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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 26 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...
26 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...
26 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...
26 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 26 October 2010
Boko, Sebina discuss Che Guevara's life
Boko said there are some BNF members who claim to be socialists and other names but when you ask them about that ideology, they are just blank. Boko said this was why it was important that they should conduct public educational...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 October 2010
The naked truth about sex and politics in Botswana
"One time my husband told me he wanted to stand for council elections and I told him if he does, we would have to divorce," one woman told this reporter in confidence. When pressed to explain her extreme ultimatum, she went on, giving an ugly...
26 October 2010
Etcetera II
There will be many who are regularly dismayed, captivated, astonished, and even horrified by the news stories that regularly emerge about government departments and parastatals. In the last week alone there has been the denunciation of the...
Sandy Grant 26 October 2010
Collett the phenom of Mmamashia
The man drives the truck while on his belly, and like the phenom that you will realise he is upon chatting with him, does it with great dexterity. But driving while lying on your belly? That's a first. And you are right. The man does it though, not...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Women and teeth clamping to achieve ideal weight
This has now led to young women taking drastic measures to control their weight, the latest trend in Botswana being teeth clamping. Besides that, women are also resorting to unhealthy ways of weight control such as self-induced vomiting, laxative...
Mpho Tlale
Correspondent 26 October 2010
The sad tale of the limbless African mall beggar
His distraught mother could not understand why fate would choose her for its cruel joke and gave the boy a name that expressed how she felt: the child was a shock; something that she could never have been prepared to see. It was something that her...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Power cut raises fear of underperformance
There was no power supply at the school the whole of last week, after the generators that supply electricity were reported to be out of order. This has brought discomfort to the teachers and students, possibly affecting the preparations of the...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 26 October 2010
Scale could tilt in Banda's favour next year
On paper Banda, who is likely to be the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) presidential candidate, stands a chance because as the 2011 election fast approaches, the opposition alliance of the Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 26 October 2010
Stray cattle are a road hazard
According to Superintendent Loeto Ramabokwa of Letlhakane, the man, who was headed to Letlhakane got a lift in a Toyota Corolla driven by a 29-year-old man from Letlhakane. He said as the vehicle got to the Setoto cattlepost at around 8pm. It hit...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 26 October 2010
Khama's housing project off to slow start
The Chinese, whose businesses are found on every street corner and other Batswana are nowhere to be seen, at least in the list published recently in the Daily News. However the chairman of the Botswana Chinese Friendship Association, Miles Nan says...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Bail for Kgafela?
The prosecution team has already made an application that the court grant a conditional bail as floggings continue unabated. Last week, Nyamadzabo quashed the Bakgatla royals' application for their case to be transferred to Mochudi, saying it could...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Matimela are a headache for SPTC
Selebi-Phikwe Town Council pound officer, Franchiscare Keitsekgomo, says the stray livestock roam the streets at night. She explained that since the beginning of the year, the number of stray livestock that have been impounded has tripled compared to...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 26 October 2010
MPs Assets Bill gazetted
However punitive actions for MPs who fail to declare their assets or under-report them is only P10,000, or suspension from sitting session of parliament for 30 days, and nothing more. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) refused to be...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Case of Mochudi building finally reaches the courts
The massive complex has been idle for several years because the Kgatleng District Council will not issue an occupation certificate because the complex has allegedly encroached into the road reserve by two metres. In the past, the owners of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 October 2010
Matome to dump lawyers?
Some close to the Matomes say Joe Matome has severed ties with the law firm but this is denied by the firm. There is suggestion that when the case resumes tomorrow (Wednesday) for mitigation and sentencing before out-going Regional Magistrate Lot...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Surprise is of the essence
Almost everyone believed a robbery to be underway. The possibility of a terrorist attack hardly crossed the mind of any of the people running helter-skelter as the primordial instinct of self-preservation kicked in. Thankfully, we all know it was...
EDITOR 26 October 2010
Whose corporate social responsibility?
CSR can be divided into two categories: what corporations should do (say, contribute to a women's rights NGO or build a village school) and what they should not do (say, dump mercury into rivers or bury hazardous materials in landfills). The latter...
* JAGDISH BHAGWATI 26 October 2010
Turkey's transatlantic value
For, with those talks seemingly going nowhere, Turkey has begun to broaden its international horizons. Indeed, Turkish foreign policy is now far more proactive and multi-dimensional than at any period since Kemal Ataturk founded modern Turkey...
* KEMAL KIRISCI, NATHALIE TOCCI AN
JOSHUA WALKER 26 October 2010
As I See It
There is one argument advanced in favour of cremation and one counterargument expressed in Botswana to this method of disposing of the dead. The argument for cremation, namely to conserve land space, may be more valid in some countries than in...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 26 October 2010
Selefu 26 October 2010
26 October 2010
Temper expansionary policy, IMF tells Africa
Earlier this month, the IMF downgraded its 2011 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the region to 5.5 percent from 5.9 percent previously, but maintained its 5.0 percent prediction for this year. "The focus of policy needs to shift...
