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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
Young Zebras in do-or-die battle in Namibia
The two dangermen have been out of the Under-23 team because they were suspended by their club, Uniao Flameno Santos, after they attempted to move to Township Rollers. The Under-23 team is under pressure to emulate the good performance of the senior...
WITNESS TAZIBA
Correspondent 17 December 2010
Maitengwe' s annual tournament gets sponsorship
The Francistown cash loan, chemicals and stationery supply company has signed a deal with Maitengwe football committee to sponsor the 10-year-old tournament. Nyare director, Ishmael Nyare said his company wanted to support the only entertainment that...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 17 December 2010
Veselin's parting shot
He tells correspondent THATO KALA that Botswana will certainly reap the fruits of investing into youth development Mmegi Sport: How was your stay in Botswana? Veselin: I have been in Botswana since 2002 and it has been a great experience. I am very...
17 December 2010
The beginning of the end
Last weekend, Rollers scored two second half goals to sink Santos and maintain their grip at the top of the standings. The game saw two suspended Santos' players, Mogakolodi Ngele and Thato Bolweleng returning to action. The two have been sidelined...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 17 December 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears in court
He is appearing at the High Court to appeal against the withdrawal of bail. The Australian is fighting extradition to Sweden over sex charges involving two women. He denies the allegations. Some reports suggested it was Swedish prosecutors who...
17 December 2010
Angola SA's 10th largest source of imports
This was said by Minister of department of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, at the SA/Angola Business Forum that was held in Pretoria on Thursday. Minister Davies told business people that the Infrastructure Construction Programme (ICP)...
17 December 2010
MDC: Zim government failing exiles
"We are deeply disappointed in our own government for not being able to meet the South African government halfway," MDC SA chairman Faustine Moyo snr said at a press briefing in Johannesburg. The Zimbabwean government was currently incapable of...
17 December 2010
Four killed in Ivory Coast protest
Soldiers deployed by Laurent Gbagbo's regime set up a cordon of armoured cars around the broadcaster's Abidjan offices, as France and the United Nations called for restraint and warned of the dangers of a return to violence. Young supporters of...
17 December 2010
Grace Mugabe sues paper over WikiLeaks cable
Last week, The Standard newspaper quoting a cable sent by US ambassador James McGee to Washington in 2008, reported that Grace Mugabe gained millions of dollars from illegal diamonds mining, in the Marange district of eastern Zimbabwe. The...
17 December 2010
Project Syndicate
Unfortunately, in today's world it is almost impossible to find viable income-generating activities without access to electricity. Renewable energy technologies (RETs) are invaluable to those who live outside the boundaries of power...
MALAVIKA JAIN BABAWALE 17 December 2010
Venson-Moitoi beats them all to the crown
But events unfolding today seem to play out the 14th century drama. One of the leading actors today is none other than Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi. She plays the pivotal role of a shrewd contriver. We see the Minister of Education and Skills...
17 December 2010
Project Syndicate
Not for the first time, Italian politics are a landscape of paradoxes and oxymora. Thus, a prime minister who gained massive support from voters only two and a half years ago, won mid-term elections, survived two confidence votes in Parliament,...
PAOLO MESSA 17 December 2010
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17 December 2010
The call is to help Motswaledi
It is an act of utter corruption when they use their positions to write off their debts. We all remember what happened when politicians and other prominent members of society leaned heavily on the government to wipe off their debts with the National...
EDITOR 17 December 2010
Truth in chains
It has been, by any standard, an extraordinary campaign of vilification and persecution, wholly comparable to the kind of treatment doled out to dissidents in China or Burma. Lest we forget, WikiLeaks is a journalistic outlet - just like The New York...
* CHRIS FLOYD 17 December 2010
The arrogance of Cancun
In the efforts to protect our planet from ourselves, the high level talks at Cancœn were our last chance ... and they failed. But we can learn from this sad episode: we must stop asking governments and international organisations for solutions...
17 December 2010
Otsweletse Moupo: The traitor and enemy within
According to the writer of the story, you are planning to become more active in the BNF and have identified political education as one area where you think you can assist. You are also reported to have said that the political education campaign you...
17 December 2010
Pundits bullish on gold
"I think that we are going to see at least $1, 800/oz," Florida-based Weiss Research analyst Sean Brodrick said in an interview. "That will not surprise me at all - we might see it spike much higher than that, but that won't hold up for...
17 December 2010
US seeks to raise trade pressure on China
Wang Qishan, Chinese vice-premier, and Tim Geithner, US treasury secretary, met to discuss "global economic developments" as delegations from both countries gathered for the annual meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, which ended on...
17 December 2010
Oppenheimer sells more Anglo shares, direction less clear
The 120-year-old De Beers diamond mining and marketing company has taken precedence over Anglo American from a family point of view. But even De Beers 'B-Hags' or 'big hairy audacious goals' of 2005 have faded into oblivion and the company's...
