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The Tea Party's modest proposal
There are legitimate fiscal issues that demand serious discussion, including how to control growth in health-care spending and how best to structure tax reform. But the Tea Party faction of the Republican Party cares more about small government...
Simon Johnson 19 August 2011
BRU revives Knockout Cup competition
The cup competition will be held in Gaborone and Francistown tomorrow with eight teams participating. Black Rhinos, White Rhinos, Gaborone Hogs team A and B, Francistown Sharks, Ghanzi Desert whales, BDF Cheetahs and EMG Gunners will battle it...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 19 August 2011
First cut
I think it has now been proven beyond reasonable doubt that any fixture involving Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers is always a sell out. In the build-up to last Saturday's season opener at the University of Botswana Stadium, it looked...
Dennis Keagile 19 August 2011
Selebi-Phikwe sides seek redemption
The two have vowed to pull out all the stops in their second game. Satmos coach, Stanford Ntini told Mmegi Sport that their game against Notwane, which they lost 1-0, was an eye-opener. He said they lost as a result of lack of endurance. Veteran...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Ross Branch readies for Zim challenge
The neighbouring country will host the FIM Africa Motocross Championships in Harare at the home of motor sport in Zimbabwe - Donnybrook. More than seven African countries including the hosts, Botswana, regional powerhouse South Africa, Namibia,...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Mchunu, Flames' unstoppable forward-centre
For basketball side, Flames of Francistown, forward centre Willy Mchunu has been playing in this position with distinction. Mchunu, a former Splinters player, has been serving Flames well as a forward centre. He joined from Splinters last season...
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Netball coach fired ahead of Africa games
Assistant coach, Delroy Nkomazana will take charge, with Kelebogile Mocuminyana as his assistant. BONA president, Tebogo Lebotse said the firing of Gaelesiwe does not present a crisis ahead of the continental games, which start on September 3. She...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Majama bounces back in grand style
Prior to the team's departure, Majama promised to bring home a gold medal despite his long lay off. True to his word, Majama kicked his way to a gold medal, which was the only gold the team won. Before the Australia assignment, Majama's last...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 19 August 2011
BFA keen to address women's grievances - Fani
Fani, however, said the pending meeting should not hinder the start of the 2011/2012 season. The BFA chief said he understands the grievances raised by women's clubs, but boycotting the league would not be a solution. The women's league...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Maposa 'begs' to return to Chiefs?
The national team goalkeeper is said to have told Molome that GU had not honoured some of the promises they made when he signed a two-year deal before the start of the season. "He called the chairman just over a week ago and the chairman put him on...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Da Gama clears air on Moatlhaping
There has been an air of confusion over Moatlhaping's future, but Da Gama yesterday told Mmegi Sport that "people are making their own stories". "I spoke on the radio yesterday and I told them ... some people like to make their own stories. We are...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 19 August 2011
No Mathata prepares for new season
Without any recognised names, No Mathata made waves with a number of shock results in their first season in the First Division. No Mathata humbled seasoned campaigners, Great North Tigers (GNT) and Mahalapye Hotspurs. The club's spokesperson, Mpho...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Is Moyo the blessing that TAFIC needs?
TAFIC has roped in probably the youngest coach in the Premier League. Blessing Moyo has been hired as the head coach, while veteran tactician, Paul Moyo, who is his father, has been given the broader mandate as overseer of the technical department...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Battle lines drawn as GU, Notwane clash
The two sides will be looking to maintain a 100 percent winning start after claiming victories in their opening matches last weekend. GU started the league on a high with a 3-1 away victory over Nico United in Francistown last Sunday while Notwane...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Sudan's NCP's threat to end UNAMID's mandate
"The Sudan government may possibly cancel the work of UNAMID or end the agreement from one side if the UN Security Council insisted on implementing its resolution on extension of the mission mandate," the secretary of Political Mobilization of NCP...
19 August 2011
Horn of Africa food crisis shameful: UN agency
"It is unacceptable for more than 12 million people to be at risk of starvation today," Jacques Diouf, head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, said at the start of a conference on the drought crisis in Rome. "The required funding is lacking....
