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News of the World: to be closed after 168 years
Sunday's edition of the paper will be the last, News International chairman James Murdoch told News of the World staff on Thursday afternoon. Murdoch told employees at the 168-year old title: "The News of the World is in the business of holding...
11 July 2011
Tanks withdrawing from Syrian volatile town
Ammar Qurabi, chairman of the National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria and Omar Habbal, a prominent opposition activist in Hama told CNN that tanks just inside the city are withdrawing. Hama has been wracked with violence and a general strike...
11 July 2011
Iran to prosecute 26 American officials - MP
"The American officials will be tried in Iranian courts in absentia before they are referred to the relevant international tribunals" if Iran's parliament approves the plan, Tehran member of parliament Esmaeel Kowsari said, according to Mashregh...
11 July 2011
President Omar al-Bashir gives South Sudan his blessing
"We will bless our brothers in the south over their country and we wish them success," he said, state TV quoted him as saying. The president said he wanted the new country to be "secure and stable". But he warned "brotherly relations" depended on...
11 July 2011
Project Syndicate
Among philosophers, the view that moral judgments state objective truths has been out of fashion since the 1930's, when logical positivists asserted that, because there seems to be no way of verifying the truth of moral judgments, they cannot be...
Peter Singer 11 July 2011
our heritage
Seen here in the tor Ramono Linchwe, Mokoke Linchwe, Norman Molomo and Ridwell Molomo. Remarkably, for the latter, the 2009 bogwera would have been the second time that he had been involved in its revival. The first revival occurred in...
Sandy grant 11 July 2011
Climate change adaptation: Botswana unprepared
That is, the Conferences of the Parties (COP) - specifically, COP17 - to assess progress in dealing with climate change. This will be the 17th conference of the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 11 July 2011
The challenges of a unitary, all powerful presidency
The implication, indeed the charge in this statement, is that there is a serious problem with the structural features of our constitutional architecture. The personal madness of any incumbent aside, Comrade Paul was concerned about the potential...
*DUMA BOKO 11 July 2011
Project syndicate
Some powerful men have long been sexually voracious; unlike today, though, they were far more discreet and generally used much better judgment in order to cover their tracks. Of course, the heightened technological ability nowadays to expose private...
Naomi Wolf 11 July 2011
Sponsors Shun BNSC Awards Ceremony?
The master of ceremonies (MC) at the event held at the plush Phakalane Golf Resort, Losika 'Luzboy' Seboni, would go on and on reading out the honoured sponsors' names without anyone coming forward to receive their tokens much to the discomfiture of...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
'Ill' Bolt still excels
Bolt revealed after a race in which he had slowed dramatically over the final 30m that he had been in two minds about racing because of what he described as "a flu". It was just one of those days," he commented. "There were some problems at the...
11 July 2011
Botswana bags 13 medals at athens games
The team that competed only in swimming and athletics won four gold, four silver and five bronze medals. Swimming got three gold medals and a silver while the rest of the medals are from athletics. Shepard Pusoloso won two bronze medals in the 200m...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Jahoor Retains Top Squash Ranking
Jahoor recorded an emphatic 15-9, 15-10 to clinch the second edition of the Junior Tournament. The 13-year-old Legae Academy student, Jahoor started off on a high in the opening round shooting to a 7-1 lead within the first three minutes of the...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Police women show class in Basketball league
Police, who could have possibly finished the first round top of the log, lost the chance in April when they forfeited their game against unbeaten log leaders BDF V. The game between Police and league debutants Splinters was however a stroll in the...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Gunners ushers in new committee
The new committee replaced an interim committee that took charge in November last year following the resignation of the entire committee at a time when the club was in turmoil with players and the then coach Daniel Nare resigning, before they were...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Double Action slip to shock defeat
The shock defeat saw Double Action exit the Way-guard sponsored tournament and their two-year unbeaten run tumble at the hands of a resurgent Meat Girls. The match started off at a low pace, with action swinging from one end to the other in the...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Rider, ross branch wants Botswana citizenship
Branch, who has lived in Botswana for 25 years, wants to compete at the inter-continental race as a true Motswana and is in the process of assuming local citizenship. Although he has a South African passport, Branch is always referred to as a...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Seoko outclasses Batshegi in boxing show
Seoko who unlike his national team allies did not have opponents to compete with in his weight category was forced to compete in a catch-weight bout in order to keep fit for the national team. The highly anticipated bout began on a high with...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Bigger, better Subaru Kalahari challenge on the way
The race is scheduled to take place on July 23-24 from Gaborone's Game City. This year marks the sixth edition of the 200km endurance race organised by Gaborone Cycling Club (GCC) and sponsored by Subaru. Adding more significance to the event, this...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Soul food
Food glorious food! Don't you just love looking forward to a delicious meal prepared with all the love and care, not to mention a dollop of finesse? One thing that is so true is that we all need to eat to survive and function optimally. ...
