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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 15 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 15 July 2011
Project syndicate
Even in its hey-day, from the early 1980's until 2007, American-style deregulated capitalism brought greater material well-being only to the very richest in the richest country of the world. Indeed, over the course of this ideology's 30-year...
Joseph e Stiglitz 15 July 2011
Date set for Kim International tournament
Soares Katumbela, said preparations for the event are at an advanced stage and once again they will donate to charity. The tournament is held in honour of the late Francistown medical doctor, Dr Chom Kim who died in 1990s. He worked at the then...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Volleyball side leaves for Thailand
The team has been in camp for two weeks in Lobatse. Kenya hosts the Africa Cup while the AAG will be staged in Mozambique in September. The Botswana team returns home on July 24, a few days before it flies out to Kenya. The team will play a friendly...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 July 2011
BDF hosts 'Find the Ball' tourney
The competition is hosted in memory of the late former BDF Cats coach, Anthony 'Find the Ball' Masogo. It starts tomorrow and ends on Tuesday at the SSKB. It is divided into categories of men, women and development teams. Debswana has donated...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 July 2011
We learnt vital lessons - netball coach
However, the coach has said the team learnt vital lessons from the tournament after finishing 13th out of 16 countries. Botswana won three games against Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. The girls got off to a flying start, beating Singapore 43-36...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Winners' prize increased in softball competition
Tournament logistics manager, Oeme Morupisi said the top prize has gone up by P3,000 in the men's competition and P2,000 for women. He said men's champions will walk away with P15,000, while winners of the women competition will receive...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 15 July 2011
First cut
By now I take it that national soccer coach, Stanley Tshosane knows the weaknesses and strengths of his team. He should be having a plan on how to address the shortcomings before the kick-off of the 2012 AFCON finals in January. Understandably, the...
Dennis Keagile 15 July 2011
GU charts different path in privatisation drive
Mmegi Sport: Can you take us through your new strategy? Nkomazana: Ours is not privatisation as such although when we started that was our intention. We later realised that it was not privatisation but corporatisation. We are incorporating the...
15 July 2011
Da Gama reveals interest in Koko
Da Gama is currently running the rule over last season's top goal-scorer, Moemedi 'Jomo' Maotlhaping and indications are that the Mochudi Centre Chiefs' man might sign on the dotted lines. The former Orlando Pirates' coach has revealed that Rollers'...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Where is the prize money for women's league?
Clubs are now preparing for the new campaign and their hopes of using the money to buy new players have been dashed. The AT and T Monnakgotla league ended in May but no awards ceremony has been held though the sponsor has released the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Ambitious No Mathata coach eyes Premier League promotion
But it turned out to be a good decision as 34-year-old Mosimanegape 'Skina' Kanono managed to keep the club in the division. After being thrown into the deep end, the coach surprised many when he led the Selebi-Phikwe side to a top eight finish in...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Chiefs challenge Maposa's move to GU
The Reds this week confirmed that the Zebras' number two goalkeeper, Maposa, has sealed a two-year deal. While the player signed as a free agent after his contract with Chiefs expired, sources within the corridors of the Kgatleng giants' club have...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 15 July 2011
We didn't dump Zebras - Puma
Puma Marketing Director, Brett Bellinger said the Botswana Football Association (BFA) terminated the contract in favour of All Kasi. "We did not terminate the contract. In fact it was the BFA which felt that it wanted to work with the local producer...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
Britain suspends Malawi budget aid
The move by Malawi's biggest donor and former colonial ruler is likely to exacerbate a funding crisis for a government that has traditionally relied on foreign aid for more than a third of its revenue. It will also intensify a dollar shortage that...
15 July 2011
Murdoch pressured to testify in phone-hack inquiry
Murdoch had big questions to answer after the widening accusations of eavesdropping and police bribery forced Murdoch's News Corporation to abandon a bid to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting, Clegg said. The House of Commons...
15 July 2011
Three blasts in Mumbai: Indian cities on high alert
Indian PM Manmohan Singh has appealed to the people of Mumbai "to remain calm and show a united face". No group has said they carried out the attack, which took place in three districts during the evening rush hour. The attacks are the...
