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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...
30 August 2011
Gabasiane weeps as she is ordered off the stage
It is still puzzling why the promoters decided to 'import' an unrecorded foreign artist. In fact, Quincy-K dismally failed to conquer the crowd due to the fact he was playing cover songs of other artists and making a mess of them. During the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 30 August 2011
'Exploited' beauty queen hosts empowerment forum
Attended by various pageant organisers, beauty queens and models, the forum was funded by the Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC) after Ramasedi made a proposal to that effect. Ramasedi, who represented the country at the Miss Universe finals,...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Nigeria offers to rebuild UN House
The Nigerian leader also assured that the Nigerian government would offer temporary accommodation to UN to enable them to continue doing the good humanitarian work they have been doing. The president gave the assurance during an audience with Asha-...
30 August 2011
No cut for the king from SA loan to Swaziland
The assurance by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's department came amid reports that Mswati had demanded a R400-million commission from his government for securing the loan with South Africa. It has been alleged that Mswati made the demand at a...
30 August 2011
Malema mobilises his foot soldiers
As Malema and his treasurer general, Pule Mabe, turned to God to seek divine intervention ahead of what is expected to be a bruising two-day hearing, hundreds of league members were being mobilised around the country to show support for their...
30 August 2011
Personal, property loans boost FNBB
Announcing the bank's results for the year ended June 30 2011, chief executive officer (CEO) Lorato Boakgomo-Ntakhwana said profit after tax increased by 32 percent while net interest income rose by 24 percent largely due to a similar growth in...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
CIC Energy to unveil Mmamabula suitors
From the May 31 collapse of takeover negotiations with JSW Energy of India to date, CIC Energy has only broken its silence twice - once to announce the date of its annual general meeting (AGM) and the subsequent results, and again to release its...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
As I see it
The ruling party in a trial and error manoeuvre decided to reschedule teaching services as essential services with deliberate intent to deny teachers the right to strike. The government is petty and vindictive in this regard. Small wonder...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 30 August 2011
Molepolole tragedy should never recur
From what happened, it is obvious that somebody somewhere was sleeping on the job. The sale of tickets was slow and only one of the many gates at the stadium was open for fans to enter the venue. In a match of this magnitude at the end of...
EDITOR 30 August 2011
Selefu 30 August 2011
30 August 2011
Ministry fails to take over RAVOS
The ministry was supposed to take over the brigade last Saturday but this never happened because the institution's board changed its mind. The board does not want ownership of the brigade's properties like buildings to devolve to government in the...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Make the right political decisions - BMD
Addressing a Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) political rally at Satellite Freedom Square on Saturday, Mmolotsi appealed to the people to take the political winds of change blowing across Botswana seriously. "It is clear the trend that Batswana...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Mogo teachers reject hostels
Now the Mogoditshane Senior Secondary School teachers have been provided a place to sleep, but they will not accept it. They say the 'flats' that the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD has chosen for them as temporary lodging are...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 30 August 2011
Seven Batswana entered for international awards
Felix Tughuyendere said it is important to instill the principle of service in the youth in order to encourage the formation of humanitarian medical groups and other charity non-state actors that can help in time of crisis. "We cannot afford to...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
KAZA-FTCA secretariat opens in Kasane
Speaking at the official opening of the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) secretariat in Kasane on Friday, the minister stated that KAZA-TFCA would promote investment and infrastructure development to support both...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Kenyans in Botswana start Somali help fund
The association recently opened an account with Standard Bank in which individuals and the business community can deposit their contributions. George Kiilu, chair of the KEFA welfare committee told Mmegi that the refugees misery in Kenya has...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Botswana plans new anti-AIDS campaign
It is a new HIV/AIDS prevention initiative that will utilise cellphone messages, Facebook and Twitter to sensitise the people about the virus and its effects. Dubbed WISE UP!! The campaign will be launched by Mokgweetsi Masisi, the Minister for...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Woman gets damages after breach of promise to marry
Besides the damages, Justice Moses Chinhengo said that John Kgopa should pay Basadi Ditshweu 10 percent interest per annum and costs. The judge said it was clear that Kgopa had promised to marry Ditshweu and then backed out. In her court papers,...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Groin injury sidelines Moloi
Moloi returned from a one-season stint with demoted South African side Vasco Da Gama and penned a six-month deal while awaiting a possible move to Finland next January. However, the former Mochudi Centre Chiefs playmaker is yet to play a competitive...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 30 August 2011
Splinters lose key players
Splinters coach, Merapelo Mogotsi said Splinters men lost forward centre Velaphi Mchunu who has joined rivals, Flames at the beginning of the season. Forward Wabo Seloka, guards Koosimile Leetshupile and Amogelang Mmunyane also left the club....
