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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 01 November 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...
01 November 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...
01 November 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...
01 November 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 01 November 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 01 November 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...
01 November 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 01 November 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 01 November 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 01 November 2010
Our Heritage
The new diamond inspired SSKI airport building is all hard, gleaming surfaces. It has no interest in trying to project any other kind of image - and probably, if it had tried to do so, it would have made a mess of it. In a way, it is a modern...
SANDY GRANT 01 November 2010
Chaos over restraint rules for deportees
His concerns were echoed by Ed Balls, the shadow home secretary, who said it was now "vital" for the Home Office to release details of the circumstances surrounding the death of Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan refugee who collapsed and died on a British...
01 November 2010
Somalia's Shebab executes two girls for 'spying'
A firing squad shot the pair in front of hundreds of local residents on Wednesday afternoon, in the first known instance of such an execution over spying charges against women."These women were spying for the enemy and were arrested by mujahideen...
01 November 2010
Hotel Rwanda manager faces terror-funding charges
But the former manager, Paul Rusesabagina, told the Associated Press yesterday that he had not sent any money to Rwanda in years, and that the government was launching a smear campaign against him because he had opposed President Paul Kagame in the...
01 November 2010
All-out war on corruption
Presenting his mid-term budget statement, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said the government was aiming to improve its supply chain management - especially the highly lucrative tender process - which has been open to abuse by unscrupulous officials...
01 November 2010
Venue swap benefits wanted president of Sudan
The summit is now to take place in Ethiopia, which doesn't recognize the International Criminal Court. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the wanted man, visited Ethiopia in April 2009 soon after he was first indicted by the ICC. The change of summit...
01 November 2010
Chile miners' rescue drama worth celebrating
The drama had its genesis on August 5, 2010, when a section of the ancient mine collapsed, confining miners to a communal cell without warders. Modern mines have contingency exits, this one did not, a typical handmaiden of jungle...
As i see it
*MICHAEL DINGAKE 01 November 2010
MoESD and BEC should come down to mother earth!
Teachers have always decried the pathetic conditions they exist under. Issues like housing, parallel progression, levels of operation, scarce skill, invigilation and marking always crop up, but no one ever listens. BEC takes the prize. ...
01 November 2010
What value do 'natural and exotic doctors' adverts add?
Out of interest I took one midweek newspaper some weeks ago and browsed through the classified section. I then summarized the services that the adverts from these practitioners claimed they were offering. Below is a summary of the main...
01 November 2010
Whither Botswana
It's encouraging, for instance, that some of the parties say their congresses have given them broad mandates to proceed with the proposed opposition cooperation negotiations. This is better than the narrow mandates that the congresses gave...
DAN MOABI 01 November 2010
Lessons from South Korea
In 2009, South Korea officially ceased to be an aid recipient country (mainly from U.S.A) and joined the donor's club. Endowed with limited natural resources, the Koreans adopted an outward economic strategy and invested heavily in technology related...
* JAMES SHIKWATI 01 November 2010
A new path to a low-carbon economy
The policy problem is simple. Coal is a cheaper and more easily used energy source than the alternatives. It is cheap because it is plentiful. It is easier to use than wind or solar power because it can produce electricity around the clock, without...
* JEFFREY D. SACHS 01 November 2010
The theory of the press
They spoke at workshops and wrote books that charcterised one form of the press as the 'command' type, in the same manner in which they described economic planning under the 'socialist. Regimes of eastern Europe, the Union of Soviet Socialist...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE
Correspondent 01 November 2010
Events in court
The news team was greeted by a semi-naked man only wearing leather underwear and some sort of cover over his shoulders. Below we capture the events as they unfolded 10.amThe village magistrate court is packed to capacity and there is...
01 November 2010
The Kangaroo Court at Oodi
Kgafela, his brother and the deputy chief of Bakgatla Bana Sekai, supported the floggings and even stated publicly that they had the power to administer punishment or delegate such to mephato. The men have to face the music now. There is no doubt...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
Goo-Sekgweng: where hope springs eternal
GOO-SEKGWENG: Goo-Sekgweng is in the Tswapong North constituency and is one of the five villages that make up Goo-Tau Ward, the others being Goo-Tau proper, Mokungwana, Matlhakola and Manaledi. Situated to the south of the long range of the...
