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Making society a big classroom
I had, as it had happened, been in Bonn, Germany, the previous week, where I had been invited as a recipient member of the Right Livelihood Award in 1981. I have regularly attended the intervening gatherings of the RLA in the years gone by. I had...
* PATRICK VAN RENSBURG 18 October 2010
The dynamics around the Seretse case
Temperatures rose and the musty air inside the crowded court made bodies clammy and breathing a bit difficult. But it was not just the temperatures that rose, tempers could not be kept in check. At one stage the prosecution's Rahman Khan had to...
18 October 2010
Nurses shirk multiple duties, health system trembles
This action has within a few days caused more pain and suffering and left the beneficiaries of these non-nursing duties panic-stricken and disappointed. Nyalalani Moipolai maintains that "this issue of the nurses has to be resolved as soon as...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Media silent on climate change - journalists
Telling a tale of 'the revenge of nature' against mass production and consumerism that caught the human race in pursuit of technological and economic gains, this war of economies against nature has complexities due to the complex nature of the issue...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Rothschilds espouse vision 2016 ideals
The couple have embraced the ideals of one of the pillars of Vision 2016: to make Botswana 'an informed and educated nation'. The couple are fulfilling this by building libraries in the country, through their self-funded organisation, Bob & Sara...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
CA reaches for new heights at Kgale hill
Their business of 22 years, CA Sales & Distribution, is less based on tenders from the government and more on fast moving consumer goods in the retail and wholesale trade. Their 120 trucks criss-cross the length and breadth of Botswana, from...
18 October 2010
Hawkers, vendors, a Key part of the economy
Known variously as the subterranean, the hidden, underground, shadow, secondary, black, invisible or parallel sector, this sector faces many challenges. The growth of the informal sector in general and the vendors and hawkers in particular, is...
18 October 2010
What is in store for Matome and Nchindo
Count One and Two: Giving false information to a civil servant - Three years. Matome was found guilty of giving false information to a person employed in the public service contrary to Section 131 of the Penal Code. In Count One, Matome...
18 October 2010
'The annual Domboshaba Festival is on the right track'
DOMBOSHABA: The Domboshaba Cultural Festival has been held annually since 2000 with the objective of preserving the Ikalanga language and culture. Over the years, there have been debates as to whether the event has achieved either of its original...
18 October 2010
Biopiracy, the intellectual property regime and livelihoods in Africa
Thousands of patents on African plants have been filed. These include brazzeine, a protein 500 times sweeter than sugar from a plant in Gabon; teff, the grain used in Ethiopia's flat 'injera' bread; and thaumatin, a natural sweetener from a plant in...
18 October 2010
When towns don nicknames
It also used to go by another sobriquet "Sthalala" while it has also borrowed a name from west of the city called "Machimenyenga". Hence, you could hear someone, especially of Kalanga origin saying 'Ndo enda ku Machimenyenga.' Sobriquet and...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 18 October 2010
The phenomenon of mass hysteria
Over the past millennium, numerous cases of mass delusions and hysterical outbreaks have been reported in varied forms and from all corners of the globe. A case of mass hysteria that was initially reported in The Monitor of March 8, 2010 that...
18 October 2010
One year later
Towards the 2009 general elections, the voter was cajoled, wooed, manipulated and arm-twisted by the disparate parties as well as independent candidates asking to be voted into office. Slogans such as, "Trusted to Deliver," "Roma Nna," "Ke Nako,"...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Water crisis in Tonota sub-district persists
As for those residents who are new to these villages it is hardly a surprise that they are beginning to wonder whether migrating to these villages was a good move in the first place. As for 42-year-old Tshenolo Mari, she regrets moving from the City...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 18 October 2010
DRC women relive terror of mass rape
The women of Kampala village, where 35 were raped, still sleep in the forest at night, for fear the rapists will return. Earlier this month, they gathered in the village to tell their troubles to Margot Wallstrom, the UN secretary general's special...
