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Nigeria's police chief Hafiz Ringim 'forced to retire'
It follows a wave of attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram, the latest in Kano on Friday in which 185 people died.The group says it wants to overthrow the government and impose Islamic law. President Goodluck Jonathan's move was aimed at "meeting...
30 January 2012
Women must banish men to the margins, Tutu tells Davos
Speaking at a gathering of the world's political and financial elite in Davos -- the vast majority of them men -- Tutu said women had long been locked out of policy-making and the world had paid the price. "Let us re-align forces, let us ensure that...
30 January 2012
Mozambicans forcefully evacuated as flood fears mount
The operation began on Sunday in the districts of Chokwe and Guija to prevent drowning in floods caused by discharges from the Massingir dam, AIM reported. There is already flooding in Macarretane and Chilembene, in the Gaza province. Many people...
30 January 2012
ANC to meet Mandela elders over Mandla 'crisis'
Mounting concerns about the private life of the Mvezo chief, Mandla Mandela and his public court battles, have led to Eastern Cape ANC leaders calling for an urgent mediating session to prevent the Mandela name from suffering further...
30 January 2012
Will the US be saved by its military?
"We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected around the world." Does the President really believe that the US is more respected around the world because of its military activities? Did...
30 January 2012
Which way gender roles?
Does that scenario seem confused? Over the years, there have been major changes to the traditional set of social and behavioural norms that are considered socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex in the context of a specific...
30 January 2012
How to save the Euro
It follows the same pattern as my other books: it contains an updated version of my conceptual approach and the application of that approach to a particular situation, and it presents a real-time experiment to test the validity of my interpretation....
GEORGE SOROS 30 January 2012
Mogae unplugged- on family, university and Nchindo (Part 2)
Batswana are a gritty resourceful people whose struggles making a living in the dry desert often meant no rain for months if not years on end. Due to the seemingly endless droughts the people are prone to saving, and having to make do with what they...
30 January 2012
Electricity, railways and economic decline
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address and said those who think that America is in decline don't know what they are talking about. It's an election year and anything, even that which cannot be supported by...
30 January 2012
Now new BNSC boss relocates headquarters
The latest move by BNSC chairman, Solly Reikeletseng is seen as a cost saving measure for the sports body that expects to have its administrative budget downsized in the soon to be announced national budget by finance and development planning...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
'FIFA must get tough on naturalised stars'
"I think FIFA has to control everything," Renard told reporters at the African Nations Cup, where Burkina Faso have also been involved in naturalisation controversy. "I would be very disappointed if, in 10 years' time, I saw a national team fielding...
30 January 2012
Ghana win up-staged by guinea rout
Gyan added to the tournament's impressive list of freekick goals with a 30 metre effort and his cheeky backheel set up a superb second for Dede Ayew in the Group D match in Franceville. Although the goals were stylish, the performance itself was...
30 January 2012
Botswana's Maabong elected Zone VI SG
Zone VI held a meeting on Saturday which was attended by seven countries out of 10 southern region nations. Angola, Swaziland and Mozambique were the only countries with no representation at the meeting, which was also used to elect a new...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 30 January 2012
Fani gets FIFA post
A statement by the CEO of BFA, Duncan Kgame says Fani's appointment follows the re-composition and restructuring of FIFA Standing Committees. The FIFA Marketing and Television Committeee is made up of 15 members drawn from FIFA member associations...
30 January 2012
Nogeng-Tebogo bout lives to the billing
The two clashed in Saturday's National Inter-club qualifiers at the Glen Valley Arena with 26 other bouts being fought. But it was their 60kg category bout that lived to the billing as the two waged a back and forth battle with the BMC boxer, Tebogo,...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 30 January 2012
Guinea runs rampant over Zebras
The Zebras put a mediocre performance far from their opening group match against Ghana. A series of missed chances, fouls in dangerous spots and being one man down contributed to the Zebras horror story. Guinea captured a huge chunk of ball...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Food for soul
The other day I just had to laugh out loud at myself; here I am, yours truly punching away at some real good old fashioned fish and slap chips, and guess what, a coke zero. How's that for a "diet"? Needless to say I had to quench my craving;...
Boitshepo Giyose 30 January 2012
Maitisong unveils The Bean Bag Cafe
Run by owner Mimi Shand, the joint is already a hit with the students, thanks to titillating food and drink varieties. One can either grab a cup of coffee, cappuccino, latte or a smoothie all at a "reasonable price". Shand said: "The caf caters for...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 30 January 2012
MAD introduces 'battle of the corporates'
This is aimed at organisations that wish to make a difference in young people's lives by acting as mentors and leading by example. The innovation was introduced by the MAD team, who say they found it important to include everyone to showcase their...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 30 January 2012
Mapetla, Mophato, Eugene Jackson set Maru-A-Pula alight
Mapetla's Electrified album launch at Maru-a-Pula School was touted as "big" in the days leading to the show and indeed it was supposed to be the biggest event since the beginning of the year. But in the end it failed to live up to its billing in...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Choppies sparkles on BSE debut
The high demand was attributed to investors who did not get the full amount they applied for during the IPO and were looking to the market to accumulate more shares. The company's IPO was over-subscribed by more than 400 percent, resulting in other...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 30 January 2012
Batswana are absent from diamond sector - director
Speaking in a workshop at Maharaja Conference Centre recently, the Director of Mineral Affairs, Nchidzi Mmolawa, said most activities in the diamond sector were carried out by government, while most tenders were carried out by foreign companies. In...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 30 January 2012
Kingdom-0-metre
Two Sundays I listened to how Kush of Yarona fm sport programme dismissed any possibility of the Zebras overcoming the Black Stars of Ghana. The guys are fit and tactically superior, well-resourced and better. This is the conclusion many of us had...
