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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...
26 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...
26 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 26 October 2011
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 26 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 26 October 2011
As i see it
Muammar Gaddafi was not my idol, only a mortal brother from a stable of lesser breeds. The world now, like in the past is and was populated by bad and good people in varying degrees, on an imperfect standard. We are selfish humans who subscribe...
Michael Dingake 26 October 2011
The winners code
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 man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of...
George Chingarande 26 October 2011
Celtic to follow Zebras' duo at AFCON
The two are reportedly, Joel Mogorosi and captain, Mompati Thuma.The Zebras make their AFCON debut in Equatorial Guinea/Gabon early next year and, among several other scouts, Celtic have disclosed that they will monitor the progress of Botswana...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 October 2011
Nkabiti struggles to secure title fight
'The Raging Bull' registered another technical knockout (TKO), outsmarting Free State boxer, Carlos Mbimi in the first round of a six-rounder on Saturday. This was Nkabiti's sixth straight win since turning professional, but the Kanye born boxer is...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 26 October 2011
Kelebale returns to Zebras fold
Kelebale was named in a 25-member team which goes into camp on Monday to prepare for a yet to be confirmed friendly match during the upcoming November FIFA date. The gangly defender is enjoying a new lease of life in an unfamiliar centre back...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
Appreciative SA producer hails Batswana
The mixtape is a follow-up to the first edition of the offering that only featured Zeus and Cab. The mixtape produced at Third Element Entertainment (Lemonka's entertainment company) did well in both the South Africa and Botswana markets and...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 26 October 2011
Dube makes up for botched show
The organisers of the show, dubbed Worship Extravaganza, said Dube has guaranteed them a five-star performance as the Ngiyakuthanda Moy' Ongcwele hit maker feels he owes his Botswana fans after failing to perform because of rains earlier this...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 October 2011
Juju Boy's sensual music video: Is it art?
He refers to it as mild material, which is also too deep for children to discern the sexual connotations that can only be decoded by the initiated. Not that it is rated, "For Adults Only", but Juju Boy thinks images conjured by his video girl...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
Miss Botswana shines at Miss World sports, talent finals
Sampson, along with her Group Two team, comprising queens from the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Denmark, and Hungary dominated the swimming competition with Sampson also doing well finishing third in the swimming competition. ...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
Commonwealth urged to tackle homophobic laws
The body tasked with developing options to reform the Commonwealth has noted that the old British Empire laws against gays are still in force in 41 of the 54 member nations. These include statutes, mostly enacted in colonial times, which criminalise...
26 October 2011
Thai flood death toll at 366
The Flood Relief Operations Centre says water levels in provinces north of Bangkok are stable or subsiding, but the massive runoff is still bearing down on the city as it flows south toward the Gulf of Thailand. Authorities have declared seven of...
26 October 2011
NTC to probe Gaddafi death, as no NATO forces to stay around Libya
Speaking at a press conference held in Benghazi, Jalil said that in response to international calls, the NTC has started to form a committee to look into the circumstances of Gaddafi's death after he was captured in Sirte last week. Jalil said that...
26 October 2011
CEDA concerned about non-payment of loans
This came to light during a customer forum for cattle breeders last week. CEDA's Head of Agribusiness, Nametso Laletsang, said as at the end of September, 959 projects had been funded and a total of P531 million loaned out. Laletsang said it was...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 26 October 2011
Choppies to sell shares to the public
Addressing a press conference in Gaborone yesterday, the CEO said although details of how many shares will be sold to the public are still being worked out, Choppies has already begun the process of turning into a public company and has lodged...
STAFF WRITER 26 October 2011
Mmualebe
E rile letsatsi lengwe ke ntse ke henyenkolola dingwe tsa dikwalo (dibuka) tsa me tse dikgologolo, ka kopana le Kutlwano [2003]. Ka e ne e le lobaka ke e badile e bile ke sa tlhole ke gakologelwa sepe ka yone, ka simolola ka ya nayo go...
Sebofo Motshwane 26 October 2011
Unions and politics: The devil is in the details
Reports say the union has just announced that it will be a player in the 2014 elections through a partnership with a yet to be identified political party. Moreover, the union says it has decided to engage in active politics, but dismisses the...
26 October 2011
Selefu 26 October 2011
26 October 2011
Small is beautiful - but it can also be fragile
The very existence of countries like Kiribati, the Maldives and the Marshall Islands could be threatened by rising sea levels and more extreme storm surges resulting from global warming. Yet these and other small developing states are the least...
*KEVIN RUDD 26 October 2011
Tutume gets Bopaganang Basha centre
During the launch, project manager Lyenor Nkosi lamented the poor attendance by the youth. He said the event was supposed to be embraced by the youth since hope has been brought to their village. "The new born baby has been brought to Tutume but when...
LINDIWE MOZOLA
Correspondent 26 October 2011
Molepolole condemned for boycotting meeting
Speaker after speaker expressed disappointment that the targeted people were not present to hear the message. Most of the people present at the meeting were guidance and counselling teachers from the village primary schools, while the rest...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
National marriage conference on the cards
The conference will be held in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).The objectives of the conference are to engage key stakeholders to share experiences on the prevailing marriage levels and trends, to explore factors...
