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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 11 August 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...
11 August 2011
Project syndicate
But the tit-for-tat retaliation that has followed the raid reflects deeper sources of mistrust and mutual suspicion. The latest round has focused on the alleged activities of the Pakistani military's powerful intelligence agency, Inter-Services...
Shahid Javed Burki 11 August 2011
Project syndicate
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: Early in the financial crisis, a major emerging-market investor told me: "This is not a global, but a semi-global financial crisis." He was right: it really was a crisis of the United States, Europe, and Japan. ...
Anders Aslund 11 August 2011
Washington and the art of the possible
Why, the public asks, can't politicians sit down together like sensible adults and come up with a timely agreement that commands broad consensus? If we can balance our household budgets, they ask irately, why can't our political leaders? The...
11 August 2011
Knocked up out of wedlock
This, of course is the super edited version of how a young man and woman meet, become intimately involved in a relationship and later have a child. The couple has conveniently skipped the part which society expects before two people decide- or end...
KEREEDITSE LEFATSI
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Family struggles to come to terms with tragedy
The surviving father, 34-year-old Kagelelo Tidige, still finds it difficult to explain what actually transpired on that fateful night of July 6. Nursing the surviving twin baby girl on his lap, who chuckles as if nothing has happened to the family,...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
PDT employees allege maladministration
In a letter (which this publication is in possession of) the workers allege gross maladministration of the institution that is threatening government takeover scheduled for August 24. "We believe the Board of Trustees does not use the Trust's policy...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
Accused is prejudiced - Judge
The applicant told the court that he has been coming to court since August last year to apply for bail pending appeal but the prosecution would either not show up or say that his trial record was missing. Solo ordered that the state should produce...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
Botswana represented at Taiwan centenary
Phoebe Ramaloka and Donald Molosi will leave for the event, dubbed SayTaiwan, on Thursday. They are expected to spend two weeks in Taiwan, where they will stay with local families in order to fully immerse themselves into the island nation's...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
Mmualebe
Go ntse jalo o a bo a tlhapa leswe mme tota potso e raya gore o a bo a tlhapa karolo e fe ya mmele? A o a bo a tlhapa mabogo [matsogo] kana a tlhapa diatla? Ke dumela fa potso e e tlaa arabiwa ka go farologana. Bangwe ba tlaa a re motho...
Sebofo Motshwane 11 August 2011
The noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times, Kgosi Bathoen II
B2 was the eldest son of Kgosi Seepapitso III and Mogatsakgari Ratshosa (granddaughter to Kgosi Kgama III). Kgosi Seepapitso III's two siblings from (Bathoen I's house) were Moaepitso (brother) and Ntebogan (sister). Kgosi Bathoen II's...
* SEANE RAMAOLOGA KEBOETSWE 11 August 2011
St Conrad's stars in Catholic Choirs festival
Under a new approach the first four sessions included the trio, quartets, male and finally female voices. Of the three Trio choirs in Christ the King Cathedral, Kobamelong and St Conrad's, only Kobamelong ascended the stage and amassed 55 points. St...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Swallows race against time to hire coach
This comes after they parted ways with Aaron Kale who guided them to a ninth place finish following Andrew Tsae's departure last season. Club chairman, Steven Sorinyana said they were still negotiating with a few individuals although they had not...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Manager defends Moloi's absence
The player has missed Zebras' last few assignments and his father, Zibochwa has said they usually coincide with his engagements. "He excused himself and said he had some assignments he needed to sort out probably out of the country and was running...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Selebi-Phikwe Stadium closed
The two teams use the stadium for their home matches. The stadium's supervisor, Margaret Chaba said the work includes replacing the turf in certain parts of the field and erecting a new fence. She said work started late and expressed fear that the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Johwa releases The Very Best
Although the new album will officially be out early next week, Johwa had some of the copies sold at the show. The legendary musician's new album comprises seven new tracks and five selected from his old albums with the help of his fans. "I...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Lack of venues killing us - promoter
The company's Director, Duncan Mogwe, said that this situation has disadvantaged his company that has quickly found its way into the hearts of many revellers. Groovysouls are currently trying to secure a venue to celebrate their second anniversary...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Union membership falls as strikes rise
Membership of South African trade unions had declined from 4.3 million in 2000 to 3.2 million in 2010, said Loane Sharp, Adcorp's labour market analyst, in a statement. This trend was "out of sync" with the surge in strikes and work stoppages...
11 August 2011
IBSA on peace mission to Syria
The governments of the three nations, under an initiative of the IBSA forum of emerging economies, are seeking to help open a dialogue between Syrian authorities and the public to help bring months of brutal violence to an end, a Brazilian foreign...
11 August 2011
Somalia offers amnesty to rebels
It was the first time the interim government, battling to quash a four-year Islamist rebellion, had offered amnesty. "The transitional federal government of Somalia has offered a general amnesty to insurgent fighters remaining in Mogadishu who give...
11 August 2011
Govt to review tender thresholds
Currently, MTCs adjudicate and procure goods and services up to P25 million while DATCs handle amounts of up to P2 million. Above these respective limits, the committees are required to defer to PPADB. Over the years, MTC thresholds have risen...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
Finance Ministry pushes for revenue centralisation
At present, various ministries and departments across central and local government collect revenue and exercise control over expenditure to varying degrees. For years, most of these organs have pressured the finance ministry for greater autonomy over...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
Project syndicate
But countries ignore the health of their manufacturing industries at their peril. High-tech services demand specialised skills and create few jobs, so their contribution to aggregate employment is bound to remain limited. Manufacturing, on the...
Dani Rodrik 11 August 2011
The DBS must revamp its act
It seems that those who have been tasked with overseeing the operations of this very important department have been given a blank cheque to do as they please, as long as they serve their master - the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). ...