19 August 2011
Violence in Karachi kills 33 people
There has been a surge in killings in Karachi in recent weeks that many blame on gangs affiliated with the city's main political parties. The government has been unable to stem the violence, as it also grapples with a faltering economy and a raging...
19 August 2011
Nitty Gritty
Oweenyana go padile! The executive of the Tsogang Banna Julle Bliksems Association of men thought they could get away with what is now popularly referred to as the "compromised list" of candidates up for election. But...
Barolong Seboni 19 August 2011
The BNF and BDP's 'fight' for the attention of the ANC: 1912-2004
AbstractThis paper argues that the African National Congress’ (ANC) of South Africa capitulation to the market driven economy, its attainment of state power in 1994, a major split in the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) in 1998, and...
CHRISTIAN JOHN MAKGALA 19 August 2011
Whither Botswana
The eagerness of Botswana's opposition parties for victory at the 2014 general elections is understandable. Why shouldn't they be eager to win those elections, having existed for so long without ever coming anywhere close to winning elections except,...
Dan Moabi 19 August 2011
Tebelopele: Has the physician failed in self-healing?
This week, its operations in the southern part of the country temporarily came to a stand still because of a dispute over retrenchment packages. As a leading centre of counselling, it is a mystery why the organisation has reportedly failed to handle...
19 August 2011
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19 August 2011
Govt acts to help farmers solve LITS hiccups
The LITS has apparently caused much inconvenience to livestock farmers, cattle speculators and butchery owners because the system has proved faulty. Minister of Agriculture, Christiaan de Graaf, however, told Parliament on Wednesday that the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 19 August 2011
The forgotten history of Ba-dimo
When we talk of 'gods' now, we are, as far as science and history is concerned, deemed to be only taking tsie-badimo (literally: locust-gods)! We are about to find out the most probable source for this very interesting expression. In Botswana,...
L.M. LETEANE 19 August 2011
Three-party 'grand alliance' to join big race?
Former vice president Godfrey Miyanda's Heritage Party (HP), the United Party for National Development (UPND) and the newly formed Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) are discussing prospects of forging an electoral alliance to compete...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Bakgatla regiments to till 17 farmlands
The plan will also be aimed at creating employment for the jobless in Kgatleng and to feed the needy. According to Bakgatla royals, the fields have been lying fallow since the 1920s when the traditional food security system died out as the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Project syndicate
BEIJING - While the downgrade of United States government debt by Standard & Poor's shocked global financial markets, China has more reason to worry than most: the bulk of its $3.2 trillion in official foreign reserves - more than 60 percent - is...
Yao Yang 19 August 2011
Project syndicate
CAMBRIDGE - The world is in the midst of the greatest demographic upheaval in human history. Although the human race took perhaps one million years to reach one billion people (around the year 1800), we have been adding successive billions every...
David Bloom 19 August 2011
Consumer watcgdog
It's difficult, if you're interested in human psychology, not to wonder why some people fall for scams and others don't. What is it in some people's brains that leads them to believe strange things while others seem to be able to spot a scam from a...
19 August 2011
BancABC plans 30 outlets by year-end
The BSE-listed bank, which has operations in five countries across southern Africa, said this when it announced its unaudited interim results for the six months to June 30 2011 in Gaborone this week. BancABC commenced retail banking last year after...
BRIAN BENZA.
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
'Outdated' poverty datum line comes under review
Poverty datum line - the cost of a defined basket of goods and requirements enabling the most basic standard of living - is the principal instrument used by government in the targeting of funds and policies towards the poor. PDL also enables...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Botswana is 6th best for investment in Africa - RMB
Released on Tuesday, the "Where To Invest In Africa" report represents the research expertise of Rand Merchant Bank's (RMB) continental experts who compared the investment competitiveness of the 45 sub-Saharan states. The report - the first of its...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
SA strike shifts commissioning of AK6 to next year
The mine, which is currently under construction in Boteti, was initially slated for commissioning in the last quarter of this year. In a statement this week, promoters of the mine, Lucara Diamond Corporation, said construction of the mine had...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
BMC focuses on Norway cash cow
Hopeful of re-entry into the lucrative European Union market next month, the BMC says all slaughter at Lobatse for the rest of the year will be targeted at fulfilling a 1,350 tonne quota for Norway, key to the parastatal's crisis-weary 2011 finances....
