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Special Olympics team receives donations
The team has 12 athletes. Over 7,000 athletes from 170 nations are expected to converge in Athens to compete in 22 sports disciplines. Of the 12 Botswana athletes, seven will participate in track and field events, four in swimming and one in Judo....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Radipotsane brands Pilikwe United
He said his side has adopted the colours because of the scenic Pilikwe hill. "When you look at the Pilikwe hill from a distance, it almost looks blue and there is an abundance of white flowers in the area, so that is why we chose to use those two...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Boxers pumped-up for Africa event
We have done our level best to prepare the boxers both mentally and physically and it is now for them to deliver in the ring, which we are very hopeful they will do," assistant coach Orapeleng Mosalakgotla said before the team's departure. He stated...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Gaborone, Orapa tops national bowls championship
Hosts Orapa dethroned defending champions Francistown to lift the women's fours title while Gaborone club won the men's rinks. The Orapa team consists of Ellie Geldenhuys (skip), Geogie Mckechnei, Doreen Moleleki and Mair McKinnon. The men who...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Kanye Swallows protests decision to award Prisons points
The match failed to take-off in Kanye because of a soggy pitch. While Swallows were waiting for a new date for the fixture, they were slapped with a fine. The Kanye team has accused the league committee of manipulating the situation to stop them...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Teletswana fails to enter the fray again
It was expected that it will return to action this season but that has not been possible and most of its players have moved to other clubs. The club founder, Shakes Mogapi said participation in events has been suspended and he is not sure when they...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 03 June 2011
The Buffaloes' rock of defence
His well-timed tackles make him the envy of fellow defenders and the nemesis of seasoned campaigners such as Tshepiso Molwantwa and Donald 'Coach' Mopako. Even the slippery Mothusi Lekoko of Letlapeng will confess that 'Big George' does not fall for...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Hotspurs welcome re-match with GNT
The game ended prematurely with GNT leading 2-0. BFA awarded the game to GNT but Hotspurs appealed the decision and got a reprieve on Tuesday after they were initially blamed for the abandonment. The Appeal's Committee has ruled that the game be...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Stanbic seeks to empower soccer Internationals
The plan was announced to the team at a personal financial management forum at the Lekidi Football Centre this week. It involves free financial advice and savings accounts for the players. Stanbic Bank promised to put P100 each month in the players'...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Match-fixing allegations rock local football
The two clubs clashed in a crucial be MOBILE Premier League match that Motlakase had to win to survive the chop.Exactly a fortnight after the game, reports coming out of the Nico United camp are that that two club officials were paid to fix the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Uncertainty over venue for Zebras game
By yesterday afternoon it was still not clear whether the game will be played at the Lobatse Sports Complex after it emerged that the turf at the newly-built stadium is not in good condition. BFA moved the game from the UB Stadium saying it is too...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Gunners get Chinese sponsors?
The Chinese firm's representatives watched the Lobatse giants winning the Coca-Cola Cup last month and thereafter, the club chairman, Ludo Kemoeng, flew to the Asian country to possibly seal a deal. It is said the unnamed firm may handle Gunners...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Kenya to appeal ICC ruling
Kenya has challenged the ICC's jurisdiction to investigate six senior allies of President Mwai Kibaki and his rival Prime Minister Raila Odinga over the 2007-2008 unrest, saying it would do so itself. But this was rejected by an ICC pre-trial...
03 June 2011
Mladic trial will write final chapter of Bosnia war
The Bosnian Serb Army general, commanding forces which had the heavy weaponry of Yugoslavia's arsenals, scoffed at the theoretical risk of prosecution. His army was on the way to seizing control of 70 percent of Bosnia-Herzegovina. His siege of...
03 June 2011
Researchers call for firm stance on Zim polls
The Institute for a Democratic Alternative for Zimbabwe said Southern African leaders for the first time have the will and capacity to ensure credible, free elections in the country. Former Southern African Development Community secretary-general...
03 June 2011
Project Syndicate
NEW HAVEN - Until now, and with few exceptions, the West has nurtured two distinct communities of foreign-policy specialists: the development community and the democratic community. More often than not, they have had little or no connection with one...
