and Woods tried for months to reconcile their relationship but, in the end, a marriage "without trust and love" wasn't good for anyone. The world No1 golfer's private life became public in November 2009 after...
27 August 2010
Tottenham draw Inter Milan in Champions League
Manchester United face up against Rangers in another 'Battle of Britain' after their last clash in 2003-04 and must contend with Valencia as well - although the Spanish side have been weakened by the summer exits of David Villa and David Silva - and...
27 August 2010
England's 2018 World Cup bid praised
The FIFA team, led by the Chilean federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls, praised England's readiness to host the tournament, the level of government support, the world-class stadiums, the passion for the game in the country, the social projects...
27 August 2010
First Cut
Angola will host this year's COSAFA Senior Soccer Challenge Cup, which will be icing on the cake after it staged the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in January. Angola is slowly emerging as a true force in Southern Africa and before long, we will be...
Dennis Keagile 27 August 2010
Sevens rugby teams off to Zambia
The coach of the mens side, Mooketsi Ramakele said he was impressed with what he saw during the Sevens tournament hosted by the EMG Gunners in Selebi-Phikwe over the weekend. The Vultures men played and won all six games over the weekend beating BDF...
NELSON DIRENG &
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondents 27 August 2010
Capital Motors tournament reaches crucial stage
Duels between the two armed forces clubs never disappoint and tomorrow's confrontation is not expected to be an exception. Under the tutelage of former Diphatsa mentor, Daniel Ngozi, Police have shown a huge improvement in the recent past. It remains...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 27 August 2010
Hotsport
Botswana Bowling Association (BBA) spokesperson and Africa's top ranked woman bowler, Lebogang Mascarenhas is upbeat that Botswana will recover from a poor performance at the African States competition and deliver at the Commonwealth Games scheduled...
27 August 2010
Motlakase needs P1m to complete stadium
Through the club's directors' efforts, the construction of the stadium is at an advanced stage with the levelling of the pitch and the fencing completed. Motlakase chairperson, Mangisi Segadimo said that initially, their hope was that the P7 million...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 27 August 2010
Scramblers beef up squad
Club spokesperson, Thobogang Dimakatso said they have signed one pitcher Bokamoso Kedisaletse and two out-fielders, Pilot Charlie and Abraham Kandjou. Dimakatso said they recruited a pitcher as cover for Eric Semuwanza who was injured during the...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 27 August 2010
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