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North Korea's risk calculation
North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island on Tuesday, setting dozens of houses ablaze in the heaviest attack in the region since 1953. South Korea said four people were killed in the confrontation, and Ban Ki-moon has...
03 December 2010
Zambian football teeters on a FIFA precipice
But they are not kitted out in soccer jerseys; they are in full riot gear. In anticipation of trouble, presumably. Little has been happening on football fields, lately. Premier league fixtures have had to be abandoned for want of match officials...
ARTHUR SIMCHOBA 03 December 2010
Russia, Qatar win World Cup bids
England and Russia plus two joint bids from Netherlands/Belgium and Spain/Portugal were contesting the 2018 decision. The announcement of the winning bid was made by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at Zurich's Messezentrum. Russia presented itself as a...
03 December 2010
Khumalo throws AFCON challenge
The former Kaizer Chiefs star addressed a press conference yesterday in Gaborone and noted that the southern African region has only won the AFCON once. Khumalo was in the Bafana Bafana team that made history when they won the prestigious tournament...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 03 December 2010
First Cut
The hosting of the Metropolitan COSAFA Under-20 tournament could not have come at a better time for Botswana. It takes place in a year in which Botswana sport, especially football, seems to have turned a corner. The good run by the national team,...
DENNIS KEAGILE 03 December 2010
First phase of 'The Dojo' completed
So far, The Dojo - which is situated on the eastern end of the National Stadium - has cost P700 000, which was provided by the Japanese Embassy. The official opening of the facility will be in January when the Japanese Embassy will have installed a...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 03 December 2010
BNSC engages BISA over teachers' involvement in sport
Teachers decided against participating in schools' sports unless they were paid. BNSC executive secretary Kitso Kemoeng said after they learnt that teachers were no longer involved in sports at schools, they wrote to both BISA and Botswana Primary...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 03 December 2010
Chiefs face unpredictable Notwane
After suffering a slump in the middle of the first round Chiefs have been collecting maximum points to revive their quest for top honours. Notwane on the other hand have found the going tough and the departure of coach, Luke Masomere has made things...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
We are not glory-seekers - BNOC
Serufho: The preparations will start in earnest at the beginning of 2011. We appreciate that some of our athletes are semi professionals and therefore, preparations have stopped since New Delhi (Commonwealth Games). There are some athletes who are on...
03 December 2010
The unstoppable goal shooter
Goal Shooters (GS) are allowed to be in the attacking third and the goal circle and nowhere else on the court. The Botswana Netball Association (BONA) Spar netball league final match between the Francistown-based TASC netball team and the...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
Nico edge GU to extend winning streak
Nico did not disappoint its supporters who came in large numbers as they piled pressure on GU from the first whistle. Majombolo found the back of the net as early as the eighth minute through a cracker from striker Bernard Semakwezi. GU equalised in...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 03 December 2010
GU offload four senior players
Club spokesperson Romeo Benjamin confirmed yesterday that they have made a decision to release the four players. He pointed out they had about 29 registered players and it was unprofitable to keep such a number. He explained that it did not make...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
Young Zebras coach aim to go all the way
The event kicks-off this afternoon with a dream clash between the Young Warriors of Zimbabwe and Young Zebras and Matlhaku has said he wants to improve on his team's third place finish last year. Botswana face Zimbabwe in the group stages for the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
Eminem leads nominations with 10; Bruno Mars has 7
It was a night that also saw the academy honor one of the year's most profane but infectious hits: Cee Lo's (Expletive) You, so foul it had to be changed for radio to Forget You, was nominated for both record and song of the year. That song was...
03 December 2010
UN mission in DRC launches new effort
"The peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) has launched Operation Rudia Umbrella ahead of the end-of- year holiday season, which it says has been a period of increased activities by illegal armed groups," Haq said at a daily...
03 December 2010
WikiLeaks document reveals US view of Zim
These are just some of the sentiments of the former US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christopher Dell, revealed this week by WikiLeaks. An analysis of the Zimbabwean situation, entitled The End Is Nigh and written by Christopher Dell as he was leaving his...
