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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
Hotspurs, Satmos fight over match officials
Satmos is accusing Hotspurs of using the same officials in all the games played in Mahalapye but the Mahalapye side refutes the charge. Hotspurs' public relations officer, Dindi Ranthoka, said it is not true that officials who handle their home...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 January 2011
Women's football league to resume on January 29
The league's committee chairperson, Ishmael Mokome, said they have sent draft fixtures to teams and expect them to have approved them by Monday. He said all the first round games have been completed except for the Manana, South East Girls United...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 January 2011
Table tennis president upbeat
Mmegi Sport: You were in the previous executive that failed to deliver? What assurance can table tennis followers have that you will turn the fortunes of the sport around this time? Maabong: I think one of the major problems is that there was a high...
14 January 2011
Bakwadi ready for hectic 2011
The 26-year-old karateka completed a demanding 2010 where he was the most active national team player competing in international tournaments including the World Karate Championships, World Universities Karate Championships and the US Open. He was...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 14 January 2011
Best Premier League goals thus far
* Lawrence Majawa (Rollers vs BDF XI) UB Stadium, 22 October 2010 Majawa's goal will remain in the memories of Mapalastina die-hard supporters for a long time. The army side was giving Rollers a tough time in a game played under floodlights at...
14 January 2011
ECCO, Nico in battle of the North
Second-placed Mamoja Diskie will be looking to avenge a 3-1 loss they suffered at home against Majombolo last November. This will however prove to be a daunting task for the visitors considering Nico's impressive run at home since Toba Mothuba took...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Premier League clubs scramble for players
Although there has been minimal player movement thus far, a few big name players look set to make moves during the current window. Defending league champions, Township Rollers, may have to start preparing for life without their skipper, Joel...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 January 2011
Zebras players threaten boycott
Away from euphoric celebrations and spell-binding performances, a storm is brewing within the Zebras' camp after players threatened to boycott Wednesday's friendly encounter against Sweden in Cape Town. The players held an impromptu meeting with the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Lebanon politics in turmoil as govt collapses
The hard-won unity government of Prime Minister Saad Hariri -- son of the slain leader -- collapsed on Wednesday after months of wrangling between the premier and Hezbollah over the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The move thrust the country...
14 January 2011
Assange blasts Chinese internet censorship
Assange has enraged the United States with his site's release of leaked diplomatic cables, and the Australian's defence team believe efforts are under way to send him to the US where they claim he could face the death penalty. But China, with its...
14 January 2011
Torrential rain, mudslides in Brazil kill 257
Some survivors clung to trees to escape the water and landslides. Rescuers used heavy machinery, shovels and bare hands to dig through debris in a search for survivors on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how many people were rescued. At least...
14 January 2011
Rockets kill police in Ivory Coast
Five of the dead were police, a police source said. An AFP correspondent saw a dead security guard in the commercial capital's locked-down Abobo district. There is no end to the escalating crisis in sight. The violence came the day after two...
14 January 2011
Sudan vote turnout passes 60%
The south's secession would split Africa's largest country in two and deprive the north of most of its oil fields, though Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has said he will let the south go peacefully. Ann Itto, an official with Southern Sudan's...
14 January 2011
Illegal Zimbabweans have until August
"It is a positive move from Home Affairs to extend the moratorium on deportations," Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, head of the refugee and migrant rights programme said in a statement. "We are however concerned about the continued arrests and harassment of...
14 January 2011
India at the UN High Table
Coming in the wake of India's record margin of victory in the race for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council, this news confirms India's standing in the world and the contribution it is capable of making on the Council. With such endorsements,...
*SHASHI THAROOR 14 January 2011
Arafat Khan responds to Monageng Mogalakwe
You chose to ignore the pith of my article and rather you waged an idiotic, unsubstantiated, inflammatory and pedestrian vituperative attack on Cde Moupo and me. It is simple; you cannot answer me in substance, and it is in personal attack scoundrels...
14 January 2011
Monageng Mogalakwe got it wrong
As the political movement youth wing, we did not want to be drawn into the personal attacks between comrades in the local media. In fact, we still do not want to be engaged with other party members through the press. We have, however, been compelled...
14 January 2011
Project Syndicate
Adopted in its present form by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq's military dictatorship more than three decades ago, the blasphemy law imposes a mandatory death penalty on anyone convicted of insulting Islam. The police officer who murdered Taseer...
ARYEH NEIER 14 January 2011
Khama versus the revellers
In our maiden issue for 2011, we carried a story in which a number of revellers at several bars around Serowe complained that the President and his MP brother appeared unheralded at the joints. The revellers' gripe, which was amply corroborated by...
EDITOR 14 January 2011
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14 January 2011
Africa can ride out of food price surge this time
On the financial side, a little bit of inflation will help push up domestic debt yields in the region's frontier markets, making bonds more attractive to foreigners and thereby giving currencies a boost. But in contrast to the Food and Agriculture...
14 January 2011
Currency hitch for Shoprite growth
While growth has been strong in SA, Shoprite's stores in the rest of Africa have taken a beating from the strong rand, the supermarket group said in an operating update on Tuesday. "Due to the continued weakening of most non-RSA currencies against...
14 January 2011
Poor countries need better market access - report
The report by the International Trade Centre (ITC), a body that helps developing countries benefit from more trade, said poor countries could also boost each other's commerce by removing non-tariff barriers such as red tape that hamper...
14 January 2011
Barclays' boss says banks should not be bailed out
"It is not OK for taxpayers to bail out banks," Diamond told a Treasury Committee hearing. On bonuses, he said that Barclays "paid for performance, not for failure". The government has called on banks to pay smaller bonuses, with Deputy Prime...
