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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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 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 16 March 2011
The North African domino effect: A study in political change
For years North Africa has been under a yoke of undemocratic rule characterised by dictatorship and autocratic dispensations. The recent and ongoing uprisings in certain countries in the north could not have come at the right time. The need for...
OTENG RAMOTSWA 16 March 2011
Sports chat
It is encouraging that the bulk of proceeds from the World Cup are being channelled to the development of football. Finest athleteTownship Rollers' winger Sekhana 'Nandos' Koko continued his fine form after he grabbed a hat-trick against ECCO City...
Mqondisi Dube 16 March 2011
BFA to receive US$800,000 from FIFA
FIFA secretary general, Jerome Valcke announced in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday that member associates in Africa will each pocket US$800, 000 from what has been hailed as the best soccer World Cup ever."The figures don't lie and from what we...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
Gunners eager to reclaim rugby crown
EMG Gunners were champions for the first time in the league in 2009. The feat meant they became the first club from the north to clinch the elusive title. However, hopes of retaining the title last season vanished at the hands of UB Rhinos, who...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 16 March 2011
Koko surprise omission from Zebras squad
According to the list provided yesterday, coach Stanley Tshosane has called up 25 players for a preparatory camp and Koko was the surprise omission although he appears to be the ideal cover for Phenyo Mongala, who has not been playing regularly for...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
BFA grilled on advance team to Chad
BFA president, David Fani, cleared the air at a media briefing in Gaborone yesterday. Journalists demanded to know why BFA National Executive Member (NEC), Eatametse Olopeng was sent on the inspection trip alongside BFA technical director, Sonnyboy...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
Gospel artist, vows to combat poverty
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview, the artist said that as part of his plan to combat poverty and lack of proper housing in the country, he has identified a family in Gantsi, which is sheltered in a dilapidated shack and that he intends to build...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 16 March 2011
Rainbow, Westwood, Maru-A-Pula art students hold exhibition
In its fifth year, the exhibition by the three private schools, ends on March 25. One of the paintings on display depicts a naked pregnant woman while a photograph shows the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. There are other excellent...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 March 2011
German trio dazzles local jazz lovers
This time around they were treated to sounds by Celtic Fusion, a German trio that played anything from jazz to Irish folk songs. The Germans shared the stage with one of Botswana's ladies of jazz, Nono Siile and still managed to captivate the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 March 2011
House remix spoils Stiger Sola's classic
His current release, Ko Morakeng, has one recognisable song as one scans it quickly on its front and back covers. Katshire, that classic in which Stiger Sola sings about unconditional love for a woman called Katshire; where the legends shares the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
G8 shows no sign of bridging gap on Libya action
During a dinner, US officials said, the G8 ministers also discussed Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which have raised fears of a nuclear disaster after damage to a power plant. The conversation, however, "was primarily devoted...
16 March 2011
Radiation near Fukushima nuke plant high enough to harm health: Japan govt
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday that radioactive levels have become high around an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant following a hydrogen explosion at the site and there was a high risk of radiation leaking into the...
16 March 2011
Govt tackles obstacles to doing business in Botswana
As part of creating such a conducive environment for doing business in Botswana and rationalisation of public enterprises, the government decided to merge the Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA) and the International...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 March 2011
Botswana shines in BancABC stable
Unveiled on Monday, BancABC group results for the year ending 31 December 2010 indicate that the local subsidiary used the jump in deposits to grow its loan book, boosting net interest income by 48 percent to P51 million during the period. BancABC...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
Japanese funds available to Botswana
Speaking at a seminar organised by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and the Japanese Embassy at the Gaborone Sun on Monday, Japanese ambassador to Botswana, Ryoichi Matsuyama, said as a result of the 4th Tokyo International Conference...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
The economic consequences of the Arab revolt
Indeed, should stagflation emerge, there is a serious risk of a double-dip recession for a global economy that has barely emerged from its worst crisis in decades. Severe unrest in the Middle East has historically been a source of oil-price spikes,...
* NOURIEL ROUBINI 16 March 2011
Project syndicate
But the risks that seaside reactors like Fukushima face from natural disasters are well known. Indeed, they became evident six years ago, when the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004 inundated India's second-largest nuclear complex, shutting down...
Brahma Chellaney 16 March 2011
The Japanese need our help
Some families are still trying to locate their loved ones who could be buried in the maelstrom of the massive landslides resulting from the seismic movement of the earth deep in the sea miles from Japan's eastern seaboard where tsunami hit. If it is...
16 March 2011
Selefu 16 March 2011
16 March 2011
Re Ka Kgona does it again
Re Ka Kgona Rehabilitation Centre is about educating and empowering people with disabilities with skills in order to restore their morale and self-confidence. Speaking at the graduation ceremony last Friday, the Coordinator of People Living with...