18 October 2010
Call to 'go easy on Zim'
Home Affairs director-general Mkhuseli Apleni, briefing journalists in Cape Town yesterday on the progress in documenting illegal Zimbabwean migrants, has urged banks, educational institutions and government departments to distinguish between genuine...
18 October 2010
African leaders urged to tackle climate change
Ethiopia's President Girma Wolde-Giorgis "has called on African leaders to 'close the gap between rhetoric and adaptation actions' in order to effectively address the impact of climate change across the continent," organisers said in a...
18 October 2010
China investment in Africa to slow this year - ministry
The slowdown should only be temporary, and Beijing aims to invest in a wider range of industries on the continent, including new energy, financial services and manufacturing, said Zhong Manying, head of the ministry's West Asia and Africa...
18 October 2010
Top CNN Journalist Drills Botswana Broadcasters
The senior CNN news writer and editor is in the country courtesy of the American Embassy in Gaborone. He has been interacting with local broadcasters (TV and radio) to share ideas and experiences on how to move forward and catch up with the developed...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
SPTC To Build House For Elderly Woman
The house will be built by the council, in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity organisation whose mandate is to build houses for the poor. Letswai, who originates from Mopipi in the Boteti area told The Monitor in an interview that she survives by...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Collins Newman Gets Top Ranking
Every year, Chambers and Partners' researchers conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide, assessing firm and individual lawyers strengths. The results are published in the influential Chambers Global Edition, with...
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Fifty-five Students Leave For Russia
The acting ambassador of the Russian Federation in Botswana, Anatoly Ptitsa, said at the orientation meeting in Gaborone last week that the Russian government grants African countries more than 800 state scholarships annually. He said that...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Water Plus Loses Appeal With Costs
According to the background of the case, both Water Plus and the Xwiskurusa Trust were interested in mining a quarry at Okhwa. The land board allocated the land in question to Xwiskurusa Trust and rejected Water Plus' application. The land board's...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Johane Family Gets New House
Though they have not yet moved into their new house, a modern two-bed roomed brick house, this gift for the 18-member family could not have come at a better time. Life has changed for them tremendously, and it is hard to imagine that this is the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Phikwe Council Owed P1.7m
The revelation was made by the council's Chief Physical Planner and Housing Estate Management Officer, Lazarus Kolanyane, in an interview with The Monitor last week. The staggering amount is an accumulation of between P23 and P25 a month in service...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Phikwe Counselling And Testing Outreach Project Sickly
The plan was to test 20,000 people by end of November in the two districts, but have not even reached half the target.Selebi-Phikwe District AIDS Coordinator Lameck Myengwa explained to The Monitor that the target was to test 10,000 people in...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Invigilator Beats Students
Known as 'Edward', the invigilator employed by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) is said to have beaten up the Form Three students on different occasions. One of the boys from Old Naledi, Keabetswe Mosimanyana suffered a swollen face after the...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Teachers Petition Education Minister
The unions initially planned to hand over the petition last Thursday but this was postponed. Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU) executive secretary Justin Hunyepa said the other public service unions requested them to postpone handing the...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Lot Moroka's Conduct Questioned
Moroka last week convicted Nchindo and Matome of corruption and denied them bail pending sentence. In motivating a bail application for the two before Lobatse High Court judge Stephen Gaongalelwe, Tafa told the court that it was not impossible that...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
BDP Fires Senior Elections Officer
The decision was made last week in Gaborone by the BDP Disciplinary Committee which met to determine the fate of Dikomang. In a missive to the media, BDP Disciplinary Committee secretary, Lee Lesetedi said after looking at the gravity of the...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
The 'Garden Boy' Who Calls The Shots
The Organising Secretary of the Manual Workers Union, Johnson Motshwarakgole, has become a doyen of workers' rights, having been in the leadership of Botswana's labour movement for three decades. Motshwarakgole, whose first job was as a 'garden...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
'I'm Down, But Far From Out,' Quips Direlang
He made an impact when he went around riding his bicycle and teaching people about road safety. The gesture so impressed the Ministry of Works and Transport that they got him to learn to drive and they employed him as a driver. Keganne Direlang who...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
My Kgale Hill Climbing Experience
Situated just behind the popular Game City Mall, on the western edge of the city, the baboon-infested hill has over time earned quite a reputation as a fitness hub amoung fitness enthusiasts from greater Gaborone. Even though the majority of the...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Crossing The Gender Boundaries
Time and again she has to stretch her vocal cords as she shouts instructions to a learner. The screeching sound of the tyres as the learner drivers unnecessarily apply the breaks and the uncoordinated roaring of the engines easily conclude to any...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Kgaphamadi's Infamous Reputation
Given this scenario it is clear that apart from being one of the oldest and most populated slums in the Northern City, Kgaphamadi is infamously known as a location that boasts of many 'home bars' or spotos as they are commonly referred to. "This...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
BLLAHWU Boteti Branch In Solidarity With Teachers
The administrative politics of this land are swaying directly into deep and unprecedented crises. This revolution is led by men and women who would bite their back to see unionism collapse for the better of their narrow interests. Led by...
