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Making the G20 work
Some fear that the organisation is simply too big to succeed. The French, who preside over the G20 next year, have already hinted at a smaller, unspecified group of countries to resolve the currency issue. But currency is not the only issue, or not...
11 November 2010
Halt Kgafela proce
Dow told the Village Chief Magistrate Barnabas Nyamadzabo yesterday that they have submitted appeal notes to the High Court and that it would be both in the interest of justice and better utilisation of the court system to have the trial against her...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Thari Pilane wants Bakgatla throne
A faction of the royal house in South Africa blames Mochudi for confusing their lineage. The Mochudi kgosikgolo appoints a representative in Moruleng. A lot is at stake here. Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Moruleng are no ordinary tribe. ...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 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 11 November 2010
Parking assistants keep car thieves at bay
But he told them in no uncertain terms that he did not need their services. When he came out of the shops, he found that all his wheel caps had been removed. When he asked the young men they told him, "sorry sir, we didn't see...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 11 November 2010
'Mama, i am gay', the son reveals
"Why does it have to happen to my son? What wrong have I done in this world to deserve such a punishment from God?" These are the words of 45-year-old, single parent, Sega (not her real name). These lamentations have been triggered by her...
Correspondent 11 November 2010
Collet 'adopts' limbless Ndlovu
These could be Dale Collet's words. Remember Dale Collet? He is the gentleman who drives while on his belly because more than half his body is crippled, and whose front-page story we carried two issues back with the headline The Phenom of Mmamashia....
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Oodi weavers founding fathers lament
An artist himself, (sculptor and painter) who was kicked out of South Africa by the apartheid regime where he had set up a similar project, Rocke's Drift, in Natal and Thabana Li' Mele in Lesotho, Gowenius told The Monitor that perhaps the biggest...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
CMS-accused demand their freedom
At the close of the defence case yesterday, one of the accused, Jabulani Johnson, argued that the accomplice witness had given contradictory evidence during cross-examination. He said there were no telephone conversation records between him and the...
MPHO TLALE
Correspondent 11 November 2010
Khama emphasises quality education
Addressing Parliament on Monday, Khama said that reversing the decline is an urgent priority. "The ministry is currently engaged in a process of developing standards and indicators of quality education," he said. "At the same time we are increasing...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
NAB launches campaign to build nurses image
Reception received from the health personel such as the nurses makes all the difference to those affected. So those patiently seated in the waiting room whether young or old in various modes of pain need assurance from the nurses that everything is...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Batawana to petition House on Maun park privatisation
Tawana is expected to present the petition to the National Assembly during the parliamentary session which was opened by President Ian Khama in Gaborone yesterday. By Sunday copies of the petition had been circulated around various wards and public...
BONIFACE KEBAABETSE
Correspondent 11 November 2010
Emma Wareus' diamond of agony
The diamond was donated by the Botswana government as Emma's national gift to the Miss World pageant, where it was supposed to be auctioned for charity by the Miss World. The Botswana beauty queen waited desperately for weeks in China for the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
'Hand of God' sneaks Merafhe into parliamentary committees
Lobatse MP Nehemiah Modubule was adamant that the final draft of the revised Standing Orders excluded the Leader of House, from sitting in select committees. He demanded answers on how the 'Hand of God' sneaked Merafhe into the committees when...
STAFF WRITER 11 November 2010
Legal aid pilot project commences next year
During the State of the Nation Address on Monday, President Ian Khama averred that the pilot legal aid project will be implemented at two centres during the first quarter of 2011. Khama said effective delivery of the justice system recognises access...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Ntuane castgates Khama, DIS and Skelemani
Phandu Skelemani and Director General of Directorate of Intelligence and Security, Isaac Kgosi, suggesting that some of their public utterances are irresponsible and dangerous for national unity. Responding to President Khama's opening address of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
We're willing to talk - Mmusi
Mmusi Kgafela, and second in line to the Bakgatla bogosi, made the revelation last Sunday, at a meeting called by his brother and Paramount Chief of the Bakgatla, to brief the tribe on their remand. Governmnet's decision, through the Directorate of...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Debate
This has become a one string question that pops up now and then in the debate that has erupted in the public square following that decision. The debate promises to continue for sometime. The 'decision' was the Chief Justice ruling last Friday that...