MOGOMOTSI BUZWANI
Correspondent 30 August 2011
BPL apologises for the violence
A huge crowd tried to force its way into the stadium resulting in a stampede in which many fans were injured. In a press statement, BPL General Manager Phuthego Setete promised to get to the bottom of the matter and punish offenders. "We would like...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Under-20 receive favourable Metropolitan Cup draw
Botswana hosts the event billed for December for the second successive year. As hosts, Botswana were seeded in Group A while defending champions, Zambia were seeded in Group C at a draw conducted in Gaborone yesterday. On paper, the Young Zebras look...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Violence overshadows weekend action
Rollers were held to a 0-0 draw by old rivals, Extension Gunners in a game that hogged the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A huge crowd tried to force its way into the stadium, resulting in a stampede and injury to dozens of fans. On the field...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Golden Girl does it again!
She achieved the feat in Daegu, South Korea yesterday. The sprinter held off Allyson Felix to win the women's 400m final. Montsho raced across the line in a time of 49.56 seconds with Felix just three-hundreths of a second behind. Anastasiya...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
Police conduct operation to control road accidents
The police have said in a statement that they are heading to Mahalapye, Palapye and Serowe in a few days time. During the operation, they will step-up sobriety check-point operations, red light operations, and leverage on the strengths of vehicle...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 30 August 2011
MISA launches child reporting booklet
The booklet was launched in Gaborone on the second day of a workshop on children and the media organised by MISA and Regional Psycho-Social Support Initiative (REPSSI). At the launch, Reagan Malumo, a representative from the MISA regional secretariat...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 30 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...
30 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...
30 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 30 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 30 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,...
30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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 30 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 30 August 2011
Back Stage
It is the second film in the famous trilogy by Stieg Larsson. It has a new director, Daniel Alfredson, and scriptwriter Jonas Frykberg. They have a different touch to what was created out of the first volume, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...
SASA MAJUMA 30 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...
31 August 2011
As I see it
The ruling party in a trial and error manoeuvre decided to reschedule teaching services as essential services with deliberate intent to deny teachers the right to strike. The government is petty and vindictive in this regard. Small wonder...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 31 August 2011
Sports chat
Finest momentAmantle Montsho beat her nemesis Allyson Felix to win the women's 400metre race at the World Athletics Championships in Dageu, South Korea, on Monday. It was Botswana's first ever gold at the Championships and it underlined Montsho's...
Mqondisi Dube 31 August 2011
Coach impressed as Sevens squad qualify
The Vultures overcame strong contenders, Namibia and Zambia who are ranked above the local side. Paxinos, however, said that the first day of the tournament was tough and blamed limited training time for this as the team was only together for three...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 31 August 2011
Zebras aim to preserve unbeaten run
The buoyant Zebras trot onto Stade de Kegue on Sunday afternoon knowing they already have a place alongside the aristocrats of African football for the first time in their history when the AFCON finals kicks off in Equatorial Guinea/Gabon early next...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 31 August 2011
The Phakalane Story documentary unveiled
The Magic of Perseverance, a film about prominent businessman and former Cabinet minister David Magang, gets its title from his autobiography of the same name published in 2008. The Phakalane Story deals with Magang's now celebrated success of he...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
Skinflint launch new album in Maun
It was with a burst of exuberance and joy as the rock outfit, undoubtedly the most promising rock band in the country, took their latest offering simply titled Iklwa (short stabbing spear) an album named and celebrating the military ingenuity of Zulu...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 31 August 2011
Eugene hails Splash for successful tour
The Afro-pop megastar took a supporting slot to the South Africans when they performed in Walvis Bay, Rundu, and Katimamolelo before wrapping up the tour with a performance in Windhoek, the Namibian capital. Jackson was left admiring Splash of the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 31 August 2011
Irene's death toll jumps as US towns battle floods
From North Carolina to Maine, communities cleaned up and took stock of the uneven and hard-to-predict costs of a storm that spared the nation's biggest city a nightmare scenario, only to deliver a historic wallop to towns well inland. In New York...
31 August 2011
Gaddafi family flee to Algeria, Libyan rebels seek repatriation
In Doha, Qatar, rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) chief Mostafa Abdel Jalil said Gaddafi still poses a threat to Libya and the world as his whereabouts remains a mystery. Addressing a meeting of top generals from nations participating in the...
31 August 2011
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