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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...
01 February 2011
Lebanon heads for lengthy political deadlock
That is about the last thing that is likely to happen, and everybody knows it.Assuming the situation cannot be retrieved - and it has gone so far that it is hard to see that happening - Lebanon is clearly in for a lengthy period of political deadlock...
*JIM MUIR 01 February 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 01 February 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...
01 February 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 01 February 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 01 February 2011
Technology highjacks language
It sounded all too familiar. Somewhere out of the blue, Parliament and journalists now appear to have adopted the Americanism 'State of the Nation Address' to refer to the speech that the President of Botswana makes when the house opens, three...
01 February 2011
The BPP golden jubilee that was never celebrated (Part 2)
The Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) demanded racial equality and opposed the awarding of business licences along racial lines where only the whites benefited. It was also worried that the civil service was full of whites from apartheid South Africa and...
01 February 2011
Masturbation works!
Some people discovered it when they were children, while others are introduced to it through friends. Some read about it. The Internet also gives information. Wikepedia defines masturbation as "the sexual stimulation of a person's genitals, usually...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Facebook: the ultimate people finder?
A questionnaire posted on Facebook shows that users of the forum are quite impressed with the social network, as they seem to have found people they never thought they would see again. On the responses, most people seem happy with the way they keep...
Patricia Maganu
Staff Writer 01 February 2011
Gerald Estates gives ex-squatters decent homes
Like all urban areas the world over, Francistown had become a magnet to rural immigrants because it offered employment and informal sector opportunities and therefore a better life for the former rural dweller. The slow process of land allocation as...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 01 February 2011
School boy smoking:a cause for concern!
This disturbing sight continues to taint the social environment as more and more boys are drowning in this pool of smoking culture. For Khabo Phineas, "This sorry sight and epidemic is not helped by the fact that the society seems not to treat it as...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Culture of graffiti slowly gaining ground!
This culture is slowly gaining ground in Botswana society. Spray markings that commonly appear on road signs and culverts bear testimony to the presence of this culture in our society. To an ordinary man such markings would not make sense and can be...
Ike Vavi
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Nyangabgwe emergency ward: torture
Entering the ward, one would at first be hit by an unwelcoming environment of a hot atmosphere and an unfriendly smell. A throng of patients would also be sympathetically awaiting assistance, some of them looking as if they are awaiting death, hair...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Murray craves 'normal life' after crushing Australian Open defeat
What celebrities - reluctant or nakedly ambitious - struggle to understand is that they are not "normal"; otherwise they would not have to explain in the middle of the night where it went wrong and where it might be put right. It went wrong in the...
01 February 2011
Rollers maintain tight grip
The leaders snatched a vital 1-0 victory over city rivals, Gaborone United (GU) on Saturday night, which put them eight points clear of second-place ECCO City Greens. Rollers seem to be on course to winning the league twice in a row, a feat last...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 01 February 2011
Hunda, Police XI deny rift
There was speculation that the Zimbabwean coach had walked out in protest after management decided to reinstate players he sidelined for indiscipline. Isaiah Mogwadi sat on the bench against TAFIC and recalled defender, Ndiyapo Letsholathebe but...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Defaulter claims, near fight mar Satmos win
However, Satmos' celebrations were dampened following allegations that the club had fielded a suspended player. The Mahalapye team is convinced that Satmos' Tafadzwa Zombe was not eligible to play on Saturday after his two yellow cards against...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO & CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondents 01 February 2011
Pirates threaten to scupper Mogorosi deal
The winger last week signed a new two-and-a-half year deal with the Kgatleng giants before his former club, Township Rollers, made claims that the player was on loan from Pirates. Pirates' administrative manager Floyd Mbele said yesterday that any...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Fergusons to star in new M-Net soapie
The names of the cast members will be announced as they sign their contracts, and M-Net confirmed that well-known and popular television couple Connie and Shona Ferguson will play two of the lead roles in this groundbreaking television...
01 February 2011
New Idols Judge!
Metro FM radio personality, recording artist, songwriter and African Renaissance woman Unathi Msengana has been confirmed as a new Idols judge. Unathi will be judging wannabe stars alongside Idols veteran Randall Abrahams, opinionated jock Gareth...
01 February 2011
Emma's globe-trotting mission continues
Both Emma and the Miss World 2010 queen Alexandria Mills of the USA have charity works lined up in Hong Kong (China), Malaysia, the Phillippines, Australia and Singapore, amongst others in 2011. During their world tour the queen's visit some schools...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 01 February 2011
Morwalela TV drama impacts on lives
Her job is to talk to students about a range of issues that may affect them like alcohol abuse, gender-based violence and high risk sexual behaviours. Segolame encourages students to identify the links between the subject being discussed in the...
01 February 2011
Orange River farmers hold breath as water rises
"We are worried. Very worried. The dams upstream are full due to many days of heavy rainfall in Gauteng and other provinces. This water has to be released. According to the forecasts more rain could be on the way," said Coetzer Hanekom of the Die Mas...
01 February 2011
'We have powers to cause fatal road accidents'
Such revelations came to the fore last week through established gospel television programme 'Siyakudvumisa' where these teenagers confessed before thousands of viewers of their involvement in what they coined 'devil worshipping'. A follow through on...
01 February 2011
Facebook's Zuckerberg meets his movie, TV impersonators on SNL
Zuckerberg joined actor Jesse Eisenberg during an opening monologue of Saturday Night Live. The two said they had never met before, and engaged in some awkward banter played to full comic relief. Eisenberg played the Facebook founder in...
