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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 18 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...
18 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 18 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* 18 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* 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 October 2011
Diphatsa, Kutlwano reach BMW Capital Motors final
Diphatsa brushed aside Mafolofolo 3-1 in the semi finals, while Kutlwano beat defending champions, BDF VI by the same margin. The two finalists cancelled each other in the league with a win apiece. It remains to be seen who will walk away with the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 18 October 2011
Chiefs reclaim top spot, Satmos woes continue
Chiefs have lost only once and drew one against Gaborone United (GU) a fortnight ago. The log leaders were in mean mood on Sunday, easily scoring five against Great North Tigers (GNT) at SSKB Stadium. The result came after Nico United, who were joint...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 18 October 2011
First Division boss lashes out at refs
"I am really disappointed at the treatment from the referees. They are using our league (First Division South) to settle some old scores with their superiors. I am saying this because the First Division North has not experienced the same problem of...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 October 2011
Coaches fume over licence fees
The CAF B Licence is a Confederation of African Football (CAF) licensing programme and the continent's football governing body funds the assigned instructor.CAF and FIFA accredited instructor, Nelson Matongorere, who conducted the course, is said to...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 18 October 2011
Back stage
Treeless Mountain (2008) is on today only (October 18) at the Gaborone Film Society, 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is a remarkable film, hailed as one of the best movies about children ever made. It is approached from the...
Sasa Majuma 18 October 2011
Young musician Nkwatle breaks into SA market
The musician travelled to Polokwane along with Millennium Production House, courtesy of The Kgotla Company.In an interview with Showbiz before leaving for South Africa, KayZee said he was excited about the performance as it showed that people in...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 18 October 2011
Grand West celebrates 10th anniversary
Regular customers of the joint and interested visiting parties to the place on its special day will be pleased to know that t-shirts, welcome drinks and snacks will be served free of charge on the night. Drinks are also going to be sold at "a...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 18 October 2011
Lira to close Botswanacraft summer shows
It will not be the first time that Lira will be appearing at the same venue. She performed at the Gaborone arena towards the end of last year. She had such an impressive performance that the organisers felt that they should bring her...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 October 2011
South Africa needs to improve Mo Ibrahim index ranking: protector
Opening the Public Protector's Good Governance Conference in Pretoria, Madonsela said that, while South Africa had come fifth on the index, its score had only improved by a mere half a percent since 2008."It's a good starting point. It's not a cause...
18 October 2011
Libyan NTC, civilians set to uproot Gaddafi's compound in capital
Some pickups with the NTC's tri-colour flag are seen near the site, suggesting that the act might have been an order from the ruling authorities, a Xinhua reporter said.Besides the armed NTC members, some civilians also joined the action to up-root...
18 October 2011
Kenya in hot pursuit of al-Shaabab
"We have crossed into Somalia in pursuit of al-Shaabab, which is responsible for the kidnappings and attacks on our country," government spokesman, Alfred Mutua said. Kenyan Internal Security minister, George Saitoti said on Saturday that, troops...
18 October 2011
BMC pins EU export hopes on current audit of abattoirs
a successful outcome of which will see Botswana resume beef exports to the lucrative EU market after a six-month ban, Mmegi Business has established. After the inspections that were conducted by the European Union's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO)...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 18 October 2011
MVA Fund investment earnings blossom
Besides the fuel levy, which is its income backbone, the MVA Fund is heavily invested locally and offshore with an investment portfolio valued at P2.14 billion as at December 31, 2010. According to its recently released 2010 Annual Report, the...
STAFF WRITER 18 October 2011
As I see it
The adage 'too many cooks spoil the broth' remains as valid today as it was when it was coined. The wrangling and fuss in and around the Umbrella negotiations table is a vivid reminder of its pertinence. The more the volunteer...
Michael Dingake 18 October 2011
Men failing the test again
The latest news from the government is that Botswana is not likely to meet the circumcision targets. With two months to go, only 11,000 men of the 20,000 expected before the end of the year have come for the cut. The statistics show that it needs a...
18 October 2011
Selefu 18 October 2011
18 October 2011
Letsibogo Dam claims two more lives
In the latest incident, acting Selebi-Phikwe Police Station commander, Gaoganwe Pule told Mmegi that there were no eye witnesses. He explained that farmers who had gone to water their cattle, alerted the police when they saw an empty boat in...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 18 October 2011
Graduate unemployment passes 3,000 threshold
Speaking at the farewell ceremony for 15 Botswana representatives in the 2011 Africa Region Junior Achievement Company of the Year Competition, Muzila stated that currently over 3,000 jobless graduates are on a waiting list for employment....
