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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...
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
Winnie Mashaba to launch NthiNthie's debut album
The artist is Ontiretse Zuma Bakaile, 27, known passionately as NthiNthie. Titled Mogatsaka, the album was released last December at the 4 Four Folds studios. NthiNthie told Showbiz that he signed a contract with the South African gospel vocalist in...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Umlilo DJ descends on Bull N Bush
DJ Tira, real name Mthokozisi Khathi, is famous for his brand of kwaito vibes, known as Durban House, which has been ruling the dance floors of Mzanzi and the rest of the world, thanks especially to hit tracks likes Umlilo, released in...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Molema's multimedia theatrical show on at Maitisong tonight
Molema, who holds Masters in Multimedia and Theatre, tells Showbiz that she is buzzing with happiness that finally she is having her own show, and own aesthetics. "I'm so excited that here is my own show where I put my own visuals into the imagery...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
'Botswana must use its beautiful women to market itself'
Sekgwa was speaking after the first Miss Universe Botswana 2011 auditions held in Gaborone over the weekend. He told Showbiz that Botswana has tried other methods of marketing itself to the international community that have failed, but Batswana...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Offshore quake brings small tsunami to Japan
The tremor struck late on Wednesday morning, about 10 kilometres below the Pacific seafloor. The epicentre was about 160 kilometres offshore and 430 kilometres northeast of Tokyo. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the east...
10 March 2011
Yemeni army storms university, wounds 98
The army on Tuesday stormed the Sanaa University campus hours after thousands of inmates rioted at the central prison in the capital, taking a dozen guards hostage and calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down. At least one prisoner was...
10 March 2011
Doctors follow Libyan rebels
The battle against government forces was back on. A tiny clinic built mainly for foreign workers at this oil facility has turned into a front-line field hospital for the rebel army. Volunteer doctors from across Libya's east have replaced the long...
10 March 2011
US warns Zim over Iran nuke co-operation
State Department spokesman P J Crowley said the US was troubled by recent statements from Zimbabwe's foreign minister that United Nations sanctions on Iran are unfair and hypocritical. He said Zimababwe would be violating its international...
10 March 2011
Presidential hopeful offers vision for 'new Egypt'
A popular career diplomat and former foreign minister, Moussa announced last month that he plans to run in Egypt's presidential election later this year. Former President Hosni Mubarak was forced out on February 11 after 18 days of popular...
10 March 2011
Diamond exports rose 40 percent in January
Botswana exported P20.81 billion in diamonds last year, representing an all-time high in pula terms and signifying the industry's strong rebound from a collapse lasting approximately 15 months. In US dollar terms, Botswana exported US$3.01 billion in...
STAFF WRITER 10 March 2011
Walvis Bay dry port to cost P70m
Yesterday, Transport Hub Coordinator Thapelo Leareng told a National Strategy Office meeting that the documentation put before Cabinet was required to guide the development of the dry port. Following consideration by Cabinet, the ministry is...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Enhance freedom of speech before criticising others
The protestors are killed in large numbers despite being unarmed. Indeed this is callours and should attract criticism from all corners of the world. Botswana is one of the first countries to condemn the Lybian government pointing out that peaceful...
10 March 2011
The invisible hand behind Libya unrest
I agree with those who say Gadaffi must go and give other Libyans a chance to run the country. The unfortunate thing is that Africa has few leaders of Gadaffi's caliber who can stand before the United States and European Union and openly refuse...
10 March 2011
Project syndicate
Protests have already toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt, leaving other Arab countries faced with widespread discontent. The unrest caught most people by surprise - both inside and outside the region - and has fundamentally upended at least...
Marwan Muasher 10 March 2011
A special curriculum for the disabled
Yet we repeat it here in order to commend the government for ensuring that Batswana children have access to basic education. However, putting children through the process without regard to their different levels of aptitude is nothing short of blas....
10 March 2011
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10 March 2011
King and Queen of Sweden coming
This trip follows a state visit by former president, Festus Mogae to Sweden in 2006. On this visit their Majesties will be accompanied by a huge business delegation comprising representatives from 24 Swedish companies. Although Sweden is a relatively...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Absence of trans-generational sex noted for low HIV prevalence
This observation was made by Leo Flamholc, a medical doctor, who practiced in Botswana during the early years of HIV/AIDS and is now a teaching doctor at Malmao University Hospital in Sweden, at a workshop here this week. While the HIV/AIDS...
