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First cut
This we were told was meant to instil discipline in the team. Among the players given free clearances included star striker and Zimbabwean born Clarkson Dzimbiri. We all thought that management was crazy with its zealot to maintain. Over and above...
Dennis Keagile 09 March 2012
Hayashi-ha open attracts international karatekas
The event will be in the form of individual kata 'forms' and individual kumite 'fighting' for ages five to 35. Botswana provides the bulk of the over 350 karatekas from six nations that have already confirmed their participation. Apart from the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Boxing team off to Namibia
The tournament kicks off on April 25 and local boxers, Bathusi Mogajane, Mooketsi 'Tornado' Lekgetho, Mmoloki 'Muller' Nogeng, Oteng Oteng, Gomotsang Gaasite, Ofentse Kompone and Thato 'Hands of Stone' Batshegi have been in camp preparing for the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 09 March 2012
No Mathata in troubled waters
Two of their players were given marching orders in the game. The side started off promisingly though. At one stage, No Mathata led the pack, only to post a dismal run in recent months. In addition to the Motlakase loss, No Mathata were handed...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Chaos in ladies soccer
The Women League Commission (WLC), which is supposed to run the league, is not in the picture either. The association is said to be shying away from assigning the WLC to run the league fearing that stakeholders would reject it. Sources say the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Selebi-Phikwe teams going through lean spell
Since the league resumed, both FC Satmos and Nico have registered convincing defeats. Satmos continued from where it left before the festive season and the African Nations Cup finals' break with a 7-1 loss to Township Rollers. A 3-1 loss followed...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Tchape was never arrested - Gunners
Extension Gunners have dismissed reports that their Cameroonian midfielder, Laundry Guy Tchape was arrested at the Tlokweng border gate on return from Madagascar where the team had gone for their CAF Confederations Cup match against Tana. Gunners...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
GNT look to build on Rollers' performance
Now the Francistown side wants to build on the performance as they prepare to face army side, BDF XI, at home tomorrow. GNT are in the relegation zone and are eager to start picking points. Thebeetsile Motswaeng, a GNT official, said their wish...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Gunners shift focus to stuttering campaign
Gunners host Ecco City Greens at Lobatse stadium tomorrow in what is expected to be an enthralling encounter. Gunners were knocked out of the Confederations Cup by Madagascan side, TANA FC 3-2 on aggregate after losing 2-0 away last Sunday. Their...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
Bolelang reckons he can still play for Zebras
No player in the history of the Francistown based team has represented the club with much distinction and loyalty as Bolelang. Since joining from Palapye United in 2001, the striker has redefined the words commitment and loyalty. His exploits in the...
09 March 2012
BTA hosts open tennis tourney
The theme of the event is 'Taking tennis to the people: Tennis, a sport for all' and BTA aims to increase the popularity of the game. The project is the brainchild of BTA public relations officer, Nelson Amanze. Amanze said the idea was to get as...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Black Rhinos fine tune for new season
Rhinos spokesperson, Lesedi Keekae said that they started training in January. He said most of their national team players have been training since November last year. Keekae said a new committee has been selected to give club members more roles and...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Basketball league faces further delays
The Botswana Basketball Association (BAA) has admitted that it faces financial challenges, which have affected the start of the league. The league was initially scheduled for last month. BBA spokesperson, Puseletso Molefi could not say whether the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Blow for relay team in Istanbul
Jamaican based Isaac Makwala, Obakeng Ngwigwa, Thapelo Ketlogetswe, Pako Seribe and Sakaria Kamberuka were hoping to train together for three days before taking to the track. However, only Makwala, Ngwigwa and Ketlogetswe arrived in Istanbul on...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Mozambique ex-rebel RENAMO camp raided by police
The former rebels - who fought a bloody 16-year civil war - had been living for weeks in makeshift shelters outside their party headquarters. They say they were waiting for the go-ahead by their leader, Afonso Dhlakama, to stage anti-government...
09 March 2012
Uganda rebel Joseph Kony target of viral campaign video
Invisible Children's half-hour film on the use of child soldiers by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has been viewed nearly 10 million times on YouTube.The group aims to bring Kony to justice at the International Criminal Court, where he is charged with...
09 March 2012
Sarkozy will quit politics if denied second term
"If you lose this presidential election, will you stop (being in) politics?" a journalist asked the incumbent leader in an interview on RMC radio and BFM TV. "Yes, I tell you," Sarkozy replied. "I'll do something else, I don't know what," he said,...
