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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...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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 06 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...
06 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 06 June 2011
Africa is open for business
In addition, conflicts and war emanating from undemocratic elections, undemocratic practices, corruption and abuse of good governance compounded to the unattractiveness of doing business in Africa. But, with fewer conflicts, more democratic elections...
*SERETSE KHAMA IAN KHAMA 06 June 2011
Cats claw Doves in Netball League
The Cats won the game 54-17. They started the game brightly converting their first centre pass and taking full control of the first quarter with Hilda Binang spearheading the attack. Cats were brimming with confidence, but their opponents would not...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Olyn destroys HawksOlyn destroys Hawks
The marauding Queens got off to a flying start, taking the first centre and consequently the first goal to eventually win 55-22. The game was played at a frantic pace from the start as both sides scrapped for the ball. Olyn scored twice in the first...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Police humiliate gallant Relics
Although Relics were humiliated, they showed fighting spirit in the first and second quarter. At some point in the first quarter, they had Police on the ropes and took the lead. Both sides attacked but Police proved more efficient in exploiting...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 06 June 2011
B-division clubs slug it out in Gaborone
The rugby festival is used by the Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) to scout talent for the national team. Speaking on the sidelines of the tournament, Shawn Lees who coaches the BRU development side and national womens team, said the level of B-Division...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Montsho shows Americans clean pair of heels
She clocked 50.59 seconds at Eugene, Oregon to deny American Allyson Felix the chance to defend her title. Felix finished third behind compatriot Debbie Dunn. It was sweet revenge for Montsho who last week trailed Felix at a Canada Grand...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Gaborone region honours lower division winners
The awards were sponsored by the main financiers of regional league, Dirang Motors. Division One champions Security Systems were the toast of the day after they got promotion to the BFA First Division South League. Paymaster Spurs were crowned...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Zebras open unassailable lead
Botswana has now amassed an unassailable 17 points from the seven games and one remaining fixture in Togo on September 3. Before yesterday's game, the Zebras had already booked a place in the AFCON to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Soul food
Many of us are confused by the low carbohydrate, "low-carb," craze that seems to be popping up everywhere and is being shoved down our throats. Add other terminologies such as "Net Carbs", which appear on all sorts of food labels and in...
Boitshepo Giyose 06 June 2011
Lil' Mis Andy makes it to the hub music series top 3
The consistent young rapper battled with her male counterpart, MOI, who unfortunately had to be ejected from the contest after showing the middle finger to the crowd, while performing his track at the Bull N Bush pub. This was clearly an obscene...
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Miss Universe aspirants in fashion parade
In contrast to the Miss Botswana fashion show, however, the Mos Syd Entertainment-organised event was badly planned, starting a few minutes after 1pm, despite advertising scheduling the event for 9am. Further, despite the 12 girls' best efforts, the...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Franco, Tshanda make history in Lobatse, rec park
For Franco, it was a first in his career to stage a show in Lobatse while for the South African disco ace Tshanda it was the first time that his fans watched him and his groups use a back track for a performance. Both shows did not attract big...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Eugene Jackson shines at Mascom live session
The Afro-pop singer, the third performer of the night, was the one who got music lovers on their feet shaking off the cold. Supported by a live band and a trio of dancers, Jackson opened his set with one of his hit songs, Phantsha.While showgoers...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Singer Don B sent off in style
It started with the uncle elaborating on how courageous the departed musician was, adding that Don B had inherited his musical talent from his mother, Tabaka Botshelo who she described as good singer and dancer. "If we were not in a funeral she would...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Eskimos artist scales the business ladder
When the challenges of life seemed to conquer Mmolawa, his passion for business also grew bigger, prompting him to find ways of making his life more comfortable. Mmolawa revealed in an interview with Business Monitor that he then compiled a business...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Khama will not lose
He was recently elected president through a democratic electoral process and that clearly proves that the electorate wants to keep him in power and those who think otherwise should do so through democratic elections. What makes Khama to strive and...
06 June 2011
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But who for instance are the workers - surely not both the bureaucrats at the top of the income scale as well as the hands on employees at the bottom? With the strikers requiring an all round 16 percent salary increase, it's obvious that those...