Boitshepo Giyose 11 July 2011
Wame's melodious poetry
Indeed the collaboration between writer Wame Molefhe and guitarist and jazz singer Kabo Leburu, revealed Saturday night at the intimate No. 1 Ladies Opera House, is one unorthodox to the Botswana scene. For the launch of Go Tell The Sun, her...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Six make it to MAD teen 6
Singers Jack Pienaar and Miriam Ramphaleng joined the four dance groups, Question Mark (Francistown), Kazi Flame (Palapye), Psycho Kingz (Lobatse) and Juvenile (Selebi-Phikwe). The kwasa-house style of dancing has become a staple of MAD, being...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Creative arts on display in theatre battle
The group, which looked more organised than most, started off their act with a song from a choir that comprised three men and three women. The women came dressed in their traditional khiba, tukwi and had a tjale to complete the attire whilst...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Bianca is the P100, 000 star
The Mahalapye-born rose to stardom in what many labelled the toughest and most controversial battle of vocals since the show started five years ago. Many fans considered the top three finalists - Gabasiane, Kennedy Thal and Elizabeth Ramaeba as the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Vendors line up at Sebele centre
Since its opening, cigarettes, airtime, sweets and snack vendors have descended on the area enjoying bristling business from the shopping complex. According to one of the street vendors, Beaula Phiri, the opening of Sebele Mall has improved her...
Tebogo Mmolawa
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Mascom's Myzaka 'rings' in Francistown
Mascom Chief Operations Officer Ricardo Luz said that though he could not reveal the real numbers, in the first few weeks the MyZaka service hit 10, 000 users. The service started operating in April. "I do not have the exact figures now, but...
Patricia Maganu-Edwin
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Bigger Morupule Colliery readies for production
Morupule Colliery is expanding from approximately one to three million tonnes of coal annually in order to meet increased demand from the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC)'s Morupule A and Morupule B power stations, the latter nearing completion of...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
BFTU hails trade disputes 'essential services schedule' reversal
In a special statement issued over the weekend, BFTU said it "appreciates the efforts of Saleshando in taking such a bold step to defend workers' rights. We also congratulate the Executive for accepting to continue the consultation that the...
11 July 2011
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Robert Oakeshott was working in Lusaka enjoying the euphoria of an independent Zambia when he first met van Rensburg, decided to join him in Swaneng and immediately started making plans. In her diary entry for November 12th 1966, Sheila Bagnall...
Sandy Grant 11 July 2011
On the flip side
Those were the days before DStv invaded many living rooms and people became mobile, techno savvy and snobbish in the process. Btv was still an "ambitious" dream (though it still is, what with the terrible old cast-off foreign shows they rotate...
Keletso Thobega 11 July 2011
Issues in education
Does this fit what has been happening in the world and Botswana? You will have to decide for yourself. There is clear evidence that this is true. This quote is from the conclusion (pages 168 and 169) of Children as Decision Makers in...
Dorcas Molefe
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Sheldon Weeks 11 July 2011
The winners code
Researchers placed some fleas in a transparent canister and then put a lid to close the canister top. In a bid to escape from their prison the fleas would jump, because jumping is the only thing they know to do. Every time the fleas...
