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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...
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
UNSC mission to meet on Somalia situation in Kenya
A statement from the Nairobi-based UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) said the representatives of the UNSC will arrive in Nairobi on Wednesday after such visits to Ethiopia and Sudan. The delegation first arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday headed...
25 May 2011
Swaziland resists democracy pressure from West
Asked about reports that the US has developed a road map to democracy for the southern African country, Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini told newspaper editors that "we would wish to emphasise that the way our country is governed has been and continues to...
25 May 2011
Batswana urged to improve customer service
Speaking at the official opening of the Selebi-Phikwe office of MVA Fund at Anne Adams Park over the weekend, Sekwakwa said while Batswana always complained about the influx of Chinese in Botswana, they did little to reduce it. "I have been to banks...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 25 May 2011
Pension fund assets balloon to P34.7bn
Values for pension fund assets held by domestic and foreign equities rose by 14.7 percent and 10.7 percent respectively to P6.12 billion and P17.9 billion, reflecting both higher injections of funds by managers and better returns on...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
Record diamond sales registered for first quarter
Figures released by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) show that in the first three months of the year, diamond exports stood at $1.019 billion, the highest value ever in the first quarter. The exceptional level of exports, which includes rough and...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
Project Syndicate
The national reconciliation agreement in Palestine between Fatah and Hamas, signed in Egypt on May 3, is one of the major results of this sea change. Other substantial developments are certain to follow - and Turkey stands to gain from them. Indeed,...
IBRAHIM KALIN 25 May 2011
Project Syndicate
Not surprisingly, they are attracting capital inflows and featuring higher inflation rates (6.2 percent versus 1.6 percent). This is the case in much of Latin America. In its recent World Economic Outlook, the IMF recommends monetary tightening in...
HECTOR R. TORRES 25 May 2011
Pay now or live to pay
Most companies that deal with government, have not yet received their payments which were due on 10-15th May. If the government goes ahead with their motion of "no work no pay" on Monday, May 30th, all banks and financial institutions like insurance...
25 May 2011
Two societies unravel
But because the children are young and of callow mind, the absence of teachers gives them ample time to indulge their predilection to frolic. Students of government secondary schools also remain barred from school while their counterparts at English...
EDITOR 25 May 2011
Our Heritage
If catastrophe is viewed in terms of heritage it can be said that the possibility of catastrophe was a concern in the long drawn out debate about the future of this country during the first half of the 20th century. Because, it was argued, the...
Sandy Grant 25 May 2011
Fraud suspects application for discharge thrown out
The suspects also contended that their prosecution be permanently stayed and that they be discharged of all offences brought against them. Gabriel Ramoshi Kanjabanga, an attorney and Boitshwarelo Moreeng are facing charges of stealing a cheque worth...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 25 May 2011
'Mobile population prone to HIV/AIDS infections'
Ramsden said this is particularly so because individuals who are always travelling come into contact with in different people and in places. Minister Ramsden was speaking at a Mobile Population Official Project Launch held in Blue Town location in...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 25 May 2011
BDP MPs report to striking workers
Rammidi told the ecstatic crowd that the ruling party backbench met on Monday where they discussed ways of solving the strike, adding that he was hopeful that a solution of sorts would be worked out to resolve the standoff between government and the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
BCP divided over Mukokomani, Bagayi membership request
BCP regional chairman in BOSEMA region Kaniri Kanje confirmed that the two politicians who recently resigned from the ruling party, have applied for BCP membership. He said that they are still discussing the issue after which they will inform the...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
FCC cllrs argue over strike
While opposition councillors said that President Ian Khama should step down as he has failed the people, those from the ruling party countered that opposition parties should stay out of the strike and let unions and government deal with the issue....
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
Khama rejects meeting with BDP MPs
According to one MP, who preferred anonymity, while Khama refused to meet the MPs saying that he has a tight schedule, he demanded to meet only one of them. "He demanded to meet one of us, and not the 12 who had requested the meeting," said the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
Judicial system in near paralysis?
Corridors in the court complexes at the oldest town in the country remained deserted for much of the day as support staff had joined other government employees on strike. Information reaching Mmegi suggests that Lobatse High Court is also on the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
UCCSA enters fray
In a strong worded statement issued yesterday, the church also accused government of abusing state media and bringing the education sector to a complete mess. "We wish to reiterate our concern on the prevailing situation. As the UCCSA we call...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
Teachers intimidated for striking
Ministry of Education and Skills Development principal public relations officer Nomsah Zuze has cautioned that the ministry will not condone intimidation of teachers who are returning back to work by the headmasters and heads of departments. She...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 25 May 2011
BOCCIM mediates between govt, unions
Yesterday, BOCCIM President, Modiri Mbaakanyi said the organisation had already met with senior ministries of Finance and Development Planning and Presidential Affairs and Public Administration officials. He said today BOCCIM mediators would meet...
STAFF WRITER 25 May 2011
Selefu 25 May 2011
25 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 25 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 25 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...
25 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 25 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 25 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...
26 May 2011
Our Heritage
If catastrophe is viewed in terms of heritage it can be said that the possibility of catastrophe was a concern in the long drawn out debate about the future of this country during the first half of the 20th century. Because, it was argued, the...
Sandy Grant 26 May 2011
FIFA launches bribery inquiry over Bin Hammam, Warner
Blazer, who is the general secretary of the CONCACAF federation, has alleged that violations were committed under the FIFA code of ethics during a meeting organised by Bin Hammam and Warner in relation to the FIFA presidential election, which takes...
26 May 2011
Manchester United confirm signing of Atletico Madrid goalkeeper
The size of the fee indicates the importance Ferguson has attached to finding the right successor to Van der Sar at Old Trafford. The figure dwarfs the £9m Sunderland paid Hearts for Craig Gordon in 2007 and makes the 20-year-old De Gea, who is...
26 May 2011
Botswana picks strong squad to defend Karate title
The Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) spokesperson, Jerry Ditlhong said they are sending a high number of juniors to give them exposure. He said their target is to see all karatekas win medals. He added that the availability of the new Karate...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 May 2011
Divided BAA suspends Dube
The association made the decision during an executive committee meeting in Gaborone on Tuesday. The outspoken Dube has been sidelined after he made scathing attacks on BAA president, Moses Bantsi and development officer, Bobby Gaseitsiwe. The former...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 May 2011
Zebras force early Premier League kick-off
Traditionally, the competition kicks off in the third week of August, but because of the 2012 AFCON preparations, the Botswana Premier League (BPL) has reportedly agreed in principle, to start the new season on the second weekend of July. If all goes...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 May 2011
Who leaves BBAA House on Sunday?
There are five housemates in the hot seat this week - Bernadina (Namibia), Confidence (Ghana), Michael (Mozambique), Sharon O (Uganda), and Vina (Nigeria). Michael, however, did not get in the hot seat, through getting a high number of votes...
STAFF WRITER 26 May 2011
Tsiki asks question but offers no answers
This a question from Kwaito musician Tsiki (Mbulawa Nthoiwa) in one of the songs in his debut album, Oska Rebotsa.Funny because this guy is asking questions but does not want to be asked himself, at least according to his title track. But the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 May 2011
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