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Europe, heal thyself
Moreover, unlike the US, the eurozone does not have an external deficit, which means that the monetary union holds enough savings to finance all of its members' budget deficits and resolve their debt problems. But, despite this relative strength,...
*DANIEL GROS 14 December 2011
Climate deal fears emerge
"Of course it could fall victim," Trevor Manuel, the former South African finance minister who spent much of the last year working on the fund's design, told the Financial Times. "It's about the negotiating chip, not about this thing." The...
ANDREW ENGLAND and PILITA CLARK 14 December 2011
Peloetletse leads homophobic forum
He was joined by several subscribers of the social network and some dubbed homosexuality as "portent". Some of these (subscribers) were against Ndadi and BONELA for being pro-gay. However, some said the constitution of Botswana must be...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Living Fanon: The rationality of revolt
What better way to celebrate, commemorate and critically reflect on the 50th year of Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth than with a new North African syndrome: revolution - or at least a series of revolts and resistance across the region. Fanon...
14 December 2011
Does sexual frustration boost aggression?
Many sportsmen swear by avoiding sex before a big sports event to keep their strength for the battle ahead. Those that practice a strict policy of sexual abstinence before playing are stern believers in the theory that sex before competitive sport...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 December 2011
The Talibanisation of Kgatleng
"It's a draw, a 50/50, and it is going to remain like this forever," said a middle-aged man among a crowd heading towards the northern gate of Kgosing, the main Kgotla in Mochudi, at the end of the meeting addressed by the Minister of Local...
14 December 2011
Kill the presidential retirement act
And he was probably dead right. But following the deaths of former presidents Frederick Chiluba and Levy Mwanawasa, questions are being asked whether it is prudent or wise to keep certain pieces of legislation in the statute books. The...
Terence Musuku
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Icons of Botswana
"Excellence means caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible." Ishmael Wame Komanyane lives by these words. Not...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Mashonja relives abuse
On the eve of her 48th birthday (on Thursday) Mashonja made startling revelations at a fully packed hall of The Rock Church during an occasion marking the Police Northern Division symposium on the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence on Women and...
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
As I see it
Government and opposition parties seem to disagree on the concept 'regime change.' The ruling party interprets regime change as unconstitutional change of government. The government then feigns a at the mention of regime change. For the opposition,...
Michael Dingake 14 December 2011
Sports chat
Finest momentThe Young Zebras made a spirited run in the Metropolitan COSAFA Under-20 Youth Championships, which ended in Gaborone on Saturday. The youngsters finished third to ensure a podium finish and a bronze medal. Finest athleteYoung Zebras...
Mqondisi Dube 14 December 2011
Hunt for striker shocks Prisons XI coach
This follows an advert, which was carried in a local newspaper on Monday that the First Division south log leaders were looking for a striker. "I do not know who put that advert in the news papers because I have not discussed looking for a striker...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Kgathi salutes Botswana Games organisers
Speaking at the official opening of the games in Gaborone on Monday, Kgathi said it was a big challenge to host a competition of this magnitude. He said it showed that they are ready to host even international competitions. The games, despite...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Foreign-based trio join Zebras camp
The team left yesterday for a 10-day training camp in South Africa in preparation for next January's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Marumo is recovering from an injury that has kept him out of his side,...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
Mascom Boosta Bash organisers adopt 2010 World Cup strategy
Promoter Seabelo Modibe told the media that they have devised strategies that will ensure people attending the festival are well protected. He said they have also come up with strategies to curb drunken driving. He said firstly, they have secured a...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Maghebula follows Ratshega's footsteps
From his time with the group Dija mmogo up to his second album there is much maturity in the 30-year-old's music. With a powerful voice that could have a few ignore him on stage, Maghebula could be the next big thing on the local music scene. Perhaps...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Swedish artists arrive for joint shows
This follows Tumediso 'Shanti-Lo' Loeto's performance in the Nordic country earlier this year. In August, Shanti-Lo, who was accompanied by his manager Soares Katumbela and guitarist John Selolwane, staged shows in Stockholm where they were...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Syria should be referred to ICC, UN's Navi Pillay says
Navi Pillay said she felt widespread killings and torture in the country "constituted crimes against humanity". Pillay put the number of those killed by security forces in the nine-month uprising at more than 5,000. Syria's UN envoy said Pillay was...