The name Oppenheimer and Anglo American have been synonymous for 93 years. 17 December 2010
FNB, BEMA launch e-card
Known as BEMA Business E-Card, it has been described as "a multimedia marketing tool designed to expose the capability of companies established in Botswana in a visual and interactive manner, showcasing a true picture of the country's immense...
MPHO TLALE
Correspondent 17 December 2010
Consumer Watchdog
It really is spectacularly amusing and satisfying to unleash all your frustrations on someone who deserves complete contempt. That's the key thing to remember. You and I, our friends, family, neighbours and workmates, even the people you bump into on...
17 December 2010
Impact to explore for platinum at Xade
According to a statement from Impact, the agreement relates to the company's strategic alliance to explore for PGEs in southern Africa with Impala Platinum which has recognised the exploration potential at Xade. Impact is encouraged by the support...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 December 2010
Inflation steady at 7.2 percent
According to the figures, all group indices showed stable movement with changes of less than one percent between October and November. "The Clothing and Footwear group index recorded an increase of 0.9 percent, moving from 126.3 percent in October...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 December 2010
African Copper gets Thakadu licence
African Copper, which currently operates Mowana Mine about 80 kilometres from Thakadu in the north-eastern Botswana, announced on Tuesday that it had received the mining licence for Thakadu, allowing the way to start commercial mining operations with...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 December 2010
BotswanaPost-BSB merger set for March 2011
News of this is contained in the recently released BotswanaPost annual report: "As at the close of the year, the form that the merged entity will take was beginning to take shape," says the report in the Chairman's statement. "This development is a...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 17 December 2010
Firestone completes inaugural diamond tender
The tender ran from 29 November to 9 December 2010, and was attended by more than 30 diamond buyers from Belgium, Israel, India, Russia and southern Africa. The diamonds sold at the tender were from its BK11 Mine in Botswana and Liqhobong Mine in...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 December 2010
Ngakaagae: 'My learned friend' (Part 1 of 3)
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae was concluding what he had started a few days earlier. With the precision of a skilled surgeon, he slowly pulled apart Newman under cross-examination. In the sombre atmosphere of the courtroom, Magistrate Lot Moroka rested his...
17 December 2010
Fish Farming: profitability and potentials in Botswana
In fish farming, the farmer grows fish in captivity, thus necessitating the need to pay adequate attention to the health, nutrition and propagation of the fish. More often than not, the farmer's objective is profit-making, in which case the farm has...
17 December 2010
Shashemooke's bumpy road to development
Also waiting for transport to Shashemooke at the same stop, were about four other people whose appetite for booze did not require much perception to discover. Taking copious swigs from Chibuku cartons, they talked incessantly about everything...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 17 December 2010
The festive season: a time to get married
The ceremony is then taken home where celebrations begin. This has become a common trend during the festive season. Public relations officer in the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Usisinaqa Lekgoko, said that during the festive season...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 17 December 2010
Gaborone Main Mall still a hive of activity
Planned in 1963 in preparation for Botswana's independence, it is the oldest mall in the city, and is tucked in between the Civic Centre and the National Assembly. Defying the dire predictions, the Main Mall continues to be a bustling centre of...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Correspondent 17 December 2010
Botswana Post exhibition depicts postal service history
The exhibition, which is organised by the National Museum, Monuments and Art Gallery, is held at the Octagon Gallery and will be running until the end of February next year. The aim of the exhibition is to reflect on the evolution of the postal...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 17 December 2010
Ex-convict speaks of 'Spill-Die'
The mere mention of it sends shivers down the spine of inmates as this is payback time for the warders, who use it to punish obstinate and hard-to-deal with criminals. 'Spill-Die' room or Slaughter room is a small cubicle with just enough space to...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 17 December 2010
BOCFA donates to Old Naledi Children
The donation was presented to AAP Home Based Care and Family Life Programme by BOCFA Executive President, Miles Nan at the AAP Headquarters in Broadhurst. APP Home Based Care and Family Life founder member, Pastor Oupa Rampa received the donation on...
17 December 2010
Why the rich are meaner than the poor
I suppose the Tory doyens have been a bit busy of late to be browsing the current psychology journals, but had they done so, they might not have been quite so surprised. Michael W Kraus, of the University of California, San Francisco, is one of a...
17 December 2010
Our report card
It is significant, therefore, that this Office captures, some of the assignments carried out by Vice President Merafhe, as mandated by His Excellency, President Lt. General Seretse Khama Ian Khama. In essence, His Honour, the Vice...
17 December 2010
The politics of infiltration: A case study of the Manual Workers Union of Botswana
The growing wealth of the Union, despite the low pay of its members, the embourgeoisement of its employed officers, the domestication of ILO treaties, the limited success of Botswana's opposition parties, and internal divisions within the ruling...
* PNINA WERBNER 17 December 2010
Our Heritage
In fact, it was created to display the plaque recording the construction of the Batheon II Dam, which according to Main and Campbell in their Guide to Greater Gaborone, is also called the Mmakgodumo Dam. Why this dam should have two different...
SANDY GRANT 17 December 2010
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