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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 14 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 14 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...
14 December 2010
Minister dismisses sports administrators
He dismissed claims that the Maun, Masunga and Molepolole sports complexes are sub-standard as stated by the administrators. He is concerned that the three facilities are not fully used and claims that they are not up to standard are a non-starter....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 December 2010
Metropolitan honours 'workaholic' Dumba
A collaborative effort between Metropolitan South Africa and Metropolitan Botswana, the dinner was hosted for Dumba or Ash, as Mamelodi is known in football circles, whose career started with regional football structures in 1987 in Francistown. Since...
KAGISO SEKOKONYANE
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
GU fire Sithole
Although the club spokesperson Romeo Benjamin would not confirm, sources say the club decided to fire Sithole on Sunday evening. Benjamin said they would only issue an official statement today though inside sources say the decision has already been...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Botswana drawn in tough group
The draw was held on the sidelines of the final day of the FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup 2010 on Sunday. National team coach Seipei Gaelesiwe is wary of the Jamaicans and feels adequate preparations have to be done ahead of the competition. The...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 December 2010
Back Stage
Here is a fine film on the final days of the great Russian novelist Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), known in Russian as Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi. His novels for decades have been recognised as among the best ever written. The two that stand out, each...
SASA MAJUMA 14 December 2010
Slizer's popularity takes her to Harare, Bulawayo
She will be accompanied by her stablemate and house kwasa heavy weight, Mingo of Tshaba Tsotsi fame. According to Zimbabwe media, a welcome party for the musician (full name Naledi Kaisara) will be held at City Sports Bar in the city centre on...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Kings of Comedy event mother of all shows - Dignash
Gaborone's funny man, full name, Michael Morapedi, says he will be at his best, as he will be moving to another big stage of his life as a comedian. From next year, Katalyst media, sponsors of Dignash, will be launching a new television show that...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Juju Boy rocks Phikwe
The venue was packed with music lovers, especially the women who came all dressed up for the flamboyant showman. Entry into the venue was a struggle as people kept on pushing and squeezing themselves to enter the venue before the Hurt Me star started...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 December 2010
BOBS urges certified firms to uphold standards
Speaking at a handover ceremony of an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certificate to construction company Abdulla Associates in Gaborone recently, the Managing Director of BOBS, Masego Marobela, said it is important for ISO...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 14 December 2010
Aon offers to buy Glenrand M.I.B
Aon SA, which is a leading risk management, insurance brokerage and actuarial consulting organisation, is a subsidiary of NY Stock Exchange-listed Aon Corporation that is also the majority shareholder in Aon Botswana. According to a statement...
STAFF WRITER 14 December 2010
Tati Nickel bounces from recession- Sebetlela
"You will agree with me that 2008/09 was not a good year for anyone of us here except for the few lucky ones," he said at TNMC's Christmas party Friday evening. "The global economic recession affected a lot of companies in this country." Mining...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 14 December 2010
BNFYL 'in praise of communism'
Your meeting comes at a time when we are just emerging from a recession. As it can be expected, such a phase is inevitable as long as Capitalism is still the dominant economic system. Capitalism by its nature has an in-built tendency to have lows and...
14 December 2010
We can't stomach Corry anymore
His deliberate onslaught on our diamonds and tourism, which are our engine of growth, cannot go unchallenged. Corry's actions, although he purports to be representing Basarwa, smacks of racism. He should come out and tell the world that he hates to...
14 December 2010
As i see it
Poverty eradication requires a holistic approach. Poverty should not be looked at with a naked eye alone, but with the mind's eye, which sees farther and deeper, it should be studied and analysed in all its material and psychological dimensions. Most...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 14 December 2010
Third World should draw lessons from WikiLeaks
The United States and its allies feel aggrieved that details of diplomatic engagement have been revealed. While we understand the concerns of those who feel attacked, we have argued that the revelations should be read within the wider context of an...
EDITOR 14 December 2010
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14 December 2010
SA under pressure to join anti-piracy war
Many are asking why South Africa is not joining the international naval fleets to combat Somali piracy, which is essentially an 'African problem'. The European Union (EU) has also asked South Africa on several occasions to join the EU...
14 December 2010
BHC encourages a healthy living
These were the guiding words at the Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) Wellness Expo 2010 last Friday. Guest speaker, Oggie Maruapula, who is also a BHC board member encouraged people to change their habits in relation to what they eat, emphasising...
14 December 2010
Eve concert and Orange donates to CBOs
After the excitement of hosting a successful live music concert which saw over 4000 people attending, Urban Legends Against AIDS has drawn to a successful close and handed over P700 000 for disbursement in donated funds. The audited figures raised...
KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Semotswane: a village in the making
According to the headman of arbitration, Kgosi Balemetse Bailaphuti of Semotswane, the village was originally one of the Bangwato cattle posts. Because of its distance from Serowe, the Bangwato headquarters, the farmers at this settlement...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 14 December 2010
Sewage smell haunts residents
The sewage ponds located in the eastern part of Mahalapye have affected the residents so much that they have taken the matter up with municipal authorities, but to no avail. The residents say they live in constant torment of the bad odour that...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 14 December 2010
Continuous registration suspended
Selebi-Phikwe IEC Principal Elections Officer, Molatlhegi Baloi, said the suspension is only relevant to Ikageleng Phase One ward, but the rest of the electorates can continue to register. Continuous registration is expected to continue until the...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Govt lawyers protest 'rigged' LSB elections
The lobby backing government lawyers has accused the group led by former LSB chairman, Tebogo Sebego, of manipulating the elections in its favour. Government lawyers say basic rules of fair play were violated on an extensive scale. They alleged that...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
BNF urges government to engage bargaining council
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, BNF labour secretary, Maemo Bantsi, said they believe government is deliberately frustrating the efforts at collective bargaining or negotiation with the public sector. "The new Public Service Act, which...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Peace eludes BDP in Francistown
The party chairman, Daniel Kwelagobe, recently took a unilateral decision to stop the regional congress and elections billed for Matsiloje on November 6 without informing the regional leadership about the reasons for his action. Even up to today,...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Nchindo Jr wins respite
Government was to repossess the plots after the state secured conviction over the plots, which were the centre of controversy. However, Nchindo Jr approached the High Court and was given a temporary breather pending appeal. The court...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
BPOMAS struggles to pay doctors
Informed private medical practitioners say the medical aid scheme struggles to pay them on time, and when it does, the payment is never in full. Not only that, it takes a substantial period of time before the full amount is settled. "It is...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
Merafhe insults to be addressed in Parley-Modubule
Addressing a BMD rally in Gaborone over the weekend, Modubule said it was disappointing that as a vice-president, Merafhe engages in abusive language instead of addressing issues in parliament. "He says I am a hopeless creature. Maybe I...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 December 2010
China frees key Mongolian rights activist
Hada, who like many ethnic Mongolians in China uses only one name, was tried in China's northern Inner Mongolia region in 1996 and sentenced to 15 years in jail for separatism and spying, and for his support for the Southern Mongolian Democratic...
14 December 2010
Sudan to probe video of woman being flogged
The video shows a woman in a voluminous cloak on her knees screaming and pleading with blue-uniformed policemen, identified as Sudanese, who take turns whipping her across the head and feet. There is no way to verify the identity of the woman or the...
14 December 2010
Indonesian cleric Ba'asyir facing terrorism charges
Ba'asyir was arrested in August in a raid linked to the discovery of a militant training camp in Aceh. Prosecutors said they hoped to go to trial "very quickly". Ba'asyir previously served 26 months in jail before being cleared of involvement...
14 December 2010
Gbagbo accuses foreign powers of wooing army
Gbagbo has become locked in a dangerous face-off with long-time enemy Alassane Ouattara after both claimed victory in last month's presidential election, declared themselves president and named rival governments. Ouattara has been recognised...
14 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 15 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 15 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...
15 December 2010
We can't stomach Corry anymore
His deliberate onslaught on our diamonds and tourism, which are our engine of growth, cannot go unchallenged. Corry's actions, although he purports to be representing Basarwa, smacks of racism. He should come out and tell the world that he hates to...
15 December 2010
As i see it
Most of the time we look only at the material side, see mucus-dripping noses, distended bellies of malnourished kids suffering from kwashiorkor and diseases caused by malnutrition; we recognise poverty when we see people going half-naked or...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 15 December 2010
SA under pressure to join anti-piracy war
Many are asking why South Africa is not joining the international naval fleets to combat Somali piracy, which is essentially an 'African problem'. The European Union (EU) has also asked South Africa on several occasions to join the EU...
15 December 2010
BHC encourages a healthy living
These were the guiding words at the Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) Wellness Expo 2010 last Friday. Guest speaker, Oggie Maruapula, who is also a BHC board member encouraged people to change their habits in relation to what they eat, emphasising...
15 December 2010
Eve concert and Orange donates to CBOs
After the excitement of hosting a successful live music concert which saw over 4000 people attending, Urban Legends Against AIDS has drawn to a successful close and handed over P700 000 for disbursement in donated funds. The audited figures raised...
KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Staff Writer 15 December 2010
Semotswane: a village in the making
According to the headman of arbitration, Kgosi Balemetse Bailaphuti of Semotswane, the village was originally one of the Bangwato cattle posts. Because of its distance from Serowe, the Bangwato headquarters, the farmers at this settlement...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Voyager near Solar System's edge
Now 17.4bn km (10.8bn miles) from home, the veteran probe has detected a distinct change in the flow of particles that surround it. These particles, which emanate from the Sun, are no longer travelling outwards but are moving sideways.It means...
15 December 2010
e.tv Africa launches on DStv channel 144
Last year, e-tv became the first television broadcaster on the continent to introduce a 24-hour news programming, which is on Dstv's channel 403. While this latest development was announced yesterday, some subscribers in Botswana have over the last...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 December 2010
Youths excoriate BNYC for 'routine oversight'
Speaking at a ceremony to launch Botswana Youth Leaders' Tool-kit in Gaborone yesterday, a youth activist from the Kgalagadi District, Johnson Morotsi, said he was "rudely shocked" to find that though he and other youths had actively participated "in...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 15 December 2010
Herman Coetzee buried
Coetzee who was pursuing a PhD programme in the United Kingdom, (UK) died in Gaborone on Sunday December 5, from a suspected heart failure. He had just arrived from UK the previous day. Some of his friends who were with him on Sunday evening, could...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Goitse Leburu: Botswana's first female foreign missionary to the Americas
A society that is light-years more sophisticated than that of her humble origins in Serowe. "It's a calling" is the simple answer that Goitseone Leburu will give you. This calling is now taking her across the turbulent oceans separating Africa...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 15 December 2010
BCP councillor resigns from the party
Mashaba who has been the party's chief whip states in the letter that; "I wish to put on record that BCP has lost direction and has become a family entity and it is no longer a people's organisation. It is a conspicuous fact that the leadership...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 15 December 2010
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