LUCKY RAKHUDU
Correspondent 16 March 2011
Marital rape debated
What differentiates marital rape from other forms of abuse is that the victim has to live with her tormentor. Sexual violence in heterosexual marriage can take a broad range of forms, including coerced sexual contact, sexual harassment or sexual...
KOPANO OLESITSE &MAITSEO MOLOLWANE
Correspondents 16 March 2011
Brave Joyce lives positively with HIV
Joyce Ernest, 39, was born and bred at Makaleng in the North East District. Hers is an unusual case because she has conquered and lived with HIV for the past 20 years. She attributes her long life to the fact that she has accepted her status and...
MAITSEO MOLOLWANE
Correspondent 16 March 2011
"Ruthless murderer" to hang
Justice Terrence Rannowane of the High Court here yesterday found that Thamo Zibane murdered his lover Sihle Dube and proceeded to dismember her body, then burnt it and scattered the body parts in the bush along the banks of Tati River and in an open...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 16 March 2011
"Yes, I stabbed her 14 times," boyfriend states
Botshelo Sekele (20) shocked the courtroom when he admitted to stabbing his girlfriend 19-year-old Gaabazo Thipe 14 times with a chisel at her father's house. After Sekele softly answered in the affirmative to intentionally murdering Thipe, people in...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 16 March 2011
Ruling on forced retirements case expected
The trial ended in November and the court reserved judgement. The 17 employees, who were working for the Central Transport Organisation (CTO) and the Department of Building and Electrical Engineering Services (DBES), were forced to retire early last...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 16 March 2011
Agents want contracts after working for four years
Speaking in an interview with Mmegi yesterday the agents also claimed that Orinoco flouts labour laws especially on maternity leave, and other employee benefits. "When we go on sick leave, granted by a medical doctor, punitive measures like...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
Tsabong Camel Park to create jobs and revenue
The desert's new lease of life comes in the form of over 200 camels from which the communities of Tsabong, Maleshe and Maubelo have pinned their hopes for much needed revenue and jobs, just as soon the Tsabong Camel Park, initiated by the Botswana...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
Mayor Nyeku calls for LCCT bailout
LCCT is a foundation in Francistown that gives hope to those living with HIV/AIDS. The eight-year-old centre has been running for the past four years through the help of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through PEPFAR, but...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 16 March 2011
DCEC partners with SPEDU on crime
During a press conference Principal Anti Corruption Officer, Kenny Gaolatlhwe expressed fear that some people may be tempted to push for projects that would not benefit the SPEDU mandate and in turn bar locals in the region from benefiting from the...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
Mediation as BOFEPUSU, DPSM fail to agree
According to Andrew Motsamai, secretary general of the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Union (BOFEPUSU), who is also President of the Botswana Public Employees' Union, they filed a dispute with the Commissioner of Labour on Monday and are...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
OP apologises for DIS disaster fund
Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mokgweetsi Masisi said yesterday that in procuring the items for establishment of DIS, his officials sought authority from the then Minister in the Office of the President instead of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 March 2011
Charge butchery owners for stocktheft - Masunga
Kgosi Masunga said that in most cases, butchery owners encourage stocktheft because they buy the stolen stock, mostly cattle. The CCA mostly deals with cases of stock theft appeals from the lower customary courts. "This is a problem because we have...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 16 March 2011
MoH proposes over P3 billion recurrent budget
Speaking in Parliament this week, the Minister of Health, Reverend Dr John Seakgosing said the request was an increase of over P1 million or 58 percent on the current year (2010/2011). He attributed the increase to the relocation of primary health...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 16 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 March 2011
The North African domino effect: A study in political change
For years North Africa has been under a yoke of undemocratic rule characterised by dictatorship and autocratic dispensations. The recent and ongoing uprisings in certain countries in the north could not have come at the right time. The need for...
OTENG RAMOTSWA 17 March 2011
Marital rape debated
What differentiates marital rape from other forms of abuse is that the victim has to live with her tormentor. Sexual violence in heterosexual marriage can take a broad range of forms, including coerced sexual contact, sexual harassment or sexual...
KOPANO OLESITSE &MAITSEO MOLOLWANE
Correspondents 17 March 2011
Clijsters forced to retire with hurt shoulder
The score was 3-6, 3-1 at the time and the decision was a precaution with Fed Cup duties and the claycourt season on the horizon. Bartoli, the 15th seed, advances to the quarter-finals where she will face the 19th-seed, Ana Ivanovic, who beat the...
17 March 2011
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