Ana Palacio 03 June 2011
Project Syndicate
WASHINGTON, DC - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has now made the mistake that all Iranian presidents make: he has challenged the authority of the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He is doomed to fail. The challenge posed by Ahmadinejad is such...
Mehdi Khalaji 03 June 2011
Project Syndicate
ABUJA - Nigerians like political theater, particularly if it is loud, colourful, and has a rich cast of "good" and "bad" characters. Such melodrama abounded from November 2009, when ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua was flown out of the country for...
Ike Okonta 03 June 2011
Nitty Gritty
"What the new generation will pick from him is his unwavering sense of commitment, duty and loyalty to his art and craft. In a society that refuses to read and appreciate poetry at its own peril, Malikongwa has consistently produced and published...
Barolong Seboni 03 June 2011
Selefu 03 June 2011
03 June 2011
An arrogant government shows it just doesn't care
Furthermore, the unions would have the three percent allocated in a pyramid format - with the lowly paid getting about 12 percent and the highly paid such as permanent secretaries, judges, the Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) and the...
03 June 2011
Judgement in love triangle on August 9
Macheme is demanding P30,000 from Senai for loss of society and consortium of the deceased. Rick and Thabiso were married in community of property. Macheme alleges that Senai committed adultery with his wife on many occasions in 2009. Macheme told...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Book review
Botswana Society (2011)'Botswana Notes and Records', Volume 42, 2010. Gaborone, Botswana Society, paperback. P200 to members, ISSN 0525-5090. Available at The Botswana Society Office at 2704 Phala Crescent or at the Mochudi Rondavel, National...
Sheridan Griswold 03 June 2011
Back stage
Water for Elephants (2011) has been playing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It is the film version of Sara Gruen's best selling novel of the same name (Mmegi, 2 October 2009). If you missed it on the big screen look for it in your local DVD...
Sasa Majuma 03 June 2011
Astley Gops sure of his story
His latest release Sure Ka Story once again proves the slender musician's pride in African music and traditions.Renowned for carrying his "walking" stick during performances, Gops still remains one of the few local musicians who are determined not to...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Masisi to open readers' conference
Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mokgweetsi Masisi, will officially open the conference, which is scheduled for July 11-14 in Gaborone. The Pan African Reading for All is the most prestigious and largest literacy...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
14 attend instructive theatre workshop
Fourteen participants from theatre groups in Gaborone and surrounding areas, including students from VAPA, participated in the week-long exercise. The workshop covered a variety of valuable areas in the performing arts including trust exercises...
STAFF WRITER 03 June 2011
Sephiri Se Dule touches politicians
Franco told Arts & Culture that his anti-corruption song did not target any particular individual or organisation, but that unfortunately some politicians had gotten the wrong end of the stick. The "misconception" that the song is anti-BDP has been...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Consumer Watchdog
We're in prison. No, I don't mean the Consumer Watchdog team although there's a list of companies and their second-rate lawyers who no doubt wish we were. It's a curious thing but the number of legal threats we've had has diminished over the last...
03 June 2011
Replenish Pula Fund for postery-IMF
In a statement released this week at the conclusion of a recent mission to Botswana, the IMF said government has an overwhelming task of cutting down its expenditure, which as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is higher than...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Standard & Poor's maintains Botswana credit rating
This week, S&P reaffirmed foreign and domestic currency ratings as well as the stable outlook for Botswana.However, the ratings agency noted that the country continues to face major challenges arising, in particular, from the need to consolidate...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
BoB clamps down on bank penalties
Prior to April 1, most commercial and statutory banks penalised clients who failed to provide a 90-day notice of their intent to settle their loans before maturity. The penalty, banks rationalised, was meant to cushion against losses arising from...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Banks to cede P1.5bn to BoB
The Bank of Botswana has increased the Primary Reserve Ratio (PRR) for commercial banks' pula denominated deposits from 6.5 percent to 10 percent, a move that will see banks surrendering at least a further P1.5 billion of their deposits to the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Mmamabula deal runs aground
Following months of speculation, the proposed acquisition of the Mmamabula Energy Complex by Indian giant, JSW Energy has failed after the termination of negotiations by CIC Energy, the Canadian company currently holding rights over the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
The US uses peace talks to divide the Taliban from Pakistan
Senior administration officials hope to use the talks to sow suspicion between the Taliban and their main ally, thus weakening the Taliban resolve to negotiate on a peace settlement only if the United States offers a timetable for troop withdrawal....