18 October 2010
Etecetera II
At first sight, this particular news story struck me as providing some substance to the government's claims that the commercial press overstates certain issues, takes them out of context and gives them a prominence which they do not deserve. This...
SANDY GRANT 18 October 2010
Health Chat
AnswerThe only way to accurately determine whether or not you're lacking any essential minerals is a blood test. Hair analysis, which is widely promoted to determine or monitor trace minerals or toxins in the body, is not reliable. The results don't...
KIRAN BHAGAT 18 October 2010
Issues In Education
It has been spearheaded by UNICEF in cooperation with each participating country to allow for adaptations of the programme to fit local contexts. The 2009 manual for Child-Friendly Schools is based on work over many years in 155 countries...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI
S. WEEKS 18 October 2010
The Winners Code
On the other hand, a tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that reaches from the earth to the clouds. The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 480 km/h, stretch more than 3 km across, and travel for...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 18 October 2010
Batswana Need Not Go Hungry
"In most developing countries, it remains the responsibility of government to create the right climate for farmers, especially smallholder farmers and allied agro-businesses," he said. "Ultimately, sustainable food security will be obtained within...
18 October 2010
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18 October 2010
My Money
Some of the financial institutions had been in existence for centuries and were generally well respected. So one may wonder as an average depositor, how can you be comfortable that your bank will be able to give you your money when you ask for...
OLEBILE MAKHUPE 18 October 2010
SAREP To Boost Okavango River Basin
The three countries that form OKACOM are Namibia, Botswana and Angola. The Okavango River originates from the highlands of Angola, runs through a tiny strip in Namibia and ends in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana where it establishes itself into the...
18 October 2010
DTC October Sight Estimated At $420M
Reports indicated that demand for rough was being fuelled by the secondary market as premiums on DTC boxes increased from their September levels. Market sources estimated that premiums are now selling at an average of 7 percent to 9...
18 October 2010
'Translate Productivity Awareness Into Action'
Participants were drawn from the government, the private sector, labour organisations and civil society. The aim of the convention was to share productivity information with stakeholders in the national productivity movement, promote networking among...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 18 October 2010
Taxi Fares Add To Annual Inflation
Data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) over the weekend shows that the general increases in vehicle prices commuter transport fares in September pulled up the annual inflation figure. "Only two group indices recorded a change of at...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Debswana Engages UK Firm To Cut Costs
Alexander Proudfoot, with 64 years of global experience, specialises in helping firms improve their operational, and consequently, financial performance. The Chicago-born and London-headquartered firm has conducted similar consultancies for De Beers,...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 18 October 2010
Soul Food
Cancer not only affects those with it but those around them too. Just imagining and mentioning the word 'cancer' is scary and traumatic enough, now picture this unrelenting condition ravaging your loved one and the chemotherapy taking its...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 18 October 2010
Talking Musika
Not many people need me, so I was somewhat flattered that I was suddenly in high demand. I responded in the usual untruthful manner; that I would make myself available, even though I know that most of the time, without self-driven transport, it...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 18 October 2010
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