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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...
17 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...
17 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 17 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 17 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 ...
17 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 17 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 17 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 17 November 2010
Computers to create health record for citizens
The newly introduced computerisation system, called Integrated Patient Management System or IPMS, will be promoted at Kgotla in Mahalapye Taupye, Makwate, Kudumatse, Mookane, Dibete and Shoshong. Molefe said the Kgotla meetings...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 17 November 2010
When children abuse their parents
The abuse of parents by their children refers to any act by the child, that causes physical, emotional or economic harm to the parent. It is a form of domestic violence as parents are routinely intimidated, called names, verbally terrorised by being...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 17 November 2010
Khama assures 'queens' of state sponsorship
President Ian Khama made this announcement when addressing Rainbow English Medium School students with Wareus, who graduated from the same school last year. "Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on behalf of the whole nation for the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
Say no to bad things -Khama
Addressing students of Rainbow English Medium High School at the official opening of their multi-purpose hall, Khama said that it is imperative that government do all they can to ensure that the youth are empowered and prepared to perform in their...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
Magistrate sets date for forgery case
It is alleged that Castro Kemohilwe Molefhe (43) and Stephen Joseph Legodi (42), acting jointly and in concert on a date not known to prosecution, forged a Tawana Land Board Certificate of Customary Land Grant in Maun purporting it to be a...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 17 November 2010
Report says Mmamabula planning area lies on earthquake line
This constitutes constraints to future physical developments in the area, a draft final development plan for Mmamabula warns. It says that until a comprehensive micro-seismic investigation is complete, designs of any development scheme in the entire...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
Mmamabula coal mining to trigger population growth
In their draft development plan for Mmamabula, physical planners say in the early stages some 1,400 workers from outside the area will be employed there, with 50 percent of them accompanied by their families. On the basis of these assumptions the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
HIV-infected mothers may breast-feed
Ministry of Health (MOH) and BOTUSA, about two years ago, announced that breast-feeding for HIV positive mothers is not a bad idea at all as research had showed that it was 96 percent safe. In an interview, Dr Tebogo Madidimalo, who is the PMTCT...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
Go Zebras!
The team has done well thus far and should be helped over the line. It might have been tough when the Zebras kicked off their campaign in far away Tunis in July, but it is now even tougher as the team faces the finish line. A win over a tough...
EDITOR 17 November 2010
Project Syndicate
Stalin pursued collectivisation despite the massive resistance that had followed when Soviet authorities first tried to introduce the policy the previous spring. The Soviet leadership had relied then upon shootings and deportations to the Gulag to...
TIMOTHY SYNDER 17 November 2010
Project Syndicate
Elected in the midst of the financial crisis in the fall of 2008, President Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership of Congress seemed surprised when the public rejected their stimulus, health-care reform, and energy policies by large margins. Of...
MICHAEL BOSKIN 17 November 2010
Project Syndicate
At least 8, 000 people are currently in hospital, and the death toll is near 600 from this waterborne bacterial disease. And, given the widespread unavailability of clean water, basic sanitation, and medical facilities, those numbers are sure to...
HENRY I MILLER 17 November 2010
Selefu 17 November 2010
17 November 2010
China's Africa resource hunt lacks transparency: World Bank
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Bank's managing director, told Reuters on the sidelines of one of China's biggest mining conferences that investors in Africa needed to work more with local communities in order to avoid conflicts and eventually even...
17 November 2010
Today's Workspace
In today's world of work, one of the issues that leads to work space disputes is that of a deduction of money which an employer may make from an employee's wages. On the one hand, the employer will have effected a deduction for, by way of...
JOSEPH MASANGO 17 November 2010
October inflation edges up marginally
According to figures released by the Central Statistics Office, only two group indices, namely Restaurants & Hotels (1.1 percent) and Clothing & Footwear (1.0 percent), registered significant increases. "The Restaurants &...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 17 November 2010
Chinese companies in P20bn govt projects
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Gaborone on Monday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BEDIA, Jacob Nkate said that China is a growth area for economies of the world since the Chinese market is a big one that cannot be ignored. He further said...
MPHO TLALE
Correspondent 17 November 2010
SADC plans HIV/AIDS mobile clinics
This was one of the decisions made at a SADC meeting of health ministers held in the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 10 and 11. Newly appointed Deputy Health Minister Gwen Ramokgopa represented South Africa at the meeting. "While a number...
