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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...
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
BCL donates start-up tool kits to carpenters
Speaking at the handover ceremony, BCC Project Coordinator in Selebi-Phikwe, Pabalelo Pabalelo, said the 12 carpenters had undergone a two-year training course at BCC Centre at the Botshabelo neighbourhood. Pabalelo said the primary objective of BCC...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 31 August 2011
Govt asks private sector to invest in housing
Speaking at the opening ceremony of Thobo Hamlet and Talana Park Extension in Phakalane recently, the Assistant Minister of Education, Keletso Rakhudu, said government believes that private sector participation is cardinal in home ownership...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 31 August 2011
BIHL rides turbulence as turnover tops P1 billion
BIHL's insurance subsidiary, Botswana Life, raked in P929.4 million in net premiums for the six months ended June 30, 2011 while another subsidiary, Bifm, contributed P62.9 million in fee incomes from assets under its management. The group's...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
Mmualebe
Mongwe wa batho ba ba neng ba tshwenyega thata ba bile ba hutsafadiwa ke Setswana se se buiwang malatsing a gompieno, Rre M.L.A. Kgasa, yo o sa tlholeng a le botshelong, o kile a bua gore sengwe sa dilo tse di senyanag puo ya rona, ke go...
Sebofo Motshwane 31 August 2011
Go for the Olympic gold Amantle!
First the only crown missing from Montsho's growing list of honours is the Olympic gold medal. She has already conquered Africa, the Commonwealth and the world and now what remains is that Olympic gold. We believe that after her performance on...
31 August 2011
Selefu 31 August 2011
31 August 2011
Being gay is not a crime in Botswana - US envoy
"There is no law that makes homosexuality a crime, although it would be fair to say that the average person thinks that this is contained in the law. There is no indication that the Penal Code will be amended to include homosexuality as a...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
Mfa's house to be auctioned
The deputy registrar of the Francistown High Court, Gee Ketlogetswe granted a default judgment last month against Mfa after he failed to defend himself. He was served with a writ of summons on May 12, 2011 to which he was expected to respond within...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 31 August 2011
Our heritage
Unsurprisingly, cultural days and cultural festivals have become something of a norm since the government decided to provide the cash needed to get them going. Before then, they were a rarity. In future, they are likely to become a fixture for...
Sandy Grant 31 August 2011
Leader of opposition motion defeated
After the votes over the motion tied at eight each between the opposition and the ruling party councillors, Mayor Councillor Godfrey Mbaiwa cast a deciding vote that quashed the motion. Members of the opposition, who supported the motion, were...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
"Botswana fails in human trafficking war" - ex-US envoy
This is contained in a fresh Wikileaks report, titled Gaborone 00000127 002 OF 003, by former US ambassador to Botswana, Steven Nolan. The ambassador says police do not pursue possible trafficking cases because there is no specific law against...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
NFTRC becomes regional focal point
The public relations manager at NFTRC, Thatayaone Kepaletswe, revealed to Mmegi that as a focal point starting from this week until the end of March 2013, NFTRC will be strengthening regional technical cooperation by addressing capacity building...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
New system to save BEC P25m next year
The BEC said yesterday that the new web based instrument will be called the Botswana National Examinations Processing System (BNEPS). The system will enable localisation of the BGCSE whose registration is still done at the Cambridge International...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
Police investigate assault claims against BCP councilor
Metlha Otlaadisa says that the councillor and three other people abducted him at night saying that he had stolen a battery from a truck. He says the group bundled him into a vehicle and drove to an area behind the University of Botswana where he was...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 31 August 2011
BDP sets date for filling top posts
"They will also appoint a secretary general to replace (Kentse) Rammidi," he said. The BDP secretariat has been operating without a substantive executive secretary and secretary general after the departure of Dr Comma Serema and the resignation of...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
Conservation area promises prosperity
German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dirk Niebel, said in Kasane last week that the five members of the KAZA: Botswana, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia have created an enabling environment for regional integration by...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
Ramatea Vocation School's future hangs in balance
This follows government's rejection of proposals on how the school could be taken over. In a letter to the commissioner of labour, Motse stated that the board proposed the school be taken over like other mission schools, compensation be paid to the...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
Conservation area promises prosperity
German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dirk Niebel, said in Kasane last week that the five members of the KAZA: Botswana, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia have created an enabling environment for regional integration by...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 31 August 2011
BOFEPUSU takes govt to court
The federation is not happy with government's decision to cease facilitating the deduction of loan repayments to unions and micro-lenders. It is opposed to government intentions to downsize the public service and to stop providing office...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 31 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...