GARETH PORTER 03 June 2011
BONELA empowers gay and lesbian community in Palapye
The objectives of the training were to empower participants with information on various aspects such as stigma and discrimination, HIV and other STIs, tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections and the law to enhance individual advocacy and...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Homosexuals deserve respect, says Catholic bishop
The controversy has been rekindled following an open letter to the Catholic faithful of Bishop George Lungu, the president of the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC), the conclave of the Catholic bishops of Zambia. In that letter released May 19 and...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Gasennelwe A life spent in service of society
The touch of flu that she says she's been fighting for the past week hasn't dampened my interviewee's good spirits in the slightest. She is the picture of joviality as she often switches topic during the interview to relate an anecdote from her past...
03 June 2011
The city: Gaborone
African cities can be discouraging. Many are surrounded by skirts of shantytowns or informal suburbs, as they are charitably described. A visitor to Cape Town in South Africa, for example, must drive through miles of lean-to dwellings before...
03 June 2011
'E-Government is a key reform initiative'
Speaking at a press briefing at the conclusion of a two-day e-Government strategy conference, Dr Omponye Kereteletswe said the contribution of both the public and private sectors were crucial in the implementation of the e-government programme. He...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
New FMD outbreak could further cripple beef industry
Still smarting from a confirmed outbreak of FMD reported on May 5 in the Matsiloje area, which is in the neighbouring veterinary disease control Zone Six, news that Zone Seven has recorded a recurrence of FMD has shocked peasant farmers. However,...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Merafhe: The shooting general in Mahalapye
A combative Merafhe took the fight to the striking workers as he read them the riot act and announced that his government will not pander to the demands of the workers. He threatened that after the strike, the civil service might be reduced. "We will...
STAFF WRITER 03 June 2011
I have never supported Khama's compromise list - Rammidi
This is the question being asked by many as they come to terms with the latest developments in the Kanye North legislator's political career. At best, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) politician can be described as defiant. Rammidi's recent...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Judgement in love triangle on August 9
The deceased woman, Thabiso Tshukudu Macheme, was allegedly involved in a three-way triangle of romance with the plaintiff Rick Macheme and the defendant Moletanyi Senai. Macheme is demanding P30,000 from Senai for loss of society and consortium of...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Essential workers' appeal set for July
Botswana Federation of Public Service Unions (BOFEPUSU) spokesman Goretetse Kekgonegile confirmed in Gaborone yesterday that their attorneys were able to appear before court beating the deadline after Registrar of the Court of Appeal Michael Motlhabi...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Innocent bystander shot
He said he was visiting a relative at Princess Marina Hospital and met his ordeal after parking his car and walking towards the hospital circle where a number of people had gathered. He was standing at the pedestrian walkway by the Anglican Cathedral...
STAFF WRITERS 03 June 2011
Opposition courts foreign missions over strike
Saleshando was speaking to Mmegi after a meeting initiated by the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), the Botswana National Front (BNF) and his BCP with representatives of the European Union, the EU member states of France, Britian and Germany and...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 03 June 2011
Ministers flee from audience
Picture this: Three ministers bedecked in business suits sprinting away from a fully packed Kgotla meeting on foot! It is a scene normally found in the make-believe world of movies. So perhaps that is why when this anomaly played itself out at a...
03 June 2011
Btv faces suit over news 'blackout'
Lawyer Tshiamo Rantao is acting for the National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers Union (NALCGPWU), Botswana Land Boards and Local Authorities' Workers Union (BLBLAWU), Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU), Botswana...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 03 June 2011
Remembering Shoshong after 120 years
On the contrary, Shoshong, an African town established by the Bangwato during the 18th Century was a village like any other of those days. It became prosperous as it was located strategically on the Road to the North. As a major settlement...
*ABEL A. MABUSE 03 June 2011
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