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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...
24 May 2011
Chilisa, Radipotsane war of words rages on
BFA had to look for a prosecutor to preside over Radipotsane's case after their legal representative, Tebogo Sebego, cited that because of his correlation with Radipotsane, his conscience was not clear during the initial hearing early this month....
THATO KALA
Correspondent 24 May 2011
Botswana, Zim to represent Africa in World Cup
The meeting was called after Botswana could not host the World Cup qualifiers after only Zimbabwe confirmed participation. The two now join South Africa who qualified by virtue of being the World Cup hosts. Africa Softball Confederation (ASC)...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 24 May 2011
Bitter end for Motlakase, TASC
There are probably mixed reactions around Serowe and Palapye after the weekend action in which Motlakase dropped to the lower division while Miscellaneous survived. While the mood in Palapye is likely to be at its lowest in a long time, wild...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
Backing artists Bogale, Nyati put up great show
The two women gave an impressive performance at the Botswanacraft where they backed Leburu ,who was sharing the stage with the visiting German band, Celtic Fusion. Bogale and Nyati captivated the audience with their dancing skills as well...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 24 May 2011
Mogo Route 7 takes a U-turn
This song by Coloza (Kagiso Otukile) was a real hit during its time and the young man looked destined for great thing, but it did not happen. His "combi had a breakdown" and he disappeared from the scene for some time. But now this young man...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 24 May 2011
Slizer's son drops sizzling album
The talented boy has dropped a sizzling six-track album titled Amacommander. The album is already on the shelves and Slizer (Naledi Kaisara) is confident it will be a hit. The youngster features his dance queen mum and hip-hop star Juju...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 24 May 2011
SA's Nkuli evicted from Big Brother House
Nkuli was nominated alongside Kim (Zambia), Luclay (South Africa), and Mumba (Zambia). Mumba, however, was not nominated by other housemates, but was put up for nomination by the head of house, Botswana's Miss P (Peo Sebotho), who decided to...
STAFF WRITER 24 May 2011
EU chief pledges support for rebels
She is the most senior foreign official to visit to the area since the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi began. "I saw the posters on the way from the airport to here saying 'We have a dream'," Ashton said in the rebel stronghold of...
24 May 2011
Guillaume Soro to be reappointed PM
During an interview he accorded to a French television station, France 24, Ouattara said on Sunday that Soro had done an "excellent job" as the head of government in the last few months. "The situation is still fragile. We hope that he...
24 May 2011
Mozambique seeks to reduce measles deaths by 98%
This will bring the southern African country closer to a World Health Organisation (WHO) goal signed by 46 sub-Saharan countries to reduce measles deaths by 98 percent. "This campaign has put Mozambique in a position to be the first sub-Saharan...
24 May 2011
Moroccans youth stage more pro-democracy demonstrations
Demonstrators who took to the streets in Rabat, Casablanca, Tangiers and Agadir were part of the February 20 Movement that has repeatedly called for King Mohammed VI's powers to be curbed. The group, inspired by the pro-democracy protests in the...
24 May 2011
African Copper nears commercial production
In a production update report, the company says as production increased with the opening of its second copper mine, payable copper sold was at 1,266 tonnes in the first three months of the year, compared to 460 tonnes produced in the fourth quarter...
24 May 2011
'Nucleus' of state oil company formed
The unit is functioning at a nucleus of a state oil company the government has in its sights. The Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, last week revealed that the unit was already up and running and was focussed on...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
Project Syndicate
LONDON: The G-8 recently asked the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which was created to support the post-communist transitions to democracy and market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, to put its experience to use in...
24 May 2011
Civil service strike and human rights
*It is common cause that what begun and was touted as a peaceful and relatively short strike has in some instances turned violent. These riots have led to injury to persons, including minor children and destruction of property. This is indeed...
24 May 2011
As I see it
My fellow columnist, Dan Moabi judges me livid in my article, "Botswana Christian Churches, becoming irrelevant?" published on May 17, 2011 in Mmegi. He wonders what I felt about his article declaring his opposition to the strike. I...
