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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 23 August 2011
The winners code
In the last issue we introduced the anecdote of the man who had many challenges in his life but did nothing about them. Trapped in a state of inertia, the man, like so many of us, kept thinking, hoping and wishing that things would get...
George Chingarande 23 August 2011
Water divination is a god-given talent - Sesa
The Monitor undertook a fact-finding mission to establish the 'truth' about water-divination and stumbled upon one Segomotso Sesa of Tebele Ward in the Tswapong Village of Mahalapitsa. "Water-divination is neither witchcraft nor bongaka ja Setswana,...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Correspondent 23 August 2011
Tebelopele hits a stalemate over retrenchment packages
The war on HIV/AIDS came to a standstill for two days this week in the southern part of Botswana as employees of Tebelopele Voluntary Testing and Counselling Centres waited to hear about their retrenchment packages. However, the issue stalemated...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 23 August 2011
Ever changing times
Specifically, my mother was referring to the way pregnant women dress these days and young women's (in her opinion) heavy reliance on literature relating to pregnancy, childbirth and child rearing. My mother asserted: "The children they write about...
Kereeditse Lefatsi
Correspondent 23 August 2011
The BDP welcoming event was a no-show
In the run-up to the rally, the media was awash with news that the BDP was going to welcome into its fold, more than 300 members from the opposition. The announcement went into overdrive when, on Saturday morning and afternoon, BDP vehicles drove...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 23 August 2011
More names emerge in BFA CEO's race
He joins a long list of prominent figures, who have applied for the job left vacant by the departure of Judge Mookodi last week. Mookodi was fired after less than a year in the hot seat. He had been given a six-month probation after succeeding...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 August 2011
Difofane denies quitting volleyball league
The Francistown based side failed to honour their second round matches until the league's organisers decided against fixturing them. Despite reports that the club has quit the league, Difofane owner, Madala Madala argues such allegations were done...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 August 2011
GU, BDF XI, Fighters set early pace
The three have registered a 100 percent record after victories in Week Two of the Premier League action. For the past two seasons, Rollers have been a dominant force in the league, winning it twice in a row. Under new coach, Elvis Chiweshe, GU have...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
BOMU to stage beauty pageant
BOMU spokesman, Pagson Ntsie said that they have realised that women are still lagging behind when it comes to the local music industry. The BOMU official said Miss BOMU beauty pageant, which is likely to be held in April or May next year,...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 23 August 2011
Dipsy's Ro'Dizzy - rugrat of an extraordinary league
The five-year-old's eye-catching dance moves, done with so much aplomb and awe-inspiring enthusiasm, have deservedly earned her the stage name Ro'Dizzy Don' Stop. The talented little girl, MAD's youngest contestant, effortlessly does exactly what...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 August 2011
Strauss-Kahn charges could be dropped
The New York Post, citing sources close to the prosecutors, said Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, has concluded that the sexual assault charges cannot be proven beyond reasonable doubt and will ask a New York judge to dismiss them at a...
23 August 2011
Assad says Syria to hold parliamentary elections in February: state TV
The solution to the five-month-old crisis in the country is "political," al-Assad said, adding that the security situation is better now. Syria is passing through a transitional stage and there will be a revision of the constitution, he said. He...
23 August 2011
Defiant ANCYL fully backs Juju
According to at least three members of the league who attended a special meeting of its national executive committee to discuss the ruling party's action against their leader, a decision was taken to bus thousands of members from all provinces to...
23 August 2011
Banking sector focuses on rising fraud
Under the biennial Banking Week, which for this year started yesterday, the country's commercial, merchant and statutory banks, as well as their association and regulator are launching an intensive anti-fraud education campaign. "There have been...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
FSG eyes Ghana market
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed funeral services provider, which opened offices in Zambia last year, says it has now set its sights on the gold and oil rich West African country with a view to establishing similar operations as in Botswana,...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
As I see it
Who is Malema and why does his statement generate a brouhaha spillover? Nicknamed 'Juju,' Malema is a cantankerous but popular president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). The Youth League was formed in 1944 as an auxiliary organ...
Michael Dingake 23 August 2011
Good news from Cape Verde as war rages in Libya
The bloody battle for the control of Libya stood in stark contrast to the peaceful transitional elections in Cape Verde, a group of 10 islands and five islets in the Atlantic Ocean. In Libya, regime change is being effected through the barrel of the...
23 August 2011
Selefu 23 August 2011
23 August 2011
Inside Tripoli
But 24 hours after the first heavy fighting erupted in Tripoli - on Saturday night - the signs were there for all to see. First there were the children and the wives of Col Muammar Gaddafi's officials packing and leaving the five-star Rixos...
23 August 2011
Jorge Carlos Fonseca wins Cape Verde presidential poll
Fonseca secured nearly 55 percent of the vote in run-off elections on Sunday, compared with Sousa's 45 percent. The two leaders contested the poll after President Pedro Pires stepped down at the end of his two terms. Cape Verde is one of the most...
23 August 2011
Botswana Society tackles corruption in panel discussion
The discussion will feature three panelists to address the question: "Can Poverty Be Eradicated in Botswana?" It is open to the public. Development analyst Dr P. Moepeng of BIDPA, economist Dr J.B. Tlhalefang of the University of Botswana and...
