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Ghana refuses to grant gays' rights despite aid threat
Atta Mills said the UK could not impose its values on Ghana and he would never legalise homosexuality. UK Prime Minister David Cameron said at the weekend that aid would be cut to countries which failed to respect gay rights. Uganda also rejected...
07 November 2011
South Africa's record for rhino poaching deaths
Figures from South Africa's National Parks show 341 rhinos have been killed so far in 2011, already outstripping last year's record total of 333. WWF says the spike in poaching in Africa and South Asia is largely caused by increased demand for rhino...
07 November 2011
Rwanda gives Congo back 82 tonnes of smuggled minerals
The minerals include cassiterite, or tin ore, as well as coltan, used in devices such as mobile phones. The return of the materials follows new international regulations aimed at cleaning up the mineral sector. DR Congo's mineral wealth has been a...
07 November 2011
Lovinah Nomasonto Gwebu: A life that provoked history
The life and death of Lovinah Nomasonto Gwebu illustrates such a history. In fact, it would be impossible to write a full account of the history of the pentecostal movement in Botswana, and Lobatse in particular, without reference to her contribution...
PHILLIP SEGADIKA 07 November 2011
Botswana should concentrate on development and forget detractors
Recently, a South African youth leader described the Botswana government as a puppet regime. By so doing, the youth leader was actually echoing one of the labels used against Botswana even by some of its own opposition parties, including such labels...
*EDWARD MAGANU 07 November 2011
Capturing a president on camera
For the 35-year-old husband and father of two, photography is more than just a job: it is a way of preserving the history of a country. How many people have seen the image of the moment Botswana gained independence, he asks rhetorically. ...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
BDF VI down spiking stars in Mascom Volleyball League
Once a formidable side ,BDF VI did not show any threat to the youthful Spiking Stars in the lacklustre encounter. Spiking Stars did not give their more fancied opponents respect and looked set to win the match, but lacked the much-needed aggression....
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 07 November 2011
Ross branch wins regional off-road championships
It was a golden moment for Ross who dominated the race from the start and ended up a comfortable winner adding yet another title to his tally for the year. Ross has the FIM MX title which he won in Zimbabwe earlier this year before wrapping up the...
*KevinBranch 07 November 2011
Last minute penalty secures Highlanders a point
MAHALAPYE: High flying BR Highlanders, came back from behind twice to secure a point against a resilient Orapa Wanderers in a First Division North match played at the Railway grounds in Mahalapye on Saturday. The home side will however, be thankful...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Netball league semis decided
And elated Tasc Netball Club head coach, Samuel Letsatsi believes his "stylish and immaculate" team is on the right track to defend their league title for the fourth time in a row, after winning all their games during the ongoing BONA Spar Good For...
07 November 2011
BDF women crowned basketball champs
Both teams had to play the decider since BDF V had benefited from free 20 points in the first round against the defending champions, who had failed to pitch up for the game. However, BDF V had a good season and have only lost one game. A last minute...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 07 November 2011
Volleyball in photo-finish
The league is now destined for a photo-finish next weekend after no definite winner emerged from the weekend games, following mixed results by top contenders in both men and women categories. At the Railway courts in Mahalapye, it was...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Chiefs beat Nico to stay tops
Mochudi Centre Chiefs dominance in the be Mobile Premier League continued over the weekend as they walloped Nico United 2-0 in a game played before multitudes of supporters at the Selebi-Phikwe stadium. The game started with the two sides playing...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 07 November 2011
BMC beat Notwane 2-1
While Sithole was left scratching his head pondering the future of his team, which is gradually dropping into the relegation zone, his opposite number, Daniel Nare was happy with the results, but not amused by his charges' display. "I am not happy...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 07 November 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 07 November 2011
Methodist church indulge in cultural festival
The day was beautiful as people sat under the trees as the cool air breezed thruogh and cooled attendants who went there to participate in a culture celebration event hosted by the church. Amongst the participants, Heavenly Voices Youth Choir and...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 07 November 2011
BCL's cultural night raises over P500,000
The event, a first of its kind by the BCL, is meant to improve the lives of different charity organisations in this town and its surrounding areas. The beneficiary for this year was Joseph Anderson Memorial Primary School in Pimville Location. The...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 07 November 2011
SA's Hip-Hop star HHP steals the show
HHP was the guest performer on the night, accompanied by Casper and Kaygee who managed to breathe life into the show, which was broadcast live on Botswana Television (Btv). Perhaps it was fitting then that hip-hop group TNT were crowned judges'...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
BDF Bands mesmerise
The BDF's various entertainment groups from all parts of the country have never failed to electrify this offering and over the weekend the BDF Bands In Concert lived up to its billing. The Military Band and Pipe Band blew and beat their...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Stanchart appoints first Motswana CEO
In a media statement released on Friday, Stanchart says Moatlhodi Lekaukau will assume the reins at the country's oldest bank early next year, taking over from Michael Wiegand who has been holding the fort in an acting capacity since West Indian...
