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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 23 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...
23 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 23 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...
23 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 23 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 23 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...
23 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...
23 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 23 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...
23 September 2010
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...
23 September 2010
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 23 September 2010
As I See It
'Poverty is a policy failure that degrades people - those who suffer it and those who tolerate it. It is the gravest insult to human dignity.' - (Gro Harlem Brundtland) The above statement was cited by Alec Campbell at the opening of the...
Michael Dingake 23 September 2010
The goal is within reach Ban Ki-Moon
We are here because ten years ago, meeting here at the highest level, the international community promised to spare no effort to free the entire human race from want. The eight Millennium Development Goals were a breakthrough. Together, we created...
BAN KI-MOON 23 September 2010
Project Syndicate
This raises well-known questions about democracy and private power, but another important question is often overlooked: who should decide for a publicly traded corporation whether to spend funds on politics, how much, and to what ends? Under...
LUCIAN BEBCHUK 23 September 2010
More needs to be done
The can-do-spirit in the room was infectious and, for once, the gulf between rich and poor, between countries often at loggerheads with each other, seemed to be bridged by a genuine partnership among nations and people. Development issues were...
* KOFI ANNAN 23 September 2010
Mancini warns Man City players to end public outbursts
Mancini has already discarded Craig Bellamy and Stephen Ireland in part because of their attitude behind the scenes, but the problems have persisted in the opening part of this season, with Emmanuel Adebayor's behaviour increasingly becoming a matter...
23 September 2010
Barloworld sponsors Independence softball tourney
Wells, Rail Giants, Blue Angeles and defending champions BDF IX will battle it out in bracket A while bracket B has Gatalamotho, Scramblers, Vikings and Bears. The two clubs in each bracket qualify for semi-finals. Barloworld has once again sponsored...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Chess team in poor start at Olympiad
Kenneth Boikhutswane who doubles as team manager said the players learnt from the losses against Vietnam and Holland in the opening matches. The men lost 4-0 to Vietnam while the women suffered the same beating from Holland. At the time of going to...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Botswana waits over Commonwealth security concerns
BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said that they hope things will improve or will not come to a point where they are forced to withdraw from the games. "Our current position is that we are still going to compete at the Commonwealth...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
Hopeless Botswana bowlers prepare for Commonwealth Games
Botswana Bowling Association (BBA) spokesperson, Lebogang Mascarenhas has told Mmegi Sport that they are not hoping for any medals because players are dissatisfied with coach John Page. Mascarenhas who is a player that said Page does not have enough...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Jazz Brew welcomes back top jazz DJs
The two jazzmen used to be resident DJs at the Mochudi joint where they often performed by popular demand. Club owner Fresh Lesokwane said people have been asking for the two jazzmen. SK and Milton will be performing along side Stream...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Mama's Babe coming to town
Those who were a little older during that time would pretend not to like it but its simple yet powerful appeal would often get the better of them and in no time would either be singing along, nodding their head or even get on the dance...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Rakops braces for 'Lebelo La Ga Mogotha'
Among the attractions that are expected at the event are the Boteti River, which poured in in July, and a music show by one of Botswana's renowned jazz stars, Lister Boleseng. There was a prompt positive response from Rakops migrant workers like...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Limkokwing to stage Miss PASSOBO show
The contest is in a bid to raise funds for PASSOBO for the National games to be staged in November. Sixteen contestants with different disabilities are expected to take part in the contest. The contest comes just after the wheelchair sponsored walk....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Ex-GSS student makes waves in SA
His hit single titled Everybody Dance, which features multiple award-winner Loyiso Bala, recently earned him two Channel O Video Award nominations. Obita is in the running for the Most Gifted East Video and Most Gifted Duo's accolades to be announced...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Young YGG forges ahead despite the odds
As a way of further penetrating the market, YGG has embarked on different campaigns that are expected to take the brand to new heights. Their projects include a mixtape, entitled the Rated G Mixtape that will be released late September. The mixtape...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Asia struggles to cope as storms spread destruction
Record monsoon rain and the onslaught of Tropical Storm Fanapi wreaked devastation from South Korea to India, triggering landslides, washing away thousands of homes and tearing through roads and railways. Eighteen people have died and 44 are missing...
23 September 2010
African leaders urge action on poverty goals
"If Africa fails to achieve the MDGs, the world would have failed," South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane told a summit of the UN General Assembly reviewing progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals agreed to in...
