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Protesters surge into Athens ahead of austerity vote
The bill being debated, including tax hikes and pay cuts, is needed to secure EU and IMF bailout loans. Protesters are seeking to encircle parliament before the vote. Greece is saddled with a huge public debt and an economy in deep recession. Workers...
24 October 2011
Kenya air strikes mow down Somali rebels
Kenyan troops, guided by pro-government Somali forces, prepared for a fresh assault against al-Shabaab insurgents with the blessing of the Western-backed government in Mogadishu and its Ugandan protectors. Nairobi's unprecedented military incursion...
24 October 2011
Walmart appeal 'unsubstantiated'
An appeal for a review of the merger between United States retail giant Walmart and local company Massmart was unsubstantiated, the Competition Appeal Court in Cape Town heard yesterday. "We submit that the review application is factually...
24 October 2011
Gaddafi killed as Libya's revolt claims hometown
His killing, which came swiftly after his capture near Sirte, is the most dramatic single development in the Arab Spring revolts that have unseated rulers in Egypt and Tunisia and threatened the grip on power of the leaders of Syria and Yemen. "He...
24 October 2011
BNF - from Koma to Boko
The period between the 1979 and 1984 elections was that of more intensive efforts of party building. House to house campaign was adopted as a new organisational method through which BNF rooted itself among the masses. The party...
24 October 2011
The case for an executive mayoralty
A BBA degree and extensive business experience under his belt, Mayor Haskins Nkayigwa fails to understand why a potentially wealthy city like Gaborone should ever have money problems. "Gaborone has over 500 open spaces that it can use to...
24 October 2011
The silence of the lambs
The question that haunts me and I trust it does others as well is whether the academic can play a bigger role in society. This comes at a time when many question the relevance and usefulness of our academics beyond classroom instruction. This...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 24 October 2011
Queens upset Chiefs in Spar netball league
Queens kept their team relatively unchanged from the side that lost to UB Crystals last week, with their evergreen defender, Opelo Setshwano restoring her place in the starting line after missing last weekend's game.The first quarter was...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Relics register first win - at last
The game was quite interesting as it matched up teams that are struggling in the BBA league. Whilst it is acceptable for league debutants Relics to be struggling, it was disappointing for Ravens, previously known as NIIT, to under perform as they are...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 24 October 2011
BDF Cats claw Prisons in Spar netball league
From the onset, the army side had a better start to the game, keeping their opponents on the back-foot. There were no early goals with BDF fluffing scoring opportunities in the opening stages of play, but as soon as they settled into the game they...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Mafolofolo women are capital bmw champs!
They won P10 000 while the runnersup got P6500.Gasekgonwe started the game unusually quite and her sudden come back seemed to create all sorts of problems for the opponents who had felt they were settling well in the game. Gasekgonwe was unstoppable,...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Kutlwano men lift capital bmw trophy
They thrashed Diphatsa 3-1 in the finals in a highly intensive game at the Lobatse Sports Complex on Saturday.Big house fans seemed to have predicted their triumph well in advance as they sang loudly and confidently with cocksureness. The trophy was...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Blue Angels stun Bears in Shell softball league
Angels had a subdued first three innings as Bears shot to an early lead and looked poised to walk over their opponents. But a solid fifth inning performance set up Angels for a hard-fought victory.Bears went 2-0 up in the bottom two inning with Kaone...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Chiefs sink Miscellaneous
Mochudi Centre Chiefs proved their superiority and intention to run away with the be MOBILE Premier League title this season as they hit four past hapless Miscellaneous at the Selebi-Phikwe stadium on Saturday night. The Kgatleng giants did not...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Rollers add to notwane's woes
Reigning be MOBILE Premier League champions, Township Rollers, fought hard to claim maximum points from city rivals Notwane in a lukewarm encounter played at the UB Stadium on Friday evening. Both sides created numerous chances throughout the game,...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
GU, Gunners share spoils
Molepolole: Gaborone United and Extension Gunners played to a 1-1draw in a bloody beMOBILE Premier League enounter that saw two Gunners players leave the field in an ambulance on Saturday. Supporters on both sides left the stadium dissapointed...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
Nico thump BDF X1 4-1
Nico United pumped four past BDF XI as they closed into the be Mobile Premier League log leadership in style, Friday at Selebi-Phikwe. The strike force, led by Master Masitara did not show any respect for the visitors defence. On the 14th minute,...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Food for the soul
Of course you are allowed to go crazy, go nuts, go mental whatever the case is. Actually a couple of weeks ago it was International Mental Health Day on October 10. There are so many of these Days lately, especially this particular month of...