23 August 2011
Residents express concern at state of education
They told the committee of enquiry into the 2010 examinations crisis at the village Kgotla yesterday that the country will not achieve its goals if the education sector is in shambles. Omphile Thekiso, likened public schooling in the country to the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
Unionists fight over regime change
Botswana Land Boards, Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAWHU) leader of delegation Ronald Rabasimane was at loggerheads with Manual Workers Union (MWU) leader Johnson Motshwarakgole as the latter said they would not support any regime...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
Drugs valued at P8m expire every year
The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Health, Dr Kolaatamo Malefho, disclosed this at a senior management meeting hosted by the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) here. Malefho said this was a costly problem because drugs ended up being...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 23 August 2011
Offer quality service to retain voters' trust, urges Merafhe
Merafhe was speaking at the BDP fund-raising dinner held at Adonsonia Hotel after their star rally on Saturday, which took place at the popular Chedu Choga grounds. He said open democracies such as Botswana face numerous challenges, which find...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 23 August 2011
Priest fired for being political?
A priest who presents Radio Botswana's morning religious programme Se mphete le nna has complained that he was suspended after complaints by some powerful people that he is political. Thuso Tiego, a United Congregational Church of Southern...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
Diarrhoea outbreak claims 14 lives
Dr Nesredin Jami Oumer told Mmegi yesterday that by August 14, they had recorded 14 deaths and 914 infections as the outbreak spread countrywide. Four deaths were reported in the Bobirwa, three in Mahalapye, two in Boteti, two each from Palapye and...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
Rammidi to rally BMD faithful
BMD secretary general, Wynter Mmolotsi informed Mmegi yesterday that Rammidi would be the guest speaker at the rally to be held at the Satellite Freedom Square in Francistown East constituency. The Kanye North MP is expected to set the BMD rally...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 23 August 2011
Domkrag raises P100,000 in 30 minutes
Unlike opposition parties that always struggle financially, the BDP raised the caboodle as if it was jesting at a fund raising dinner at Adonsonia Hotel here on Saturday night. The sum was raised only from contributions made by BDP members and...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 23 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 23 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...
23 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 23 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 23 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...
23 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...
23 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...
23 August 2011
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 24 August 2011
Water divination is a god-given talent - Sesa
The Monitor undertook a fact-finding mission to establish the 'truth' about water-divination and stumbled upon one Segomotso Sesa of Tebele Ward in the Tswapong Village of Mahalapitsa. "Water-divination is neither witchcraft nor bongaka ja Setswana,...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Correspondent 24 August 2011
Tebelopele hits a stalemate over retrenchment packages
The war on HIV/AIDS came to a standstill for two days this week in the southern part of Botswana as employees of Tebelopele Voluntary Testing and Counselling Centres waited to hear about their retrenchment packages. However, the issue stalemated...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 24 August 2011
Ever changing times
Specifically, my mother was referring to the way pregnant women dress these days and young women's (in her opinion) heavy reliance on literature relating to pregnancy, childbirth and child rearing. My mother asserted: "The children they write about...
Kereeditse Lefatsi
Correspondent 24 August 2011
The BDP welcoming event was a no-show
In the run-up to the rally, the media was awash with news that the BDP was going to welcome into its fold, more than 300 members from the opposition. The announcement went into overdrive when, on Saturday morning and afternoon, BDP vehicles drove...
Edward Bule
Correspondent 24 August 2011
Cricket training sessions for juniors enter final leg
The Under-19 side will compete in a 35-over round robin tournament while the Under-13 team face their Namibian counterparts in three 20-over games. Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) chief executive officer (CEO) Girish Ramakrishna said the the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 24 August 2011
New kit deal for Gunners
Gunners' talks with the Chinese firm's representatives, who watched the club end a 19-year drought by winning the Coca-Cola Cup final in May, bore fruit last Thursday when their new kit and other club merchandise arrived. All Kasi director Ludo...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 24 August 2011
Netball coach won't challenge sacking
Gaelesiwe was sacked last week and her assistant, Delroy Nkomazana was thrust into the hot seat. Kelebogile Mocuminyane will assist the new coach. Gaelesiwe has said she would not contest her sacking, which she feels was unfair. Announcing...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 24 August 2011
Today's workspace
Some employers complain that supervisors fail to manage poor work performance. Some have learnt the hard way in court in the course of locking horns with applicants over matters of alleged poor work performance. There is a request for...
Joseph Masango 24 August 2011
Hana bullish on Ghanzi project
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) listed company, which has plans to open the first copper and silver mine in the Ghanzi district, says that the recent results were encouraging as the scoping study conducted on the South Limb South area, confirmed the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 24 August 2011
BoB keen to halt 'booming' currency black market
According to a report released yesterday, the Central Bank conducted on-site examinations last year, which indicated that bureaux de change profitability was shrinking due, in large part, to the burgeoning currency black market. The trend was seen...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 24 August 2011
Rebuilding Libya
If the rebels are to ensure their revolution's long-term success, they will have to overcome the weaknesses that plague them. In the days following the start of the uprising in February 17, the rebels formed a political body known as the National...
*BARAK BARFI 24 August 2011
BOFEPUSU shows the way in post-strike fallout
This is what the news that the Botswana Federation of Public Service Unions (BOFEPUSU) intends to get jobs abroad for nurses sacked for joining the recent civil service strike suggests. It is possibly the first time a trade union in the country is...
24 August 2011
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