17 November 2010
Mugabe still stifling access to information
The proposed legislation, drafted by President Robert Mugabe's wing of the country's coalition government, would worsen an already heavily restricted media environment, the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) warned. Clauses in the General Laws...
17 November 2010
Tanzanian MP fears for life
Salum Khalfan Barwany said he feared a threat from an unknown group that he says has been tracking his movements since he was elected MP for the Lindi urban constituency in southern Tanzania on October 31. "We have received information from...
17 November 2010
Ex-Form Fives to get This Iz Africa treat
The party, which has been scheduled for Saturday, will target both private and government Form Five school-leavers who will have completed their exams by Friday. TIA chief executive officer (CEO), Ryan ‘Blaze’ Mipata, told Showbiz that...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 17 November 2010
Ramco sleeping giants or dead giants?
Remember the excitement the track Sesotho Ke Sechaina by Third Mind created, Machesa with Sango and Vee’s Taku Taku and most recently Matsieng’s hit number, Tinto as well as well as Kganka’s Ke Thutswe Ke Koloi Ya Di Gas. Stable...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 17 November 2010
Author Kubuitsile wins yet another prize
This is the second year that this prize has been organised and the second time that Kubuitsile has won a prize in the competition. "Last year, my story, Lorato And Her Wire Car, won in the junior category and my story Birthday Wishes was...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 17 November 2010
Gaborone teacher scoops BTC Directory Cover Design award
Modisane, who studied art at the Molepolole College of Education (MEC), was declared the winner during a prize-giving ceremony held at Thapong Visual Arts Centre last Thursday evening. Modisane walked away with P25, 000 first prize. This is the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 17 November 2010
Ex-internationals tip Zebras to win
Itumeleng 'Tumi' Duiker, one of the finest footballers ever to come out of Botswana, believes the Zebras have what it takes to pass the test with flying colours. "I see them winning because they have been doing well ever since the start of the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 17 November 2010
Zebras' fans confident
Oarabile Neo Botomane (17)"The Zebras are going to win because of home ground advantage. The team has been playing well, winning three games and drawing one. Again they are keen to make history." Mogomotsi Kegakile (28)"Tunisia will lose 2-1 because...
17 November 2010
Tshosane optimistic ahead of big clash
Tshosane believes his players have what it takes to overcome the African heavyweights. "All the boys have arrived from their clubs in South Africa and right now we have an 18-man team that is ready for duty," Tshosane told Mmegi Sport...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
Will the Zebras gallop over the Eagles?
The Zebras start the match as slight favourites, considering the first leg result and home ground advantage. But the home side will be the first to admit that the Tunisians are no pushovers. The Carthage Eagles have not lost on the road in this...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
Tunisia declare war on Zebras
The Carthage Eagles are out on a double mission - to avenge defeat after falling to the hosts 0-1 in their backyard in July and to dislodge the Zebras from pole position. The two teams are separated only by three points and desperately need maximum...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 17 November 2010
The men who carry the nation's hopes
He featured prominently during Veselin Jelusic's reign when the Zebras' popularity soared to an all-time high. He is a commanding figure with the ability to block shots from point blank range. His main undoing is conceding soft goals. In the current...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 17 November 2010
Doomed campaign springs to life
The Zebras stand on the brink of history, virtually against expectations after fans dismissed the team because of a poor build-up to the campaign. The journey started with a shock away 1-0 win over Tunisia in July, with some critics dismissing...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 17 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...
18 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...
18 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 18 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 18 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 ...
18 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 18 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 18 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 18 November 2010
HIV-infected mothers may breast-feed
Ministry of Health (MOH) and BOTUSA, about two years ago, announced that breast-feeding for HIV positive mothers is not a bad idea at all as research had showed that it was 96 percent safe. In an interview, Dr Tebogo Madidimalo, who is the PMTCT...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 18 November 2010
Project Syndicate
At least 8, 000 people are currently in hospital, and the death toll is near 600 from this waterborne bacterial disease. And, given the widespread unavailability of clean water, basic sanitation, and medical facilities, those numbers are sure to...
HENRY I MILLER 18 November 2010
Lifeline Botswana fights compulsive gambling
Established in 1999, Lifeline Botswana is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and a regional representative of Lifeline Southern Africa and operates under Lifeline International. The NGO, whose vision is to see the people living happy, healthy and...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 18 November 2010
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