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Muslim Brotherhood looks set for victory in Egypt elections
With preliminary results beginning to trickle through from Cairo, Alexandria and seven other regions, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party appears on course to emerge as the biggest single winner, with some analysts estimating they will...
05 December 2011
Party of Cote d'Ivoire's ex-president pulls out of national reconciliation process
After a meeting that was held in Abidjan, FPI's central committee decided to suspend "its participation in the reconciliation process and asked its members to abstain from taking part in any related activities." In a statement read by the party's...
05 December 2011
Kabila camp threatens to smash DRC rival's 'insurrection'
Two days after elections marred by deadly violence and reports of fraud began, Presidential Majority secretary-general Aubin Minaku accused opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi's UDPS party of "insurrectionist schemes".Violence and fraud seemed to be...
05 December 2011
US Congress warns of Nigeria's Boko Haram
Boko Haram has carried out a spate of bombings, including in the capital, Abuja, as well as in the mainly Muslim north where the group originated. The report said it may be forging ties with al-Qaeda-linked groups in Africa. It comes as Nigeria's...
05 December 2011
It's Pentagon/NATO versus the BRICS
Translation: Washington will not inform Russia from now on about the redeployment of its global armada. The Pentagon's worldwide "repositioning" strategy is now supposed to be a secret. Some essential background is in order. CFE part one was signed...
05 December 2011
The decisions Africa needs from Durban climate conference
As I learnt on a recent visit to Mali, a smallholder farmer, Issa, talked to me about how his farming methods have been affected by the unusual changes in the patterns of rainfall in his district. The rains on which farmers depend are starting later...
* KOFI ANNAN 05 December 2011
Tsvangirai has lost his moral compass
While The Herald has, predictably, gleefully reported on the "union" and its attendant soap operatic saga, the "independent" media have bizarrely preoccupied themselves with efforts to "uncover" the "truth" about the origins of claims that Tsvangirai...
CHOFAMBA SITHOLE 05 December 2011
How problematic is the South Africa's Secrecy Bill?
The Bill is said to signal a "dark day for democracy" and a return to apartheid-style secrecy. There is a major concern the Bill might be abused by politicians wishing to hide their corruption and self-enrichment. The Bill, the proposed Protection...
* DESNE MASIE 05 December 2011
Botswana's secularity in homosexuality and prostitution debate
It is always a challenge in this kind of debate to know if those who object to an activity like commercial sex, abortion, or gay relationships do so from a purely religious point, from a general moral position or from what the effect on the wellbeing...
EDWARD T MAGANU 05 December 2011
Reflections on the BNF at 45
I joined many young people in the study circles or groups. Amongst them was Henry Kgame, Tosa Budulala, Kenneth Morake, Lenyeletse Koma, Mphengwa Ramaloko and many female comrades. We studied socialist/Marxist Literature, History of political parties...
JAMES OLESITSE 05 December 2011
Njobvu, Mokgacha win Bots closed
Njobvu takes the crown and P1.900 thanks to a head to head advantage, having swept aside Oathotse in the second round. On the women's side Keitumetse Mokgacha proved a hard nut to crack this time around, as she overcame the likes of Boikhutso...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
Hayashi-ha claim back Team Kumite Title
The Championships were staged on Saturday at the Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) Multipurpose Hall. However, Hayashi-ha lost the mens team-kata that they had won for the past five years to Phikwe Eagle Club. Phikwe Eagle Clubs women team won...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Softball squad off
The girls will join 15 other nations in a competition that is expected to run until December 17. Botswana finished last in the same competition in 2007. The team did not train as a unit as they only met a few days before departure. Speaking at the...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 05 December 2011
BDF IX edge hapless Vikings
The game was a replay after the initial encounter had to be called off because of poor lighting a fortnight ago. Both teams looked out of sorts in the game and showed no urgency to win the game. Vikings started off on the bat in the top one...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Mabote, Butale win ping pong tourney
The event was held on Saturday at St Joseph's College. Mabote won the men's singles while Butale took the women's title as they pocketed P2 000 cash each, gold medals and a night for each at Sedibeng lodge in Gaborone. For the men's champion...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 05 December 2011
GU hammer Fighters
The Reds, who had things coming easy for them could have scored many more goals especially in the first half, but poor coordination up front and unease in front of goals only limited them to three strikes on the day. Two goal hero Steven Maposa's...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Food for the soul
There is a perception out there that Africa does not have a cancer problem. Not sure where that came from, but this perception is long outdated. It probably could be that Africa generally has been rather focused on tackling communicable diseases...
Boitshepo Giyose 05 December 2011
Wildlife photography for MAUN youngsters
The workshop was facilitated by Botswana resident professional photographers, Stuart Arnold of Kalahari Images and Ulf Nermark of Wafabo. This budget year, the first workshop taught 20 students for 10 days, November 1-10 2011 at Nhabe Museum in...
Ulf Nermark*
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Dignash and crew light up F/Town
Trendy Dignash in collaboration with Vincent Mpho Tiro and Afro pop sensation Eugene Jackson with another talented vocalist Edina Ncube performed delightfully at Tati River Lodge in Francistown on Friday night. The second annual Music and Laughter...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Zeus meets afro-Jazz
One of the shows at which the father and son shared the stage was at the once popular Tlokweng Beer Garden some years ago. The show also featured Lesotho Afro jazz artist, Bhudaza who was recently in the country. Last Friday, Genius staged a...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Poets steal the show at traditional music expo
Letsatsi and Ntirelan Berman proved in their separate performances that traditional Tswana poetry and story-telling were still a favourite among cultural enthusiasts. When he took to the stage few had expected Letsatsi would spice up their dinner....
