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2011 - More downs than ups
Throughout the year, it repeatedly affirmed the continuing value of botho whilst witnessing its almost daily erosion. It no longer liked what it is, being perhaps unsure what this is, and seemingly wished to be something else. How could this be? The...
SANDY GRANT 09 January 2012
What does 2011 mean for Botswana?
The Year 2011 was an eventful year. The first major event was the ambitious cooperation talks between four opposition parties: the Botswana Movement for Democracy, the Botswana National Front, the Botswana Peoples Party and the Botswana Congress...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 09 January 2012
Syria opposition challenges Arab mission to prove itself
Dr Burhan Ghalioun told the BBC that western countries should establish a safe area within Syria and enforce a no-fly zone over parts of the country.At least 12 people were killed across Syria on Wednesday, activists reported.The UN says more than...
09 January 2012
Strong evidence for charges against Mubarak: prosecutors
The general prosecution confirmed that conclusive evidence supported all charges against Mubarak, former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli and Adli's six aides over the killing of demonstrators during the unrest in January 2011 in ways of...
09 January 2012
Rwandan FDLR rebels 'kill 26 in DR Congo'
It says several remote villages in South Kivu province have been targeted since the start of January.An army spokesman blamed the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - which has a history of attacking Congolese civilians. The army...
09 January 2012
MPs urge conditions on foreign aid to troubled states
The Commons international development committee said there were "obvious benefits" in focusing UK aid efforts on fragile and post-conflict states.But it warned there were "considerable risks" and aid should be withdrawn if conditions were not met....
09 January 2012
Boko Haram, insecurity and state of emergency
The issue of insecurity had become particularly insidious and hugely intractable on account of its association with the terroristic shenanigans of the group called Boko Haram. Indeed, Nigerians are yet to recover from the horrendous spectacle...
UGOCHUKWU RAYMOND OGUBUARIRI 09 January 2012
What do Arabs want?
Together, these movements for change have come to be known as the Arab Spring. But what values are driving these movements, and what kind of change do their adherents want? A series of surveys in the Arab world last summer highlights some...
09 January 2012
My best and last Christmas ever
The trees were healthy, breathing in carbon dioxide happily. Yes, they were happy. They had every reason to be, anthropogenic global warming was an issue but not much of a cancer it has become today. The green Mophane trees fed the...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
'As sombre wastrels we return'
"Ke December, boss!" made amnesiacs of many and it loosened purse strings. And where parents could have said no, they conceded to buying more play station games for their children and extra bottles of drinks for themselves. Shop managers were...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Mosalagae, Solotate continue to rule
The marathon, which attracted only a few athletes, took place near Kgamanyane secondary school where the runners had to do laps around a nearby open space to complete their circuit. Mosalagae won the 12 kilometres senior men's category while...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Chess line up 8 schools events
In 2010, after the new public service Act, which stipulates that government employees shall work 8 hours a day, teachers' unions pressed for overtime for the work they do in extra curricular activities, which fall outside the stipulated 8...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Zebras Afcon opponents, Ghana also train in Mzanzi
Ghana's African Nations Cup squad arrived at their base camp in South Africa, on Saturday evening, the day the Zebras were playing a warm up match with Zimbabwe in Gaborone Assistant Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah and a 19-man squad touched...
09 January 2012
Khama helped in Zebras revival- Tshosane
We wouldn't be where we are were it not for the vision of the president. Tshosane was speaking in an interview with South African newspaper, Sowetan at the state- of-the-art Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus in Phokeng with the Zebras, just before ...
09 January 2012
How they played
Modiri Marumo (6)- The veteran shot stopper was never really tested. He easily dealt with some few not-so challenging attempts made by Zimbabwe before being replaced by Noah Maposa on the 78th minute. Tshepo Motlhabankwe (7)-'Talk Talk' was solid on...
09 January 2012
Tshosane happy with Zebras' character as Bots hold Zim
The coach hailed the team for their improved work rate managing to take on their opponents for the whole 90 minutes, despite failing to score. He said he was looking for endurance by the boys, something he said he was pleased with. He however said...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Food for the soul
Okay, don't immediately think diamonds, gold, tanzanite whichever, I'm talking about the minerals that are precious for our health. Not that the other ones are not good in their own right. Ever thought of minerals as essential for health? Copper,...
Boitshepo Giyose 09 January 2012
Re bina mmogo actress ties the knot
Bonang is a passionate actress who also featured in a play called One Love, One Life that was released late last year and was beamed on Botswana Television (Btv) on the World AIDS Day on December 1. Many actresses, actors and football fans attended...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 09 January 2012
Maghebula, now the hottest property in the local music scene
His album sales, from his new album, Gata ka lekeke, released in November, has eclipsed the 10 000 mark, all thanks to his beautifully woven title track. To say Maghebula's song has taken the nation by storm would be an under...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Gaborone still lively after festive season break
One would have assumed that by now a lot of people would have nothing to spend on some luxuries let alone entertainment, but hey, it is not everybody whose wallet has gone completely dry, quite a few people can still afford to go out on Friday night...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
My star auditions lack meat in 'beef town'
Master Dee, the My star show director said the show continued to enjoy the support of Cumberland Hotel and added that more sponsors were expected to come on board this year. But in addition to declined numbers of star hopefuls this year, the Lobatse...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
BDC probe committee to meet
The chairperson of the Committee, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kanye South Abram Kesupile, says he will call his committee to order in the next few days. "No, we still haven't met," he told The Monitor. "But we are setting up appointments...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Shutdown, price crash distress BCL Mine
Before the mid-June shutdown of the smelter, international copper prices were on a seven-month gallop during which they hit a historic high of US$4.64 per pound in February 2011, while nickel prices largely tracked the same movements. However,...