23 September 2010
Nigeria: Total warns oil bill will hurt industry
Guy Maurice, managing director and chief executive of Total's Nigerian subsidiary, said his company would respect any regulations put in place by the passage of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. However, he described the overhaul as akin to...
23 September 2010
Police beat anti-government protesters in Egypt
President Hosni Mubarak, 82, in power since 1981, has not said if he will run in the 2011 election. But persistent rumours about his health have helped fuel talk he could hand power to his politician son, Gamal, 46. Both deny any such plan. Though...
23 September 2010
Help SMMEs grow - LEA
Dulu Moaisi was speaking at a briefing by a procurement specialist at Ramotswa Lodge. She said it is essential to help SMMEs grow by helping them find markets and that this is possible mainly through their recognition by procurers. "SMMEs...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
Multi-million Pula revamp for Morupule
The ageing equipment and infrastructure at the Palapye power station has resulted in the 120 megawatt plant operating at about 50 percent capacity this year, with either one or two of its four units down at any given time. Consequently, the Botswana...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
FSG registers increase in earnings
Revenue increased by 4.8 percent to P22.3 million, with the coffin and Kagiso Funeral Parlour divisions reporting revenue increases of 10.9 percent and 2.7 percent respectively. The company rolled out its expansion into the region with the...
STAFF WRITER 23 September 2010
Know your labour rights
Employees in essential and maintenance services may not strike and employers may not lock out such employees. This is in line with generally accepted international principles. Essential service is defined as: *A service, the interruption of which...
Mpho Ngwato 23 September 2010
No future without energy
Everyone including government has been forced to engage in austerity measures. In cutting down on projects, we hope government will be mindful of the key strategic areas such as energy so that these are not sacrificed under the guise of saving...
23 September 2010
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23 September 2010
Our Heritage
It was perhaps three months ago when I first learnt that the long ago closed down Home Craft Centre in Mochudi had been comprehensively burnt. I hurried to see for myself - the report had not been exaggerated and the scene was desperate and grim. The...
Sandy Grant 23 September 2010
School heads,union leaders meet
At a meeting between union leaders and school heads in the North region last Saturday the school heads were informed that unless there was an offer of an attractive fee, Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) should conduct and supervise examinations...
RUSSO LUMA
Correspondent 23 September 2010
What hat was DK wearing?
DK's peace efforts resulted in the halting of a massive strike organised by the trade union conglomeration BOFEPUSO. Until that last minute, Batswana across the country were bracing themselves for the strike, which would affect all sections of the...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
Unions register complaint with labour office
The dispute was set for this Friday before private mediator, Sam Leero. According to TAWU's secretary general, Edward Tswaipe, they did not agree with the other parties on points of law and requested that the issue be taken before the courts. He...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff writer 23 September 2010
Women in the male-dominated taxi industry
The Francistown taxi rank is experiencing a steady increase in female taxi drivers. The few feminine voices are so lively that the cacophony of male voices fails to swallow them when it comes to calling out for passengers or asking them where they...
RUSSO LUMA
Correspondent 23 September 2010
Ntuane remains opposition leader until November
After losing two MPs-Philip Makgalemele and Patrick Masimolole - to the Botswana Democratic Party, the BMD is left with six MPs, the same number as that of the Botswana National Front. Since the development, the BMD has kept the position of Leader...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff writer 23 September 2010
BMD braces for inaugural congress
Addressing a press conference in Gaborone yesterday, Motswaledi said they are building up structures of the party, both at regional and national level, adding that so far they have covered "a lot of ground". He said they expect to have finished...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
Kweneng cuts orphan care bill to save costs
These adjustments will be effective from the beginning of next month. The chairman of the council, Motlhophi Leo, says money for community home-based care will be reduced from P950 to P600, saving P300 per person per month. For orphan care,...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
BFTU offers exams mediation, BOSETU skeptical
Justin Hunyepa was responding to the proposal put forward by the BFTU offering its services to mediate in the current impasse if the Ministry of Education, Skills and Development, BEC and the Teacher Unions - BOSETU and Botswana Teachers Union (BTU)...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
Is Lippe going to jail?
While he has a report of the investigation, he will not disclose anything until the two parties involved have resolved the matter. Lippe, who had acquired a reputation as an effective trouble-shooter when he joined BTC, was suddenly suspended last...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 September 2010
Seretse tipped for US diplomatic post
The list will now be complete with former cabinet minister and Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) central committee member Tebelelo Seretse said to be on course to take up the prestigious post of Botswana's envoy in the United States of America (USA)...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 23 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...
24 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 24 September 2010
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