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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...
29 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...
29 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...
29 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...
29 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...
29 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 -...
29 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...
29 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...
29 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 29 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 29 August 2011
BCA receive combi donation from local magnate
Company chairman Omar Farook officially handed over the vehicle keys to the association at the BCA Oval in Gaborone the last week. Speaking to Monitor Sport on the sidelines of the handover, Sportlight Motors chairman Farook said they decided to...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Mogorosi strike gives Chiefs full points
The game had promised much entertainment as Chiefs were looking to redeem themselves following an embarrassing loss to BDF XI the previous week while BMC's new signings were expected to prove management right with an inspiring performance. However,...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 29 August 2011
"Weekend Special" the donkey, steals the show in Maun
It was ecstasy and joy for the donkey champion rider, Johannes Puyano who won two races in the finals riding Weekend Special. Puyano won P6,000 for winning the championships. The second and third positions in the finals won P2,000and P1,500...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 29 August 2011
BDF shoot down Police in opener
The victory proved that BDF's win against Police in the first round of the 2011 league was not a hoax. BDF remain the only team to have beaten the 2010 league runners-up this season. It was however clear that both teams were determined to win in the...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Prisons women edge out Spiking Stars
Prisons won the first set 25-22 with Spiking Stars claiming the second and third sets 25-23 and 25-21 respectively. The game was taken to a deciding set after the two were locked at 2-2 in a match that took about two hours. The two teams did not...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Tafic squeeze FC Satmos 2-1
Satmos were the first to draw blood nevertheless when marauding midfielder, Bokamoso Digwere scored in the 29th minute, after seeing a number of his goal searching attempts go wide. The opening goal also seemed to propel the Phikwe side into top...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Go bring 20 medals!
A delegation of 143 left for the September 3-14 games yesterday with firm assurances that the team would achieve its target of 20 medals. The team's general manager, Tebo Segaise drew huge applause when she said the Botswana national anthem would be...
Mqondisi Dube & Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer/Correspondent 29 August 2011
Violence as Rollers,Gunners draw
The game that was initially scheduled to start at 7pm was delayed for at least 45 minutes as a stampede erupted at the stadium entrance with fans struggling to gain access. The referee started the game after the stadium gates were opened to allow...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
Soul Food
Today we are battling with so many diseases it's not funny. Some very natural and others almost manmade because of the environments we live in. Cancer being one such. Cancer accounts for the second largest number of deaths per year...
Boitshepo Giyose 29 August 2011
Mafia soul expands to Game City
The official opening of the store on Friday evening was graced by local artists among them Hip-hop heavyweights Eureka 'The Coverboy', Foster Juliano and former Big Brother Amplified (BBAA) housemate Zeus. Speaking at the opening, founder and...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
Stampede as fans mob ex-Miss Universe Mpule Kwelagobe
The New York-based Kwelagobe had to be pulled away by officials from the Youth Council upon realising that the Mpule-crazy public would not let her go to her car. Interestingly, Kwelagobe had been gently complaining that she has to go, but her fans,...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
Balete celebrate their culture in style
The day started on a high note with village elders showing their skill in traditional dance and song. It seems the village elderly were the most excited about the day as most of them recounted how it reminded them of the days they were young,...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Central bank governors meet in SA
Gill Marcus, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, told the meeting Africa was playing an ever larger and more positive role in the world at a time of great economic problems in the US and Europe. Underlining the meeting's cautious optimism,...
29 August 2011
Discovery secures water supply for mine
Under the partnership, Discovery is to rehabilitate the Semolo water plant, which is owned by NWDC, and connect it to the mine. Maun administration authority chairman, Galaletsang Mhapha, last week disclosed this. He said Discovery Metals,...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 29 August 2011
G4S plans share split to ease tradability
The company's Managing Director (MD), Moraki Mokgosana, made the announcement at the interim results briefing in Gaborone last week. He said the strong financial performance of G4S has led to an increase in the demand for its ordinary shares without...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
The Asian Power Squeeze
The nightmare scenario for policymakers from Seoul to Canberra is a zero-sum game in which they are forced to choose between their great economic dependence on China and their still-enormous military reliance on the US. No one believes that the...
* Gareth Evans 29 August 2011
Etcetera II
For what we are about to receive may the Lord make us truly thankful - the only problem about this very standard prayer is that in the last week in our part of Odi at least, we have been receiving very little of anything. First to go was the...
Sandy Grant 29 August 2011
On the flipside
Dance and music have evolved over time and we younger people enjoy a lot of house music, hip hop and kwaito. Black Africans like a beat, a "gong". I love kwaito and enjoy my Sghubu! I equally appreciate my hip hop, and who doesn't know...
Keletso Thobega 29 August 2011
Issues in education
It has always been a desire for any education policy the world over to create a working environment for teachers that will enable the system to attract and retain the best and brightest teachers. This aspiration has become an issue that is being...
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S.Weeks 29 August 2011
The winners code
People, especially farmers are used to milking cows. They have developed techniques, methodologies and even tools for that. However, the world has evolved, and with the evolution new challenges come everyday. The times in which we...
George Chingarande 29 August 2011
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29 August 2011
Kombucha: extend lab tests to other beverages
For over two months now the ministry has quietly been trying to persuade Nature Care, the manufacturer and distributor of Kombucha, the purportedly non-alcoholic health drink, that the drink was in fact alcoholic and did not conform to national food...
29 August 2011
Policy perpetuates rural poverty - cllr
Ngande, who was speaking to The Monitor in an interview over the weekend, said that the policy is in contradiction of the Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) policy whose eventual goal is to relieve communities in wildlife areas from...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Diversified knowledge, skills vital - UNDP boss
One thousand, six hundred and thirty nine students graduated at the first joint graduation ceremony for the Affiliated Health Training Institutions (AHTI), Colleges of Technical and Vocational Education and Colleges of Education. The AHTI...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
Dozens injured in stampede
It happened just before a league match between Township Rollers and Extension Gunners. The crowd went out of control minutes before the scheduled 7 pm kickoff. The unruly crowd overpowered the small number of security guards manning the entry, broke...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
Rural people terrified by climate change - study
The study that moved away from city people to focus on folks in Kgalagadi and Maun found that the people there are aware of the implications of climate change. The people, who were drawn from different age groups, stations in life and gender,...
Arnold Letsholo
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Marauding dogs terrorise Xobe farmers
The dogs, numbering about 100, have found a cradle at the Maun dumpsite, and farmers at Xobe cattle post near the landfill are having nightmares as the dogs go on a hunting spree, killing their goats!But the curs' days are numbered as the North West...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 29 August 2011
Unions sue Govt for services withdrawal
A Gaborone-based attorney representing BOFEPUSU, Tshiamo Rantao confirmed to The Monitor on Saturday that he has been instructed by BOFEPUSU to pursue their matter urgently. "We have served government with a statutory notice to institute action on...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
Farmers vow to bewitch Govt
But the court threw out their case with costs. The judge, Lot Moroka, must have found the application too wanting as in declaring," the application for interdiction is hereby dismissed with costs," he did not even go into details. Now the 30 farmers...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
Rammidi sets BMD rally alight
The former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) secretary general did not disappoint throngs of BMD faithful who were dressed in party colours of orange, white and black. Representatives from other opposition parties - Botswana Congress Party (BCP),...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 29 August 2011
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