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The death penalty again
The one that gained the most publicity was the execution in Georgia of Troy Davis, who had been convicted of the 1989 murder of Mark McPhail, an off-duty police officer.Davis's death sentence was carried out despite serious doubts about whether he...
* PETER SINGER 17 October 2011
Thais race to shore up Bangkok defenses against floods
So far, 281 people have been killed and two people are missing in Thailand, according to the government website Thaiflood.com. Some 61 of the country's 76 provinces have so far been affected, impacting more than eight million people. More than...
17 October 2011
Amnesty urges Libya to tackle 'stain' of detainee abuse
In a report, the London-based rights group said it had uncovered evidence of torture and ill-treatment of thousands of people detained in recent months.Sub-Saharan Africans suspected of being Col Muammar Gaddafi's mercenaries were particularly...
17 October 2011
SA isn't kowtowing to anyone on foreign policy, insists Zuma
Zuma, who was speaking at a public lecture at the University of Pretoria, said: "Our foreign policy is independent and decisions are formed by national interest. We are not dictated to."Zuma made the comment after highlighting that South Africa's...
17 October 2011
Uganda ministers deny corruption allegations
Kutesa, chief whip John Nasasira and junior labour minister Mwesigwa Rukutana appeared in court a day after they resigned. They are accused of abuse of office as well as financial loss over the 2007 Commonwealth summit in Uganda, in which scams...
17 October 2011
Tripoli celebrates capture of Gaddafi's son
The capture of the deposed leader's national security advisor, and the first member of the Gaddafi family, is a big boost to Libya's new rulers whose forces are still battling pro-Gaddafi fighters in his home town of Sirte.National Transitional...
17 October 2011
The class warfare the rich don't understand
"Those who own the country ought to govern it." - Founding father, John Jay There have been rumblings in the corners of the Tea party movement for some time, but the minute president Obama announced that he was going to ask the wealthy to kick in a...
17 October 2011
The pimples and truth of the cooperation project
Various theories and comments have been advanced regarding this key political arrangement. In this submission, I reveal the pimples and truths surrounding the 'opposition talks'. My inspiration to write this piece derives its legitimacy from the fact...
* KAGISO NAZRULLAH NTIME 17 October 2011
Double victory for Dinare
Dinare ladies put up a decent performance to dismiss their disjointed opponents.The two teams played with caution in the opening inning, before Dinare bagged their three runs in style deep into the bottom two innings.They got their first two...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Kutlwano, Mafolofolo in Capital Motors finals
The win sees them through to the cup finals, where they defend their trophy against rivals Mafolofolo who beat BDF VI 3-0 on the same day. The finals have been scheduled for Otse this coming Saturday.However, the first semi-final between Kutlwano and...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 17 October 2011
AFCON trophy to tour Botswana
The trophy is expected to arrive in Gaborone on October 26 and will also tour Palapye and Francistown for public viewing. Accompanying the trophy will be two Zebras' players who are also Stanbic Bank Botswana ambassadors, captain Mompati...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Royal hammering
Mochudi Centre Chiefs shot to the top of the table yesterday, thanks to a 5-0 thumping of brave GNT at the SSKB. With pacesetters Nico United and champions, Township Rollers cancelling each other out on Saturday in a 0-0 action at the UB...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 17 October 2011
UB beat Queens in netball league
Queens clearly missed the services of their inspirational captain Lilian Rankgwe and their most reliable GD, Opelo Setshwano.They let their opponents get off to a flying start, turning the game frantic from early on as both sides scrapped for the...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Police V down Relics in basketball
However, Relics led in the first quarter that ended 6-4 despite Police registering the first four points. Relics' Tshepo Tshambane scored the tie-breaker in the seventh minute of the highly competitive quarter. It was a good start for Relics who...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 17 October 2011
ECCO beat GU
The Zambian tactician enraged by referee, Joshua Bondo's decisions that saw the reds fall 1-0 to Ecco City Greens.To add salt to injury, GU had their goal poacher, Ronald Chikomo, sent off, after what seemed like exchange of harsh words...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Nico survive Rollers scare
The two teams had played an entertaining game from the first whistle, with Nico cooking pressure in the first half and Rollers' keeper Kabelo Dambe, called on to make several saves. To doubting 'thomases' who had dismissed Nico's early impressive...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Tafic and Notwane draw again
The game started on a high pace from the first whistle; each team showing intentions to find the back of the net.The game was also characterised by silly fouls on both ends, with Notwane conceding a goal from a free kick that...
