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'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...
15 November 2010
Guinea delays election results
Results were due to have been announced on Wednesday, 72 hours after the polls closed, but the electoral commission said that timeline would only commence once all the votes had been brought to the count centre in Conakry. The commission's...
15 November 2010
More than 700 raped in Angola expulsions
One woman died in hospital from injuries suffered in a sex attack, according to an aid group working in DR Congo and a top UN official made a new call for an urgent inquiry into the rapes. An estimated 7,000 people have arrived in DR Congo in the...
15 November 2010
Zuma urges G20 leaders to avoid currency war
"We urge G20 members this week to put the interest of the global economy ahead of those of their national economies," Zuma said in a speech prepared for delivery at a G20 business summit. "Leaders around the world must act to prevent the recent...
15 November 2010
I have lived poverty - Boko
It is the first of many that I and the current leadership of the Botswana National Front will hold in the course of carrying out our mandate to the party as well as our obligations to the nation. This particular press conference has a specific...
15 November 2010
A reporter's experience at Chobe National Park
I was among a group of 18 local journalists, from both print and broadcast media, who were taken on a game drive by local tour operators, Upengu Tours and Safaris, under the auspices of the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA). I really...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 15 November 2010
Customer service corner
Mugg and Bean has secured a special place in the hearts of many coffee lovers and teetotallers alike. It has excelled to become synonymous with a decent coffee shop, either because they serve the 'best' coffee or because of the 'Bean' in the...
Kesego Ragontse 15 November 2010
Chronicle of a new dawn - Part 1
A year ago, when the 10th parliament convened in its first session following the general elections, very few would have predicted the realignment of political forces which today, for the ...
15 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 15 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 15 November 2010
BFTU speaks on work safety, exams, politics
Addressing a press conference held at Babereki House in response to the Monday state of the nation address by Khama, BFTU secretary general, Gadzani Mhotsha, said the speech was silent on workplace accidents in the construction industry. "We...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Smokers face risk Of limb amputation
During an interview with The Monitor recently, Mbangtang revealed that the majority of patients whose limbs are amputated in hospitals are not due to road traffic accidents but to tobacco related diseases. He said tobacco smoking is one of the main...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 15 November 2010
Chief Justice to rule later
The 17 employees, who were working for the Central Transport Organisation (CTO) and the Department of Building and Electrical Engineering Services (DBES) were forced to retire early this year by the former permanent secretary, Carter Morupisi. The...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 15 November 2010
Biodiversity conservation celebrated
Former Mozambican president and chairman of the Forum for Former African Heads of State, Joaquim Chissano made these remarks, on Friday at the 2010 Kalahari Conservation Society (KCS) Annual Gala Dinner Dance. Chissano said conserving the ecological...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Magistrate to decide on rent dispute
The case involves Roja Muchochi, who claims that Andrew Karanji has not paid him for five months and owes him about P10,000 in unpaid rent and utilities. Muchochi said in court that George Kennedy Njero initially rented his house in Area L,...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Man blames council for damaged house
Marumane visited The Monitor offices and revealed that had it not been for the inefficiency and negligence of the City Council he would still be living in the house which he rents from Amos Chube. "The landlord registered to have the tree cut by the...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 15 November 2010
Venson -Moitoi negotiates with teachers
After indicating that they were ready to talk, minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi and her assistant Keletso Rakhudu met with leaders of the Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU), the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) and the Secretary General of the...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Man accused of raping five-year old
The accused, Mbonisi Mpofu, who is an illegal immigrant, is alleged to have raped the child while she was playing with others at the house he is staying at. Superintendent Motsholathebe Mothibi told The Monitor that the rape occurred while the...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 15 November 2010
Wareus for Khama?