26 October 2010
Botswana signs Air services deal with UAE
Omar Bin Ghalib, Deputy Director-General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, signed the MoU on behalf of the UAE while Lieutenant Colonel Moakofi K. Modisenyane, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications,...
26 October 2010
Barclays named 'Best Bank in Botswana'
According to the Publisher and CEO of the magazine, Chris Moore, "Barclays Bank of Botswana was recognised for outperforming its peers by distinguishing itself over a number of criteria including but not limited to financial performance, growth in...
26 October 2010
Matambo hints at austere 2011 budget
It is expected that 2011/12 expenditure will either mirror the current budget or come in lower as a result of priority being moved from new projects to the completion of ongoing work. "In terms of the budget for next year - subject to discussions...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
BPC expects 20, 000 new connections after ambitious project
Speaking at an occasion to mark the final commissioning ceremony for the 100 Villages Electrification Project, an elated Kedikilwe said: "To this end, the government is working on securing an additional 300MW." He said short and medium term measures...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
'Women for sale' store highlights sex trafficking in Israel
This unusual window display shocked shoppers at a busy Tel Aviv mall last week when among the run-of-the-mill shops, they came across a group of young women standing in a storefront. On them were price tags detailing their age, weight, height,...
26 October 2010
Peter Bossman becomes Eastern Europe's first black mayor
Peter Bossman, 54, said he was "happy and proud" to have been elected to the post after winning a second round runoff in the town with just over half the votes. Bossman settled in Slovenia, then still part of Yugoslavia, in the 1970s after arriving...
26 October 2010
In Haiti, cholera could heighten earthquake misery
Health authorities and aid workers are scrambling to keep the tragedies from merging and the deaths from multiplying.Five cholera patients have been reported in Haiti's capital, heightening worries that the disease could reach the sprawling tent...
26 October 2010
Food for work: 80, 000 register
Government introduced the food-for-work programme in Masvingo last week following poor harvests in most parts of the province. Masvingo Provincial Governor and Resident Minister Titus Maluleke said that government had introduced the programme to...
26 October 2010
Nairobi mayor arrested over Sh283m graft case
Officials from the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (Kacc) went to the mayor's residence in Nairobi's South 'C' at 7am while accompanied by police officers and took him away to the their headquarters where he is currently being held. In the cemetery...
26 October 2010
Guinea hits wall of ethnic loathing
Rival presidential candidates from the main ethnic groups are urging supporters to keep calm after Friday's announcement of yet another vote delay and a weekend of unrest in several towns. But it is no way certain their voices will be heard. "There...
26 October 2010
Quality of TAYA 2010 submissions impresses Bakwena
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview in Gaborone yesterday, Bakwena said that this year most of the artists outdid themselves. "I am quite happy with the quality of works this time around. The artists were very creative in that they explored new...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Back Stage
It is not a documentary, but a fictional dramatisation of what can happen when there is a drought and a shortage of water, created by wells drying up and water holes evaporating. To tell this story of an exodus the focus is on one family, but their...
SASA MAJUMA 26 October 2010
Western Kgalagadi Cultural Fest to be held soon
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview, Isang Pilane of CI said that the festival, which is going to attract participants from villages within the Western Kgalagadi Corridor such as Inalegolo, Phuduhudu, New Xade, Zutshwa, Maake, Ngwatle, Monong,...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Juju Boy's new album set for Rasesa launch
The artistes include South African rapper, Tuks Senganga and Khulichana, also from Mzanzi. Local hit makers Scar, Eugene Jackson, 3rd Mind, Skizo, Magosi, Mosako, Mingo, KBos, BK Proctor, T.H.A.B.O, Makau, Vee, and Slizer are all on the line up that...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Nare bemoans Gunners' cash woes
The team only resumed training on Thursday prior to the Police XI tie after boycotting training for two days over unpaid bonuses. "We only started training on Thursday, we were less prepared than our opponents. This is making my job difficult...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Mongala's future at Pirates uncertain
The Botswana international has spent the early stages of the ABSA Premiership season on the sidelines after the arrival of Daine Klate and Tlou Segolela from SuperSport United and Bloemfontein Celtic respectively. Mongala, who is in his...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 October 2010
Rollers peel away
The title race reached week nine with the defending champions emphasising the gulf in quality with a commanding display in a 3-2 win over BDF XI on Friday night. After a slow start, Rollers upped the tempo in the second half, with captain Joel...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 26 October 2010
Trouble brewing at Naughty Boys?
Setswe stormed out before the end of the game. The young coach has alleged that Molefhe interferes with his team selection, an issue which sparked the row on Saturday. It all started when Setswe wanted to make a change in the second half with...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 October 2010
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 27 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...
27 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...
27 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...
27 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 27 October 2010
Boko, Sebina discuss Che Guevara's life
Boko said there are some BNF members who claim to be socialists and other names but when you ask them about that ideology, they are just blank. Boko said this was why it was important that they should conduct public educational...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 October 2010
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