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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 13 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 13 January 2011
Our heritage
Leading national personalities are regularly shown on Btv and pictured in the Daily News whisking aside a small curtain to reveal a plaque which records that they had laid the foundation stone or performed the formal opening of some...
SANDY GRANT 13 January 2011
Stroke recovery boosted by a course of Prozac
Researchers discovered more improvement in movement and greater independence after three months in patients taking the antidepressant (also known as fluoxetine), compared to placebos. The Lancet Neurology study was based on research on 118 patients...
13 January 2011
Rocky exoplanet milestone in hunt for Earth-like worlds
Measurements of unprecedented precision have shown that the planet, Kepler 10b,has a diameter 1.4 times that of Earth, and a mass 4.6 times higher. However, because it orbits its host star so closely, the planet could not harbour life. The...
13 January 2011
Reds plan 10m bid for 'new Walcott'
The 17-year-old son of the former England international Mark Chamberlain has made only 14 starts for the League One club but is regarded by many at Southampton, and Liverpool's scouting department, as a better prospect than Theo Walcott was at the...
13 January 2011
Ajax keen on Dirang Moloi
next season following unconfirmed reports that Ajax Cape Town are keen on signing the Zebras' midfielder. Moloi, who joined the Absa Premiership debutantes early this season, has been outstanding for the club and his ingenuity has not gone...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 13 January 2011
EMG Gunners out to reclaim lost crown
EMG lost the title to Gaborone Hogs last season but are eager to reclaim the crown they won for the first time in 2009. Gunners' coach, Neal Gouws said he gave his players a training programme to follow to keep them fit before the season...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 13 January 2011
Police XI clobber BMC
BMC were the first to draw first blood in the 19th minute when defender, Ompemetse Molapo headed in a Mosimanegape Ramohibidu corner kick. But Ezinkomo should have scored in the first minute when right back Tshepo Maikano sneaked in and set up...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 13 January 2011
BVF moves to curb transfer wrangles
The transfer window opened on January 5 and will close two weeks before the second round begins. The date for kick-off of the second half has not been finalised. BVF vice president (Technical), George Keotsene, said the new electronic system will be...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 13 January 2011
Judge orders Michael Jackson doctor to stand trial
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor found that enough evidence exists to bring Dr. Conrad Murray to trial for the "Thriller" singer's death in June 2009, due principally to an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. "I order the...
13 January 2011
6000 crowd at Mascom Booster Bash, says organizer
Held at the Lion's Park in Gaborone the grand event was dubbed a success although revelers had problems with transport to ferry them home at the end of the celebrations. The same organizers held a similar event on January 1 2011, at the Orange farm,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Miss Millennium donates to Moshaneng family
Hirschfeld said she will be handing over household utensils that include a mattress, stove, pots and food to the Moshaneng family that is headed by an old woman who takes care of 24 grandchildren. Last Christmas she donated groceries and...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 January 2011
Yarona FM appoints Mr. O acting manager
Speculation has been rife that the man who started his Radio career with RB2 more than ten years ago has risen to the top post, following the departure of Dumi Lopang, who has been at the helm for seven years. In their press release, the station...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Sudan's north mourns as south looks to split
Southerners are deciding their future this week in a referendum agreed as part of a 2005 north-south peace deal ending a civil war that had simmered since 1955 with the loss of some two million lives. Jubilation and celebrations in the south over...
13 January 2011
Cameroon presidential hopeful quits ruling party
Paul Abine Ayah, a parliamentarian for the CPDM party since 2002, said he received text messages and phone calls threatening his life since announcing in December he would try to displace Biya as the CPDM candidate for the polls. "Fearing for my life...
13 January 2011
Nigeria ruling party vets three presidential hopefuls
President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and veteran politician Sarah Jibril, the only female aspirant, were vetted one-by-one in closed-door sessions at the party headquarters in Abuja. The panel - which has the power to...
13 January 2011
Oil steady above $89
US crude for February CLc1 gained 1c to $89,26 a barrel by 05:33 GMT after trading as high as $89,67 at the start of the trading session. Front-month ICE Brent crude LCOc1 shed 18c to $95,52. The pipeline is planned to reopen later this week,...
13 January 2011
Australia Floods to buoy coking coal prices by a third
Australia's Bowen Basin coal district, the heart of its coking coal industry in Queensland state, is slowly emerging from floods, which have now raced south, but recovery has been slow, with one Queensland coal port closed and two...
13 January 2011
100 jobs on the line as Bolux shuts biscuit plant
The company, which is based in Ramotswa, says the decision will affect at least 100 jobs and that it will explore all possible alternatives to support them. According to the company, which is a major employer in Ramotswa and its environs, the...
STAFF WRITER 13 January 2011
Fuel shortages to continue till March
Fuel shortages have gripped the country since the festive season because of maintenance shutdowns at some South African refineries and reduced operational capacity of the Durban-Gauteng fuel pipeline. To plug the gap, government released 11 million...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Sudan vote to herald break up of African state?
The Sudanese vote has implications for all of Africa, signalling that the borders drawn by colonial cartographers are no longer sacrosanct. Some fear it may spur the balkanisation of the continent. "The referendum in Sudan could have a domino...
13 January 2011
Project Syndicate
LONDON - President Hu Jintao will travel to the United States for his third official visit as China's leader on January 19. It may be his last before he hands over power to his apparently designated successor, Vice President Xi Jinping, in 2012 -...
CHRIS PATTEN 13 January 2011
Domkrag must introspect as it celebrates
The party that was founded by Seretse Khama celebrates its 49th anniversary with his son Ian Khama at the helm. As an institution - a strong at that - the BDP has stood the test of time and won the confidence of Batswana at every turn. The...
