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Senegal presidential poll results confirm run-off
Wade gained 34.8 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round.He faces a run-off next month against his former prime minister, Macky Sall, who came second with 26.5 percent.Sall urged the opposition to rally behind him against Wade, who has been in...
05 March 2012
Syria crisis: Opposition sets up military bureau
The Syrian National Council (SNC) said the bureau would bring armed groups under a central command and control the flow of weapons to avoid "chaos".The government launched a ground assault in the city of Homs this week after weeks of shelling. The...
05 March 2012
US-Africa relations during Obama's presidency
Egypt alone, which is of significant security interest to the United States, receives about 20 percent of US aid to Africa. The limited US interest in Africa is also evidenced by the fact that despite the free trade policy efforts of the Africa...
*MWANGI S. KIMENYI 05 March 2012
The day Malema's music died
He is gone, finis, adios-ed in the most public manner possible. In a document released by the panel late on Wednesday night, it explains its reasoning. It is a lamentation of all things Malema. It is also a clear proof that in the final analysis,...
STEPHEN GROOTES 05 March 2012
Copper and nickel refining - Botswana's dilemma
These so-called resource nationalists argued that the old model of African growth which has basically remained unchanged since the 19th century cannot work. This model is based on the country exporting unprocessed raw materials - from ivory to...
*ROMAN GRYNBERG 05 March 2012
Ntuane's dilemma
One of the greatest left-backs in the history of the game, Paolo Maldini spent 25 years at AC Milan, appearing in 647 league matches. He is hugely respected even by fans from bitter rivals Inter Milan. In politics, loyalty and promises are...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 05 March 2012
BDP can and must be stronger post 50th birthday
The party has mostly been able to survive through battles and crisis as is natural for any political movement. On this occasion, it is important to recap elements of our past that helped us succeed and those that challenge us.The party was born of...
*THABO AUTLWETSE 05 March 2012
BNF rally hooks herd-boy to politics
For Obonye Lobang, who falls within the latter category, it was a rare visit to a Botswana National Front (BNF) rally in November 1998 that left him hooked to the world of politics and his future party.Mmegi had a chat with Lobang who will contest...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
How a soccer game turned fatal
Residents of Ledumadumane who live next to the soccer ground where the game was played, related that a fight started after one supporter refused to leave the pitch."Suddenly we saw the man lying down with a lot of blood oozing from him," said one...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Gaborone: the city without a face
Now, quick, what comes to mind at the mention of Gaborone? Perhaps it was easier to answer this question about the city at independence. In the mid-1960s, the country shed its image and identity as the Bechuanaland Protectorate of Great Britain....
05 March 2012
The BDP and Botswana's 'false decolonisation' Part 1
Our main concern here is that in the process, the party tried hard to re-invent itself or obscure the true facts about its history. This article seeks to challenge this obscurantism by briefly looking at the BDP's unpleasant past as...
COMRADE MOORE 05 March 2012
Maruapula thrashed in South africa tournament
Maruapula were among the nine colleges from the region invited to make their debut in the Under-19 tournament, which has been running for six years. In some of their results the Botswana school lost 15-26 to King Edward school;37-22 to Durban...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Botswana meet Malawi in CAF U-17 qualifiers
The finals will be played in 2013 in Morocco. The return leg will be held on September 21,22,23. Should Botswana prevail against Malawi, they will go on to meet Rwanda in the 2nd round of the qualifiers in the weekend of October 12,14 this...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
David Moyes advocates 20% pay cut
Moyes, who celebrates 10 years in charge at Goodison Park this month, joined the Toffees on March 15 2002. He told the Sunday Express: "Perhaps the suggestion would cause some mayhem. "People might say it'd be harder to attract players, but we...
05 March 2012
Botswana women out of fifa U-20 Race
The locals were beaten 3-1 away in South Africa, having lost the first leg 1-4 at Molepolole stadium a fortnight ago. The South Africans did not sit back and defend their lead. Striker Jermaine Seoposenwe put South Africa in the lead on the 22nd...
