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The strategy behind the debacle at GCC
This is a reflection of democracy, as the majority must decide who will lead. But it is also a reflection of strategic manoeuvering that does not always come to the fore. It came as a surprise to many, even the opposition, that the councillor for...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 12 October 2011
The BNF and BDP's fight for the attention of the ANC: 1912-2004
The Beware of Wolves in Sheep Skins was an attack on Pamphlet No.1 by Daniel Kwelagobe in the 1970s (Kwelagobe c.1979). However, some BNF members got carried away by accusations and the perception of the BDP having been an anti-ANC outfit. For...
CHRISTIAN JOHN MAKGALA 12 October 2011
My HIV testing nightmare at a govt hospital
This was aptly demonstrated by the treatment this writer and hordes of other enthusiastic Batswana and people of other nationalities bent on knowing their status were subjected to on Wednesday. The Ministry of Health has been running campaigns...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
Woes of a pseudo motorist
For instance, I was utterly shocked upon going to a 'gas station' in the United States and realising I had to fill the tank myself! Fortunately, I was with a local, and he laughed at me as he went about doing the job. I have thought about this Do It...
Kereeditse Lefatsi
Correspondent 12 October 2011
Ontiretse mosweunyane - midwife par-excellence
She would over the course of five decades deliver babies and yes, those babies' babies! For women who had MmaIneeleng deliver their babies once, there was no question over whom they would choose as their midwife. Something about the old woman drew...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
Umbrella - a common goal
According to recent media articles there seems to be a lot of dissent between some of the negotiating partners of the umbrella project. As an ardent supporter of the umbrella project, I feel compelled to express myself by writing part of my thinking...
MOHAMED KHAN 12 October 2011
The ups and downs of opposition cooperation
At times it does not rain but pours for the Umbrella. Sometimes it is too windy. There are also days of calm. But this week has not been good for the opposition cooperation project and the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) must be happy. That...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 12 October 2011
'We will deliver the Umbrella' - Modubule
Mmegi - It has been an eventful week for you. You had a press conference yesterday (Wednesday) and this morning you were on radio. How would you describe the state of the talks as we speak now? Modubule - Well, the talks are on track. I am confident...
12 October 2011
A forgettable independence day
In my neighbourhood, everything was normal: kids played in front of their houses, an inconsistent trickle of cars drove past, one, two, three people walked to and fro past my house, my housemates slept and woke up in time for repeats of their...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
Obama's israel problem
Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch supported a Catholic Republican congressional candidate against a Jewish Democrat in New York, because the Republican supports Israel through thick and thin - and because Obama had voiced reservations about...
Ian Buruma 12 October 2011
Botswana, haven for Malawian swindler witchdoctors
Now, earning the title doctor is much easier than it used to be. For instance, a young man who can gather a few herbs from some bushes in Malawi can earn that title. If he can muster more courage and dare trek down south, not only can he earn the...
Mallick Mnela
Correspondent 12 October 2011
Miracles that change lives at Winning Life Ministries
With big red words 'Miracle Place' engraved on the front wall of the building, the church has indeed changed the lives of many. Many people have spoken about the miracles at the church and the positive change in their lives. On Independence Day, the...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 12 October 2011
As I see it
The heading of Spencer Mogapi's column, 'Watchdog' was a mind-teaser: "Onus is on opposition parties to prove they are different from BDP". On the face of it, one could say it is not much of an onus for the opposition parties to prove their...
Michael Dingake 12 October 2011
Sports chat
Finest athleteBiker, Ross Branch, underlined his status as the country's top racer with another fine performance in the Motorcross championships held in Jwaneng over the weekend. Finest momentIt was refreshing to see some of the misfiring, so-called...