15 July 2011
Sudan plans to cancel citizenship of southerners
South Sudan became Africa's newest nation on Saturday after voting in January for independence in a referendum agreed under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war with the north. Under the bill requiring final reading by the...
15 July 2011
Nitty gritty
Eish! It's a peculiar situation here at the Nitty Gritty, Jack! Very peculiar. The drinkers are nursing their drinks in solidarity with the waitresses on their go-slow, and the kitchen cabinet has adopted the strategy of doctoring the...
Barolong Seboni 15 July 2011
COSBOTS must register members and license users of works
Further procrastination will throw the music and other creative industries into the dustbin. There are no reasons for the COSBOTS board and management to advance than agree that a lot is not well in the local music industry reward chain. For...
15 July 2011
The era of soft neo-authoritarianism in Botswana
This serious political departure is explicitly and inextricably linked with the inauguration of the 4th (fourth) President of Botswana. Since this piece of work is to provide an understanding of the role of state in Botswana polity, more importantly...
15 July 2011
As I see it
Masire held the press conference soon after the recent public sector strike was suspended, and the harsh criticism against him relates to comments he is alleged to have made about the strike. For instance, the parliamentary leader of the opposition,...
Michael Dikgake 15 July 2011
Floor crossing: Let's cast the net wider
The bill seeks to disbar conduct that is often described as floor-crossing in district councils. This is a subject that is emotive and has the potential to divide the National Assembly down the middle. Already it is showing deep divisions...
15 July 2011
Selefu 15 July 2011
15 July 2011
Khama's remarks dishearten teachers' union
BOSETU spokesman, Mogomotsi Motshegwa has said Khama's statements are disheartening because they cast aspersions on the legality of the strike. In Mahalapye, the president labelled civil servants who went on strike as un-patriotic, indisciplined and...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
Old Palapye: bad omen or bright future
More recently the proposed Palapye University appears to be destined to devolve into a technical college. Such occurrences lead one to wonder what it is about Palapye that causes these disappointments. Historians would say the same thing...
*PHILLIP SEGADIKA 15 July 2011
Delays in Pelotelele School project proves costly
Nyeku, a Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) councillor in the Francistown City Council (FCC), finds himself having to parry public condemnations of council failures. "The Pelotelele Primary School project was supposed to have been completed...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
The story of Mabesi's neglected grave
Abandoned and almost forlorn, one would be forgiven for thinking that it is the resting place of an ordinary person, not the wife of a figure that was prominent in the politics of this country, namely Kgosi Khama III. Khama III together with Dikgosi...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 15 July 2011
BDF's Brigadier Motsumi retires
Brigadier Motsumi was based at the Donga Camp. His career in the BDF started in 1975 when he joined the then parliamentary Police Mobile Unit. When the new BDF was established in 1977, Motsumi became one of the first citizens to enlist into the...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Sing All Kasi's praises too
We have showered accolades to various stakeholders who soldiered on despite numerous challenges during the campaign. Players were heaped with praises as they made sure of collecting points and maintaining pole position right from the start of the...
MPHO MARUPING 15 July 2011
Libyan rebels capture demoralised Gaddafi troops
The six barefooted men trooped into the school library, their faces uneasy and downcast. Not so long ago this room, with its Arabic texts and Webster's dictionary, was for studious children. Now it is home to prisoners of war. Wearing T-shirts and...
15 July 2011
Monoga Farmers Syndicate wins UNDP plaudits
Speaking in Artesia at the launch of UNDP-supported projects recently, Lwin described the syndicate as a "pace-setter" in completing environmental conservation projects in Kgatleng. The syndicate has renovated a 55 000-gallon water reservoir,...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Book review
Botswana Society (2011) Botswana Notes and Records, Volume 43, 2011, Retrieving Botswana's Past - Essays in Honour of Alec Campbell, edited by Edwin N Wilmsen, 167 pages with 42 plates, tables, charts and maps. Gaborone, The Botswana Society,...
Sheridan Griswold 15 July 2011
Back stage
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) is now showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It began its rolling worldwide opening in May and Po arrived here on June 10. There is a general consensus that it is a shade better than Kung Fu Panda (Mmegi,August 15,...