Kushatha Tabengwa
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Food for the soul
With the Independence festivities gone and the heat setting in, the last thing anybody wants is a heavy hot meal.What is always amazing is the amount of food and drink consumed at each holiday long weekend or other special days of the year. I would...
Boitshepo Giyose 17 October 2011
Cinderella promises to be a crowd pleaser
"In my story, initially, the lead girl will not be known as Cinderella. She is the daughter of a widower, who is a soldier in the BDF - until the ugly step-sisters play a nasty trick on her and she inherits the nic-name - Cinderella. In my...
17 October 2011
Mandi Mash serenades with one night only
It seemed the girls had so much in store for their audience. There was also a two-girl performance, which thrilled the revellers. But there was still more to come as there were other exhilarating performances by the girls. Not to be...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Serite's night on the big stage
Her Friday performance marked her first solo big stage appearance in song; in this platform that has contributed massively to the development of the art. One thing looks certain for the debutant, she seems destined for big things. The Maun...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
Uranium company takes Khama on board
Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and the Botswana Stock Exchange, A-Cap is Botswana's premier uranium company focused on the Letlhakane Uranium Project in the North East District. In a statement, the company said Anthony, who is one of...
17 October 2011
KBL's project Thusanang gathers pace
The brewers' commissioned the project in 2009 as a deliberate move to partner with small-holder farmers to source sorghum grain locally in order to ultimately enable small arable farmers to become more efficient through the introduction of commercial...
17 October 2011
AfDB sets out bullish vision for Africa
The bank said, in a report, that under a best-case scenario African output would rise to $15-trillion in the next 50 years, from $1.7-trillion(P7.1trillion) now. That projection- based on continent-wide average growth rates of 6% or more- would imply...
17 October 2011
Orapa power plant to answer outcry - PHK
Giving a keynote address at the official launch of the plant at Orapa Mine last Thursday, Kedikilwe said the plant - which was erected as a partnership between Debswana Mine, Botswana Power Corporation and the Botswana Government - was coming at a...
Keabetswe Newel
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Making HIV/AIDS investments count
Funding from developed governments is dropping - a trend that must be reversed. But we also need to acknowledge that billions of dollars have been spent on well-meaning attempts to save lives, with an alarming lack of high-quality evaluation of how...
Bjorn Lomborg* 17 October 2011
Etecetra II
In the good old days, those with great wealth - notably cattle, which were kept out of sight at some far distant place - could be identified only by the really shabby clothing they wore. The trick, of course, was to give the impression of...
SANDY GRANT 17 October 2011
Libya's shadow on sovereign wealth funds
The National Transitional Council is debating who should take over Libya's Central Bank and the LIA's assets - an especially important decision, given that oil production is not expected to return to pre-war levels for several years. Regardless of...
Efraim Chalamish* 17 October 2011
Issues in education
Zambia presents an important contrasting case study of long-term education reform as revealed in The Power of Persistence by John Gillies and supported by SADC and UNESCO reports over 20 years on Zambia's determination to shape the future through a...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 17 October 2011
The winners code
The Menninger Institute of the City of Kansas in the United States conducted a study at the turn of the century.The objective of the study was to determine what qualities would be most needed for success and happiness in the 21st century. The...
George Chingarande 17 October 2011
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17 October 2011
The parties must respect each other
Indeed Ndaba was bashed for his utterances by none other than the BMD president, Gomolemo Motswaledi.As if that was not enough, Ndaba received more public whipping again from BMD elder Sidney Pilane in a letter sent to a weekend newspaper. One would...
