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The 2011 Budget - another 'rich man's budget?' [Part II]
The controversial supply of the new police uniform is a good example of how the disgraced former Minister of Defense, Ramadeluka Seretse was caught up in conflict of interest and BDP activists like Macdonald Peloetletse mysteriously won...
COMRADE MOORE 01 March 2011
National budget 2011/12 - an opposition response: Part 3
I am afraid we share similar suspicions. Our view is that public enterprises that should be privatised are those that are loss-making; without any prospects of salvaging them into the black. Even then a strong case must be made...
*BOTSALO NTUANE 01 March 2011
Towards a better Botswana - A 2011/12 budget response (Part 1)
Madam Speaker, before delving into the budget speech I wish to take this opportunity to wish His Honour the Vice President General Mompati Merafhe, MP for Mahalapye West Constituency a speedy recovery from Milpark Clinic in Johannesburg where he is...
* ISAAC MABILETSA 01 March 2011
What Is the priority - growing food or homosexuality?
Lesbianism was then unheard of. If it was, it was not discussed at the same level as 'homosexuality' practiced by men. There is no telling how prevalent the practice was in reality because the practitioners were fearful of public...
01 March 2011
Selefu 28 February 2011
01 March 2011
Third parties destroy marriages
According to custimary court president, Margaret Ludo Mosojane, "A marriage is a contract between two people, to care, protect and love each other. Whenever they have problems they stick together to solve them but the moment a third person interfers...
Lindiwe Mozola
Correspondent 01 March 2011
Why men do not disclose their problems
Research shows that men hardly disclose their problems and would rather die inside than share them. It does differ according to the character of the person as well as the matter at hand. For example man find it difficult to disclose matters...
Lindiwe Mozola
Correspondent 01 March 2011
How step-children affect relationships
Many people believe that if one is willing to be in a long-term relationship with someone who has a child, be it a man or woman, they need to tell the other person whether or not they accept the child. In fact it seems some partners are taken by...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 01 March 2011
My Indian experience
I had to ask a friend who had been to India about this unknown place in the land of Mahatma Ghandi. To my surprise, I learnt that Hyderabad, which is in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is the heart and soul of the Indian pharmaceutical industry, which...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
Dukwi refugee camp: a living hell for asylum seekers?
The refugees come from countries like Angola, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Somalia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Eritrea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Most of these refugees came to Botswana fearing wars that ravaged...
Kopano Olesitse and Kunyalala Manyepedza
Correspondents 01 March 2011
Botswana fails to mark sadc health day again
Since its first commemoration in 2008, Botswana has failed to observe the day though the government says it recognises its importance. The director of Public Health, Sheenaz El-Halabi said on Friday that they are planning to mark the day though...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
Ngwigwa prepares for international glory
(The World Championships will run from August 27 to September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea while the 10th All Africa Games take place from September 3-18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique). "I finished my collegiate athletics career last year with...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 March 2011
Modipane minnows continue fairytale Coke run
When the Division Two side eliminated Happy Hearts, many attributed the win to their opponent's poor form in the First Division League. But then came Hotspurs. The Mahalapye side cannot be said to be suffering a slump because it is chasing promotion...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 01 March 2011
Regions plot revolt against BFA
The affiliates argue that the Botswana Football Association (BFA) has watched clubs such as Motlakase and Miscellaneous play their home matches away without taking action. Palapye side, Motlakase, and Miscellaneous of Serowe play their home matches...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 March 2011
Rollers wait for ECCO in Coke Cup
The two sides are scheduled to do battle in an eagerly-awaited be MOBILE Premier League match next week but now they are likely to clash before then in the last 16 of the knock-out competition. However, for the two Premier League giants to do battle...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
Backstage
Mœsica Nocturna (2007) a.k.a Night Music will be shown by the Gaborone Film Society on today (March 1) at 7 pm at the Maru a Pula School A/V Centre. It is part of a series of five films on music during March. In Rafael Filippelli's Argentina...