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Kalamare residents boycott official opening of new road
Apparently Kalamare residents initially wanted the tarred road to be where the old Mahalapye-Kalamare road used to be so that it would pass through their village. Only three out of seven tents pitched to accommodate guests were occupied at the...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Underperfoming schools to be identified
In giving her budget for the 2011/2012 financial year in Parliament this week, the minister admitted that performance of students at various levels of the national examinations from Primary, Junior Secondary to Senior Schools remains...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Three dockets go missing at police station
Two of the files are for rape and the other is an assault case. According to the Station Commander, superintendent Ogaufi George, the three files that were to be presented in court vanished some time last year and to date no light has been shed on...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Merafhe to step down?
Sources close to the VP have revealed that he (Merafhe) had confided in a few of his colleagues that he would call it quits due to ill health. "He is really unfit to come to work and has communicated to some people close to him," a source...
STAFF WRITER 10 March 2011
MoE allocates P9.3 million to consultancies
In Parliament this week, Minister of Education, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi delivered her ministry's development budget for this financial year. She proposed that P9.3 million go to consultancies namely; Development of the National Credit Qualification...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
CMS accused jailed
The Regional Magistrates Court has jailed four men convicted of obtaining over P21 million by false pretences, money which belonged to government's Central Medical Stores (CMS) in Gaborone. They are Norman Maja, Bushy Nthibo, David Tumagole, Abram...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Kalafatis murder weapons hidden for four days
During cross- examination of Ronny Matako, State prosecutor, Kabo Leinaneng said the intention of the accused was to tamper with evidence when they did not immediately surrender their weapons after they shot John Kalafatis. Leinaeng said if the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 10 March 2011
Three dockets go missing at police station
Two of the files are for rape and the other is an assault case. According to the Station Commander, superintendent Ogaufi George, the three files that were to be presented in court vanished some time last year and to date no light has been shed on...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 10 March 2011
Makwala's Jamaica move delayed
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) then rescheduled his trip to Sunday. However, the athletics' mother body did not purchase his air ticket on Sunday. "Initially, I was supposed to pass through America but I did not have a...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 11 March 2011
Chess star continues with checkmates
Mudongo's passion for chess grew when she was at Lethabile Junior Secondary School in Tonota when she was in Form One in 1995. She had before then tried her hand at softball but because of the limited chances, Mudongo abandoned the sport.When she...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 11 March 2011
Moghul lift Twenty 20 Cricket Cup
GCC hosted a Twenty20 tournament, which started in the first week of February and attracted 20 local teams. Winning the toss and electing to bat, Moghul opened their innings with star performers Faizal Rana, the GCC Twenty20 Batsman of the Year...
SANJAY GOEL
Correspondent 11 March 2011
Africa athletics chief salutes BAA
Mmegi Sport: Having been here for a day, what do you make of Botswana athletics? Malboum: I think the management is organised, they have an office where they run their day-to-day activities. I have been to more developed countries like South Africa...
11 March 2011
First Cut
Beware of the ides of March. The Botswana Football Association executive committee and its affiliates ought to take this statement seriously. This is because the signs are not clear but are there for everybody to see that the gap between the First...
Dennis Keagile 11 March 2011
Claims of indiscipline false, says Sandaka
The Mochudi Centre Chiefs' marksman was put on the transfer list during the January transfer window after a four-season spell with the former league champions. In the letter of dismissal, the club stated that they were releasing him for 'football...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 11 March 2011
Athletics champs to go ahead
There were fears that the unavailability of the National Stadium would scupper plans to host the continental event. However, The Confederation of Athletics Association (CAA) president, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum told journalists in Gaborone yesterday...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 March 2011
The unending agony of the pink elephant
Notwane football club trains a few metres from the stadium, while to the east there is the softball pitch, there is cricket action further down while the karate centre was recently opened just adjacent to the National Stadium. The stadium, closed...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 11 March 2011
GNT marksman leads goal scorers' charts
Great North Tigers (GNT)'s marksman, Letsogile Mothowaeng, is ahead with 14 goals followed by Satmos' Oteng 'Anelka' Oganne who has 13. BR Highlanders' top man, Owen Ferguson, and log leaders, Mahalapye Hotspurs' striker, Thato Hatem Madima, are...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 11 March 2011
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