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Project Syndicate
BRUSSELS - We had almost given up waiting for them, but then they came in a quasi-clandestine form. German Chancellor Angela Merkel did not announce her ideas for eurozone reform in a formal speech or in a statement before her peers. Rather, she...
Jean Pisani-ferry 23 February 2011
The 2011 Budget - another 'rich man's budget?' (Part 1)
All indications are that the Budget Pitso was only a political gimmick. More still needs to be done to democratise the formulation of the budget. In line with the principles of transparency and accountability much more budget information needs...
COMRADE MOORE 23 February 2011
An economy at crossroads: which way now?
This adversely affected the demand for our diamonds, the main source of revenue for Botswana. Declining diamond revenue resulted in deficit budgets, something that has not been a feature of the Botswana economy for many years. We paid a...
DUMELANG SALESHANDO 23 February 2011
Baobab trees survive Kavimba Gate
When the road was constructed it then brought some questions to both the contractor and the residents of Kavimba as to what was going to be done in order not to damage the gate, as the new road could not fit in the original two trees. That now left...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Denying Basarwa water is lack of Botho
The San contend that although the highest courts in the land had ruled that they have the right to live within the reserve, the government appears to be reluctant to help bring them amenities, which makes life difficult for them. History will show...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Are Bazezuru marriages arranged?
Bazezuru women are identified by their long, white dresses as they move about selling their wares, which can be anything such as mangoes, nuts and maize. The men on the other hand are identified by their long goaty beards.Bazezuru men specialise in...
MAITSEO MOLOLWANE
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Sir-Wonder Masebola: A pedagogue of distinction
FRANCISTOWN: His full names are Sir-Wonder Jeconiah Masebola. True to his first name, the man rose to show wonders as he went up the ladder of authority without a hitch. Masebola was born in 1960 in Semolale Village in Bobirwa. He has walked the...
KEABETSWENEWEL
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Power emanates from the people
However, this is not the first time that the BDP has opted for a compromise list instead of an open election.Observers are wondering what could be the justification for the apparent 'state of emergency' in the BDP this time around. After the split in...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Kgosi Sechele I Museum keeps its head above water
Like every Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), the museum depends on donor funding. However, donors have been hard to come by, since Botswana was declared a mid income country in the mid 90s. But lack of funds has never deterred the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 23 February 2011
The tree of football at the heart of Gaborone
At the Gaborone Main Mall, they meet every weekday under the Mopipi in the square in front of Melodi Restaurant, Electrodata and Furnmart to discuss the game. They have been meeting here since the early 1980s. Men of all status and every profession -...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
My language, my pride
Speaking in a telephone interview ahead of the commemoration of National Languages Day, Dr Ndana Ndana said that a language policy that recognises all languages would be an important starting point for the preservation of languages. Ndana said...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Orapa station a bittersweet remedy
The new power station is a peaking plant, meaning the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) will tap into it as and when available capacity dips - essentially the Orapa station exists to eliminate the need for load shedding. With national peak demand...
EDITOR 23 February 2011
Afrika: The other side of the coin
The international Western media was given the go-ahead for its continuous mauling of Gbagbo and Mugabe and a host of other senior African leaders. Similar to the Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has a...
UDO W. FROESE 23 February 2011
Sport Chat
The netball community gave the late Gonewamang 'Killer' Mosalakatane a fitting send-off. Hundreds of sports people braved a wet Saturday morning in Molapowabojang to attend Killer's funeral. People from other sports disciplines turned up to pay their...
Mnqondisi Dube 23 February 2011
BSA delays in appointing chief umpire
At some point, umpires downed tools to protest against his leadership. However, when he resigned, Majase denied there was bad blood between him and the umpires. He said he was leaving because of family commitments. But a few months later, he joined...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Zebras secure Namibia friendly
The Namibian newspaper says that the Namibian Football Association (NFA) secretary general, Barry Rukoro, has confirmed the date of the match to be used by the two countries to prepare for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers on March...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Back Stage
Food, Inc. (2008) was shown yesterday at the Gaborone Film Society, 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. Robert Kenner's documentary is about how the food we eat may have been created. One consequence of industrial food is an obese nation...