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Shebeeners vow to ignore new regulations
Speaking to The Monitor last week, a shebeener at Western Area said the new regulations were calculated at impoverishing them. The man, who cannot be named for fear of reprisals, said he had been supporting his family with the proceeds from...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 09 January 2012
South Korea's political springtime
There, young voters are becoming angrier, more politically active, and increasingly hostile to the old established parties. This demographic challenge to South Korea's status quo suggests a "liberal" awakening that could completely alter the...
Lee Byong-chul 09 January 2012
Etcetera II
Strange isn't' it that for the period when so many of you were not here, we had no power problems. But the moment, you returned, they began again - with no power (and inevitably no water) for half of Thursday night and then no power for six or...
Sandy Grant 09 January 2012
The Kingdom-O-Meter
It is a theological scientific tool whose based the Justice of God. Jesus declared "The kingdom of God" is a political statement that was antithetical to the socio-political, religious and economic realities that played themselves out in the Roman...
09 January 2012
Issues in Education
The year to celebrate achievement of Education for All (EFA) or the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is 2015. Across the globe many governments will be doing all in their power to make sure they have something to report in the national, regional...
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S.Weeks 09 January 2012
The winners code
In the late 1960's, 630 children between the ages of four- and six enrolled at the Bing Nursery school at Stanford University were involved in a harmless research project. Each of them was invited into a "game room" on the campus of Stanford. The...
09 January 2012
The nation is behind you
Even as the underdogs, the Zebras should go to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon without any pressure. When the qualifiers started no one gave the team a chance. This was more so because the team had failed many times in the past. But as fate would have...
09 January 2012
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09 January 2012
The festive season is such a blast in Tutume
On entering the village, you are welcomed by the sweet scent of trees in full blossom. The Mophane tree, which is popular for its delicious caterpillar worms, Phane, can be identified from a distance by its evergreen leaves. Melodious sounds of...
Barati Mathambo
Correspondent 09 January 2012
Headman in stock theft scandal?
"As we speak now the suspect has spent two days in jail as part of the investigations and the allegations are that he stole a cow in the village," Letshogileng said. He said that the allegations did not mean they were true but in the meantime...
Kushatha Tabengwa
Correspondent 09 January 2012
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09 January 2012
New year resolutions: 'I'm joining the army'
Baduse Mswate (48) - Street VendorThere is nothing you can do without a plan. At the beginning of the year, I had a dream about what I want to achieve at the end of the year. But, since the beginning of the year, there has not been any improvement in...
Lillian Moremi
Correspondent 09 January 2012
Bobirwa Police probe two rape cases
Station Commander Superintendent Patrick Mbikiwa told The Monitor that in the first rape incident, a 21-year-old woman was raped on New Year's Eve in the Motloutse area. He said the victim met her fate as she returned from a night out. He noted that...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
BCP and BNF could cooperate in 2014
Responding to The Monitor's questions on the way forward after the collapse of the Umbrella model of cooperation for opposition parties, Gobotswang said the BCP was positioning itself to be a critical player in the process of forming a coalition...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Ranaka youths unite for development
Both out-of-work and working youths met and formed a social club that they say will be a vehicle for bringing economic development to Ranaka. They intend to register the club to formalise its existence. "We want to register the club so that when we...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
BDP prepares for 50th anniversary
Party Secretary General, Mpho Balopi, says although the party was formed on February 28, 1962 the anniversary will be held in Gaborone on the weekend prior to February 28. He said since November last year they have been carrying out...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
'Watch out for gunman on the loose at Letsibogo Dam'
The warning follows three reports of a gun-totting assailant terrorising fishermen in the area.Selebi-Phikwe Police Station Commander, Superintendent Victor Nlebesi told The Monitor in an interview over the weekend that the latest incident happened...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 09 January 2012
Molepolole to go without water - WUC
WUC Corporate Communications Manager Matida Mmipi has informed The Monitor that the water crisis is due to a power cut they suffered during the festive holidays. Some of their boreholes got damaged once electricity was restored. "Some of...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
JCE results not a scam - BEC
Despite the worst disturbances in the history of the country's education sector, including a strike by teachers, BEC released exceptionally good results especially for Mathematics and Science subjects, in which Batswana students traditionally...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 09 January 2012
Unionists disappointed by collapse of umbrella talks
FRANCISTOWN: Veteran unionist, Johnson Motshwarakgole, has expressed disappointment that opposition parties have allowed their cooperation talks to collapse after failing to agree on the allocation of constituencies. "I find it scandalous that the...
09 January 2012
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