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My unpleasant encounter with security agents
Only a fool takes threats lightly, especially threats of death made by members of elite units of law-enforcement agencies. These guys seem to care less that the world may be listening or watching them when they make threats, which they do with...
22 March 2011
Winning lives for God - Pastor Mubanga
The boat they were sailing in was being rocked by giant tsunamic waves to an extent that the disciples became very afraid, fearing that their boat would capsize and they would perish. But Jesus challenged them, asking why they did not have faith....
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 22 March 2011
Of Khama, democracy and the barracks
Khama, the son of the country's first president and a man who has spent much of his life in the barracks, upon picking his deputy it was feared and widely believed that the Republic of Botswana was now under the military junta. Another man from the...
22 March 2011
Arabs and Africans pawns in a chess game
The times though have been difficult these past couple of years. The year 2011 is proving a year of turmoil as the world - from Tokyo through Abidjan to Tripoli, Cairo, Tunis and Manama; and from Harare to Port AU Prince. Foreign policy practitioners...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 22 March 2011
Parents' involvement in child's education: a catalyst to success
FRANCISTOWN: While every parent expects nothing less than academic excellence from their school-going child, not many of them actively play their part. According to the Principal of John Mackenzie Primary School in Francistown, Pieter Langeveldt, the...
22 March 2011
The case against African Union
Africa is in trouble. The 'Dark Continent' or 'mere geographical expression' is, as ex-British PM Tony Blair would rightly observe, a scar in the conscience of the world. And this is all because the continental body dedicated to "promote democratic...
22 March 2011
'With this ring I thee wed'
I stood in the gardens of Fitchlea Primary School before my bride and charismatic Pastor Victor Mashoko, who declared us married on September 5, 2010. I turned slightly and looked at my mother who was full of joy and remembered what my...
22 March 2011
Going beyond the sky
"For me the sky is not the limit. I can go beyond the sky. The word impossible does not exist in my dictionary," says the highly ambitious Malebogo Zilberman. She says people used to tell her she is such a dreamer. The problem was...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 22 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 22 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 22 March 2011
Charity tourney raises P21, 000 for shooting victim
Molefhe is paralysed and wheelchair-bound after a shooting incident following an altercation with her boyfriend in 2009. Her friends in conjunction with the Botswana Basketball Association organised the tournament to raise funds to help her. The...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Referees hog limelight in Coke quarters
It all started on Saturday during the televised match between defending champions, Township Rollers and Uniao Flamengo Santos. With Santos leading 1-0 with a minute left in regulation time, referee Uyapo Julius awarded a hotly-disputed penalty to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Zebras leave for Chad
A win in N'Djamena will seal a maiden AFCON berth for the Zebras. Given what is at stake, the Botswana Football Association (BFA) last week sent an advance party to check on logistics in Addis Ababa and Chad. BFA technical director, Sonnyboy Sethibe...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 22 March 2011
National Stadium out of bounds to African Athletics Meet
However, the event has not been lost to Botswana as it has been shifted across the road to UB Stadium where facilities are being upgraded to meet international standards. After a long period of uncertainty, authorities have conceded that delayed...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 22 March 2011
Back stage
Intimate Lighting is a Czech comedy that the state took so seriously that it was banned for 20 years. It is slow paced, seemingly plotless, with the humour buried in the intricacies of human relationships. The satire of the state is found in...
Sasa Majuma 22 March 2011
Poor turnout worries Miss Universe Botswana organisers
So far 29 contestants have participated in the nine auditions even though the aim is to trim them to 24 for the semi-finals to be held on April 30. Seduke said if the situation does not improve they might be forced to select mediocre...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 22 March 2011
BURS educates music promoters on tax obligations
The workshop, which was attended by both promoters and local musicians, was held at the Tlotlo Conference Centre in Gaborone West Phase Two. The newly elected BOMU president Alfred Mosimanegape also graced the workshop as well as officials from the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 March 2011
Top Yemeni general, Ali Mohsen, announces defection
"We announce we support and protect the youths who are protesting at University Square in Sanaa," the armoured infantry division commander said. His announcement comes a day after President Saleh sacked his entire cabinet. Meanwhile in the...