Mqondisi Dube 12 October 2011
Bridge body hikes subscription fees
The BBF had to amend its constitution to accommodate the increase. In the past all affiliates paid P250 annual subscription fee but sweeping changes were introduced at the Saturday meeting. BBF public relations officer (PRO), Tshepiso Ramaribana,...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
BSA names Under-19 softball squad
BSA spokesperson, Kabelo Kwape, said they would have liked to finalise the squad earlier, but encountered challenges in bringing players together for training camps. Most players are students and reside in different parts of the country, camping was...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 October 2011
Early break for Premier League teams
The Zebras make their maiden AFCON appearance next year and are scheduled to go into an intensive training camp on December 14, a development that will affect the be MOBILE Premier League fixtures. The 16-nations AFCON runs from 21 January to...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 12 October 2011
No security arrangements for Montsho
Montsho was attacked and robbed of her bag in Gaborone by thugs last week and members of the public are now of the view that she needs security. However, BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho, said it was impossible to offer her any security...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 October 2011
BFA to appoint Kgame new CEO
According to sources close to developments, the BFA was expected to issue a statement on the appointment last week. Reports were that the BFA was negotiating with a mining company over the CEO's remuneration, but the association's vice president...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
Focus on death timeline as Jackson trial resumes
After a three-day weekend including a US public holiday, the manslaughter trial resumes hearing testimony on a gripping police interview with doctor Conrad Murray two days after the King of Pop's death on June 25, 2009.Last Friday a hushed courtroom...
12 October 2011
Samson smashes them all to take BTC award
The 28-year-old lad's artwork was declared the best among the more than 70 entries submitted.Apart from having the rare opportunity of having his artwork displayed on the 2012 phone book, Samson also walked away with P25,000 prize monies.It is,...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 12 October 2011
Legendary Bannis works with Shanay
Bannis, formerly a lead singer with the now defunct Hot Chocolate, linked up with the Botswana artist through viaNet, an international Internet music promotional company.The Caribbean native, Bannis, is a personal friend of viaNet chief executive...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 12 October 2011
Egypt probes fatal violence between troops, Copts
Offering his condolences to the families of those killed in the clashes, SCAF chairman, Hussein Tantawi said in a statement that the clashes between protestors and military forces outside the state television building in downtown Cairo were inflamed...
12 October 2011
Have mercy on Julius Malema, pleads Sexwale
"When you are young you go wrong -- we fix you and you go wrong again and we fix you, not to destroy you. You cannot destroy a league. So, when they are wrong, just correct them," Sexwale said in Tsolo in the Eastern Cape at the weekend, according to...
12 October 2011
US Embassy aims to boost entrepreneurship
A statement from the embassy says the workshop series, which will start today and end on Friday, will focus on starting a business, management, leadership and competitiveness. The US Embassy is collaborating with the Department of Women's...
12 October 2011
Aussie firm extends coal exploration footprint
In a statement, the Australian Stock Exchange-listed firm said the agreement with Triprop increased Nimrodel's target area in Botswana from 500 square kilometres to more than 2 000 square kilometres, joining the long list of coal-focused Australian...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
Restructuring turns Blue around
After posting continued heavy loses that sat at P1.1 billion for the year ending August 2010, Blue was taken over by new shareholders, Mayibuye Group, in August last year in an attempt to plug the losses.Blue, which listed on the Botswana Stock...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
Mmualebe
Ga twe bogologolo Batswana ba ise ba itse go bala jaaka go balwa gompieno, e ne e a re fa go apeilwe borotho mme bo tshwanetse go balwa, bo bo bo alwa fa fatshe pele. Ga twe mosetsana wa setsweretshana o ne a tsaya mmeto, a o ale, a bo...
Sebofo Motshwane 12 October 2011
Ntuane's call is apt
People's morale is at an all-time low, while anger is evident on our roads, in our offices where sullen faces greet customers, and in the shops where assistants suffer from smile-deficiency. We see this in the policemen and women who snarl and...
12 October 2011
Antarctic lake mission targets life and climate signs
The mission will use hot water to melt its way through ice 3km (2 miles) thick to reach Lake Ellsworth, which has been isolated from the outside world for at least 125,000 years - maybe a million.The team hopes to be the first to sample a sub-glacial...
RICHARD BLACK 12 October 2011
Bailiffs seize MMD property over unpaid rentals
Shortly after reports appeared that the former governing party had rental arrears in respect of the office building that housed its secretariat in Lusaka, the landlords, the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) demanded settlement of the...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 12 October 2011
Talk of cougars and sugar daddies!
The first thing people would obviously assume is that the girl is in it for the money. The man would be known as a 'Sugar Daddy.' Times have changed, though. We now also see or hear of older women dating and even marrying much younger men. These...
