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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
Gunmen 'kill five children' in attack on Pakistan bus
The driver was also killed and 19 other children were wounded in the attack in Matani town about 20km (12 miles) south of Peshawar, police said. The area is close to Pakistan's volatile tribal areas where Taliban militants are active. But so far no...
14 September 2011
19 killed, 150,000 displaced in floods in eastern India
The state administration stepped up rescue and relief efforts after incessant rains over the last week affected almost 4,000 villages across the coastal and western parts of Orissa. "According to the latest information we have, a total of 19 people...
14 September 2011
Sowetan ordered to apologise for sex pictures
"It need not have reverted to publishing the pictures so prominently and explicitly to get its message across -- there was no 'public interest' to do so," Deputy Press Ombudsman Johan Retief ruled. He ordered the paper to apologise on both its front...
14 September 2011
Irish cleric urges end to Catholic celibacy
Retired bishop of Derry Edward Daly, who rose to prominence during Northern Ireland's decades of sectarian conflict, said the church should act urgently to address the lack of young clerics. "I feel now that celibacy is damaging to the church...
14 September 2011
Gaddafi's men attack refinery
In an apparent attempt to disrupt a drive by the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) to seize the ousted leader's last bastions and revive the oil-based economy, the pro-Gaddafi fighters killed 15 guards at an oil refinery on Monday. Despite...
14 September 2011
Zuma says Malema should be helped, not banished
Malema,30, is currently facing an internal African National Congress disciplinary hearing on charges of bringing the party into disrepute and of sowing division in party ranks. The hearing is widely seen as a showdown with Zuma and which could see...
14 September 2011
African Energy targets Sese coal for export
The company has outlined the potential to ramp up to five million tonnes annually over a short time frame, with a conceptual target of 20-30 million tonnes per year through to the export market. The Sese project, located 50 kilometres south of...
STAFF WRITER 14 September 2011
Rough diamond prices could plateau - DTCB
According to the Bank of Botswana and Statistics Botswana, diamond exports rose nearly every month this year, frequently touching record territory on the back of positive supply/demand dynamics. For the first seven months of the year, diamond...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 September 2011
Mmualebe
Gantsi mo diphuthegong tsa mohuta o, le tse dingwe fela jalo, go nna le mongwe yo o lalediwang go tla ka molaetsa mongwe o o faphegileng maikaelelo e le go kgothatsa batho mo tirong ya bone le gore ba ka dira jang go gatela pele. Motho yo o...
Sebofo Motshwane 14 September 2011
Action must follow Siele's 'confession'
This was confirmed by the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Peter Siele, when addressing a child labour meeting at Moletemane near Tsetsebjwe last week. Traditionally, the lighter aspects of subsistence agriculture work of tilling the land and...
14 September 2011
Selefu 14 September 2011
14 September 2011
Our heritage
If this is to be a regular feature of the calendar, there will only be another four such months left before we hit the 2016 mark and presumably the culmination of the Vision campaign. I do now note, however, that the original Vision seems to have...
Sandy Grant 14 September 2011
French nuclear facility blast kills 1, injures 4
The authority and local police officials said there had been no radiation leak. The site, about 20 miles from Avignon, has no nuclear reactors, the authority said. Olivier Isnard, an emergency manager at France's Institute for Radioprotection and...
14 September 2011
'Hired killer'confesses
The state witness Kudzani Mapwashike, a Zimbabwean, was testifying against his ex-co-accused Keboletse on three counts of attempted murder yesterday. Mapwashike and Keboletse were initially charged jointly with the three others for attempting to kill...
TEBOGO KGALEMANG
Correspondent 14 September 2011
Celebrations as Orapa JSS attains 98 pass rate
Mogakolodi Maoketsa, a senior manager at Orapa and Letlhakane Mines (OLM) said it is evident that the Orapa community has committed leadership, teaching staff and parents who strive to produce outstanding academic results and creates an environment...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 14 September 2011
Case postponed as Matambo's lawyers apply for dismissal
The postponement also resulted from rescheduling occasioned by the unavailability of Chief Magistrate Lenah Oahile-Mokibe at the Village Magistrates Court. The case was due to continue on Monday when Matambo's lawyers were expected to move an...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 September 2011
Is Sir Ketumile hospitalised?
French Ambassador Genevieve Iancu told the gathering that Masire was not available on medical grounds. Later in the day, there were unconfirmed reports that he was admitted in hospital. Efforts to get a comment from Masire's office did not bear any...
STAFF WRITER 14 September 2011
P1 million goes missing at Sefalana Hyper
A media release from the Botswana Police Service states that the man was arrested in connection with the incident, which happened during the night. The police say they have also recovered over P165,000 cash and over P110,000 in cheques. They allege...
STAFF WRITER 14 September 2011
President commands BDF without accounting to parliament - Wikileaks
A confidential document prepared by the US embassy in Gaborone on April 28, 2006 says the President - who is chosen by the majority party in parliament rather than by popular election - holds exceptional personal control over the military. The...
STAFF WRITER 14 September 2011
Why Ntirang may be let off the hook
Last week, six civic leaders in Tonota voted in favour of a motion of no confidence in the current chairman, Botho Ntirang. Four councillors opposed the motion and one councillor abstained. Sponsored by opposition Botswana National Front (BNF)...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 September 2011
Media urged to disregard "AIDS-fatigue"
Addressing journalists on Monday night during the launch of results from a media monitoring study, the coordinator of the National AIDS Coordinating Agency, Richard Matlhare said the media is integral in the fight against AIDS. Matlare said there is...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 September 2011
LEA brings water to disabled Masilo
In addition, LEA also fenced the plot and donated stock to the family tuck shop. Speaking at the handover ceremony this week, branch manager Obakeng Segwagwe thanked the Masilo family for opening up and accepting the assistance. Segwagwe noted not...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 September 2011
Disgruntled students march on department
The students - made up of freshers, progressing and retaking learners - wanted their living allowances credited today because they have not received it since the academic year started in August. They complained that this was having a negative impact...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 14 September 2011
SADC ignorant about Madagascar politics - Chissano
Speaking at a one-day seminar organised by the French Embassy and SADC at the University of Botswana (UB) yesterday, Chissano said that the Madagascar change of government was unconstitutional, but was a popular revolt of the people tired of a...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 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...
15 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...
15 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 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 September 2011
Mmualebe
Gantsi mo diphuthegong tsa mohuta o, le tse dingwe fela jalo, go nna le mongwe yo o lalediwang go tla ka molaetsa mongwe o o faphegileng maikaelelo e le go kgothatsa batho mo tirong ya bone le gore ba ka dira jang go gatela pele. Motho yo o...
Sebofo Motshwane 15 September 2011
Our heritage
If this is to be a regular feature of the calendar, there will only be another four such months left before we hit the 2016 mark and presumably the culmination of the Vision campaign. I do now note, however, that the original Vision seems to have...
Sandy Grant 15 September 2011
French nuclear facility blast kills 1, injures 4
The authority and local police officials said there had been no radiation leak. The site, about 20 miles from Avignon, has no nuclear reactors, the authority said. Olivier Isnard, an emergency manager at France's Institute for Radioprotection and...
15 September 2011
SADC ignorant about Madagascar politics - Chissano
Speaking at a one-day seminar organised by the French Embassy and SADC at the University of Botswana (UB) yesterday, Chissano said that the Madagascar change of government was unconstitutional, but was a popular revolt of the people tired of a...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 15 September 2011
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