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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 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
Emerging ecomies urged to harness Chinese consumerism
In a presentation on China in Africa at the Botswana Insurance Fund Management's (Bifm) Offshore Investors Conference at GICC on Tuesday, Sanlam's Investment Strategist, Alex Pestana, said sub-Saharan Africa was set to benefit as the second largest...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
BoB interest policy receives the thumbs up
BoB has held interest rates steady since December 2010, saying the need to pull the economy back onto its feet with a supportive interest rate regime superseded inflationary threats. With the impact of the US downgrade already pointing to a slump in...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
DCEC audits PPADB
PPADB executive chairperson, Bridget John, announced the forthcoming assessment at a workshop this week, revealing that it would take place this month. "Any lessons learnt from this exercise will be useful for the committees of the board to...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
Next budget to receive P2.6bn bonus
Annually, SACU's five members share revenues collected under the Common Revenue Pool (CRP). However, for budgetary expediency, the amounts shared are estimates subject to an audit that is carried out later that either requires members to refund CPR...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
Female suicide bomber hits Pakistan, six dead
The city of Peshawar, where the unrest took place, is on the frontline of a Taliban insurgency and borders Pakistan's lawless tribal belt that Washington calls the global headquarters of al-Qaeda. It was only the third time police have...
12 August 2011
'Smuggled' Zimbabwean children taken home
Limpopo police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mohale Ramatseba said on Thursday that a 32-year-old Bulawayo man had allegedly helped the children to cross the Limpopo River into South Africa on Wednesday morning. "The children were referred to...
12 August 2011
Somali children struggle in famine-struck Mogadishu
"My child is very sick, he's had a fever, vomiting and got diarrhoea," said his mother Rukyo Abdullahi, sitting worriedly by her tiny son's bedside, his skin stretched tight against his small bones. "He was given some medicine from a local pharmacy,...
12 August 2011
New basketball chief decries lack of sponsorship
Speaking to Mmegi Sport, Nyangu said as a result local basketball has stagnated while worldwide it is considered a fast growing sport. He said that locally, anyone participating in basketball activities does so for the love of the sport. "Starting...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 12 August 2011
Exams could disrupt B Division rugby league
Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) development manager, Zilwele Khumalo said the expected absence of students might weaken the second tier league, which is meant to act as a feeder to the A Division. Khumalo said most players are students and would soon be...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 12 August 2011
Softball league gets new format
Under the new system, teams will contest the second round under one stream as opposed to the previous arrangement where teams competed in their respective regions. While teams will still contest the first round as separate regions, the north and the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 August 2011
Yes you can, Kgathi tells women footballers
He said there is a general misconception that women cannot participate in sports like boxing and rugby because they are perceived as men's domain. "You have the right to take part in any sport of your choice," the minister said when he officiated at...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 August 2011
GNT signs 11 players on Premier League return
GNT spokesperson Mengisto 'Gazza' Chigala said the team is ready to compete and looks formidable despite losing goalkeeper Sthanda Lorato to Miscellaneous. Chigala said they managed to retain all the players except Lorato. To fill the void left...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 12 August 2011
Tshosane and the boys show tenacity
As early as the fifth minute, the Kenyans were cruising, firmly pinning the home side against the wall. The Zebras hardly start a match on the ascendancy, preferring to let the opponents run at them. Kenya enjoyed plenty of the possession but found...
12 August 2011
Premier League campaign kicks off Township Rollers
Players out: Gaopatwe Seosenyeng<br>Players in: Kagiso Bodigelo, Ntesang Simanyana<br>The defending champions have been linked with some big name players as usual but have so far only managed to bring in exciting former Satmos player,...
12 August 2011
The league's movers and shakers
Gaborone United<br>The former champions' most significant buy could prove to be youthful international Bakang Moeng who joins them from Uniao Flamengo Santos. Moeng has a great football brain and his move to GU could be the start of his...
12 August 2011
Last ditch meeting averts refs boycott
The referees have rejected the Botswana Premier League hike of P650 from P300 per match and want P1,000. But a late evening meeting of the National Referees Commission (NRC) yesterday ended with the match officials withdrawing their boycott threat on...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
Ugly brawl mars Zebras-Kenya friendly
During an ill tempered match in which tackles flew and Kenya players regularly took a dig at local referee, Kutlwano Leso, the technical benches had a go at each other as well. As the teams trooped to the dressing room at half time, Zebras'...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
Muffling the Leader of the Opposition
Since independence, the Leader of the Opposition has been treated as a partner in government. The position being equivalent to that of an assistant minister, the one who holds it is provided with official transport and staff. Most of the time, the...
