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Hello and welcome to the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations finals. This is Dennis Keagile giving you a live broadcast of the first game of Group D and the first international official match between Botswana and Ghana at senior level. These...
Dennis Keagile 20 January 2012
Zebras up one place in FIFA rankings
The Zebras, who enter the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals as the second lowest ranked team moved up to 94th in the world. In Africa, the team is now ranked 21, up from 22nd. AFCON finals co-hosts Equatorial Guinea are the only side...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Dangerous abortions 'on the rise', says WHO
However, the proportion of the total carried out without trained clinical help rose from 44 percent in 1995 to 49 percent in 2008.The Lancet, which carried the report, said the figures were "deeply disturbing". Unsafe abortion is one of the main...
20 January 2012
Pakistan PM Gilani stands firm in contempt battle
The court initiated the hearing over Gilani's refusal to ask Swiss officials to reopen a corruption case against president Asif Ali Zardari.If found guilty of contempt he could be banned from holding public office. A stand-off between the...
20 January 2012
Indian minister queries tribal 'isolation' policy
His comments were prompted by a scandal involving a video of naked Jarawa tribal women on the tropical Andaman Islands being told to dance for tourists, who had allegedly bribed a policeman to gain access to their reserve. Contact with several...
20 January 2012
Hunt for Zuma tapes
In a renewed attempt to get hold of the digital recordings that paved the way for Zuma to become the country's president, the former head of the Special Investigating Unit, Willie Hofmeyr, has written to the Office for Interception Centres asking for...
20 January 2012
Nitty gritty
As is customary at the Nitty Gritty the fellows are laughing around the oblong table and generally shooting the breeze. The topic that dominates these leisurely discussions is really about looking back at the previous year and planning for the new...
Barolong Seboni 20 January 2012
Project syndicate
KOLKATA - The year 2011 will be remembered as the time when many ever-optimistic Americans began to give up hope. President John F. Kennedy once said that a rising tide lifts all boats. But now, in the receding tide, Americans are beginning to see...
Joseph E. Stigliz 20 January 2012
Pact will annihilate BNF
We hear the talks collapsed on the 22 December 2012 at Oasis Motel and all the negotiating parties issued a joint statement regarding the collapse of the talks and pointing out that they could not agree on the allocation of constituencies. Basically...
20 January 2012
Digging tswana roots
Africa is historically viewed as a 'dark continent' – a Western outlook that has changed little to-date. This is despite its reputation of being the sunniest of continents. So how did it get the unflattering epithet of 'dark continent'? Let me...
I.M Leteane 20 January 2012
Let us don our Blue, Black and White
Liverpool Football Club legend, Bill Shankly, has done nothing to dispel this accusation by declaring: "I've been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life." Are Batswana falling into...
20 January 2012
Oh no, not the 'chicken' debate again!
Mogorosi has unwittingly revived the 'Chicken' debate, days after it smothered out. The speed merchant injured his elbow when he challenged for a high ball during a training session in Cameroon on Wednesday. Regarded as a unnecessary distraction,...
20 January 2012
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20 January 2012
What risks lie ahead for African water security?
However, the strain placed upon these water resources is also forecast to pose significant challenges for their future sustainable development. This points to the important internal dimension of African water politics. That these issues remain, for...
* TIMOTHY WALKER 20 January 2012
Malesu to launch Competition Authority
The Competition Authority is an organ that was set up by parliament to ensure that there is fair competition in the Botswana economy.Amongst other things the Authority fulfils this mandate by investigating and evaluating unfair competition conduct...
20 January 2012
Book review
Jonathan Jansen (2011) We Need to Talk, South Africa, Bookstorm and Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1920-43416-8, 270 pages. P152 at Exclusive Books. We Need to Talk is Jonathan Jansen's critique of the South African education system with all its...
Dorcas Molefe 20 January 2012
Back stage
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011) is now at the New Capitol Cinemas. It had its worldwide release on December 21, 2011. It is the new American version of the first film in the popular Swedish Millennium Trilogy (Mmegi, August 30 and September...
