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Public service strike a major turning point
With the law somewhat on the employer's side, frustrations are mounting and the strike is evolving into a different object altogether - a nationwide struggle, the "Tahrir Square" type that threatens to introduce a new, frightening chapter in the...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Botswana turning inwards
As usual what he delivered what was a thoughtful, intelligent and well considered lecture. The main theme of the lecture was Botswana's apparent quiet change in the direction to a more inward looking approach to its development. Dr Jefferis...
*PROFESSOR ROMAN GRYNBERG 18 May 2011
In memory of Sakarea, the wealthy WWII veteran
And so they took his casket to be licked by some of his best cattle before proceeding to lay him down alongside his ancestors. Tumagole's funeral programme was decorated with photographs of some of the best breeds from his moraka. One of his sons,...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
A village like no other
Alcohol is strictly prohibited here hence there are no bars and no electricity. Females are not allowed to put on trousers or leave their heads uncovered and residents speak with a Sekgatla not Sebirwa accent. It is a Bakgatla village located in...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Use of traditional medicine rising
And in comes traditional medicine. Traditional medicine refers to health practices, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant medicines and spiritual therapies to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses. Not only is it considered cheap it is also...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Albino mother wallows in poverty
The young woman lives with her three children in a yard with three one-roomed mud huts. Rising from the fire where she is cooking lunch, Ditshotlo quickly ushers The Monitor team to a shade, where her mother joins us. Ditshotlo starts off by saying...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 18 May 2011
The impact of the strike on ordinary Batswana
When the close to 90,000 public service workers downed their tools in protest more than three weeks ago, the government relied on the skeletal staff that had remained on duty. Many of these decided not to go on strike for various reasons - many due...
18 May 2011
The front line of democracy
I was the first Western Foreign Minister to travel to Libya since the crisis began. What I saw reminded me of my country 20 years ago, just after Poland's first free elections, which, together with the fall of the Berlin Wall barely six months later,...
*RADOSLAW SIKORSKI 18 May 2011
Winning streak secures Djokovic a place at season-ending finale
The Serb booked his place in the November event at the O2 in London with his victory over Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters on Sunday. The win adds another 1000 ATP ranking points to his tally this year, which now stands at 6,975,...
18 May 2011
West Ham party brawl sparked by alleged racist abuse of player
The event was spoiled by a disturbance between supporters and players which caused the police to be called to the Grosvenor Hotel in central London. Sullivan told Sky Sports News: "The whole incident has been blown out of all proportion. It was one...
18 May 2011
Security Systems eye promotion to First Division
After four games, the Gaborone side tops the nine-team promotion play-offs with 10 points with Molapong Green Birds in hot pursuit with nine points. Third on the log is Modipane United with seven points from nine games. The Kgatleng side had a...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 May 2011
sports chat
The country proved beyond doubt its dominance in regional boxing with a fine performance in the Zone IV Elite Boxing Championships on Saturday. Finest athleteThe eight junior athletes who won medals at the Africa Junior Athletics Championships...
mqondisi dube 18 May 2011
Fani to attend Blatter meeting
The FIFA boss is in South Africa primarily to garner support to defend his seat in elections on June 1. The Swiss is almost guaranteed the Africa vote after the CAF executive meeting held in Ghana on Monday passed a motion to support him. He faces...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Zebras to face Tanzania in friendly
The Zebras had an option to play either Tanzania or Swaziland, but Isihlangu ruled themselves out after announcing they had already secured a friendly match against the Mambas of Mozambique on the same date. The Tanzanians are fresh from a high...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 18 May 2011
Tsheps' stock on the rise in SA
Though the Gaborone-based musician, Tsheps, is not known in local music circles, he has featured in a number of Obita's projects. He featured in the song The Good Life alongside former Generations actor, Howza, last year. "I relish the exposure that...
