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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 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
BCF hosts Turbo Masters Open
The event will be for players who are 35 years and above. The BCF said in a statement that it expects more female players to take part in the competition that Turbo Refrigeration is sponsoring for the sixth year running. Jona Chaka of Poisonous...
STAFF WRITER 19 May 2011
Softball bosses to decide fate of World Cup qualifiers
The African qualifiers were supposed to be staged this weekend in Gaborone. But they have been cancelled after only Zimbabwe confirmed participation. Botswana Softball Association (BSA) president Marumo Morule said that initially, Lesotho had...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Zebras rankings earn World Cup bye
The Zebras are among the 28 teams in Africa that will start their campaign at the group stage after 24 weaker sides have sorted out each other in knock-out first round in November this year. The 12 winners will join the 28 teams in the second round,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Eureka: a computer engineer who worships hip-hop
In just four years, he has grown from being unknown on the music scene, to being play-listed on every radio station in the country. He won the Best hip-hop Album award in the 2009 Mascom-BOMU Awards and was nominated as the Best newcomer at the...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 19 May 2011
AAJCs open doors for singer Fisher
Botswana hosted the six-day event, which was beamed live to about 33 television and radio stations across the continent. Fisher put up a polished act during the official opening and closing ceremonies of the championships and his ingenuity has not...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Dladleng album hits music stores
Mokenti told Showbiz that the album was recorded in February last year, but due to financial challenges she failed to put it on the market. She also mentioned that she expects the album to cause a stir in the music world because it contains some...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Concern over Mugabe's health- ANC
Mugabe, 87, has travelled to Singapore five times since December to undergo medical treatment there. The African National Congress, which serves as the chief mediator on Zimbabwe, said in an official newsletter that its mediators reported concerns...
19 May 2011
South Africans vote in crucial local elections
The delivery of basic services like water, housing and jobs has been among the issues dominating campaigning. Long queues have been seen in the most hotly contested areas, such as Johannesburg and Cape Town, with the vote said to be fairly smooth....
19 May 2011
Zim power deal runs aground
Yesterday, authoritative sources told Mmegi the "window of opportunity" was the period stretching from 2009 to 2010 when Botswana was most desperate to plug a domestic power supply shortfall that was crippling the economy. The sources said thanks to...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Africa must invest in child vaccines
They are inexpensive, easy to deliver, and proven to prevent disease and give children a healthy start to life. Today, I am more optimistic than ever about the future impact of vaccines. With the commitment of government leaders in Africa and around...
* BILL GATES 19 May 2011
'We are not Bangwato, we are Bakalanga'
This is a good thing. Congratulations to Bangwato for this initiative. I think they learnt a lot from Bakgatla. I personally think mephato are good for the tribe because it becomes easy to manage the community. Your newspaper indicated that, "The...
19 May 2011
BTU grateful to member
This commitment is highly commendable and is an indication that revolution is taking its cause hence "The fight for the workers purchasing power" as the theme for the workers day dictate. We also thank those who may not have started with the strike...
19 May 2011
Know your rights
It must be noted that a leave entitlement is not an absolute right but a privilege guaranteed by the Act. The management and application of leave entitlement must therefore be administered in a flexible and consistent manner as per the demands and...
Mpho Ngwako 19 May 2011
Police let the children go!
But what does it really means to be in custody for a starry-eyed 10-year-old who is scared beyond his wits by a towering big-bellied bellowing police officer with a mighty stick? Many of the children have said that police simply pounced on...