05 March 2012
Notwane Prevail Over Nico
Struggling be MOBILE Premier League giants, Notwane edged Nico United 2-1 in a drab encounter played on Saturday at Otse Stadium. For the greater part of the first half, the play was concentrated in the middle of the field with both teams failing to...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Police IX beat Dinare 7-0
The two sides were competing for position 13 and 14. Dinare were the first to bat, but failed to register a run. On the first bottom inning, Dinare pitcher, Ramaeba Rapelang, was outstanding, taking out Police IX batters one by one. On the...
Victor Muyakwabo
Correspondent 05 March 2012
U-14 cricketer receives playing shoes
The player was given two pairs of playing shoes and P400 in cash that was collected from people who attended the handover ceremony in Gaborone last Friday. According to one of the contributors, Cono Monare, the young cricketer demonstrated his...
Victor Muyakwabo
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Miscellaneous shock TAFIC
Miscellaneous FC produced arguably the best performance of the season so far as they crushed TAFIC 3-1 on Saturday in Francistown. Emmanuel Thakadu and Mpho Kgalemang netted for the Serowe side to continue their impressive form since the beginning...
Simon Jubane
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Rollers notch victory
The goal came in the third minute courtesy of a penalty by winger Sekhana 'Nandos' Koko. Despite conceding so early in the game, the Francistown side fought all the way. Perhaps their major downfall was giving their opponents too...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Quilts art showcases at sanitas
This sort of art woven on bed covers is commonly referred to as quilt in the art lingo and has its origins overseas, especially Britain and America. A quilt is distinguishable from types of blankets because it is pieced together with several pieces...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 05 March 2012
The rise and rise of Mokgeledi the painter
He was found under a tree practicing painting at Phase II by the Thapong Visual Arts Centre coordinator Reginald Bakwena by chance when he was driving by. Since that meeting with the Thapong coordinator, Mokgeledi's life as a painter...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Food for the soul
Believe it or not February is pretty much gone, but the unique thing about this year is that it's a leap year so we have one extra day in February. Yippee! You can catch up on all those haunting deadlines. If you happen to be starting the year with a...
Boitshepo giyose 05 March 2012
The refreshing air at sanitas garden
The garden is also a magnet for art collectors looking for works to buy. The Sanitas Gallery is often used by artists to display and sell their works. Then there is perhaps the most powerful magnet, a nursery selling plants of all types...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Limkokwing makes Botswana fashion history at London fashion week
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, in collaboration with the Botswana High Commission in London, United Kingdom (UK), on February 24 hosted a fashion show organised by the British Fashion Council, as part of London Fashion Week A/W...
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Seetso Sets the tone as My Star show gets underway
Although most of them were still shaky and lacked stage confidence they gave spectators who turned up in huge numbers value for their money. The singing competition that is in its sixth year has proved to be popular among locals who filled the...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 05 March 2012
FCE hosts successful culture day
Celebrated under the theme 'Culture is mine', the eighth edition of college's Culture Day attracted many lecturers and trainee teachers from various colleges across the country and of revellers from all walks of life. This year's Culture Day...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Maitisong audience enjoys german fairy tale
Imagine that this king is obsessed with building a road made entirely out of gold, and that his out-of-wits aide must find a way to find the gold despite the parliament of the nation turning down the king's proposal. Imagine that the aide puts...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
FCC Looks Into Vendors' Proposal
The proposal is aimed at persuading the council to construct permanent stalls along the city's most frequented streets. City Clerk, Kutlwano Matenge has confirmed that the vendors have made a proposal to the council and that they are working round...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 05 March 2012
'Phikwe's meat business is on thin ice' - butcher
In an interview with The Monitor, the manager of Sandy's Butchery, Irene Moshokgo, said Selebei-Phikwe's meat industry was "treading or sitting on thin ice" in the aftermath of the countrywide ban imposed on open barbeques two years ago. Moshokgo...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Economic diversification steams ahead
EDD is the government's initiative aimed at accelerating economic diversification and is based on two principles of promoting local production through local procurement and developing sectors or sub-sectors to sustain the economy beyond...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Nurses are disgruntled, burnt-out
One would expect that nurses would be among the better paid and well-looked - after cadres in the whole government system, but the opposite is the true. Nurses are presently disgruntled, disheartened and burned out. The police, teachers, and...