Dumi Mmualefe 30 January 2012
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The questions that are asked of people applying for jobs or doing exams or taking a driving test are often a matter of wonderment and concern to me. In the last few weeks, I have been banging away about the coal issue and in part about coal as...
Sandy Grant 30 January 2012
Icons Of Botswana
Phillip Segola is a name that has been synonymous with art and design in Botswana for more than four decades, but he is not slowing down. This original Motswana artist still retains a youthful passion for his work. Segola is responsible for...
Kibo Bgowi 30 January 2012
Issues in education
The tertiary education sector is in turmoil. The University of Botswana students recently went on strike after one thousand failed (mainly in the Sciences). They are demanding the re-instatement of supplementary examinations. The planning for...
Dorcas Molefe
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Sheldon Weeks 30 January 2012
The winners code
The word dogma is defined as the established belief or doctrine held by a religion or a particular group of people. It is authoritative and not to be questioned, disputed, doubted or deviated from by its practitioners. Although it is often...
George Chingarande 30 January 2012
Let's keep our heads up!
But even those who had accepted the fact that we would lose to a more united Guinea never imagined it would be such a drubbing. The loss brought silence to the vuvuzela. The whistleblower stopped chirping and all around the country silence prevailed....
30 January 2012
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30 January 2012
Union condems Barclays reconstruction process
The process lacked respect for workers affected, and the union was not consulted, a statement from the union's national executive committee says. "BOBEU was dismayed by the bank's decision to prescribe and interfere in the union representation, on...
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Babette's errant email cripples German Parliament
The flood of emails began when "Babette" accidentally replied to "all" on the Bundestag email list with a short answer to a colleague: "Please bring me a copy of the new directory." Their exchange quickly multiplied when hundreds of colleagues...
30 January 2012
Police summon Banda's wife over money laundering
The acquisition of prime land in Lusaka by a trust for the Banda's minor twin sons is among cases being investigated. President Michael Sata launched the probes after revealing that an account at a Lusaka bank for the Mpundu Trust, as it is known,...
Arthur Simuchoba
Correspondent 30 January 2012
Botswana hamstrung with Mmamabaka Border Post
During a Kgotla meeting that was addressed by councilor Nathaniel Moribame last Thursday, residents said that as long as Mmamabaka border post, situated a few kilometers from Mabolwe village, is not operational FMD control in Bobirwa will remain...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Row in Moletemane chieftaincy
In his letter to Malema, Garegae states that Mere ward has been defunct for the past three years yet its Kgosana Gothatamang Kethaetse is being paid. "Kgotlana ya Mere e na le ngwaga tse tharo e sa bereke jaanong ke bona fa e tla nkgolega," he...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Tertiary allowances could dry soon
This was said by the Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development, Keletso Rakhudu when delivering a keynote address at the Botswana Education Hub consultative meeting on Thursday. He said education was allocated the lion's share in the...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Lucky break for Zezuru lads
TAUNG: The two Bazezuru lads who were recently denied progression to junior secondary school because of their ages have now started their secondary education. The two, both aged above the maximum age of 19 years, started school on Tuesday at...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
BCA students stage sit-in over results' fiasco
Somebody else was sufficiently mixed up to send the wrong results to them, sending some of them into depths of depression and causing others to be overjoyed. But lo and behold, the erstwhile sorrowed lot have traded places with the formally joyous...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Coucil demands report on missing suspect
The sub-council passed a motion, sponsored by Councillor Kabo Sebele, calling on the Commander of Molepolole Police Station to furnish the report in November last year. Senior Assistant Council Secretary, Mosimanegape Mogorosi, says the sub-council...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
DIstrict youth committee's elections mixed up
This was especially so in places like Gaborone, Francistown, Mochudi and Tlokweng. Candidates in the areas said that some voters did not appear in the voters roll, and positions were mixed up. Rethabile Ferguson who was campaigning for the position...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 30 January 2012
Snake dies from baby bite
The 1-year-old, named Imad Gadir from Shfaram in northern Israel, found the 35-centimetre-long snake in his room on Thursday morning and was chewing on it when his mother found him, the Ynet newssite reported Friday. Her horrified screams alerted a...
30 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 30 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 30 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...
30 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...
30 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...
30 January 2012
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