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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 29 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 29 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 29 July 2011
The power of music and political party song
In Botswana, for instance, it's uncommon for a political party function to run without music and song. It is believed that music has functions other than simple entertainment and aesthetic expressions for individuals. For those in the know, music...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Our heritage
The Sun, if I remember correctly - reported that the Palapye University was constructing a bridge of some kind, which necessitated this disruption. Mmegi reported the same story but without explanation. Then came a Water Utilities Corporation (WUC)...
Sandy Grant 29 July 2011
Leading the country out of a crossroads
Comrades and invited guests let me on behalf of the central committee welcome all of you to the City of Francistown for our annual conference. As has been the tradition since the formation of our party, the month of July presents an opportunity for...
29 July 2011
Sesana the rock star at BNF
"Ke itumelela gore be lo biditse Mosarwa go ta go le addressa (I am happy that you have invited me, a Mosarwa to come and address you)," said Sesana as he marked the preamble of his address of the Botswana Natonal Front conference in Tsabong last...
29 July 2011
Our heritage
Very much a feature of this article was Seema's awareness of the extraordinary achievements of a relatively few people, including his father, in the immediate aftermath of Independence who somehow created so much from so little. It's a great story...
Sandy Grant 29 July 2011
Men and the earring thing
An elegant man walks up to the counter of a top jewellery shop in the capital, Gaborone. He takes his time scrutinising various earrings - silver, gold, platinum. After a connoisseur's evaluation, the man settles for a pair of flawless, one-carat...
29 July 2011
Top European clubs threaten breakaway
It would be the most radical development in the history of football since the first World Cup in 1930, ripping up the established world order of the game and seizing power from Sepp Blatter, Fifa's president. The Guardian can reveal the background...
29 July 2011
Volleyball clubs fail to register new players
Clubs believe the two-week window, which closed last Friday was insufficient as there were holidays in between. But BVF vice president, Odisitse Keotsene has dismissed such talk saying there was ample time to register players. He blamed clubs for...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI & MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondents 29 July 2011
Stage set for Kim's Invitational
The Botswana Golf Union (BGU) event is in its third year and is held in honour of the late Korean surgeon, Dr Kim, who served for decades in Francistown and played a pivotal role in the development of golf. The two-day event will run...
Golf Championship
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Talented Ntshebe achieves rugby milestone
The victory meant that Ntshebe is the only player to win two league titles with clubs that had never lifted the crown before. He first achieved the feat with Selebi-Phikwe side, EMG Gunners in 2009, which was a first for the mining town side....
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 29 July 2011
Letsatsi blazes the trail in women's domain
At TASC, Samuel Letsatsi has made a name for himself as coach of the women's netball club. Under his tutelage, the club has won numerous titles. Before he took up netball coaching, Letsatsi was an athlete. Although he has not attended a coaching...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 29 July 2011
Reikeletseng aims to be true youth ambassador
Mmegi: As new BNSC chairperson, what are your plans? Reikeletseng: The truth is that I do not have plans as yet because we have not met as a committee so we have not yet shaped our vision. For me what is important is to listen to the committee that...
29 July 2011
Chelsea object to 'antisemitic'abuse f Benayoun
Large sections of the 84,980 crowd at the Bukit Jalil national stadium booed and jeered Benayoun's every touch in Chelsea's 1-0 victory over a Malaysian XI. The 30-year-old, one of the first Israelis to play in the country, did not complain at the...
29 July 2011
Khan out of second Test, Tremlett expected to be fit
Zaheer, who broke down early in the first Test at Lord's, has not sufficiently recovered from his hamstring injury and the India captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, confirmed the 32-year-old would not be risked for the match at Trent Bridge. The England...
29 July 2011
First cut
Despite South America being seen as the Mecca of football, its flagship competition, the Copa America does not get the rave reviews that one would have expected. Worse still, the time difference made it difficult for many to watch the just-ended Copa...
