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Batswana royal jailbirds of the past
According to a recent Mmegi report, Kgafela revealed the horror that he experienced in prison when he said: "I believe going to jail was a God-ordained mission, for it was while there that we saw some of the worst human rights violations we could...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Revered Khama magic refuses to wane
According to a report in Mmegi's sister publication, The Monitor one Mokgatla is said to have quipped, "None of the members of the House of Chiefs is supporting us. We know why. Khama is a Kgosi himself and he is against our Kgosi." Traditionally...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Govt should create enabling environment for business
She was the guest speaker at the BOCCIM Northern Annual Gala Dinner that was held at Adansonia Hotel on Saturday evening under the theme, "Government Expectation From The Private Sector, If The Country's Revenue Continues To Erode". Molotlegi...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Debswana mines decry road carnage
This comes a day after the national commemoration held yesterday in Ramotswa. This is a day that has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as a means to recognise victims of road traffic accidents and the plight of their relatives who...
23 November 2010
President Khama is un-Christian says Mabiletsa
He vowed that if government were to connect water for the CKGR residents today, he would not hesitate to join the ruling party. When delivering the State of the Nation Address two weeks ago, Khama quoted from the Book of Romans Chapter 12 verses 19...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
A dark cloud falls over Francistown
Attorney Phazha Kgalemang of Kgalemang and Associates, died on Sunday at home reportedly from a heart attack. Information reaching Mmegi says that Kgalemang collapsed at about 8 pm on Sunday and was certified dead upon arrival at Nyangabgwe Referral...
EDWARD BULE
Corresponded 23 November 2010
Effective leadership important in fighting crime
Speaking at a graduation ceremony of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Otse last Friday assistant director of Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in the US department of Homeland Security, Brian Beckwith said amidst...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Our alcohol levy among the lowest
Parliament was also informed that the overall consumption of alcohol per litre has decreased from seven million in the third quarter of 2008 to four million litres in the first quarter of 2009, but shot up again to 6.2 million litres in the fourth...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff writer 23 November 2010
SADC heads urged to accelerate regional integration
SADC Chairperson and President of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba made this appeal at the official opening of the SADC House in Gaborone Saturday. Pohamba said the complex, built at an estimated cost of P190 million, is a building block for continental...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Cresta Marakanelo employees strike
Botswana Hotel Travel and Tourism Workers Union National Chairman Mpho Moloi told Mmegi that the strike will run from today until Saturday this week. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Moloi said after negotiations collapsed between the two parties...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Photojournalists accuse police harassment
Mmegi is informed that Sir Seretse Khama Airport Police station commander King Tshebo arrested two photojournalists and later released them after they promised to erase the photos they had taken of him. Relating the story to Mmegi, Koone Boikaego, a...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Upheavals at UB over salaries
UBASSSU has indicated that they will approach management to explain these salary disparities that are in favour of the school of Medicine. According to the President of UBASSSU Never Tshabang it "is an insult to have the junior lecturer at the UB's...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Baeng lands BLLAHWU plum job
The AGM held at the Big Five Lodge in Mogoditshane last Friday appointed Baeng to the plum job, with effect from January 1, 2011. Against this backdrop Baeng, who is currently the BLLAHWU president, may not defend his position at the union...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Confession statement admissible - Moroka
The state and the defence had been at loggerheads over the admissibility of Nthibo's statement. The defence wanted the court to throw out the statement, arguing that it was made under duress. Bushy Nthibo was initially charged with 11 other men for...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
The increasing burden of diabetes
Dr Paul Nashara said a vast majority of the diabetics are found in the developing world. He was giving a keynote address during World Diabetes Day commemorations last Friday. The theme of the day, which was celebrated by Nyangabgwe Referral...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Antibodies fail to protect against HIV infection
Now, scientists at Duke University Medical Center can explain why: Some of the earliest and most abundant antibodies available to fight HIV can't actually "see" the virus until after it's already invaded a healthy cell. The scientists based their...
23 November 2010
HIV-prevention for youth - it's complicated
A five-country study by the Southern African AIDS Trust (SAT) in partnership with the Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal did just that, and the picture that has emerged is more complex than many...
