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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...
07 September 2011
The winners code
The story is told of a school kid who was very passionate about rugby. He wanted to play every minute of every game, but the school teacher who was also the rugby coach never selected him. Although the boy was passionate about the sport,...
George Chingarande 07 September 2011
The Chobe holds key to regional integration
The double-decker boat full of ministers, top government officials and journalists from Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia kicked into gear as it took its passengers deep into the belly of the Chobe River. It was going to be an exciting...
07 September 2011
Zebras lose dead rubber in Togo
The defeat follows a shock 2-1 loss to Lesotho in an international friendly at Molepolole Stadium on the eve of the team's departure for West Africa last week. Zebras however still top Group K with 17 points having only lost one game. The Zebras...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
BSA shuts door on Shell's competitors
BSA recently received a P300, 000 sponsorship from Shell and have vowed they would avoid anything that may jeopardise the deal. Speaking on the sidelines of Saturday's official start of the new league season, the association's president, Marumo...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Moalosi insists his move was above board
Moalosi told Mmegi Sport that he did not betray anyone and broke no law when he signed a one-year contract with the Lobatse giants last week. Chiefs are reportedly holding onto the player's registration book contesting that Gunners did not follow the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Back stage
This is the third and final movie in Stieg Larsson's "Millennium" trilogy from Sweden (Mmegi October 23, 2009). Director Daniel Alfredson has transformed it to the screen with the help of an excellent cast and crew. The script by Ulf Rydberg...
Sasa Majuma 07 September 2011
Kadaffi storms Gabs to promote Mmaebaboo album
Last year, Kadaffi released an Afro pop album titled Mmaebaboo. Kadaffi was recently seen performing at the Gaborone West mall. He wowed the crowd with some of the pieces from his album. The album incorporates wedding songs...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Talented Batswana flock to IMTA Africa auditions
Showbiz attended the auditions held on Saturday at the President Hotel, located in the Gaborone Main Mall. While the turnout was not so overwhelming, a good number of individuals showed up to try their luck at perhaps being the next big star to...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
Talks fail with Gaddafi's men in desert bastion
The town is one of just a handful of areas in Libya still under the control of Gaddafi loyalists after a six-month rebellion ousted the leader from Tripoli last month. Outside the town, a negotiator for the National Transitional Council (NTC) forces...
07 September 2011
Hundreds of thousands of protesters march in Yemen
At least four protesters were injured by police gunshots when the latter tried to force hundreds of thousands of demonstrators to return to their epicenter square in Sanaa, eyewitnesses said. Two armoured vehicles of the defected army, which sided...
07 September 2011
Over 800,000 Batswana visit SA per year
Speaking at a press conference to mark celebrations of SA Tourism Week at the South African High Commission in Gaborone yesterday, the Regional Director of South Africa Tourism, Phumi Dhlomo, described Botswana as a crucial niche market that...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
Single communications regulator on the cards - Ramsden
The proposed regulator is to be called the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA). "We have been working on the necessary legislation, the BOCRA bill, with the Attorney General's Chambers and other key stakeholders," Ramsden told a...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
As I see it
Some readers are probably familiar with the story of a number of blind men who had access to an elephant and were later asked to describe it. Each one had touched a specific part of the animal: the rump, hind leg, fore leg, trunk, tusk, ear and tail....
Michael Dingake 07 September 2011
Sports Chat
In addition, Montsho received P160, 500 (tax free) from the state, a move that should inspire more talented youngsters to take up sport. The diplomatic passport will save the athlete the hassle of running up and down to sort out Visa issues. Finest...
