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Rick Perry under fire on Republican debate debut
Texas Governor Rick Perry, new to the debate cast, sparred with ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney over their records on job-creation. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann reprised her belief that President Obama's healthcare policy was a...
12 September 2011
Cancer drug resistance clue found
A study, published in Science Translational Medicine, showed a chemical reaction went into overdrive as resistance developed. Scientists said drugs were already on the market, which interfered with the process. Cancer Research UK said the field...
12 September 2011
Obama urged to use veto on Palestine UN membership
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a conservative who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the call as Obama's administration made diplomatic moves to try to head off a Palestinian plan to gain statehood recognition at the UN General...
12 September 2011
Niger denies presence of Gaddafi in its territory
"The government would wish to tell the nation and the international community that to the best of our knowledge, Gaddafi is not in Niger," Marou Amadou, Nigerien justice minister who is also the government spokesman, told a press conference. "In any...
12 September 2011
Jo'burg commute one of the world's worst
The survey found that 52 percent of Johannesburg based respondents said that roadway traffic had increased their stress levels, up from 30 percent in 2010. The study questioned 8,042 commuters in 20 cities on six continents. Commuting pain is also...
12 September 2011
At least 30,000 killed in Libyan war
There have been rough estimates in the past, but Naji Barakat, the health minister in the new Libyan leadership, said his figures are based, in part, on reporting from hospitals, local officials and former rebel commanders. Barakat said he'll only...
12 September 2011
Mother to sue for missing son
"There is massive evidence before the police that my son left Molepolole Police Station cells dead after he was assaulted by police officers," she says. The police know very well that my son was killed for being a suspect in an armed robbery...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
The hypocrisy of African politicians
It is difficult to count how many times the Government of Botswana has complained about the manner in which summits of the African Union (AU) are conducted. At some point in 2009 during a press briefing he co-hosted with Minister of Foreign Affairs...
12 September 2011
Botswana's UN resident coordinator Lwin leaves enviable legacy
Speaking to Mmegi in an exclusive interview, she said, "One of the most significant changes we made collectively as the UN team in Botswana is that we have moved to have a single coherent UN programme in support of Botswana's tenth National...
12 September 2011
BDP factional wars resurfacing?
At the centre of the party's traditional factional divide is the fight for the control of the party. The party's A-Team, which has for a long time enjoyed control of both the party and government, is reportedly at it again and wants to...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
BOTESSA elects new committee
He said there was a tendency by some members to seek executive committee members and become ineffective immediately after being voted. Akpata was speaking at the BOETESSA Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday. During the elections outgoing...
Mosa Mokganedi
Correspondent 12 September 2011
100 Karatekas Grace BOKA's first tourney
The jointly hosted tournament fielded karateka's as young as six-years-old and featured Hayashi-ha, Shito-Ryu Shukokai, Kofukan and JKA, amongst other styles. The event, that was initially scheduled for the Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA), was...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Relics fall in Basketball League
The game that pit the 2011 league runners-up, BDF, against a newly refurbished Relics proved exciting as both teams enjoyed a large fan-base that thronged the courts to support their teams. The game was proof that basketball too can be a sport of...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Chess medals within reach
In the women' section alone, five medal prospects emerged after their Saturday 3-1 triumph over Angola, when Botswana suddenly found itself contending for five medals - silver in the team medal, as well as four medals in Board prizes. In the mens...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
Miscellaneous shock Notwane
Miscellaneous has pulled a much deserved win over favourites Notwane On Friday night at Selebi-Phikwe stadium. The two sides started the game on a high pace and it was the Serowe side that drew blood in the third minute with a strike by Emmanuel...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Chiefs deflate Santos
It was clear the transfer window wounds were still fresh on Santos as their youthful side lacked both confidence and direction against a star-studded Chiefs team. Losing quality players such as the Ngele brothers Mogakolodi and Godfrey as well as...
Chippa Legoimo
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Rollers bury Satmos
Township Rollers dusted off their early blues and hammered newly promoted Phikwe side FC Satmos 4-1 in Phikwe in a one sided encounter. It was Rollers's first win of the season since they opened the new season with a heavy defeat by Centre...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Soul food
Last week I talked about how to rev up your pantry and cooking for spring. Building on that message, but from a different perspective, I would like to revisit the subject of oral health. Seeing as we need the mouth and all its contents i.e. teeth,...
Boitshepo Giyose 12 September 2011
Songstress warns of child pornography
Chaka Chaka was speaking in her position as the patron of the South Africa Film Publication Board (FPB) at a dinner to mark the end of celebrations for the South Africa Tourism Week at the Phakalane Golf Resort on Friday night. The singer, who is...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
Gaborone youth singers sample 'the best two' for SA contest
Held at the Little Theatre in Rusternburg, South Africa, the Friday night presentation saw renowned classical music instructor, David Slater, participating in the choir, playing for them the instrumental backing for one of the Italian songs chosen...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Ritter wins photography award
Ritter beat other 25 exhibitors who entered the competition from July 1 this year. As part of the prize she has been granted a two-week collective exhibition of her photos at Alliance Franaise de Gaborone. She will also be representing Botswana at...