01 March 2011
Mosimanegape elected new BOMU chief
Mosimanegape, who was unopposed because Socca Moruakgomo did not seek re-election, was elected during the BOMU general assembly held at the University of Botswana (UB) on Saturday. The vice president (administration and operations) is Dat Crew...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 March 2011
A Eureka mixtapes for marketing Stageworks album
This coming Easter, the talented rapper and Limkwokwing University lecturer is set to release a promotional mixtape album for his music projects in circulation. The catch? He urges those who will be laying their hands on the mixtapes to...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
Quake-hit Christchurch braces for windstorm
The battered city also faced a new danger when cracks opened in a cliff overlooking suburban streets, forcing more residents to flee their homes in the wake of last Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude tremor. The aftershocks, one measuring 4.7, increased the...
01 March 2011
China evacuates 29,000 from Libya
The foreign ministry said around 2,500 Chinese citizens had already returned home and 23,000 more had been sent to Greece, Malta, Tunisia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, where they were waiting to board flights home. Another 3,400 had left...
01 March 2011
Chinese government acts to pre-empt protests
Answering questions posed by internet users, Wen addressed a range of concerns that are worrying the government, which has watched as similar issues touched off political uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. "The purpose of our economic...
01 March 2011
Malema swipes at Zuma, Guptas
Speaking at the launch of the ANC's municipal elections manifesto, at the Royal Bafokeng stadium, in Rustenburg, Malema drew huge applause when he said democracy was not for people who exploited the resources of the country to enrich themselves in...
01 March 2011
Tunisia gets prime minister, aged 84
Security forces again clashed with protesters in Tunis demanding the removal of some ministers of Ghannouchi's interim government before the premier announced his resignation. "The acts of violence and looting, the unrest and the fires on Habib...
01 March 2011
Primetime acquires G4S property
In a statement, G4S say they felt that the best return on shareholders' investment would be gained by focusing on their core business, which is the provision of security services, systems and secure logistics. The sale frees up more capital to...
01 March 2011
BIHL paid out P690m last year
Speaking at a client forum at Maun Lodge here yesterday, BIHL's Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Lesetedi-Letegele, said the company had stayed afloat in its mandate of adding value to life and providing solutions to life's challenges despite the...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 01 March 2011
Mupane gold production rises 12 percent
The production represents a 12-percent increase on 2009 figures, with the mine leveraging on gold prices that shot past the US$1, 400 mark - its highest level in history. The figures are in line with Bank of Botswana (BoB) statistics indicating that...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
As I See It
Political leaders commit faux pas occasionally due to the complexity of the game of politics. When politicians commit one faux pas after another then we are driven to despair. In dynasties, the searchlight may turn to hereditary background for...
Michael Dingake 01 March 2011
Opposition parties must wake up or else
It does not make any news anymore when the opposition commits harakiri. The opposition in the country seem to be good at scoring in their own net. In football parlance players who score own goals are called villains - and not champions - and it seems...
01 March 2011
Basarwa still waiting for water
The court of appeal ruled in favour of Basarwa on January 31, 2011 in a case in which Matsipane Mosetlhanyane and Gakenyatsiwe Mosetlhanyane were challenging a last year ruling by the High Court that denied them access to water from the Mothomelo...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
Banda fires Cabinet minister as race for MMD posts hots up
Mulongoti, who had declared interest to contest the post of party vice-president, was summarily dismissed from the cabinet and his nomination to the National Assembly revoked last week. The MMD national executive committee (NEC) weighed in and...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 01 March 2011
Tati Nickel discovers silica and acts
MATSILOJE: Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) discovered silica in its mine last year and immediately launched forces to manage it, TNMC's SHEQ Manager, Diploma Ramooki, told journalists on a media tour of the mine last Friday. "Silica can cause...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
Five people to lose their driving licences
The court found that the five had paid Moletlanyi Senai P2,500, P2,200, P3,000, and P2,500 respectively for him to use his position to favour them in the award of the licences by giving them false drivers test results. Senai was working as a Driver's...
STAFF WRITER 01 March 2011
'Jumbos' to be auctioned
The public auction takes place on March 24 and will be exclusive to Botswana registered companies, she said.She explained that the elephants would come from controlled hunting areas CT4, CT7 in Central District and NG8, NG9 and NG35 in...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
Khama explains BDP long record
He said the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has held state power for a long time because it is trusted by the people to deliver and run the affairs of the country well. He was speaking during celebrations to mark the BDP's 49th anniversary. He said...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 01 March 2011
The Winners Code
The Golconda diamond mines are situated in south central India in the state of Hyderabad. The distinguishing characteristic of the Golconda diamonds is their incredible transparency, whiteness and purity. Over the centuries, these...
