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Barcelona don't scare us - Ferguson
"I wish it was Brechin City or someone like that because at the start of the season, if you were looking at getting to the final, you'd think: 'Steer clear of Barcelona,'" Ferguson said. "Their performances are there for everyone to see but we've...
06 May 2011
Struggling Gunners seek to stem tide against Hogs
Though they were champions in 2009, Gunners are finding the going tough so far with only two wins and one draw after five matches. Last weekend, they were given a 36-13 hiding by UB Rhinos. After a promising start to the season, they are...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Tough test for Fighters' title credentials
Interestingly, the man in-charge of Fighters, Botshelo Pelokgosi, has coached Letlapeng before and he should have the edge over his opponent, Timmy Setswe. Perched at the top of the log with 35 points, Fighters' cause has been helped by the fact that...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Rasekhumba thrives in netball despite height disadvantage
Mmegi: Briefly tell us about yourself? Rasekhumba: I come from Mopipi village in the Boteti sub-district but grew up in Orapa. I was born 27 years ago to a family of four and I am the second born. Mmegi: How did you start playing...
06 May 2011
Botswana hosts boxing championships
Ten African boxing nations are expected in the country on Sunday. Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the Seychelles, Mauritius, Mozambique and Angola have all confirmed their participation in the competition that will be...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Softball boss attacks BNSC over stadium funds
The Botswana Softball Association (BSA) president, Marumo Morule, has criticised the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) for withholding funds meant for the relocation of the National Diamond. Morule said they have appealed the decision because...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 06 May 2011
First Division North title race reaches boardroom
So far FC Satmos is leading the standings with 45 points, three ahead of Mahalapye Hotspurs. First Division North secretary, Moraole Sikwane, told Mmegi Sport that Satmos cannot be declared winners until the committee deliberates on the three...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Chobe clubs face suspension after no-show
BVF north league organiser, Bapoga Nshakazhogwe, said the Kasane-based clubs were scheduled to face Selebi-Phikwe giants, Spartans and Difofane. But they failed to pitch up and by yesterday, they had not offered any explanations. Nshakazhogwe said...
06 May 2011
Trouble brewing at Chiefs
Cash-strapped be MOBILE Premier League giants, Mochudi Centre Chiefs, continue to sink deeper into financial woes following revelations that the club has not paid players' salaries for the past four months. Players at the club have revealed that...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Cricket side shows guile as new heroes emerge
The wins ensure that Botswana stay in contention for promotion to Division Six heading into yesterday's game against Norway in Lobatse. Botswana has been on a slide in the last two years, relegating from Division Five to Six and then to Seven. The...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
Can Coke Cup win revive Gunners' fortunes?
"It has been years of frustration but we remained patient, knowing that this day would eventually come." This is not a quote from one of the family members of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, but words from a relieved...
06 May 2011
Relegation battle intensifies
Bottom side, Black Peril, face giants, BDF XI, in a do-or-die duel where a loss will mean the minnows should start preparing for life in the First Division. The two sides meet tomorrow at SSKB Stadium. Black Peril are languishing at the bottom of...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
Could bin Laden hideout become a shrine?
While the Americans eased the body of the Al-Qaeda chief into the Arabian Sea, determined no grave should become a memorial to the militant, the home where he spent his last days is already an object of fascination. "It is a monument now," said...
06 May 2011
Africa loses $12 bn a year to Malaria: Study
"Malaria is bad for business. The disease is responsible for decreased productivity, employee absenteeism and increased health care spending and can negatively impact on a company's reputation," said the report by the Roll Back Malaria...
06 May 2011
Raid in Damascus suburb as crackdown defied
Tanks and troops are also reported to have been sent to other trouble spots, amid fresh reports of anti-government demonstrations in Homs and Hama. The moves come despite appeals from the UN and US for President Bashar al-Assad to end the...
06 May 2011
Nigeria rearrests ex-bank chiefs
Nigeria's antigraft agency arrested Okey Nwosu of Finbank PLC, Erastus Akingbola of Intercontinental Bank PLC and Sebastian Adigwe of Afribank Nigeria PLC on Tuesday, said Femi Babafemi, a spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes...
