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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...
16 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...
16 February 2011
National budget 2011/12 - an opposition response: Part 1
We trust the Vice President is well on his way to full recovery, and at this hour, we join the entire nation in prayers for him. Let us also congratulate the Acting Vice President Hon PHK Kedikilwe on his appointment to the second office of state. We...
* BOTSALO NTUANE 16 February 2011
Transition in Egypt: temptations that need to be resisted
The final destination of this transition still seems to be democracy, but the former term is not always accompanied by the latter; the reference to variable time scales according to local conditions and the warnings against chaos favouring the advent...
*EBERHARD KLENLE 16 February 2011
A&E wards are for the critically ill
An emergency service in the health sector of any country is critical and Botswana is no exception. It is for this reason that government has instituted emergency measures in health facilities to address emergency situations. These...
16 February 2011
The challenges and fears of a youth
FRANCISTOWN: Some nights are better than others and some mornings and afternoons are just as I wish them to be. No day goes by without my wondering why I still stand alone like a lost sheep, and in my heart, I am like a secant. In my thoughts, I am...
Barati Mathambo
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Youth debate budget in Francistown
The youth got the platform at a budget review meeting set up by BOCONGO and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Francistown. The first youth to speak was Goabaone Chwene, a lay counsellor from the Lutheran Church. He wasted no time in slamming the...
Patricia Maganu-Edwin
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
The epitome of poverty
For the past five months, she says she has not been paid her old age pension, which she uses to support her seven children. Two of her three sons are disabled while her four daughters live in Sekokwe village. Of the seven grandchildren she stays...
Maitseo Mololwane
Correspondent 16 February 2011
As i see it
Uppermost in the minds of many Batswana is the anticipated unity/cooperation of opposition parties to defeat the BDP. After more than 40 years in power the party has become moribund, it is no longer able to drive renewal of the country's democratic...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 16 February 2011
Our heritage
I want to deal with the heritage of the environment because there have been two recent articles in Mmegi which especially tweaked my interest. Both dealt with mining, the first described the extraction of sand in the Kumakwane area and the request of...
SANDY GRANT 16 February 2011
After Mubarak: What's next for Egypt?
The lessons for the authorities in Cairo echo those learned too late in Tunis: cracking down on dissent is not so easy when social network sites and citizen bloggers can gain a global audience in a matter of days. But how does Egypt's low-profile...
16 February 2011
Volleyball side to play Kenya in friendly
Kenya should provide stiff competition as they are ranked number two in Africa, four places above Botswana. Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) president, Daniel Molaodi said they had initially identified an unnamed country for build-up matches but...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Young Zebras host Mozambique
The Young Mambas arrive in Gaborone today aboard a chartered plane and will leave immediately after the game.The Under 23 team qualified for the next round of the Olympic qualifiers and will have to eliminate Egypt to progressto the next round. They...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Lessons for Arsenal before Barcelona tie
Champions League 20 Apr 2010Much is made of Jos Mourinho's ultra-defensive approach to the semi-final second leg against Barcelona last year but Inter did actually lose that game and, but for a poor decision from the referee in the final minute,...
16 February 2011
BFA, Double Action resolve sponsorship tiff
BFA chief executive officer, Judge Mookodi, said that they held meetings with representatives of league's sponsors AT & T Monnakgotla to sort out the issue. He said the association will hold meetings with other teams that have individual...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
Mogorosi free to face Rollers
Mogorosi was cleared to play for Chiefs after claims that he belongs to South Africa powerhouse, Orlando Pirates. The Players' Status Committee (PSC) ruled on Monday that Mogorosi is free to join Chiefs from Rollers. Mogorosi's move to Chiefs hit a...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
BOCAIP gives married couples Valentine's Day treat
The married couples, specially invited for the early Valentine's Day dinner bankrolled by National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA), were also urged to keep the home fires burning in good or bad times. BOCAIP project manager in Francistown,...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Ramasedi keen to help change youth's mindset
Speaking to Showbiz after her Valentine's Day themed talk show on Monday, Ramasedi said the show has proven to have positive influence, especially on the youth who are the most affected by social ills. She said she is currently looking for sponsors...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 16 February 2011
MAD and Mokaragana come to Phikwe
This is part of Mayor Lekang Mokokomani's continued efforts to help diversify the town's economy. Mokaragana will be hosted in Selebi-Phikwe for the first time ever on February 18, which will also make it the first time the show will be hosted...