14 December 2011
Pakistan: Karachi police free 'chained' students
Reports suggest the male students, some as young as 12, were kept in what amounted to a torture chamber. They were beaten, deprived of food and pressured to join the Taliban, the reports say. At least two people helping run the madrassa have been...
14 December 2011
Act fast to save millions in west Africa: Oxfam
"With early indicators pointing to a likely food crisis in 2012, with people at particularly high risk in Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad, now is the time to invest in preventative measures," the charitable aid agency said. "Millions...
14 December 2011
ICC refers Malawi to UN over refusal to arrest Sudan's president
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Bashir and as a signatory to the Rome statute that created The Hague-based world court, Malawi was obligated to detain the Sudanese leader on its soil. But on October 15 Bashir was...
14 December 2011
Kenyan president calls on militias to halt "senseless war" in Somalia
The Kenyan president said his government was ready to work with all the regional and international players in the region to end the crisis once and for all, for the sake of regional stability. "It is time for them (Somalis) to reclaim their country...
14 December 2011
Today's workspace
This article builds on the previous one where I summarized the requirements of a legitimate expectation. It focuses on fairly common practices at work which can easily give rise to a claim for legitimate expectation. It also offers some...
Joseph Masango 14 December 2011
PPADB drills security service contractors
Government's ongoing outsourcing of non-core services has seen an increase in the number of private security firms guarding public facilities. Last week, the PPADB took security service providers through their paces, drilling them about tendering...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Further setback for Mmamabula project
CIC Energy announced on Monday that attempts to secure investors for 100 percent acquisition of the firm and its Mmamabula project were unsuccessful. Discussions have begun with "potential strategic investors' with a view to the acquisition of a...
STAFF WRITER 14 December 2011
Mmualebe
Ka fa merapelo e e tshwarwang ka teng, ga go farologane thata le ka fa tirelo Modimo e dirwang ka teng kwa kerekeng. Fela jaaka go dirwa kwa Kerekeng, go a opelwa, go rapelwe, morago go tle thero e gantsi e bidiwang lefoko la kgomotso. Mme ka...
Sebofo Motshwane 14 December 2011
WUC must sort out Molepolole water pipes first
WUC general manager Boitumelo Kgaodi is reported saying that they lose about 32 percent of potable water in Molepolole through massive leaks caused by burst pipes. At the same function, reports say WUC engineer, Seabe Mabua, asserted that there is...
14 December 2011
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14 December 2011
Tunisian activist, Moncef Marzouki, named president
Mr Marzouki comes from the secular centre-left Congress for the Republic party, which came second in recent elections. He spent two decades in exile in Paris before returning to Tunisia in January days after the toppling of former president Zine...
14 December 2011
Gambia's Yahya Jammeh ready for 'billion-year' rule
He said critics who accused him of winning last month's elections through intimidation and fraud could "go to hell". The West African regional body Ecowas said the electorate had been "cowed by repression". Jammeh, who took power in a coup in 1994,...
14 December 2011
Botswana Post launches 'white rhino' stamp
The stamp issue was illustrated by local artist, Jacob Disele. Speaking at the launch, Botswana Post chief executive officer (CEO), Pele Moleta said Disele's illustration has been recognised and endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as one...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Homosexuality is not a matter to be debated
This is according to Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) chairman, Tshiamo Rantao, who has strongly criticised an approach where it is debated if homosexuality should be recognised or not in village KgotlasHe was speaking during an...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
Siele unpacks Local Govt Bill
He said the bill combines the town council law and village council law. The bill provides for the establishment of councils, subordinate authorities, declaration of townships and conferment of city status. In the current legislation, the...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Are trade unions leaders serving employers?
