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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...
14 June 2011
Our heritage
Nowhere, however, have I seen any mention of the fact that General Warren's announcement to the three key dikgotla, Kanye, Molepolole and Shoshong - that they were now part of a British declared Protectorate - marked the beginnings of the new State...
Sandy Grant 14 June 2011
The 'politicising' of workers' struggle
I would like to think it is from a right thinking member of civil society who cares not whose political career ends but more about whether the great traditions of this great Republic endure and the citizens of this great Republic are well provided...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 14 June 2011
When the strike turns violent
These are the words of 37-year-old Khumoetsile Mabalane as she relates to Mmegi her terrifying experience of the riot on Tuesday as security agents clashed with striking government workers. She says ever since she was born, she has never witnessed...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 14 June 2011
What this strike is about and what govt should be doing
Politics is about one thing: politicians come up and say entrust us with all your monies; we will collect rents, taxes and other revenues on your behalf and distribute them appropriately. When the people vote a government in to power, they are...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 14 June 2011
Makgadikgadi locals in poverty cycle
Makgadikgadi encompasses villages and settlements like Zoronga, Nata, Rakops, Gweta, Mopipi, Mmatshumo, Xhumaga and Mosu. A study by the Department of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism has revealed that households...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
South Sudan's gathering storm
Sudan's government, led by President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, has taken a page from its Darfur playbook by waging war once again on civilians and their property, this time attacking the disputed border region of Abyei on the eve of South Sudan's...
14 June 2011
Etcetera II
The tragedy has been playing itself out during the past week and maybe still more is to unfold as we continue to shoot ourselves in both feet. How terribly sad it is to hear routine comments about the country as being down the drain, or having...
Sandy Grant 14 June 2011
Will Greece make it?
It remains to be seen whether the souped-up austerity policies that Prime Minister George Papandreou's government has promised will prove to be politically acceptable and sustainable. History suggests some grounds for skepticism. In a democracy,...
Dani Rodrik 14 June 2011
Issues In Education
The Government of Botswana has signed a number of international conventions such as Education For All and the Millennium Development Goals towards increased access and equity to schooling and has embraced the concept of the Child Friendly School...
D.Molefhe
O.Pansiri
S.Weeks 14 June 2011
Ceragem -panacea for stiff joints
She knew, from the word go that she had found the panacea for stiff joints, chronic back pains and other health problems afflicting the people of Francistown, and others from afar. For those who have since discovered CERAGEM, they are coming to the...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 14 June 2011
When on-lookers become victims
As the police and the workers were sizing each other up, even the usually busy shoppers stopped their shopping businesses to gawk at the spectacle before them. A number of them, hence were caught in the crossfire as the police using rubber bullets...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 14 June 2011
Shooting practice with BDF officers
The purpose of our trip was to witness the end of the three weeks peacekeeping exercise conducted by BDF and their French counterparts. Though it was still early, the mood in the bus was very high but yours truly decided to sleep. Being the only...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 14 June 2011
All went well for us, says First Division South boss
He said there was no rowdy behaviour during games. "We never had incidents where games were either disrupted or called off because of unruly fans," he said. "We have not summoned any team to a disciplinary hearing," Babitseng said. He...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 June 2011
Motlakase appeal against demotion
The hearing will be held at the Lekidi Centre in Gaborone at 5.30 pm. The Palapye side lost the last game of the season 1-2 at the hands of Selebi-Phikwe's Nico United last month, and the result saw them finish in 14th position on the league...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2011
BNSC chief backs decision to bar Dube
The elections were held to replace the committee that was dissolved three weeks ago after revelations of vote rigging in the February elections. Kemoeng said Dube was still serving suspension and that there was nowhere he was going to be allowed to...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI &
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Correspondent
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
Tshosane misses CAF coaches' Cairo conference
BFA chief executive officer (CEO) Judge Mookodi is said to have claimed he forget to tell Tshosane in time despite the invitation having reached his office in April. Tshosane was only informed about the trip last Friday. Tshosane confirmed in an...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 June 2011
As I See It
The one good lesson hopefully will be that opposition parties and unions will know they have symbiotic relations, whatever others might argue. The unconscionable demand for least government, propagated by the dominant USA economics pundits...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 14 June 2011
This is the right time to negotiate
By Monday morning the majority of workers were back at work, with the exception of a certain section of dissatisfied workers who continued to loiter around the Gaborone Secondary School Grounds. Naturally we are excited that normalcy has been...