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Govt to weighoption on its De Beers' stake
This follows last week's announcement that Anglo American had agreed to buy the Oppenheimer family's 40 percent stake in diamond miner De Beers for $5.1 billion (P36.5 billion) in cash, potentially raising its ownership of the diamond miner to 85...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
"Privatising would worsen inequality"
Malema and another UB academic, Kaelo Galeage, were presenting a paper at a privatisation seminar organised by the Botswana Economics Association and Friedrich Ebert Foundation at Ditshupo Hall in Gaborone recently. Malema dismissed the argument...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 07 November 2011
BNF youth league supports Kgafela
We recently learnt with shock that the BDP government has taken a decision to de-recognise Kgosi Kgafela. The decision by government is, in our well-considered view, very much ill-advised and ill-informed. The BNFYL opines that a Kgosi like Kgafela...
07 November 2011
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The consensus at the recent 'Rethinking Democracy' Conference was that this country is less democratic today than it was 30 years ago - a conclusion that reflected views that have been repeatedly expressed during the last few years. For the...
Sandy Grant 07 November 2011
Issues in education
Recent Issues have been reviewing the process of education reform in two neighbouring countries - Namibia and Zambia. Are there any lessons for Botswana from what has been happening next door over the last 20 years? Educational reform requires a...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 07 November 2011
The winners code
Long ago, before air travel had been made possible and popularised, the preferred mode of transport between Europe and America was by ship. The story is told of a man who won a lottery for which the prize was a trip on first class from Britain to...
George Chingarande 07 November 2011
This is bad for business
The assault took place at their home in Taung in Gaborone. The Bangladeshi couple operate a business in Boatle. This was the second attack on the couple. The motive for the attack was clear as the assailants wanted money from the couple. It could...
07 November 2011
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07 November 2011
Icons of Botswana
Her name is a proud statement on the board of excellence at the Durban-based McCord Zulu Hospital where she became the institution's first black nursing teacher. She would go on to become the first Motswana woman to earn a PhD and later become a full...
Kibo Ngowi
Correspondent 07 November 2011
Seretse sells Botswana
It is not everyday that you meet an ambassador at the wheel of a car, without a chauffeur. Neither would you expect to see an ambassador sitting down on the terrace of a public building, in the searing sun talking about the official business of...
