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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 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
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...
27 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 27 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 27 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 27 October 2010
Court finds Kgafela's application 'frivolous'
It is the second time Nyamadzabo dismisses an application, having done that last week when representatives of the Bakgatla chieftaincy wanted the court proceedings to be held in Mochudi. The case involves Kgosi Kgafela II, his brother Mmusi...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
Jubilee closure dismays residents
Lately, some citizens have been complaining that Jubilee Hospital is no longer the mother hospital it used to be. But now, the decision to close it down, to make way for the construction of the TB Ward, has not gone down well with the...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 27 October 2010
'100 Villages Project' lights up Matsitama
Apparently, from the villagers turnout, it was clear this was an event they valued very much. The event attracted the young and old. The traditional dance performances by the village Hosanna group comprising of elderly people and the primary school...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
"God be with you,"prosecutor tells Kgafela
It was a cleaner who stuck out her head through the door, to the disappointment of those standing. The woman went about wiping the magistrate's table and picking up pieces of paper, oblivious of the commotion she had just created. Someone laughed...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
Former DPSM director appears for corruption
Matome yesterday appeared at Gaborone Regional Magistrate Court charged with two counts of corruption. Matome is alleged to have contravened Section 31 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act punishable under Section 36 of the same Act. It is...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
Police investigate slaughter of a horse
That was enough to finish its life for its failure to listen to instructions given by the rider. The horse was found in the wee hours of the morning last weekend with its rider by its side, drunk and confused. According to eyewitnesses, the man, who...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 27 October 2010
Exams leave students in tears
Reports state that the reading varied, from one headmaster using a public address system, temporary invigilators not comfortable with the reading part resulting in a one hour delay, to students requesting the temporary invigilators to repeat the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
DTCB workers resume duties, reject management offer
DTCB Union Secretary General Jacob Mpasopi, said agreeing to the P1,000, as a once off payment was tantamount to accepting a bribe to be silenced. The union is demanding an eight percent increase in the cost of living allowance and an increase from...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
Floggings or mere caning: Corporal Punishment in Kgatleng
It is therefore amazing that a mode of corporal punishment known to us all and exercised daily in our active social lives has come to be treated as though it were an apparition that has suddenly come to hog our space, disturb our peace and the even...
M D LECHA 27 October 2010
We thank Minister Motsumi but......
In the last session of parliament there was a protracted debate on declaration of assets and liabilities motion. When Gaborone Central Member of Parliament, Dumelang Saleshando decided to bring a private member's bill to parliament, a polarized...
27 October 2010
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27 October 2010
New agricultural growth study launched
Drawing on the World Bank Group (WBG)'s experience in supporting agricultural growth in the past decade, the report points to areas where increased funding can translate into higher impact. Agricultural growth remains central to poverty reduction, as...
27 October 2010
BEDIA to embrace rural districts in FDI campaign
Newspapers recently carried BEDIA adverts titled Invitation to Tender for A Study to Map Investment Opportunities in District and Town Councils in Botswana. BEDIA is looking for consultants to undertake a comprehensive nationwide study of investment...
TUMELO SETSHOGO
Correspondent 27 October 2010
Letshego sharpens competitive edge
By lowering Letshego's costs of borrowing, the low interest rates have enabled the micro-lender to solve a long-running operational dilemma - that part of its funding is sourced from banks whom it also competes with in the market. The dilemma has...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
BIDPA advocates Citizens' Budget
Unlike other countries in the region, among them South Africa, Namibia and Malawi, Botswana does not produce a Citizens' Budget, which is a non-technical presentation of the national budget published for the public to better understand government...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
Nigeria cholera death toll rises above 1,500 - UN
According to UN figures, 1,555 people have died from the disease in Africa's most populous nation since January while 38,173 cases have been reported, Martin Dawes, regional spokesman for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) told Reuters. The figure is...
27 October 2010
More peacekeepers couldn't halt new Sudan war
Alain Le Roy, under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, was discussing some of the possibilities for boosting security ahead of a planned referendum on southern independence early next year. US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice...
27 October 2010
Homosexuality an 'abomination'
"We would like the law to punish homosexuality, bestiality and necrophilia. Morally, homosexuality is a deviation, and spiritually, it is an abomination," Ejiba Yamapiale told AFP. The bill comprises seven articles including imprisonment...
27 October 2010
Night Nurse singer Gregory Isaacs dies
The Jamaican singer died on Monday morning surrounded by his family. His 1982 album Night Nurse, recorded at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studio, reached number 32 in the UK.A cover version of the album's title track, by Sly and Robbie featuring Simply...
27 October 2010
Go-ka-tweng: The lioness of song sleeps
Last Saturday, hundreds of mourners endured the scorching heat of a spring morning to pay their last respects to the lovable Gaotswesepe Robalang at her home village of Mmashoro on the outskirts of Serowe. Most of the mourners sang their hearts...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
Women's rugby team set for Harare tourney
The national side will compete against teams from the host nation Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia in a one-day tournament that takes place this Saturday. The team leaves for the Zimbabwean capital on Friday.Team manager Lila Pavey said her side has...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 27 October 2010
Sports chat
Finest momentTownship Rollers' Malawian midfielder, Lawrence Majawa unleashed a thumping drive from outside the centre circle to beat BDF XI goalkeeper, Basimanebotlhe Moilwa during a be MOBILE Premier League clash at UB Stadium on Friday night. The...
Mnqondisi Dube 27 October 2010
Notwane financial woes force Masomere out
Masomere left Notwane last Thursday in what came as a shock move to some fans, particularly after their recent 4-0 victory over Extension Gunners. "There are a number of reasons why I left but it would be inappropriate for me to talk about some of...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 27 October 2010
Zebras face hapless Sihlangu
Never mind that it is a preparatory match, as a win will cement their recent meteoric rise that has seen them shoot to the top of Group K in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Interestingly, the Zebras were in Equatorial Guinea a...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 27 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 27 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 28 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...
28 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...
28 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...
28 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 28 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 28 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...
28 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 28 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 28 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 28 October 2010
Commercial banks face trouble
Standard Chartered Bank management and the workers union are in a deadlock over negotiations for a salary increase. The union is contemplating industrial action after the bank awarded them a five percent increase for non-managerial staff instead of...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 28 October 2010
Legislation on human trafficking now - US envoy
He said that human trafficking is a serious problem worldwide and the country could find itself in the same situation if nothing is done now. "No country is immune to this problem and we have to build a wall against human trafficking and Botswana...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 October 2010
Mental wellness not given priority says psychiatrist
Addressing participants at a workshop in Lobatse, Thula said usually people with mental disorders have no access to proper medical attention until the illness reaches the stage of being declared mental disturbance by medical practitioners. "It has...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 28 October 2010
Police arrest freelance photojournalist
They arrested freelance photojournalist Lefoko Mogapaesi and took him to Central Police Station handcuffed. The main reason for the arrest is that he was obstructing the police from doing their job. Other photojournalists who were closer to the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 October 2010
Nchindo and Matome sentencing today
This follows the conclusion of mitigation yesterday. The accused had called in five individuals, among them pastors, family friends and professional associates. Local businessmen and a friend of the Nchindos, Satar Dada and Father Arthur McCann of...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 28 October 2010
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