Sasa Majuma 23 February 2011
M-Net to hold BBA 6 auditions for Gabs
In addition to accepting paper entries, M-Net has confirmed that it will also run open auditions in the different countries so hopefuls who did not get a chance to submit paper entry could have one last chance to bid for the new season. The open...
STAFF WRITER 23 February 2011
Motswana icon stages Cape Town jazz festival 'coup'
The festival, which attracts jazz enthusiasts from all over the world, is scheduled for March 25 - 26. Citie, who graduated with a music degree from a South African university, will be among top international artists performing at the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Miss Botswana organisers hopeful for TV show
They hope the series would give viewers an insight into what the critical factors in the making of a beauty queen, besides branding the pageant, are. The production would then be filmed on a partner television network, the organisers said at a media...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
New Zealand quake kills at least 65
"It is a just a scene of utter devastation," Prime Minister John Key said after rushing to the city within hours of the quake. He said the death toll was 65, and may rise. "This may be New Zealand's darkest day," he told TV One News. It...
23 February 2011
Australia cyclone shuts iron ore ports, oil and gas facilities
The closures have brought shipments of iron ore from the world's largest exporting nation to a near-complete halt until the storm passes and ships can return to loading berths, which could take days, according to port officials and...
23 February 2011
Europe fearing influx of immigrants
With thousands fleeing from Tunisia to Italy in the past 10 days after a revolution ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, European governments reacted with anger and dread after Libya warned that it could suspend its cooperation in retaliation for the EU's...
23 February 2011
Mugabe unlikely to be swept from power
His election plans have angered impoverished Zimbabweans and led to clashes between supporters of the ruling ZANU-PF party and those of the Movement for Democratic Change, formerly the main opposition, now his uneasy coalition partner. The...
23 February 2011
Gaddafi defiant in face of mounting revolt
Gaddafi's forces have fought an increasingly bloody battle to keep him in power, with fighting spreading to the capital Tripoli and local residents saying warplanes had bombed the city. In his first address since the protests started last week, he...
23 February 2011
Tati Nickel hands over project facilities to VDC
According to the company's Public Relations Officer, Tebogo Rapitsenyane, the project will be handed over on Saturday in Matshelagabedi. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dorcas Makgato-Malesu, will perform the official handing over ceremony. "The...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Today's Workspace
Trends show that hardly a week passes by without a report on work space stakeholders having locked horns over some issue. Most of them eventually reach some agreement. However, whether or not they eventually agree, some end up with...
Joseph Masango 23 February 2011
A VAT threshold could discourage FDI - Matambo
However, they are required to pay withholding tax on the services they provide and that collecting the tax is the duty of the recipient of the service or employer. Answering a question in Parliament, the Minister of Finance and Development Planning,...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Govt injects P70m for cheaper, faster Internet
EASSy is an undersea fibre optic cable connecting more than 16 east and southern African countries. The cable has high-speed data capability, allowing for faster Internet services to the participating countries. Live in Botswana since December, the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Project Syndicate
A "strongman" who cannot keep order in the streets is of no use to anyone. Whether "democracy" will ensue is much more dubious. Judging on the basis of Pakistan, and much of the rest of the Muslim world, periods of (corrupt) civilian rule will...
Robert Skidelsky 23 February 2011
The 'Jasmine Revolution' and the Nigerian nightmare
That "moment of madness" that later picked momentum originated in the sleepy town of Sidi Bouzid. There, a young man named Mohamed El-Bouazizi paid the supreme price in a courageous attempt to say "enough is enough." An Abuja-based labour...
EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE 23 February 2011
Selefu 23 February 2011
23 February 2011
A revolution can't be stopped
For a long time many countries in North Africa and the Middle East had remained impervious to democratic change and we were told that there are some states that cannot be democratic. Political gurus and senior politicians of the West even coined an...