17 October 2011
Councillors fight abattoir closure
A DVS inspection on August 23, found that the abattoir had fallen foul of the Livestock and Meat Hygiene Act. In addition, DVS found structural defects that could result in subsidence and collapse, rendering the abattoir building...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
Neighbourliness still practised
At Somerset Extension, Shadrack Kedirileng can pop next door unceremoniously or send a thumb-sucking child in soiled clothes to ask for sugar from his neighbour, Modiri Kgathanong. He would have woken up in the morning to a realisation that he did...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Thugs turn social networks into crime-infested sites
According to the Wikipedia, a social network is a "social structure made of individuals (or organisations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange,...
Barati Mathambo
Correspondent 17 October 2011
14-year sentence for habitual criminal to stand
Justice Moses Chinhengo of the Francistown High Court acquitted Onalenna Motloung of the offence of robbery but dismissed Ngakayagae's appeal against his conviction and sentence.Ngakayagae and Motloung were charged with four counts of robbery,...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Magistrate to determine status of alleged killer cops
On Friday, Lobatse High Court judge, Zibani Makhwade, ordered that while waiting to hear the case, the accused should appear before Broadhurst Magistrate Haiwa Nuru for a status hearing on November 7. Justice Makhwade also ordered the case to be...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
Stimela, Nkuna's walk to freedom delayed
However, that was not to be as the state requested for some time to peruse the documents filed by Stimela and Nkuna before responding. Stimela and Nkuna have reinforced their defence team by roping in advocate Sydney Pilane and Mmusi Kgafela to their...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
UB to host debate on decent work
Their employers trample on their rights with impunity because they know they can get away with murder.This is so because employers, unions and government are yet to find time to implement a plan that will ensure that workers have decent working...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
BPC responds to Poloko appeal
This is after a private attorney in Gaborone, Gabriel Kanjabanga took up the case and has determined that justice will be served. Kanjabanga, said that BPC has already responded to his letter in which he demands P7.5 million as compensation for the...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
'Look out for false immigration officers'
The fraudsters sometimes impersonate immigration officers and say they can issue residence and work permits.In other instances, they have purported to be able to influence government tender awards.The public is warned to be on the lookout for such...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Eat and think thy neighbour- Hambira
This was said by reverend Rupert Hambira, Principal of the UCCSA run Kgolagano College at the Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) 45th anniversary celebrations in Gaborone last week."People throw away good food, and constipate rubbish bins while their...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyne
Correspondent 17 October 2011
Student allowances do not match expenses
He said the Ministry of Education cannot collect funds from previous beneficiaries because they do not have the records to ease the exercise. Saleshando said as it is, the system is disorganised and punishes future beneficiaries to make up for the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
Accusations resurface
The teachers, who do not want to be named, have levelled accusations at the school's senior management team that is made up of the head teacher and heads. They say they have been subjected to victimisation because instead of the common practise of...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
Legalise prositution -Mogae
Speaking at the third and last meeting of the National Aids Council (NAC) for this year in Gaborone yesterday, Mogae, who is the head of the Aids organisation, said even though sex work was frowned upon, the reality was that it is a social problem...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 17 October 2011
Accidents claims one life
Station Commander Tatitown, Tebogo Madisa, said police are investigating the accident in which the mini-bus, bound for Tutume carrying 14 passengers including the driver, was hit by a truck on its way to Francistown. "The truck lost control after it...
17 October 2011
New members sworn in
At elections conducted by secret ballot yesterday, Thuso Bogatsu of Tlokweng Land Board retained his seat as president of the association after beating Kweneng and Kgalagadi Land Boards by 66 percent of the votes. David Modisagae is the vice...
17 October 2011
Seven tourists die in plane crash
According to the press release from the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) released on Friday, there were 11 passengers on board but the records show that there were actually 12 passengers. The Cessna 208 caravan aircraft registered a2-AKD...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 17 October 2011
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