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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
Economic rifts loom as G-20 leaders meet
Gone is the unity that marked the previous G-20 summits first held in November 2008 in the wake of the financial crisis as rancor over "currency wars" ratchet tensions among the United States, China, Europe and emerging economies. U.S. momentum to...
12 November 2010
Cameron urges China to correct trade imbalance
In a speech at Peking University, he said that China's export success was a potential threat to other economies.China's huge trade surplus is in part attributed to the weakness of the yuan, which helps the country's exporters. But ahead of the G20...
12 November 2010
Yahoo shares rise 5% amid rumours of private equity bid
Its shares jumped almost 6% to $17.60 at the start of trading in New York, before dropping back to end 2.2% ahead. Unconfirmed media reports have claimed that a number of investment firms are preparing a deal that would take Yahoo...
12 November 2010
SAA escapes Europe fine - but American probe continues
But the local airliner remains under investigation for price-fixing and collusion in the US, Australia and Switzerland.The European Commission fined 11 air cargo airlines a total of Û799,445m for operating a worldwide cartel which affected...
12 November 2010
Japan looks for greater global economic role
Yet, domestic economic anxieties are exerting pressure - forcing a realignment of Tokyo's global priorities towards fast-growing emerging market nodes of prosperity. Out of Japan's reinvigorated relations within the emerging world, China has...
* SIMON FREEMANTLE and JEREMY STEVENS 12 November 2010
Consumer Watchdog
We heard recently from a VERY disgruntled consumer who had just spent a small fortune on a new smart phone. She had visited a store at Riverwalk Shopping Centre (I should stress not one that is linked to any of the three service providers, this...
12 November 2010
Searching for a 'fresh economic miracle'
Mmegi: The World Bank is presently supporting Botswana in energy, HIV/AIDS and information communication technology. What opportunities are there for further interaction between the two? Ezekwesili: Our programmes are defined by the urgency for...
12 November 2010
Second ETF enters local market
In July, Absa Capital listed the BSE's inaugural ETF, marking a milestone in the local bourse's development and the expansion of asset classes in the country. Absa's gold ETF is presently a hit with investors as the gold price recently broke through...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Swedes sponsor workshops on water and ICT
The workshop will tackle issues of waste management, water planning and demand and sewage upgrading. It will go in depth to explore existing national plans, strategies and laws dealing with waste management in Botswana. After the workshop,...
MPHO TLALE
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Property valuations to hike GCC rates
The Director of Finance and Procurement at the Ministry, Catherine Marakalala, said this yesterday before the signing of a revenue collection solution partnership between the Gaborone City Council (GCC) and First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) at...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
CEDA blames low growth on mono-culture
Moribame was speaking at a manufacturing forum themed Quality in Manufacturing: Getting it Right the First Time, at GICC yesterday. He said failure to look at what the country is in demand of and closing the import gap is a major challenge that...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
P3 billion to plug the power supply/demand gap
Presenting the State of the Nation Address to the Second Session of the 10th Parliament, President Ian Khama said the various emergency energy supply interventions will cost Government more than P3 billion over the next three years. "This...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 12 November 2010
WB insists on trimming public service
The World Bank's Vice President for the Africa Region says Botswana's civil service has become "maxed out" in terms of employment opportunities and its size and dominance are squeezing out the private sector from spearheading a new era of growth for...
12 November 2010
Ministry puts accent on cultural tourism - BTO chief
Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Myra Sekgororoane made the announcement at the Western Kgalagadi Cultural Association Festival (WKCAF) held at Kang recently. Sekgororoane, who was speaking on behalf of the Minister...
THALEFANG CHARLES 12 November 2010
Francistown repairs damages of thunderstorm
The thunderstorm, which caused havoc in the city brought down trees, broke electricity wires and blew off roofs. The director of Smart Farmers Feeds, William Muchemi is a devastated man. He says he lost about P500,000 worth of goods and property due...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 12 November 2010
South East councillors in S/Phikwe for benchmarking
(SPTC) despite the challenges it is faced with. This was said by SEDC Chairperson, Anne Joubert, who leda benchmarking delegation to the copper-nickel mining town this week. Her delegation, which had been toMahalapye and Serowe, was made up of...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Francistown councillors say Disaster Committee did not assist enough
The disaster committee, chaired by the district commissioner, and made up of social welfare officers, the police and Botswana Defence Force, briefed the councillors and the media on the amount of destruction caused by the thunderstorm that hit the...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Transporters move to new bus rank
A fortnight ago, members of the Maun Taxi and Combi Association took to the streets before handing down a petition to NWDC, protesting against the council decision to relocate their base from parking areas in the thriving Central Business District to...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 12 November 2010
'Patriotism is not anyone's private property'
Most of the people were in the orange colours of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). A lot of people had come. In the press gallery, some reporters had to stand as all seats were taken. The atmosphere was tense with expectation. It was time...
12 November 2010
SADC leaders unlawfully undermine regional tribunal, say legal groups
The opinion contends that SADC leaders - particularly at the last Heads of State Summit in Windhoek - have deliberately undermined the Tribunal by violating regional laws and acting unconstitutionally. "SADC leaders have unlawfully ensured that the...