Veteran politician and former cabinet minister, Kebatlamang Morake, set the tone of what would dominate the proceedings at the massive rally the BDP held in the grounds of the Mahalapye Tsholetsa Hall. The occasion was the party's 'Domi Ke Yame'...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Three acquitted in CMS case
Their P5,000 cash bail, and other amounts obtained from each of them during their arrest were returned to them. The court also ordered that the BMW sedan belonging to Mfana, that was brought before court as an exhibit, be returned to him. The 14 men...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Gaborone, Molefhabangwe star at 'Domi ke yame'
PEEC, chaired by Power Moupi, was able to help the party to attract about 513 members to the BDP fold and the majority of the new members were paraded at a massive rally held at the grounds of the Mahalapye Community Hall. PEEC is engaged in a...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Premier League clamours for autonomy
The consensus was that operating under the BFA hinders the progress and smooth running of the BPL. The delegates proposed a special general assembly to discuss the issue with the BFA and other sports bodies including the Department of Sports and...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Chelsea stunned by Sunderland
Nedum Onuoha became the first opponent to score against Chelsea in the league at Stamford Bridge this season with a memorable goal just before halftime and Asamoah Gyan and Danny Welbeck added in the second half. Sunderland were beaten 7-2 at...
15 November 2010
Zebras host depleted Tunisia
Announcing his 21-man squad ahead of the tie last week, Tunisia national team coach Bertrand Marchand rang a lot of changes to the team which beat Togo 2-1 in Lome last month. Most notably, Marchand will have to do without his striking duo of...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 15 November 2010
TASC join the Southerns in the Spar League semi-finals
The Francistown side yet again made its supporters proud as it continued its never-ending dominance over Gaborone side, Notwane. They Join BDF Cats, Notwane and UB Crystals, who all booked their berths after a gruelling two-day event. The...
Mogomotsi Buzwani
Correspondent 15 November 2010
It gets worse at Gunners...committee resigns
Submitting the resignation letter on behalf of the committee, former club chairperson Keorapetse Kgasa said they saw it fit as the committee to resign as they have failed to deliver on what they have been tasked to do as the club management. But the...
Frederick KebadiretseStaff Writer
@Lobatse Stadium 15 November 2010
'Poor internal controls at BPL' - Auditor
Premier League Committee treasurer, Tayani Chankuluba told the BPL assembly in Palapye on Saturday that auditors had highlighted some glaring shortcomings in the organisation's handling of its finances. The auditors expressed concern with contracts...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Kutlwano bag one, lose one
The women's team had a scare earlier during the day when they had to recover from 2-0 down in the first two sets to register a hard fought 3-2 win over Mafolofolo in a game that stretched over two hours. Kutlwano, who are the Mascom Volleyball League...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer
@Lobatse Stadium 15 November 2010
Soul Food
I hope that you are managing to keep cool folks. I don't know about you, but I feel like I've been sitting in an unforgiving inferno in the last few weeks. The heat is simply too much and at times I can't even think straight, the...
Boitshepo Giyose 15 November 2010
Talking Musika
In Thursday's Mmegi, Sandy Grant makes an invaluable contribution to the small discussion I had in last week's Monitor about the fate of Odi Weavers. Firstly, it could not go without notice that whereas the spelling of the name was generally...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFE 15 November 2010
Music pirates beat anti-piracy technology?
Ekentolo Vol 3, undoubtedly the most sought-after musical offering this Festive Season, continues to suffer from piracy as thousands of pirated copies were recently impounded in Gaborone, Jwaneng, Mahalapye, and other places around the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Now we want to host Miss world pageant - Bissau
Bissau also says despite Emma's massive success they are not resting on their laurels until they make a Miss World queen. "The semi-finals and finals of the Miss Botswana this year were just at a different level in terms of entertainment, the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Miss World, continental Queens coming-Wareus
Continental queens will include Miss Asia and Oceania, Xiao Tang of China, and Miss World Caribbean, Aiasha Gustave of St Lucia Island. Miss World and Wareus are also the Miss World America and Africa titleholders respectively. Wareus told a...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
'Trade sours EU-Africa relations'
Regional groupings of African, Caribbean and Pacific states have resisted signing trade agreements with the EU despite years of negotiations, frustrated by EU demands to cut tariffs and by the wealth of EU commercial regulation. That has allowed...