Sandy Grant 06 June 2011
Choosing the IMF leader
By gentlemen's agreement among the majority shareholders - the G-8 - the managing director is to be a European, with Americans in the number two post and at the head of the World Bank. The Europeans typically picked their nominee behind the scenes,...
*Joseph E Stigloitz 06 June 2011
Issues in education
This Issues builds on the last two and concludes the reflections on "Teacher Remuneration Policy: A Critical Review of Teacher Management in Botswana" in Pula-Journal of African Studies, Volume 21, Number 1 by Owen Pansiri. A number of researchers...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Week 06 June 2011
The winners code
Most of the people were fast asleep since the flight was overnight. Slumped next to the man was a young girl, who was in deep slumber. From time-to-time, the man would read something, smile, underline a passage in the book and then...
George Chingarande 06 June 2011
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06 June 2011
We are a Republic not a Kingdom
Often he is heard ridiculing our current political system, arguing that the order of things should be changed. He describes this desired order of things as God first, Kings, and then priests. Recently Kgafela made news at his own Kgotla where...
06 June 2011
Views on 'the mother of all strikes'
The workers' prolonged rebellion in the face of threats and intimidation could be indicative of a new-found self-confidence after discovering their leverage as the drivers of the economy. The publicity secretary of the Botswana National Front (BNF),...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 06 June 2011
What is the solution to the ongoing strike?
The strike, which resulted from government and unions' failure to find common ground with respect to a salary increase sought by the civil servants, came about after lengthy albeit unsuccessful negotiations between the two parties. While the unions...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Reconciliation
It seems that at last there is a thaw in the strained relations between the government and the workers unions after the BOFEPUSU president declared at a fully-packed meeting at the Civic Centre that peace is near. She told the gathering that they...
06 June 2011
Trio nabbed with stolen vehicles
They were nabbed at a police road-block in Kazungula. One of the men, a 38-year-old Zambian was driving a blue Range Rover sports car. The other, a 36-year-old Malawian was driving a brown VW Amarock van. The third man is a 36-year-old Mozambican...
Victor Muyakwabo
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Mukokomani appeals High Court decision
The appeal seeks the Court of Appeal to reinstate Mukokomani as the mayor of Selebi-Phikwe, declare the decision by the council to remove him from the office irregular and illegal and for it to set aside the decision of the High Court in its April 18...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Police did not shoot 'the man in question' - Tsimako
However, that was not the case in the afternoon of Friday July 3, 2011. The conference room was occupied by a good number of men, some clad in prison warders' uniform. We strayed into that room Friday afternoon, but the five of so seconds we were...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
The worst is still to come-Kgafela
This was after the students arrived at his Kgotla unannounced on Friday following the sudden closure of Molefi Senior Secondary School earlier in the day. Events had started at Molefi when students demanded answers to what they described as the halt...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Unionists pledge their souls to help sacked workers
BOFEPUSU spokesman, Goretse Kekgonegile told striking civil servants in Gaborone on Friday that they will not abandon the fired essential service workers. He said they will do everything in their power to have the workers reinstated. He stated that...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 06 June 2011
Selebi-Phikwe establishes land compensation task force
The mayor, Godfrey Mbaiwa has said that the council made the decision after receipt of overwhelming queries from Botshabelo residents whose plots were not included in the assessment. He explained that as Botshabelo is a built up area, issues of...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Ministry to alleviate effects of strike in schools
Deputy Permanent Secretary Macheng Macheng told Kagiso Senior Secondary School students and parents in Ramotswa on Friday morning that teachers working over weekends will be paid overtime. "There is no money, but in a case such as this, we will have...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Parliament seeks ways to end strike
They agreed that the Botswana Federation of Public Service Unions (BOFEPUSU) should continue talks with the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) to explore a mutually agreeable settlement to the 'No Work, No Pay' dispute. A communique from...
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
Firestone braces for better, bigger second tender
In a corporate and operations update the company, which owns the BK11 Mine in the Boteti region, says that although diamond liberation has been lower than expected at BK11 due to problems encountered with the crushing and scrubbing circuits, mining...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 06 June 2011
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