11 November 2010
Boko sets tone for BNF response to Khama
Responding to Khama's State of the Nation Address, Boko said the approach taken by the government in denying the existing examination crisis, shows contempt for teachers. "Are we shocked that this president is contemptuous of education? No," Boko...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
We didn't tell the truth -Minister
However, she holds that it would be wrong "to rubbish" the value of the exams because the expected number of students sat and wrote them. Asked whether President Ian Khama was misled to believe the exams were "conducted successfully" while...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
China's trade surplus hits $27bn as exports rise
The $27.1bn (£17bn) surplus was up sharply on September's $16.9bn and was just behind the year's high of $28.7bn, reached in July. The rise may increase criticism in Washington that Beijing is keeping its currency artificially low to boost...
11 November 2010
Barclays profits flat on weakening business levels
Total profits for the third quarter were £1.27bn ($2.03bn) before adjusting for the rising market value of Barclays debts, up 8.5% from the previous quarter, but down 28% from a year ago. Net of this "own credit charge" profits before tax were...
11 November 2010
Botswana company among ten Africa Entrepreneurship Awards finalists
The awards, run by investment firms Legatum and Omidyar Network, are designed to honour and celebrate Africa's most innovative and inspiring entrepreneurs. NTR Technology is a diversified engineering group specialising in industrial automation,...
STAFF WRITER 11 November 2010
Competition good for expanding digital footprint - expert
Broadband is a data transmission system using fibre optic cables that has evolved from copper wire-based telephone lines to offer a wide range of frequencies at high speed. In data communication, broadband refers to data transmission where multiple...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Moilwa scoops Thapong Photographer of the Year award
This year's Thapong Artist of the Year award - which carries P20,000, went to photographer, Donald Moilwa. This was not the first time that Moilwa entered the awards as he had several times before submitted entries, but with little...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 November 2010
'I had no idea Magdaline would make a powerful singer'
"I knew she was good in leading songs in our traditional group at school, but we continued to live together as lovers and friends years after and we never discussed music projects. In fact, I was the crazy one when it came to music, but I kept...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Kgosi Sechele Museum to host Dithubaruba festival
This is an annual festival that has been hosted over the past four years, showcasing Bakwena culture. One of the representatives of the festival, Tumelo Thuuthuuka, said festival preparations are at an advanced stage, adding that everything is...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 11 November 2010
The beauty of music in Eureka
For proof, check out how Element preaches morality in a sweet flowing, soulful Hip-hop song in Eureka the Coverboy's latest album, Stageworks. The song is O Leka Modimo, and the featured rapper Notshi's rap is both funny and unique here as he...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Rooney faces court action
That headache relates to two separate court actions that could be heard over the course of this season. The first is the hangover of his and his wife Coleen's previous, successful defence against a £4m claim from his former agent, Proactive....
11 November 2010
Zimbabwe, Pakistan tie abandoned due to rain
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat for the third successive game. The Asians were off to a fluent start scoring 48 runs off the first eight overs. Zimbabwean opening bowlers Trymore Taruvinga and Elvis Chipfumba were both unlucky as they got...
SANJAY GOEL
Correspondent 11 November 2010
First Division clubs boycott fixtures
Tonota FC, Sua Flamingoes and No Mathata did not honour their fixtures, demanding that the First Division North league committee conclude its negotiations with a sponsor before they can play. Tonota FC was scheduled to play Satmos while Flamingoes...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 11 November 2010
Tshosane wary of Carthage Eagles
The Zebras will be hoping to pick up where they left in the first round of the qualifiers when they host the much-fancied Tunisians at the UB Stadium in Gaborone. Although they managed a slender 1-0 win in the away fixture, Tshosane has warned his...
THATO KALA & FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Correspondent & Staff Writer 11 November 2010
Our heritage
Today one can only speculate as to how many of its products have survived and if any of them remain in the country. Those points are worth making because if this one exquisite tapestry provides the only record of what was then being produced in...