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Book review
A nne Enright is a Dubliner. It is the place she loves. She still lives and writes from there. The music of the city is in her blood and in her words. Her novel, The Gathering (2007), won the Man Booker Prize that...
Sheridan Griswold 19 August 2011
Back stage
The Duchess (2008) is one of the better English costume dramas of the past decade. It should be available in your local DVD shop. It is worth watching because it is well-acted, entertaining, and presents an unusual picture of the...
Sasa Majuma 19 August 2011
Gemstones keen to open new frontiers for local models
Throughout history modelling has been associated more with the tall and slender, to a point that some models in trying to meet the set goals have found themselves developing life threatening eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Childhood passion pays off for talented Badisa
As a little girl moulding 'pots' out of clay, Godiraone Badisa could not have imagined that the talent she had back then would today help her put bread on the table for the family. Her wares at the show caught the eye of Arts &...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Was Bathoen a dictator or visionary?
Others just saw him a strict disciplinarian while others hero-worshiped him to the extent that everything he did "was for the common good". One of such stories very popular in Ga-Ngwaketse area is one about a man who while working on the South...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Optimism lowers stroke risk
Optimism isn't just the lack of anxiety or depression. Someone who seeks help for either anxiety or depression might be lifted from a negative 10 or so on a scale back to zero, or neutral. Optimism can bring you back to positive...
19 August 2011
Potlako Molefhe: A man of many hats
Many of those who were in attendance that day were unaware of who he was and why he even merited such an honour. Yet for those who knew of his contribution to that esteemed institution, the honour was not only well-deserved but also long overdue as...
19 August 2011
Rakops: A village divided by a river
This is how we were welcomed in grand style at Rakops. Generally, the entire Boteti sub district is very dry and it was not by fluke that the whirlwind displayed its prowess and swept a cloud of white dust into the air. In fact, the whole morning of...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Bakalanga cultural festival billed for Oct
The event, which was first held in 2000, has become a permanent feature in the calendar of this area. At this time, many people including non-Bakalanga, throng the Domboshaba hills to enjoy Bakalanga food and culture. The occasion normally features...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Rammidi basks in the limelight of resignation
The politician shows the frustration that the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is going through after the departure of its secretary general Kentse Rammidi. It is a different Wednesday meaning different things to different people of various interests....
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Tebelopele negotiations hit a stalemate
However, the issue stalemated after the employees rejected a one-month retrenchment package, saying they should be covered for six months at the least. Tebelopele has decided to retrench all of its employees ahead of the second phase of the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 19 August 2011
Is it Norway or Nigeria for Namibia?
On July 6, the Namibian Mines and Energy Minister, Isak Katali, announced the discovery of vast oil reserves off the Southern Namibian coast. It is estimated that the deposits are huge at 11 billion barrels, this is slightly lower than the reported...
*ROMAN GRYNBERG 19 August 2011
Secrets of the wealth of Jews
For a while I have been reading the writings of Dag Haward-Mils on how tithing can make you rich...giving 10 percent of all your income for holy use, into the works of God. I have also read some local publications on how Batswana have continued on a...
*BOITSHEPHO BOLELE 19 August 2011
Woman jailed for unpaid debt
She is in trouble for failing to pay Intensified Security P3,302. "These are to command you the said Messenger of the Court to take Doreen Lubinda and deliver her to the Officer-in-Charge of the Prison together to be safely kept until Lubinda pays,"...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 19 August 2011
Nine men and 40 bulls
Dubbed "The Top Three Bull Sale," the impressive beasts are on display at the Gaborone Showgrounds. The bulls are of the three most popular breeds that are adaptable to Botswana conditions renowned for their beef. The beasts have been on...
CORRESPONDENT 19 August 2011
Paying tribute to Kgosi Bathoen II
The recent unveiling of the statue of the late Kgosi Bathoen II of Bangwaketse has revived the memory of this giant of a man among those who knew and admired him. Bathoen II is perhaps one of the greatest, though not much celebrated, statesmen that...
19 August 2011
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