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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 13 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...
13 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...
13 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 13 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 13 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 13 September 2011
Facilities crisis hits softball
The Lobatse teams, both men and women, will continue using venues outside their base for their home games until next year. The newly branded Shell League kicked off a fortnight ago and will run until May 6, 2012. Botswana Softball Association...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 13 September 2011
GU show early intent
The win keeps the Reds at the top, just a point ahead of nearest rivals, Mochudi Centre Chiefs. However, despite the good start, the 2009 champions would be worried by the indiscipline in their camp. Five members of the GU side, including four...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 13 September 2011
Remember Peter Tosh and Steve Biko?
If spiritual is the right word, then the Remembering Peter Tosh and Steve Biko Commemoration Concert was an adventure filled with reminiscent and impassioned live performances by local bands like Bingi Vibes, Basarwa, Ras Anada, Maya Roze, Sister...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 13 September 2011
Back stage
"Valley of the Bees" (made in 1967, released in 1968) a.k.a òdol’ v_el is on today only, Tuesday September 13, at the Gaborone Film Society, 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is another great film by the...
Sasa Majuma 13 September 2011
Minister calls for artistic excellence, professionalism
Kgathi was speaking on the first day of Pitso ya Ngwao held at Boipuso hall in Gaborone over the weekend. He emphasised that for the culture sector to contribute meaningfully to poverty eradication and employment creation, it should be able to...
STAFF WRITER 13 September 2011
Mali's Salif Keita coming for Botswanacraft music show
On September 29, the Gaborone entertainment venue will feature one of Africa's superstars, Salif Keita from Mali. The Malian artist will be sharing the stage with our own Banjo Mosele who is based in Norway. Mosele who has just...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 September 2011
The US' 9/11 remembered in ceremonies worldwide
From Sydney to Atlanta, formal ceremonies were planned to remember the nearly 3,000 people who perished from more than 90 countries. In a reminder that threats remain, authorities in Washington and New York had beefed up security in response to...
13 September 2011
Zimbabwe PM slams Mugabe plan for 2012 election
Mugabe and Tsvangirai, longstanding foes, are in an uneasy power-sharing coalition set up two years ago following a disputed 2008 elections. Last week, Mugabe accused Tsvangirai's MDC party of stalling constitutional reforms in order to delay the...
13 September 2011
Malema's case Judge: racism never justified
Malema was not in court, even though his disciplinary hearing before the African National Congress was postponed to allow him to attend proceedings. Lamont said in the high court in Johannesburg that racial discrimination of one group or community...
13 September 2011
Lemepe Lodge celebrates 10 years
The directors of the lodge are planning to commemorate the anniversary towards the end of the month. Lemepe Lodge was established by a Molepolole business couple, Norah and Isaac Motlhabane, in 2001. Relating the humble beginnings of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 13 September 2011
Gold fever hits local shores
The asset managers have targeted the BSE-listed NewGold ETF, an instrument that tracks the price of gold and is backed by physical gold assets. The NewGold ETF has been hitting record highs throughout the year, buoyed by historic prices of gold that...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 13 September 2011
Profits soar at troubled Barclays
However, Managing Director Wilfred Mpai will have little to smile about as the bank plunges deeper into a salary dispute with employees. Yesterday, the chairperson of the Botswana Bank Employees Union (BOBEU), Jason Chakalisa, said following the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 13 September 2011
Gaddafi's Western Friends
Greed for markets and money, it seems, often trumped the West's supposed concern for basic human rights. Major Western countries compromised themselves over Libya for decades. After all, Gaddafi survived President Ronald Reagan's punitive 1986...
* ARNOLD CASSOLA 13 September 2011
Dispersing the terrorist storm
That moment, I realised, was more than just a plane crash. The United States, the world, indeed our very lives, were about to change fundamentally. Ten years later, it is clear that the fanatics behind those attacks miscalculated in two...
* RADEK SIKORSKI 13 September 2011
Libya: The AU is bound by its own constitution
The fall of Tripoli however becomes a serious indictment on the African Union, a structure that somehow forever struggles for relevance. Article 30 of the African Union Constitutive Act is a double-edged sword of calamitous and virtuous consequences....
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 13 September 2011
As I see it
"There are claims that DIS is being used by me to follow opposition MPs that is total nonsense... If I were doing that there would be silence in the country right now," he said. There can be no argument that the DIS is used by the...
Michael Dingake 13 September 2011
Remembering 9/11 10 years on
Sunday, September 11 was not just an anniversary for the American government and its peoples to remember the catastrophe that befell them 10 years ago. The terror attacks that saw the planes crashing through the twin towers in New York will...
13 September 2011
Selefu 13 September 2011
13 September 2011
Skelemani calls on churches to fight HIV/AIDS
Speaking at the Organisation of African Independent Churches (OAIC) meeting held at Monarch's Christ The Word of God Church at the weekend, the MP for Francistown East said young women had a tendency of trading their bodies for money, which was...
KEABETSWE NEWEL
Correspondent 13 September 2011
MLG piggybacks on pilot pre-school progamme
As part of the Remote Area Development Program (RADP), children in remote settlements who only encounter Setswana and English in their first year of primary schooling, will be eased into learning the languages before they begin their formal primary...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 13 September 2011
BFTU to protest against rising cost of living
The marchers will protest against rising prices of basic commodities and suppression on wages, 'leading to a widespread erosion of workers' purchasing power throughout the economy' says publicity secretary Edward Tswaipe. In a statement, BFTU said...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 13 September 2011
Eleven-year-old gives birth in Ngamiland
A recent report from Maun Letshobathebe II Memorial Hospital (LIIMH) indicates that teenage pregnancy is a serious problem in the district as exemplified by the fact that all the 680 mothers are not more than 16-years-old. LIIMH superintendent Dr...
