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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...
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
Nigerian BBAR housemate and partner coming
Chuwang is expected to arrive today with his fiance BBR housemate, Elizabeth Gupta. Speaking to Showbiz, Ramontshonyana said both Gupta and Chuwang would be at the event not only to support him, but also to perform singles from their upcoming...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 09 December 2010
DJ Fondo's Fire Face Vol. 1 hits the shelves
Tebogo Tshesebe, popularly known as DJ Fondo Fire's debut house album has finally hit the shelves. Listening to it from a distance, one cannot believe such a banging house album could come out of Botswana. But Fire Face Vol. 1 is a...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Xinhua sets up gallery to boost ties
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Botswana, Liu Huanxing, said it is meaningful for Chinese media to display China in Africa and the relationship between China and Botswana. Xinhua Gallery will serve as a fresh window through...
STAFF WRITER 09 December 2010
'French report about origin of cholera in Haiti inconclusive'
The report by French epidemiologist Dr. Renaud Piarroux rules out a number of potential causes and points to the Nepalese soldiers as the most probable, said Vincenzo Pugliese, spokesman for the U.N. mission in Haiti, but it fails to deliver...
09 December 2010
Assange defends WikiLeaks in editorial
In the editorial, published by The Australian on Wednesday, Assange writes that there is a great need for WikiLeaks and denies that the site's publication of classified information has endangered lives. "WikiLeaks has a four-year publishing history....
09 December 2010
Extradite Dewani, says Zille
"Shrien must be extradited," Zille told Sapa at her offices in Cape Town. "We must get to the truth of this gruesome murder." Zille said she had been shocked by the details that emerged on the case. "From what we have heard so far, I can't...
09 December 2010
Guinea-Bissau President hospitalised in Paris
"The president of the Republic has been admitted to Val-de-Grace hospital in Paris for a routine medical examination," the Bissau presidency said in a short statement without giving further details. This marks the 63-year-old leader's fifth...
09 December 2010
World Bank to launch carbon trading fund
The issue of funding for developing countries from developed nations, for the implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, was one of the major sticking points at the yearly negotiations held by the United Nations Framework...
09 December 2010
Third quarter trade deficit eases
Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicate that the third quarter deficit was substantially lower than the P1.63 billion and P1.54 billion recorded in the first and second quarters respectively. The third quarter's lower trade...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Barclays named 'Best Bank in Botswana'
This is the third award won by BBB in 2010, after being honoured as the 'Best Bank in Botswana' by EMEA and the 'Best Published CSR report' at the recently held PWC/BOCCIM awards. According to the judges, led by Brian Caplen, the editor of the...
09 December 2010
If Assange is a spy, then so am I
I don't agree. I'm a journalist. And what Julian Assange is doing is a form of journalism: he is publishing the news. If you're like most people, you think that journalists are liars and lackeys, spouting "news" that is barely...
MARK LEE HUNTER 09 December 2010
VP should be civil in debates
When he was Minister of Foreign Affairs, he made an imprint in international diplomacy. At one stage, he was the face of Botswana in global fora. As one of the longest serving foreign ministers in Africa, his face started to represent the very...
