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Lesaso on the move in Shoshong
This is because Shoshong is in the heartland of the Bamangwato territory, where the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) reigns supreme. However, the BNF parliamentary candidate, Aubrey Lesaso, nearly caused a major upset as he polled 3,203 votes...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 September 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...
01 September 2010
Cde Baleiti Basnah Mbambanyi - a gallant political fighter rests
Comrade Mbambanyi belonged to the old realm of opposition politicians like Maitshwarelo Dabutha, Tore Lesego, Mareledi Giddie, Joseph Kavindama, Gilson Saleshando, O.K Menyatso, Kays Phitshane, Klaas Motshidisi. This is a generation of politicians...
01 September 2010
Mosetlha calls it a day after 35 years
Mosetlha worked in the civil service for 35 years and she retires on August 31. "I was still a student at Moeng College doing Form 5 when we were given application forms to complete and they were taken to Gaborone. They were for a course on...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 01 September 2010
Distribution caravans perpetuate AIDS stigma?
While they are meant to demonstrate the country's commitment in the fight against the epidemic, the famous caravans have however elicited mixed reactions, particularly in relation to the perception of HIV and AIDS. Toboka Chakalisa of Borolong...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 01 September 2010
Chillyboy: from chillie mouth to angelic vision
He says this was never a problem because his mother wore hats for both mother and father and taught him a lot of things a man needs to know. As a youngster, Chillyboy was naughty just like most children his age. He says he is glad that his...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 01 September 2010
Khama magic could favour BDP in Tonota North
What has remained constant about the constituency is its high level of poverty and illiteracy relative to the country's economic performance. In the absence of ideological differences between the Botswana Democratic Party and the Botswana Congress...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 01 September 2010
Hobona has a chance in Tonota North
Hobona will be slugging it out with Fidelis Mmilili Molao of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Mbayani Phalalo of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin or (MELS) although the latter seems to be not visible in the contest. In last year's general...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 01 September 2010
The Chinese economy's secret recipe
Thanks to decisive policy moves to pre-empt a housing bubble, the real-estate market has stabilized, and further corrections are expected soon. This is good news for China's economy, but disappointing, perhaps, to those who assumed that the...
FAN GANG 01 September 2010
The hyena: the not-so-evil environment cleaner
According to Tswana beliefs, the witches and wizards prefer to ride the animal during their nocturnal activities despite some of them having more convenient modes of transport. Horrifying stories of hyena being spotted clad in curious accessories...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
As I See It
When he was interviewed before his inauguration as President he said that much and he repeated the credo in interviews with local and foreign newspapers. He is nostalgic about his army days and now that those days are over he daydreams...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 01 September 2010
Sports Chat
Finest momentEvery week, the nation holds its breath in anticipation, hoping to hear that one of the stadiums is complete, but sadly such news is as rare as a Zebras' loss nowadays. The hope was that the finest moment this week would come from the...
Mqondisi Dube 01 September 2010
Local boxers impress against Lesotho
Khubamang was speaking after Botswana emerged victorious against Lesotho in an international friendly tournament he organised in Gaborone over the weekend. Botswana won six out of nine bouts. The tournament was organised to help boxers from...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 01 September 2010
Sevens' coach blames poor preparations
Botswana lost all its games at the tournament and the coach, Mooketsi Ramakele, has blamed insufficient training time as the major reason for the poor play. He said the side had less than a week to prepare. Ramakele recently succeeded Andrew...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 01 September 2010
Vomit brews an ode to the mighty Zebras
Dr Vomit, who rose to stardom through songs like Thobane, has produced a five-track album. The artist known for Dikhwaere and ragga tunes has played around with these genres and added a touch of Afro-pop and disco tunes to give colour and verve...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Malian art director leaves Thapong impressed
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview in Gaborone yesterday, Hama Goro, explained that he took up residency at the centre partly to familiarise himself with the art climate in Botswana. "We as Malian artists would like to collaborate with Batswana in...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Munya up for possible eviction once again
And once again Zimbabwe's Munya is up for possible eviction having survived five evictions so far. However, Munya did not receive the most votes for possible eviction, but was put on the hot seat by the week's head of house, Mwisho, who decided to...