31 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...
31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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 31 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...
01 September 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 01 September 2011
BCL donates start-up tool kits to carpenters
Speaking at the handover ceremony, BCC Project Coordinator in Selebi-Phikwe, Pabalelo Pabalelo, said the 12 carpenters had undergone a two-year training course at BCC Centre at the Botshabelo neighbourhood. Pabalelo said the primary objective of BCC...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 01 September 2011
Govt asks private sector to invest in housing
Speaking at the opening ceremony of Thobo Hamlet and Talana Park Extension in Phakalane recently, the Assistant Minister of Education, Keletso Rakhudu, said government believes that private sector participation is cardinal in home ownership...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 01 September 2011
Mmualebe
Mongwe wa batho ba ba neng ba tshwenyega thata ba bile ba hutsafadiwa ke Setswana se se buiwang malatsing a gompieno, Rre M.L.A. Kgasa, yo o sa tlholeng a le botshelong, o kile a bua gore sengwe sa dilo tse di senyanag puo ya rona, ke go...
Sebofo Motshwane 01 September 2011
Di Canio and new striker involved in tunnel skirmish
After his side were beaten 3-1 at home in the second-round match at the County Ground, the Italian could be seen remonstrating with Clarke as the team left the pitch. The former West Ham striker appeared to manhandle Clarke in the tunnel and the...
01 September 2011
Delay leaves Murray with tough schedule
"Is it fair that one guy has to play seven matches in 14 days and one [has to do it in 12 days]," he said on Sky Sports when the draw was announced. "I don't quite get the logic behind it." The "one guy" he is referring to is Roger Federer, who...
01 September 2011
Branch wins fourth motocross title
On Sunday, Branch won the first hit, came second in the following hit and took the third by just 30 seconds to pip Zimbabwe's England-based rider Sean Mitchell. Mitchell, who has been competing as a professional motocross rider in Belgium in the past...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 September 2011
Centres of excellence delays persist
The centres are a BNSC-Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture joint effort. Speaking at a Vision 2012 review workshop in Gaborone yesterday, Reikeletseng said there were sticking points, which were being ironed out before the centres could be...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 01 September 2011
Gunners back CAF tourney overhaul calls
South Africa Premier League chairman, Irvin Khoza proposed wholesale changes to the tournament as part of cost-cutting measures. Khoza said to avoid cash-strapped clubs from Africa from making long trips across the continent in the opening...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 September 2011
SAPSSI seeks 200 for Amazing Gaborone race
Speaking at a media conference in Gaborone last week, SAPSSI executive director, Ellan Dickieson said that they were looking for interested participants, be it from companies or individuals, to register for the competition. She said the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 01 September 2011
Juju Vine releases debut album
The 32-year-old from Gabane decided to launch his music career with a 13-track album, which consists mostly of house music, with about three Afro-pop songs. The album is a brilliant effort for a first instalment, and has potential to light up any...
STAFF WRITER 01 September 2011
K-Nice gets nice with female DJs
K-Nice based this statement on his recent visit to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he accompanied local female DJ Jam-N-I. He said in Johannesburg, Jam-N-I was able to move the crowd to an extent she left those in attendance wondering whether...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 01 September 2011
Eight in race for Miss Earth Botswana crown
Miss Earth Botswana organiser, Beatrice Barrows, said that they were looking for someone who can diligently represent the country. She said the person should not only possess the looks but should also have extensive knowledge about the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 01 September 2011
IMTA Africa hopefuls still have chance to audition
The open call auditions will be held at the President Hotel (Main Mall) and anyone from the age of five who thinks he/she has what it takes to make it in showbiz is welcome. Gemstones Managing Director, Colin Nawala, said they have decided to...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 01 September 2011
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