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Project syndicate
But now America's debt ceiling has become the subject of intense political posturing and touch-and-go negotiations behind closed doors. And, obviously, the outcome has implications that go well beyond the US. As part of America's system of checks...
Mohammed a.el-Erian 28 June 2011
June 16 and Botswana
The unprecedented covert action of the SADF followed the killing in custody of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, in 1977. Majority rule was achieved in Zimbabwe in 1980 against the backdrop of an increasingly costly ant- guerrilla war in...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 28 June 2011
Wal-Mart and the Game in Botswana
This gives the global wholesale and retail giant a foothold in Africa from which it will almost certainly expand. As throughout much of Southern Africa Massmart is better known as Game and therefore by extension a decision made in Pretoria,...
*PROFESSOR ROMAN GRYNBERG 28 June 2011
Malema speaks at ANCYL Congress
We welcome all delegates and guests to the 24th National Congress of the African National Congress Youth League. We welcome the ANC Youth League back in Johannesburg, because it was here in Johannesburg, 67 years ago that the ANC Youth League...
28 June 2011
Pastor Irene is in town
She continues her ministration at the same venue on Saturday from 10am and the last of her three-day service will be on Sunday morning until late afternoon. Many Batswana know Pastor Irene through her television channel World Restoration Services...
STAFF WRITER 28 June 2011
State media developing into a joke?
That is if one day the propaganda that the government media has been spewing of late finds a scriptwriter to make use of, a very good producer and an excellent director. Here is some of the material he or she could find...
STAFF WRITER 28 June 2011
The winners code
The young man really detested mountains. Upon seeing the mountain the young man sat down, and decided to wait until the mountain had moved on. Unfortunately, the mountain did not move even an inch, and the young man's journey ended right there...
George Chingarande 28 June 2011
Watermelon: the 'cinderella' nutritional powerhouse
"The other important factor about watermelons is the presence of magnesium in them. Scientists have proven that lack of Magnesium results in tension, sleep disorders, muscular cramping and eventually heart attacks accompanied by other serious...
Tumelo Mmopi
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Louisa Ludo mmusi: where there's a will, there's a way
Born 75 years ago in Lobatse to a builder and a housewife, Louisa Ludo Mmusi is a woman who has made her mark and contributed to the growth and development of Botswana. It was her passion for teaching and caring for children that inspired her to...
Sidiapelo Babish 28 June 2011
Is there a man behind every successful woman?
Is there a man behind every successful woman? Successful and professional women seem to be leading lonely lives, which leads to the question whether men resent them. Locally there are many cases of women who divorced after they became successful or...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Sharapova advances to the quarterfinals
The Russian took time to find her rhythm and faced break points in the first set but Peng could not convert and was broken in the ninth game. The 2004 champion then broke in the first game of the second set and ran out a comfortable winner on Court...
28 June 2011
Pilato joins BMC
BMC public relations officer Parks Buthiyi revealed that they hope to seal the deal this week. "I can confirm that Pilato will join us for the coming season. We hope to seal the deal in the next few days," Buthiyi said. BMC are also said to be on the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 28 June 2011
BFA set to ditch All Kasi?
The national soccer controlling body looks set to ditch the local sportswear company when their current deal elapses in August amid revelations that the two parties have failed to come to an agreement on contractual matters. BFA recently invited...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Zebras' to know AFCON opponents on October 29
The Zebras and Ivory Coast are the only sides to have booked their place in CAF's flagship competition. Equatorial Guinea and Gabon qualify as co-hosts, leaving 12 slots still up for grabs. The finals will be played from January 21 to February 12,...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Back stage
This is an unusual film about parental love and loss across languages, cultures and nationalities. It opens on the Island of Guernsey in the English Channel and in a forest in Paris, France. It is the seventh of July 2005. Elisabeth...
Sasa Majuma 28 June 2011
Organisers keen on Miss Universe boot camp
Initially, the boot camp was planned for May, but had to be rescheduled to an unconfirmed date because of sponsors, the organisers said. The camp is apparently meant to give the top 12 MUB finalists a feel of Botswana tourism. The camp...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Obama tucks into fatcakes and french fries
So perhaps Michelle Obama should have thought twice before posing enthusiastically for her latest photo opportunity in Botswana. The First Lady, who has been criticised before for failing to practise what she preaches when it comes to her health...