05 March 2012
ETCETERA II
I was, I suppose, put right by someone last week who responded to my comments on the heat by maintaining that he personally never complains about such matters, being well aware that it is so much hotter elsewhere. What we need to do, he...
Sandy Grant 05 March 2012
Kingdon-0-Metre
This week I had intended to discuss the issue surrounding Lieutenant General Tebogo Masire's Zimbabwe utterances. Ihave decided to put that on hold. Instead I want to turn my focus on the church. The church, as derives from ekklessia is a...
Dumi Mmualefe 05 March 2012
Issues in education
Last week's Issues considered some key problems in the education system that are causing a serious reversal in the direction of pubic education. The most critical factor identified was the general lack of textbooks for students in...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Griswold 05 March 2012
The winners code
Every weekend the community would gather to watch his dogs fight and they would place bets on the dog they believed would win. The monk would also place his bet. It was not long before the community noticed that the monk never got it...
George Chingarande 05 March 2012
Will this ever end?
It has been years now when the teachers through their unions have been querying their 'forced' participation in extra curricular activities. The teachers want to be paid for overtime if they are to take part in sport activities and the ministry does...
05 March 2012
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Photo boot-camp impressive
And in the circumstances during some tasks I saw many of the attendees literally dripping with sweat and I'm sure some of them lost weight in the process of becoming better photographers. The workshop was different from previous ones, as it was on...
Ulf Nermark
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Life after cancer
The pain worsened, especially during winter and on cold days. Bontle Modige, 26, was later diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer at 14 years of age. "I had cancer for more than two years," she says. The rare nasopharyngeal cancer affects...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 05 March 2012
Sex workers urged to report abuse
"If a client engages you and refuses to pay, go to a nearby police station and report them for obtaining by false pretences. It is a criminal offence punishable by law. In fact the perpetrator can get up to seven years imprisonment (Section 308 of...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Born and bred in the BDP
MOKOBAXANE: Since his childhood, 32-year old Sidney Bothokobotsile knew that he would become a politician. "I have always had a predilection for politics," says the man who is running on the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ticket in the council...
05 March 2012
Councillors disturbed by raw effluent in Botshabelo
Ramatopi complained that the raw effluent has stagnated in some areas, making for a fertile breeding place for mosquitoes. The pipes of the sewerage system are said to be worn out, and as a result the effluent is not being deposited into...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Students deaths are a private matter-MOE
The ministry's principal public relations officer, Oarabile Phefo, told The Monitor that in addition, parents were against putting their children's misfortune in the public domain. "Most of the reports are sensitive and the public can obtain...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
Councillors disturbed by raw effluent in Botshabelo
The stream, a tributary of Motloutse river, passes through the location.Ramatopi complained that the raw effluent has stagnated in some areas, making for a fertile breeding place for mosquitoes. The pipes of the sewerage system are said to be worn...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
How Mpai fell
Since the mysterious resignation of the Managing Director of one of the biggest local banks, Barclays Bank Botswana, on Wednesday last week, the corporate world has been seized with anxiety as they try to find the answer to a curious question: Did...
05 March 2012
Farmer loses 20 cattle in thunderstorm
Seanana Ketlhamile says his herdsman told him by phone on Thursday last week that he had found 20 of his cattle dead after a brief thunderstorm. "My herdsman said he was confronted by the devastation when he went to the kraal to let the cattle out...
Gaone Chepete
Correspondent 05 March 2012
'Politicians partly to blame for poor exam results'
Speaking in Parliament on Friday, Venson-Moitoi conceded her introduction (in 2009) into the Education Ministry was marred by inadequate facilities and teachers' threats of non-invigilation. However, she partly blamed opposition political leaders for...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
BOSETU chiefs furious over ministry's Edict
BOSETU publicity secretary Raymond Malinga said they were shocked to receive a savingram, instructing schools to resume extra-curricular activities by allocating an hour within the eight-hour working period per day. Malinga said that unions met with...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 05 March 2012
How govt paid for BDP guests
The guests came from various African political parties the BDP invited for its 50th anniversary celebrations. Government further paid P25,000 for the BDP dinner hosted for the African National Congress (ANC) deputy president, Kgalemang Motlanthe at...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 05 March 2012
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