15 November 2010
My Money
If you can't seem to have enough money left to save at the end of each month, it is time to clean your financial clutter by creating a budget. Yes, that dreaded word budget: creating a budget may not sound like the most exciting thing in the world to...
Olebile Makhupe 15 November 2010
Stanbic Bank launches business loan protection plan
The product, simply dubbed the Business Loan Protection Plan, prevents the company from losing the assets attached to a loan in case of the death or permanent disability of the owner. "As a bank, we come across a lot of cases where company goods or...
15 November 2010
DTC November sight estimate at $500M
DTC spokesperson Louise Prior confirmed a low single-digit price hike, while others noted an increase of approximately 5 percent on certain boxes which are in higher demand. Those boxes included stars and pointer sizes, coloured goods and the more...
15 November 2010
Matambo explains BDC terms of investment
The business plan must cover financial plans and capital costs, a detailed market analysis, financial projections, project benefits, and risk and mitigating factors, among others. The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 15 November 2010
Bedia To launch brand Botswana campaign
The brand was launched around April this year. Deputy Director for Brand Botswana, Ludo Mokotedi, says one initiative that aims at attaining the objective of galvanising Batswana around a single identity and instilling pride in them is the upcoming...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
BDC assets reach P1Bn
Speaking at the anniversary celebrations, BDC Managing Director (MD), Maria Nthebolan, said the corporation has come a long way since its inception as the government's investment arm in 1970. She said apart from its core mandate of financing...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 15 November 2010
Your report is misleading
The Monitor of November 8 carried an article entitled, 10 YEARS OF SUFFERING AT SECURITY SYSTEMS. It is unfortunate that some workers of Security Systems deliberately mislead the The Monitor reporter by giving him an adulterated version of what is...
15 November 2010
The case for re-regulating capital accounts
The first is that there is no mechanism linking world trade rules to exchange-rate movements. Countries spend years negotiating trade rules, but exchange-rate movements can, within days, have a greater impact on trade than those painstaking...
*Jose Antonio Ocampo 15 November 2010
ETCETRA ||
We had every hope of seeing X on the day we were to visit Molepolole, but because Air Botswana had messed up our flight arrangements we had to return early to Gaborone. (An email note from a friend in Canada, which I received earlier this year.) To...
SANDY GRANT 15 November 2010
Health Chat
Question: I get really bad attacks of thrush, and over-the-counter creams don't help at all. What else can I try? Thrush is caused by a yeast called Candida Albicans that is often present on this skin without causing any problems. If conditions on...
KIRAN BHAGAT 15 November 2010
Issues In Education
"There are lots of reasons kids miss school-being a girl shouldn't be one of them". This is a slogan of Save the Children and Save the Futures. The movement has helped thousands of young women so they can stay in Women's rights have become the cause...
DORCAS MOLEFE
OWEN PANSIRI
SHELDON WEEKS 15 November 2010
Winners Code
These things are kind of deterministic; we just have to accept it. However, although man does not have control over the number of his days, he has an infinite ability to make each of those days meaningful to himself and also to others. What...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 15 November 2010
Let Khama Marry, Let Emma Grow Up
Presumably, the BaNgwato, where he is king, will be worried for more than one reason. Firstly, tradition finds it unbecoming that the leader who represents the best values of a nation should not himself be going by going against the social...
EDITOR 15 November 2010
Selefu 15 November 2010
15 November 2010
Youth embrace ICT
The youth have become an integral part of this amazing phenomenon that makes it crucial to possess ICT skills in order to survive. Besides studying ICT young people are also practising and running related businesses. As a result they have also...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 15 November 2010
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