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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...
23 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...
23 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...
23 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...
23 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 23 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 23 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...
23 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...
23 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...
23 January 2012
Khetho wins chess year opener
Oathotse and Ignatius finished 2nd respectively.Khetho's fairytale run in the tournament played over 7 rounds at Yarona Country Lodge, include claiming the scalps of Ignatius Njobvu, Providence Oathotse, and visiting Zimbabwean, Spencer...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Bots U-17 women get a hammering
The huffing and puffing Botswana side were promising in the first few minutes of the first half, but failed to maintain the tempo of the game. The newly assembled Zambia team were tactically and physically the better side. Zambia took...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 23 January 2012
BFA plans tough rules for foreign recruitment
According to BFA technical director, Tlhagiso Sethibe clubs who continue to bring mediocre players from across the boarder have not contributed much to the development of the game hence the need to come up with measures to ensure that only the...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Leteane: my heart set on GU move
The attacking midfielder also revealed he is being courted by BMC who have already been to see his parents, as well as Extension Gunners. Although Extension Gunners have put a P50 000 price tag on Kgololo's head, Monitor can reveal that GU has...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Sukunyetsa signs deal with Ecco as BMC move collapses
Sport Monitor is reliably informed that Ecco have offered Sukunyetsa a sweet P70, 000 fee and a monthly salary of P5, 000, a development that will make him the highest paid player at the club. According to informed sources, Sukunyetsa is also going...
Simon Jubane
Correspondent 23 January 2012
Botswana moves closer to merging 'big three'
The special BNSC ordinary meeting held in Gaborone learnt that if all goes well a Bill that would pave way for the implementation of the new sports structure in Botswana could be presented to Parliament during the July 2012 session. In fact there is...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 23 January 2012
Food for the soul
Sorry folks for chiming in late in the year 2012! I know some of you, my die hard and diet hard readers equally, were glued to the earlier editions of the paper expecting some offering. I just had to do it for my body and soul i.e. take time off. I...
Boitshepo Giyose 23 January 2012
Dare window shopping
There is this common believe in our society that window shopping is an activity for those that are broke and can't afford to buy. It is often associated with loitering, looking for trouble and laziness. The thought of just going out to the...
Gorata Tlapeng
Correspondent 23 January 2012
MC Maswe wows Zebras fans in F/town
MC Maswe, real name, Thapelo Maleka, of Ramotswa, was worth the wait on a chilly Friday night as his reverberating music took many Zebras fans at the event by storm. As the cool breeze from the south blew northwards just before midnight, the...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 23 January 2012
Hundreds show up for my star auditions
The event marked the end of the preliminary round of the competition which started in Maun four weeks ago, travelling to Francistown, Selebi-Phikwe, Palapye and Lobatse before coming to Gaborone. The comments from the judges, the jeers and sneers...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Analysts predict brighter 2012 on BSE
In a market report, stockbrokers Motswedi Securities say after recording modest growth in 2011, the local bourse is likely to perform better this year because investors will look to buy more shares. Since the 2009 recession, the Bank of Botswana has...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Glen valley incubation scheme an instant success
Known as hydroponics, the system uses new technology that is particularly good for vegetable production. It does not use soil, is cost effective and produces greater yields. Adopted from Israel, the system involves planting crops in cocopit or...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 23 January 2012
Asia in the year of the dragon
Developing Asia has performed relatively well over the past two years. It led the world out of the 2008-2009 "Great Recession," recording nine percent average economic growth in 2010 and solidifying that recovery by laying the basis for a more...
Haruhiko Kuroda 23 January 2012
Etcetera II
At last, someone has come out into the open to provide coherent background information about the complex issues involved in mining the country's coal and in getting it out, whether this is to be to Walvis Bay to the west or Techobanine to the...
Sandy Grant 23 January 2012
Repairing the global plumbing
Credit pipes remain clogged, and only central banks are working to clear them. But their ability to do so is waning, posing yet another set of risks for Western economies blocked by too little growth, too much unemployment, deepening inequality, and...