Dennis Keagile 29 July 2011
Reikeletseng's sports journey
He was national karate champion at Under-60kg and Under-65kg. After he retired as a player, he became national team coach. He was in charge of the national team that competed at the Africa Cup hosted by Botswana. He has served Botswana Karate...
29 July 2011
Moloi returns to Chiefs
Chiefs' chairman, Ernest Molome said the dazzling midfielder will be playing for them unless he gets another deal to ply his trade abroad. Molome stressed that they would only release the star midfielder to a foreign club. "He is back here with us....
THATO KALA
Correspondent 29 July 2011
Double Action, Rollers clash in Auckland Cup
The match will be played at the Bosele Primary School in Broadhurst at 2:30pm. The last meeting between the two was a league match that ended in a 0-0 deadlock. Tomorrow's match has already been dubbed 'the final before the final' because it...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 29 July 2011
Clubs without offices to receive mobilisation fee
BPL general manager, Setete Phutego dismissed talk that only clubs with fully operational offices will get the money in line with the Bosele Declaration of 2008. The mobilisation fee is part of the new P24 million sponsorship deal. It is aimed at...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 29 July 2011
Landslides in South Korea leave 53 dead or missing
Officials say damage to capital Seoul and surrounding areas will run into hundreds of millions of dollars. After devastating floods and landslides yesterday even more rain battered the country on Thursday prompting authorities to draft in the...
29 July 2011
Hague 'outrage' at Lockerbie bomber's TV appearance
Hague said it was "a further reminder that a great mistake was made" when he was freed by the Scottish government nearly two years ago. Scots Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said all the rules on compassionate release had been followed. Hague said...
29 July 2011
Libya condemns UK for recognising rebels as sole power
Khaled Kaim, deputy foreign minister in Muammar Gaddafi's government, told reporters the decision was unprecedented and irresponsible. Libya would seek to reverse the decision through the courts, he said. Britain has ordered the expulsion of all...
29 July 2011
Nitty Gritty
The fellows at the Nitty Gritty have made modest progress in the formation of the association for men's rights. They have at least agreed on the name, the chairperson and the treasurer. In fact, as I report to you right now, dear esteemed...
Barolong Seboni 29 July 2011
African human rights, I and my reflections
It is humbling to be among you today and for you to have accepted the invitation to honour me through this very important event in my life. From July 2003 to May 2009, I served Africa as one of the Commissioners and Chairperson of the African...
* SANJI M. MONAGENG 29 July 2011
Project syndicate
The wrecked body of the ruined train was buried immediately afterward, with no investigation. The intellectual-property dispute between Japan and China over the technology used in China's new bullet trains was heated even before the accident....
Yuriko Koike 29 July 2011
Govt should explain the cataract scandal
The 'failure' was not because the procedure itself was not successful, but because infection broke out in the locale of the surgery. In the absence of any solid information coming from the Ministry of Health or the hospital, we can only assume that...
29 July 2011
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29 July 2011
The clergy must always side with the oppressed
Firstly, may I address the title 'Moruti' I bestowed on MK because of his quotations of appropriate verses in the book of Isaiah in his article concerning the situation by then when Botswana clergy omitted to do that. Secondly, may I commend him for...
REVEREND JACOB ZACHARIAH 29 July 2011
Is the BDP a house divided?
FRANCISTOWN: Political parties, albeit to various degrees, do occasionally experience divisions. Up until last year, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) had been the icon of cohesion and stability in this country. On one hand, the...
29 July 2011
Book review
Kate Morton, author of The Forgotten Garden, is an Australian writer who has become a hit around the world. She was born in South Australia, grew up in the Queensland Hills and now lives in Brisbane. She has a fascination with history,...
Sheridan Griswold 29 July 2011
Back stage
It had its worldwide opening on July 13 and has been breaking records ever since. It is the end of a series of cinematic interpretations of the fantasy novels by J K Rowling. HP-7.2 may be slightly better than its predecessors, or maybe it is just...