NOMSA NDLOVU-GHERKE
Correspondent 13 September 2011
Cracks widen among phikwe bcp councillors
Mbaiwa is a Botswana Democratic Party member. Mathaio failed to get sufficient support to oust the mayor whose fate was decided through a secret ballot when 11 councillors opposed the motion and only five supported it. Prior to the voting there was...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 13 September 2011
Ntirang's fate to be decided by CDC
It all started at the council chambers when the Botswana National Front (BNF) councillor for Tonota west, Lemme Kgopa passed a motion of no confidence in Ntirang, asking the house to remove him from his position with immediate effect. Thereafter,...
EDWARD MPOLOKA
Correspondent 13 September 2011
Embassy commemorates terror attacks
Speaking at the commemoration held at the embassy offices in Gaborone, US ambassador to Botswana, Michelle Gavin, said they were remembering the more than 3,000 people who perished in the twin towers attack together with the more than 1,000 relatives...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 13 September 2011
A day in the bush for young farmers
The youthful farmers, Motswagole Mogare, Kabelo Mogare, Gosiame Molatlhegi and Mpho Mpofu live on their own small holding called Heinz Farm in Tsholwane near Pilikwe and have proved to be enterprising. For the four farmers a typical day starts at 6...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 13 September 2011
Societies face the axe
About 686 registered burial societies, sporting clubs, religious organisations and other community associations across the country have failed to comply with the Societies Act by submitting their audits and returns to the ministry. The ministry has...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 13 September 2011
Primary heads commended for support during strike
Officially opening the second National Primary School Heads Council (NPSHC) in Gaborone yesterday, Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Keletso Rakhudu said there could have been massive destruction had headmasters not...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 13 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...
14 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...
14 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 14 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 14 September 2011
Dispersing the terrorist storm
That moment, I realised, was more than just a plane crash. The United States, the world, indeed our very lives, were about to change fundamentally. Ten years later, it is clear that the fanatics behind those attacks miscalculated in two...
* RADEK SIKORSKI 14 September 2011
Libya: The AU is bound by its own constitution
The fall of Tripoli however becomes a serious indictment on the African Union, a structure that somehow forever struggles for relevance. Article 30 of the African Union Constitutive Act is a double-edged sword of calamitous and virtuous consequences....
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 14 September 2011
As I see it
"There are claims that DIS is being used by me to follow opposition MPs that is total nonsense... If I were doing that there would be silence in the country right now," he said. There can be no argument that the DIS is used by the...
Michael Dingake 14 September 2011
Sports chat
Finest momentBotswana's flyweight boxer, Oteng Oteng grabbed the country's first gold medal at the All Africa Games in Mozambique last Friday. Finest athleteOteng Oteng did the country proud with the first gold medal at the ongoing All Africa Games...
Mqondisi Dube 14 September 2011
Commonwealth Games youth team fails to achieve target
The games ended yesterday and the team is expected to land at the Sir Seretse International Airport (SSKIA) this afternoon. Botswana managed two bronze medals, courtesy of athlete Nigel Amos and boxer Botshelo Robby. The Botswana National...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 September 2011
MU coach remains grounded despite flying start
The First Division South debutants embarrassed Killer Giants 4-0 away in a league opener, causing the weekend's biggest upset. Mathibe believes their run in last season's Coca-Cola Cup continues to inspire his team. "We are carrying the same spirit...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 14 September 2011
Super Eight Premier League competition on cards
BancABC already sponsors a similar tournament in Zimbabwe and hinted before last Sunday's final between Highlanders and Motor Action in Bulawayo that they were close to sealing a deal with the BPL. The new tournament will feature last season's top...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 September 2011
Fisher's Mmapula hit continues to make waves
The light skinned musician was back in his home village of Kanye last Saturday to give his home boys a dose of magic which continues to captivate audiences wherever he performs. Dilolwe community hall was the place and though it did not attract such...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 14 September 2011
Brincat brings Cinderella to Gabs
International playwright and comedian Aldo Brincat will hold auditions on Saturday for his December theatre showcasing called Cinderella. The former Maitisong director has chosen the Cinderella story as a motivational, inspiring stage piece that...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 September 2011
Mophato, Uneek form unique coalition to jack up Botswana dance
The coalition is termed Mophato Uneek (MU) and their first project as a union was opening a self-titled dance studio. The studio is located at Broadhurst Industrial in Gaborone and offers classes in contemporary, hip-hop, afro-fusion, Latin and...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 14 September 2011
Top US preacher Bynum arrives
Bynum will be the main guest speaker at the conference themed, 'Quest for His Presence'. The annual conference is at Rainbow Hall from September 15-18. Bynum, who was received by hundreds of her fans at the airport, said she was overly excited about...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 September 2011
Miss Angola crowned Miss Universe in Brazil
Lopes, 25, laughed and smiled as she hugged runner-up Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, then had the crown placed carefully on her head at the pageant held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Earlier in the contest, Lopes had been asked what she might change about her...
14 September 2011
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