STAFF WRITER 26 October 2011
Mahalapye police relocate to new station
Botswana Police Service (BPS) informs the public that some services will be provided at the old District Commissioner's administration offices where some police officers have been given temporary office accommodation. The old police station is no...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 26 October 2011
Ranchers fail to pay Ngwato Landboard
Deputy secretary of Ngwato Land Board, Otsile Ditiro has said the ranchers' debt is P2,901,935.77. Speaking during the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) customer forum in Palapye, he said ranch owners are supposed to pay an annual...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 26 October 2011
UB students burn suspected thief's car
The man was allegedly sighted while trying to escape through a window after allegedly stealing a laptop at Block 451 - a woman's residential hall. This was around midnight. Someone saw the man as he tried to escape through the window with the laptop...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 26 October 2011
GCC turns to Sweden for help in waste management
The Swedes from the city of Vasteras have been in the country since Monday to discuss ways of managing Gaborone's waste problems. The delegation that leaves tomorrow consists of the mayor and chief executive officer of Vasteras, a waste management...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
Seretse walks free
At the end of a lengthy judgement, Regional Magistrate Barnabas Nyamadzabo pronounced Seretse acquitted and discharged, to the delight of the former minister and his defence team that has been fighting to have charges against their client...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
I stand firm by BNF resolutions - Khan
The assertive youth leader has been suspended from his position by the organisation he leads after he criticised BNF Youth League president, Kagiso Ntime, for publicly denouncing the umbrella model of co-operation adopted by Botswana's major...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
Batswapong have no ulterior motives - author
Speaking during Batswapong cultural celebrations in Ratholo over the weekend, Galesite Baruti said tracing their origins does not mean that they want to revolt or cause tensions in Botswana. "We simply want to get to the bottom of everything. We do...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
BDF appoints board to probe mid-air collision
BDF Air Force Commander, Major General Placid Segokgo said yesterday that the board consists of military experts. "The board has pilots, engineers and others who are tasked to look in to what might have caused the accident," he said. He added that...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
'Search for better life triggers migration'
Ambassador Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) was addressing a global meeting of regional consultative processes on migration at a meeting in Phakalane yesterday. He said that if all the migrants were...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 26 October 2011
Joyous Celebration returns to Botswana
The acclaimed choral group comes to Botswana with a 63-member choir for the annual Life Changing Concert. And it is all courtesy of Brave Heart Promotions in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture. The group is celebrating 15...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 27 October 2011
Lundi vows to give fans value for money
Accompanied by his manager, Thabiso Tsotetsi, Lundi told a press conference they addressed in Gaborone on Monday that he would be sharing the stage with local artists, Nono Siile, Trinity Mphoeng and Bianca Gabasiane of My Star fame. The...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 27 October 2011
Mugabe cancels UN trip after officials denied visas
Western countries, including the United States and the European Union, imposed travel and financial sanctions on Mugabe and senior officials from his ZANU-PF party almost a decade ago over charges of rights abuses and vote rigging. But the...
27 October 2011
US slams Equatorial Guinea corruption
In what appeared to be a concerted action, France last month seized 11 luxury sports cars belonging to Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue, a government minister in the West African country and heir-apparent to the presidency.And a Spanish investigative...
27 October 2011
Somali President criticised for anti-Kenya comments
Ahmed said on Monday the Somali government was not happy with the deployment of Kenyan soldiers across the border because the incursion went beyond an initial agreement for logistical support for Somali soldiers. Kenya sent thousands of troops and...
27 October 2011
Spar re-brands to dispel misconceptions
Because of this, the management of the chain store decided to re-brand the Spar operation in Botswana to give it a local feel and make it more reflective of Batswana who have supported the store for over four decades, Darby told journalists in...
MOTHUSI JOWAWA
Correspondent 27 October 2011
Farmers complain of low prices at BMC
The complaints were raised during CEDA's Agribusiness forum here last week.One of the farmers, Nicolas Vos from the Western Sandveldt, suggested that CEDA should lobby on behalf of farmers for the BMC to pay better prices. Vos said it was...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 27 October 2011
Know your labour rights
The demands of business today have serious challenges both at individual and corporate level. Change and restructuring has a way of tampering with the comfort zone of employees in the workplace. In reality, there is no single rule of...
Mpho Ngwato 27 October 2011
The Kgotla remains central
In Molepolole, people were condemned for 'boycotting' a kgotla meeting where an NGO presented its research findings on the abuse of children in the village. In Tutume, the youth were nowhere to be found when Bopaganang Basha Youth Centre...
27 October 2011
Selefu 27 October 2011
27 October 2011
HIV/AIDS ranks last in maternal mortality
A 2006-2010 statistics brief published by Botswana Statistics has revealed that last year, there were only eight HIV-related maternal deaths, three less than the 11 recorded in 2009.The report said respiratory complications, childbirth and puerperium...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 27 October 2011
Tobacco laws should not spare tourist destinations - Kgosi
Kgosi Lotlaamoreng was responding to Tuesday's presentation at the House of Chiefs by the Anti-Tobacco Network (ATN) regarding the tobacco control situation in the country. He said there is a tendency for laws not to be applicable at some facilities...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 27 October 2011
BTO on alert after plane crashes
BTO spokesperson Keitumetse Setlang has said the two incidents might have generated negative publicity about Botswana tourism. She said BTO and the tourism sector operators are on full alert and are monitoring the situation. "We are in constant...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 27 October 2011
More water woes for Maun
A senior engineer with the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) Gugundla Naidoo told Mmegi that the plant developed a problem with filters with the result that it can now only supply 20 percent of its normal output. He said that the plant, which was...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 27 October 2011
Ramsden gets the chop as Seretse bounces back
Seretse was given his old docket of Defence, Justice and Security while Edwin Batshu, the man who has been acting in his place since he quit because of corruption charges last year moves to Labour and Home Affairs.Batshu replaces Peter Siele who has...
EPHRAIM KEORENG & GREG KELEBONYE
Staff Writers 27 October 2011
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