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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...
09 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...
09 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...
09 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...
09 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...
09 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...
09 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 09 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 09 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...
09 May 2011
BDF thump Spiking Stars
It was a major relief for BDF who lost their opening match of the season to Kalavango last weekend. Ironically, Stars also lost to Kalavango in their opening game of the season and Saturday's defeat was their second. BDF started well and took a 8-5...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Clinical Thakadu rips santos apart
It was a one-man show as Miscellaneous' striker, Emmanuel Thakadu, slammed three goals past favourites, Uniao Flamengo Santos in a space of 20 minutes of the opening half of the be MOBILE Premier League clash at the Selebi-Phikwe Stadium on Saturday...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Nigeria crushBotswana'spromotion hope
The hosts, hoping for a return to Division Six, could not make it when it mattered most against the West Africans. Botswana's campaign seemed well and truly on course after they bounced back from an opening day defeat to Kuwait, to register three...
Mqondisi Dube
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Chopdat back with Gunners
Chopdat, who is also a prominent businessman, was involved with the Gunners' management since the 80s. Actually, his involvement with the team started in the late 70s when he was still a Lobatse Secondary School student. This was at the time...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Fighters sustain march to Premier League
But it was referee Solomon Piet's poor handling of the match in Mogoditshane that took centre-stage as angry Letlapeng fans bayed for his blood after the match. Piet made some dubious decisions which Letlapeng players, officials and fans felt helped...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 09 May 2011
It's over for Magosi
Frustration and anger were all over the expensively-assembled Mochudi Centre Chiefs' squad and their technical team after playing to a 1-1 draw with Extension Gunners at the Molepolole Sports Complex on Friday night. The draw cemented further the...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Rollers make history
Township Rollers became the first club to successfully defend the be MOBILE Premier League title with a 3-1 win over Nico United at the Molepolole Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon. Rollers only needed a point from the match to retain the title...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Soul food
Many of us are confused by the low carbohydrate, "low-carb," craze that seems to be popping up everywhere and is being shoved down our throats. Add other terminologies such as "Net Carbs" which appear on all sorts of food labels and in...
Boitshepo Giyose 09 May 2011
Baboneng Shows Preview
At the media preview of the film, held at Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)'s Bonatla Restaurant, writer and director Seabelo Kesebonye said the film was inspired by his realisation that nowadays, true unconditional love does not exist,...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Shaken not stirred
According to the musical cabaret, women want to be courted, men with money to spoil them and, as they sang, diamonds are a girl's best friend. The approximately hour-long cabaret, themed Court Me if you dare is a fun-filled romp that explores...
09 May 2011
SMS launch debut album with high temp performance
The four-man group sings blues with a rock edge. It has played at the Alliance Franaise's Fete de la Musique. On Saturday, the band's front-man and lead vocalist, Nicholas Charalambides told the crowd that their most memorable performances...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Top musicians mount sparkling show for charity
The entertainment industry is not just about proliferating social ills, and indeed the concert turned the tide. With a line-up from traditional music, kwaito to kwasa-kwasa the military stage held captivating performances. Opening the show was...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
A show of colour and beauty
The patrons saw, tasted and lived the show. They saw the right colour blends, the superb textures and the fine cut for various occasions. The spectators were left in a state of 'beauty dilemma' in a superb show where the men put on their...
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Women entrepreneurs sharpen agoa readiness
Organised by the American Embassy through the Southern Africa Trade Hub in conjunction with Women in Business Association, the seminar encouraged entrepreneurs to network and use each other's skills in order to better prep their products for the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
BMC, farmers could lose P450m in 2011
Botswana Cattle Producers Association (BCPA) chair, Philip Fischer gave the bleak projections on Friday when launching a project designed to study the beef value chain from "farm to fork." With an FMD outbreak in the north, the Lobatse abattoir only...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Getting it right in north africa
Prior to the explosion, average annual GDP growth in the region had been humming along at 4.6 percent for a decade, with strong improvement in human development indicators. But this growth was in some ways deceptive, for it masked problems that had...
*Donald Kaberuka 09 May 2011
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One correspondent pointed out that both Jefferis and myself had overlooked the immense potential of solar power. He emphasised that solar is a clean source of power whilst coal, as we know, is exceptionally dirty. I have once used solar...
Sandy Grant 09 May 2011
Was killing bin laden a mistake?
The group was formed one hour after US President Barack Obama's announcement of the Al Qaeda leader's death. That Facebook group already has around 30 000 "likes." Moreover, there are more than 50 similar groups on...
*Omar Ashour 09 May 2011
Issues in education
The world of social science often argues that culture is dynamic; responsive to time, space and historical forces. The same can be said about the profession "teaching". It is driven by winds of change, and dependent upon geo-political and...
