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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...
08 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 08 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 08 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...
08 December 2010
More men than women go to Tebelopele
Just as they were being dismissed as lacking the guts and spines to stand an HIV test, Batswana men are now being vindicated by the latest HIV report, the National AIDS Council report, which says more and more men are doing voluntary HIV testing at...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
'I'm not a product of thokolosi'
You instinctively look at the feet... THESE are not human feet! The guy at the door must be a monster, you think. And the memories of those who read the school foundation years' literature in the early 1980s would be taken back to the scary...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
Obama's vision
Congress can obstruct Obama's foreign policy as well, but this remains a domain where any US president "enjoys almost royal prerogatives," to use Alexis de Tocqueville's somewhat inflated description. These prerogatives, however, have so far allowed...
*SHLOMO BEN-AMI 08 December 2010
Reflections on the stolen Christmas
Some drove to their farms and hosted big family gatherings, sharing good memories of the year. Others visited the most picturesque parts of the country, such as the Eastern Highlands. Because some of these areas are mountainous and evergreen, they...
NDABA NKOMO
Correspondent 08 December 2010
Sports Chat
Finest momentZimbabwe's Under-20 captain, Lincoln Zvasiya scored a sublime opener against the Young Zebras at the UB Stadium on Friday afternoon in the Metropolitan COSAFA Under-20 Cup. Picking up the ball just outside his own half, he pierced...
MQONDISI DUBE 08 December 2010
Ngele makes return against Rollers
The twist in the tale is that it is Rollers, which sparked a bitter transfer wrangle with Santos that has locked the striker out of the national team and club football through suspension. As fate would have it, Ngele is making his return against a...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 08 December 2010
BoBA seeks financial independence
During a special general meeting held in Mogoditshane on Saturday, BoBA resolved to embark on a fundraising initiative next year to meet the targeted figure. BoBA spokesman, Willoughby Kemoen told Mmegi Sport that they will appoint a committee...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
BVF prepares to host Zone VI Championships
BVF vice president (administration), George Keotsene said hosting such a tournament will gauge their preparedness to organise bigger events in future. He said the preliminary rounds will be played in Otse before action moves to Lobatse. He explained...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 08 December 2010
Batswana urged to help reform prisoners
Khubamang said that former convicts are usually looked down upon and stigmatised, hence making it difficult for them to be absorbed back into society. He said the public should learn to accept and live with ex-convicts. Khubamang's company,...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 08 December 2010
Moving to SA was the best thing for me - Gops
This is despite the fact that his star seems to be fading as he has been missing from the local scene for some time. Gops rose to fame with the hit number Moshanyana Ga Ona Tsebe, which still remains one of the most popular tracks to be produced...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 08 December 2010
'Satchilombe' rocks Boatle
On Sunday, 'Satchilombe' was performing at the Boatle jazz garden along the Ramotswa junction. For the whole evening, Ndingo was roaring at Gamalete and his great voice was resonating in the wilderness. His show turned out to be a great performance....
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 08 December 2010
Dewani conspired with cab driver to have wife killed
The plea and sentencing agreement is currently being read by the state. Tongo is appearing in court on charges of murder, kidnapping and robbery with aggravating circumstances. Yesterday, Tongo's case was referred from the Wynberg Regional Court to...
08 December 2010
WikiLeaks founder Assange arrested in Britain
Police said Assange, at the centre of a row over the release of secret US diplomatic cables, had been arrested at about 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday by appointment at a London police station under a European Arrest Warrant. "He is accused by the Swedish...
08 December 2010
Briton pleads guilty to Nigerian bribery
Wojciech Chodan, a former commercial vice president and consultant to a British subsidiary of KBR -- a former subsidiary of Halliburton admitted he conspired to violate the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in a decade-long international bribery...
08 December 2010
SA's World Cup brought in less money than expected
Tourism during the June-July tournament brought in some 3,6 billion rand ($519,6 million), far less than the government had initially expected, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk told reporters. The global economic downturn contributed to...
08 December 2010
Zimbabwe PM says no election without referendum
Tsvangirai formed a power-sharing government with Mugabe after disputed 2008 elections, and both promised to work together to reform the constitution and organise a referendum to approve it before new elections. The power-sharing deal ended months...
08 December 2010
Zim central bank to lay off 74a % staff
Staff levels at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) grew more than 10-fold between 2003 and 2008 as it spearheaded a drive to pull the economy out of a severe crisis many blamed on President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. RBZ governor Gideon Gono...
08 December 2010
IMF trims SA's 2010 GDP forecast
"Our forecast six months ago was about 3 percent, with quarter three (third quarter) numbers coming in lower than we expected. I think some downside is possible with growth (now seen at) around 2,9 percent to 2,8 percent, a sliver below the 3%," he...
08 December 2010
BoB revises annual diamond exports to P17.2 bn
The revision, from P1.99 billion means that diamond exports for the third quarter were valued at P5, 125.5 billion, the second highest for the year following the P5, 168.2 billion recorded in the first quarter. The August figures, however, are the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
LEA launches IMIS to improve operations
LEA Chief Executive Officer, Dr Tebogo Matome said the need for this system was necessitated by the realisation that the organisation carried out most of its functions manually where there were disparate systems. "They were not integrated and did...