EDITOR 09 December 2010
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09 December 2010
Poverty efforts a farce
This is the position of owners of roadside tyre repair shops in Mogoditshane following a council crackdown on the repair shops, all of which are unlicensed. "Yes we are unlicensed because council claims that we cannot be issued with a special...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Church launches free 'keep-fit' sessions
This is one of the Bible verses that may have motivated Dan Mitchell, a member of the Harvest Christian Church (HCC) in Gaborone, to consider using his talents as a professional fitness trainer to benefit others, not only spiritually but also...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 09 December 2010
'Moist cake' theatre play highlights abuse
The audience at Botswana Craft's Mogopong was on Tuesday treated to the vagina's highs and lows from sex, love, orgasm, menstruation, to birth and rape highlighted in monologues featuring three actresses, Tumie Ramsden, Tshepo Ntshole and Ayanda...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Bobirwa Sub-Council launch in March 2011
The official launch is mean to publicise the Sub-District and give various departments the chance to exhibit their processes and services. Already, there is a Bobirwa sub-council chaired by Ishmael Legwaila who said that committees from local and...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
ARV prices go down
The 2009-2010 HIV/AIDS budget cost the government P1.3 billion, with the treatment taking the larger share of the cost. However, the good news is that the cost of HIV drugs have drastically gone down even in pharmacies. "The prices (of...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
The city council has money to spend - mayor
The city mayor Veronica Lesole told the full council that their current expenditure stands at P214 million and that so far they have received P140 million from the ministry as revenue support grant up to the third quarter. The mayor also reported...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Vee's Brand Botswana monopoly raises eyebrows
BOMU chairperson, Sello Socca Moruakgomo says the promoters of Brand Botswana should have approached the union to give them a line-up of musicians to spearhead the campaign and not to do the search through promoters. He says it is important that the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
BCP demands BIUST in its original form
The opposition members have demanded that BIUST be established in line with the original plans for this institution of higher learning. While the demonstrations were held in Palapye it is understood that the petition stating these demands was handed...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Collins to stay put at JSC - Law Society
Incoming chairperson Yvonne Chilume says the process of replacing a representative at the JSC has to follow laid-out procedure established in law. "Collins has not completed the stipulated two years of service within the JSC, he was only sworn...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Date set for 21st Century battle
High Court Judge, Justice David Newman has ordered that the case be tried for 10 consecutive days from June 13-24 next year. Justice Newman further ordered that counsels for both parties shall meet in Johannesburg on March 13 to finalise all...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Venson-Moitoi blacklists Mmegi
"I will not give any interview from now and will not want to talk to Mmegi. There was a headline which insinuated that I deliberately lied to the President and when that seemed not to be enough, your editor put the last nail in his editorial which...
STAFF WRITER 09 December 2010
Dibotelo to hear Kgafela appeal
Dibotelo will be among a panel of judges that includes Francistown-based Modiri Letsididi and Isaac Lesetedi who will hear Kgafela's appeal. The appeal has been set for next year. In his appeal, Kgafela argues for the interpretation of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 December 2010
Venson-Moitoi blacklists Mmegi
"I will not give any interview from now and will not want to talk to Mmegi. There was a headline which insinuated that I deliberately lied to the President and when that seemed not to be enough, your editor put the last nail in his editorial which...
STAFF WRITER 09 December 2010
Date set for 21st Century battle
High Court Judge, Justice David Newman has ordered that the case be tried for 10 consecutive days from June 13-24 next year. Justice Newman further ordered that counsels for both parties shall meet in Johannesburg on March 13 to finalise all...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Collins to stay put at JSC - Law Society
Incoming chairperson Yvonne Chilume says the process of replacing a representative at the JSC has to follow laid-out procedure established in law. "Collins has not completed the stipulated two years of service within the JSC, he was only sworn...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 09 December 2010
Dibotelo to hear Kgafela appeal
Dibotelo will be among a panel of judges that includes Francistown-based Modiri Letsididi and Isaac Lesetedi who will hear Kgafela's appeal. The appeal has been set for next year. In his appeal, Kgafela argues for the interpretation of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 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...
10 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 10 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 10 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...
10 December 2010
Botswana hosts International Chess Championships
A tough competition is expected considering that five International Masters (IM) have confirmed participation. They are Robert Gwaze and Farai Mandizha both from Zimbabwe, Stanley Chumfwa and Chitumbo Mwale of Zambia and South Africa's Johannes...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 10 December 2010
Blatter attacks English 'arrogance' after World Cup 2018 failure
"To be honest, I was surprised by all the English complaining after the defeat. England, of all people, the motherland of fair play ideas," said Blatter. "Now some of them are showing themselves to be bad losers. You can't come afterwards and say so...
10 December 2010
First Cut
Until I read the bid presentations, I had not realised why England lost to Russia in the race to host the 2018 World Cup. Just like politics, it is not how much one is given publicity but how an organisation, country or football associations sell...
DENNIS KEAGILE 10 December 2010
Hayashi-ha, Kofukan to settle argument
The event will be held at the University of Botswana (UB) Student Union Hall. The tournament is expected to attract over 150 karatekas from all six BOKA affiliates; Shotokan Japanese Karate Association (JKA), Shito-ryu Mabuni, Hayashi-ha, BKF, newly...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 10 December 2010
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