THATO KAL
Correspondent 18 May 2011
Chinganga the saxophonist everyone wants
If you saw this sax player blowing the horn to create melodies on the stage, you would realise why his services are in high demand. He has backed some of the luminaries of local Afro jazz and featured in their albums. Just recently, he was...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 May 2011
Malotwaneng a fantastic money-spinner for Tripple R
What started as a simple idea has developed into a money-spinner for three young men - Kago Moses (Ramokwejepe), Arnold Sekgee (Ramonyaku) and Thembeni Ramosetlheng (Ramzara) - and local fans just love everything about it. Their hit song...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 May 2011
Pressure grows on jailed IMF chief to resign
Austrian finance minister Maria Fekter called on him to consider his position.Meanwhile, her Spanish counterpart, Elana Salgado, gave her support for the victim of his alleged sexual assault. Strauss-Kahn has been remanded in custody at New York's...
18 May 2011
Ex-army chief given 30-year sentence
The Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda also convicted Augustin Ndindiliyimana, the ex-paramilitary police chief, but released him for time already served. Two other senior generals were each sentenced to 20 years in...
18 May 2011
Today's workspace
At any place of work, making errors as the manager or HR official performs his/her role is quite common. The human resources information systems (HRIS) arena is typically notorious in this respect. I am sure managers and HR officials often get to...
Joseph Masango 18 May 2011
MaST to sell shares to employees
Speaking at a breakfast meeting at Phakalane Golf Estate recently, Managing Director Nigel Turner said the number of shares to be sold would depend on negotiations between the parties. "Our long-term goal is to make MaST a fully citizen-empowered...
STAFF WRITER 18 May 2011
Miners drilled on risk and insurance
The leading risk and insurance services firm that operates in 37 African continent has been operating in Botswana since 1984. Marsh Mining Practice Divisional Executive, Leon Rossouw, told mining representatives that there were many operational...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Unigem CEO resigns
Pido Siwawa cleared his desk Friday, his last day at work. Siwawa was the first CEO of the trade union company that is hardly a year old. While he was not available for comment, the chairman of Unigem board of directors, Samuel Molaodi, has...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 May 2011
Khama's administration style is questionable
This opinion may be perceived as a fact looking at the recent turn of events. Honestly speaking many Batswana were left with their mouths agape at how the country is administered and are left with more questions than answers about the future of...
18 May 2011
Project syndicate
Under QPC, which was part of the constitutional reforms that France implemented in July 2008, any citizen involved in legal proceedings can now contest the constitutionality of a legislative provision. This is a far-reaching innovation. ...
Raphael Hadas-Lebel 18 May 2011
This is unbelievable!
The systems are collapsing and everything is coming to a halt. In times like these, the voice of a senior citizen can cool tempers and emotions, and return the whole situation to normalcy. But that seems not to be the case in this...
18 May 2011
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18 May 2011
Khama must call fresh elections - BNFYL
Speaking at a conference called by opposition parties' youth leagues in Gaborone yesterday afternoon, Kagiso Ntime said that it is clear that the current government has collapsed. "Effectively there is no government. When you assess the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Thamaga aflame as students fight police
"Nyelela mo mathong a ga Satane (Disappear in the eyes of the Devil) " said a police officer, prompting a young boy in his teens to run for dear life. The police officer was part of a contingent, which had been battling a seemingly endless battle...
18 May 2011
Our heritage
That dating would mean that the prison is not only one of the oldest buildings in the country but given its location in Gaborone is certainly one of the most historically important and interesting. It is also one with the greatest potential for...