28 June 2011
Trans-Kalahari Quintet release album
The album is a fusion of funk, mbaqanga, marabi, traditional Tswana and contemporary jazz, all done with a truly unique interpretation. "The overall sound is uniquely Trans-Kalahari," the group proclaims. "We have simple goals; to create music that...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Three Britons pardoned by Somali president
The three of them, together with an American and two Kenyans, were arrested on May 24 shortly after flying into Mogadishu airport with the money. All six, who have not been officially named, were sentenced to jail but the president has since...
28 June 2011
Israel determined to stop Gaza aid flotilla
"Israel is determined to stop the flotilla," UN envoy Ron Prosor said, as preparations were underway for about 10 ships to embark later this week to Gaza to protest the longstanding Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory, according to...
28 June 2011
Arrest warrant issued for Gaddafi
The court had accused him of crimes against humanity and of ordering attacks on civilians after an uprising against him began in mid-February. The Hague-based court also issued warrants for two of Gaddafi's top aides - his son Saif al-Islam and...
28 June 2011
Bombs kill 25 at Nigerian beer garden
The attackers - who the military said were suspected members of the Boko Haram sect - threw three sets of explosives from the back of motorbikes at around 5 pm local time and appeared to be targeting police officers, witnesses said. "Around 25...
28 June 2011
India forges closer ties with Africa
Speaking at a press briefing in Gaborone on Friday, Chandra said the line of credit, along with a similar facility of US$300 for the new Ethio-Djibouti railway line, were some of the initiatives announced at the Second India-Africa Forum Summit...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Sechaba launches new traditional brew
Speaking at the launch at Botswanacraft Marketing last week, the General Manager of Botswana Breweries, Thomas Mpedi, said his company prided itself in the art of brewing. "Our speciality is traditional beverages, as you know of Chibuku and Mageu...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Middle East super-rich power diamond sales - report
Released last week, Merrill Lynch's World Wealth Report 2011 also suggests that rising numbers of the super-rich in the Middle East were behind the high growth seen in rough and polished diamond prices last year. De Beers estimates rough prices rose...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Libya not ready for political solution
A settlement should be welcomed, but it has to begin with the departure of Gaddafi and his inner circle from Libya. The problem is that there can be no way forward with Gaddafi still in place - which is why South African president Jacob Zuma has...
* RANJ ALAALDIN 28 June 2011
Project syndicate
Instead of restructuring the manifestly unsustainable debt burdens of Portugal, Ireland, and Greece (the PIGs), politicians and policymakers are pushing for ever-larger bailout packages with ever-less realistic austerity conditions. Unfortunately,...
Kenneth Rogoff 28 June 2011
People want service delivery - not political stunts
The ruling BDP has been in charge of the City since the last general election. Of course this is a confidence-booster to opposition parties. This could be a first sign that the opposition parties are really determined to work together and...