06 May 2011
Ben Ali, wife charged with plotting
Charges also include the "instigation of disorder, murders and looting", TAP news agency quoted the ministry as saying on Wednesday. A court in the central city of Sousse is also looking into whether the death of four youths who were shot dead in...
06 May 2011
International group discusses funding for rebels
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Libya Contact Group would also look at ways to put pressure on Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. She said the desired outcome was an end to violence against civilians and a "democratic...
06 May 2011
Nitty Gritty
Long weekends are an economic disaster for a lot of businesses. The only businesses that seem to thrive over these weekends are mortuaries and funeral parlours, shebeens and witchdoctors. And of course the churches. That's the only thing that these...
Barolong Seboni 06 May 2011
Meditations on the new beginning
I am grateful for this very high privilege, conferred upon me by our great movement, and for which I hope I have not let our movement down. During this time, along with our team, we have visited many homesteads, and met members of the BMD,...
* NDABA GAOLATHE 06 May 2011
Whither Botswana
I explained that unlike the latter, the UB council made and implemented all its decisions without having to refer them to a government minister for approval. Thus, the University could appoint a vice chancellor without having to seek the approval of...
Dan Moabi 06 May 2011
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06 May 2011
Winter and its challenges
For the next three months at least, it will get colder and colder, but life will go on because it is essentially eternal. We cannot cease to do what we normally do simply because it is wintry. We are not going to stop working just because it is...
06 May 2011
Youth must carefully watch those succession battles
They want to prolong the calamity. More appalling is the fact that ZANU-PF people actually believe they did so well for the nation that they have the guts to fight for pole position in inheriting Mugabe's tarnished seat...to continue with the...
DON MARTIN ROPAFADZO 06 May 2011
Project Syndicate
JERUSALEM: The Arab revolt against inertia, despair, and decline has rightly inspired the admiration of civilised people everywhere - everywhere, that is, except in Israel. The fall of corrupt Arab dictatorships is being met in Israel with...
Shlomo Ben Ami 06 May 2011
Project Syndicate
India's defense ministry deemed the two American contenders, Boeing's F/A-18 Superhornet and Lockheed's F-16 Superviper, not to fulfill the requirements that it sought in a medium-size multi-role combat aircraft. With the Russian MiG-30 and the...
Shashi Tharoor 06 May 2011
Diabetics at higher risk of tuberculosis infection
The study, done in medically-underserved communities on both sides of the border of Mexico and the United States of America (USA), found that people with diabetes face three to five times the risk of contracting TB than non-diabetics living in the...
06 May 2011
African journalism at heart of decolonisation
A close look at politics in Africa shows that they are closely linked to the press through political party newspapers, magazines and newsletters and even radio stations. This is despite the latest standoff between the various stakeholders on whether...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Consumer Watchdog
Every so often it's time for Government to get tough. No, I'm not talking about disgraceful industrial action by essential health workers, but I would if you asked. I'm talking about consumer protection and the occasional need for the Powers That Be...
06 May 2011
Book Review
Go Tell the Sun, by Wame Molefhe, is a loosely laced and interconnected set of short stories on life in Botswana set in Gaborone, Tonota, and points in between. It is her second collection of short stories. We are told that four of them...
Sheridan Griswold 06 May 2011
Back Stage
A Brazilian, Carlos Saldanha, directs it. It is the story of a rare bird that has lived for 15 years in the small town of Moose Lake, Minnesota, with an owner who runs a bookshop and sheds affection on him. Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg,...
Sasa Majuma 06 May 2011
South African puppeteers win Tony Award
Cape Town's 30-year-old Handspring Puppet Company, which created the life-size and lifelike cane-and-plywood horse puppets for War Horse, was named a special Tony award winner on Tuesday. War Horse also received a best play nomination. Basil...
06 May 2011
Harare arts festival attracts thousands of arts lovers
HIFA is a six-day annual event that showcases Zimbabwean, regional and international arts and culture in a comprehensive festival programme of theatre, dance, music, circus, street performance, spoken-word and visual arts. Even Zimbabwe's political...
THALEFANG CHARLES 06 May 2011
Gem Diamonds and Lucara end talks
In a statement released this week, Gem Diamonds - which was recently licensed to mine in the CKGR - confirmed the termination of the negotiations but did not elaborate. "Further to the announcement on 21 March 2011, no agreement has been reached ......