Boitshepo Giyose 24 October 2011
Miss Botswana promotes culture at Miss World
Karabo jetted off to the United Kingdom (UK) for the Miss World finals in London on Tuesday, wearing a two-piece suit made from theGerman print. The German print is considered a traditional attire, but the designer, Lesedi Matlapeng, added a touch of...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
Ras Juda bids revellers goodbye in style
The 'jahman' lived to his style as he enthralled the crowd with reggae tunes. Club Catch Jazz 22 might be a jazz joint but on Friday the Rasta group provided a different vibe. And who said the Rasta man cannot do traditional music. ...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Eugene, BK Proctor perform at Moshupa joint
The multi-million Pula nightclub is probably the first of its kind in the country, spacious dance hall with a wide stage, a restaurant, a public bar and fully furnished cocktail bar and VIP lounge upstairs.With floors gleaming with ceramic tiles,...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Banc ABC invests in a talented artist
The disabled artist's amazing talent was made possible to shine by BancABC who enabled the girl to take her artwork to the public for the first time on Friday. Her works included painting, decoupage, pottery, velvet art, paper quelling and...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
BOCCIM hosts us business delegation
The aim of the conference was to facilitate opportunities for potential partnerships, investments, joint ventures, networking and establishing contacts between members of BOCCIM and American businesses. Speaking at the conference, BOCCIM president,...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Rail Park Mall gives shoppers a new experience
Shoppers were treated to entertainment, including music, during the grand opening. It is anticipated that Rail Park will be a busy place because of the heavy human traffic flow at Gaborone Station. In addition to citizens of the...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 24 October 2011
"No coal depletionm threats in Botswana"
Briefing members of the House of Chiefs who toured the coalmine last week, Bagopi described the coal business as "very much" viable, saying the commodity could sustain the country even in the event of diamond depletion.He said coal was a bulk...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
Recovery before reform
Its proximate cause was predatory bank lending, so people are naturally angry and want heads and bonuses to roll - a sentiment captured by the current worldwide protests against "Wall Street."The banks, however, are not just part of the problem, but...
*Robert Skidelsky 24 October 2011
ETECTERA II
Not being a great soccer fan, it wouldn't have previously occurred to me that at all international matches played in Gaborone, the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture automatically takes precedence over the City's Mayor. (Mmegi...
Sandy Grant 24 October 2011
China's crippled financial sector
But with the current regimen of credit austerity, imposed to contain economic overheating and inflationary pressure, making conditions for SMEs worse, the financial sector - the least reformed sector in China - now is suffocating the beating heart of...
*Yao Yang 24 October 2011
Issues in education
Zambia, over the last 20 years, is an example of a country that has been struggling to surmount odds, while sustaining an education system. This is substantiated in the report on education reform in five countries, The Power of Persistence by John...
Dorcas Molefe
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Sheldon Weeks 24 October 2011
The winners code
Loren Eiseley was a renowned American sociologist who published extensively. In his book The Star Thrower he recounted an incident that happened one day at the beach. He is the old wise man in the story retold below.Once upon a time, there was a wise...
George Chingarande 24 October 2011
Gaddafi: lest we become Like Him
And while there is no doubt that the so-called Brother Leader was a man of base inclinations who put thousands of his detractors and suspected dissidents to death, caused many Libyans to flee their motherland and allegedly sponsored terrorist groups...