23 November 2010
Request for a meeting with chief of mission
We came to seek asylum in Botswana due to the persecution that we were facing in our countries. For all these years, the government of Botswana has rejected us, this has happened more than three times. We have been trying our level best...
23 November 2010
As i see it
Anyone who has been monitoring President Khama since his inauguration will agree, despite stating many a time that politics is dirty that he revels in the muck of the game, taking his cue from Frederick the Great, the one I like to cite: "My people...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 23 November 2010
Come clean on the asylum seekers!
In the case of refugee matters it means the minister of defence and security, his or her permanent secretary and all directors responsible for the welfare of the human beings we call asylum seekers or refugees can likewise assume that role. ...
EDITOR 23 November 2010
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23 November 2010
KP's Brussels meeting to resolve Zimbabwe dispute
Consultations will take place between various members of the working group for monitoring at the one-day meeting, a Kimberley Process spokesperson explained. It was not yet clear how much of a role Zimbabwe would have in this meeting. The working...
23 November 2010
Banks, investors target rising Africa bond issues
The market may also eventually see issuance by corporations in some of the larger sub-Saharan economies outside South Africa, such as Nigeria and Angola. South African state-owned power utility Eskom and Zambia are just two expected issuers in 2011....
23 November 2010
Eskom to continue reducing power supplies to Botswana until 2012
Eskom cut its maximum supply to Botswana, the world's largest diamond-producing nation, by 40 percent to 250 megawatts in the past two years, the Johannesburg-based utility said in an e-mailed reply to queries yesterday. "The current agreement will...
23 November 2010
Botswana, China sign economic agreements
On Sunday, the two countries first signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation with a grant of around six million dollars (P40 million). The second was a MoU between Botswana Power Corporation and China Development Bank and Golden...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 23 November 2010
Zim credit line due by New Year
The credit line will become available once the National Assembly approves an investment protection agreement and once a reciprocal action is done by the Zimbabweans. Under the credit line, local banks will provide trade finance for local and...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
NZ mine explosion: Test shaft nearing com pletion
The 15cm (6in) wide shaft had reached a depth of 142m (466ft) by 2230 (0930 GMT), 20m short of the area where the miners are believed to be trapped. Probes will be lowered down it to check for gas and listen for signs of life. A robot will also be...
23 November 2010
'Banyana coach a sex pest'
Makalakalane has been accused of sexual harassment by two ex-Banyana players, Nthabiseng "Moemish" Matshaba and left-back Gloria "Gloss" Thato. He says he knows nothing about those allegations and has threatened to sue these players for defamation....
23 November 2010
Bogus doctor 'defrauded' patient of R2,6m
The 50-year-old Mafikeng man, only identified as a former director in the department of education, had been suffering from a strange illness for some time before he met the 26-year-old Ugandan, who promised to cure him last year. A source close to...
23 November 2010
Israel starts building barrier on Egypt border
The barrier, including an electric fence and surveillance technology, will run for 250km (155 miles). Work on the $372m (£232m) project is expected to take up to a year. Hundreds of migrants - including many asylum seekers - enter Israel from...
23 November 2010
Vatican plays down Pope's remarks on condoms
The Vatican spokesman said the pontiff's comments were not "revolutionary", but added it was the first time Pope Benedict had commented on the issue informally. The Pope made clear in his view condoms were no answer to the Aids pandemic. But he...
23 November 2010
Japan's Justice Minister Yanagida quits over gaffe
Minoru Yanagida said the only two phrases he had to remember in parliament were: "I won't comment on individual cases," and "I'm acting in accordance with the law and the evidence." Opposition conservatives said he deserved to be fired for the...
23 November 2010
US envoy: North Korea nuclear plant 'provocative'
But after talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan, he said the situation was not "a crisis". A US scientist said he been shown "more than 1,000 centrifuges" for enriching uranium on a visit to North Korea and had seen a new light-water...
23 November 2010
Soldiers end Madagascar officers mutiny
Gunshots rang out shortly before reports emerged that the rebels had given themselves up for arrest. The mutineers had been holed up in the barracks near the airport of the capital, Antananarivo, since announcing a takeover of the island on...
