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A model for SACU ?
These studies are meant to provide inspiration and information to Botswana policy-makers as well as businessmen and show how successful and industrious businessmen have managed to overcome the many known challenges of operating a...
09 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 09 March 2011
The budget of rhetoric and paradox: Economic development versus political expediency
But without clarifying what economic development means in the context of Botswana, bearing in mind its unique challenges and competitive advantages, the budget falls short of identifying practical interventions through which the economy will be...
*JOWITT MBONGWE 09 March 2011
Towards a better Botswana - a 2011/12 budget response Part 2
I support government's efforts to attain this national goal but differ on the modalities of attaining it. However the BNF is extremely concerned that government is still employing the same old strategies and schemes of poverty eradication that have...
*ISAAC MABILETSA 09 March 2011
The global democratic revolution: a new stage
The epic events across the Arab world in the first months of 2011, diverse and many-sided as they are, can be understood as a single episode: the latest phase in the worldwide democratic revolution which has been remaking the world since the 1980s....
09 March 2011
Sports chat
Finest momentThe women's volleyball team did the nation proud when they booked their place at the All Africa Games after qualifiers held in Durban, South Africa, last week. The achievement was made sweeter as qualification was achieved at the expense...
Mqondisi Dube 09 March 2011
Fighters revive women's side
The Fighters' management has tasked Justine Mmereki, who was in charge of the men's development team, with reviving the women's side. Mmereki told Mmegi Sport in Gaborone yesterday that he has 16 players and needs 14 more before the team could be...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Zebras' advance party leaves for Chad
BFA technical director, Sonnyboy Sethibe and BFA National Executive Committee (NEC) member, Eatametse Olopeng, left Gaborone to the West African country to inspect the facilities. BFA chief executive officer (CEO) Judge Mookodi said on their return,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
BoBA cuts interclub competitions
The association has been holding 17 interclub tournaments annually but decided to trim them to 15 at their Ordinary General Assembly in December. "We have never had a recess like other sporting codes in our calendar and this decision will enable us...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Power failure leaves G-West revellers fuming
The power cut occurred at around midnight when nightlife was just about to reach its zenith. Usually people frequent the nightclubs at midnight after other drinking joints in the city are closed. The two joints, Grand West and Satchmo's Jazz...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 March 2011
Alcano releases debut album
Like many young Batswana who are passionate about music, Alcano had to do everything possible to realise his dream. Alcano said that he had to go through tough times, but eventually managed to release his debut CD Poo Dipobe, a kwaito genre with...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Slizer charms Zim revellers
"Music is a universal language that bridges cultural gaps and brings people together. With pride we have observed that our local language, Shona, is quickly becoming a favourite of many international artists with Tswana songstress Slizer (real name...
09 March 2011
Controversial Brand Botswana deal pays Vee P363,000
He is the only musician engaged by the Brand Botswana officials in their tour of over 100 villages and towns since the festive period last year. When Showbiz sought to know how much the musician was being paid for last year's job, Brand Botswana...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Somali rebels on verge of collapse: President
Troops backed by pro-government militia took two towns from the Islamist group, which claims ties to al Qaeda, in fighting on Monday, said President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, clad in the military uniform he has worn since the government launched...
09 March 2011
Illiterate Aussie sues State
The Victoria state education department said it was defending the claim made by a Year 10 boy from Melbourne, who cannot be named for legal reasons, after details of the case were reported by the ABC, Australia's public broadcaster. Lawyers for the...
09 March 2011
'Let's talk' - Gaddafi
The UN said more than a million people fleeing Libya, and those still in the country, needed humanitarian aid. It said conditions in the rebel-held town Misrata were particularly worrying following attacks on it by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi....
09 March 2011
No justice for killings, torture in Zim: Human Rights Watch
The 40-page report, Perpetual Fear: Impunity and Cycles of Violence in Zimbabwe, examines the lack of justice in several illustrative cases of political killings, torture, and abductions by government security forces and their allies during and after...