STAFF WRITER 08 December 2010
Keeping the promise
It is therefore an honour and privilege for me to be present at this occasion to talk to you about issues affecting People with Disabilities in commemoration of this day. The theme for this year's commemoration, is "Keeping The Promise: Mainstreaming...
ETHEL MOTSUMI 08 December 2010
Project Syndicate
Now there is growing tension surrounding the just completed election. That epidemic has spread to all ten departments of the country, as well as to the capital, Port au Prince. The Haitian Ministry of Public Health reports that the...
BAN KI-MOON 08 December 2010
Sharing ARVs - this is scary
The government of Botswana has gone to greater lengths and expenses to provide anti-retroviral therapy and other associated medication for people living with AIDS. Statistics show that up to 97 percent of breastfeeding mothers that are supposed to...
EDITOR 08 December 2010
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08 December 2010
Botswana HIV programmes fail sexuality test - report
The report authored by Felistus Motimedi says that interventions increasingly communicate about HIV as if it has nothing to do with sex. This is despite the fact that sexual activity is the main mode of HIV transmission. "HIV/AIDS interventions also...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
Combative Merafhe fires from all barrels
In fact, he said their comments were 'terribly provocative' as the MPs attacked the integrity of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and its leader. He said the speech of Leader of Opposition, Botsalo Ntuane questioned the legitimacy of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
Punish the prosecution, says Seretse's lawyers
Lead defence counsel, Parks Tafa submitted before Village Chief Magistrate, Barnabas Nyamadzabo that the state should be cited for contempt because of failure to provide cabinet papers as ordered by the court. He said if the state is left to do as it...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
Sebego to leave Law Society for JSC?
During the elections, the chairman Tebogo Sebego and his committee survived an alleged ouster plot by state counsels and lawyers allied to the Botswana Congress Party (BCP). Matters are likely to take another twist after a secret meeting yesterday...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
Khama condemns Gbagbo power grab
Gbagbo was sworn in last weekend though the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) gave victory to his rival Alassane Ouattara. Subsequent to the IEC announcement, Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council pronounced the incumbent Gbagbo as the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
Masisi attacks younger brother over poverty
Masisi is elder brother to Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Mokgweetsi Masisi, who is the face of the poverty eradication programme. "My younger brother here is running around on an impossible mission of poverty...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
BCP plans mass demo over BIUST
BCP spokesman Taolo Lucas said yesterday that the demonstration will start from the Palapye bus rank. The BCP top brass, led by party president and Gaborone Central MP, Dumelang Saleshando will participate in the demonstration. After the demo,...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
BOSETU chief optimistic after Khama 'thumbs-up'
Emerging from a successful meeting with President Ian Khama, Minister of Education and Skills Development Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi and director of the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM), Festinah Bakwena yesterday, Hlabano said: "We are...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 08 December 2010
Technology vital in policing - Kapinga
Acting Police Commissioner, Kenny Kapinga said this yesterday when he called for the acquisition of the new communication technology for the entire Botswana Police Service (BPS) as another way of combating the rising crime wave in the country. "I...
MOTHUSI JOWAWA
Correspondent 08 December 2010
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...
09 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 09 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 09 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...
09 December 2010
More men than women go to Tebelopele
Just as they were being dismissed as lacking the guts and spines to stand an HIV test, Batswana men are now being vindicated by the latest HIV report, the National AIDS Council report, which says more and more men are doing voluntary HIV testing at...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
'I'm not a product of thokolosi'
You instinctively look at the feet... THESE are not human feet! The guy at the door must be a monster, you think. And the memories of those who read the school foundation years' literature in the early 1980s would be taken back to the scary...
Greg Kelebonye
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Project Syndicate
Now there is growing tension surrounding the just completed election. That epidemic has spread to all ten departments of the country, as well as to the capital, Port au Prince. The Haitian Ministry of Public Health reports that the...
BAN KI-MOON 09 December 2010
Redknapp: Spurs will 'go for it'
Manchester United also topped their group, Group C, after a 1-1 home draw against Valencia, so both English clubs ensured that they will avoid Europe's most feared opposition in the draw that will be made in Switzerland tomorrow. They cannot be...
09 December 2010
BBA confident of Under-20 side
This is despite the fact that the team lost all its friendly matches it played in Zimbabwe last weekend. The team leaves for Swaziland today. Of the 12-member squad, six were part of the team that travelled to Zimbabwe. "These are the players we...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 09 December 2010
Zuma hails Dirang Moloi
He has singled out the midfielder as the best player at South African Premiership side, Vasco Da Gama. Zuma who has plied his trade in Europe is the captain of the club. He says that Moloi's talent will open doors to European leagues. Moloi joined...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 09 December 2010
Regional honour for Montsho
The Botswana athlete who also holds the African title will be feted at the Zone VI Games, which start tomorrow. The regional sports authorities have said they will bestow a special award on the athlete for her outstanding performances, particularly...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 09 December 2010
Seeletso makes TV history in SA
The latest is Tshepo Seeletso who has successfully penetrated the South African television scene, as one of the producers of the show that started airing last week. The show, The Making Of, is the brainchild of Seeletso, as the production...
STAFF WRITER 09 December 2010
Bangwaketse Heritage Day charity festival underway
Institutions like the Bathoen Museum bear testimony to this. It was a morafe initiative meant to keep the legacy of the tribe's respected former leader, Bathoen Gaseitsiwe, alive as well as its heritage. A younger generation of Bangwaketse is...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 09 December 2010
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