14 June 2011
Back Stage
It is a remarkable movie grounded in the life of a small Turkish village in the mountains, filmed at Kozlu (Assos) Ayvacik in ‚anakkale near the Aegean Sea above the Gulf of Korfez. The "times" are those marked by the five calls to...
SASA MAJUMA 14 June 2011
Captain Dira releases Rraagwe Software Two
Captain Dira reinvented himself last year after two years of doing traditional music, borankana, and is keen to carve a niche for himself in a new genre. "This is my second album under the Rraagwe Software series. Most people know that I...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2011
Zeus escapes eviction by a whisker
The 37-year-old had only one vote from her country, but so did Zeus and Weza (Angola). The three contestants tied with one country-popularity vote each. In such a case the rules of the game stipulate that the contestant with the lowest average...
STAFF WRITER 14 June 2011
Zim shareholding law 'absurd'
The law, which would require all foreign-owned companies to cede their majority stake to black Zimbabweans, was proposed by Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere. "We now expect the minister to come to parliament...
14 June 2011
Chess 'tsar' unrepentant over game with Gaddafi
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and former head of the vast Russian desert region of Kalmykia, met with Gaddafi on Sunday and boasted he easily got the better of the Libyan leader on the board. "I would happily...
14 June 2011
Pressure back on Mugabe
Leaders of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community met late on Saturday on the eve of a broader free trade summit. After failing to reach a decision, they planned to resume talks late Sunday. The region's security "Troika" body in...
14 June 2011
Firestone in debut trade on BSE
The listing of the diamond junior, which operates the BK11 Mine in the Boteti sub-district and holds exploration licences in several parts of the country, should have taken place at the beginning the year but was delayed as the company pushed to meet...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
PEEPA targets August for BTC IPO
While a portion of the 49 percent being privatised has been reserved for BTC citizen employees, members of the public will still take up the lion's share of the equity on offer while the government will retain the controlling balance. Responding to...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
We won't make up for lost time - BOFEPUSU
Speaking to Mmegi in an interview at Chedu Choga Grounds yesterday, Sithole said the government had suffered more from Botswana's longest public service strike in history. "The government has suffered more than the striking workers," he said....
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 14 June 2011
Judge recuses herself from case she committed for trial
Having signed the notice herself meant she believed there was a prima-facie case against the accused, Justice Solomon averred. This was after the first prosecution witness, who is the complainant in the matter, gave his evidence in chief. Justice...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 14 June 2011
BOPRITU loses bid to incorporate BOPRITA
While BOPRITU members walked out of the meeting in a boycott of the elections, remaining delegates went on to cast their votes with 276 BOPRITA members voting against the organisation being swallowed by BOPRITU. BOPRITA members feel that BOPRITU...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 June 2011
Mother breaks door open to save daughter from fire
The mother, Lucky Moseki told the court that she had to use an axe to chop down the door, which had been tied with wire, as the hut was being consumed by fire as she tried to save her daughter Besi Moseki. Moseki is a witness in the attempted...
