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Mogogi missing in Super Sport defeat
The Pirates' goal came very late in injury time as Thulasizwe Mbuyane handed the Buccaneers the win, which sees the top three of the league now separated by just two points. Mamelodi Sundowns lead the way with 27 points, Kaizer Chiefs are on 26, and...
10 January 2011
Chiefs drop points
A resistant Notwane side managed to hold marauding Mochudi Centre Chiefs to a 1-1 draw in a pulsating be-MOBILE Premier League encounter played under floodlights at the UB stadium on a cool Saturday night. The first 20 minutes of the game were...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
David Bright hands leadership to rivals
Zebras' goal minder Modiri Marumo is also the goal keeper at Bright's club. Bright started the year with a goalless draw with 4th placed side, Carara Kicks, but Thanda won big on the day, beating Blackburn Rovers 4-1 while the rest of the...
10 January 2011
Peril hold Tafic
Tafic looked determined to revive their campaign after losing to Nico United just before the Christmas break, playing interesting short passing footing ball spiced with some fancy footwork but the minnows kept their cool. Lally Oabile should have...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Santos fight back to hold Motlakase
Motlakase new coach, Oris Radipotsane was not a lucky man on that day. Just when he felt they have wrapped up the game, his boys messed it up. Motlakase was leading 2-0 at half time and increased their tally to three, after the break. But...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Now 4 gold medal girl wants Bots citizenship
The talented four gold medal winner has not competed outside the country before despite her exploits. As Botswana kept powerhouses Mauritius, Zimbabwe, and South Africa at bay in the team championships, Botswana's U-14 girl, Jenny, told Sport...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Nandos hit 4 as Rollers Fly
As the man nicknamed Nandos slotted four past TASC, his compatriot man Onalethata Tshekiso also found the back of the net in the drubbing. The absence of Rollers' captain and speedy winger Joel Mogorosi and their first choice goalkeeper Kabelo...
Mogomotsi Buzwani
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Nico hold Gunners
Nico United recovered twice in both halves to get a point from Extension Gunners in their be-MOBILE Premier League match played at the new Lobatse Stadium on Saturday. The visitors who started the game with four former Gunners' players in their line...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Bots hosts the World Universities Debating Championships 2011
The students came from over 200 universities. In Botswana the event was organised by a committee chaired by Justice Motlhabani, who has been debating for 12 years. Most recently he convened the second Pan-African Universities Debating...
Sheldon Weeks
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Elizabeth, Tshepang, try again for My Star season 5
In the title track, Jeff has bounced back in a unique and refreshing fashion that could make those who thought kwasakwasa is dead, rethink their decision. After enjoying the limelight in his first two and a half years in the local music circles,...
10 January 2011
Jeff Matheatau is back with thula mabota
In the title track, Jeff has bounced back in a unique and refreshing fashion that could make those who thought kwasakwasa is dead, rethink their decision. After enjoying the limelight in his first two and a half years in the local music circles,...
10 January 2011
Talking Musika
In the second decade of the 21st century, it will be important for cultural workers to reckon with the reality of the increasing momentum towards the creation of a 'one world' culture driven by advanced technology and knowledge. Botswana has failed...
Rampholo Molefhe 10 January 2011
Soul Food
hello everybody and welcome back after a few weeks of some 'tough' rest and relaxation! Hey talk about some reckless abandon with food and all things festive! Now that reality of work has hit and we're all back and ready to face another year ahead -...
Boitshepo Giyose 10 January 2011
Ntsoro beat the blues with Keone Mooka Mageu contract
During the festive season and after, Ntsoro, also Mokaragana presenter has been touring Jwaneng, Molepolole, Gaborone, Serowe, Phikwe, Franistown, in an activation programme intended to market Keone Mooka Mageu's three flavours of plain, cream ...
10 January 2011
My star show 2011 line up new presenters
The two new girls were present at the this year's auditions in Tlokweng where over 100 aspirants queued up for the 2011 edition of the tv show. However, Thabiso was seen at the same venue, looking like he had a role to play. No changes in the...
10 January 2011
Magosi rock Ghetto at back to school party
The festive season seemed to be still in the air in Ghetto looking at the mood from the entertainment lovers and the number of people who thronged the Back To School night party. Remembering those years back while still at secondary schools, many...