22 March 2011
Obama praises Brazil democracy in Rio speech
Obama - on a five-day Latin American tour - said Brazil's flourishing economy and growing democracy were a model for countries in the Middle East. Earlier, the US president visited the City of God, one of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns, where he...
22 March 2011
Bahrain unrest: King Hamad says foreign plot foiled
King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa thanked troops from nearby countries, mostly Saudi Arabian, who were brought in last week to put down the unrest. He did not give any details of who was behind the alleged plot. But in recent days Bahrain's...
22 March 2011
Gaddafi calls for civilian march on rebel stronghold
Gaddafi met with a committee to organise a march of thousands of civilian supporters on Benghazi, the largest city controlled by rebels seeking to unseat him, state media Jana reported early Monday. Fighter planes from the French military, one of the...
22 March 2011
Due diligence begins ahead of BTC IPO
The exercise, which consultants began over the weekend, will eventually set a price tag on the shares to be offered to the public, a development eagerly-awaited by ordinary Batswana raring to buy into the profitable parastatal. Buoyed by growth...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Gem in merger talks with Lucara
In a statement, the Gem Diamonds confirmed the talks were underway although they are still at an early stage. "These discussions are at a very early stage and there can be no certainty the contemplated merger will occur or of the timing or...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Will marriage work in today's world?
In an ideal world, people are born; get educated, graduate, get employed, find their soul mates, and tie the knot. But our world is far from ideal. In Botswana and indeed the rest of our region in this part of Africa, the marriage institution is...
NDABA NKOMO 22 March 2011
As i see it
The public, judging by the private press is quizzical at the pace of the opposition cooperation process. This comes out through press comments and analysis particularly relating to bye-elections. Granted the rhetoric of opposition cooperation...
Michael Dingake 22 March 2011
Welcome King of Sweden
This time around the king has come in his official capacity. It is a pity the Queen has had to go back. It is a rare privilege for the Swedish royalty to pay a state visit to our part of the world and this visit will without doubt cement the good...
22 March 2011
Selefu 22 March 2011
22 March 2011
BPSWU condemns dismissal of union leaders
The two were dismissed on January 28 and March 14, 2011 respectively. BPSWU claims that their chairman was dismissed for her response to the statements that a board member Tsetsele Fantan made in a weekly brief. Fantan is said to have stated that,...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
CCA withholds judgement in case to return bogadi
Lizzy Moatswi appealed a court order by the presiding officer of Gerald Estate Customary Court, Paul Moswane, to pay back the bride price that was paid by one Margaret Mondiya during the weeklong circuit session of the CCA recently. "You made this...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 22 March 2011
MPs call for lifting of voting ban on prisoners
Botswana Movement for Democracy's (BMD) Nehemiah Modubule yesterday renewed calls for the government to allow prisoners to vote, when debating budget proposal for the Independent Electoral Commission. Modubule said it is high time government allows...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
GPH turns back man with cracked skull
Isaac Seleka on BOPMAS medical aid expressed shock that the hospital refused to attend to his cracked skull until he paid a 10 percent fee, which amounted to P10,000. He said that he did not have that kind of money when he got to the hospital and had...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Lawyer gets P130,000 for wrongful arrest
The lawyer sued the state after the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crimes (DCEC) officers arrested him saying he was interfering with their investigations. He demanded 250,000 for wrongful arrest and detention and P15,000 for loss of...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 22 March 2011
Councillors must also be eligible to get houses-BHC
The corporation was responding to the Gaborone City Council (GCC) motion that requested BHC to provide housing to councillors. In his response BHC CEO said the corporation is not averse to providing housing to councillors on provision that allocation...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Fuel prices rise by 10t
In a statement, Minerals, Energy and Water Resources permanent secretary, Boikobo Paya said average crude oil prices had risen by 10.4 percent between January and February, reaching a high of US$119.80 per barrel on February 24. "The increase in...
