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Morocco King vows sweeping reforms
In his first speech after uprisings across the Arab world and less than a month after protests erupted in Morocco for more social justice and limits on royal powers, the king on Wednesday pledged to draw up a new draft constitution. "We have decided...
14 March 2011
Human traffickers seek Mozambican route to SA
Like hundreds of other illegal immigrants, his journey ended in Mozambique, from where authorities say trafficking syndicates are smuggling Asians into South Africa, the continent's powerhouse and strongest economy. Alam was flown into Mozambique's...
14 March 2011
Is defense and security a priority in Botswana?
In Parliament it has become the subject of intense debate. Ironically, the Police Mobile Unit (PMU), the precursor of the Botswana Defense Force was formed in 1976 as a result of pressure from the opposition Botswana Peoples' Party when the...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Trade union recognition and collective labour agreements
In this respect, trade unions are required to be registered under the Trade Union and Employers Organisations Act. Once registered, the union is issued with a certificate of registration, which is considered by law as conclusive evidence that...
* GILBERT OFETOTSE 14 March 2011
Prospects of strategic informal opposition cooperation
History attests to the fact that no single party can single handedly dislodge the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power in the immediate future, at least not by 2014. The nation of Botswana is therefore pinning its hope in a successful outcome...
BANKS NDEBELE 14 March 2011
G-West boxing tourney hailed
BoBA publicity and information secretary, Willough Kemoen, said everything went according to plan, adding that they were happy with the tournament. Kemoen said the level of competition was high during the tournament. It was their first...
by lekopanye mooketsi
correspondent 14 March 2011
GUMPO 5th at Africa junior chess tourney
Angolan Roberto Erikson, with a FIDE rating of 2223 points, finished the tournament with seven points, edging out his nearest challenger Mahfoud Oussedik (2222 Fide points) of Algeria by just half a point, as he finished second with 6.5 points. He is...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Gaborone City marathon called off
The marathon that was expected to be bigger and better than last year's inaugural edition was hyped towards the end of last year when the organisers announced the second edition would be coming on April 10 this year, bigger and better. The statement...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Over 150 turn up for hayashi ha
The event sponsored by Mascom, Western Union, ITI, Electrical Component also had the elite section, where victorious participants walked away with P1, 000 cash. Winners of the cash prizes included K.Molefhe who defeated Ofentse Bakwadi in a fight,...
14 March 2011
Gunners to face Notwane in coke quarter-final duel
Another interesting battle will be between Mochudi Centre Chiefs and BDF XI on March 20 at the Molepolole Stadium. In another quarterfinal fixture, BMC host Palapye side, Motlakase, in Lobatse. Centre Chiefs Vs. BDF XIGunners Vs. NotwaneBMC Vs....
14 March 2011
Gutsy BMC frustrate Chiefs
It was a major setback for Centre Chiefs as their rivals, Township Rollers, on the other hand, hammered ECCO 5-0 in Francistown. Magosi went into the match charged up following their 9-0 whitewashing of minnows, Kanye Swallows, in the Coca-Cola Cup...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Nandos' hat-trick flattens ECCO
The anticipated be Mobile Premier League epic clash was reduced to an anti-climax as pace-setters, Township Rollers, turned the whole thing into a one-sided affair, pounding ECCO City Greens 5-0, thanks to an early Sekhana Nandos Koko's hat-trick,...