19 May 2011
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Youth to use social media to relate Botswana's problems
President of the Botswana National Front Youth League Kagiso Ntime made the call at a press conference called by opposition parties' youth leagues Tuesday afternoon. Ntime said young people should take to popular media such as YouTube, Facebook,...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Mahalapye students riot
They also smashed the common Hawkes Hall windows in their rage, demanding to be taught. As all hell broke loose, the police were called in to arrest the situation. It is reported that with the help of the police, the District Commissioner, local...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Health professionals pour scorn on BHPC threat
The Botswana Health Professions Council (BHPC) has been accused of playing politics by threatening to de-register striking nurses and doctors on strike to appease government. Responding to BHPC chairman Dr Joseph Makhema's statement released this...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Public gives love to mother of four
Keetshabe last week delivered quadruplets at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH), three girls and a boy. She had appealed for public assistance in caring for the babies. Fortunately, overwhelming emotional support and financial support has started to...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Strike turns ugly in S/Phikwe
Workers in school uniforms invaded the government hospital where they queued as patients seeking medical attention before assembling outside the facility, singing liberation songs as they tossed dustbins and tree branches. From the hospital, the...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Strikes put patients' health in jeopardy - Doctors
They said the expatriates at the hospital are overwhelmed by the amount of work because local nurses and doctors are on strike. A specialist expatriate doctor at the hospital said they are overworked as they have to make more calls than...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Unions reject unconditional 3%
They demanded non-implementation of No Work No Pay policy and unconditional reinstatement of all dismissed workers to be part of the negotiation package to end the nationwide public officers' strike. The meeting was initiated by the DPSM after the...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Jamali trial to commence next year
Village Chief Magistrate, Lenah Mokibe-Oahile said this after yet another day of arguments between the defence team comprising Sadique Kebonang, Gabriel Kanjabanga, and Tshiamo Rantao and Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) team of Leonard...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Hospitals close as medics hit back
Yesterday, much as unionists promised, dozens of health care professionals, who have not been part of the ongoing public officers' strike, joined the walkout in solidarity with their colleagues, and hospitals are now closing. From Mahalapye reports...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO & DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Staff Writer
Correspondent 19 May 2011
Govt evicts medics from quarters
The notice of motion filed by the Attorney General yesterday at the Francistown High Court directs the respondents to vacate the said premises within 14 days of receiving the notice. The application filed before Justice Moses Chinhengo lists the...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
MoE ignored warnings of student riots
School heads from the southern region which includes Gaborone, Tlokweng and Ramotswa issued the warning last week after a meeting in which they unanimously agreed that something must be done to avert danger. They determined that there was a crisis...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
BMC can sell to SA
Corporate communications and public relations manager at the BMC, Tiro Kganela said yesterday that the Department of Veterinary Services has advised them that the country can sell cattle meat from zones 10,11, 12 and 13. However, the commission can...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 19 May 2011
Somolekae is the new Minister
Assistant Minister of Trade and Industrial Maxwell Motowane has been transferred to the Ministry of Local Government to replace Kentse Rammidi, who resigned yesterday.
STAFF WRITER 19 May 2011
Not a scrap of info on copper cable market
Addressing scrap metal dealers in Gaborone recently, Kabo Marage, who is CID Officer for the South Central Division that covers Gaborone, Ramotswa, Palapye, Mahalapye and Serowe, said the police were not sure if stolen copper cables found buyers...
KATLEGO SIBANDA
Correspondent 20 May 2011
Strong mitigation factors earn 'passion killer' cut in jail term
Judge Chinhengo said in the case before him, the mitigation factors of Lebonetse Gagoitsiwe warrant an adjustment downwards. "That adjustment is not to downward the seriousness of the offence where a life of a 22-year-old young woman was senselessly...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 20 May 2011
Judge worried at delays in 'hired killers' case
The three Zimbabweans, who are currently in prison, were initially charged with the accused person but have since turned accomplice witnesses. Chinhengo expressed concern as the matter was postponed again saying that the witnesses in prison are due...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 20 May 2011
Who is who in Govt union salary talks
The demand Sixteen percent salary increment. And now with the mounting pressure to end the strike the union leaders are demanding no implementation of No Work No Pay policy and unconditional reinstatement of the dismissed essential service...
20 May 2011
How race still colours South African elections
Although voting patterns still largely follow racial lines, opposition Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille appealed to voters to "take the next step and make the issues the issue in this election" and not race. President Jacob Zuma told crowds in...
20 May 2011
Govt, unions must reach compromise agreement
Although initially the strike was earmarked to last 10 days, it has developed into an indefinite walkout. In the meantime so much has happened with far-reaching economic ramifications. The government has been forced to close schools, citing the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 20 May 2011
Hospital not eager to release dismissal letters
This paper is reliably informed that the hospital management, the acting superintendent and the matron, have been receiving the dismissal letters since Tuesday afternoon this week, but have hesitated to give them to the workers who were informed...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 20 May 2011
Obama supports Middle East uprisings
"The status quo is not sustainable," Obama said in a major speech at the state department in Washington on Thursday, the first on the Middle East since he spoke in Cairo in 2009. In a speech dubbed Cairo 2, he threw US weight behind the protesters,...
20 May 2011
Police arrest looters and the violent during strike
The incidents were reported in Gaborone, Gantsi, Hukuntsi, Mahalapye, Mochudi, Mogoditshane, Molepolole, Moshupa, Ramotswa, Selibe Phikwe and Thamaga. About 152 students, 13 striking workers and 12 members of the public have been taken in for...
STAFF WRITER 20 May 2011
The strike in Francistown
In the north is the Marimavu Street junction. On the way to the city centre, there is the mammoth Botswana Insurance Company (BIC) billboard overlooking the ground. Its advertising message is "get hassle-free insurance cover that goes the extra...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 20 May 2011
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