STAFF WRITER 01 September 2010
Golden-digger's and Pimps show lives up to its billing
The women were dressed for the occasion, in mini-skirts and men in formal-casual wear. Although the just-ended Botswana Consumer Fair stole the limelight, it was never a dull moment for the crowd that attended the launch at the highly spirited...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 01 September 2010
Gang murder shows fragility of Nigerian oil amnesty
Soboma George, a one-time militant leader who accepted a government amnesty last year, was gunned down in the oil hub of Port Harcourt last Tuesday in what police said appeared to have been a clash between rival gangs. But the circumstances of...
01 September 2010
Amnesty slams Rwandan genocide laws
"The ambiguity of the 'genocide ideology' and 'sectarianism' law means Rwandans live in fear of being punished for saying the wrong thing," said Erwin van der Borght, Africa Programme director at Amnesty International. "Most take the safe option of...
01 September 2010
Gaddafi seeks EU cash to prevent 'black Europe'
Gaddafi's visit to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy had already stumbled into controversy after he said Europe should convert to Islam. Speaking at a ceremony late on Monday, standing next to...
01 September 2010
Zim secures $50m loan to revive economy
"The purpose of the revival fund is to resuscitate a broad range of firms in the productive sector, especially in agriculture and manufacturing by providing medium-term funding," Gift Simwaka, an official of the bank, said. In addition, the...
01 September 2010
BFS shows Discovery could extend Boseto mine life
The BFS evaluated all aspects of the development of an openpit mine at BOSETO, which would produce and process three-million tonnes a year of copper/silver ore, over a five-year period. The purpose of the BFS was to allow for the rapid development...
01 September 2010
IFC sub-Saharan Africa investments up a third
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) noted a "palpable improvement" in the investment climate on the continent rich in natural resources and increasingly eyed by investors, but dogged by corruption and red-tape. Jean Philippe Prosper, IFC...
01 September 2010
Standard Bank and Bank of New York Mellon in partnership
Through the banking subsidiaries of the group (Stanbic/Standard Bank entities) Standard Bank has custody capabilities in the following 12 sub-Saharan markets: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia,...
01 September 2010
BIHL exceed profit expectations
Announcing their half-year results for the period ended June 30 2010, the group said its operating profit increased by a healthy 48 percent to P129 million on the back of strong performances in both its flagship life insurance and asset management...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
IFSC courts investors for aviation sector
Armed with a range of incentives for financial services investors, IFSC hopes to lure investors interested in establishing holding companies whose domestic and African interests could include aircraft leasing, maintenance, insurance, pilot and...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Project Syndicate
BEIJING: Reports about labour shortages, wage disputes, and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late. They naturally raised concerns, or expectations, that China's labour-cost advantages may be disappearing. It is...
Fan Gang 01 September 2010
Time for Mokaila step up and explain
Now that Seretse has resigned, all sorts of people will want to claim credit for forcing the man to account. The media will want to believe that it forced the issue. Politicians too, the corruption busters at DCEC, prosecutors at DPP and...
01 September 2010
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01 September 2010
The single mother makeover
Murphy Brown, played by actress Candice Bergen, was a TV anomaly at that time: a sympathetically portrayed single mother. So Bush's vice president, Dan Quayle, attacked the show for normalising rather than stigmatising single motherhood. Much...
* NAOMI WOLF 01 September 2010
Medicine errors 'could harm children'
Using household spoons to measure them out could mean a potentially dangerous overdose, they say. Children under five are at the highest risk of accidental overdose. The study, presented in Lisbon, tested 97 adults and found 61% measured the...
01 September 2010
Witness convention focuses on rare message: Stay close to God
The Witnesses will present an intriguing approach to the topic as a clarion call to the faithful as well as an analysis of faith and reason at their 2010 "Remain Close to Jehovah!" District Convention. The convention is scheduled to begin September...