Mogomotsi Buzwani
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Soul food
It seems like ages ago that we were freezing and complaining about the bitter cold winter. And spring came and went so quickly. Now we're stuck in an unrelenting season that makes the thought of food a hot one - literally - let...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 14 March 2011
Talking musika
He makes the observation the Oodi project appears to be spiralling into decline largely on account of inadequate management accompanied by failure to adapt its artistic style to contemporary conditions. Presumably, that also includes the...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 14 March 2011
German band to share music skills with Batswana
The band plays various styles ranging from rock, folk, jazz, classical, traditional and world music with best new dance sounds performed by Peter Herrmann, Norbert Volker and Don O'Connor. According to the organisers, during O'Connor's stay in...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Drakensberg boys choir holds revellers spellbound
A true embodiment of differences seemed to produce an alluring effect, the Drakensberg Boys Choir - who were performing here by popular demand - simply set the Maitisong Hall ablaze. Hilarious, energetic, creative and very captivating were their...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Segopotso kisses my star show goodbye
About two weeks ago, when she made it to the Top 26 in a competition that saw multitudes audition for the mouth-watering P100, 000 cash prize and recording contract, Segopotso was over the moon just like many other contenders who got the green light...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Miss Botswana aspirants positive about success
The beauty queens all looked stunning enough. However, nervousness could be seen written on their faces as they waited impatiently for the auditions to begin. One of the aspirants, Onalethuso Majamela (21), says she felt nervous at first since she...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Scar rocks at F-town's dj's party
Scar's fantastic release boasts of such hits as Broadway, So Fresh, Ke Bomang, They Already Know and Cheater. Scar's album is impressive with its pop scented beats that appeal across a wide spectre of music lovers, and the...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Molema puts up exhilarating show
Titled Rebirth of the Ostrich, the theatrical piece, through the use of eclectic musical sounds successfully blends Botswana's wealth of musical heritage with contemporary musical influences. The show, put together, directed and produced...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
S/Phikwe loses incubator project for lack of land
The project was subsequently taken to Glen Valley, north of Gaborone. Speaking during a LEA breakfast meeting at Bosele Hotel here last week, LEA Incubation programme manager, Lekgotla Kgaswanyane, said the project was taken to Glen Valley because...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Regional integration key for diversification-AfDB
AfDB Executive Director representing Germany, Portugal and Switzerland, Professor Christoph Kohlmeyer, made the call at the end of a four-day tour to Botswana by a mission of directors from the continental financier. Kohlmeyer said with her small...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
FMD outbreak in SA hits Botswana hard
Briefing parliament on Friday, the Minister of Agriculture, Christian De Graff said the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) has also been adversely affected since local beef destined to European Union (EU) and other markets, which transit through South...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Obama of arabia?
From the Maghreb to the Levant to the Arabian Peninsula, Arab history is on the move. A new generation of leadership seems poised to take over. Moments like these are especially challenging for foreign policymakers, who must keep one eye on the...
* Christopher R. Hill 14 March 2011
ETCETERA ||
It then closed the road from the Matabele turn off and promptly removed the old tarmac from that turn off to the two bridges, around the hill and on to the main junction into Odi. We now understand that, as a cost saving measure, the...
SANDY GRANT 14 March 2011
Notwane complete a double over Gunners
A brace in the opening 10 minutes of the game was enough to seal victory for Notwane as they completed a league double over Lobatse Premier League outfit, Extension Gunners, at the UB Stadium on Friday evening. Toronto, who seem to be invisible...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Health chat
I am significantly overweight and have had continuing difficulty losing my kilos. Are there any drugs that are available? There is indeed one weight loss drug that is available and it is called orlistat (Xenical(r)). It works by blocking...
KIRAN BHAGAT 14 March 2011
Issues in education
This is a vital procedure of systematically acquiring and recording as much information as possible about the people in the country. The national census exercise, undertaken every decade, is an essential exercise in benchmarking. It is very critical...
DORCAS MOLEFE
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SHELDON WEEKS 14 March 2011
The winners code
Some of these flights take people to heights that defy imagination. Technological developments have made possible what was once just a pipe dream. On December 9th, 1903 the New York Times, arguably the most respected newspaper at the time,...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 14 March 2011
It's a welcome development
This move is indeed long overdue, taking into account the fact that as a desert country this measure should have been one of the first in our planners' minds long ago. The need for portable water, especially in the greater Gaborone area where half...
14 March 2011
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14 March 2011
Traditional medicine a source of shame?
The use of traditional 'muti' today, unlike in the past, has been made a secret such that many people would not even admit to using it. Many people are ashamed of using traditional medicine and would rather go for consultations at the coven late at...
Lindiwe Mozola
Correspondent 14 March 2011
When poverty strikes, the dumping site comes to the rescue
They exhibit dirt and a smell that defeats the senses of smell, yet poverty stricken people are a common sight at these landfills, scavenging to fill their stomachs with any rotten edibles. The Francistown dumping site or commonly the landfill...