09 March 2012
Mass burial fozr Congolese explosion victims
Firmin Ayessa, the chief of staff for Congolese president, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, announced the arrangement on the radio and said that the "government will always remain at the side of the families of the victims". At least 246 people have been...
09 March 2012
Sudan denies attacking South Kordofan civilians
Mukesh Kapila, of rights group Aegis Trust, said he had seen planes dropping bombs on villages and civilians running for shelter in caves.The government said any crimes against humanity are being committed by rebels backed by South Sudan. South...
09 March 2012
Battle for the soul of the BNF: The beginning
The Executive Committee is at loggerheads with its President while Ngwaketse constituencies have reportedly written to the party leadership expressing a desire to cooperate with Botswana Congress Party. While not dismissing the Botswana Movement for...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 09 March 2012
The BDP and Botswana's 'false de-colonisation' - Part II
The BDP was represented by S. Khama, K. Masire and M. Ngwako; Motsete's BPP by K.T. Motsete, P.G. Matante and T. Motlhagodi; and Mpho's BPP by M. Mpho, B. Macheng and T. Tlale. There were three chiefs - Bathoen II (of Bangwaketse), Mokgosi III (of...
COMRADE MOORE 09 March 2012
Nitty gritty
They have come from all the corners of all the forests and jungles of The Planet of the Apes to witness their leaders carry out this noble but difficult task. The leaders themselves have assembled or convened around a table under a morula...
Barolong Seboni 09 March 2012
A word of caution to Michael Dingake
Initially I ignored the first article (dated 07/02/2012) hoping that Dingake would not write another article distorting facts that transpired in BNF constitutional decision organs. In his article dated February 21, 2012, captioned "Typical of the...
*ARAFAT KHAN 09 March 2012
Digging tswana roots
The first of these is a comet with a long, fiery tail that ventures in and out of our solar system, taking 3,600 years (3,588 years to be exact) to complete an orbit. It is what the famous non-fiction 'alternative history' author and researcher...
L.M.Leteane 09 March 2012
Let us re-think our infrastructure development
Chinese conglomerate, Sinohydro, is challenging the decision to deny it the project and grant it to another Chinese outfit, Consolidated Companies. It is not our place to engage in the merits or demerits of either party's arguments. What...
09 March 2012
Why Zuma came to Gaborone
Officials were unusually tight lipped about the reason for the short visit. To the extent that there was an official explanation from the South African side for the visit, it was that he was here to discuss the appointment of the former South African...
ROMAN GRYNBERG* 09 March 2012
Consumer watchdog
Sometimes it’s quite easy. You only have to enter certain shops in Gaborone and Francistown and see the cellphones they offer. I don’t think anyone truly believes that the “HiPhone” is really an Apple iPhone, despite their...
09 March 2012
Govt seeks P1.6bn from domestic lenders
The Bank of Botswana (BoB) will auction two bonds valued at P300 million each and a treasury bill valued at P1 billion as part of the expanded P15 billion note issuance programme. Information reaching BusinessWeek indicates that both bonds, BW007...
STAFF WRITER 09 March 2012
FNBB treats customers to cocktail party
Speaking at a cocktail party for its customers last week, the bank's Deputy CEO, Richard Wright, said this commitment had ensured that FNBB grew to become the largest company on the Botswana Stock Exchange by capitalisation over the last 20...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 09 March 2012
State incorporates new diamond trading firm
Government has formed a new private diamond trading company that will purchase, market and sell the 10 to 15 percent portion of Debswana production that the state is entitled to through the new marketing agreement signed with De Beers last...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 09 March 2012
BIHL's profit defies odds
Among the challenges the company faced last year were the resignation of CEO Regina Sikalesele-Vaka and two other senior officials, as well as the impact of the public service strike. However, for the period ended 31 December 2011, the group...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Botswana moves to shake off 'tax haven' tag
At a G-20 summit in November last year, French president Nicolas Sarkozy called for Botswana, alongside eleven other countries, to be excluded from the international business community because the country was a tax haven that did not have a "suitable...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
Union seeks PHK intervention over mine closure
The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) has asked the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources to intervene in the closure of BK11 as reports emerge that only 15 of the original 158 workers are left at the diamond mine to conduct care and...
STAFF WRITER 09 March 2012
Book review
"Fifty Years-Transition Celebrates its Storied History" and "Transition-Reflections from Contemporary Uganda". Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana University Press, 172 and 120 pages (total A+B = 292 pages), paperback, US$18.50, ISSN 0041-1191. Available...
