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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...
26 August 2011
Botswana athletes leave for All Africa Games
The team, consisting of 96 athletes and 45 officials has been set a 20-medal target, up from eight at the last games. Botswana will compete in 11 sports disciplines of netball, volleyball (women), judo, table tennis, swimming, karate, tennis, chess,...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Selebi-Phikwe Stadium delays explained
He said expectations were that temperatures would rise in August as the country emerges from a freezing winter, which Kula said was not conducive to plant the surface's turf. The stadium was scheduled for re-opening on August 27 but the deadline has...
26 August 2011
Stadia crisis expected to ease in September
The 2011/12 season kicked off two weeks ago and the unavailability of the Selebi-Phikwe, New and Old Lobatse, Otse and the National stadiums has left the BPL facing a quandary. However, BPL General Manager Setete Phutego said assurances that...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Depleted Rollers face buoyant Gunners
Forwards Onalethata Tshekiso and Musonda Mweuku are suspended for the clash against a buoyant Gunners side still to taste defeat in two matches. The two players join injured midfielder, Powell Abednico on the sidelines. Abednico has been missing...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Ramatlhakwana on trials at English side, Bradford City
City boss Peter Jackson admits he desperately needs an experienced forward to beef up his attacking ranks in a bid to help The Bantams' potency in front of goal and will make a decision on the Botswana striker next week. "We just have to try and...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Dlala cries foul over terminated deal
Dlala marketing director, Seabo 'Magesh' Gabanakgosi is not amused that the Lobatse side ditched his company and instead preferred a Chinese brand. "We signed a two-year contract with Gunners last November and around April this year, we were told...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Zebras to wear All Kasi kit for Togo game
BFA vice president (administration), Boyce Sebetela said the mother body is still assessing tenders. All Kasi's three-year contract with BFA expires on August 31. All Kasi marketing director, Frank 'Barnes' Maplanka said in the interim, his company...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Hurricane Irene hammers Bahamas on way to US
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season is a category three storm, with winds of 185km/h (150 mph), and is expected to strengthen. Irene, which is set to pass over the Bahamas archipelago during the day (Tuesday), has caused damage but so far no...
26 August 2011
Four Thai 'red-shirt' protesters jailed for 34 years
They were among 21 people charged with involvement in an arson attack on a town hall in Ubon Ratchathani in north-east Thailand. They belonged to the red-shirt movement, broadly loyal to ousted Thai leader, Thaksin Shinawatra. His sister is now...
26 August 2011
African leaders meet to raise funds for drought crisis
Current African Union (AU) chairman, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, Djiboutiian President, Ismael Omar Guelleh, and Somali leader, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, were present at the start of the meeting. The fund-raising...
26 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...
26 August 2011
Probe Nato commanders, Motlanthe urges court
He was replying to questions in parliament on the volatile situation in the North African country. Motlanthe said the court - which has issued warrants of arrest for the embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and some of his close associates -...
26 August 2011
SA govt says Libya future must include Gaddafi regime
This should incorporate elements of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, said international relations and co-operation deputy director-general Clayson Monyela. Responding to questions at a media briefing in Pretoria after Cabinet's fortnightly meeting...
26 August 2011
Nitty Gritty
They no longer want women to just fill the posts of secretary for recording, they now want women in very influential and powerful positions like deputy secretary general and vice-chairman. It is the general and popular belief amongst the members...
Barolong Seboni 26 August 2011
Steve Jacobs: From college dropout to tech visionary
The skinny man in the black mock turtleneck, and the company he created, have had arguably more impact than anybody on how we consume content in the digital age. "Steve Jobs is one of the great innovators in the history of modern capitalism," New...
26 August 2011
Beyond NATO's Libyan redemption
This is a good moment for NATO, but one that evokes more a sense of relief than of celebration. Given the mismatch of member states' policy (topple Gaddafi) and a strategy to "protect civilians" based on a contested United Nations Security Council...