George Chingarande 11 July 2011
Parly did Batswana proud
Surely the minister is empowered to amend the Trade and Dispute Act, and there really was no reason for all the panic he and his colleagues in cabinet showed last week before an unruly opposition and a rebellious BDP backbench. The man who...
11 July 2011
KMS shrunken 18 years on
While he missed, Tshekedi was slightly injured, not so another man who bore the brunt of the shot and suffered serious injuries. The would-be assasin was none other than Obiditse Ratshosa, one of the Ratshosa brothers, sons of Khama III's first...
Thalefang Charles
Correspondent 11 July 2011
South Sudanese wife bid at 350 cattle
In South Sudan, Africa's newest state, you have to part with at least 200 herd of cattle to win the love of your life, albeit with stiff competition. The Monitor caught up with a former journalist from South Sudan, Manyang Mayom, who now works for...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Water shortage hinders plot development in Letlhakane
Like the Israelites, these people have quarrelled, not testing the Lord, but the system. For more than seven years, there has been no residential water connectivity in the area. Meanwhile, the Land Board authority has written to at least 100 of...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Threat-to-kill accused awaits sentence
He further submitted that Setlogelwa threatened to kill shebeen owner, Gabaiterele Kaisara, in full view of other people who were there who also gave evidence in court corroborating the complainant's story. Makgoa further said that during...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Monageng's best kept secret
Her name is mentioned in websites, newspapers, television and radio stations. But to her, the fame means nothing at all, as she is used to making difficult decisions and she has not found reason why she should tell any relative about the Gadaffi...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
State appeals Mothusi acquittal
On Friday a panel of five Court of Appeal (CoA) judges heard arguments from the state on the alleged misdirection of High Court judge Michael Leburu in acuitting Mothusi of fraud charges. State prosecutor Mosweu Ditodi submitted that the...
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Opposition coalition faces uphill task
While this is what the opposition parties are hoping for it may not be so easy as there are a number of challenges to overcome before they can unseat the BDP. After the recent nationwide public sector strike, which lasted eight weeks - coupled with...
Isaac pinielo
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Mohohlo suggests targeted budget allocation
Officiating at the 12th National Womens' Exposition, Mohohlo said women face the persistent constraint of limited or no access to bank finance for their businesses partly due to inadequate property rights. The governor implored the nation and the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Khama unveils what keeps bdp ticking
President Seretse Khama Ian Khama said this when addressing the 34th National Congress of the BDP held in Mahalapye on Friday. He said that it is through such biannual national congress of the party that often gives his party the platform to...
Dirang Lekuntwane
Correspondent 11 July 2011
Private media comes under attack at BDP congress
While Khama claimed that he appreciated the fact that the news media is supposed to be the watchdog of society to ensure good governance, "when they become irresponsible, unbalanced or misleading, they can cause damage to the reputation of our...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
BDP's compromise
For a long time, Khama, the architect of the compromise list, which he strongly believes to be more peaceful than the elections - had his wish granted at last. Khama's contention has always been that elections often polarise the ruling party, leading...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Immigration laws hinder recruitment at UB
Speaking at a farewell party in his honour on Friday, the former vice-chancellor of UB, Professor Bojosi Otlhogile, said withdrawal of the residence and work permit waiver for the institution had disadvantaged its efforts to attract quality...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Maphanyane Is New MISA Boss
Maphanyane, who is a former director of MISA was elected ahead of media practitioner Sello Motseta at the MISA Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Gaborone on Saturday. He replaces Laona Segaetsho who has been the organisation's chairperson over...
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Food, folks and fun
For me "food, folks and fun" was an apt way of capturing the American way of life. Of course Yankees love their food, they are friendly and they know how to party! That feature of the American way of life has now hit our shores in a big way. And it...
TITUS MBUYA
Staff Writer 11 July 2011
Batswana's contribution to the World Wars
At the outbreak of the World War II, Batswana chiefs pledged their allegiance to the King of England and placed themselves and their people at his disposal. Despite the fact that at this time 15,000 to 20,000 thousand men from Bechuanaland were...
11 July 2011
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