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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 20 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...
20 September 2010
The MDC cries foul again!
They called it the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Nonsense! It was not global and it was not an agreement. It was just politics of desperation, necessitated by Mbeki's failure to arbitrate; it was dangerous politics, as matters later turned out....
DON-MARTIN ROPAFADZO 20 September 2010
Saleshando speaks on Tonota North and future cooperation
We were represented by Dr Habaudi Hubona in the contest, who also happens to have been our representative in the last general elections for the same constituency.  The bye-election has been won by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).  We...
20 September 2010
Gangsters spread fear in jamakata
JAMATAKA: The headman of Jamataka, Gaebolae Goitseone, says they are living in fear of marauding thieves and cattle rustlers who have turned the settlement  into a gangsters' paradise. Jamataka, about 20 kilometres west on the Francistown-Orapa...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 20 September 2010
Meeting one's father for the first time
He lives in a nice house and drives a very nice car. One is tempted to conclude that he is enjoying a good life.However, behind this supposedly good life, there is anger, frustration and disappointment. Until last month, he had never seen nor heard a...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 20 September 2010
Zambia's MMD loses
Widowed PF candidate Susan Kawandami polled 6 976 votes, beating Ndola businessman Frank Ng'ambi of President Rupiah Banda's ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) who polled 4 539 votes in the by-election. Although the newly formed...
Humphrey Nkonde
Correspondent 20 September 2010
Workers solidarity on display
The parking spaces in and around the Civic Centre are fully occupied. This includes those that are on the other side of this city administration. The flags of the city council and the nation blow from one side to the other by the wind as if they...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 20 September 2010
Can the Millennium Development Goals be saved?
I was at the UN in September 2000, when world leaders met at the Millennium Summit and pledged to work together to free humanity from the "abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty," and to "make the right to development a reality for...
* SHASHI THAROOR 20 September 2010
What will you do to make peace happen?
Every year since 1982, that day has provided a rallying point for the United Nations and its member states, but also for civil society, private sector and individuals to join forces to advance global peace. This year, September 21 will have a...
Jean Ping, Chairperson of the AU Commission
& Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General 20 September 2010
An inconvenient truth about OPEC
But they are wrong: OPEC output will not meet such projections, because they are based on flawed and outdated forecasting models. In forecasts that carry forward to the 2030's, the three organisations share the view that world energy demand will...
ANAS F> ALHAJJI 20 September 2010
I'm done with small stuff
Why then are you and me fussing on small items, stall projects, small assignments, small ideas are too difficult and you are always alone in their manifestation! I read in the local papers that some companies have started buying jets, mind you, as...
BOITSHEPO BOLELE 20 September 2010
Two years after unity accord, Zim mulls new polls
Many Zimbabweans cringe at the idea of elections, with painful memories of the 2008 presidential race, which was scarred by deadly political violence when it appeared then-opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai could unseat President Robert Mugabe,...
20 September 2010
Zulu king condemns photos of virginity tests at annual dance
King Goodwill Zwelithini, who has five wives, spoke out angrily against the photographing of girls undergoing virginity tests at the event, arguing that the images would be used to undermine Zulu culture. Girls participating in the annual uMkhosi...
20 September 2010
Brady bonds for the Eurozone
This is completely at odds with the facts. European bond markets are again delivering a chilling message to global policymakers. With bonds of "peripheral" eurozone nations continuing to fall in value, the risk of Irish, Greek, and Portuguese...
* SIMON JOHNSON and
PETER BOONE 20 September 2010
The IMF and global coordination
Asia remained leery of the Fund a full 10 years after the currency crises of the late 1990's.  Its analytical talents remained high but downsizing placed them at risk. The crisis changed all that.  It became clear that the IMF has a...
20 September 2010
Poverty limits opportunities
There are at least three categories of poor people. The 'chronic poor' are those who live in a permanent state of extreme deprivation to the point where they need government intervention. The 'borderline poor' are just a notch above the chronic poor...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 20 September 2010
Top eight TV stars in Cabinet
The man possesses everything for a movie star - military training, pilot, is a physical trainer and charismatic. All he needs is to set up a production house and produce a movie that will match those by Arnold Schwazenegger - Terminator 1, 2 and 3....