Michael Dingake 24 May 2011
Our constitution is inherently flawed
We want to believe that when they first drafted the document, foremost in their minds was to protect the nascent nation from all manner of ills and to ensure its prosperity in the comity of nations because it was formulated when there was instability...
24 May 2011
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24 May 2011
Over 3,700 road accidents in Phikwe
Speaking at the official opening of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) office in Selebi-Phikwe over the weekend, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Solomon Sekwakwa advised that the fund shift its focus...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 24 May 2011
BMD to hold policy assembly
BMD policy director, Ndaba Gaolathe, says the assembly is a special forum that deals with party policy matters. Policy representatives at constituency level, regional office bearers and the BMD general leadership constitute the assembly, Gaolathe...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
Grandstand roof ommision angers FCC councillors
The remedial measures' report states that the Grandstand roof has been omitted in order to bring the project to practical completion. It also states that the contractor was slow to meet resource constraints and resolution is reported to be feeble in...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
Detained BLLAHWU official out on bail
Makhado appeared briefly before Chief Magistrate Gaedupe Makgato who granted him bail on his own recognisance and is due to appear on June 23. He was represented by Busang Manewe of Bogopa and Manewe Attorneys while prosecutor Inspector Lapologang...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
BDP MPs divided on the strike, two chicken out
But out of the 18 Members of Parliament, 12 attended the meeting whilst two apologies were sent. According to a source, MP for Gaborone West North Robert Masitara and Letlhakeng West MP Liakak Kablay gave unsatisfactory reasons for their absence....
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
We practice zero tolerance for corruption -Khama
The conference aims at sharing experiences and gaining deeper understanding of anti-corruption issues and implementation of specific strategies to reduce corruption in Africa. Opening the conference, President Ian Khama said fighting corruption is a...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
Call to amplify strike
Openly calling for defiance, BOFEPUSU said its members should no longer apply for permits because lawlessness had now become the order of the day in Botswana. BLLAWU Secretary General, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, said it took the government only two...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
Serowe constituencies reject BOFEPUSU invitation?
The Serowe constituencies are:Serowe North East, Serowe North West and Serowe South. Organisers said the response they got from the MPs' offices was that the constituencies had been ordered not to attend such gatherings. Previously BOFEPUSU here...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
More nurses join strike
Clifford Santudu, chair of Botswana Federation of Public Service Unions (BOFEPUSU) in Serowe region, said yesterday that they have recorded 36 more nurses joining the ongoing national strike. He said prior to the dismissal letters given to nurses...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
No salaries for 50 000 striking workers, unions unable to pay
Goretetse Kekgonegile, the publicity secretary for Botswana Federation of Public Service Unions (BOFEPUSU), was yesterday at pains to explain the fate of the workers who need salaries to pay for rent, food, children's needs, and other essentials....
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
FCC meeting interrupted by strikers
The workers were accompanied by the police when they arrived at the civic centre as the mayor, Shadrack Nyeku adjourned the meeting to accompany the city clerk to addressing the distraught employees. "We seem to have an emergency as the strike...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 24 May 2011
Project syndicate
But framing the issue this way creates a major problem for Boehner: it will directly, completely, and quickly antagonize one of the Republicans' most important constituencies - the US corporate sector. Focusing on the debt ceiling creates a...
Simon Johnson 24 May 2011
Project syndicate
Whereas countries and civil-society initiatives are on the move, the Conference has stagnated. Its credibility - indeed, its very legitimacy - is at risk. The "CD," as it is informally known, has long served as the world's only multilateral forum for...
Ban Ki-Moon 24 May 2011
Is milk good for you?
For others, it's associated with anaemia, high cholesterol, respiratory problems, and severe stomach pains. Some studies have even linked it to cancer and Parkinson's disease. The milk industry has spent billions of dollars trying to manipulate...
24 May 2011
When Badimo call, you cannot decline
Take Sangoma Mantho Kgakge of Mokwena ward in Pilikwe. For starters, Kgakge is one of the few sangomas found in the area if not in the country making her one of the revered if not feared traditional doctors around. But how did she get the call to be...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 24 May 2011
My kind of man must be loving, sensitive
At 27-years -old she is a very beautiful and confident woman. When asked whether she didn't think that time was against her, Bahadzisi laughed and said, "Last year I was actually getting desperate, but you know what? God bless Waity Katey, it is now...