09 March 2011
Today's workspace
It focuses on two aspects, namely; the referral of a dispute regarding termination of a contract of employment (thus claiming reinstatement, compensation or such), and what is termed condonation. Clause 7 (2) of the Trade Disputes Act of 2004...
Joseph Masango 09 March 2011
Indians still eager to secure Mmamabula
CIC Energy, the Canadian firm that since 2006 has been pushing MEC, is on the verge of being taken over by JSW Energy, giving the Indians control over 1.9 billion tonnes of coal available for extraction. However, the takeover was put in doubt a...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Study to extend BCL life beyond 2023 starts
This follows a scoping study completed last June that suggested additional resources of 31.5 million tonnes could push the copper and nickel operation for another 12 years. A positive outcome of the study would be good news for mine workers and...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
As i see it
It is overdue. Expectations are that it will be kick-started by Parliament then taken to all the stakeholders outside Parliament, the clerics, workers, ethnic entities including the most down-trodden Basarwa, business community, academics, farmers,...
Michael Dingake 09 March 2011
Project syndicate
You might suspect that such a country is either phenomenally rich or on the fast track to fiscal crisis. After all, rich countries in Europe have increasingly found that they cannot pay for university education, and are asking young people and their...
Joseph E. Stiglitz 09 March 2011
Too few to claim victory
It may sound overly sentimental when people ask what this world would be without women. Yet, when you ponder this for a minute, you will realise that there is a mother in Botswana who does not know what her children will have for dinner tonight. But...
09 March 2011
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09 March 2011
Our heritage
Admittedly the Kimberley Hole is huge - and is arguably the deepest and largest man made hole in the world - 17 hectares in extent, 463 metres wide, 175 metres from the top to the surface of the water and then another 40 metres to the bottom. ...
Sandy Grant 09 March 2011
Grannies prove "Age Ain't Nothin"
And the grannies, hexagenarians and all, did prove that "Age Ain't Nothin," as the event was dubbed. At the end of the walk, Dr Dorcus Mompati of Tati Riverside Clinic said women in particular should fully engage themselves in exercise and watch what...
BARATI MATHAMBO & LINDIWE MOZOLA
Correspondents 09 March 2011
Elections, a cornerstone of democracy
It is also an honour for Botswana to host the 5th Global Electoral Organisation Conference taking place for the first time on African soil. By bringing together election experts from all over the world under one roof, the GEO (as the...
* PRESIDENT IAN KHAMA 09 March 2011
Women still endure violence - Tshireletso
Khin-Sandi Lwin was speaking at the International Women's Day Celebrations held in Metsimotlhabe to mark a century of celebrations under the theme "Equal Access to Education, Training and Science and Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
BDP top brass tackle Phikwe mayoral issue
Delegates at the meeting held in Bosele Hotel included BDP chairman, Daniel Kwelagobe, national treasurer Satar Dada, Boteti Member of Parliament (MP), Lebonaamang Mokalake, BDP executive secretary, Dr Comma Serema and member of the NCC, Neo...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Khama could face challenge from within
Sources inside the party say some members are disgruntled at the President's call for a compromise instead of election for party positions, as the latter is the root of a vibrant democracy. The BDP is to hold its congress in July. The...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Form Four admissions out
A statement released by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development in Gaborone yesterday says the number represents a transition rate of 61 percent, an increase of 7 percent from last year. In the statement, principal public relations officer,...
STAFF WRITER 09 March 2011
Opposition has learned from unity failure -Mpotokwane
Mpotokwane, who has been reappointed convenor for the current talks, says he hopes this time around political parties will be able to avoid the problems of the past. The founder member of the Committee for Strengthening Democracy in Botswana,...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
The intension was to kill Kalafatis
State prosecutor Ambrose Mubika said during cross examination of the first accused Dzikamani Mothobi that if they wanted to arrest John Kalafatis, they could have done so as they were presented with numerous opportunities to do that. Mubika said if...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Banks to handle bursaries
The government is so determined about this move that authorites intend putting it into practice by the end of this financial year. The Minister of Education and Skills Development, Pelonomi Venson Moitoi said this in Parliament when presenting her...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
Wanted man arrested in Ramotswa
He was arrested at a house in Ramotswa at around 4pm and taken to the local police station and later transported to Gaborone Maximum State Prison. Known as Botsi, the man slipped from an armed detail of police and prison officers after he asked to...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 March 2011
A model for SACU ?