Sasa Majuma 15 July 2011
Tsamaase scoops Bessie Head Literary prize
Tsamaase won with a manuscript titled Unlettered Skies of the Sublime, ahead of Service Motsamai Monyamane (first runner-up) with his Mma-Shirley's Children and Moreetsi Pius Gabang (second runner-up) with his manuscript, Cry Out. Tsamaase will...
15 July 2011
Sebotso to miss this year's katara finals
Sebotso won the hearts of many lovers of folklore music last year with his amazing song, Pidipidi, which he performed with gusto at the Maitisong auditorium. Sebotso is famous for his guitar skills, which he spices up with the amazing use of...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
Thapong calls for sponsorship for the 8th TAYA
Speaking to Arts & Culture in an interview, Bakwena said that this year, Thapong intends to introduce a new category namely craft category. "We have realised that most of our members based in the rural areas specialise in crafts so this...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Consumer watchdog
A mistake that people often make is that they confuse qualification and education. Qualifications are tangible records of a specific educational achievement. Let's take mine as an example. I have a degree from a university that I worked moderately...
15 July 2011
Who'll shine at President's day
One local group or artist is set to walk away with a cool P40, 000 after winning Best Music Video production. The winning music video will be announced at this year's Heritage Month Awards grand finale next Monday. The Best Music Video...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
Young drummer Senwelo beats them all
Possibly the youngest professional drummer in Botswana, 17-year-old Wynton 'Drummerboy' Senwelo has come to master the art better than most of his experienced counterparts. In April this year, the lad was recruited as the third drummer in...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Shortage sparks gas black market
For example, a 9kg cylinder that has been retailing at around P160 is now P250, while consumers pay around P300 for a 14kg bottle that sold for P200 before the shortage. One trader is charging more for a 9kg bottle than what another retailer...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Study for Bokamoso was 100% off the mark - Report
Eighty percent shareholders at Bokamoso, BPOMAS Medical Aid Scheme, reports in their latest annual report that consultants Turner & Townsend Africa had projected the capital costs of the hospital to be a mere P224 million. However, the actual...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWEBr>Staff Writer 15 July 2011
Gaborone fourth cheapest African city for expats
Released on Tuesday, this year's Mercer Cost of Living Survey ranks only Windhoek, Kampala and Addis Ababa as cheaper than Gaborone. The survey, conducted by US firm Mercer, covers 214 cities across five continents, gauging cost of living in US...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
China scrambles for minerals
From nearly nought in 2008, Chinese companies now hold prospecting licences spread over 70 400 square kilometres or twice the size of Taiwan, with exploration focussed on energy, base metals and precious minerals, BusinessWeek has established. In...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
Dr Pinkie Mekgwe the philanthropist
In her early years, she became a founding member of Reetsanang, a national theatre group that used theatre to communicate development messages such as creating awareness on cholera. Alongside her peers, she acted and performed poetry. After her...
SIDIAPELO BABISH
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Mmadinare - A subjugated community fights back
In 1896, Kgosi Kgama III called a pitso to announce the abandonment of Palapye as a capital of Ga Mma Ngwato. Bangwato were ordered to move to Serowe. Baphaleng and Bakaa were ordered to go to Shoshong. Batalaote, Bakalaka and...
CHIEF KEOGANETSE MARUMO 15 July 2011
Zim woman acquitted of murdering 'thokolosi' baby
In discharging Precious Ndlovu, High court judge Tshepho Motswagole said that the State has failed to make a prima facie case against Ndlovu as the evidence before court implicated her boyfriend who is now deceased instead of her. "The evidence...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Insurance companies have right to demand HIV tests _ Matambo
MP for Chobe, Gibson Nshimwe asked Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, if this practice by insurance companies is legal. "If it is legal, would the minister consider passing a law that prohibits this practice?" asked...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 15 July 2011
Sesana to address BNF
Sesana, a champion of the Basarwa's human rights, and especially their land rights, is expected to share the story of his people with delegates to the BNF conference. Confirming the availability of Sesana to their conference, BNF information and...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 July 2011
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