STAFF WRITER 22 March 2011
TB survivor as fit as a fiddle again
Speaking at the Area W Clinic in Francistown where hundreds of people gathered to commemorate the TB Week yesterday, under the theme, "Transforming the fight towards elimination", Machesa said that although TB was a killer disease, sufferers would...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 22 March 2011
Mochudi miracle, as man is healed by stranger
"I didn't even need to chop the wood, I was just enjoying my ability to do so," Letshwiti told Mmegi in an interview. The act of chopping wood may seem cumbersome to some, and they may take it for granted, but for Letshwiti, after almost eight...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Old Naledi receives a paint job
Children play on the swings the area is named after, and a DJ plays music from his laptop. Young and old are adorned in the white t-shirts and caps they were freely given. "All along, it's been like Old Naledi is not good enough for outside...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
Opposition parties sign on by-elections
In the memorandum the parties seek to continue cooperation in bye-elections to strengthen their commitment to inter-party relationships and "working to increase the understanding of Batswana about social, economic and political problems confronting...
STAFF WRITER 22 March 2011
Jostling for Merafhe's seat hots up?
There are reports that Merafhe, who is the MP for the constituency, will announce his resignation from Parliament when he recovers. Sources said Merafhe, who has been unwell for quite sometime, is not intending to make a come back into office. The...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 March 2011
Swedish King jets in for historic state visit
The last time King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife, Queen Silvia were in Botswana was 1976 for their honeymoon when they stayed in a safari lodge on the outskirts of the Chobe National Park. This time around, the King will not be accompanied by the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 22 March 2011
My unpleasant encounter with security agents
Only a fool takes threats lightly, especially threats of death made by members of elite units of law-enforcement agencies. These guys seem to care less that the world may be listening or watching them when they make threats, which they do with...
23 March 2011
Winning lives for God - Pastor Mubanga
The boat they were sailing in was being rocked by giant tsunamic waves to an extent that the disciples became very afraid, fearing that their boat would capsize and they would perish. But Jesus challenged them, asking why they did not have faith....
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 23 March 2011
Of Khama, democracy and the barracks
Khama, the son of the country's first president and a man who has spent much of his life in the barracks, upon picking his deputy it was feared and widely believed that the Republic of Botswana was now under the military junta. Another man from the...
23 March 2011
Arabs and Africans pawns in a chess game
The times though have been difficult these past couple of years. The year 2011 is proving a year of turmoil as the world - from Tokyo through Abidjan to Tripoli, Cairo, Tunis and Manama; and from Harare to Port AU Prince. Foreign policy practitioners...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 23 March 2011
Parents' involvement in child's education: a catalyst to success
FRANCISTOWN: While every parent expects nothing less than academic excellence from their school-going child, not many of them actively play their part. According to the Principal of John Mackenzie Primary School in Francistown, Pieter Langeveldt, the...
23 March 2011
The case against African Union
Africa is in trouble. The 'Dark Continent' or 'mere geographical expression' is, as ex-British PM Tony Blair would rightly observe, a scar in the conscience of the world. And this is all because the continental body dedicated to "promote democratic...
23 March 2011
'With this ring I thee wed'
I stood in the gardens of Fitchlea Primary School before my bride and charismatic Pastor Victor Mashoko, who declared us married on September 5, 2010. I turned slightly and looked at my mother who was full of joy and remembered what my...
23 March 2011
Going beyond the sky
"For me the sky is not the limit. I can go beyond the sky. The word impossible does not exist in my dictionary," says the highly ambitious Malebogo Zilberman. She says people used to tell her she is such a dreamer. The problem was...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 23 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 23 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 23 March 2011
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