Sandy Grant 11 November 2010
Project Syndicate
Their opponents, meanwhile, exaggerated the phenomenon's likely impact - and, as a consequence, dogmatically fixated on drastic, short-term carbon cuts as the only solution, despite overwhelming evidence that such cuts would be cripplingly expensive...
Bjorn Lomborg 11 November 2010
Project syndicate
To the extent that this sense of decline is grounded in reality, can Japan recover? Japan's economy has suffered two decades of slow growth because of the poor policy decisions that followed the collapse of the country's massive asset-price bubble...
Joseph Nye 11 November 2010
Govt should address human rights violations in prisons
Their story allows us a peep into the guarded secrets that lie beyond the prison walls. Too many atrocities are committed, and the prisoners have no one to turn to for help. The meeting convened by Bakgatla Dikgosi learnt about the fear...
EDITOR 11 November 2010
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11 November 2010
Africa's poor state of mind
"Though there is limited evidence on mental health problems in the African region, studies from a few countries indicate that one in six patients has at least one mental, neurological or behavioural disorder," WHO director for Africa Dr Luis Sambo...
11 November 2010
British deny George Bush's claims that torture helped foil terror plots
In his memoirs, Bush said the practice - condemned by Downing Street as torture - was used in CIA interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the US. He said Mohammed, was one of three al-Qaida suspects...
11 November 2010
Obama acknowledges strained relations as he reaches out to Muslim world
Returning to the country where he lived for four years as a child, Obama urged all sides to look beyond "suspicion and mistrust" to "forge common ground" in the fight against terrorism. He delighted the crowd by sharing memories of his childhood in...
11 November 2010
Ivory Coast postpones presidential run-off
The vote is aimed at ending the years of political deadlock that have discouraged investment in the top cocoa grower since a 2002-2003 civil war divided it into a government-controlled south and rebel-held north. Results of an Oct. 31 first round...
11 November 2010
Kenya court orders release of Somali piracy suspects
The nine had been arrested by crew of a German navy vessel with the help of US helicopters in the Gulf of Aden and handed over to Kenya. High Court Judge Mohamed Ibrahim said that changes to part of a law under which the suspects were being tried -...
11 November 2010
U-turn on Africa's despots
A lower court had ordered a halt to the probe targeting Gabon's late leader Omar Bongo, the Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea. That court said there was not enough evidence of...
11 November 2010
Book Review
Petina Gappah (2009) "An Elegy for Easterly". London, Faber and Faber, Softcover edition, 277 pages. ISBN 978 0 571 24693 9. Available through Exclusive Books. A Zimbabwean township is the scene for Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah's title...
Sheridan Griswold 12 November 2010
Back Stage
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) is now showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. This is one of the better films of the Fall season in North America that has made it to Botswana. Oliver Stone made Wall Street in 1987. It was a good film that...
Sasa Majuma 12 November 2010
Flowing Boteti River looks set to revolutionise peasants' life
Nestled between the Orapa-Maun road and Boteti River, Khumaga village has developed rapidly in the past four years since I last visited the place. Around 2006, the village was a dusty quiet rural settlement. But now things are different. ...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Our culture is our life
Their performance is like storytelling. They enter wearing their ancient traditional attire made from animal skins. Women in beautiful beads from ostrich egg shells singing wordless songs with a recurring 'uuwee' together with harmonised...
THALEFANG CHARLES
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Recovering Zim mining attracts child labour
Tinashe Mugwira, 15, left home in January this year and walked the 50km to Shurugwi in search of work at the mines in the mineral belt known as the Great Dyke, where gold, chrome and nickel are found. "I had always heard that these Chinese were...
12 November 2010
Gearing for heavy rains as La Nina strengthens
Tick. Enough stocks of tents and mosquito nets. Tick. Mobile phones delivered to communities living along the upper catchment areas of the River Zambezi. Check. "We do not want a repeat of the situation from last year, when 1,000 people were...
12 November 2010
US Fed decision clouds G-20 debate, as Obama arrives in Seoul
Heading into the summit of the Group of 20 economic powers, U.S. officials have pushed for agreement on detailed guidelines for curbing the trade surpluses of export giants like China and Germany and averting a currency war among countries looking...
12 November 2010
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