Sandy Grant 18 May 2011
Police confiscate fake notes
The fake P100 note bears serial number AB1521077, two of the P200 notes share serial number AA5794607 while the rest of the P200 notes bear serial number AA8472611. The counterfeit notes were intercepted last week and have been circulating here and...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 18 May 2011
Businessmen fight over deal gone sour
Mark Adcock and Derrick Leburu are suing each other over the sale of a grader with each making separate claims. The seller, Adcock is suing Leburu for P250,000 for defaulting in payments while Leburu is countersuing for more than P400,000 for costs...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
English medium schools close as fear mounts
Minister of Education, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi announced closure of all public schools with immediate effect. "The schools shall remain closed until further notice. I had to take this measure to safeguard the security of students, staff and...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Rammidi calls it a day
Rammidi is said to have met with President Ian Khama yesterday to inform him about issues pertaining to his resignation and later resigned. When asked to state if indeed he has resigned and for what reasons, the Kanye North Member of Parliament (MP)...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
BHPC threatens health workers
In a press statement, the BHPC chairman Dr Moeketsi Makhema said its members (nurses and doctors), while negotiations between government workers and the employer are on going, should abide by moral and ethical principles consistent with the health...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Police lock-up children
Yesterday morning concerned parents called Mmegi and complained that their children, some as young as 10-years-old were arrested by the police during the previous day's riots in Mochudi village. "As I am speaking with you now, I don't know how my...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO & GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writers 18 May 2011
Irregularities in Ndelu Seretse case -State
Appearing at the High Court in Lobatse, the prosecution complained that their objection of an improper cross-examination of a state witness by the defence had been overruled by Regional Magistrate Barnabas Nymadzabo. The state argued that the manner...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Nasha delays Jamali trial
The Village Magistrate court heard yesterday that Nasha, the former minister of lands and housing is a key witness, among the 39 witnesses in the trial of the duo. Dates are yet to be set and the defence was told about a month ago that her statement...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 18 May 2011
Public service strike a major turning point
With the law somewhat on the employer's side, frustrations are mounting and the strike is evolving into a different object altogether - a nationwide struggle, the "Tahrir Square" type that threatens to introduce a new, frightening chapter in the...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Botswana turning inwards
As usual what he delivered what was a thoughtful, intelligent and well considered lecture. The main theme of the lecture was Botswana's apparent quiet change in the direction to a more inward looking approach to its development. Dr Jefferis...
*PROFESSOR ROMAN GRYNBERG 19 May 2011
In memory of Sakarea, the wealthy WWII veteran
And so they took his casket to be licked by some of his best cattle before proceeding to lay him down alongside his ancestors. Tumagole's funeral programme was decorated with photographs of some of the best breeds from his moraka. One of his sons,...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
A village like no other
Alcohol is strictly prohibited here hence there are no bars and no electricity. Females are not allowed to put on trousers or leave their heads uncovered and residents speak with a Sekgatla not Sebirwa accent. It is a Bakgatla village located in...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Use of traditional medicine rising
And in comes traditional medicine. Traditional medicine refers to health practices, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant medicines and spiritual therapies to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses. Not only is it considered cheap it is also...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Albino mother wallows in poverty
The young woman lives with her three children in a yard with three one-roomed mud huts. Rising from the fire where she is cooking lunch, Ditshotlo quickly ushers The Monitor team to a shade, where her mother joins us. Ditshotlo starts off by saying...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 19 May 2011
The impact of the strike on ordinary Batswana
When the close to 90,000 public service workers downed their tools in protest more than three weeks ago, the government relied on the skeletal staff that had remained on duty. Many of these decided not to go on strike for various reasons - many due...
19 May 2011
The front line of democracy
I was the first Western Foreign Minister to travel to Libya since the crisis began. What I saw reminded me of my country 20 years ago, just after Poland's first free elections, which, together with the fall of the Berlin Wall barely six months later,...
*RADOSLAW SIKORSKI 19 May 2011
Unigem CEO resigns
Pido Siwawa cleared his desk Friday, his last day at work. Siwawa was the first CEO of the trade union company that is hardly a year old. While he was not available for comment, the chairman of Unigem board of directors, Samuel Molaodi, has...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Our heritage
That dating would mean that the prison is not only one of the oldest buildings in the country but given its location in Gaborone is certainly one of the most historically important and interesting. It is also one with the greatest potential for...
Sandy Grant 19 May 2011
Arsenal may sell Arshavin to raise funds
Arsene Wenger has begun to cast the net for new signings and is understood to have indicated that Arshavin is surplus to requirements at the Emirates Stadium. The club would want to recoup the £15m that they paid to Zenit St Petersburg in...
19 May 2011
TASC-Miscellaneous relegation fight shifted to Orapa
In the crucial clash which pits two relegation candidates against each other, Miscellaneous is the homeside. Botswana Premier League (BPL) general manager, Phuthego Setete told journalists during a media interaction session in Gaborone yesterday...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
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