These studies are meant to provide inspiration and information to Botswana policy-makers as well as businessmen and show how successful and industrious businessmen have managed to overcome the many known challenges of operating a...
10 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 10 March 2011
The budget of rhetoric and paradox: Economic development versus political expediency
But without clarifying what economic development means in the context of Botswana, bearing in mind its unique challenges and competitive advantages, the budget falls short of identifying practical interventions through which the economy will be...
*JOWITT MBONGWE 10 March 2011
Towards a better Botswana - a 2011/12 budget response Part 2
I support government's efforts to attain this national goal but differ on the modalities of attaining it. However the BNF is extremely concerned that government is still employing the same old strategies and schemes of poverty eradication that have...
*ISAAC MABILETSA 10 March 2011
The global democratic revolution: a new stage
The epic events across the Arab world in the first months of 2011, diverse and many-sided as they are, can be understood as a single episode: the latest phase in the worldwide democratic revolution which has been remaking the world since the 1980s....
10 March 2011
Our heritage
Admittedly the Kimberley Hole is huge - and is arguably the deepest and largest man made hole in the world - 17 hectares in extent, 463 metres wide, 175 metres from the top to the surface of the water and then another 40 metres to the bottom. ...
Sandy Grant 10 March 2011
Grannies prove "Age Ain't Nothin"
And the grannies, hexagenarians and all, did prove that "Age Ain't Nothin," as the event was dubbed. At the end of the walk, Dr Dorcus Mompati of Tati Riverside Clinic said women in particular should fully engage themselves in exercise and watch what...
BARATI MATHAMBO & LINDIWE MOZOLA
Correspondents 10 March 2011
Elections, a cornerstone of democracy
It is also an honour for Botswana to host the 5th Global Electoral Organisation Conference taking place for the first time on African soil. By bringing together election experts from all over the world under one roof, the GEO (as the...
* PRESIDENT IAN KHAMA 10 March 2011
Women still endure violence - Tshireletso
Khin-Sandi Lwin was speaking at the International Women's Day Celebrations held in Metsimotlhabe to mark a century of celebrations under the theme "Equal Access to Education, Training and Science and Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Red card killed game for Arsenal, fumes Wenger
"We would have won that game," the Arsenal manager said after Van Persie received a second yellow card for kicking the ball away after the whistle had gone. "I felt that Barcelona gave a lot in the first half of the game but in the second half we...
10 March 2011
Bantsi voted regional athletics body boss
Bantsi was elected to the top regional post in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday. "I am very happy and proud of myself and my country," Bantsi said. Bantsi won convincingly after securing votes from 12 countries while his opponent, Ellias...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Satmos claim sabotage as GNT match is aborted
Satmos spokesperson Mpenzeni Sambandawe told Mmegi Sport that there is a plot to deny his team promotion to the Premier League. He said they were shocked when GNT after the pre-match warm-up refused to handover the line-up but instead left the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Tswapong leadership crisis looms
Radipotsane was handed his letter of suspension by BFA chief executive officer (CEO) Judge Mookodi in a meeting attended by 10 clubs in Palapye on Tuesday. His ban means that the region will remain without a leader as former vice chairman, Boyce...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Nu Face lands on the modelling scene
Young men and women with a passion for catwalking and posing for glamorous pictures now have an option as the owner of this new company sounds optimistic about changing the face of the industry. But it still remains to be seen how Ralph Mosotho will...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Ex-apprentice Trinity releases album
Last Thursday there was a preview of the acclaimed album at Satchmo's Jazz Cafe' in Gaborone West. Judging from the music lovers' response, Trinity seems to have struck the right note. The 10-track album features hits like Selabe,...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 10 March 2011
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