14 January 2011
Chobe project poses fresh threat to Victoria Falls
This would affect foreign currency inflows for both Zimbabwe and Zambia pumped in by tourists who throng the falls annually to witness the "smoke that thunders." Botswana has notified other southern African countries of its intentions to abstract...
14 January 2011
Consumer Watchdog
We'll be doing our best to help educate Mmegi readers about food hygiene, not just at home but also how they can protect themselves when they eat out. Food safety is yet another case of Botswana having some truly excellent laws and regulations but...
14 January 2011
BEDIA excutives under scrutiny for two-timing
A statement from the Chairperson of the BEDIA board, Morago Ngidi, says the auditing exercise will start on January 17 and is expected to take at least four weeks to complete. The statement requests the public to assist in the execution of the audit...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Govt, retailers push for new fuel routes
Fuel shortages in May and December last year exposed the country's total reliance on South Africa and in particular the Tarlton Depot through which 76 percent of Botswana's annual 850 million litres of fuel imports come. Fuel shortages gripped the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Nearly 700 more could be axed in Debswana operations review
The operations review, which is meant to make the company more efficient, is targeting to offload about 1, 278 employees as the identified model of transforming the company "could not absorb all the employees at the mines". Responding to Mmegi...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Debswana to re-open Damtshaa Mine next year
Damtshaa was mothballed in early 2009 along with all other Debswana mines at the peak of the global economic recession that knocked down demand and prices for diamonds. However, Debswana's other mines - Jwaneng, Orapa and Letlhakane - were reopened...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Rising coal prices bring hope to CIC Energy, Aviva
Powered by CIC Energy and Aviva Corp, the two eastern Botswana projects were all but scuppered in November when they were excluded from a draft South African energy plan outlining that country's power purchase plans over 20 years. The two developers...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
2010 was sluggish year on the bourse
According to available statistics, at 6412.9, the DCI ended last year 11 percent lower than December 2009, year closing levels last seen in 2006. Market capitalisation (the total value of a listed company accruing to shareholders) also dropped to...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Book Review
Howard Jacobson (2010) <br>"The Finkler Question". London, Bloomsbury Publishing, Softcover edition, 307 pages, P177. ISBN 978-1-4088-0910-5. Available at Exclusive Books. "The Finkler Question" was the winner of the Man Booker Prize...
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 14 January 2011
Back Stage
"Due Date" (2010) has been showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It was released on the 3rd of November 2010 and became one of the popular critical duds of the year.It has been sufficiently popular with audiences that it has grossed over one billion...
SASA MAJUMA 14 January 2011
Shumba roars in East Africa
And they love him there. Makhirikhiri, title song from his successful debut album is a household name in Tanzania. Moses Malatela (29) popularly known by his stage name 'Shumba Ratshega' is in demand in East African countries including Tanzania,...
THALEFANG CHARLES
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
Entertainment, art and culture in 2011
EntertainmentDespite the stringent alcohol levy, the entertainment industry is thriving in Botswana. Perhaps it is worth mentioning to note that there is a new trend in the entertainment industry which has seen a good number of DJs and artists...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 14 January 2011
The day I tasted donkey meat
On the contrary, I would make an unconscious vow to myself that in visiting areas where donkey meat is rampantly devoured, I would be most careful about what I put in my mouth. To me this animal was repulsive considering that it never runs short of...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 14 January 2011
Taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive
You can hear every word the people say and as they sob around your 'deathbed' you want to scream, "I am alive!". The doctor comes through and you hear him or her pronouncing you dead. You are taken to the nearest morgue and put on a cold slab. You...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 January 2011
High blood pressure combination pill 'better than one'
A combination of drugs is better than a single one in treating high blood pressure, a UK study has suggested. The study in the Lancet involved 1,200 people and found starting treatment with two drugs gave better and faster results, with fewer side...
HELEN BRIGGS 14 January 2011
Cure for male pattern baldness could be near
This is important because stem cells (cells that are able to change into any type of cell) are important in the growth and repair of our bodies. The difference between bald and not bald scalps was that the stem cells in bald men were failing to move...
14 January 2011
Springbok, the beautiful and graceful antelope of the Kalahari
According to Wikipedia, the word springbok is derived from two Afrikaans words spring (jump) and bok (antelope). Springbok males weigh between 33 to 55 kg and females between 26 and 40 kg and they can reach the running speed of up to 80 to 90 km/hr....
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 January 2011
our heritage
The building to which this plaque refers is, if memory serves, the Crescent School hall which, as is indicated, was formally opened by Peter Fawcus fifty years ago. Fawcus should be regarded as an extraordinarily important person in this country's...
SANDY GRANT 14 January 2011
UB Psychology Clinic open to community
Mmegi: To start with, what is psychology? Lekhutile: Psychology is a broad field of human behavior. It is concerned with studying human behavior scientifically; such knowledge is applied to those who have emerged from difficult life...
14 January 2011
Celebrating my 30th birthday in East Africa
Jesus Christ of Nazareth was baptised at the age of 30 and began his public ministry that included performing miracles at that age. He was later betrayed by Judas Iscariot for 30 pieces of silver. In Roman numerals, the number thirty is represented...
THALEFANG CHARLES 14 January 2011
The case against military intervention
From all indications, the actions of these international actors are based on two precarious grounds - as though the fact of Laurent Gbagbo's despicable conduct amounts to an unconditional justification for any form intervention; and as though the...
14 January 2011
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