11 August 2011
Selefu 11 August 2011
11 August 2011
Emma Wareus goes to Phikwe
During the visit, which has been arranged by the Botswana Council of Women and Miss Universe Botswana, She is expected to visit and interact with various individuals and humanitarian organisations. A plan by former Selebi-Phikwe Town Mayor Lekang...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
BDP businessmen reap millions from state
Companies owned by members of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) are the biggest suppliers of motor vehicles to the government, raking in millions of Pula over the past five years, Parliament has heard. Motor Centre Botswana, a company in...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
Committee of inquiry meets resistance
Yesterday in a meeting at the civic hall participants voiced their concern about the committee and accused it of bias as it was set up by the same ministry that has misunderstandings with teachers. "It is the minister or the ministry and the teachers...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
BOFEPUSU snubs Budget Pitso
BOFEPUSU official Johnson Motshwarakgole told Mmegi yesterday that they deliberately stayed away from the meet because they did not want to be part of a pointless meeting where thousands of people from various sectors are told to make contributions...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
More locals enter tourism business
So far there are 326 registered tourism businesses in Ngamiland District and 148 of them are citizen-owned, 124 are non-citizens while 54 are joint ventures. This was said by Minister of Education and Skills Development Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi...
STAFF WRITER 11 August 2011
Exam inquiry -doubts over MoESD partiality
People submitting before the commission which sat in Francistown yesterday expressed their concerns at the fact that instead of listening to the issue and facilitating, MoESD jumped to the defence of the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC). ...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 11 August 2011
Deliver or lose out, softball sponsor warns
Shell chairman, Boitumelo Sekwababe issued the warning during the unveiling of a new P300,000 sponsorship deal in Gaborone on Tuesday. He said the injection is a sponsorship deal and not a donation. Sekwababe did not mince his words and said...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 11 August 2011
Headmasters' 'union' causes anger
Venson made the call on Tuesday during a meeting for the North East and Central regions held in Francistown. The Unions see the suggestion as a ploy to weaken the labour movement in Botswana and an attempt to exploit school heads. Venson's...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 11 August 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 12 August 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...
12 August 2011
Project syndicate
But the tit-for-tat retaliation that has followed the raid reflects deeper sources of mistrust and mutual suspicion. The latest round has focused on the alleged activities of the Pakistani military's powerful intelligence agency, Inter-Services...
Shahid Javed Burki 12 August 2011
Project syndicate
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: Early in the financial crisis, a major emerging-market investor told me: "This is not a global, but a semi-global financial crisis." He was right: it really was a crisis of the United States, Europe, and Japan. ...
Anders Aslund 12 August 2011
Washington and the art of the possible
Why, the public asks, can't politicians sit down together like sensible adults and come up with a timely agreement that commands broad consensus? If we can balance our household budgets, they ask irately, why can't our political leaders? The...
12 August 2011
Knocked up out of wedlock
This, of course is the super edited version of how a young man and woman meet, become intimately involved in a relationship and later have a child. The couple has conveniently skipped the part which society expects before two people decide- or end...
KEREEDITSE LEFATSI
Correspondent 12 August 2011
Family struggles to come to terms with tragedy
The surviving father, 34-year-old Kagelelo Tidige, still finds it difficult to explain what actually transpired on that fateful night of July 6. Nursing the surviving twin baby girl on his lap, who chuckles as if nothing has happened to the family,...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
PDT employees allege maladministration
In a letter (which this publication is in possession of) the workers allege gross maladministration of the institution that is threatening government takeover scheduled for August 24. "We believe the Board of Trustees does not use the Trust's policy...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
Accused is prejudiced - Judge
The applicant told the court that he has been coming to court since August last year to apply for bail pending appeal but the prosecution would either not show up or say that his trial record was missing. Solo ordered that the state should produce...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
Botswana represented at Taiwan centenary
Phoebe Ramaloka and Donald Molosi will leave for the event, dubbed SayTaiwan, on Thursday. They are expected to spend two weeks in Taiwan, where they will stay with local families in order to fully immerse themselves into the island nation's...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
The noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times, Kgosi Bathoen II
B2 was the eldest son of Kgosi Seepapitso III and Mogatsakgari Ratshosa (granddaughter to Kgosi Kgama III). Kgosi Seepapitso III's two siblings from (Bathoen I's house) were Moaepitso (brother) and Ntebogan (sister). Kgosi Bathoen II's...
* SEANE RAMAOLOGA KEBOETSWE 12 August 2011
Union membership falls as strikes rise
Membership of South African trade unions had declined from 4.3 million in 2000 to 3.2 million in 2010, said Loane Sharp, Adcorp's labour market analyst, in a statement. This trend was "out of sync" with the surge in strikes and work stoppages...
12 August 2011
IBSA on peace mission to Syria
The governments of the three nations, under an initiative of the IBSA forum of emerging economies, are seeking to help open a dialogue between Syrian authorities and the public to help bring months of brutal violence to an end, a Brazilian foreign...
12 August 2011
Somalia offers amnesty to rebels
It was the first time the interim government, battling to quash a four-year Islamist rebellion, had offered amnesty. "The transitional federal government of Somalia has offered a general amnesty to insurgent fighters remaining in Mogadishu who give...
12 August 2011
Consumer Watch dog
OK, perhaps they weren't all utterly stupid but I've lost count of the times I've been with a customer and I've started a conversation with something like "This might sound like a stupid question, but..." or "Forgive my ignorance, but why...". I...
12 August 2011
PPADB activates delisting committee
Approximately 60 percent of the national budget is targeted at procurement annually, translating to about P24.7 billion this year. On Monday, a senior PPADB official said the committee - about whose establishment contractors were warned last year -...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
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