Dorcas Molefe
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Sheldon Weeks 09 May 2011
Ex-convicts seek better life after jail
John Segola asks rhetorically. He does not look like a man who is ashamed of his past. He says that since serving a 10-year prison sentence he has changed his life. In August, he will be ordained as a deacon of the African Episcopal Church. He...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
The winners code
Those were the days when there were no swimming pools. While most people were gathered at the local football grounds, the chief of the village excused himself from his bodyguards and went to a pool in the nearby woods for a quick swim. ...
George Chingarande 09 May 2011
Well done Rollers
But it was always going to be a difficult assignment as in recent times. Teams that have won the league in the previous seasons found it difficult to defend it. Think back to the times of Police XI, Centre Chiefs and recently Gaborone...
09 May 2011
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09 May 2011
NGO vows to advocate for proper youth policies
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has challenged policy makers to address developmental issues faced by youth in this country. Maikano Youth Wellness Organisation (MYWO), a newly established advocacy organisation, has raised concerns...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Does marriage fade after a while?
True love requires constant course correction and energy input to keep it from crashing. Normally after getting married, couples do not put much effort into the relationship like they had been doing before. They start to take each other for granted...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Somerset Extension grapples with teenage pregnancies
On the western side of this area, just next to the Thapama traffic circle, there are some modern buildings for the Bank of Botswana (BoB), the National Development Bank (NDB), the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), Water Utilities Corporation (WUC),...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Open relationships good for love grown cold?
But what exactly is an open relationship? Is it more or less the same with the friends with benefits concept? According to Urban dictionary, an open relationship is a relationship in which the participants are free to have emotional and or...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Toilets of hope for Matsiloje paupers
Matlhadisa said the clinic raised funds and built the toilets for Garebihele Pateye (71) and Josephine Moalosi (71). Their poverty compelled the clinic to do something, she said. "These women were our patients. When we visited them, their living...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 09 May 2011
A man of great determination
The 34-year-old Zezuru man has not had any formal education, but his literacy levels match that of a university graduate. The owner of a successful carpentry company, Model Furniture, he says the fact that he did not go to school did not put him off...
Isaac Pinielo
Correspondent 09 May 2011
The rise and rise of a secretary
He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well,'. Had Martin Luther King Jr lived long enough to see Geneuvieve Twala, he would have directed these...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Matsiloje farmers confront Minister over fmd outbreak
The farmers told the minister to go back to the drawing board and think again. The first to raise his concerns was MP for Tati East, Guma Moyo who said the government is inconsiderate. "How can you make decisions of killing cattle before you consult...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Unemployment continues to bite in Selebi-Phikwe
Speaking to The Monitor last week, a graduate from Helderburg College in Cape Town, South Africa, Thebe Pelotshweu explained that he has been searching for a job in the town since 2007. He said there are many graduates from the University of Botswana...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 09 May 2011
State fails to nail self-confessed abortionist
Her bail was immediately revoked after she was convicted as she now awaits sentence. Forty-year-old Ketlaletswe Passman will appear in court today for sentencing. Justice Tshepho Motswagole said that though the state has failed to prove beyond...
Patricia Maganu-Edwin
Staff Writer andTebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Old man slaps nephew with P46,000 suit
Self-represented Hunter Banyatsang told the court that the claim is for the damages he suffered on his body and the spectacles that his nephew, Thambane Badimo broke during the assault in 2006. "He hit me on the forehead breaking my spectacles," said...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Alcohol consumption desecrates funerals
They have been transformed into parties. Alcohol consumption at funerals has become common, a development that was unheard of before. To make matters worse, some bereaved people intoxicate themselves even before their relative is buried. A couple of...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Bakgatla Chief accepts unionists petition
On Friday, he accepted a petition from representatives of the public service workers on behalf of Kgosi Kgafela Kgafela II, who was not in the country. Sekai said that he had not seen a letter allegedly circulated to traditional leaders...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
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09 May 2011
Essential service workers join strike
On Friday, the Industrial Court made the final judgement that essential service workers cannot go on strike. During the first week of the strike, the court had made an interim order that workers in government departments, which are considered to be...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Garbage piles up as strike cripples Councils
There has been a near total collapse of service delivery from councils as exemplified by piling garbage and increasing potholes on roads. At the Gaborone City Council (GCC), a spokesperson, Seeletso Lekgaba admitted that the authority has been...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
Food vendors must obey the law - G-WEST Police Chief
The police chief said contrary to claims, they never harass the vendors and only want them to comply with the law. The food vendors are making a lucrative business at the Gaborone West shopping complex at night because of the nightclubs that are...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 09 May 2011
Botswana relaxes stance on Zimbabwe
This is the question after a representative of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF, Judith Mkwanda addressed the 13th Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Women Wing's Congress in Nata. Mkwanda even presented a token of appreciation to Botswana President Ian Khama...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 09 May 2011
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