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Breastfed babies 'are more cranky and cry more'
The Medical Research Council team says this irritability is natural and although formula-fed babies may appear more content and be easier to pacify, breast is still best. If parents have more realistic expectations more may stick with breastfeeding,...
12 January 2012
Judge sets mid-Feb end date for Mubarak trial
Mubarak, his two sons, the former interior minister and six senior police officers face charges ranging from corruption to involvement in the deaths of around 850 protesters during the popular revolt that unseated him last February. Egyptian...
12 January 2012
Eight rhino killed by poachers in Kruger Park
"Tuesday on patrol, eight rhino carcasses were found. Three carcasses were found in Lower Sabie and five in the Pretoriuskop section of the park," said spokesman Reynold Thakhuli. He said all the carcasses were of adults, which had been shot and...
12 January 2012
French probe exonerates Rwanda leader in genocide
Diplomatic relations between Rwanda and France were broken off in 2006 when a French judge said Kagame, the rebel leader at the time of the killings, had orchestrated the assassination of Hutu president Juvenal Habyarimana to trigger the...
12 January 2012
Rage in Nigeria strike fuels unrest
"This is oligarchy, this is not a democracy!" shouted Danjuma Mohammed, clutching a rock in each hand. "We are no longer afraid of you! We are ready for war!" A paralysing strike called by labour unions to protest spiralling gasoline prices drew...
12 January 2012
Botswana Diamonds beefs up efforts to find new deposits
The company contains the former exploration interests of African Diamonds that sold AK6 diamond mine in Orapa to another junior miner, Lucara diamonds. In an update statement, Botswana Diamonds chairman, Irish entrepreneur John Teeling, says they...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
Power crisis to linger on
The unavailability of the station is part of the twin factors behind the prevailing power crisis. The other is a drop in the power imported from South Africa's Eskom, due to planned maintenance of generating facilities in that country. Yesterday,...
STAFF WRITER 12 January 2012
Project syndicate
What had been a Greek crisis became a southern European crisis and then a pan-European crisis. Indeed, by the end of the year, banks and governments had begun making contingency plans for the collapse of the monetary union. None of this was...
Barry Eichengreen 12 January 2012
Don't disempower Batswana!
The Ministry of Trade and Industry inspired regulations require Chibuku retailers to sell the beverage at designated areas/depots for which they should hold licences. From what we hear, the government has postponed the enforcement of these...
12 January 2012
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12 January 2012
BCL employees seriously injured in an accident
The Station Commander of Botshabelo Police, Superintendent Robson Maleka confirmed the accident occurred around 22:00 hours on Saturday night when the bus that was transporting the miners to work overturned at the Selibe Shaft gates. He revealed...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 12 January 2012
Supplementary education centre launches
The centre, which will be in Gaborone, is the first in Southern Africa and will provide a variety of professional educational services through creative, engaging methods using modern and digital resources. The centre will offer the internationally...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
Our heritage
Bridges are not something that anyone would particularly associate with this country because there is nothing even remotely comparable here to those magnificent bridges in Zimbabwe, the Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi and the Birchenough...
Sandy Grant 12 January 2012
Alcohol consumers contribute to economy - DK
Kwelagobe encouraged the youth and women to take advantage of the programmes that the government has for them, which he says, are financed by alcohol consumption. He broke the mood of a seemingly tense meeting with his statement and left many...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
Teachers still won't resume sporting activities
They said the transition into the new law did not take into account sporting, clubs and remedial activities and went ahead categorising teachers within the eight-hour working day prescribed for every civil servant. "Teaching is not like other...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
Will Ramotswa road be ready on time?
The project, which is supposed to finish in mid-May, has been at a standstill since October last year after Bamalete Landboard instructed the road constructor, Estate Construction, to stop excavating gravel in the area without permits. Since...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 12 January 2012
Prolonged blackouts
The increasingly longer load-shedding episodes of the past one-and-a-half weeks have had a devastating effect on both businesses and individuals, Mmegi has established. In some cases since last Friday, the power outages have exceeded the eight-hour...
STAFF WRITERS 12 January 2012
MoA bans imports of SA cloven animal products
This move follows a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, which has been reported in South Africa's Mpumalanga province. The ministry said in a statement yesterday that even importation of stock-feeds intended for use in cloven-hoofed animals from...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
Khama escapes ANC celebration hiccup
According to News24.com, some African heads of state who stayed overnight in Bloemfontein were left with no bedding, no food and drinking water at the resort they were booked for, but only booze. The newswire reported yesterday that several African...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
Ntuane could lose top post?
BMD vice president Botsalo Ntuane was allowed to hold the position even after his party lost its Member of Parliament (MP), Guma Moyo, who became an independent, reducing their numbers to six and thereby putting the party at par with the Botswana...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
Tafa clashes with miners
Tafa is a famous lawyer who has connections in government and the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).In a letter the employees wrote to President Ian Khama dated December 21, 2011, the employees complain about the conduct of the company and some...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 12 January 2012
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 12 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 12 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 12 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...
12 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 12 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 12 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 12 January 2012
On the Return of the Political
Plaatje, along with some other mission-educated African intellectuals, had been optimistic about the new country that had come into being with the Union of South Africa in 1910. But within a year, it was clear that segregation was going to be at the...