12 August 2011
'Regime change' freedom square rhetoric and plain sloganeering
Like a bushfire, the chant has spread from the platform of striking civil servants to the society in general. The phrase that advocates revolutionary change of the guard, has became fodder for public and private debate and today continues to...
12 August 2011
BONELA blasts GUS over ARVs for foreign inmates
Speaking in Parliament, Matlhabaphiri defended government's stance not to provide foreign inmates with ARV drugs, saying it is costly to do so as inmates find such drugs unavailable in their home countries after returning there, which happens quite...
KEOBONYE MAJATSIE
Correspondent 12 August 2011
Nitty Gritty
And in the closet they have to grapple with issues of bo-matholwane and bo-thokolosi, which have been declared as essential service providers to replace the waitresses on strike. Actually, not all of them are on strike. The vast majority...
BAROLONG SEBONI 12 August 2011
Towards artistic mediocrity by 2016
Traditional and contemporary crafts are exhibited in the Octagon gallery opposite. Despite the displays being marginally better hung than previous years', the 'Fine Art' section of the exhibition is sadly and predictably weak. In the...
* ANN GOLLIFER 12 August 2011
Will the Rand Area survive the PIGS and the elephants?
Until the end of last year, Southern African Development Community (SADC) had on its home page a moving bar. The bar indicated the agreed time lines of SADC integration that would lead ultimately from Customs Union in 2010 to EU look-alike...
12 August 2011
Digging Tswana Roots
Almost everyone knows that the Bantu nations did not originate in southern Africa, but migrated from further north at some point in history. In southern Africa, only the San are indigenous. It has been supposed all along that the Bantu...
I.M. LETEANE 12 August 2011
Govt should wage all-out war against tobacco
We are talking about the efforts of activists like Bontle Mbongwe who in spite of the obvious challenge of having to fight a multi-million Pula business has persevered, and even took the lead in founding an Anti-Tobacco network. Looking at the amount...
12 August 2011
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12 August 2011
Smoking increases heart risk more in women than men
A study of 2.4 million people, published in the Lancet, showed a 25 percent difference in increased risk. The reasons are unclear, say researchers. The British Heart Foundation said the findings were "alarming" especially as women tended to smoke...
12 August 2011
Pfizer: Nigeria drug trial victims get compensation
It paid $175,000 (P1.16m) each to four families in the first of a series of payments it is expected to make.The payouts are part of an out-of-court settlement reached in 2009.In 1996, 11 children died and dozens were left disabled after Pfizer gave...
12 August 2011
Was the food crisis in Kenya avoidable?
As he returned with a herd of goats and sheep, his legs were clearly in pain after the two-hour walk from the pasture near a river. "I have lost relatives in this drought - elderly relatives have died. We haven't had any proper rain here for three...
12 August 2011
Botswana recognises Libya's rebel govt
As the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Phandu Skelemani, confirmed this to Mmegi yesterday, countries around the world were expelling Libyan diplomats linked to the embattled regime. Mmegi has established that the Libyan...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
A Batswana ke Basotho?
Afterall, Botswana is a country made up of people who proudly call themselves Batswana and to call them Sotho might be offensive even though it is generally accepted that the Sothos and the Pedis are their ethnic cousins. History will record that...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 12 August 2011
Tenacious Mamela soldiers on
FRANCISTOWN: "With me politics is a calling, it's my church and we shall remain inseparable," declares former Francistown West Member of Parliament (MP), Vain Mamela. Despite that since 2009, it has not been possible for him to amass sufficient...
12 August 2011
Accused behaved like a cold-blooded killer - Judge
Justice Mpaphi Phumaphi said 19-year old Gofaone Gabatsalane had already admitted shooting his co-worker at point blank range, thus weakening the assumption of innocence in the case. "By the applicant's own account, he shot the deceased with a high...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
Four prisoners still on death row
Mmegi can reveal that among those still on death row are Zibani Thamo, Modise Tlhokamolelo, Mangombe Tadubane and Gatlhalosamang Gaboakelwe. Thamo was convicted by the Francistown High Court for the 2007 murder of his girlfriend, Sihle Dube. Her...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 12 August 2011
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