SEGOMOTSO KGOMO
Correspondent 16 February 2011
BBA Season 6 registration underway
The winner will walk away with US$ 200,00.This time around those who are interested in representing Botswana in the BBA House will be required to complete an entry form, according to MultiChoice Public Relations Officer, Tshepo Maphanyane. The entry...
SEGOMOTSO KGOMO
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Dibetsa aim to shoot like a cannon
Although it is always important to stay positive about one's chances of success, there is also the reality that success does not come easy and sometimes you need more than just hard work and good luck to make it. Their debut album, which is...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Zim cops seize Tsvangirai's cars
The move is likely to escalate tension between Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party at a time when the coalition parties and political rivals are trading blame for a spate of violent clashes...
16 February 2011
US request for Twitter account details 'outrageous': Assange
"This is an outrageous attack by the Obama administration on the privacy and free speech rights of Twitter's customers - many of them American citizens," Assange said in a statement on Monday, a day before a US hearing in the case. The US...
16 February 2011
Tunisia flee the country
More than 5 000 illegal immigrants have recently washed up on Italy's southern islands - an unintended consequence of the "people's revolution" that ousted autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and inspired the uprisings in Egypt and beyond. European...
16 February 2011
Military urges halt to strikes gripping Egypt
The orders came after the elderly generals now ruling the country met some of the young Internet activists who triggered the revolt against Mubarak, reportedly promising a referendum on a new constitution within two months. European...
16 February 2011
SPTC councillors adopt budget
Addressing a special full council meeting last Friday, Ketshogile urged stakeholders to understand the economic situation the country is facing. He encouraged councillors to come up with means of doing more with less. He indicated that there is still...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
BOCCIM Youth Expo to promote young entrepreneurs
The youth expo will be held between March 24 and 26 in March in Francistown under the theme 'Accelerating Youth Entrepreneur Contribution towards Eonomic Diversification Drive'. Northern Regional Manager for BOCCIM, Eileen Van der Est, said that the...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
Search continues for Lerala mine investors-PHK
The minister said all the 160 employees of the mine have been paid their severance dues. "We have been advertising the mine and we hope that we will conclude negotiations with a possible buyer so that it can start operating. But the information I...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
When every door closes on you!
In the midst of all these confusion there is fear of failure. When things are beyond one's control some call for a power beyond them because as humans we have limits to what we can do about some of our life's circumstances. I wish to share my story...
NDABA NKOMO 16 February 2011
Of ignorance, shallow analysis and a nefarious ideological agenda
For the benefit of your readers, I would like to cite some examples of this ignorance. The Zimbabwe Global Political Agreement (GPA) of 2008 was proposed, negotiated and agreed from the beginning to the end by the three Zimbabwe political parties...
*MUKONI RATSHITANGA 16 February 2011
Strike exposes "soft underbelly"
All things being equal, this should merely be a headline in the "international" section of a newspaper. However, Botswana's precarious economic set-up means a strike within a section of the South African workforce portends trouble and deserves more...
EDITORIAL 16 February 2011
The future of Africa depends on the quality of its governance and leadership, says Kofi Annan
Speaking on "The Future of Africa" at the Sheldonian Theatre, Annan: Hailed the new wave of optimism taking hold, with Africa once again being seen as a continent of opportunity - the last emerging investment frontier. Called Africa's younger...
16 February 2011
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16 February 2011
Seventy-two year-old businesswoman dies in accident
According to reports, the woman, who runs a catering service in town, was driving her Isuzu bakkie to work at 6am when she hit a stationary truck by the Tatitown bridge. The truck had had a breakdown the previous day. Before she could reverse, a...