KEREEDITSE LEFATSI
Correspondent 12 October 2011
SADC education policies criticised
The dinner dance was held under the theme, Africa: the Importance of Skills for Future Growth and Ongoing Economic Resilience. Ramos called for a review of policy and a re-think of graduate education systems in the SADC region. "Education...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
'Underwear bomber' Abdulmutallab in Detroit trial
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 24, originally planned to defend himself, but his court-appointed lawyer will instead deliver an opening statement.Abdulmutallab faces a series of charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. If...
12 October 2011
BDP internal democracy impresses Balopi
Responding to a question at a press conference held at Gaborone's Maharaja Conference Centre yesterday, Balopi said he was selected after he instinctively took the BDP central committee through a rigorous debate as a member of a sub-committee of the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
JAB to compete in Ghana
The teams, described in Junior Achievement (JA) lingo as "companies" are from Goldmine Junior Secondary School (JSS), Mater Spei College (both in Francistown) and Bokamoso JSS (Gaborone). The competition will take place between October 18th and...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
'First ever' fall in global TB
New figures show the global death toll has also fallen, to its lowest level in a decade, with major headway made in China, Brazil, Kenya and Tanzania.But the WHO warns that a lack of funds threatens progress, especially in relation to multi-drug...
12 October 2011
Faulty cheque printer delays teachers' salaries
The director of primary and secondary education in the Southern Region, Motsamai Phuthego, made this revelation to Mmegi in an interview over the matter after the newspaper was approached following complaints by temporary teachers that they were not...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 12 October 2011
Cholera epidemic spreads in west, central Africa: UN
The virulent diarrhea disease is spreading quickly along waterways between and within countries, causing an "unacceptably high" rate of fatalities, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF said."The size and the scale of the outbreaks mean the region is facing...
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY 12 October 2011
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12 October 2011
Archbishop of Canterbury meets Mugabe
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is paying a two-day visit to Zimbabwe. After the meeting, he said that President Robert Mugabe told him he was not familiar with the scale of the intimidation mentioned. The Anglican Church in Zimbabwe...
12 October 2011
The strategy behind the debacle at GCC
This is a reflection of democracy, as the majority must decide who will lead. But it is also a reflection of strategic manoeuvering that does not always come to the fore. It came as a surprise to many, even the opposition, that the councillor for...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 13 October 2011
The BNF and BDP's fight for the attention of the ANC: 1912-2004
The Beware of Wolves in Sheep Skins was an attack on Pamphlet No.1 by Daniel Kwelagobe in the 1970s (Kwelagobe c.1979). However, some BNF members got carried away by accusations and the perception of the BDP having been an anti-ANC outfit. For...
CHRISTIAN JOHN MAKGALA 13 October 2011
My HIV testing nightmare at a govt hospital
This was aptly demonstrated by the treatment this writer and hordes of other enthusiastic Batswana and people of other nationalities bent on knowing their status were subjected to on Wednesday. The Ministry of Health has been running campaigns...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 13 October 2011
Woes of a pseudo motorist
For instance, I was utterly shocked upon going to a 'gas station' in the United States and realising I had to fill the tank myself! Fortunately, I was with a local, and he laughed at me as he went about doing the job. I have thought about this Do It...
Kereeditse Lefatsi
Correspondent 13 October 2011
Ontiretse mosweunyane - midwife par-excellence
She would over the course of five decades deliver babies and yes, those babies' babies! For women who had MmaIneeleng deliver their babies once, there was no question over whom they would choose as their midwife. Something about the old woman drew...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 13 October 2011
Umbrella - a common goal
According to recent media articles there seems to be a lot of dissent between some of the negotiating partners of the umbrella project. As an ardent supporter of the umbrella project, I feel compelled to express myself by writing part of my thinking...
MOHAMED KHAN 13 October 2011
The ups and downs of opposition cooperation
At times it does not rain but pours for the Umbrella. Sometimes it is too windy. There are also days of calm. But this week has not been good for the opposition cooperation project and the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) must be happy. That...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 13 October 2011
'We will deliver the Umbrella' - Modubule
Mmegi - It has been an eventful week for you. You had a press conference yesterday (Wednesday) and this morning you were on radio. How would you describe the state of the talks as we speak now? Modubule - Well, the talks are on track. I am confident...
13 October 2011
A forgettable independence day
In my neighbourhood, everything was normal: kids played in front of their houses, an inconsistent trickle of cars drove past, one, two, three people walked to and fro past my house, my housemates slept and woke up in time for repeats of their...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 13 October 2011
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