Lawrence Seretse
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Fabulous Sedibelo fest
It was the day for the arts as poetry, traditional music, contemporary pop, Jazz, folklore were all dished out at the spacious rovers Grounds, where the royal family, including Kgosi Kgafela and his wife, and other dikgosi, were star...
Nnaseretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 12 September 2011
NDB unveils new strategy to customers
At a meeting held in Palapye recently, Morapedi engaged the customers on the bank's new strategy which has been dubbed Thobo 2014 as well as other packages which NDB plans to embark on in its quest to satisfy the customers. "The time has come for us...
Mothusi Jowawa
Correspondent 12 September 2011
New property listing excites market
The Monitor: Please provide a general picture of how the Initial Public Offer (IPO) is progressing and whether you expect to stick to timelines. Mynhardt: The listing is proceeding as scheduled. The deadline is on Wednesday (14 September) for...
12 September 2011
Cabinet approves technology integration policy
Cabinet approved the revised Research, Science, Technology and Innovation (RSTI) policy of 2011 just two weeks ago, the minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology said. He was speaking last week at the first Science and Technology Pitso...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
The smallstock sub-sector in the country heading for a collapse just like the piggery
No one disputes the high demand for pork in the country, but the question is, "Is the existing market, the right market, and is it conducive"? The price offered per kg of pork does not help farmers to sustain their projects since the operating...
12 September 2011
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At the Vision 2016 'do' in Mathubudukwane the other day, the Vice President described the ideals of the Vision as 'noble' and remarked that, 'the millions we spend on these campaigns mean that we had to forgo some other critical developmental...
Sandy Grant 12 September 2011
The partnerships we need
We remember that among the nearly 3,000 innocent people lost that day were hundreds of citizens from more than 90 nations. They were men and women, young and old, of many races and faiths. On this solemn anniversary we join with their families...
By Barack Obama
President of the USA 12 September 2011
Issues in education
Education systems are in a constant state of flux; always changing, whether planned and intended they are serendipitous. The last major reform of Botswana's basic education system that was planned was the 1994 Revised National Education...
DORCAS MOLEFE
OWEN PANSIRI
SHELSON WEEKS 12 September 2011
The winners code
Abraham Lincoln is regarded, at least by most Americans, as one of the greatest American presidents of all time. Many things can be said about him. However, few can contest that one of Lincoln's greatest assets was his man management...
George Chingarande 12 September 2011
Declare Maun a disaster area
The Thamalakane has submerged all boreholes and horticultural farms along its banks. It has forced the relocation of people from their homes as its waters entered houses. Then a tributary of the river - the Setatunga burst its banks, created a...
12 September 2011
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How fares borankana?
For a time it looked like Batswana had found their voice but alas, now only a decade later, this genre seems to be dying a natural death, just like kwaito. Who could ever forget that musical icon Segomotso 'Kgobola' Nkgomo who introduced this style...
Gasebalwe Seretse
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Letter from Zambia (chapter 2)high noon at ok corral for rb and the king cobra!
The Thursday edition of the Zambia Daily Mail leads with a screaming headline 'Sata collapses'. The story is that Michael Sata, leader of the Patriotic Front (PF) and touted as the main challenger to President Rupiah Banda collapsed while...
Botsalo Ntuane 12 September 2011
SADC Secretariat a joke, says US
In a leaked cable, the SADC Secretariat is being dismissed as having very poor work ethics, lazy and just not serious about their work. In a US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks dated May 13, 2009, former ambassador Stephen Nolan observed, "though...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
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12 September 2011
Satan is seducing your child
No, you will not allow yourself to be insulted by this story. In fact, you believe such gross nonsense of a story should never have been published. And chances are you may not appreciate the importance if this story until it is too late. That day, as...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Crocodile terror!
The creatures are targeting livestock and have had devastating success, gobbling up 78 goats and two calves in less than a week. Unless something is done, and fast, the giant reptiles could soon be having humans for a snack. At least 100 crocodiles...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Exam committee of inquiry wants Venson-Moitoi
The two are wanted by the 2010 Examinations Committee of Inquiry to answer tough questions that their juniors could not answer. On Friday the committee was forced to postpone its meeting with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD)...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Batlokwa reject Molefhi's 'Dibetsi' landboard
This is what came out at a charged Saturday Kgotla meeting in Tlokweng, at which the newly appointed eight-person landboard committee introduced itself to the tribe. But the tribe rejected the committee appointed by Lands and Housing Minister Nonofo...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
Gloria Kgosi sued
Now Dioka is about to file a lawsuit against Kgosi. Dioka's lawyers have already issued a letter of demand to Kgosi. They want her to pay P450,000 to Dioka for ruining his reputation by tomorrow, failing which they will proceed to court. In their...
Lawrence Seretse
Correspondent 12 September 2011
Oteng wins Botswana gold at all africa games
Reports from Maputo said the 21-year-old looked fierce and never succumbed to the hostile crowd in Maputo winning all his bouts to clinch the gold. The boxer from University of Botswana (UB) boxing club has been in fine form this year having...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 12 September 2011
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