LINDIWE MOZOLA
Correspondent 16 February 2011
BDP councillor shoots wife dead
Palapye Police Station commander superintendent, Kenneth Masilo confirmed the incident. "Yes we registered such a case last Sunday. It involves a councillor who shot his wife on Sunday." The station commander stated that they are still carrying out...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
Vote BDP-Bagayi
The call was made by the BDP campaign leader Benjamin Bagayi who reminded the electorate that February 26 is election day and it is only through their vote that they can get the right candidate in power who will ensure that their concerns are...
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LUCKY RAKHUDU
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Private attorney sues state for P265, 000
Monyothwane, who is represented by Morris Ndawana, is claiming P250, 000 for wrongful arrest and imprisonment and P15, 000 for loss of income. Testifying before Judge Justice Moses Chihnengo yesterday, Manyothwane indicated that he had lost close to...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Father meets face-to-face with daughter's alleged killer
Molefhe Mamapilo met with former Broadhurst police officer Tirafalo Motswasele before Justice Isaac Lesetedi yesterday. He told the court that on the day of the alleged murder, he was not present at home and only arrived moments after the incident...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
SA strike threatens fuel, retail chains
Already, the strike has put pressure on imports of fuel and supermarket products in Botswana. Over the weekend, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) and three other unions downed tools demanding a 20 percent salary increase...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 16 February 2011
BPP and BCP in joint launch of candidate
Launching the BPP candidate, the party vice-president, Motlatsi Molapisi praised the BCP for its gesture of support and expressed hope that this show of solidarity would continue. He urged the people of Shashemooke to vote for Silent Tlale of the...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Customary Court of Appeal endorses mandatory stock-theft sentences
The week-long hearing of appeal cases by the CCA also covered Mahalapye where it reviewed nine cases involving 15 convicts. "In this case, only one appellant was released for insufficient evidence," said Kgosi Christopher Masunga, the President of...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 16 February 2011
Stanchart introduces GPO Financing for SMEs
The bank says the new product, called GPO Financing, will enable SMEs to deliver orders to the government without necessarily having to provide any security or collateral to the suppliers as the bank will cover in that aspect. After obtaining a GPO...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 17 February 2011
Project syndicate
RIGA - It should surprise no one that many in Latvia view the sale by France of fully-equipped assault warships to Russia with grave concern. Other European Union member states seem to be looking increasingly towards Russia as a potential purchaser...
Imants liegis 17 February 2011
Know your labour rights
Abensentism: The employee is always absent from work. The pattern of her absenteeism is Mondays and Fridays syndrome. Her sick notes reveal an encyclopedia of minor ailments obtained from the doctors. The employer on enquiry establishes...
Mpho Ngwato 17 February 2011
Govt fails test in computer system maintenance
The Department of Transport and Road Safety (DTRS) has gone a step further by taking some of their services to Post Offices and this has reduced congestion. The unfortunate thing though is that the DTRS computer system at the Post Offices is...
Editor 17 February 2011
Selefu 17 February 2011
17 February 2011
F/town residents 'shun' Valentine's Day
On the day, February 14, a mention of the phrase, 'Happy Valentine's Day' to most residents of Botswana's second city elicited a subdued smile, a shake of the head, a lackadaisical wave of the hand, or a mischievous comment like: "So...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 17 February 2011
Gosta (Gus) Nilsson (1928-2011)
It is more than appropriate therefore to record our debt to him in this particular column. Gus was born in Southern Sweden and died on Saturday at the Gaborone Private Hospital, aged 82. Gus gained his first degree, in horticulture, in Sweden, then...
17 February 2011
Maoka student wins essay competition
Tumisang Tereke participated in the competition last year when she was doing her form three at the school and wrote an essay under the topic "How savings can improve individuals quality of life and how banks can help." Under the coaching of her...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 February 2011
Uncollected identity cards total 23,033 raises concern
Siele said they will soon introduce a penalty where people will pay a steep price for losing their Omang card. "Perhaps it will be P100," he said. The minister has also revealed that to date they have issued 78,484 e-passports, while 3,651 remain...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 17 February 2011
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