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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 03 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...
03 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...
03 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...
03 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 03 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 03 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...
03 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 03 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 03 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 03 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 03 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 03 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 03 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 03 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...
03 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 03 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...
03 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 03 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 03 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 03 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 03 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 03 November 2010
Brazil's new woman
The ghosts of the past - authoritarianism, political persecution, and censorship - have been left behind, as Brazilian democracy passed important tests such as the impeachment of a president and the rise to the presidency of a former trade union...
*Glauco Arbix 03 November 2010
Germany's will to compromise
Germany is willing to bail out member states in exchange for tougher fiscal austerity and a suspension of voting rights, but Chancellor Angela Merkel's demand for permanent crisis-resolution mechanisms, together with changes to the Lisbon Treaty, and...
*Michael Bolle
*Cordelia Friesendorf 03 November 2010
The Republic of Georgia threatens peace and security in the Caucasus
The Republic of Georgia has concentrated considerable troop masses along its borders with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It insistently refuses to take obligations for non-application of force against Tskhinval and Sukhum (the capitals of South Ossetia...
Anatoly Ptitsa 03 November 2010
Government should bring order to Kgatleng
Sadly, we note that since the case against Kgosikgolo Kgafela Kgafela II of Bakgatla, his brother and 11 of their tribesmen came before the courts, some elements of the Bakgatla tribe have been trying to incite insurrection. Unbelievably, they...
EDITOR 03 November 2010
Project Syndicate
On the other hand, the second phase of the crisis mercilessly exposed the euro's Achilles heel: the absence of economic or financial unification within the eurozone. Rising tensions within the EU have been the inevitable result. Germany's...
JOSCHKA FISCHER 03 November 2010
WUC face challenges in village water supply services takeover
WUC communications manager, Matilda Mmipi has said that the exercise is faced with challenges that range from poor staff qualification, slow process of signing up customers and the need to upgrade the existing infrastructure in some villages. She...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 03 November 2010
Health care workers' pay delayed
Some of the affected employees lamented that since the move was taken there has been confusion and delays in payments, and that this month things are worse because pay day will only come on 10 November. "Since we were transferred to the Health...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 03 November 2010
Kgosi wants govt to halt registration of churches
Letlamoreng was supposed to table the motion yesterday but deferred it to today at the request of Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Peter Siele. Speaking in an interview with Mmegi yesterday afternoon, Letlamoreng would however not discuss...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 November 2010
Gaborone rejoins BDP
Gaborone made the announcement at a meeting of BNF members in Tlokweng last night. Gaborone said he would hand over his resignation letter to the BNF today and apply for BDP membership. "I am going to resign with immediate effect...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 November 2010
Govt grapples with housing shortage
In his first ever Pitso specifically for Lands and Housing Minister Nonofo Molefhi challenged stakeholders to help come up with alternative ways of building less expensive houses for the poor and middle income earners, saying the most preferred...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 November 2010
Kgafela is in jail not a house - official
"I can confirm to you that Kgosi Kgafela is in our custody and has not been given any special treatment. There is an order for his remand and it is our duty to remand him," Botswana Prisons spokesperson, Wamorena Ramolefhe said in answer to Mmegi...
STAFF WRITERS 03 November 2010
Our Heritage
It followed the march of students from Radikolo School in Mochudi to protest the seeming lack of action in investigating Segametsi's murder, the break-up of that march by the police, the use of tear gas and the infliction of injury, damage to...
SANDY GRANT 03 November 2010
Stane shoots video at the Civic Centre
I remember one Francistowner ,Theo Seemule, who used to have a collection of rock music when we were at the Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce (BIAC). Those were the days of Lee jeans and the Bostonian boots. It was the time of...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 November 2010
Ex-Vee protege Mingo in a comeback bid
The album contains 12 tracks Ratsabakela, Massage, Ngwaga O Mosha, Santse Ke Le Nosi, Homas, Monate, RIP, Bafana, Haleluya, Rola Ka Smeka and Madi Ko Pele. The young artist did well to feature the man-of-the- moment Kgotla Juju Boy' Ntsima and...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 03 November 2010
BMD goes the Afro pop way to garner support
So Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) have gone the Afro pop way in the party's album called Botswana Wa Rona. The party's leaders are well aware of the power of music in attracting people, one of the party leaders Butsalo Ntuane, a...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 November 2010
Today's Workspace
The Promotions Committee has said I do not have a degree qualification which is now required. In the past people used to be promoted into this job without a degree. God forbid, I can do the job even while sleep-walking. I have been doing wonders...
JOSEPH MASANGO 03 November 2010
Discovery granted surface rights at Boseto project
The rights cover an area of 4, 418 hectares. In a statement this week, Managing Director Brad Sampson said the Tawana Land Board had approved the granting of surface rights. This was the last external approval required by the Department of Mines...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 03 November 2010
Turnstar earnings slide
Revenue increased by 4.4 percent to P42 million on the back of improved occupancies in the retail segment of the property portfolio. Retail segment revenue increased by 9.6 percent while the commercial segment suffered a 9.9 percent decline, owing...
STAFF WRITER 03 November 2010
Govt scraps transfer duty for first time home buyers
The Ministry of Lands and Housing is pushing the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning to drive through an amendment of the Transfer Duty Act that will result in first time buyers being exempted from the requirement to pay the duty. According...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 03 November 2010
Ruling party candidate wins Zanzibar presidency
Ali Mohamed Shein of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM - Revolution Party) was declared the winner of Sunday's close contest with opposition candidate Seif Sharif Hamad, winning 59.1 percent over his rival's 40.9 percent. The two congratulated each...
03 November 2010
US extends Sudan economic sanctions for a year
In a letter sent to members of Congress, Obama informed US lawmakers that the sanctions on Khartoum, which were to have expired on Wednesday, would be extended, saying that the circumstances which led to their imposition some 13 years ago have "not...
03 November 2010
Mogadishu fighting kills 12
A Somali official claimed government forces repelled an attack launched late Sunday by the Shebab, an extremist group that has led a deadly insurgency aimed at toppling the Western-backed transitional government. "The terrorists tried to penetrate...
03 November 2010
Thousands left homeless in Benin floods: UN
Rainfall has poured down in the West African nation since mid-September. More than 300 people have been killed this rainy season in western and central Africa and at least 680, 000 people in Benin alone have been affected by the floods.A UN statement...
03 November 2010
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03 November 2010
Zim take on South Africa in mini-Cricket World Cup
Rated as one of the most exciting teams to watch, the Zimbabwean side made a mark in last year's tournament, emerging from being no hopers to finish second. They narrowly lost to hosts Botswana in the final. Zimbabwean captain Hega Chemhuru is...
SANJAY GOEL
Correspondent 03 November 2010
Premier League General Assembly date set
BPL general manager Phuthego Setete said the meeting will go ahead in Palapye next Saturday. The first meeting ended prematurely after the BPL failed to furnish the delegates with a copy of the minutes of the previous assembly while the financial...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 03 November 2010
Championships organisers turn to govt to raise P11million
LOC chairperson Solly Reikeletseng said the committee is looking to raise P2 million while a request for P6 million has been sent to the government. Reikeletseng told a media conference in Gaborone on Monday that the committee is optimistic the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 03 November 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 04 November 2010
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