George Chingarande 01 March 2011
Selefu 01 March 2011
01 March 2011
The 2011 Budget - another 'rich man's budget?' [Part II]
The controversial supply of the new police uniform is a good example of how the disgraced former Minister of Defense, Ramadeluka Seretse was caught up in conflict of interest and BDP activists like Macdonald Peloetletse mysteriously won...
COMRADE MOORE 02 March 2011
National budget 2011/12 - an opposition response: Part 3
I am afraid we share similar suspicions. Our view is that public enterprises that should be privatised are those that are loss-making; without any prospects of salvaging them into the black. Even then a strong case must be made...
*BOTSALO NTUANE 02 March 2011
Towards a better Botswana - A 2011/12 budget response (Part 1)
Madam Speaker, before delving into the budget speech I wish to take this opportunity to wish His Honour the Vice President General Mompati Merafhe, MP for Mahalapye West Constituency a speedy recovery from Milpark Clinic in Johannesburg where he is...
* ISAAC MABILETSA 02 March 2011
Third parties destroy marriages
According to custimary court president, Margaret Ludo Mosojane, "A marriage is a contract between two people, to care, protect and love each other. Whenever they have problems they stick together to solve them but the moment a third person interfers...
Lindiwe Mozola
Correspondent 02 March 2011
Why men do not disclose their problems
Research shows that men hardly disclose their problems and would rather die inside than share them. It does differ according to the character of the person as well as the matter at hand. For example man find it difficult to disclose matters...
Lindiwe Mozola
Correspondent 02 March 2011
How step-children affect relationships
Many people believe that if one is willing to be in a long-term relationship with someone who has a child, be it a man or woman, they need to tell the other person whether or not they accept the child. In fact it seems some partners are taken by...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 02 March 2011
My Indian experience
I had to ask a friend who had been to India about this unknown place in the land of Mahatma Ghandi. To my surprise, I learnt that Hyderabad, which is in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is the heart and soul of the Indian pharmaceutical industry, which...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 02 March 2011
Dukwi refugee camp: a living hell for asylum seekers?
The refugees come from countries like Angola, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Somalia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Eritrea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Most of these refugees came to Botswana fearing wars that ravaged...
Kopano Olesitse and Kunyalala Manyepedza
Correspondents 02 March 2011
Botswana fails to mark sadc health day again
Since its first commemoration in 2008, Botswana has failed to observe the day though the government says it recognises its importance. The director of Public Health, Sheenaz El-Halabi said on Friday that they are planning to mark the day though...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 02 March 2011
Drogba vows to fight for place
The 32-year-old Drogba, who joined Chelsea from Marseille in 2004, has been linked with a return to France since the arrival of Torres from Liverpool in the January transfer window. But the Ivorian, who is under contract with the Barclays Premier...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 02 March 2011
Broad returns to England practice after illness
The fast bowler suffered his second bout of illness of the tour shortly before the high-scoring Group B match against the tournament favourites and co-hosts on Sunday. Broad has made a gradual improvement, though, and was feeling well enough...
02 March 2011
Sheridan out for rest of Six Nations
The fast bowler suffered his second bout of illness of the tour shortly before the high-scoring Group B match against the tournament favourites and co-hosts on Sunday. Broad has made a gradual improvement, though, and was feeling well enough...
02 March 2011
Sports chat
Finest momentThe Botswana Premier League (BPL) and its sponsor, be MOBILE, launched a short codes service yesterday. The service will ensure soccer fans are kept abreast with the latest scores and news from their teams. This is long overdue in an era...
Mqondisi Dube 02 March 2011
Moyo lands at Gunners en-route to GU
Reports say the coach has signed a short-time deal at Gunners because he is likely to join former league champions, Gaborone United (GU), in July. GU are currently under the tutelage of Letang 'Rasta' Kgengwenyane who is allegedly aware that he has...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 02 March 2011
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