03 December 2010
Rhino horns fitted with GPS trackers
Eventually, over the din of the chopper blades, we heard a pop from the dart gun aimed at the rhino's rear. The dart immobilised the animal and a small group of khaki-wearing game farmers, vets and others rushed in on small vehicles to blindfold the...
03 December 2010
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to boycott runoff vote
Mohamed Beltagy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and a former legislative candidate, said the boycott is a protest against irregularities in the first round of voting last Sunday. The party was wiped out Sunday, going from 88 seats in the...
03 December 2010
Wikileaks: Russia branded 'mafia state' in recent cable
A cable also questions whether Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is implicated in the Russian mafia. Another reveals that a powerful Ukrainian businessman told US officials he had ties to Russian organised crime.The documents are among...
03 December 2010
Nitty Gritty
I mean, who would have thought? I'm not entirely sure whether I should say Smooch has gone to the dogs, or the dogs have come to Smooch. Don't take me too literally, dear readers. I don't mean the canines that bark at you, I mean...
BAROLONG SEBONI 03 December 2010
Work ethic - the great problem facing Botswana
This is a very frightening matter, because it touches on the very future of the country. If our work ethic is so low, to put it in other words, if workers in Botswana simply do not perform the work they are employed to perform, how can we ever...
03 December 2010
Molao needs to tamper excitement with knowledge
The recently elected political novice attacked unions in an uncalled for provocation. Apparently, the MP and some of his colleagues do not know the role of trade unions in an organised labour environment. The parliamentary debate is exposing...
03 December 2010
Project Syndicate
Yet, despite the relative youth of this research, a clear consensus has emerged: climate change - for which human activity is significantly, though not exclusively, responsible - now threatens our way of life, so we must develop the means to combat...
ALAIN JUPPE' 03 December 2010
Tenants need protection from unscrupulous landlords
Regardless, in any country there will always be a tenant looking for a house to occupy and a landlord looking to benfit from his or her property through letting it out. Perhaps what is peculiar to our situation is that accommodation is in such...
EDITOR 03 December 2010
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03 December 2010
EU investigates Google
The EC will examine whether the world's largest search engine penalised competing services in its results. The probe follows complaints by firms including price comparison site Foundem and legal search engine ejustice.fr. Google denies the...
03 December 2010
East Africa says EU trade deal talks still on
David Nalo, permanent secretary to Kenya's East African Community Affairs ministry, told Reuters he expected the negotiations to last another year. "Ministers of Trade in Arusha have agreed to engage with (the European Commission) and complete the...
03 December 2010
Firestone holds 'milestone' inaugural tender
Observers have hailed the achievement as indicative of Botswana's efforts to become a global diamond-producing, processing and marketing hub. Firestone's efforts are expected to become significantly more successful than DiamonEx's ill-fated auction...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 03 December 2010
Clover aims to raise R500m in JSE listing
The company, which currently has dairy producers as its main shareholders, will list on the JSE on December 14 and will issue 47,6-million shares to certain institutional investors and existing shareholders at between R9 and R12 a share. Investors...
03 December 2010
Book Review
Ann Armbrecht (2009) "Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home". New York, Columbia University Press, Hardcover edition, 274 pages, P320. ISBN 978-0-231-14652-4. Available through Exclusive Books. Ann Armbrecht is an American social anthropologist who...
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 03 December 2010
Back Stage
Here is another spoof the CIA and the activities of intelligence agents, the police, special forces and others. It is a comedy with a cutting edge. It pits a group of elderly retired agents against younger dedicated, blindly faithful operatives....
SASA MAJUMA 03 December 2010
Mercury 'turns' wetland birds such as ibises homosexual
Scientists in Florida and Sri Lanka studied the effect of mercury in the birds' diet. Their aim was to find out why it reduced the ibises' breeding. Mercury pollution can come from burning coal and waste, and run-off from mines. The report, in...
03 December 2010
Music phenomenon Benny Demus itching to come more often
Benny D, who is also a producer and owns a production studio back home in the US, says one of the things he likes doing is collaborating with locals in music production. He is also a rapper, with two albums, Load up music and BIM (Benny In Black). In...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
Lira at Bots Craft tonight
Lira will be sharing the stage with local artist, Tumediso "Shanti-Lo" Loeto. Shanti-Lo is one of the local artists who have proved themselves. Shanti-Lo will not be intimidated by the Friday show because he is already used to the big...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 December 2010
A fresh perspective on the 2010 external national examinations crisis
This state of affairs caught many unprepared and left wondering as to what could have really happened. Even the traditional and new players within the system do not seem to understand their own standpoint. Without belittling anybody it seems a lot of...