*RICHARD PITHOUSE 12 January 2012
Expatriate Batswana are often failed
Citizens of other countries have come here in greater numbers, while more Batswana have travelled abroad for various reasons, including academic, professional, business and personal pursuits. Government has invested billions of pula putting young...
12 January 2012
First Division North resumes amid protests
The clubs argue they were not consulted over the resumption of games. Tonota FC spokesperson, Maokaneng Bontshetse said it is surprising that the second round kicks-off when the first half has not been completed. His team is left with two games to...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 12 January 2012
Mayweather challenges Pacquiao to May 5 bout
Mayweather and Pacquiao are boxing's top two stars and they have circled each other warily for more than two years. Both have said they're eager to fight, yet neither has agreed to a deal for what's likely to be the most lucrative bout in boxing...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 12 January 2012
Mancini criticises Liverpool's handling of Suarez case
The Manchester City manager was speaking ahead of the first leg of their Carling Cup tie last night against a Liverpool side missing Su‡rez for an eight-match suspension for calling Patrice Evra "negro" during a heated row when Manchester...
12 January 2012
Moloi concedes international interest waning
Many are hoping to land lucrative contracts abroad after the continental showpiece. But, while the urge to impress many scouts who would be watching the tournament could spur many players to do well at the tournament it could make a lot of them lose...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 12 January 2012
BNSC appointment raises eyebrows
The Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng has said there is nothing sinister with the appointment of an acting executive secretary while Kitso Kemoeng is still in office. Kemoeng leaves the BNSC at the end of next...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 12 January 2012
Newly bequeathed letter shows Beethoven's misery
The Brahms Institute in the northern city of Luebeck said the six-page letter bearing the composer's signature and original seal was, in essence, an attempt to sell his well-known 'Missa solemnis' mass which he completed in 1823.In the letter,...
12 January 2012
US Supreme Court tackles TV indecency
Justices reviewing the case were vocally divided. Some insisted on keeping regulation in place, while others stressed that the vast number of cable channels meant much programming already escaped federal regulation. Others argued that new...
12 January 2012
Nagafela comes out of her cocoon
Nagafela is not new to music after stints with Kast, Skizo and presently Kabelo Eric as a backing vocalist. She also doubles up as the award-winning musician's publicist. Despite all her roles and previous engagements, the 26-year-old...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 12 January 2012
Dramatist Tsheko uses theatre to combat HIV/AIDS
If his father had an opportunity to watch a play aimed at spreading the much-needed information about the deadly disease, he could have chosen the right path of life. However, his deceased father, who was living separately with his 54-year-old...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 12 January 2012
Iran car explosion'kills nuclear scientist' in Tehran
Iranian media sources named the casualty as Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an academic who also worked at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. The blast happened after a motorcyclist stuck a magnetic bomb to the car, said Iran's semi-official Fars news...
12 January 2012
Our heritage
Bridges are not something that anyone would particularly associate with this country because there is nothing even remotely comparable here to those magnificent bridges in Zimbabwe, the Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi and the Birchenough...
Sandy Grant 13 January 2012
First cut
Compliments of the season dear readers! I am hopeful that 2012 will bring more goodies just like 2011, which was a very good year for Botswana sport. What with Amantle Montsho snatching gold at the World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games...
Dennis Keagile 13 January 2012
Mali release final list, Keita cut
South Africa's Jomo Cosmos defender Ousmane Berthe, Turkey-based Souleymane Keita and Amarou Traore did not make the final list. After a brief tune up at a facility in the Kabala district in Mali's capital Bamako, the Eagles will head for Togo for...
13 January 2012
Gyan included in Ghana squad
Derek Asamoah will leave the camp immediately but Baffour stays with the squad. This is because he will be a stand-by player should first-choice striker Asamoah Gyan not recover on time. Baffour will however, replace Gyan in the squad if the Al Ain...
13 January 2012
Guinea final list without Constant
The French-born Genoa midfielder told the Guinea Football Federation he was no longer interested in the Syli National and would not participate in the tournament which gets underway on January 21 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. However, 21-year-old...
13 January 2012
Gerrard and Mancini clash after Liverpool win
The Italian had asserted that Glen Johnson should have been sent off in the closing moments of the Carling Cup semi-final. Gerrard, the Liverpool captain whose first-half penalty secured a 1-0 first-leg lead for Kenny Dalglish's team, accused the...
13 January 2012
Group stage to ease softball facilities crisis
The remedial work going on at the New Lobatse Sports Complex seriously affected the softball league with Lobatse side BMC playing all first round games away. The second phase of the Shell-sponsored league roars into life on January 21 with teams...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 13 January 2012
Boxing promoter goes to court over licence
In an affidavit filed at the High Court in Lobatse on January 6, the Department of Sports and Recreation is cited as the first respondent, while the board is the second respondent. The former boxer alleges that he has since October 2009 applied to...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 13 January 2012
Off the ball
Although he scored only one goal during the Metropolitan COSAFA Under-20 Youth Championships held in Gaborone in December, the 17-year-old Delta Winds player showed a lot of maturity. He talks about life outside the field. Name: Unobatsha 'Doctor'...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 13 January 2012
Gunners start CAF preparations minus coach, key players
The two are out due to injury, but have been linked with moves away from the Lobatse side. Club spokesperson, Abdul Kgengwenyane said Mmipi is still in a plaster of Paris after aggravating a wrist injury during a recent Zebras camp, while Moyo only...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE & THATO KALA
Staff Writer Correspondent 13 January 2012
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