Sasa Majuma 20 January 2012
Exploring the unique heritage of the Makgadikgadi Pans
Before it dried up about 20,000 years ago, this magnificent lake was fed by the waters of the Okavango Basin from the north and the Okwa River, which is now nothing more than a fossil river in the middle of the Kalahari Desert. This lake was home to...
ABEL ABEDNICO MABUSE
Correspondent 20 January 2012
The fascinating steam engine of Ramotswa
This antique has been parked inside this yard for decades having been brought in from South Africa around 1920 by one Ntanyane Motsumi. According to his 87-year-old son Fred Motsumi, who has since "inherited" the 1908 manufactured machine, it worked...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Kaunda paints White City with stars' portraits
Well, Bazuba Kaunda has brought the stars to the location - albeit in paint work and although it is only their portraits appearing on the walls of the small tuck shop, these popular musicians' "hand made images" attract curious stares from passers-by...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Revolutionary Apple iPhone 4s now available in Botswana
In a press release, Orange Botswana says the iPhone is packed with "incredible" new features, including Apple's dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics and an all-new camera with advanced optics.Among the features are...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 20 January 2012
Consumer watchdog
Last week I gave away two free ideas to our friends, the decision-makers in Government. You can see them in full in last week's Mmegi or on our blog site. The first was to abolish the Consumer Protection Unit, to devolve its powers to local...
20 January 2012
Women's side optimistic against Zambia
Coach Jacqualine Sefemo takes solace in that the Zambian side is newly formed and may lack experience.Botswana first took part in the qualifiers in 2009 where there were knocked out by South Africa in the preliminary stages. Sefemo says compared to...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 20 January 2012
Takeover hopes brighten for Mmamabula, Mmamantswe
Since the New Year, several global dealmakers have predicted higher merger and acquisition (M&A) activity by Chinese companies in the African mining sector, particularly in coal and other energy minerals. Analysts say China's demand for coal and...
STAFF WRITER 20 January 2012
Discovery finds deposits near Boseto
In an exploration update report, the company - which will open the country's third copper and silver mine in the first half of this year in Maun - said encouraging results had been retrieved from Selene and Zeta resources that both enhanced the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Turnstar closes US$77m deal
The offer of 108 million new units priced at P1.72 each in Turnstar runs from today until February 9 when the additional units will be listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange. The rights offer is restricted to the company's existing...
STAFF WRITER 20 January 2012
Relocation of DTC to Gaborone gathers pace
In adverts placed in the media this week, DTC is looking for 23 trainee process operators who will undergo a six-week training course in the handling of rough diamonds and importation of the stones. As part of the new agreement between De Beers and...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
World Bank projects 6.2% growth for Botswana
The forecast, which is contained in the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report released on Tuesday, represents an upward revision from the 5.9 percent researchers forecast in their June 2011 assessment. At this level, growth in 2012 will fall...
STAFF WRITER 20 January 2012
As I see it
Charles Mackay writing in 1841 states: "In reading the history of nations, we find that like individuals they have their whims and their peculiarities; their seasons of excitement and recklessness when they care not what they do. We find that whole...
Michael Dingake 20 January 2012
Remembering Riecks Morake
When the news reached me that Riecks Morake was late, I could not help thinking about him as an acclaimed music composer, conductor and broadcasting legend whose accolades would go down in the annals of our history.I also remembered him for his...
MORERI GABAKGORE 20 January 2012
After the collapse: Can the BMD survive?
Having become the blue-eyed boy of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ouster enthusiasts, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) subsisted hugely on the goodwill brought about by having renewed hope for a united opposition. Having brought hope by...
20 January 2012
Block 2 is a neglected ghetto - residents
Unlike, say, neighbouring Block 3, it appears no plan went into the plots, hence the houses are placed as in traditional villages like Serowe, with a complex labyrinth of criss-crossing paths for streets. Though this is one of the most populated...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 20 January 2012
Is Botswana a 'microwave society'?