20 September 2010
When a highway is manace
KUMAKWANE: The year was 1990 when the first Murray and Roberts earth movers rolled into the village and with it the hope of transforming life in what was a little developed village. For two years, pupils from the only primary school and their parents...
20 September 2010
Phikwe and its tourism potential
This is crucial for the town's economy that needs a major boost. Within its reach, Selebi-Phikwe has the Tuli Block area that has a range of wildlife, commercial farming and lodges in the Bobirwa side, gorges, diverse belief systems and...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
Sure as hell the fuel will move!
You can almost see it in the eye of your mind: It's midday.  The temperature hovers around 40 degrees Celsius.  People are going about their business.  An explosion.  A ball of fire from the sky.  A gigantic lid resembling an...
20 September 2010
'Mechova' Could Kill Taxi Trade
The police have tried to stop them. Nevertheless, they continue to eat and destroy the taxi industry. These are illegal taxis or 'mechova' as they are commonly called. Their appearance on our roads has resulted in some form of a hide and seek game...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 20 September 2010
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Opposition Critiques Vision 2016
Touching on education, democracy and accountability, morality, tolerance, national unity, security, prosperity, innovation, compassion and justice, among other things, Vision 2016, no doubt an ambitious undertaking, is a broad framework for...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 20 September 2010
UNISA Announces Its Presence
From the numbers, and the atmosphere that prevails, it is clear that Batswana are thirsty for education. They want to expand their horizons. The conference room is filled to capacity. Some poor souls who arrived late have no place to sit. They have...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 20 September 2010
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Two Year-Old Triplets, A Bunch Of Joy And Trouble
The three boys are named Marvin, Melvin and Mervin. They have grown considerably since then. They are up and running now.  The triplets have turned the Bantom household into a beehive of activity.  At times, it just resembles a mad house....
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 20 September 2010
Peloetletse Lambasts BCP President
Saleshando was speaking at a seminar organised by Ditshwanelo and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung on issues affecting democracy in Botswana. In his presentation, the BCP leader, said the first-past-the-post electoral system used in Botswana is not good...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
Khupe Leads BAIA
According to information from BAIA, Khupe took over from Kgalagadi Breweries (KBL) corporate strategy director, Thapelo Letsholo. The vice chairman is Nico Vos, country manager of Namibia Breweries and Diageo. Other members of the committee are...
20 September 2010
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Minister Warns Against Land Speculation
He gave the example of Molepolole where the sale of land to foreigners is rampant. Molefhi revealed that most of the business plots in Molepolole are owned by foreigners but they were not allocated by the land board.  He said the plots were...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 20 September 2010
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Dikgang Publishing Company Holds Wellness Day
Every speaker spoke strongly of choices, which can destroy or make lives.  Titus Mbuya, Managing Director of DPC -  publishers of Mmegi and Monitor newspapers among other business interests - spoke against alcohol and drug abuse, problems...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
Workshop Identifies Hindrances To Tobacco Control
The workshop followed a situational analysis report by Bontle Mbongwe of the University of Botswana's Department of Environmental Health.  Vigorous marketing by the massive tobacco industry is also to blame for engaging in a brutal war against...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
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'DK' Halts 'Mother Of All Strikes'
Pelotshweu Baeng, an official of BOFEPUSO and BLLAWU president told The Monitor on Sunday that the strike would no longer go on as government has now made an undertaking to pay salary arrears owed to the workers. The strike was averted after the...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
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Urban Glitz And Glamour Mask Rural Poverty
This became evident once again when Barclays Bank of Botswana was in Moshaneng last week to launch the affordable housing project. The village lies some 20km north west of Kanye and its high level of poverty is not difficult to see. It is rare to see...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
Two MPs Pledge A Week's Allowance To Debaters
Speaking at a dinner held to raise funds for the championships in Gaborone over the weekend, Lesang Magang said Botswana Congress Party (BCP) leader and MP for Gaborone Central Dumelang Saleshando and assistant minister of presidential affairs...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
Batswana Join The World In The Cry Against Poverty
 The campaign is one of many over a three-day period beginning September 15, 2010. The campaign calls on world leaders to meet their promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are a set of eight ambitious targets aimed...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
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Strike Averted, Lives Saved
It is dreadful to imagine what would have happened to thousands of patients across the country had the much talked about public service strike taken place. Even as deputy Health Minister, Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri addressed a hastily convened...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
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Gcc Loses Money As Old Naledi Upgrade Delays
Briefing Gaborone City Councillors on Friday, the site manager said that GCC is losing money and paying about P10 000 a day to the contractors as long as they have a valid reason to the delays.  The deputy city clerk, Leboile Israel spoke of...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
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UB Aflame
Hell nearly broke lose at the University of Botswana as students threatened to hijack a week-long strike from the lecturers on Friday citing inadequate consultation from the management. Students were left in the dark starting last week when the...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 20 September 2010
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A Saleshando Prepares To Paint Gil's House Red
Monitor: Your father is a stalwart of opposition politics in Botswana. You mean opposition politics have never appealed to you? Saleshando: I was born into a politically driven family. Some of my family members and relatives were and still are...