* GADZANI MHOTSHA 03 December 2010
De Beers to maine gold off SA west coast
They are to use years of hard-won experience by the diamond producer in extracting diamonds from the sea. De Beers Consolidated Mines, chaired by Barend Petersen and which is the South African division of the global diamond giant, De Beers, holds...
03 December 2010
Consumer watchdog
With scammers, the Geneva Convention doesn't apply, we take no prisoners. Even with some of the more orthodox, (presumably) tax-paying, registered companies, things can be a little combative. Many of the holiday clubs and holiday voucher discount...
03 December 2010
Cabinet considers shortlist of Competition Authority CEO
The long-awaited Competition Authority is expected to take the form of a dynamic crack unit that will tackle anti-competitive behaviour in the public and private sectors. The Authority, and its adjudicating body, the Commission, will root out...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
Hana explores water in Ghantsi
Since September this year, Hana has been exploring for water for use at the proposed processing plant at the Banana Zone. According to a statement from the Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company this week, five of the seven drill holes intersected...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 03 December 2010
Firestone holds 'milestone' inaugural tender
Observers have hailed the achievement as indicative of Botswana's efforts to become a global diamond-producing, processing and marketing hub. Firestone's efforts are expected to become significantly more successful than DiamonEx's ill-fated auction...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 03 December 2010
Biggest private sector project gathers steam
Fifty local and international corporates will early next year know whether their bids have been favoured to undertake the mammoth Trans-Kalahari Railway and Walvis Bay dry port. This comes against the background of the World Bank offering further...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
Interview with a Form Five exposes illicit sex
Luckily, I finally located the place where she lives with her aunt, an employee at the same school, grandmother and the child involved in this sad story - and fortunate enough for me, they were all present. After explaining the nature of my mission,...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 03 December 2010
Senyawe: 100 years of existence
Amongst the invited guests was guest speaker and Assistant Minister of Local Government, Kentse Rammidi, who saluted the villagers for organising the centenary celebrations and urged others to emulate Senyawe villagers. Senyawe Village is located in...
KEABETSWE NEWEL & MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 03 December 2010
'Making gay while it shines'
I recently returned from freezing Germany at the invitation of the federal government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I had the privilege of meeting with several prominent people, among them, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Members of Parliament,...
03 December 2010
In the Footsteps of Gandhi, Mandela and Havel
China's government has blocked Liu's wife, the acclaimed photographer Liu Xia, from participating by keeping her under virtual house arrest in Beijing. It has browbeaten other countries into boycotting the award ceremony. Not surprisingly, Vladimir...
* MA JIAN 03 December 2010
Libyans spark cellphone revolution
What seems certain however is that soon customers will be laughing all the way to the talk-time kiosks as has started happening. The stage for this happy state of affairs was set early this year when the government sold 75 percent of its stake in the...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 03 December 2010
The state of the nation - a response (Part 2)
The various schemes that have been concocted over time have not delivered on the objectives. The Ministry of Finance has been dragging its legs on the need to formulate a policy on citizen economic empowerment. Our view is that we now...
* DUMELANG SALESHANDO 03 December 2010
Ndaba's burden (Part 2)
Ndaba, the last born in the Gaolathe family, is such a spitting image of his father that if the late Baledzi was a young man today, he would be in the form of Ndaba, and if Ndaba was born in 1942, he would have come in the form of Baledzi. Last-born...
03 December 2010
Batswapong history revealed
The book, published this year has been hailed as a positive step towards promoting and preserving tribal languages, culture and tradition such as the Setswapong. Ditso le Dingwao tsa Batswapong profiles each village's history and traditional...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
Kgari refuses questions at Kgotla
After the short death notification, the gathering was told no comments or questions will be entertained, as the meeting was solely an address on the Sunday accident, which claimed the life of the deputy chief. The meeting was poorly attended with...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 03 December 2010
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