26 August 2011
Digging tswana roots
In my last article, I made the point that the 'gods' (or 'angels' in the Book of Enoch; were described as mere flesh-and-blood. This is despite the fact that in Genesis 6:2 they are called the 'sons of God'. As this in direct contrast...
I.M Leteane 26 August 2011
Kudos to our Somali aid ambassadors
Local businessman Seabelo Tlhaselo we are told, as a way of his contribution, offered to transport the 120 tonnes of food aid for free. And that, we learn, means that government will now save millions of Pula in aviation costs that it would...
26 August 2011
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Jehovah's Witnesses invite all to "Let God's Kingdom Come!" Convention
God's Kingdom government, which is requested in the world-famous model prayer taught by Jesus Christ, will be the focus of the 2011 "Let God's Kingdom Come!" District Convention to be held ...
26 August 2011
Arab spring b ecome the Arab year
Seeing the revolutions from Tunisia to Egypt to Libya, it is amazing to recall that these grass-roots pro-democracy movements began with the "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia, when a 26-year-old unemployed fruit stand owner named Mohammed Bouazizi set...
*ARSALAN IFTIKHAR 26 August 2011
Optimistic Sevens side leaves for Zambia
The 12-member team will be under new coach, Andrew Paxinos after Mooketsi Ramakele quit the post recently. The team had insufficient time to prepare for the tournament but its chances of progressing to the next stage have been brightened by the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Future heart health 'shaped by diet'
Researchers in The Netherlands tracked the heart health of Dutch women who lived through the famine at the end of World War II. Those living on rations of 400-800 calories a day had a 27% higher risk of heart disease in later life. It's the first...
HELEN BRIGGS
Health editor 26 August 2011
Cash incentives could help curb HIV/AIDS - MP
Molathegi, who is member of the Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS, made the call during his committee's consultation meeting with different stakeholders dealing with HIV/AIDS issues in the Ngamiland district on Tuesday. This was after a...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 26 August 2011
New roads of Old Naledi lead to new frustrations
As we drive along what is commonly known as Old Lobatse Road we turn right to meet councillor for Naledi South Ntebaleng Modise with whom we had made appointment at Kagisano Shopping Complex. From the looks of some structures, the complex was...
26 August 2011
Frequent police roadblocks, searches rile residents
They say that the scenario is the order of the day in most totalitarian countries where armed forces do as they please ignoring the written laws, which they were hired to enforce. Of late, the public has observed with disbelief this emerging trend...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Fossil redefines mammal history
The shrew-like creature is the earliest known example of an animal that used a placenta to provide nourishment to their unborn young. Its features clearly set it apart from marsupial mammals, which adopt a very different reproductive strategy. The...
26 August 2011
Future heart health 'shaped by diet'
Researchers in The Netherlands tracked the heart health of Dutch women who lived through the famine at the end of World War II. Those living on rations of 400-800 calories a day had a 27 percent higher risk of heart disease in later life. It's the...
26 August 2011
No act of God in Mauritius
When I worked briefly with him several years ago, his feet rarely touched the ground. When they did, it was only for brief moments to advise the great and the good, and sometimes the not-so-good. The intensity of life-style that such...
* ROMAN GRYNBERG 26 August 2011
Is regime change in Libya in aid of democracy?
Even at the onset of the military campaign, many accused America, Britain and France of using the United Nations' Resolution 1973 to fulfill their neo-colonial, imperialistic and economic interests in the oil-rich country. A few weeks into the...
EDWARD BULE
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Constitution-making in Zambia
In just 50 years, the republican constitution has undergone several alterations - and the case of the 1996 one - the government actually produced a new document. Before nominations, the Patriotic Front (PF), the major opposition in the dissolved...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 26 August 2011
My 'outlandish' burial options
We are suddenly thankful that we are not lying in that box that the men are shovelling dirt onto, to bury forever. Our appreciation of purpose and the brevity of life are further enhanced by the sight of hundreds - or even thousands of graves in the...
GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Kutlwano out to reclaim top spot
Mafolofolo replaced the defending champions, Kutlwano at the apex of the log leaders when the second round began and have been able to maintain the slender lead. The log leaders are inactive this weekend, which presents their rivals, 'Big house'...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Rammidi resigned over strike - Motshwarakgole
Motshwarakgole said that the strike has changed the fabric of national politics and has revealed the darker side of the ruling BDP, leading to anarchy in the party and the resignation of Rammidi. "Ha o bona secretary general hela e tlogela tiro, go...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Ministry changes exam dates
The BGCSE examination will now start on November 23 while students will sit JCE written papers from November 7-18 instead of October. A statement from the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) spokesman, Charles Keikotlhae, said the changes also affect...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
CNN writer calls for media diversity
"If you had at least three national television broadcasters, then there will be a variety of media views and people will have a choice. When there is just Botswana Television (Btv), people tend to become suspicious about it and what the station...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Land fraud soaring in Tlokweng
A total sum of P398,200 has been lost by people who were trying to acquire residential plots in Tlokweng between October last year to date, according to Superintendent Lebalang Maniki of Tlokweng Police. Maniki said the most prevalent form of...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
More join Malan in demanding Kgatleng land
In their arguments before Lobatse High Court, Justice Michael Leburu, Monthe and Marumo Attorneys (for the Kgatleng Land Board), state that it is clear from the evidence led before the Land Tribunal that there are more individuals who are putting up...
KEOBONYE MAJATSIE
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Nonagenarian gets free legal services in divorce case
Francistown attorney Morgan Moseki has volunteered to act for 92-year-old Johannes Kayuma in his two-year divorce case against his wife, Beauty Kayuma, 67. The parties were married in 1969. Last year, Justice Moses Chinhengo postponed the case...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Botswana to develop policy to protect traditional knowledge
Development of the policy will involve identifying, documenting and gathering local traditional knowledge practices from areas including agriculture, health, culture and religious beliefs, and then feeding them into a legislative framework. The...
26 August 2011
Media expert calls for newspapers in classrooms
She told a training workshop for Women in News this week in Windhoek that by reading and using newspapers in classrooms, young people get to learn about a number of issues like human rights, diversity, the democratic process and critical thinking....
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Investor calls for increase in trophy hunting quota
Harry Charalambous, a Motswana of Greek origin has called for an increase in quota for game hunting in the area, saying it attracts billionaires from Europe and America to Botswana. He said he hosts Russian billionaire and Chelsea owner, Roman...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Magistrate erred so man is acquitted
Joseph Dumano had appealed against both conviction and sentence. He was in 2010 convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Francistown magistrate for allegedly robbing a family of two Nokia cell phones worth P600. In his grounds of appeal,...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Golfers face tricky course in FNBB tiurney
A field of 60 golfers will tee-off in what is expected to be fine weather conditions. The bank has sponsored the tournament for more than P55,000. One of the tournament's organisers, Coin Ntabe said this year's edition should be the biggest ever. He...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 26 August 2011
Court confirms Chilume's conviction, sentence
In 2010, Monkemedi Chilume was convicted and sentenced by a Selebi-Phikwe magistrate to 10 years in jail for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of his niece who was 16 years old in 2009. The offence was committed at Chilume's sister's house,...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 26 August 2011
BMD widens its net
As part of taking the party to the people, the BMD NEC will hold a meeting here, which is held monthly and it will be held outside Gaborone for the first time since the party's inaugural elective congress held last April at Kgale. Morwaeng said,...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Gaborone water may be polluted
Numerous attempts by Mmegi to get an explanation from WUC communications manager Matida Mmipi proved futile as she refused to provide answers and claimed that she sent a response two weeks back and she would not resend it. South African media has...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
BNF youth break ranks on Malema
BNFYL secretary general Arafat Khan denied that they missed the event because of other engagements as their colleagues from other parties said at the press conference. He explained that they did not attend the press conference because their policy is...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
Kalafatis' case: Mothobi regains his freedom
Military Intelligence officer Dzikamani Mothobi was freed from prison yesterday by Justice David Newman. His case is likely to be heard in the January session of the Court of Appeal. Mothobi was convicted of being an accessory after the murder fact...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 August 2011
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