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America, Israel, Iran: war in focus
The tensions over Iran's presumed nuclear ambitions continue in the last weeks of 2011. A number of events, and public interventions by influential figures, have raised the level of concern. In the first category are the huge explosion at...
PAUL ROGERS 20 December 2011
The euro crisis, globalisation and africa
This proposal sought to address the financial crisis which has gripped the Eurozone for well over a year now, even threatening its collapse. This crisis has originated from unsustainable national debts accumulated by some of the smaller EU...
THABO MBEKI 20 December 2011
Progress in Durban, but not enough
Poor countries and NGOs, which are dealing with the fallout from more frequent and intense natural hazards like floods and cyclones, made a breakthrough in Cancun, Mexico, in 2010, when adaptation was given the same weight as efforts to mitigate...
20 December 2011
We need a new approach to fight corruption
Over and above, communities considered the ascendancy to power of one of their own as an important thing as it signalled that it was now their time to 'eat'. In fact, a person who held a high position but did not remit ill-gotten wealth to his or her...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 20 December 2011
A death of one's own
In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both of his current enjoyment of his life, and of his plan to end it when, as he put it, "the music stops - when I can't tie my bow tie, tell a funny story, walk my dog, talk with Whitney,...
*Peter Singer 20 December 2011
Etcetera II
This is supposed to be the season of goodwill but the past week for me - and doubtless others in the Odi area - has been frustrating and ultimately infuriating. Access to the internet is being energetically promoted as one means by which,...
Sandy Grant 20 December 2011
An example of policy failure
No sooner had government started implementing the revised Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) project than they also started to implement a turn-key program for the needy. As is the case with several new programmes before it could be pilot tested the...
20 December 2011
Issues in education
A recent study claims it has found "strong links between material and human resources and Grade 6 students' achievement in reading and mathematics. Structural features such as school shifts and school size were negatively associated with...
D.Molefe
O.Pansiri
S.Weeks 20 December 2011
The winners' code
Ernest Hemingway is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinguished authors of the 20th century. The most notable highlight of his writing career was winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature. Many of his works are today considered some of...
George Chingarande 20 December 2011
A peep into 2011
During the year civil servants embarked on an unprecedented industrial strike, the first ever legal strike in the history of this country. The workers downed tools for almost eight weeks. A lot of services were disrupted particularly the school...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
The day Venson-Moitoi sneaked out the back
It all started at Lobatse Senior Secondary School where students posted notices around the school calling for a revolution in support of their striking teachers. In the notices, the students complained that the strike had led to a halt in their...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
Fragile Aus negotiating tricky transition
A year that started with the humiliation of a first home Ashes defeat in nearly a quarter of a century has also featured Australia's fourth worst test innings score (47) and a first home test defeat to New Zealand since 1985. It does not get any...
20 December 2011
Mancini praises Manchester City's win over Arsenal
David Silva's 52nd-minute winner means City are now unbeaten at home for a year and will lead the way at Christmas for the first time since 1929 if they beat Stoke City at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow. Manchester United's 2-0 win at Queens Park...
20 December 2011
Khan loses appeal against defeat by Peterson
Peterson secured a controversial victory over Khan earlier this month, taking his IBF and WBA light-welterweight titles, after the Bolton fighter twice suffered points deductions. Khan criticised the referee, Joe Cooper, after the fight and his camp...
20 December 2011
TAFIC accuse BDF XI of underhand recruitment tactics
The two were seen in the company of BDF XI in Gaborone last week. TAFIC manager, Mpilo Master Mbulawa, reportedly received a tip-off that the players were in Gaborone to discuss a possible move to BDF XI and is convinced the two were talking to BDF...