Mqondisi Dube 07 September 2011
Mmesi confident of promotion
Mmesi believes he has the right arsenal at his disposal after the signing of three former Letlapeng players: Patrick Magosi, Terrence Maotwe, central defender Kefitile Magama, David Nfolwe from Tlokweng Red Sparks as well as Zambian Under-20...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Mozambique club releases Masitara
Masitara's contract with Malcumana was due to expire next year. The striker joins Nico after a brief stint with another BeMobile Premier League side, Miscellaneous, where he was on loan from Malcumana. Nico spokesperson, Lopang Pule, told Mmegi Sport...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Slizer shelves ZTA project
Slizer (Naledi Kaisara) recently toured some of Zimbabwe's pleasure resorts to get a fine view of the country especially the tourist destinations before coming up with an album that will market the country. The first monument she visited was...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 07 September 2011
BOMU keen to better artists' welfare - Ntsie
BOMU spokesman, Pagson Ntsie, told Showbiz that they are determined to address the plight of local artists. Top of the agenda is the issue of local musicians' welfare. The outspoken official said one of the issues that they were concerned with...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Zola acted in self -defence - UBSRC
The SRC said that Zola was acting in self-defence against the overly drunk fanatic who harassed the star during his performance. Speaking to Showbiz in an interview, UBSRC secretary general, Kgotso Kennekae, who had a bird's eye view of the action,...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Serowe's battle of the DJs slated for Independence Day
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview, one of the organisers, Leburu 'DJ 101' Gaepongwe, said that the show is organised to groom talent in the Central District and raise funds for charity as well. "We intend to nurture talent in Serowe and...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Starving Zim inmates must grow own food
Around 1,000 prisoners died from malnutrition in Zimbabwe's prisons in the first four months of 2009, the most recent figures available. Figures are likely to have improved slightly since the economic crisis at the time. Last year, the justice...
07 September 2011
Not enough females in new leadership: Libyan women
"I'm worried that Islamic brothers will come from Benghazi and decide that women have to wear the hijab," or Islamic headscarf, said business student Fatin Mohammed al-Nabi, 20. NTC officials have repeatedly downplayed the presence of Islamists in...
07 September 2011
ANC throws the book at Luthuli House rioters
In a hard-hitting statement directed at supporters of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, the ANC's national working committee said the violence "was calculated to undermine the internal organisational processes to uphold disciplined conduct of...
07 September 2011
Todays' s Workspace
In this article I turn to some situations where supervisors have failed to manage poor work performance, so that readers see how this can arise. In one work unit some women got pregnant around the same time. With time, their performance...
JOSEPH MASANGO 07 September 2011
Botswana Diamonds seeks more licences in Orapa
In an operations update, the company says previously reported grades at BK5 were not replicated in bulk sampling where no diamonds were discovered, while at 1.25 carats per hundred tonnes (cpht), the grade of AK8 is not likely to be commercial. Said...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 07 September 2011
Credit appetite shoots up among businesses
Analysts also told Business Today the jump in credit growth was another sign of post-recession recovery in the economy, following approximately 28 months of depressed credit demand linked to sector-wide collapse. Bank of Botswana (BoB) statistics...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
Mmualebe
Ee, lefoko le 'owane' le ngaparetse diteme tsa batho bangwe thata. Gangwe le gape fa batho ba bua o utlwa go ntse go twe ke le 'owane' a le 'owane,' go le 'owane.' E nne 'owane' go ya koo fela, mme fa gongwe owane wa teng a sa dirisiwe...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 07 September 2011
Stop the violence
Reports say that last weekend, the University of Botswana (UB) Freshers' Ball was a catalyst for assault (some say rape), theft, robbery and destruction of property. Once again, it is a case of denials, buck-passing and counter-accusations by...
07 September 2011
Selefu 07 September 2011
07 September 2011
Killer hospital bug shows Achilles' heel: researchers
Candida albicans is widespread among humans, but normally does not affect health other than as vaginal or oral yeast infections, also called thrush. But in medical settings, Candida albicans is a peril for sick people or individuals whose immune...
