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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 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
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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
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 21 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 21 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 21 December 2011
Sport chat
This being the last edition of Sports Chat for 2011, we look back at what has been a truly memorable year; one full of thrills on the pitch, a touch of tragicomedy as well as the ugly and the plainly absurd. Finest momentsThe year belonged to sprint...
Mqondisi Dube 21 December 2011
Sibanda replaces Sandaka at BMC
Sibanda's contract with ECCO City ends on December 31 and he joins Ezinkomo as a free agent.While ECCO dilly-dallied in their response to enquiries, Botswana Premier League (BPL) has confirmed the move, although the Francistown club is yet to release...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 December 2011
Zebras likely to tackle Lesotho without Thuma, Koko
BDF XI skipper Thuma is struggling with a hamstring injury while Township Rollers winger Koko picked up an ankle injury last Sunday. "Thuma has had to do some special training on his own because of a hamstring injury," Zebras coach...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 December 2011
AFCON lifeline for Btv...as SportFive agrees to reduce price
National team sponsors, Orange Botswana are said to be considering buying the rights on behalf of the national broadcaster. Sources close to the negotiations between SportFive and Btv revealed that the French company has reduced the asking price to...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 December 2011
Party fever infects Botswana during festive
Revellers will not be bored over the holidays, while Gaborone will be left to be a ghost city with nothing much to do, especially over Christmas holidays. D.O.C Entertainment, will host a two-day show, termed 'The Maun 1992-2012 Croc Camp New year's...
MAUREEN ODUBENG
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
Lister Boleseng goes on tour
Of the seven shows, three would feature legendary blind Mbaqanga singer, Steve Kekana from South Africa, while local female jazz artist Punah Gabasiane accompanies Boleseng in all the shows. The first show, which features only Boleseng and Gabasiane...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 21 December 2011
Libya commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj to sue UK government
Abdel Hakim Belhaj said he and his wife were detained in Bangkok in 2004, then transferred to Abu Salim jail, Tripoli.He said he was held there for six years and often tortured. The UK Foreign Office does not comment on intelligence matters, but says...
21 December 2011
N/Korea urged on 'path of peace'
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US was ready to help the North Korean people and create lasting security on the Korean peninsula. Kim Jong-il died on Saturday of a heart attack, state media said. State TV is showing images of people...
21 December 2011
Foreign reserves climb to P64bn
Bank of Botswana (BoB) data released yesterday indicates that at their October level, foreign reserves are at their highest since February 2009, at which point they began falling as government used them to finance the budget deficit of that...
STAFF WRITER 21 December 2011
Tough New Year decisions await RDC Properties
Since 2009, the property group has been developing the P248 million Masa Centre that houses Holiday Inn as the flagship tenant together with the country's first 3D movie house, five movie theatres, offices, restaurants and retail outlets. Following...
STAFF WRITER 21 December 2011
Project syndicate
NEW YORK: The world's greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership. With a commitment to truth - scientific, ethical, and personal - a society can overcome the many crises of poverty, disease, hunger, and instability...
Jeffrey D.Sachs 21 December 2011
Selefu 21 December 2011
21 December 2011
The gains of dictatorship
However, there is another side to the story that might be hard to swallow. North Korea has been a promoter of youthful leadership at the apex of power. The story started in 1994 when Kim Jong-Il succeeded his late father, Kim Il-Sung. He was only 42...
21 December 2011
Mutangi murder case gains momentum
Mutangi is accused of killing Zibani Letsholathebe by strangling him at Game City mall earlier this month. According to facts presented to the court, this came after Letsholathebe allegedly swindled Mutangi on a house deal. Mutangi reported the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 21 December 2011
RAVOS retrenchment reaches Industrial Court
RAVOS is interdicted from retrenching its employees who are members of TAWU without prior engagement.The applicant [TAWU] will hear on January 11, 2012 why RAVOS should not bear the costs of the legal proceedings.RAVOS and the Commissioner of Labour...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
BCSPA honours Dr Chiepe
The association gave her a painting of the Kolobeng River. The painting is one of the creations of celebrated artist Wilson Ngoni and shows a breathtaking scenery of the river which is situated in the Kweneng District. The president of...