Mogomotsi Buzwani
Correspondent 10 January 2011
My Money
In the past we have discussed different investment allocation strategies and how best to maximise your investments to protect them from erosion by external factors such as inflation and market fluctuations. While many people have deemed this useful,...
Olebile Makhupe 10 January 2011
Facebook report 'reveals profits'
Reports say the document, sent by Goldman Sachs to its clients, shows that Facebook made a net profit of $355m (£230m) on revenues of $1.2bn in the first nine months of 2010. The paper also reportedly showed the firm is seeking to raise...
10 January 2011
De Beers unaware of Anglo buyout 'plot'
James Wyatt-Tilby, spokesperson for Anglo American, one of the world's largest mining companies, told I-Net Bridge that the company would "not comment on this speculation". De Beers spokesperson Tom Tweedy also called the report "speculation", as...
10 January 2011
G20 must act to stabilise food prices - Zoellick
"The answer to food price volatility is not to prosecute or block markets, but to use them better," Zoellick wrote in an opinion piece in Thursday's Financial Times [last week] urging G20 leaders to put access to food at the top of its agenda. "By...
10 January 2011
Smaller SACU members should cut expenditure - IMF
In a newly released report by the IMF African Department called 'In the wake of the global economic crisis: adjusting to lower revenue of the Sacu in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland', the IMF noted that fiscal adjustment within the BLNS to...
10 January 2011
IDI to set up diamond institute in Botswana
Thanks to the joint action plan worked out between India and African Union (AU), the Central government has zeroed in on IDI to facilitate the setting up of the India-Africa diamond institute in Botswana. IDI, established in the diamond city in...
10 January 2011
CEDA appoints Thamane new CEO
Thamane replaces Thapelo Matsheka who left the Agency for Aon Botswana in June last year after 10 years of service. Since June 2010, Thamane has been responsible for the operations of CEDA as the Deputy CEO (Operations), a position that was...
Business Reporter 10 January 2011
Businesses more bullish in 2011
The Business Expectations Survey (BES) shows 67 percent of businesses expect that conditions will be more favourable in the first half of 2011 while 73 percent of respondents believe the whole of 2011 will have improved conditions. "Notably, the...
Brian Benza
Staff writer 10 January 2011
Etcetera II
Welcome back to those who went away - that is if you are back; and the very best of the New Year to those who stayed here to maintain essential public services, especially during those two extra holidays. The statement issued by the DPS Media...
Sandy Grant 10 January 2011
From football to fascism in Russia
Images of rioting, fascist-minded thugs have dominated TV broadcasts. The violence began following an ordinary conflict between two small groups of young people over a taxi. One group consisted of young people from the Northern Caucasus, the...
10 January 2011
Issues In Education
Botswana, like many other countries that have signed the UNESCO's commitment of Education for All, is committed to providing basic education to all its people. The country's education system runs two systems of national assessment at primary...
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S.Weeks 10 January 2011
Health Chat
Yes and no. Carrots will not improve your vision if you have less than perfect vision and indeed carrots will not restore a blind person's vision.However, the vitamins found in carrots will help promote overall eye health. This vegetable...
Kiran Bhagat 10 January 2011
The Winners Code
Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister during World War II. By all accounts, he was a remarkable man. However, he was a heavy drinker and his demeanor under the influence of alcohol was not always honorable. A story is told...
George Chingarande 10 January 2011
Let's obey road rules
What is worrying though is that people continue to lose lives on our roads. One death is one too many and here we are talking about 35 lives lost. The police and other stakeholders such as the Department of Roads and Safety and Motor...
10 January 2011
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10 January 2011
Ganetsang sheds off 44kgs
Hers' was no ordinary goal. She had to shed off a massive 44 kg of weight to get back to an ideal Body Mass Index (BMI). During the 12 months she dropped down six sizes from 48-36. Narrating her inspiring story to The Monitor on...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Motswaledi speaks...
The Monitor: This year, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) will be celebrating its first anniversary, what future do you foresee for the newly formed party? Motswaledi: I see the dawn of a very bright future punctuated by humility, hard-work,...