Sasa Majuma 29 July 2011
Lucas loses Star Wars copyright case at Supreme Court
Andrew Ainsworth, 62, of south London, successfully argued the costumes were functional not artistic works, and so not subject to full copyright laws. Judges at the Supreme Court upheld a 2009 Court of Appeal decision allowing Ainsworth to continue...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Austin on musical mission to bridge the cultural gap
Austin is instead committed to using her music and other creative arts skills to combat global poverty. If this sounds too unbelievably noble, or too much like tiresome attempts made by other artists, celebrities and even humanitarians to save the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Youngman's exit linked to suspended programme
The changes would have seen the termination of some programmes of study students are currently undertaking as they would be replaced by new ones, so both staff and students would be affected especially that faculties and departments would have been...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Molapise: The last man standing
FRANCISTOWN: Say anything about the opposition Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) but never make a mistake of suggesting the 'death' of the once mighty party in the presence of its interim president, Motlatsi Molapise. "BPP is not dead," Molapise declares,...
29 July 2011
Gaborone's pollution peaks in winter - UB Professor
The concentration thins out through August and September as seasons change from winter to autumn. This has been the pattern for a decade now. This emerged in an interview with Professor Tej Singh Verma, an Environmental Physics lecturer at the...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 29 July 2011
"Don't muzzle private media" MISA Botswana
In a statement signed by the new MISA Botswana Chapter Chairperson Modise Maphanyane yesterday, the media advocacy body cites the title of rebuttals, of 03/06/2011, 09/06/2011, 21/06/2011, 23/06/2011 and 30/06/201l. MISA says: "The government,...
29 July 2011
Luther College students felt Oslo blast
Masire, a Botswana native studying at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum for the summer, was at a cafe two blocks from the site of the terrorist attack. The bombing and subsequent shooting at a youth camp outside of Olso killed 76 people. ...
29 July 2011
Professor Vanqa: Educationist and administrator
By this measure then he truly is the consummate educationist. Professor Themba Vanqa was born on November 29 1929, he is married to Phumela Mandisi Vanqa, also a retired teacher, and they have three children. As the former Dean of Education at the...
TSHEPISO MOSEKI
Correspondent 29 July 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Maid 'may file civil suit'
The Manhattan district attorney's office has publicly announced they had doubts about the credibility of Nafissatou Diallo's allegations. Making her first public appearance, Diallo spoke of the pain the case had caused her and her family. "What she...
29 July 2011
So long Comrade Samson Guma
Members of our movement and others with ties to our cause are venting out in frustration at the setback that should arise whenever we lose a passionate leader with whom we have shared a journey as momentous as the one we have had with him. This...
29 July 2011
Zimbabweans more cooperative than Batswana in FMD fight
The minister said that the Zimbabwean communities along the Botswana-Zimbabwe border fence have shown their commitment in working with the government while locals have been reluctant on issues concerning the disease. "We attended meetings with their...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Oppostion councillors reject "wasteful" P123,000 trip
The councillors who have refused to go on the trip are Thomas Kethenyane of Moremaoto, Matshwenyego Shaka of Mopipi, Chilumi Balopi of Orapa and Odirile Tawana of Letlhakane North East. The trip started on Tuesday this week and will end on July 30....
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 29 July 2011
Tight contest for executive positions at BMWU Congress
Speaking to Mmegi this week, BMWU President, Rex Tambula, said preparations are at an advanced stage and the congress will resume with a National Council meeting on Thursday. Saturday will be the delegates' congress, which is the main event...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 29 July 2011
DIS clueless about its work - US report
A recent intelligence report compiled by US-Africa Command (AFRICOM) has said that the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) may be having a problem analysing information that it gathers, which could put the country on false...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Botswana's prosperity and tranquillity are fragile - US report
Dated June 2011, the report says three current realities form the core of this fragility: a population that is highly-dependent on social welfare programmes provided by the state; a state that is heavily reliant on a single commodity (diamonds) that...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 29 July 2011
Fisherman drowns in Letsibogo Dam
Tshepang Motlhanka, who had gone fishing with the man, explained to Mmegi in an interview that the deceased and his friend were using a truck tire tube to remove fish from a net that they had put in the water the previous night. He stated that...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 29 July 2011
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