Keabetswe Newel and Kopano Olesitse
Correspondents 14 March 2011
A day at the funeral parlour
This mortuary is the biggest in the North of the country and is constructed like a royal palace. In fact, if you did not know the place, you would easily confuse it with a residence of a very prominent person because it looks like a State House. One...
Kopano Olesitse
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Communication at chinese construction sites disastrous
Picture this scenario: It is lunch time, a young man of Chinese origin moves towards a small group of young locals who have been working on the reservoir construction site. The Chinese, who happens to be their supervisor, cannot utter a single...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Surviving a spinal cord injury
On this Swedish voyage serious adventure was always a prospect. The rare encounter to meet with the King and Queen of Sweden, an opportunity to interview and meet two senior Swedish ministers as well as Captains of industry. When I looked at my...
Gideon Nkala
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
DC's pet committee dissolved after much brouhaha
So serious was the brouhaha that by noon, when Batawana dispersed, NGALOCOCO, or the Ngamiland Local Coordinating Committee, a pet creature of District Commissioner (DC) Bernadette Malala, was dissolved. Though she was not present, Malala found...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Ndadi slams teachers for trysts with students
Addressing a meeting of the Maun regional branch of the Botswana Teachers Union here last week, Ndadi said it was callous of teachers to exploit the impressionability and suggestibility of their callow charges for their own sexual gratification. "I...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Raditshego to serve 30 years for two murders
FRANCISTOWN: Justice Moses Chinhengo has expressed concern that beneficiaries of murder victims are never considered when passing sentence, while the courts take the mitigation pleas of the accused into consideration. Justice Chinhengo noted this...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Mining is Monty's calling
SELEBI-PHIKWE: It takes courage to say goodbye because hearts will be broken. And, as has been pointed out in many works of literature, you will come to the end of the rainbow. It all began when he arrived in Selebi-Phikwe with only two suitcases as...
14 March 2011
Mmegi banned from btv's newspaper review programme
This time Kaboeamodimo has become vengeful and banned Mmegi and its sister newspaper, The Monitor, from the list of newspapers reviewed on Botswana Television's (Btv) morning show. A Btv employee has told The Monitor that Kaboeamodimo has ordered...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Govt shuns calls for tribal equality
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Phandu Skelemani and the Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, Maxwell Motowane turned their back on another of their lot, Gilson Saleshando (S/Phikwe West), who sponsored the motion...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
High Court dismisses Kgafela's Bid
It has not been established why Dow, who is also a former High Court judge, has withdrawn from the case. To make matters worse, the Lobatse High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal in which Kgafela was challenging the constitutionality of...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Ntwaagae convicted of murder
Ntwaagae will on Thursday mitigate and possibly be sentenced. The conviction means that Ntwaagae's life hangs in the balance. If the court finds that there were no extenuating circumstances, Ntwaagae might be sentenced to death. Bail for Ntwaagae has...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Ramsden intercedes for squatters
Many residents of Shashe, most of them women who rear goats as beneficiaries of government assistance schemes, had received letters from Tawana Land Board (TLB) telling them to move from the area. Many of them say they were born and bred at this...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 14 March 2011
Unions reject 2% increment
DPSM and the public sector unions have been at loggerheads over the salary increment negotiations where they demanded a 16 percent raise, which include inflationary adjustment for the past three years when there was no increment. DPSM has been...
Chandapiwa Baputaki
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
Wastewater for greater Gaborone
About P340 million has been set aside for the ambitious project. The government is moving fast with the ambitious project to reclaim and recycle wastewater at Glen Valley ponds that collects there from kitchens and ablutions in Gaborone. The...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
I fired 10 bullets at Kalafatis - Maifala
Speaking under cross examination, Maifala told court that he fired 10 bullets at Kalafatis from the back of the car. He admitted that he ordered Lance Corporal Gotshosamang Sechele and Lance Corporal Ronny Matako to shoot when he saw Kalafatis' hand...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 14 March 2011
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