"If I need a tablet as soon as possible, the market allows me to get it there and there, why wait for a year to raise the P5,000?" she asks whipping back her long black hair. She adds that consumer credit allows many like her, who could not...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
S/Phikwe fans to watch Zebras on the big screen
The manager of Makhubu Recreational Club, commonly known as Area Two, Kelebogile Selema told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they have big screens that they will use to show live games. She said entrance is free of charge. The Zebras qualification is a...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 January 2012
The agony of jobseekers
For many of the job seekers, queuing up here starts as early as 2am believe it is the earliest bird that catches the fattest worm. However, this effort usually comes to nought because the early risers find others who spent the night in the queue...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Which way Botswana - east or west?
At some point this year, the Government of Botswana and its neighbours will probably have to make a decision that will shape the economic future of the country and the region and result in by far the biggest infrastructure investment in Botswana's...
20 January 2012
Another one bites the Mantashian dust
Over the weekend MathewsPhosa spoke in Limpopo during the ANC centenary celebrations there. According to the City Press, he said "I know Juju is worried about the (disciplinary appeal hearing), but I want to assure him that the ANC has no dustbin for...
20 January 2012
Mogae unplugged (Part 1): Inside
The bitterness started in early 1992 when Merafhe challenged Kwelagobe for the post of Chairman of the BDP and lost. When the land issue arose during that same year, the perception of Kwelagobe and his supporters was that the other faction wanted to...
20 January 2012
Kgotla meetings disregard us - public servants
They said this during an address by the Member of Parliament for Serowe North East, Ramadeluka Seretse. They praised him for convening a meeting to address. They said Kgotla meetings are usually held while they are at work and only a few people make...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Court awaits psychiatric report
Modisagape and his 30-year-old lover, Shathani Bulayani, of Block 3, Gaborone, are accused of murdering their son Nathaniel Bulayani, a Standard Seven pupil. Nathaniel died after a violent assault by his parents, who were allegedly punishing him for...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Piggery industry lags behind
This was revealed during a meeting held by South East District Piggery Management Association (SEDPMA) in Ramotswa yesterday to map their way forward in to the year. It is sink or swim for farmers in the industry as farmers who attended the meeting...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Brink wants more foothold in poultry
Reports reaching Mmegi say Brink, through Bokomo - the company in which he owns a major stake - is in the process of acquiring a controlling stake in Cottesloe Consultants, otherwise known as Irvine's Botswana. Bokomo has made a proposal to the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 20 January 2012
Forces warned against unions
He said this when addressing public servants working in Serowe on Wednesday evening at Lady Khama Community Hall. The MP strongly warned that if the floodgates are opened then Botswana would never be an orderly nation. Seretse was responding...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
BMD relents to ensure Umbrella success
Party chairman Nehemiah Modubule told a media conference in Gaborone yesterday that at the talks they had sacrificed 12 constituencies and "we are ready to go down, even though some of the opposition parties want 22 and 21 respectively". Modubule...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 20 January 2012
Softball league enters group stages
Teams will be divided into four pools in both the men and women's sides. The top two teams in each pool proceed to the Top Eight competition. Men's log leaders, BDF are in Group A, together with 11th placed UB, Gatalomotho, Wipers and...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 20 January 2012
After the collapse: Can the BMD survive?
Having become the blue-eyed boy of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ouster enthusiasts, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) subsisted hugely on the goodwill brought about by having renewed hope for a united opposition. Having brought hope by...
20 January 2012
BMC, GU play international friendlies
The be Mobile Premiership is on a rare two-month long recess to make way for the national team Zebras, who make a debut at this year's edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Already, GU have set a date with ABSA...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 January 2012
Off the field
Name: Bonang 'Bebeto' OtlhagileDate of Birth: 22 August 1986Place of Birth: Selebi-PhikweSport: FootballPosition: Attacking WingerNational Caps: 32 Mmegi Sport: What is your favourite place besides the field of play? Otlhagile: I am a social...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 20 January 2012
Perfect chance for Zebras players to impress scouts
Depending on the national team's performance, some of the Zebras' stars might attract the attention of European teams. Botswana only has foreign based players in the South African Premier League.But the AFCON finals, usually attracts talent scouts...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 20 January 2012
Koko snubbed as Powell replaces injured Mogorosi
Mogorosi has been ruled out of Botswana's maiden Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, which kick off tomorrow in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. But when everyone expected Township Rollers' speed merchant, Sekhana Koko, to be called in as a...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 January 2012
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