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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 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
Robbery extradition case scheduled for 2011
The suspect has denied that he is the Andrew Hlabangane, as named in South African extradition application papers, refuting ownership of the names. He told the court that he is surprised at the names, the State is using for him. He said his...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 15 December 2010
The day the journos 'tasted' prison
The man could be forgiven for the stern, almost instructive manner he gave it, for after all it is a job he does everyday barking out instructions to prisoners and junior officer. We were then guided to the prison - a huge imposing building with a...
15 December 2010
Chinese to help steer Zambia's reconstruction drive
It is early days yet, but going by the recent announcement of a master plan under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative, in which Chinese companies are tipped to play a major role, Zambia is set to maintain the regional construction boom...
15 December 2010
BDP's MacDee gets lion's share for police uniform
Parliament was told yesterday that MacDonald Peloetletse's company was awarded a P15 million tender for the supply of the uniform out of a total amount of P27 million. The remaining P12 million was shared among four other companies. In response to a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 December 2010
37 missing exam papers found in deputy head office
Botswana Examination Council spokesperson, Charles Keikothae confirmed yesterday that they discovered that about 37 exam papers English paper II for Moraka Junior Secondary School in the Southern District went missing and were only discovered on...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 15 December 2010
US and Botswana sign anti-AIDS pact
The partnership framework was signed yesterday by U.S Ambassador to Botswana, Stephen Nolan, and the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Lesego Motsumi. The partnership is set to strengthen the country's health care system...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 15 December 2010
Thuso broadens cover as it undergoes name change
The schemes, which are meant to provide solutions for players wherever their club falls short; includes funeral costs, legal fees, physiotherapy, and medical aid. TSWA, which was formerly known as Thuso Footballers Society (TFS), says the outfit was...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Ministry plans umbrella sports body
The plan involves amalgamating the Department of Sports and Recreation (DSR), Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) and Botswana National Olympics Committee (BNOC) into a single body to manage sports in the country. It has been realised that the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Kutlwano start title defence on firm note
The 'Big House' hammered Associacao Academica Maputo (AAM) of Mozambique 3-0 after beating Red Skins of Lesotho with the same margin on Monday. Yesterday, Kutlwano had an easy afternoon beating AAM 25-14 in the first set, 25-16 in the second and...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Miss Beauty Queen Francistown attracts 13 entries
The contest that is scheduled for Saturday evening will be among the festive entertainment events around town. One of the organisers Pearl Krish said in an interview that the contest is aimed at raising funds and support charity in and around...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Miss Earth crown eludes Gaopalelwe
Miss Earth Botswana 2009, Tumisang Sebina, who is also the chaperone to the incumbent queen, Onalenna Gaopalelwe, has described her as a success story despite failure to reach the December 4 Miss Earth finals in Vietnam. Gaopalelwe failed to make it...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Ringo is coming back by popular demand - organisers
Ringo's last concert at the same venue was sold out and hordes of his followers were unable to see their idol in action. Show organiser, Oliver Groth, said this is why they have decided to bring him for the second time. He said many...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Veteran Papua New Guinea PM steps down for tribunal
Somare, 74, a dominant figure in Pacific politics since the 1970s, decided to "voluntarily step aside" so a leadership tribunal can hear allegations he failed to lodge annual financial statements in the 1990s. "The PM respects the due processes and...
15 December 2010
Gun laws get a makeover
The proclamation allowed for sections of the Firearms Control Amendment Act dealing with competency certificate renewals to come into effect on January 10 2011, he said in a statement on Tuesday. The regulations dealing with these amendments would...
15 December 2010
Presidency loses Zim report appeal
The SCA dismissed the appeal with costs.The High Court in Pretoria had already ordered the report to be given to the newspaper, but the presidency contested thedecision at the SCA. The newspaper requested the report, commissioned by former...
15 December 2010
Today' s workspace
The relationship between the employer and its employee is a mercantile one, with each party seeking to derive best value out of the relationship. In pursuit of this, employers sometimes decide to transfer staff from one location to another, for...
JOSEPH MASANGO 15 December 2010
Another 5 awarded prestigious Barclays-FG Mogae Scholarships
Speaking at a ceremony to announce the latest beneficiaries at the Gaborone Sun last Friday, former president Festus Mogae said the occasion marked the third year of the existence of the post-graduate scholarship fund that had already been benefited...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Tshipidi Project to ease PPADB processes
According to PPADB Information Technology expert, Moji Bale, IPMS is a web-based system that enables working through the Internet and end-to-end automation of PPADB processes and functions.Bale told the businesspeople and contractors...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 15 December 2010
Project Syndicate
As I said then: "Anonymity in itself should not be illegal. There are enough good reasons for people to be anonymous that it should be [allowed] - at least in some places on the Net (as in real life)." But anon.penet.fi got little notice: there...
ESTHER DYSON 15 December 2010
Take advantage of the rains
Last year, the country reported a jump in the production of cereals and legumes, thanks to the ISPAAD programme. However, there have been reports that some farmers did not tend to their fields. There could be a myriad of reasons. One might be the...
EDITOR 15 December 2010
Selefu 15 December 2010
15 December 2010
How to discuss death with children
Death is a part of life, and if we don't answer children's questions, we may leave them alone with their fears and unprotected from their fantasies. Answering children's questions about death can be very difficult. You may find the following points...
15 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 16 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 16 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...
16 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...
16 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...
16 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 16 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 16 December 2010
How to discuss death with children
Death is a part of life, and if we don't answer children's questions, we may leave them alone with their fears and unprotected from their fantasies. Answering children's questions about death can be very difficult. You may find the following points...
16 December 2010
Ex-boxer donates computers to prison
He said that in the US, there are several programmes similar to his Prisons Got Talent that he runs under his company - Scud Missile Promotions. The former professional boxer said that while training in the US, he saw prisoners being encouraged to...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 16 December 2010
Botswana impresses at Zone VI Games
Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) Marketing and Communication Officer, Modiri Ontitile, who is at the games, said Thatayaone Mmolawa, with compatriot Collin Lepotokisi and Boitshwarelo Sefo got silver and bronze respectively. In long jump,...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Kutlwano leads semi-final charge
Kutlwano crushed Bulldogs of Zimbabwe 3-0 to go top with six points. The defending champions played compatriots Police VI in the last group match yesterday. Though they beat Bulldogs, Kutlwano were not convincing. They were matched by the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 December 2010
Why coach sidelines 'JJ'
Solomons claims the striker started misfiring after the departure of Botswana coach, David Bright. Ramatlhakwana has seen minimal club action despite being in sparkling form for his country. But at club level, Solomons says he may have been affected...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 16 December 2010
Kutlwano leads semi-final charge
Kutlwano crushed Bulldogs of Zimbabwe 3-0 to go top with six points. The defending champions played compatriots Police VI in the last group match yesterday. Though they beat Bulldogs, Kutlwano were not convincing. They were matched by the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 December 2010
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