Mohamed A. El-Erian 23 January 2012
Issues in education
Success in everything, education inclusive, requires motivation. Over 164 nations have signed "Education For All and Millennium Development Goals" and are concerned with the provision of education to everyone who reaches school going age. Various...
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O.Pansiri
S.Weeks 23 January 2012
The winners code
Michelangelo is considered one of the all time greatest painters, artists, architects and inventor. He is renowned for several creations and works which stand to this day. His sculptures still attract several millions of tourists every year. While he...
George Chingarande 23 January 2012
Let the Bazezuru children into class!
Here are two boys who against all odds, excelled, showed their parents, family and friends that it is possible for a Mozezuru to become a part of the educated lot. Yes, their parents delayed their going to school, but at some point; they got to...
23 January 2012
Selefu 23 January 2012
23 January 2012
All Kasi shame
As the Zebras romp onto the pitch of State de Franceville Stadium tomorrow to taste their first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals appearance, thousands of supporters will still be searching for the team's replica jerseys to show their...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Zambia to re-negotiate Zamtel sale
However, a commission of inquiry into the sale appointed by president Michael Sata, soon after coming to power last September that was led by the Justice minister, Sebastian Zulu, found that the company was undervalued and the sale "illegal and...
Arthur Simuchoba
Correspondent 23 January 2012
Man's remains handed to his family
The man was identified to be from Moiyabana village. The police managed to identify him by his clothing and the national Identity Card he was carrying. Mothibedi said the man went missing on November 5 and the relatives he was staying with at...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Educated yuppies vie for youth leadership
The field of yuppies includes accountants, engineers, economists and public administrators. Several of them hold jobs in the civil service, the Bank of Botswana and reputable companies in the private sector. A few have Master's degrees. Speaking to...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Judgement on kanjabanga case in February
In May last year, Francistown High Court judge Mphaphi Phumaphi dismissed Kanjabanga's application where he alleged that his constitutional right to be tried had been violated. Aggrieved by Phumaphi's decision, Kanjabanga, through his attorney Dick...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
Tsolamosese residents want landboard dissolved
The residents told area Member of Parliament Patrick Masimolole, who is also the Assistant Minister of Education, that landboard members were involved in seedy nocturnal activities as they have been seen allocating plots during the night at Block 4...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 23 January 2012
BDF to assist crash victims
Two BDF aircrafts crashed midair on their way to Thebephatshwa Airbase between Letlhakeng and Molepolole killing one pilot instantly whilst the other died a few days later in hospital. Part of another plane crashed into a house belonging to the...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
When the law is an ass
TAUNG: For the past three weeks, Thapelo Marumo* of Taung Village near Ramotswa has spent hours up on the hill across from his aunt's house. Along with his cousin Thomas*, they go up the hill to pray. After descending from the hill, they spend days...
23 January 2012
Kia's 176 cars have no buyer
You will not need to be told that you have reached your destination. At least a hundred white cars, neatly parked in the premises beckon to any passerby. The vehicles have been parked here, in the sun for months. Here is the story of how they...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 23 January 2012
The billboard 23 January 2012
23 January 2012
TB Joshua did not make AFCON prophecies
The message that has been circulating states that Prophet Joshua has given a prophecy about the Africa Cup of Nations game between Botswana and Ghana and that he further prophesied the results of the match.In a media release, the Synagogue, Church Of...
23 January 2012
Venson-Moitoi acts to arrest declining pass rates
The team, set up late last year, comprises people from the Curriculum Development, Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) and other departments within the ministry. "This team will examine where the weakness really is within our education...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 24 January 2012
Khama won't attend AU Summit, again
Government spokesman Dr Jeff Ramsay confirmed that the President will not be attending but referred further Mmegi enquiries to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Speaking to Mmegi yesterday on his way to Addis, Foreign...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 24 January 2012
Dibeela calls for ceasefire
Speaking to Mmegi in Gaborone yesterday, Dibeela said the attacks, especially between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) activists, were detrimental to the realisation of opposition unity. "Any effort aimed...
STAFF WRITER 24 January 2012
Selefu 24 January 2012
24 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...
24 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...
24 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...
24 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...
24 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 24 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 24 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...
24 January 2012
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