28 June 2011
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28 June 2011
Wife disappointed as court dissolves marriage
The couple were appearing before Justice Moses Chinhengo recently when the husband, Tsametsi Khuwe, told the court that he had had enough of his wife's tricks and wanted out of the marriage. Not so, the wife said; the marriage could still be salvaged...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
ABM launches entrepreneurship development programme
The workshop is a training programme to upgrade entrepreneurship skills, especially for the 99 young alumni of ABM University College who graduated last year. Speaking at the official opening of the programme yesterday, the Executive Director of...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Pay ex-Marapong Trust workers exit package, rules court
Delivering the judgement, Justice Modiri Letsididi ruled that the applicants - Keatlholetswe Mukani, Ogolotse Nthoiwa, Lebogelang Letsholathebe and Mama Morapedi - are entitled to the exit package. "The applicants are entitled to payment of the exit...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 28 June 2011
S/Phikwe residents owe council P6.4m
Addressing a Kgotla meeting in Ikagelang Mbaiwa called upon the residents to pay the council for the services that they are getting. "We have tried to come up with ways of encouraging people to pay their arrears by putting up their names on notice...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 28 June 2011
Mohohlo to open Women Expo 2011
According to the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Kelebogile Kgabi, the official opening will be on July 7. Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, Kgabi said the 200 women entrepreneurs participating this year...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Load shedding intensifies as temperatures plummet
BPC communications manager, Tlhomamiso Selato told Mmegi last night that the increase in load shedding was necessitated by the plummeting temperatures brought about by a cold front in South Africa. "Load shedding has intensified due to the dropping...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
MoH dumps clinical waste on councils
Kweneng District Council (KDC) chairman, Motlhophi Leo said that the ministry has informed councils that there is no budget for collection, treatment and incineration of clinical waste this financial year. "It is worth noting that this has...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Bright testifies in Makgalemele's lawsuit
Major Bright said that the former BFA chief, who at the time was the head of delegation at the Asian tournament, told him that the receipt would be channelled to BFA through the Chinese Football Federation. "I was surprised by the development and...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Over 1,600 beasts culled
Just over 1,600 of the 2,000 cattle targeted have been killed in the operation to control foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Zone 7 or the Mmadinare area. The chief information and public relations officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Boikhutso...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Botswana govt to stop dancing to SA tune
These undertakings are made during extradition processes of suspects who cross into South Africa after committing crimes in Botswana. Addressing a workshop for Members of Parliament yesterday, on the issue of separation of powers for the three arms...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Where are the refuse collectors?
Garbage in residential areas in the city had started piling up during the strike, due to an absence of some Gaborone City Council (GCC) workers. Public service workers are back at work now, however, this has not translated to a clean city. Garbage...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Govt closes 11 schools to curb unrest
The statement said the seven secondary schools, including Matsha Senior in Kang, Lehututu Junior Secondary in Lehututu and Tsabong Junior Secondary in Tsabong - had to be sent on "an early holiday due to riots by the students. The students were...
STAFF WRITER 28 June 2011
GCC owes KDC millions
Opening the second council session yesterday morning, KDC chairman, Motlhophi Leo said as at April this year, they are owed about P7 million by companies that dispose of waste at Gamodubu landfill, among them GCC which has a bill of more than...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 28 June 2011
Project syndicate
But now America's debt ceiling has become the subject of intense political posturing and touch-and-go negotiations behind closed doors. And, obviously, the outcome has implications that go well beyond the US. As part of America's system of checks...
Mohammed a.el-Erian 29 June 2011
June 16 and Botswana
The unprecedented covert action of the SADF followed the killing in custody of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko, in 1977. Majority rule was achieved in Zimbabwe in 1980 against the backdrop of an increasingly costly ant- guerrilla war in...
RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE 29 June 2011
Wal-Mart and the Game in Botswana
This gives the global wholesale and retail giant a foothold in Africa from which it will almost certainly expand. As throughout much of Southern Africa Massmart is better known as Game and therefore by extension a decision made in Pretoria,...
*PROFESSOR ROMAN GRYNBERG 29 June 2011
Malema speaks at ANCYL Congress
We welcome all delegates and guests to the 24th National Congress of the African National Congress Youth League. We welcome the ANC Youth League back in Johannesburg, because it was here in Johannesburg, 67 years ago that the ANC Youth League...
29 June 2011
Pastor Irene is in town
She continues her ministration at the same venue on Saturday from 10am and the last of her three-day service will be on Sunday morning until late afternoon. Many Batswana know Pastor Irene through her television channel World Restoration Services...
STAFF WRITER 29 June 2011
State media developing into a joke?
That is if one day the propaganda that the government media has been spewing of late finds a scriptwriter to make use of, a very good producer and an excellent director. Here is some of the material he or she could find...
STAFF WRITER 29 June 2011
Watermelon: the 'cinderella' nutritional powerhouse
"The other important factor about watermelons is the presence of magnesium in them. Scientists have proven that lack of Magnesium results in tension, sleep disorders, muscular cramping and eventually heart attacks accompanied by other serious...
Tumelo Mmopi
Correspondent 29 June 2011
Louisa Ludo mmusi: where there's a will, there's a way
Born 75 years ago in Lobatse to a builder and a housewife, Louisa Ludo Mmusi is a woman who has made her mark and contributed to the growth and development of Botswana. It was her passion for teaching and caring for children that inspired her to...
Sidiapelo Babish 29 June 2011
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