EDITOR 13 January 2011
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13 January 2011
Understanding the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire
The problem arose only because the constitutional council subsequently ruled against certain poll counts in Ouattara's strongholds in the north of the country, for alleged election irregularities. But the council's credibility is suspect. Before the...
DR ABASS BUNDU 13 January 2011
Thousands flee homes as Australian floodwaters rise
Thousands of Brisbane residents were stockpiling food and stacking sandbags or fleeing their homes yesterday as the worst floodwaters to hit Queensland for 50 years surged towards Australia's third-largest city. Many people in the state capital,...
13 January 2011
The era of 'owned by China'
Li's procurement extravaganza will end with a low-carbon flavour in Watford today as Vince Cable gives the 150-strong Chinese delegation a tour of a sustainable housing community. This will bring to a close a four-day visit to the UK, on a trip which...
13 January 2011
Kgosi Malema was elected through votes, claim Babirwa
It became clear that Malema was elected as kgosi rather than ascended through automatic succession as is the norm in this country as far as traditional leadership is concerned. Babirwa did not mince words as they battled to establish the proper...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
31 fired for asking for a raise
According to a spokesman of the group who was employed as a driver, they were fired on January 5 when they reported for work. "We were denied bonuses at the end of last year," he said. "We then wrote a letter requesting salary increments. The...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 13 January 2011
BNYC logo to change
In an interview with Mmegi this week on Monday, acting BNYC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng, said they have decided to re-brand the BNYC logo to make it more attractive. He said at the moment, the BNYC is only known for the controversies surrounding...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Magistrate orders investigations
The prosecutor must investigate all complaints raised by Thapelo Simon at the Francistown Prison and report back to the court on February 21, the court ordered. Simon told the magistrate that he is afraid of his safety inside prison because he is...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 13 January 2011
80 student teachers turned away for school fees
The students say they were barred from hostels and classrooms for failure to pay the required P2, 173.35 per term in tuition fees. One student says management would not accept anything less than the full amount. "Not even P2000," the student told...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
BMD fails to save Motswaledi
In an interview with Mmegi yesterday (Wednesday), BMD interim vice-chairman Botsalo Ntuane said they have been receiving contributions but have still not met the target. "We are meeting tonight as ExCo (executive committee) and we will hear from our...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
More rains expected as season ends
"An updated seasonal forecast for the last part of the rainfall season thus, January to March indicates that the country is expected to receive normal to above normal rainfall," said Thabang Botshoma, the Acting Director of Department of...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Dow pleads for postponement
Dow, a former high court judge, made the application before justices Dr Seth Twum, Stanley Moore and Craig Howie. "I was only appointed three weeks ago as such I did not have sufficient time to study the record and prepare for the matter", Dow...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Intrigue in the defence of the Kalafatis Four
Military intelligence sources say BDF corporals Dzikamani Mothobi, Goitsemang Sechele, Ronny Matako and Boitshoko Maifala have developed mistrust for the military hierarchy and want to chart an independent legal course. The four soldiers are accused...
STAFF WRITER 13 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...
13 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 13 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 13 January 2011
Venson-Moitoi, not up to the task
Gape gone, does the new law allow officers to participate actively in politics? Kana ke a bo ke lathegile gape, kwakwakwakwakwakwa. A. Hei, batho, lo mpolaelang? Have a good day. I know I will!!" - October 18 status on...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Kalafatis suspects come to court
However the Kalafatis case, through both public pressure and the work of the family lawyers Dick Bayford and Duma Boko, has come to be a sort of test case for all extra-judicial killing cases. Kalafatis was killed execution style by suspected...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE 13 January 2011
No single man will ever be that powerful
"But it should have been perfect. But in the end, we f*^&d it all up. It should have been so sweet too. But it turned out to be the last time that street guys like us were ever given anything that f@#$in' valuable again," so recalls...
13 January 2011
In 2010, formal education was a mess
They are yet to realise that education is the real diamond that all leaders should combine their efforts to develop for it is education that is truly forever. It is still a mystery to all as to why the 23 employees at the Department of Tertiary...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
BMD and how it changed the political scene
Before 2010, Botswana's political turbulence history, so to speak, was in the splitting up of the Botswana National Front that gave birth to parties like the Botswana Congress Party, which has now become a formidable party on the political...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 January 2011
Mancini paves way for fringe players to leave Manchester City
Mancini has already said Edin Dzeko will probably be the only new face arriving at City during the transfer window, so most of the attention around City this month is set to be on the players who will leave. Wayne Bridge was first man out yesterday...
14 January 2011
Preparations for athletics meet receive boost
Botswana will host the prestigious athletics meet from May 12-15 in Gaborone and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) is upbeat that preparations are on course. There were worries towards the end of last year that the National Stadium may not be...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 January 2011
BNSC to change awards venue
The 31st edition of the event will be held at the Fairgrounds after problems were encountered during last year's broadcast of the event. BNSC spokesperson, Chris Nkwe, said with the introduction of live broadcast, they experienced space problems at...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 January 2011
Lack of funds ground basketball side
Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) technical director, Mothusi Thipe, said the team was in camp from January 1-10 preparing for the championships before the association realised that there were no funds to send the squad to the competition. "We...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 14 January 2011
BNOC secures P400,000 for volleyball
Part of the money will be used to prepare the team for the Olympic Games. The BNOC said this was part of its effort to give teams as much support and preparations as they possibly could. BNOC said in a statement said it would continue to look for...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 January 2011
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