Sheridan Griswold 09 March 2012
Back stage
Three of the world's biggest celebrations of cinema take place in the United States in the first two months of the New Year. Perhaps these events don't compare to the Cannes Festival in France, the awarding of Caesars, or the presenting of...
Sasa Majuma 09 March 2012
The evolution and apex of the Bakalanga State of Butua
The most common understanding is biased towards insufficient, erroneous and biased historical accounts, which date back to around the 19th Century. Many people do not know, for example, that the ancestors of the original Bakalanga people...
ABEL ABEDNICO MABUSE
Correspondent 09 March 2012
My talk-show is about probing, refusing to accept the obvious
A&C: Is there a Kealeboga Dihutso presentation style? Dihutso: How I approach my show is influenced by the guest and the topic for discussion. Ordinarily one would tend to be a bit more confrontational with politicians but much more soft and...
09 March 2012
Eye patients left stranded at Nyangabwe
A nurse, speaking on condition of anonymity, informed this publication that currently, the hospital is not conducting any eye operations or making any referrals to a specialist, as the hospital does not have one at the moment. The source added that...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 09 March 2012
BNPC hosts seminar on international competitiveness
BNPC's public relations executive, Stryker Motlaloso said the seminar will shed light on what has been done so far to implement the recommendations of an international report on how the country can improve its competitiveness. "After the report was...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
Eduvolunteer sees exponential growth
The organisation has set out to help achieve Vision 2016's pillar of an educated and informed nation as well as that of a just and caring nation. Riggert Moroka, Eduvolunteers co-founder, said they not only wanted to help students...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 09 March 2012
In pursuit of the elusive truth
You should be able to explain your job to a 10-year-old. If you can't, you are not doing anything helpful to your society. If asked by a 10-year-old I will say my job is to talk to people, read things and then write them down so people can...
09 March 2012
BHC to build 20 blocks of flats at 'the Suites'
Mmegi is informed that an announcement to that effect will be made in a meeting with tenants at the Suites on Monday. The project comes under the BHC's Gaborone Densification Project that entails optimisation of land utilisation on existing BHC...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
Rivals accuse GPH of running unlawful lab
Rivals who want to remain anonymous claim that Lancet Laboratories, through which GPH operates the lab, is only licensed to practice within GPH premises as a resident lab. It is said the Lancet facility in Francistown has been operating with the...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 09 March 2012
BDP youth lobby groups open old wounds
About a month before the party's youth battle it out at the elective congress in Sefhare, youth vying for the NYEC positions have reportedly started jostling for positions. This time around, the party has given its youth an opportunity to openly...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
Mabiletsa denies he is acting at Kgafela's behest
In an interview with Mmegi Mabiletsa said it is not the first time he challenges government to make changes to the constitution. "It's only that I did not table a motion in parliament then, but this has always been in the pipeline. I remember my...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 09 March 2012
MoESD ordered to re-assess transfer case
Gaborone High Court Judge, Mercy Garekwe ruled this week in Theresa Mmolawa's favour. Garekwe ordered that the matter be remitted to the ministry for re-assessment. "The re-assessment should be undertaken and communicated to the applicant within a...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 March 2012
Which of three ways for Mokoboxane?
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is fielding Sidney Bothokobotsile as its candidate for the ward. Botswana National Front (BNF), who has entered into a coalition with other opposition parties, is fielding 35-year old Obonye Lobang. MELS's Keneilwe...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
No plans for new houses at nursing school - MoH
The Assistant Minister of Health, Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri has told Parliament that his ministry applied to the Ministry of Lands and Housing (MLH) for 50 residential plots in 2004 but was turned down due to lack of serviced land in the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
BOFEPUSU to meet BPOMAS over tariffs tiff
Goretetse Kekgonegile, BOFEPUSU Publicity Secretary, said yesterday that as 'members and owners of BPOMAS' they are very disappointed by the stand-off, which has compromised public health. BOFEPUSU affiliates include, among others, the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 09 March 2012
Residents complain about under-staffed Oodi clinic
The 24-hour facility requires a staff complement of 24 but currently has 13 nurses and a doctor. In a consultation meeting with the area MP, Isaac Mabiletsa, residents lamented that the clinic which serves Oodi, Modipane, Matebele and Dikwididi has...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 09 March 2012
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