20 September 2010
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Is it 'Carry on Mokau' all the way
Talking of Kgotla meetings, while addressing one of those year back, former president, Sir Ketumile Masire, is said to have misunderstood a question from a villager in the Bokalanga area who had wanted to know when they were going to have their own...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 20 September 2010
Democratising The Millennium Development Goals
The summit's purpose is to take stock of successes and failures, and to move towards "concrete strategies for action." But this summit would do the entire world a great service by acknowledging what has gone so wrong with the MDGs, and choosing a...
* Olivier De Schutter 20 September 2010
Kenya's Constitution Referendum: Lessons for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe was however the leader in starting massive election-related violence since its 2002 Presidential elections. Kenya followed suit by producing its own election-related violence in 2008. However when Kenya assumed the lead it never stopped. It...
* Ocean Marambanyika 20 September 2010
Etcetera II
The book in question is Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana  including the Okavango Delta by Alison and Roger Heath, which is published by the world famous Kew Gardens in London. This book is simply magnificent and is possibly better...
SANDY GRANT 20 September 2010
Health Chat
Answer Most gallstones don't cause problems. But if they get stuck while trying to pass from the gallbladder (where they form) to the small intestine, they can cause intense pain and, sometimes, nausea and vomiting.  Surgery to remove the...
KIRAN BHAGAT 20 September 2010
The Winners Code
After witnessing the losses of the Carthaginian armies he vowed to live to conquer Rome.  His opportunity came when, as a general in his mid-20s , the second Punic War broke out. Instead of just waiting for Rome to attack, Hannibal made the...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 20 September 2010
The Art Of The Possible- A Debt-Free Life?
The cost of accommodation has been going up year after year, so has transport cost, and basic food items, and school fees, the list goes on and on. The big question then is, how do you still manage to save when you are caught in this perpetual...
OLEBILE MAKHUPE 20 September 2010
Businesses Expect Internet Costs To Drop, Survey Shows
The report, released by World Wide Works and Database 360, also revealed that most African countries remained heavily reliant on slow or expensive forms of connectivity, such as dial-up and satellite, but that they were starting to migrate to...
20 September 2010
Economic Growth Key To Unpoverty Goals:IMF
In a position note before a United Nations summit of world leaders next week to take stock of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the IMF said the goals will be difficult to meet without restoring growth. Leaders are expected to stick to...
20 September 2010
Trade Helped Developing countries cut poverty- Lamy
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said it was striking that emerging economies were now the most vociferous in calling for conclusion of the Doha round to open up world trade, as they stand to benefit further from a rewriting of global trade...
20 September 2010
Botswna Is 5th In Tourist Arrivals
. "Hotels and lodges can be built, public transport can become more accessible and facilities necessary for tourism at higher levels of comfort can be established," Malin told a workshop on Investment in Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa in...
Mpho Tlale
Correspondent 20 September 2010
ACCA Botswana Seeks To 'Convert' Professional Accountants
It is estimated that only 30 percent of the demand for accountants is currently met, the majority of which are expatriates. ACCA Botswana has now embarked on a number of projects that will at once uplift and maintain the good name of the profession...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 20 September 2010
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