WITNESS TAZIBA
Correspondent 20 December 2011
Mogorosi on the verge of joining Zim's FC Platinum
Big spenders FC Platinum are reportedly dangling an offer of US$30,000 (P224, 000) for the wing-footed winger. FC Platinum officials, including chairman Tadson Zhou, were in town last week to negotiate with Chiefs. Indications are that Chiefs have...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 December 2011
Motlakase release development coach
The club said they could no longer afford to shell his dues. The move comes just two weeks after the club announced they were cutting players' salaries in order to adjust to life in the First Division. Nyathi was appointed as an assistant coach...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
"SSIA = She spreads it around"
Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Dekalog, ten short films of less than 58 minutes each on one of the Ten Commandments, was released for Polish television in 1988. Number Five on "Thou Shalt not Kill" and Number Six, "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery", which...
20 December 2011
Divorce made me strong-Mokhali
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview over the weekend after his performance in Selebi-Phikwe, Mokhali said he has been absent from the music scene, after the divorce because it was hard for him to concentrate. He revealed that after divorcing his...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 December 2011
Zakes Bantwini hits Palapye
Taking place at Cresta Botsalo, the show has been named after Bantwini's hit song Clap Your Hands. He brings along his band and they will be expected to thrill revelers with their unique dance moves and famous songs. They will perform alongside...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 December 2011
Johnson enters the gospel scene
Even though the charismatic new entrant is yet to be weaned from his mentor's class, he is already causing ripples in the music circles. Johnson is Kabelo Eric's protege, having worked with him as a backing vocalist for a long time. The gifted...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 December 2011
Campaigners call Kimberley Process an 'utter failure'
Environmental experts are blaming the "utter failure" of the Kimberley Process, set up in 2003 to monitor conflict diamonds and stop them reaching mainstream outlets, for allowing Mugabe and his allies to siphon off millions of dollars in profits...
20 December 2011
Egypt's protesters stuck in running battles with police
Egyptian television showed military police advancing from behind their barriers and fighting protesters in the square, the hub of the uprising that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak, at around 1am. Army vehicles and soldiers were deployed at roads...
20 December 2011
N Korea's 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-Il dies of heart attack
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the leader "passed away from a great mental and physical strain" at 8.30am on Saturday while on a train for one of his "field guidance" tours. It urged people to follow his youngest son and...
20 December 2011
Nteletsa II completed within budget and time
By it, the government partnered with entities like BTC in an endeavour to expand the telecommunications network to rural areas. In a press release, BTC says Nteletsa II has been successfully completed on time and within the budget. A happy chairman...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 20 December 2011
"Some kind of panic" as new recession looms
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning estimates that the current levels of accumulated savings could carry the economy for two years as authorities brace for the increasing likelihood of another recession. Detailing a situation he...
STAFF WRITER 20 December 2011
As I see it
When silent diplomacy was in vogue in SADC on the Zimbabwean political fiasco, where Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF was and, still is, harassing and terrorising the population and killing rivals in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), it...
Michael Dingake 20 December 2011
The re-hiring is what matters
While certain politicians have been quick to claim credit for the re-hiring of the workers, the Office of the President (OP) gave them a rude awakening with a statement last week to the effect that their involvement in the matter has been peripheral....
20 December 2011
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20 December 2011
Vaclav Havel: Czechs pay final respects to late leader
A state funeral is expected to be held on Friday for the former dissident playwright, who died on Sunday morning aged 75. Queues formed outside the castle on Monday and mourners filed past his closed coffin in a cultural centre. Condolence books...
20 December 2011
Syria signs Arab League deal to allow in monitors
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said the deal had been signed at the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo.He said the Arab League had accepted amendments demanded by Damascus. The Arab League had threatened to ask the UN Security Council to...
20 December 2011
In defence of Duma Boko and BNF
It is not my nature to respond to misguided and confused members as I feel I will bestow upon them some recognition they do not deserve. Of late, the Botswana National Front leadership and its democratically elected leader, Duma Boko has been...