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 05 December 2011
BNPC unveils tourism solutions
The products are Phetogo Methodology, which targets to instil productivity in private tourist enterprises and customer service solutions aimed at changing the mindset of employees for improved customer service. Thobokwe said this is to address a dim...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Microsoft Innovation Centre to enhance skills development
The new MIC will provide young Batswana entrepreneurs, students, developers and researchers with access to expert information and high-tech equipment for testing and developing the latest technologies built on the Microsoft platform. Hennie Loubser,...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 05 December 2011
BPC lesedi reaches tourism belt
Kgabung said the project, which is not for profit, would be funded though equity and loans. He told the Monitor in an interview that so far they had invested P20 million on the programme and were looking forward to funding the balance through...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 05 December 2011
ETECETERA ll
Given the importance of the President's recent State of the Nation address it is only sensible that we regularly turn to it for updated information, to gain a better understanding of his government's prioritising and thinking and discover which of...
Sandy Grant 05 December 2011
Is modern capitalism sustainable?
It is a curious question, because it seems to presume that there is a viable replacement waiting in the wings. The truth of the matter is that, for now at least, the only serious alternatives to today's dominant Anglo-American paradigm are other...
*Kenneth Rogoff 05 December 2011
Guest Column
A few weeks ago during a radio interview on DUMA fm I almost created a stir, when discussing the mandate of the Competition Authority I said the Authority is charged with the responsibility to identify and stop cartel behaviour in Botswana's...
Gideon Nkala 05 December 2011
Issues in education
The Botswana Examination Council announced this year's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results on November 25, 2011. Like in the previous years (refer to Issues of Monday 6th December 2010) Issues continues to take a critical analysis of...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 05 December 2011
The winners code
What do you enjoy doing most that you're not doing now? What special talents, skills and knowledge do you have that you're not fully employing? What is your core passion that has little to do with your financial pension? These questions...
George Chingarande 05 December 2011
Kudos to Parliament
They are tired of being told by government that there is nothing burning when they can see the smoke. Does smoke come where no amber or burning match has been thrown? Yet over and over again this nation has been told to accept things as...
05 December 2011
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Zamtel sale haunts ex-Zambian cabinet minister
Her situation is not helped by the fact that she was the minister of communications and transport during the partial privatisation of the Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel) when government sold 75 percent shares for US$257 million (P1.8...
Arthur Simuchoba
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Tsimako commends leadership for fighting crime
Addressing a Tutume District Full Council meeting last week Wednesday, the Commissioner said it was pleasing to note that the leaders through the village Development Committees, Kgotla/Pitso meetings, Cluster Policing and other forums were networking...
*Near Bagali
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Paedophiles must be punished - Mbulawa
Addressing students and parents at a prize giving ceremony at Emmanuel Adventist Academy in Molepolole last Wednesday, Mbulawa said it was a sad reality that some parents had left the responsibility of raising children to teachers, government and...
* MacDonald Kengaletswe
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Bonela reiterates call for legalising sex work
Speaking at an event held ahead of the World AIDS Day commemoration in Moshupa last Wednesday, Felistus Motimedi, who also called for free distribution of condoms to prison inmates, said some men rape sex workers but the victims cannot report the...
05 December 2011
Charges against baeng dropped
Charges against Baeng were dropped because the prosecution has failed to disclose a prima facie case. This case was declared a state case. Baeng who is a member of Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU), was accused of having...
Ryder Gabathuse
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
Nearly half of Batswana don't know their HIV status
However, it came to light at the World AIDS Day Commemoration in Moshupa last Thursday that government is concerned about the number of people who do not know their HIV status. Even though the uptake of routine HIV testing is very high, only 54...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
Bumper harvest a headache in zambia
In the period between November last year and October this year, the country, through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), exported maize to Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Botswana, Burundi and South Africa. However, FRA says much of...
Hicks Sikazwe
Correspondent 05 December 2011
Grow sorghum this season - MoA
Addressing the media last week, the newly appointed Director of Crop Production in the Ministry of Agriculture, Molatlhegi Modise, said that sorghum can withstand hot weather as compared to maize. "People usually go for maize but it would be a risky...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
MoA is not getting rid of boluses - De Graaff
Instead, government was currently looking at improving and replacing the old equipment it had had for 10 years with better equipment for inserting and reading data from the microchip that is placed either on the ear or in the stomach of animals, he...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
Japan overhauls BTV programming
This project will provide 36 Japanese programmes with 444 episodes that will cost over P5 million. It comes after a mission team dispatched to conduct a preliminary survey, which carried on from November 21 until 25 on the improvement of...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
BOPEU Writes Off Loans
BOPEU has also resolved to pay the subscriptions of those affected until they find sources of income. At the BOPEU fourth Annual General Convention in Palapye this Saturday, loans amounting to P500,000 given to almost one hundred dismissed members...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
21% are hungry- BCWIS
The objective of the survey was to provide comprehensive data and update information on income, expenditure, poverty datum line and other household characteristics needed for socio-economic planning, monitoring and evaluation processes. Five...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 05 December 2011
VP recommends psychiatric attention for Modubule
"These people have to be taken to the mental hospital so that they can get checked in order for us to know what kind of people we are dealing with," he said. Merafhe was responding to President Khama's state of the nation address and issues...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 05 December 2011
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