PATRICIA MAGANU-EDWIN
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
New HIV infections in S/Phikwe alarming
Matlhabaphiri said that it is disturbing to find that the new infections stand at 4.66 percent, the third highest in Botswana.Speaking during the launch of the Botswana TB/HIV Policy over the weekend, Matlhabaphiri said that TB/HIV co-infections in...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 June 2011
Men kill granny for P45,000
Obakeng Leagajang, Patrick Kgwefane, Rapula Molemane, Victor Leshage, Chona Malinda, Bashi Malinda, and Akanyang Malinda are charged with a single count of murder, armed robbery, and two counts of attempted murder. It is alleged that the seven men...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
Police threaten to shoot defiant striking workers
Accompanied by a contingent of officers senior superintendent Samuel Moepeng gave the workers 15 minutes to vacate the grounds, as he read out what he referred to as a declaration; "All of you gathered here in the name of the President of the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
Police arrest 30 people
The mass arrests took place at the Gaborone City Council (GCC) just after the police, clad in riot gear and carrying guns had dispersed striking workers from Gaborone Secondary School. Most of the people arrested after police had surrounded the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
Seretse alleged hijackers arrested
South African media reports say that the men were arrested in Lenasia South while driving from Palm Springs to Johannesburg on Thursday. They are expected to appear in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court. It is reported that during the incident the...
MARANYANE NGWANAMOTHO 14 June 2011
Botswana educational TV channel launched
Speaking at the official launch of the Botswana Educational Television channel yesterday at the Botswana Television auditorium, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi said as friends of Japan, the government had to "do something after the major catastrophe" the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
Judge orders Tibone to pay costs
The trial was due to start yesterday but could not because the attorney representing Tibone, Lawrence Lekalake, Liyanda Lekalake and 21st Century Holdings (Pty) was indisposed. Judge David Newman then rescheduled the case for November 28 - December...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 June 2011
Selefu 14 June 2011
14 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...
15 June 2011
Our heritage
Nowhere, however, have I seen any mention of the fact that General Warren's announcement to the three key dikgotla, Kanye, Molepolole and Shoshong - that they were now part of a British declared Protectorate - marked the beginnings of the new State...
Sandy Grant 15 June 2011
The 'politicising' of workers' struggle
I would like to think it is from a right thinking member of civil society who cares not whose political career ends but more about whether the great traditions of this great Republic endure and the citizens of this great Republic are well provided...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 15 June 2011
When the strike turns violent
These are the words of 37-year-old Khumoetsile Mabalane as she relates to Mmegi her terrifying experience of the riot on Tuesday as security agents clashed with striking government workers. She says ever since she was born, she has never witnessed...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 15 June 2011
What this strike is about and what govt should be doing
Politics is about one thing: politicians come up and say entrust us with all your monies; we will collect rents, taxes and other revenues on your behalf and distribute them appropriately. When the people vote a government in to power, they are...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 15 June 2011
Makgadikgadi locals in poverty cycle
Makgadikgadi encompasses villages and settlements like Zoronga, Nata, Rakops, Gweta, Mopipi, Mmatshumo, Xhumaga and Mosu. A study by the Department of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism has revealed that households...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 15 June 2011
Ceragem -panacea for stiff joints
She knew, from the word go that she had found the panacea for stiff joints, chronic back pains and other health problems afflicting the people of Francistown, and others from afar. For those who have since discovered CERAGEM, they are coming to the...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 15 June 2011
When on-lookers become victims
As the police and the workers were sizing each other up, even the usually busy shoppers stopped their shopping businesses to gawk at the spectacle before them. A number of them, hence were caught in the crossfire as the police using rubber bullets...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 15 June 2011
Shooting practice with BDF officers
The purpose of our trip was to witness the end of the three weeks peacekeeping exercise conducted by BDF and their French counterparts. Though it was still early, the mood in the bus was very high but yours truly decided to sleep. Being the only...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 15 June 2011
Schools cricket on course despite strike, says BCA
BCA chief executive officer (CEO) Girish Ramakrishna said in Gaborone yesterday that they have recently incorporated five new schools from Lobatse, bringing the total number of schools on the programme to 123. He said that the programme currently...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 June 2011
Tough job lies ahead for new BAA chiefs
Top of the list of the tasks Kemoen has given the new committee is to investigate the whereabouts of kit items given to the BAA for use during the Africa Junior Championships in Athletics (AJCA) that Botswana hosted last month. Kemoen told the...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 15 June 2011
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