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
Huge uranium deposits discovered in Lethlakane
Botswana's premier uranium explorer, A-Cap Resources has announced a 65 percent resource increase at its Letlhakane exploration project. The company says the increase from 158 million lbs to 261 million lbs means the project has one of the largest...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
Tourism to rake in P3.1bn for 2011
It is expected that the industry will be buoyed by continuing global economic recovery, which is adding thebes in foreign and local tourists' pockets, while the country's aviation sector will be boosted by completion of the expansion of Sir Seretse...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
Meat processors running out of stock
The Managing Director of Pick n' Pay (Bluejacket) Charles Maika says the outbreak of FMD is a threat to his business. "We have small amounts of stock in store, but I am afraid that in about two days, we will have nothing for our customers," Maika...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Tourism to rake in P3.1bn for 2011
It is expected that the industry will be buoyed by continuing global economic recovery, which is adding thebes in foreign and local tourists' pockets, while the country's aviation sector will be boosted by completion of the expansion of Sir Seretse...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
BOCCIM weighs into NBFIRA's industry fee saga
NBFIRA and BOCCIM are soon to finalise finance ministry-mandated discussions on proposed fees and levies to be charged on capital market players, the latest chapter in the heated consultations towards mutually acceptable charges for the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
Africa's partnership with the world critical for development
Today the country has a national digital telephone network, and universal access to health and education, which are largely funded by the Government. Botswana has been blessed with mineral wealth, mainly in the form of diamonds, as well as political...
* LINAH MOHOHLO 06 May 2011
Public sector industrial action; just, legal and legitimate
'Behind every strike lurks the hydra of revolution', these wise words attributed to a German Minister of Interior many years ago seem to capture very well the attitude of the Botswana government to the industrial action undertaken by public sector...
COMRADE MOORE 06 May 2011
Promoting free and pluralistic media
The theme for this year's World Press Freedom Day, 21 Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers, reminds us of the many events, some still unfolding, where the popular call for democratic change reiterates the home-grown cry for choice,...
* REBECA GRYNSPAN 06 May 2011
Bin Laden's second death
A tale of two men with diametrically opposed ideals and yet have relied so much on each other for strength and popularity. One, accused of being a Muslim terrorist and the other, suspected of being a closet Muslim while he vehemently denies it. One...
AL-HASAN LENTSWE
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Press Council celebrates
Twenty years ago, the Windhoek Declaration set aside this day to honour and underscore the critical role played by the press in the furtherance of societal development. Without doubt the framers of the Windhoek Declaration had intended to use the...
06 May 2011
A rendezvous with artists in Harare
"I want to make this a special tribute..." announced the raspy voice from Hilux speakers. We sat quietly in the vehicle and listened as Scott-Heron continued, "...to a family that contradicts the concepts, heard the rules but wouldn't accept and...
THALEFANG CHARLES 06 May 2011
Is the government delusional?
Such declarations are usually made through the state media which includes Btv, Radio Botswana, RB2 and Daily News. These have now been monopolised by government functionaries, especially since they were relocated to the Office of the President. In...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 06 May 2011
Kaunda's son Panji expelled from UPND
Col Kaunda was a long-standing member of the party. But when the expulsion was announced, he was defiant: "This is a free country and the UPND has a right to expel whoever they want to expel. I am currently busy campaigning for my candidate," he...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 06 May 2011
BNFYL snubbed at leadership forum?
Sources who attended the meeting say youth leaders, Kagiso Ntime (president), his secretary general, Arafat Khan and the league's political affairs secretary, Malatsi Mokhubami together with BNFYL sports and culture secretary, Phomolo Mapitse were...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
Of opposition unity, hope and the desire to wrestle power from BDP
"They were saying that we would not make it. Look around. As you can see for yourself the hall is full, delegates have come from 50 constituencies. We are the only opposition party to attract so many people, especially for an inaugural congress. This...
06 May 2011
Govt officials deny knowledge of revoked petition
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Thato Raphaka said he was not aware of such a letter, while his junior, Tumelo Seboko, deputy director of Tribal Administration, said as of yesterday afternoon, that he had neither seen nor...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 06 May 2011
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