10 January 2011
How marriage celebrations have evolved
It is no longer an undertaking that the community perceive a marriage union as 'their' project where they can contribute in cash or kind to ensure its success. Monthusi Sethora deposits that, "In the past a marriage celebration was one of the ways...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Car wash causes Council headaches
Businessman, Buti Vos, has accused the council of sabotage of his car wash because they allow unlicensed operators to compete with him. This is done in the eyes of the authorities, he alleges. Things turned worse recently when the council bye-law...
Dirang Lekuntwane
Correspondent 10 January 2011
The baganne family hardships
I am accompanied by Baboki Ludo Moalosi, the branch manager for BBS Selebi-Phikwe, who has been instrumental in the donation of food worth P1, 800 to this poor family. Children are running all over the yard and seated in front of the one-roomed house...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Jannie, the veteran broadcaster
He started with Radio Botswana in 1983 and has only ever worked for the electronic media in his life. When he joined Radio Botswana, which was then the only radio station in the country he was just fresh out of high school. Jannie was born and bred...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Storm sweeps away P38m
Most homes in the village are submerged in water after the heavy downpour last week. Speaking to The Monitor, one of the residents, Dikeledi Ngwepe, who stays a stone's throw away from the foot of the hill says she has never experienced floods in...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Kopano house plot leased out
The plot, located in front of the Kilimanjaro shopping complex in Phiring has been let to some individuals who are running a car wash business, by the BNF. The party acquired the plot in the 1980s to build the party headquarters to be known as...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Boteti farmers claim 'rip-off'
A group of farmers in the area who preferred not to be named said tractor owners in the area have been charging them P100 per hectare. The tractor owners are paid under the Integrated Support for Arable Agriculture Development Programme rolled out...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Rape increase puzzles Police
Officer Commanding District Number 10, Senior Superintendent Takongwa Mazwiduma, revealed that during the 2010 festive season, five cases of rape were recorded in Selebi Phikwe. He said women who are targeted usually walk unaccompanied at night. He...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Wildlife won't compensate Moroka for lion wounds
The De Beers boss survived a ferocious lion attack at his farm in Kgalagadi, after the wild cat tore into him with claws on the body and left arm, while he was tracking the lion with four others on his farm. But the wildlife official also says the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Molokomme to replace Seretse?
At the top of the unconfirmed reports was that Attorney General, Atalliah Molokomme, will be appointed Minister of Defence, Justice and Security. The ministry has been running without a minister since Ramadeluka Seretse resigned six months ago. The...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Over 19 900 to boycott CKGR's wilderness safaris
SI has launched a petition, 'Don't swim while Bushmen Go thirsty' and over 19,900 travellers around the world have been signing the petition to boycott travelling to tourism destinations owned and run by Wilderness Safaris which has headquarters in...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Seragi stays at GCC
Seragi fought against her transfer to the Kweneng District Council last year. Seragi appealed to the authorities who upheld her appeal. She has been at the helm of GCC since 2008. At the time of her impending transfer, Wadza Tema was appointed...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
72- year -old farmer robbed
According to Marcelo Acquet, a Belgian-born man who stays alone in his Matopi farm along the old Matsiloje Road, said that on December 29 last year, around 2pm, a man entered his farm and asked for water. He showed him the tap. After drinking water,...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 10 January 2011
Motswaledi to go back to UB?
Motswaledi's property, which includes two vehicles, furniture and other things was put under the hammer last year after he lost a case against president Ian Khama and the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). Now his BMD supporters are...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
The year Facebook changed the political scene
The year 2010 will be remembered as the year when social networking site, Facebook, changed our political landscape as it was adopted by political organisations and leaders to communicate better with their audiences at critical times. Facebook...
10 January 2011
Selebi-Phikwe bids farewell to 2010
This year was a haven of activities, economic, political and social ones. Through the culmination of this year's activities the town has made its presence known in all circles. This year's political activities were characterised with drama and...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
Will 2011 see closure to the Bakgatla case?
Across the land, people talked admiringly of Kgafela, the human rights lawyer who would quit his job as a lawyer and part owner of a thriving law firm. There was the question of how Kgafela could dump his well-paying job for the 'peanuts' that...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 10 January 2011
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