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 18 October 2011
Police charge man over adultery allegations
Central Police Station commander, Kevin Mookodi said the man has been charged with giving false information to public officers. The man had reported to the police that his wife was refusing to open the door to their house at Nanogang Junior...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 October 2011
Court rules in favour of unions
The judge ordered the Director of the Directorate of Public Service Management, Festina Bakwena, not to terminate services that have been enjoyed by the unions pending the determination of a review application to be instituted by the unions. Moroka...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 18 October 2011
Abortion cases on upswing - Seakgosing
Between 2008 and 2010 the ministry registered 19,961 abortion cases nationwide, he said. "In 2008 we registered 5,869 abortion cases while we received 6,832 cases in 2009. Last year the number of cases had reached 7,260," he told the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 18 October 2011
Botswana fails to reach circumcision target
The struggle by health authorities to have men undergo circumcision to reduce their chances of contracting HIV, has not been very successful.According to the head of Kanye District Health Management Team, Josphine Mosimanewakgosi the numbers of men...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 18 October 2011
BDP postpones interviews indefinitely
The development indicates open political skirmishes between the BDP traditional factions of A-Team or Nkate-Merafhe and Barata-Phathi or Kedikilwe-Kwelagobe axis.Mmegi is informed that some influential BDP central committee members (names withheld)...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 18 October 2011
Ntime in 'revenge attack'
Coming just days after Ntime's own suspension from the BNF's negotiating team, Khan's suspension is seen by many within the Youth League as a punishment by the anti-umbrella faction. Last Friday, Khan clashed with Ntime over his (Ntime's) public...
EPHRAIM KEORENG & TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writers 18 October 2011
'I'll take Khama back to Serowe'
Addressing a rally in Gabane last Sunday, Saleshando said regime change is normal, citing the recent elections in Zambia where Michael Sata unseated Rupiah Banda from the presidency. "It happened and the sun still rises from the east and sets...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 18 October 2011
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 19 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...
19 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 19 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 19 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 19 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 19 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 19 October 2011
As I see it
The adage 'too many cooks spoil the broth' remains as valid today as it was when it was coined. The wrangling and fuss in and around the Umbrella negotiations table is a vivid reminder of its pertinence. The more the volunteer...
Michael Dingake 19 October 2011
Sport chat
Finest momentBright moments were far and wide in the last week. Both Township Rollers and Nico United deserve a pat on the back for dishing good football on Saturday night. What on paper seemed a mismatch, turned out to be a perfect exhibition of...
Mqondisi Dube 19 October 2011
Going tough for returning GNT, Satmos
The two teams' troubles are worsening by the day. On Saturday, Satmos lost 3-1 to Extension Gunners in Jwaneng, while GNT was demolished 5-0 by Mochudi Centre Chiefs in Mogoditshane on Sunday. After nine games, both teams have not...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 19 October 2011
Controversy surrounds cancelled Tonota, Tigers tie
First Division North secretary, Moraole Sikwane said it was not clear why the game was not played as scheduled.Sikwane said Tonota FC management informed him that they reached an agreement with Tigers to play the game at 6pm instead of the 3pm...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 October 2011
Young Zebras face unfancied Comoros in COSAFA Cup opener
The game is scheduled to start at 4pm at the UB Stadium immediately after the opening ceremony.Botswana is hosting the championships for the second successive year. The championships had always been hosted by South Africa.The Young Zebras have been...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 19 October 2011
Dube's comeback bid shattered
Dube was suspended from the association last year before the July elections, but has since been cleared of any wrongdoing.After the BAA committee was dissolved, the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) executive secretary, Kitso Kemoeng barred...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 19 October 2011
Zebras in bottom pot for AFCON draw
Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, hosts Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, are the top seeds. CAF considered the performance of teams in the last three editions of the AFCON finals, which weighed heavily against the Zebras who are only making their debut at the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 19 October 2011
Magang family documentary shown again
The documentary had been launched three weeks before.The documentary was inspired by Magang's autobiography entitled, The Magic of Perseverance, which depicts the family's struggle en route to unparrelled success. The inspirational story about the...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 19 October 2011
ATI, Ramosamo part ways
Rumours of the duo's relationship going bad surfaced in August this year when ATI was scheduled to release his 100% mixtape that was produced by Risk.Just at the dawn of the mixtape's release, ATI announced that he would postpone it to next April...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 19 October 2011
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