07 November 2011
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07 November 2011
Colleges of education demoralised by autonomy delays
TAWU president Allen Keitseng told The Monitor that the process of granting autonomy to colleges of education is taking too long and causing anxiety. He said the lecturers feel that lack of autonomy has adversely affected infrastructural development,...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Topisi elders demand access to CEDA
Speaking during a recent kgotla meeting addressed by the Minister of Infrastructure Science and Technology, Johnny Swartz, elderly residents complained that when they enquire about financial assistance government officers tell them that they cannot...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Judge to rule on six police officers' application
The six officers are accused of killing Italy Setlaampoloka while interrogating him for suspected robbery offences two years ago. The six officers, whose case is before Lobatse High Court Judge Zibani Makhwade, are: Ranto Mmeleki, 38, Tebogo...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
A joke gone sour
This is a derogatory term often used to refer to a foreigner. It is usually used to make the victims feel that he/she is an unwanted outsider. Addressing a Molepolole Kgotla meeting last Thursday, Khama is said to have called out at the man...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Anti-hunting laws kill Basarwa marriage
For the Basarwa, marriage is a no-frills matter that does not necessarily need registration or taking an oath before a District Commissioner (DC). All a Mosarwa man has to do is hunt and bring to his prospective bride's family a steenbok...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
'Aggrieved' Tonota farmers must wait
This was after Village Magistrate Justice Garekwe extended an interdiction issued by the court against slaughtering of their cattle. Following submissions of head of arguments by defence attorney Duma Boko in Gaborone yesterday, Garekwe extended the...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Bangladeshi businessman succumbs to brutal assault
The relatives had been hopeful that he would recover from the brutal assault by armed robbers on Monday night. The businessman's wife, also a victim of the assault, had been discharged from Princess Marina Hospital a few hours before her husband...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 07 November 2011
Kenya-Eritrea row over arms to Somalia grows
Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister ,Moses Wetangula, said on Friday he had summoned the Eritrean ambassador and "raised concerns about intelligence that we have and information available that there is a possibility that arms supplies are flowing from...
08 November 2011
Lovinah Nomasonto Gwebu: A life that provoked history
The life and death of Lovinah Nomasonto Gwebu illustrates such a history. In fact, it would be impossible to write a full account of the history of the pentecostal movement in Botswana, and Lobatse in particular, without reference to her contribution...
PHILLIP SEGADIKA 08 November 2011
Botswana should concentrate on development and forget detractors
Recently, a South African youth leader described the Botswana government as a puppet regime. By so doing, the youth leader was actually echoing one of the labels used against Botswana even by some of its own opposition parties, including such labels...
*EDWARD MAGANU 08 November 2011
Capturing a president on camera
For the 35-year-old husband and father of two, photography is more than just a job: it is a way of preserving the history of a country. How many people have seen the image of the moment Botswana gained independence, he asks rhetorically. ...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 08 November 2011
The winners code
Long ago, before air travel had been made possible and popularised, the preferred mode of transport between Europe and America was by ship. The story is told of a man who won a lottery for which the prize was a trip on first class from Britain to...
George Chingarande 08 November 2011
FC Satmos enjoy success - at last
Satmos won 2-1 after enduring 11 games without a single victory. The battered basement side, has conceded 28 goals and hope that their win over GNT will provide the much needed impetus. Although the result still leaves them rooted at the bottom of...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 08 November 2011
Bridge players leave for SA tournament
Organized by the South African Bridge Federation (SABF), the tournament will bring together 26 strong teams from South Africa with Botswana being the only team invited from outside. A total of 200 boards will be played within the four days of the...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 08 November 2011
Chiefs fan killed in road accident
Chiefs' supporters were involved in an accident about 15km outside Selebi-Phikwe on Saturday where they were travelling for the epic clash against Nico United. Assistant Superintendent Goganamang Pule of Selebi-Phikwe Police confirmed that a combi...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 08 November 2011
Qatar, Cameroon camp mooted for Zebras
The BFA has moved into top gear, quashing any doubts about the association's commitment to the team's preparations. Last month, the team's preparations were jolted following national team coach, Stan Tshosane's claims that the BFA executive had...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 08 November 2011
BFA mollifies Tshosane
"Let us not talk about support, but I can say things are improving. We have been working with the BFA to clear whatever obstacles although it's late. I would have liked to do some things earlier," Tshosane said. He said he is happy that the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 08 November 2011
Kgotlelele could do wonders for ambitious Diwetse
Their latest album Kgotlelele is what they believe would be a stepping-stone to greater things. But for relatively new comers to the industry, their "achievements" should serve as good motivation to do better and also give them the satisfaction that...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 08 November 2011
Back stage
"God Man Dog" (2007) a.k.a Liu Lang Shen Gou Ren will be shown at Maru a Pula School A/V Centre at 7 pm today (November 8) only by the Gaborone Film Society. It is an award winning Taiwanese film by Singing Chen. It is a winner of the Tagesspiegel...
Sasa Majuma 08 November 2011
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