24 October 2011
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The risks of backyard abortion
There was blood even on the clothes in the washing basket. A groan came from the living room. A trail of blood led in that direction. With her heart about to jump out of her chest cavity, she ran towards the living room. Her sister, Neo lay in a heap...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
Zimbabweans hope for better after elections
The date of the elections has not yet been announced, but it is believed to be in 2012 or a year later. There is hope that after elections, normalcy will return to the former breadbasket of Southern Africa where mismanagement of the economy by the...
Gale Ngakane
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Muzila wins P195,000 defamation lawsuit
Francistown High court Judge Mpaphi Phumaphi ruled that Robert Muzila's image was tarnished and that he suffered contumelia as a result of the 2003 false prosecution on allegations of stock-theft.He said Muzila was entitled to P150,000 for...
Tebogo Kgalemang
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Dark cloud over Stimela and Nkuna
Looking defeated, they watched him with gloomy faces before leaving the dock, first Aubrey Nkuna (35), then Thabo Stimela (46). An hour before the court proceedings began, the two had sat on the public chairs of Courtroom Nine having what seemed like...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
Accounts Clerk finally sentenced
Mosweu was found guilty of stealing from her employer,TKM College, in 2004 where she worked as an accounts clerk.Magistrate Makofi gave her a wholly suspended sentence of two years on condition that she does not commit a similar offence. Makofi said...
Kushatha Tabengwa
Correspondent 24 October 2011
I made it - cancer survivor
Cancer may have taken a lot from her but not her own soul. "Cancer was a stranger in my body. And I refused to die," she said. Dimbungu has survived the 'silent killer.' Most have not been so lucky. Among them are her mother who died of cervical...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
CosBots to licence Botswana talent
Speaking at a National Broadcasting Board (NBB) Conference held in Gaborone recently, CosBots chief executive officer, Thato Mokobi said the organisation would protect any original production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain,...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Palapye police are the most compassionate
Speaking at the handing over of the trophies at Palapye Police Station recently, Tsimako said the police did not want to be known only as crime busters, but as people who paid attention to other challenges in life. The project started in 1999 when...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 24 October 2011
GBV blamed on emotional abuse of men
She said that most men are affected by gender-based violence (GBV) but because the media usually fails to look at the root cause of men becoming physically abusive, the issue appears to only affect women negatively. Jankey was speaking last week...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 24 October 2011
Thug of war
The six-year relationship between the two, revolving around a P150 million investment by the shareholder, has soured in recent years following a decision by the BBS board to nullify a cosy agreement with Bifm Capital that guaranteed the firm fixed...
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
Ntsoro out of Mokaragana
He has confirmed that he will no longer present the Saturday evening music programme that made him popular, thanks to his signature jokes starring a character called Ntsoro. However, Keitumele, whose contract ended in August, says there are chances...
24 October 2011
ANC Fires Salvo At Western 'Lackeys'
Speaking at a celebration to mark the Botswana National Front's (BNF) 45th anniversary in Mochudi on Saturday, Modise said it was disappointing to learn that some countries were planning to host United States of America (US) military bases. She was...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
Beware of heatwave
Sweltering heat is predicted to reach highs of 41 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country. When the extreme weather pattern started on Saturday, maximum temperatures of 38¡ C were recorded over the north and western parts of the country....
24 October 2011
Government 'celebrates' Gaddafi's fall
"Colonel Gaddafi's demise therefore marks an end of over 40 years of tyranny." Gaddafi was captured on Thursday in his home town of Sirte. According to reports, Gaddafi was found inside a drain following an assalt on his convoy by NATO...
24 October 2011
Miss Botswana chooses hand-woven basket as miss world gift
The last two Miss Botswana queens, including Miss Universe queens, chose diamonds, the backbone of Botswana's economy, as their national gifts to the international stage. In fact Debswana Diamond Company, is always happy to donate a diamond for this...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 24 October 2011
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