23 November 2010
Congolese ex-rebel Jean-Pierre Bemba to face ICC trial
The former vice-president of DR Congo is accused of murder, rape and pillage in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002 and 2003. He is the most high profile figure to face trial at the ICC since it began its work eight years ago. The trial is...
23 November 2010
Zim Parliament urges ban on barter deals
Effects of this declaration are likely to be felt in rural areas where patients sometimes find it hard to access cash since dollarisation of the economy early last year. Most health institutions are not receiving adequate funding from the government...
23 November 2010
Bieber wins four American Music Awards
Bieber, 16, who beat Eminem, Usher, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga to artist of the year, also won best pop album, best pop male, and breakthrough artist. He said he had "been singing Eminem since I was three and Usher is my mentor - so this is...
23 November 2010
Back Stage
This is the third film by Fatih Akin that has been shown by the Gaborone Film Society, and perhaps his best. It won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2005. It also soaked up five German Oscars or "Lolas", including for picture, director,...
SASA MAJUMA 23 November 2010
Different festival for Dzalobana this year
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview, Katlego Mononyane, who is DAF coordinator said this year's festival would only take place in Francistown unlike in the past when it used to open its doors wider across the length and breadth of the...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 23 November 2010
The return of Nata Capricorn
Nathaniel Mwamboma, the man behind the band approached Showbiz on Wednesday and revealed that they would be spoiling their fans nationwide by going to them wherever they are and leave them with unforgettable nights. "It has been a long time without...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Tanzanians host dinner for BBA Star Kaone
Longino Lombanga and friend, Matthew, threw a party for Kaone and friends that lasted for several hours from 8pm till late at night as drinks and food were dished in abundance for their hosts. Kaone says he developed a friendship with the pair after...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Buffaloes back in contention
The Kgatleng team did not have the best of starts but they are certainly finding their footing. Comets' 2-1 loss dented their chances of finishing the first round on top of the log. Prisons XI lost two valuable points after a 1-1 draw against...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Rollers on course to defend title
Like any other team that wins the championship, Rollers were rocked by internal conflicts, which largely hinged on bonuses. Despite denials from the management, it was apparent that all was not well at Rollers, with players threatening to boycott...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 23 November 2010
Motlakase in road mishap
Club's chairman, Mangisi Segadimo said the team was involved in an accident but no one was injured. "Our team bus was involved in an accident. It hit a cow along the way, but we are happy that no one was hurt," Segadimo told Mmegi Sport...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 November 2010
BISA to hold elections at AGM
On the agenda will be the election of a new committee as the current office bearers' three-year term has elapsed. BISA presidential aspirant Steve Botlhasitse is unopposed while incumbent Morebodi Joseph will contest the vice president's post with...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Seoko's national team spot on the line
Less-fancied Farmer beat Seoko hands down in the tournament used by BOBA to determine national team places. The bout was not the first Seoko has lost since his return from the Commonwealth Games held in India last month. Fresh from the games, Seoko...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 23 November 2010
Batswana royal jailbirds of the past
According to a recent Mmegi report, Kgafela revealed the horror that he experienced in prison when he said: "I believe going to jail was a God-ordained mission, for it was while there that we saw some of the worst human rights violations we could...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 24 November 2010
Revered Khama magic refuses to wane
According to a report in Mmegi's sister publication, The Monitor one Mokgatla is said to have quipped, "None of the members of the House of Chiefs is supporting us. We know why. Khama is a Kgosi himself and he is against our Kgosi." Traditionally...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 24 November 2010
The increasing burden of diabetes
Dr Paul Nashara said a vast majority of the diabetics are found in the developing world. He was giving a keynote address during World Diabetes Day commemorations last Friday. The theme of the day, which was celebrated by Nyangabgwe Referral...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 24 November 2010
Antibodies fail to protect against HIV infection
Now, scientists at Duke University Medical Center can explain why: Some of the earliest and most abundant antibodies available to fight HIV can't actually "see" the virus until after it's already invaded a healthy cell. The scientists based their...
24 November 2010
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