01 February 2011
US military brass talk with Egyptians
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has talked by phone this weekend with Egyptian Defence Minister Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, as well as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, according to Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrel. Also, Egyptian Lieutenant...
01 February 2011
Egypt's Mubarak opens door to talks with rival political parties
According to a transcript of his comments to leaders of his new government read on state-run Nile TV, Mubarak acknowledged what he called "peaceful demonstrations" as well as grievances about the economy. Thousands of protesters have hit the...
01 February 2011
AU summit focuses on Cote d'Ivoire
African leaders have begun talks in the Ethiopian capital to reach a common strategy on resolving Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis and tackle other continental trouble spots. More than 20 heads of state and governments were present at the opening of...
01 February 2011
Violence grips Nigeria
The incidents, reported by police on Sunday, were the latest in a cycle of violence in volatile central Nigeria, where religious rioting has killed scores in recent years. "Thirty-five people have been killed in sectarian violence in Tafawa Balewa...
01 February 2011
Tunisian leader returns from exile
More than 1 000 people gathered at the main international airport to welcome the leader of al-Nahda as he returned from the UK on Sunday, after the interim government pledged to allow his party and other movements banned under the rule of now ousted...
01 February 2011
Egypt protesters vow to step up pressure
Police have been ordered back to the streets, to positions they abandoned on Friday, but it is not clear whether they are returning to central Cairo. The demonstrators are also planning a huge march to take place on Tuesday. Protesters want...
01 February 2011
Swamped Australia braces for monster cyclone
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, a monster storm brewing on the Coral Sea, "may well be one of the largest and most significant cyclones that we've ever had to deal with". It is on track to reach category four out of...
01 February 2011
Tsvangirai warns of mass uprising
Tunisian strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was recently forced to flee the country after weeks of protests against his iron fist rule. His Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak was also forced to reshuffle his cabinet yesterday as his country who for...
01 February 2011
South Sudan referendum: 99% vote for independence
A total of 99.57 percent of those polled voted for independence, according to the referendum commission. Early counting had put the outcome of the ballot beyond doubt, indicating Southern Sudan had secured a mandate to become the world's newest...
01 February 2011
Mandela rests at after hospital treatment
Doctors say he responded well to treatment and his condition is stable. The 92-year-old is still being monitored by medical staff at his home in Johannesburg. Mandela was a political prisoner for 27 years but emerged to become the country's...
01 February 2011
Bulls return to BSE after Christmas lull
The mainstream Domestic Companies Index (DCI) inched up a further 1.15 percent to 6,820.30 points after trading firmer on each trading sessions during the week, catapulting the year-to-date gains to 6.35 percent. After trading on thin volumes during...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 01 February 2011
Diamond demand peaked in November - CSO
The recently released data confirms industry expectations of a high demand for diamonds in the last quarter of the year as cutting and polishing firms positioned themselves for Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year holidays. The Chinese New Year...
STAFF WRITER 01 February 2011
President Gasbag
Obama surely instructed his speech writers to capitalize on his successful outing to the memorial in Tucson, where he gave a speech that essentially reprised the campaign rhetoric of 2008 that got him elected in the first place. The result in...
ALEXANDER COCKBURN 01 February 2011
Project Syndicate
CAMBRIDGE - China's current-account surplus - the combination of its trade surplus and its net income from foreign investments - is the largest in the world. With a trade surplus of $190 billion and the income from its nearly $3 trillion portfolio of...
Martin Feldstein 01 February 2011
As i see it
Survival International deserves a standing ovation for sending the government pack away with tails between the legs and an egg on their hydra face. The BDP may be in government and hogging the limelight as a shining example of democracy in the...
Michael Dingake 01 February 2011
lying is bad PR!
Last week, the government denied that the VP was ill and brushed aside all suggestions that he may be so as a figment of the imagination. He only went to Bokamoso Hospital for tests, it said. However, barely 12 hours later, the VP was airlifted to...
EDITOR 01 February 2011
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01 February 2011
Frogs re-evolved lost lower teeth
The reappearance of these lower teeth after such a long time fuels debate about whether complex traits are lost in evolution or if they can resurface. Scientists suggest this new evidence identifies a "loophole" in previous theories. The...
ELLA DAVIES 01 February 2011
Why men deny paternity?
The information is then communicated to the parents of the culprit. If the paternity is not contested, the parents of the woman demand reparations, in the form of money or livestock or both, from the parents of the man. Problems arise however...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Armed robbers hit Francistown
Assistant Superintendent, Isaac Bojang said the assailants stole the couple's Toyota Corolla valued at P45,000. "The car was found at Blue Town location, stripped of wheels, battery, starter and most engine parts," he said. He said cases of armed...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Artificial pancreas could save lives during pregnancy
Hormonal changes during pregnancy coupled with diabetes make regulating sugar levels difficult, which can have damaging consequences. The Diabetes Care research shows an artificial pancreas can keep sugar at normal levels. Diabetes UK, which funded...
01 February 2011
BMD calls for value-added products
The BMD rally was a response to calls for the party to start interacting with voters in the region explained Shadreck Nyeku, chairperson of Francistown region. Thanking Batswana for their financial support in his legal problems with the Botswana...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 01 February 2011
Opposition parties criticise Motsumi move
To the opposition, the move might be aimed at instilling stability into the ailing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). They accused President Ian Khama of putting the interests of the BDP before the interests of the nation. Government announced last...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 February 2011
DRC govt reluctant to pay Botswana haulage firm
The Windhoek-based SADC Tribunal ruled in favour of the Botswana company, Bach's Transport, and ordered the DRC government to compensate it. However, instead of paying the court-ordered damages plus interest, the DRC a lodged an appeal, saying the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 01 February 2011
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