01 November 2010
Now it's DK calling the shots
In the process Kwelagobe or "DK", as he is known within political circles, has proven that he is a political survivor. Besides President Ian Khama, there is no other BDP official who commands more grassroots support like Kwelagobe. The veteran...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 November 2010
Police Avert Strike
Synohydro is building Dikgathong Dam in Robelela. The police arrived on time to bring the situation under control. Commander of Selebi-Phikwe Police Station, Superintendent Victor Nlebesi, told the Monitor that the police had to be called after the...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 01 November 2010
Twelve Days For Kalafatis Trial
On Friday, prosecution and defence agreed on February 2-11 and March 7-11 for resumption of the trial. The state is expected to call 20 witnesses. However, only 15 witnesses will give oral evidence, after five witnesses statements were admitted at...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
Veldt Fires Spread
She says that is because of lack of rain and winds. "The grass is still dry and winds are also driving the fire, so it is difficult to fight it," she says. "It has been a very long time and people who have been out there are now complaining of...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
Climate Change, Yes! But Why? - Lesolle
Lesolle said this when questioned whether unavailability of rainfall in late September indicates changing weather patterns which can be attributed to climate change. Lesolle said that the notion that rainy season begins in September is "just a...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
SADC Official Tells NGOs To Introspect
He said at the Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) annual general meeting in Gaborone on Friday that NGOs are quick to criticise governments, yet they do not talk about the rot in their ranks. Ditlhake heads the NGO sector at...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 01 November 2010
Govt Starts Another Anti-Poverty Drive
He said that though statistics are expected to show a drop in the level of poverty in the country, it is unacceptable that anybody should live below the poverty datum line. Hence, he has committed himself to poverty eradication and economic...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
Wareus Proves Her Mettle
Miss Botswana, Emma Wareus has finished second behind American, Alexandria Mills at the prestigious world beauty pageant held in Sanya, China on Saturday. Wareus was among the 115 beauty queens from different countries who contested the 60th edition...
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
Police Warn The Public On Fraud
Two of the three cases involved selling and buying of residential plots while the other involved purchasing of a JCB loader machine. In the latter case, a 50-year-old man was swindled over P102 000 by another who had promised to sell him a loader...
01 November 2010
Our Chief Was Abducted-Bakgatla
The royal with his younger brother Mmusi and 11 Bakgatla went into hiding last Wednesday shortly after chief magistrate, Barnabas Nyamadzabo remanded them in custody pending trial in the case where they face multiple charges of unlawful floggings in...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
Maun Taxi And Combi Association Petition NWDC
Presenting the petition, association secretary general Gosata Miti said the transport operators have been suffering since the new bus rank was opened on October 27. He explained that the rank is too small to accommodate all the taxis and combis that...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 01 November 2010
Sesigo Project Launched In SElebi-Phikwe
Speaking at the launch, Principal Librarian, Keseitse Same said the main aim of the project is to allow meaningful access to computers and the internet in Botswana. She said the government will take care of the maintenance and upgrade of libraries,...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 01 November 2010
Ikgopoleng's Love For Snakes
A few days after the interview, he calls from Jwaneng where he works as a welder to announce that he has just caught a boomslang. "I caught it a few minutes back. I am holding it in my hands as I speak," he says with the calmness of someone who has...
Bashi Letsididi
Correspondence 01 November 2010
Kunene: 34 Years On, But Still Driving
Add to that, he knows the registration numbers of all the current and previous vehicles the council has owned from over 30 years ago. Narrating his story to The Monitor last Friday, Kunene said he has been able to endure such longevity as a...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 01 November 2010
David Cameron's Culture War
Indeed, his minister of education recently declared that funding for Britain's universities would be slashed by as much as 40 percent. But the most shocking aspect of the move is that arts and humanities departments will be targeted more...
Naomi Wolf * 01 November 2010
Etecetera II
Those who read the report in the Monitor about this exercise must have been astonished to learn from the organiser, Isaac Kgosi , the DIS Director General, that live bullets were used - but no one was shot at all, he said! The following...
SANDY GRANT 01 November 2010
Health Chat
Answer Yes, it is true that drinking a lot of tea can cause a drop in haemoglobin. The tannins in tea are the culprits - these are naturally occurring polyphenols (antioxidant compounds) that can give tea an astringent taste if it...
KARIN BHAGAT 01 November 2010
Issues In Education
It is generally recognized that adults, punishing children and adolescents, are usually bigger and stronger. The use of physical force against students can result in injuries. In Botswana over the years there are a number of cases of injuries to...
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S. WEEKS 01 November 2010
What To Do Between Birth and Death
These landmarks are birth and life. It does not matter where and how one is born, or where and how one dies; we all meet these two certainties. The most important thing is not what happens to us, between these two landmarks, but we ourselves...
The Winners Code
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01 November 2010
Winners Code
These landmarks are birth and life. It does not matter where and how one is born, or where and how one dies; we all meet these two certainties. The most important thing is not what happens to us, between these two landmarks, but we ourselves...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 01 November 2010
Bravo Emma Wareus
Wareus beat about 113 beauty queens and scooped the title of first princess and the attendant benefits. In the event that the winner of the title cannot perform her duties, Wareus will take over as Miss World. She was not crowned queen,...
EDITOR 01 November 2010
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01 November 2010
Poor Sound Mars Splash Festival
Not even the 'BOSS', Dan Tshanda or Dalom Kids, could escape the effects of the poor sound with the Splash ace producer and lead vocalist forced on more than one occasion to interrupt his own performance as the engineers tried to fine-tune the...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 01 November 2010
Soul Food
The most commonly affected sites include the lungs, liver, colon, breast, prostate, stomach, and blood. Cancer occurs when normal body cells, whose growth and division are carefully regulated in healthy individuals, undergo genetic changes that...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 01 November 2010
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