REMI ADEOYE
Correspondent 24 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...
25 May 2011
EU chief pledges support for rebels
She is the most senior foreign official to visit to the area since the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi began. "I saw the posters on the way from the airport to here saying 'We have a dream'," Ashton said in the rebel stronghold of...
25 May 2011
Guillaume Soro to be reappointed PM
During an interview he accorded to a French television station, France 24, Ouattara said on Sunday that Soro had done an "excellent job" as the head of government in the last few months. "The situation is still fragile. We hope that he...
25 May 2011
Mozambique seeks to reduce measles deaths by 98%
This will bring the southern African country closer to a World Health Organisation (WHO) goal signed by 46 sub-Saharan countries to reduce measles deaths by 98 percent. "This campaign has put Mozambique in a position to be the first sub-Saharan...
25 May 2011
Moroccans youth stage more pro-democracy demonstrations
Demonstrators who took to the streets in Rabat, Casablanca, Tangiers and Agadir were part of the February 20 Movement that has repeatedly called for King Mohammed VI's powers to be curbed. The group, inspired by the pro-democracy protests in the...
25 May 2011
Kanye Swallows survive as minnows make history
Swallows had a sloppy start in the campaign and changed coaches three times. Jimmy Gaolefufa was given the boot just after a few games while his successor, Andrew Tsae, quit in March after a dispute with management. Tsae's problems with his bosses...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO &
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondents 25 May 2011
Relegated Motlakase pushes ahead with stadium project
The project started after their promotion to the Premier League two seasons ago but was shelved due to financial constraints as the club fought for survival in the top division. One of the club directors, Samuel Kealotswe told to Mmegi Sport...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
BAA please hide your dirty linen!
Week's disappointmentIt is official. The National Stadium is indeed a pink elephant. It has taken three years to paint the stadium pink, put plastic chairs and botch-up the laying of the pitch. The public really deserves an explanation, looking at...
Sport Chat
Mqondisi 25 May 2011
Oteng favoured to land top boxing award
The boxer is tipped to walk away with the title especially after last year's winner, Bathusi Mogajane (49kg) surprisingly failed to make the list of nominees. Mogajane never fails to live up to expectation and recently, he won gold in the Zone IV...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
Maun music lovers in for a treat
The trio perform at the Crocodile Camp on Friday night in what promises to be a thriller. Show promoter Keith Molapisi of Keith Entertainment and Promotions, confirmed the event saying the Sondela star, Ringo, is bringing along his band. ...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 25 May 2011
Thato releases engaging gospel album
The album contains eight tracks namely, I'll Cherish, I Will Lift Ur Name, Ke Dumetse, Halleluya, Atamelang Go Jehofa, Teng Sefapaano, Morekolodi Wame and We Lift Your Name On High. Although this is his debut album, Thato was willing to test the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 25 May 2011
Shanti-Lo's act in gear to dazzle Swazis at Bushfire
The three-day event is considered one of the biggest music festivals in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Shanti-Lo's manager, Soares Katumbela, said Shanti-Lo would also be launching his new album, Lorato whilst in...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 May 2011
All is set for this year's Letlhafula festival
The organisers revealed in Gaborone yesterday that preparations are at an advanced stage and that tickets are already sold out. The theme for this year's festival is Letlepu Tsina Ya Letlhafula, Re Ja Re Ikgora Menwana. The organisers are...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 May 2011
Ivory Coast faces ethnic feuds
World leaders have lauded the inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara as marking the end of the violence in Ivory Coast, but villagers in the volatile, cocoa-growing west are less sure. Ouattara was invested as head of state on Saturday in front...
25 May 2011
Zimbabwean faces trial for Facebook protest posts
The privately-owned NewsDay said a magistrate in Bulawayo had set a June 10 trial date for Vikas Mavhudzi who faces a charge of posting offensive messages on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Facebook wall. Prosecutors said Mavhudzi sent a message...
25 May 2011
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