MOTHUSI JOWAWA 21 December 2011
Society for the deaf gets a helping hand
Letsatsi said the agreement of cooperation would improve the standard of education delivery for people with special needs, the deaf in this case, which has been facing endless challenges. He cited lack of financing as a major hindrance to quality...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
July arrested for Palapye Stanbic robbery
Approximately P410,900, 100 Euros, 225 Pounds, and RSA8,710 were stolen at gunpoint. Senior Superintendent of Botswana Public Relations Unit, Dipheko Motube, confirmed that July was arrested last week and appeared before Palapye Magistrate court the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
Old road signs are being phased out
The Principal Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Doreen Moapare, said during an interview that they are currently phasing out the old road signs and replacing them with more durable ones as agreed upon by...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
Will Matome be home for Xmas?
However, the fact that the case has a huge pile of documents and Gaongalelwe has other commitments means that the Matome family may not be with their loved one during Christmas . On Monday, Matome and Garvas Nchindo were seeking leave to move to the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
Mmadinare is Best Performing Sub-Landboard
The Performance Improvement Coordinator, Gladys Ngwebula, said a performance-based reward system was vital to recognise and reward performance, especially best performance based on a review of signed performance plans on a quarterly basis. "For one...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 21 December 2011
Emma Wareus came calling
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Year 2011 has been an eventful one for this mining town on both the positive side and the negative front. The town experienced so much economically, politically and socially. As a result, Selebi-Phikwe continues to be a...
21 December 2011
Our heritage
Abandoning all notions of restraint, community leaders of all kinds have been abusing each other in terms which previously would have been both unthinkable and unacceptable. Over the years, many thousands of people from other parts of the...
Sandy Grant 21 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 22 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 22 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...
22 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 22 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 22 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 22 December 2011
Project syndicate
NEW YORK: The world's greatest shortage is not of oil, clean water, or food, but of moral leadership. With a commitment to truth - scientific, ethical, and personal - a society can overcome the many crises of poverty, disease, hunger, and instability...
Jeffrey D.Sachs 22 December 2011
Emma Wareus came calling
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Year 2011 has been an eventful one for this mining town on both the positive side and the negative front. The town experienced so much economically, politically and socially. As a result, Selebi-Phikwe continues to be a...
22 December 2011
Our heritage
Abandoning all notions of restraint, community leaders of all kinds have been abusing each other in terms which previously would have been both unthinkable and unacceptable. Over the years, many thousands of people from other parts of the...
Sandy Grant 22 December 2011
Liverpool furious over Suarez ban
In a statement that also calls for the FA to press charges against Evra, Liverpool described themselves as "surprised and disappointed" with the "extraordinary" decision to find Suerez guilty of aiming racist abuse at the Senegal-born Frenchman...
22 December 2011
Rollers upbeat despite poor start
After its two all draw against ECCO City Greens, Rollers coach, Wesley Mondo said they have not given up hope of defending the league title. Rollers became the first club to win the beMOBILE Premier League title back-to-back last season. But when...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 22 December 2011
Tshosane, Zebras: Glory beckons tonight
Top striker, Jerome Ramatlhakwana, who was among the nominees, misses out after the list of CAF African Player of the Year (based in Africa) was trimmed to three last week. However, it is not all gloom and doom for the nation as Tshosane and the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 22 December 2011
Olympics attire design competition launched
BNOC, in partnership with the British High Commission, this week invited local designers to submit designs for formal, traditional and sports attire for the country's participants at the London Games to kick off July next year. The theme of the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 22 December 2011
Poet attacks 'Parly circuses'
His powerful voice resonated through the hall when reciting a poem during the official hand over of Pelotelele Primary School in Francistown on Tuesday evening, sending an unlikely message to the country's political leaders. The message comes from...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 22 December 2011
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