12 November 2010
BAMB loses vital data in IT system crash
The entire IT system for the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB), including the back up server, crashed on April 29, 2010, resulting in the loss of all data in the process. The data lost is from the month of September 2009. The annual report...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Union withdraws contempt of court charges against FNB
The union had instituted the proceedings against FNB following the bank's failure to comply with an interim court order that they should not pay non-unionised employees an eight percent salary increase. The order was to remain in place until the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Khama hears a litany of complaints
Khama said this yesterday at a Kgotla meeting here. Welcoming the President, Xhosa 1 Headman Kgosi Ponoyame Kefilwe, said they are concerned about illegal mining of river sand in the village's main river because it poses a threat to the...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 12 November 2010
'Don't worry, Emma will get her house,' says Leapfrog
Wareus fears that the contract her daughter got from the organisers to sign recently only empowers her to enjoy ownership rights at the end of the year, but the insertion of additional clauses she can be denied. Tshepo is convinced nothing in the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
She never liked pageants - Pabalinga
LeapFrog's spokesperson Fish Pabalinga yesterday told Mmegi that they actually courted the young girl and had to convince her she was made for this after turning them down several times. "We had to send our people to try and convince her...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Teachers' exam boycott costly - Rakhudu
Responding to a question from Okavango Member of Parliament (MP) Bagalatia Arone, Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development Keletso Rakhudu, yesterday told the House that government could have spent P15,707,420 if teachers had been...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
PHK explains power cut
The minister told Mmegi yesterday that the blackout was not a result of load-shedding but was due to technical problems in the grid originating from South Africa. He said a breakdown at Matimbe Power Station in South Africa caused two turbine engines...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Babirwa reject Kgosi Malema
Babirwa who attended a six-hour-long kgotla meeting chaired by Kgosi Mokhutshwane Sekgoma of the Bamangwato Tribal Administration, were locked in a debate on the history of Babirwa origin as they tried to identify the legitimate leader to the...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Marole leaves Debswana in December
Information reaching Mmegi from sources in government and De Beers, the two joint owners of Debswana, indicate that the parties have agreed on the terms of Marole's departure. It is believed that the deal is generally sealed and is only waiting to be...
STAFF WRITER 12 November 2010
Defence challenges courts' jurisdiction in CMS case
Duma Boko said yesterday the court had no powers to try suspects whose criminal activities started in Botswana and ended in a foreign land. He said the CMS case raises the issue of territorial criminal jurisdiction because documentary evidence such...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE and MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Mmolotsi in a fighting mood
At the beginning of this week he posed a question about the award of tenders since 1990 to 2000 for the supply of vehicles, uniform, food boats, and others to the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). In the question he also wanted to know the identity of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Players should have phones tapped, says Haider
In an extraordinary press conference he said that, if the ICC wants to eradicate match-fixing from international cricket, it will need to start monitoring the phone conversations of all international players and tracking their activities off the...
12 November 2010
Barton could face FA punishment after Pedersen punch
Barton lashed out at Pedersen with a blow to his ribs that knocked the Norway international to the ground. The FA have now received the referee Michael Jones's report, and a statement was expected later yesterday. They could choose to take...
12 November 2010
First cut
The final of the Orange Confederation of African Football Champions League between defending champions, TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Esperance of Tunisia takes place tomorrow. The DRC club takes a healthy 5-0 lead into the...
Dennis Keagile 12 November 2010
Local riders to compete in Zim Summer Series
Hosts Bog Wheelers Club in Harare extended the invitation to the Francistown-based club for the December 8-12 event. The Zimbabwe club was reportedly impressed with the standard of motor cross racing displayed by Lobelo riders when they competed in...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Paralympics Games kick off
The Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Shaw Kgathi will officiate at the opening ceremony, which will be immediately followed by the athletics competitions. Ball games will start tomorrow. The games have attracted 300 athletes from across the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 November 2010
BDF VI seek revenge against Kutlwano
In the other semi-final, Police play Diphatsa for a place in Sunday's final. BDF VI will be seeking revenge after they twice lost to Kutlwano in the league and Zone VI competitions early this season. Affectionately known as 'Big house', Kutlwano...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Double Action leads the pack again
The triple league champions lead the AT&T Monnakgotla Women Football League (WFL) log with 21 points. The Gaborone side, unbeaten this season, has won seven games, scoring 52 goals in the process. For the first time, the women league has a...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 November 2010
TAFIC secures clubhouse
Tati African Federation Independent Club (TAFIC) formed around 1961 as a break away from the then popular TAFA football club, has found an administrative home in Kgaphamadi where it was founded about five decades ago. Information has it that the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Kebonnetse returns to action in the US
The former Under-20 captain missed the first leg a fortnight ago after picking up a knee injury late in September. In an interview from his United States of America (USA) base, he revealed that he has started playing college football and is getting...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Satmos' Mading optimistic about promotion
Satmos were relegated from the Premier League in 2006 and have failed to gain promotion since then. "I believe that we stand a good chance of making it to the Premier League because of the way teams that are on top of us are playing," Mading said....
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 12 November 2010
Nico's unflattering legacy continues
More often than not, the result is an acrimonious dismissal. It has become the norm that when a team is winning, credit goes to the players and when it struggles, the coach is crucified. Most coaches have found this a bitter pill to swallow,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
Nare denies BMC link
Instead, the flamboyant Under-23 mentor has said he will not join any team until the New Year. Nare parted ways with Gunners on Monday, ending a four-year relationship with the Peleng boys. He was immediately linked with a move to cross town rivals,...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 November 2010
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