23 February 2011
Grandfather attempts to rape grandchild, 6
Tutume police station commander, Superintendent Vusimusi Jorowe confirmed the incident and said that the incident occurred at 8pm last week Thursday when the young girl was sent by her parents to give her grandfather his supper. Jorowe said, the...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Nare joins BMC
He joins BMC with immediate effect and was expected to conduct his first training session yesterday afternoon. "I can confirm that Chico has joined [BMC]. He signed a one-year contract and our intention is to finish in the top-eight this season. We...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Our heritage
My assumption is that the three hills shown in the distance are Modipe and the two Odi hills and that the photo is therefore taken looking north. It is however difficult to work out where Mr Bottomley was standing when he took the photo because he...
Sandy Grant 23 February 2011
Man acquitted of unlawful possession of arms
Justice Moses Chinhenengo ruled against the state, saying it did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that the arms indeed belonged to Seakoko. "Although the law does not require the accused person's explanation to be true, it wants the state to prove...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Cresta employees get 15.5% pay hike
In addition, they have secured another five percent increment which will come into effect at the end of July, BHTTWU executive officer, Nicholas Motiki has said. "We are happy with the outcome of our negotiations because management has finally...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Malema to hold fort until retirement
A recent indoor meeting made a decision to retain Kgosi Mmirwa Malema as chief until he retires in 2014. The recent indoor meetings between the claimants to the throne and the Bamangwato delegation that was led by Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane and his...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
New Testament Kalanga Bible out
"The NT has been well received by the communities and now we are busy with the translation of the Old Testament (OT). It was important that we start with the NT because we live in the New Testament times. The NT Kalanga version of the Bible is now...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Defence counsel recuses himself from murder case
Pro-deo counsel Jost Isaac made an application before Justice Modiri Letsididi that he part ways with one Mpho Kgoberego stating that they are differing in many issues to do with the case. Mpho Kgoberego and his brother Lethametse are both facing a...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Batswana urged to fully utilise govt services
Molefhi pointed out that Botswana is the only country among both developing and developed nations that still provides free education up to tertiary level. He also dismissed rumours that tenders are only awarded to BDP members, saying that tenders are...
LUCKY RAKHUDU
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Customary Court of Appeal to hear 31 cases in F/town
"We will be listen to 19 civil and 12 criminal cases from Francistown and surrounding areas," said CCA President, Kgosi Christopher Masunga. "The CCA presides over appeal cases from January to December. During the months of February and March, we...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 23 February 2011
Kubara's property to be auctioned
The auction follows the 2010 Lobatse High Court ruling in favour of Italtswana Construction Company (ICC). The properties belong to Munhumutapa African Broadcasting Corporation (MABC), which is owned by Kubara. The National Broadcasting Board (NBB)...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Ministry postpones polio immunisation campaign
The campaign was scheduled to start this weekend but has been put-off indefinitely. A press release from the ministry said the immunisation campaign has become necessary after reports of a polio outbreak in Angola. The disease is reported to be...
STAFF WRITER 23 February 2011
BMD's student organ quits UB opposition coalition
The organs have been working on a strategy to fight next month's UB Student Representative Council (SRC) elections as a bloc. With the BSMD out of the race, it means only the Mass-BNF, an organ of the Botswana National Front, and the University of...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Meeting with DPSM divides unions
While the Trainers and Allied Workers Unions (TAWU) and the Botswana Government Employees Union (BOGOWU) are confident that negotiations have started in earnest, five public service unions are still adamant that prospects of success are not good. The...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Tempers flare in Seretse's case
The case was scheduled to resume on Monday but was postponed to yesterday after Regional Magistrate Barnabas Nymadzabo indicated that he was not ready to proceed with the matter. Seretse is in the dock for failing to declare his interest in a company...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 February 2011
Project Syndicate
BRUSSELS - We had almost given up waiting for them, but then they came in a quasi-clandestine form. German Chancellor Angela Merkel did not announce her ideas for eurozone reform in a formal speech or in a statement before her peers. Rather, she...
Jean Pisani-ferry 24 February 2011
The 2011 Budget - another 'rich man's budget?' (Part 1)
All indications are that the Budget Pitso was only a political gimmick. More still needs to be done to democratise the formulation of the budget. In line with the principles of transparency and accountability much more budget information needs...
COMRADE MOORE 24 February 2011
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