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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 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
The Real Magosi drops new album
The new album consists of 15 tracks, which features true heavyweights of Motswako genre namely Mo'Molemi from South Africa, Zeus, Samba, KEB and our very own kwaito stars Eskimos. The group simply describes the new offering as a masterpiece of an...
16 December 2010
Pauline releases Modimo O Gona
The album entitled Modimo O Gona contains 10 tracks, namely the title track, The Joy Of The Lord, Re Moswabisitse, Teng Sefaapano, Magodimo A Bolelala, Tsholela Moya, E Teng Tsela, Samson, Morena Jeso and Fa Re Tsamaya. Most of the songs in the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 16 December 2010
Metro cop testifies in Jub Jub trial
"To me there's no difference between accused number one (Maarohanye) and accused number two (Tshabalala). To me they are the same," Constable Gideon Maseko told the court. He was responding to a statement by Maarohanye's lawyer Ike Motloung,...
16 December 2010
Majalisa, By4, CJB, lead disco line-up for Gabane show
The disco music tour has already been to Jwaneng, Palapye, Francistown and Orapa, though most of their tours in the northern part of the country were disrupted by downpour. Majalisa, who recently broke away from Dalom Music to sign with EMI of South...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 December 2010
Workaholic clothing label to sell nationwide
Workaholic administrator, Pako Moshaga, said they are planning on increasing their market share by employing aggressive promotional measures and increasing their distribution base. He said the brand is growing rapidly and it is only right to...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 16 December 2010
Australia asylum shipwreck 'drowns dozens'
Pictures from the scene showed the boat, believed to be carrying Iranians and Iraqis, smashed to pieces. Witnesses said they could do little to help as the seas were too rough to approach the vessel. The boat appeared to be trying to land at...
16 December 2010
Ghana becomes an oil nation
While the country, seen as a model of democracy in the region, has been counting its blessings because of the riches the oil will bring, it needs only to look to nearby Nigeria to understand the potential dangers. In Nigeria and other countries,...
16 December 2010
Gaddafi calls for United States of Africa, one army
Dressed in flowing gold robes, Libya's maverick leader told a ceremony at a festival in Senegal celebrating black identity and culture that Africa was "experiencing a new submissiveness". He described the continent as "prey that all the world's...
16 December 2010
Zapiro claim is Zuma's 11th
Most of the suits have not been resolved, but some have been dropped and settlements have been reached in a few instances. Zuma's latest defamation action is against Avusa Media and cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro for R5-million over Zapiro's "Lady...
16 December 2010
Euro hit by Spanish economy warning
Moody's put Spain's rating on review - citing concerns about its mounting debt and its funding needs for next year. Spain has been under scrutiny from international markets since the Irish Republic was forced to take a 85bn euro (£72bn; $113bn)...
16 December 2010
Clover targets 'regional and niche players'
Clover is unlikely to try to buy a large competitor such as Parmalat, Dairy Belle or Woodlands, but would look to expand where it does not have a strong presence, Vorster said. "I don't know that from a dominance point of view, it would be feasible"...
16 December 2010
Matambo launches Labour Market Observatory
Its Chairman, Mathews Phiri, said MFDP, the Botswana Training Authority (BOTA) and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs had collaborated in 2003 to establish an LMO. A committee comprising these organisations was formed and had expanded...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 December 2010
Govt tap into reserves as fuel shortages bite
A statement from the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources says the shortfall will be offset with supplies of an estimated five million litres per week from Mozambique and eight million litres from South Africa that is expected before the...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 16 December 2010
Survival International responds to Khama
Not content with starving the Bushmen off their lands, he launched an attack on their way of life, calling it 'primitive', 'primeval' and 'backward'. This has sinister echoes of racial superiority which should have no place in any...
16 December 2010
Project Syndicate
Instead, the G-20 is behaving like a debating society, with the cooperative approach that it fostered at the outset of the crisis devolving into an array of often-heedless unilateral actions by its members. Yet there are several significant risks to...
MICHAEL SPENCE 16 December 2010
March on BFTU, march on!
This is welcome news indeed. For a long time workers in the non-unionised sector have suffered much injustice at the hands of employers who have no respect for the rights of the worker. Unionisation of these workers will afford them the right...
EDITOR 16 December 2010
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16 December 2010
Healing comes to Botswana
Apostle Sakufiwa has been described locally as a toss between Joel Osteen, T.D Jakes and Prophet TB Joshua. Those who have witnessed his healing powers through Jesus name, say Apostle Sakufiwa performs miracles that many in Botswana have only been...