MOATLHODI BAGWASI 20 December 2011
Sunbeam lodge transforms into a hotel
Established in 2000 as semi-detached apartments, the lodging quickly transformed into one of the spacious hotels, improving the country hospitality industry. The newly renovated three-story building features 23 guest rooms, conference facility,...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 20 December 2011
Molepolole to get new sewage system
Speaking to Mmegi, Opelo said though they were in the process of transferring the responsibility to the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Resources, his department had already designed the plan. "So we both have a sewage system plan for this village,"...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
Kim Jong-Il: leadership and legacy
Kim Jong-Il assumed power after the death of his father Kim Il-Sung in 1994, at the height of North Korea's confrontation with the United States over Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons programme, and just as the country was about to plunge into a...
20 December 2011
BIFM fund obsessed with profit - Molefe
In an affidavit submitted to the High Court last week, Molefe argues that BIFM Fund and BBS had divergent visions and interests. He says while the BIFM's primary agenda is to accrue as much profit as possible to its shareholders, who contrary to...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
HIV infections still a headache in S/Phikwe
Sexual Transmitted Infections (STIs) remain a serious problem in the district. The leadership of the town including the traditional ones are finding it hard to point out what could be causing this soaring problem. Selebi-Phikwe is one of the hardest...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 December 2011
Streetlights for CBD still in the pipeline
The assistant minister of Local Government, Vincent Seretse, said the reason they have not installed streetlights at the CBD is because of the realisation that undeveloped and unoccupied areas are prone to vandalism. "However, considering the fast...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 20 December 2011
F/town to get industrial court
Addressing journalists in Gaborone last week, Batshu said the government hopes the second industrial court will be in Francistown. Batshu admitted that the existing industrial court is currently inundated with cases, which causes a backlog. He said...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
DTCB sightholders grow to 21
In a statement yesterday, DTCB said the new firms would join 16 cutting and polishing firms, called sightholders, that won the first supply contracts at the organisation's establishment in 2008. The additional firms mean more jobs for a...
STAFF WRITER 20 December 2011
America, Israel, Iran: war in focus
The tensions over Iran's presumed nuclear ambitions continue in the last weeks of 2011. A number of events, and public interventions by influential figures, have raised the level of concern. In the first category are the huge explosion at...
PAUL ROGERS 21 December 2011
The euro crisis, globalisation and africa
This proposal sought to address the financial crisis which has gripped the Eurozone for well over a year now, even threatening its collapse. This crisis has originated from unsustainable national debts accumulated by some of the smaller EU...
THABO MBEKI 21 December 2011
Progress in Durban, but not enough
Poor countries and NGOs, which are dealing with the fallout from more frequent and intense natural hazards like floods and cyclones, made a breakthrough in Cancun, Mexico, in 2010, when adaptation was given the same weight as efforts to mitigate...
21 December 2011
We need a new approach to fight corruption
Over and above, communities considered the ascendancy to power of one of their own as an important thing as it signalled that it was now their time to 'eat'. In fact, a person who held a high position but did not remit ill-gotten wealth to his or her...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 21 December 2011
A death of one's own
In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both of his current enjoyment of his life, and of his plan to end it when, as he put it, "the music stops - when I can't tie my bow tie, tell a funny story, walk my dog, talk with Whitney,...
*Peter Singer 21 December 2011
Etcetera II
This is supposed to be the season of goodwill but the past week for me - and doubtless others in the Odi area - has been frustrating and ultimately infuriating. Access to the internet is being energetically promoted as one means by which,...
Sandy Grant 21 December 2011
An example of policy failure
No sooner had government started implementing the revised Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) project than they also started to implement a turn-key program for the needy. As is the case with several new programmes before it could be pilot tested the...
21 December 2011
Issues in education
A recent study claims it has found "strong links between material and human resources and Grade 6 students' achievement in reading and mathematics. Structural features such as school shifts and school size were negatively associated with...
D.Molefe
O.Pansiri
S.Weeks 21 December 2011
The winners' code
Ernest Hemingway is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinguished authors of the 20th century. The most notable highlight of his writing career was winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature. Many of his works are today considered some of...
George Chingarande 21 December 2011
A peep into 2011
During the year civil servants embarked on an unprecedented industrial strike, the first ever legal strike in the history of this country. The workers downed tools for almost eight weeks. A lot of services were disrupted particularly the school...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
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