01 September 2010
Attorney dies, murder trial postponed
Letsididi postponed the trial date from yesterday until the accused has a representative. The accused will remain in custody. The 41-year-old Goganetsamang Oatlhotse of Shashe-Mooke is accused of stabbing his wife with a knife in the throat in...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 01 September 2010
BCP revives website
They intend to integrate various features and links of the World Wide Web for easy interaction of BCP leadership, party members and the public. In a press statement released yesterday, BCP publicity secretary Taolo Lucas said of the links; the BCP...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Mahalapye Sub-District plans to sell sand
This is necessary because the village is already experiencing an influx of companies from as far away as Gaborone to harvest sand. The village is also experiencing increased sand harvesting due to construction of projects taking place in...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Gaetsaloe vs Debswana: the game gets dirty
According to a legal notice published in yesterday's edition of Mmegi, Gaetsaloe's vehicles are to be auctioned on September 17. However, his attorney Itumeleng Segopolo says he does not know why Debswana lawyers decided to go ahead with publication...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Teachers' patience runs out
Whilst I acknowledge that patience is a virtue, there comes a time inevitably when it runs out," he said to shouts of "enough is enough" by teachers attending the BOSETU Special Congress at Goodhope Senior Secondary School. Hlabano said that...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Seretse charged with corruption
According to the charge sheet, Seretse is said to have acted in contravention of Section 31 (1) as read with Section 36 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act. The particulars of the offence are that "between June 17 and 18, 2008 in...
01 September 2010
Batswana indebted to banks
Commercial banks' provisions for bad and doubtful debts - a reflection of the funds banks could lose due to arrears - shot up by 79 percent to P790 million in 2009, further mirroring the depressed economic environment of last year. The Bank of...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Barclays fires Johnson?
Sources say the bad news was delivered to him by senior bank officials from Dubai. Barclays Bank Botswana's head of corporate affairs, Esther Noriss, asked if it is true that Johnson was fired, she said she had no comment."No comment". "Will you...
STAFF WRITER 01 September 2010
Mixed reactions over Seretse resignation
The timing of Seretse's resignation could not be worse, in some ways, as the opposition parties and the public at large have been calling for his resignation over a possible conflict of interest. Unhelpfully, the government and Seretse himself have...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 01 September 2010
Lesaso on the move in Shoshong
This is because Shoshong is in the heartland of the Bamangwato territory, where the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) reigns supreme. However, the BNF parliamentary candidate, Aubrey Lesaso, nearly caused a major upset as he polled 3,203 votes...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 02 September 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...
02 September 2010
Chillyboy: from chillie mouth to angelic vision
He says this was never a problem because his mother wore hats for both mother and father and taught him a lot of things a man needs to know. As a youngster, Chillyboy was naughty just like most children his age. He says he is glad that his...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 02 September 2010
Khama magic could favour BDP in Tonota North
What has remained constant about the constituency is its high level of poverty and illiteracy relative to the country's economic performance. In the absence of ideological differences between the Botswana Democratic Party and the Botswana Congress...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 02 September 2010
Hobona has a chance in Tonota North
Hobona will be slugging it out with Fidelis Mmilili Molao of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Mbayani Phalalo of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin or (MELS) although the latter seems to be not visible in the contest. In last year's general...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 02 September 2010
The hyena: the not-so-evil environment cleaner
According to Tswana beliefs, the witches and wizards prefer to ride the animal during their nocturnal activities despite some of them having more convenient modes of transport. Horrifying stories of hyena being spotted clad in curious accessories...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 02 September 2010
As I See It
When he was interviewed before his inauguration as President he said that much and he repeated the credo in interviews with local and foreign newspapers. He is nostalgic about his army days and now that those days are over he daydreams...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 02 September 2010
Project Syndicate
BEIJING: Reports about labour shortages, wage disputes, and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late. They naturally raised concerns, or expectations, that China's labour-cost advantages may be disappearing. It is...
Fan Gang 02 September 2010
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