16 December 2010
Why haven't we found aliens yet?
But, if extra-terrestrial life forms are abundant in the Universe - as some people believe - why have they not been in contact? From Doctor Who to Superman, ET to Marvin the Martian, fiction has regularly brought aliens to Earth as friends or...
BY ALEX HUDSON 16 December 2010
Beauty sleep concept is not a myth, says study
People deprived of sleep for long periods appear less attractive and more unhealthy than those who are well rested, say researchers. Volunteers were photographed after eight hours sleep and again after being kept awake for 31 hours. Observers scored...
16 December 2010
CMS accused to be examined by court appointed doctor
High Court bound Moroka said yesterday that the court had to ascertain whether Molefhe is fit to stand trial or not. The case was due to commence on Monday, however it was adjourned due to Molefhe's ill health. The court then ordered that the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 16 December 2010
Govt agrees to fund Red Cross
Speaking at a meeting of the Southern Africa Partnership of Red Cross Societies (SAPRCS) in Gaborone yesterday, the Assistant Minister of Health, Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri, said the government had approved the appeal for financial support. "I'm...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 16 December 2010
Media urged to promote Phikwe through accurate reporting
During his welcome remarks at a three-day media training workshop in the mining town Letlhogonolo Nkolane, Selebi-Phikwe District Officer-development said the workshop is relevant to economic diversification. He added that government has taken giant...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 16 December 2010
Zebras soar in FIFA rankings
Today, to the chagrin of opponents, the Zebras are moving up the FIFA rankings, with a clear intention to occupy some position among the world's top teams. Latest FIFA rankings place the Zebras 53rd, only two places shy of the world's top 50, and...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 16 December 2010
BFTU advocates for new independent unions
Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, the BFTU secretary for publicity and international relations Edward Tswaipe, explained that enterprise unions have been growing at a faster rate than industrial unions, which has weakened the labour movement. He said this...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 December 2010
Motswaledi's property to be auctioned Jan 2011
Motswaledi incurred the cost after he lost an appeal against President Ian Khama, where he was challenging Khama's executive powers. Besides Khama, other respondents included his former party, the Botswana Democratic Party. In their Notice of Sale...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 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...
17 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...
17 December 2010
TP Mazembe continue journey from karate kids to the top of the world
Bad enough was the fact that the reigning Congolese and African champions kicked off the defence of their continental crown in March by losing to the Rwandan army club APR FC but, even though Mazembe won the return leg to progress to the next round,...
17 December 2010
Chelsea have only themselves to blame for slump - Ferguson
The Manchester United manager believes the Premier League champions left themselves vulnerable after selling Ricardo Carvalho and Deco, as well as releasing Joe Cole, Michael Ballack and Juliano Belletti, and bringing in only two new signings,...
17 December 2010
Avram Grant given three games to save West Ham job
The 55-year-old has only one win in 11 Premier League matches, leaving the relegation-threatened club three points adrift at the bottom of the table. It is understood Sam Allardyce, sacked by Blackburn this week, is being considered as a...
17 December 2010
French coach Marchand disappointed with Tunisia sac
The 57-year-old had signed a two-year contract in June 2010 and was handed the task of guiding the Tunisians to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals. "I am surprised and disappointed because the federation and I recently spoke about the team's...
17 December 2010
First Cut
The Lubumbashi-based outfit is just 90 minutes away from shocking the world if they can beat Inter Milan of Italy in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi. After successfully defending their CAF Champions League title, Mazembe has put an...
DENNIS KEAGILE 17 December 2010
Premier League officials speak about the first round
He says that unlike before, they did not experience problems with availability of stadiums. He is, however, worried by the media coverage, especially Btv, which he says is confined to the south. He says the standard of refereeing has improved a lot...
17 December 2010
Kutlwano clubs lead Botswana charge in regional volleyball
The two Botswana teams are tipped to do well in front of home fans. At the time of going to press yesterday, Kutlwano men had sailed to the last four after winning all their three games. Their sisters made it with one game left. Even if they lost the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 17 December 2010
AFCON prospects stays Tshosane's hand
The coach said he has had a number of offers from South African clubs but his heart's desire is to take the Zebras to the Promised Land - Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in 2012. The former BDF XI tactician is on the verge of making history by becoming...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 17 December 2010
BTTA caps a fine year
The Chinese living in Botswana donated P20, 000 in February to sponsor a tournament pitting a Chinese select side against their Botswana counterparts. Bonolo Mabote won the men's competition while Matshidiso Osi took the women's title. During the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 17 December 2010
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