FRANCISTOWN: A heated debate has ensued in the Botswana labour movement whether some trade union leaders are serving other interests. A major question is: Are they serving their personal interests or the interests of the workers? Former...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
BTC not aware of planned 'go slow'
BTC communications manager, Golekanye Molapisi said the organisation is not aware of any go slow planned by employees. "In any case employees are required by law to inform the employer of any go slow as per the trade and dispute act," he added He...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
BNF veteran attack Boko
BNF veteran, Lemogang Ntime said Boko is a dictator and pointed out that he has never voted in life. He also accused Boko of not touring the country to revive the party. Ntime said Boko is always boasting that he is a good lawyer. He wondered...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Our heritage
Amazingly, it seems, at the moment, to be the only one available to us which puts together the key architects of the Constitution. The photo, poorly reproduced, appears as a frontispiece to the Peter Fawcus/Alan Tilbury book, The Road to...
Sandy Grant 14 December 2011
Kweneng West: The most poverty-stricken part of Botswana
During his first visit to Kweneng District Council yesterday, Minister Masisi said that Kweneng West has more poor people than any other district in Botswana. He said that in Kweneng West 48.5 percent of the people live below the poverty datum line...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
BDC probe team announced
The committee comprises Tawana Moremi (Maun West), Charles Tibone (Tati West), Master Goya (Palapye), Olebile Gaborone (South East North), Odirile Motlhale (South East South), Mephato Reatile (Ngwaketse West), Gilson Saleshando (Selebi-Phikwe...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 14 December 2011
Rapists turn Thamaga Kgotla into brothel
Suprintendent Balidzi Ntamba of Thamaga has confirmed that they have arrested two men aged 26 and 27 in connection with a series of rape committed in his area between October and December, three of which were allegedly committed at the village kgotla...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
BIUST opens in Oodi
The university will be operating from the Oodi College of Applied Arts and Technology (OCAAT) when it opens. Speaking during a press conference in Gaborone yesterday, the acting vice chancellor of the university, Professor Steve Howell said the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
Pensioners worry over fund delays
The organisation said the delays in payment of pensions to some members of the public officers pension fund were a result of a technical glitch. These pensioners were supposed to be paid by Monday. However by yesterday, they had not been...
Chippa Legodimo
Correspondent 14 December 2011
BDP backs Mugabe and his policies - Zim media
The Standard newspaper reports that a BDP delegation, led by Secretary General Thabo Masalila, attended the ZANU-PF annual conference, which endorsed the 87- year-old Mugabe as its candidate in the presidential elections that may be held next year or...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 December 2011
Europe, heal thyself
Moreover, unlike the US, the eurozone does not have an external deficit, which means that the monetary union holds enough savings to finance all of its members' budget deficits and resolve their debt problems. But, despite this relative strength,...
*DANIEL GROS 15 December 2011
Climate deal fears emerge
"Of course it could fall victim," Trevor Manuel, the former South African finance minister who spent much of the last year working on the fund's design, told the Financial Times. "It's about the negotiating chip, not about this thing." The...
ANDREW ENGLAND and PILITA CLARK 15 December 2011
Peloetletse leads homophobic forum
He was joined by several subscribers of the social network and some dubbed homosexuality as "portent". Some of these (subscribers) were against Ndadi and BONELA for being pro-gay. However, some said the constitution of Botswana must be...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 15 December 2011
Living Fanon: The rationality of revolt
What better way to celebrate, commemorate and critically reflect on the 50th year of Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth than with a new North African syndrome: revolution - or at least a series of revolts and resistance across the region. Fanon...
15 December 2011
Does sexual frustration boost aggression?
Many sportsmen swear by avoiding sex before a big sports event to keep their strength for the battle ahead. Those that practice a strict policy of sexual abstinence before playing are stern believers in the theory that sex before competitive sport...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 15 December 2011
The Talibanisation of Kgatleng
"It's a draw, a 50/50, and it is going to remain like this forever," said a middle-aged man among a crowd heading towards the northern gate of Kgosing, the main Kgotla in Mochudi, at the end of the meeting addressed by the Minister of Local...
15 December 2011
Kill the presidential retirement act
And he was probably dead right. But following the deaths of former presidents Frederick Chiluba and Levy Mwanawasa, questions are being asked whether it is prudent or wise to keep certain pieces of legislation in the statute books. The...
Terence Musuku
Correspondent 15 December 2011
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