07 September 2011
Banda rivals vow to reimpose windfall tax
Two major opposition political parties, the Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development (UPND), say they would re-introduce windfall tax on base metals including copper if they were voted into power. UPND presidential...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 07 September 2011
DPP drops Matambo charges?
A lawyer at DPP, who preferred not to be named, confided in Mmegi a week ago that the state was in a serious dilemma - of continuing with the "illegitimate" prosecution and thereafter having to face the embarrassment of losing it in court or...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
'Not just anyone can be an invigilator'
The small audience at the Gaborone Town Hall yesterday was made up predominantly of teachers. They decried what they said was a lack of transparency at a ministry that shoulders immense responsibility. The teachers preferred anonymity, citing fears...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
UB Freshers' Ball haunted by thugs again
Instead of cancelling the annual party to welcome first-year students, campus security - which is lax at UB even when the event is not going on - should be tightened. "What is needed is cooperation among law enforcement agencies in order to tighten...
BABOKI KAYAWE &
NELSON DIRENG
Staff Writer
Correspondents 07 September 2011
Khama would not allow Iran to open embassy
The match was a warm-up for the 2009 African Cup of Nations and also aimed at attracting new tourists, especially for the 2010 World Cup. A Wikileaks cable detailing a report by then US ambassador Stephen Nolan says Khama reacted angrily upon...
STAFF WRITER 07 September 2011
Are interns betraying Botswana's security?
Sources close to the ministry said 70 percent of its staff complement is made up interns. An inside source at the ministry has revealed that an intern was recently approached with a US$250,000 (about P1.7 million) bribe by a top army intelligence...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
Trojan armed robbery suspects have other pending cases
Applying for further remand of the suspects, Prosecutor Mokuedi Mphathi told the court that Motlhatlhobi Bagopi, Onkabetse Malope, Brutus Mokgalo and Gerald Zikhale all have pending cases before courts of law in Botswana. He applied that the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 07 September 2011
BDF model for Africa - former US ambassador
A Wikileaks cable on Botswana has revealed that former United States ambassador, Stephen Nolan, in his communication with his Washington superiors revealed that the BDF supports civil authorities in the area of anti-poaching operations, border...
STAFF WRITER 07 September 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...
07 September 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...
07 September 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 07 September 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 07 September 2011
Au Morake: The minstrel of soulful rhapsodies
Better-known as Au to denote his station in the family, Morake was baptised on December 25 1970, setting the stage of service to God that would dominate his life. He was confirmed on December 5 1985 and remained firm and steadfast in the Cause of...
DOUGLAS TSIAKO
Correspondent 07 September 2011
Choppies reaches neighbourhoods
But there is unease among traders in the area, who feel they may be forced to close because the chain retailer is taking business from them. Zanele Ndlovu whose home is near the resplendent shopping complex lightened up when asked what it meant to...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 07 September 2011
UN resident coordinator Lwin leaves enviable legacy
"One of the most significant changes we made collectively as the UN team in Botswana is that we have moved from one single UN programme in support of the NDP10 to 14 programmes," she said in an interview with Mmegi. Lwin said seven of the 14...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 07 September 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...
08 September 2011
The Chobe holds key to regional integration
The double-decker boat full of ministers, top government officials and journalists from Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia kicked into gear as it took its passengers deep into the belly of the Chobe River. It was going to be an exciting...
08 September 2011
As I see it
Some readers are probably familiar with the story of a number of blind men who had access to an elephant and were later asked to describe it. Each one had touched a specific part of the animal: the rump, hind leg, fore leg, trunk, tusk, ear and tail....
Michael Dingake 08 September 2011
Mmualebe
Ee, lefoko le 'owane' le ngaparetse diteme tsa batho bangwe thata. Gangwe le gape fa batho ba bua o utlwa go ntse go twe ke le 'owane' a le 'owane,' go le 'owane.' E nne 'owane' go ya koo fela, mme fa gongwe owane wa teng a sa dirisiwe...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 08 September 2011
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