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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 14 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 14 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* 14 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...
14 March 2012
China's role in infrastructure development in Botswana [Part 1]
Introduction Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, is often characterised as a major success story on the continent. With an average growth rate of 11.3 percent over the period 1980-89, it has a track record of consistent economic...
14 March 2012
The new normal
The economic downturn of 2008 has ushered in a new global market order where the only constant is uncertainty. While previous recessions were shorter and less severe with conditions returning to normal relatively quicker, the latest episode is a...
14 March 2012
UN chief says situation in Sudan, South Sudan "increasingly complex and dangerous"
"On Sudan and South Sudan, the situation is increasingly complex and dangerous," he said.Ban's statement came as he addressed reporters following his meeting behind closed doors with the UN Security Council.South Sudan has recently experienced...
14 March 2012
Congo death toll reaches 223, false promises follow
More than 2,300 people were injured in the explosions, which destroyed hundreds of houses, leaving 14,000 people homeless.Sunday morning coffins were being hauled out of a shed on a trolley, pushed by four men.When their turn came, families were...
14 March 2012
Forgive me, Juju asks ANC
He asked to be allowed to stay on in the ANC, saying membership was "my life" and that he had joined the anti-apartheid movement at the age of nine."Please leave me with a card because the imagination of being outside the ANC is too scary. I...
14 March 2012
Our kind of truth
Ten percent of all deaths in that country, he recently claimed, are from euthanasia, half of which are forced upon helpless patients. Old people are so frightened of being killed by homicidal doctors that they wear bracelets that read: "Do not...
14 March 2012
I was misquoted
I am not a doctor and have never claimed to be nor masqueraded as a doctor, I did inform your journalist that I am a registered professional, as I am registered with the Health Professions Council of Botswana as a Laboratory Technologist. I object to...
14 March 2012
BNF thanks Mokobaxane voters
We would also like to thank the other opposition parties, namely, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana People's Party (BPP) for rendering assistance. These parties not only did not field candidates in...
14 March 2012
As I see it
Next year, President Khama will complete his first term (five years) in office. He acceded to the presidency brandishing, initially, a roadmap of four Ds: Democracy, Development, Dignity and Discipline. Quite rightly he realised, if the...
Michael Dingake 14 March 2012
Premier League office awaits feedback on e-tickets
Extension Gunners first pioneered the project during their Confederations Cup match against TANA of Madagascar about a fortnight ago.They went on to use e-tickets for the first time in the Premier League match against Lobatse rivals, BMC, the...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 March 2012
Chiefs boss deny Ndlovu exit reports
There were reports last week that Ndlovu was planning to quit the club because he was unhappy. While Molome denied the speculation that the Zimbabwean mentor was dissatisfied with certain issues at Chiefs, he said some individuals from their...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 14 March 2012
Double blow for Zebras
Zebras' coach, Stanley Tshosane had called 25 players, but Township Rollers' duo of Kabelo Dambe and Mogakolodi 'Tsotso' Ngele were ruled out because of injury, while Gaborone United pair of Musa Ohilwe and Ofentse Nato never responded to the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 March 2012
ATI re-jigs DT's Gimme Roses
ATI is presently in the studio working on his next album Bulaya Motho and has revealed that DT's song Gimme Roses' revised version will be part of the album. Interestingly, the few times that the two have belted out the remix of the popular tune -...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 March 2012
Multimedia Sesame Street campaign to reach Botswana children
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, has announced that Takalani Sesame, South Africa's original co-production of the legendary children's show, broadcasted in Botswana on Botswana Television (Btv) yesterday,...
14 March 2012
Soprano Batshogile serenades US visitors
At a night of opera hosted by the Botswana Tourism Organisation at the No.1 Ladies Opera House, Batshogile, along with the Three Tswana Tenors and Sedibeng Choral Society showed the American delegates a different side of Botswana. Opening the show,...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 March 2012
Maxy storms back with vibrant Kashoti
Similarly, a hunter upon losing the spoor will have to retrace his steps back to where he spotted the spoors. That is the situation Olebile Sedumedi, popularly known as Maxy, found herself in - having to go back to the drawing board where her musical...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 14 March 2012
Bhudaza set to dazzle Batswana once more
Bhudaza will also use the tour to promote his last album, Likhomo. The 11-tracked album was released in 2009. Moruakgomo said the tour, which starts on March 30 at the Botswanacraft in Gaborone, would take them to five more places where they are...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 14 March 2012
South Sudan cattle raid toll 'passes 200'
Jonglei state governor Kuol Manyang said at least 223 people had been confirmed dead. Hundreds more - including many women and children - are believed to be wounded or missing. Cattle raids and revenge attacks have killed thousands of people in...
14 March 2012
Nodding disease: First Ugandan treatment centres open
The centres in the north - where the disease is most common - are to control the worst of the symptoms.The disease's cause is unknown, but it affects only children - who suffer from seizures, stunted physical and mental growth and nodding of the...
14 March 2012
In spotlight, Uganda says Congo slows hunt for Kony
In particular, a Ugandan spokesman said, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was obstructing its United States-backed hunt for Kony and the remnants of his Lord's Resistance Army, seven years after the feared rebel group was largely driven out of...
14 March 2012
Iraq militants stone 'emo kids' to death
Militants in Shi'ite neighbourhoods where the stonings have taken place circulated lists on Saturday naming more youths targeted to be killed if they do not change the way they dress. The killings have taken place since Iraq's interior...
14 March 2012
Choppies' profit up by 24%
Choppies, which recently listed on the BSE, registered a 15 percent rise in operating profit to P86 million while net profit after tax increased by 24 percent to P63 million. During the period under review, the supermarket chain opened two new...
STAFF WRITER 14 March 2012
Govt lifts suspension on diamond cutting licences
A statement released by the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources says the suspension placed on new diamond and cutting licences will be lifted with effect from April 1, 2012. "Guidelines on how to apply for a diamond cutting and...
STAFF WRITER 14 March 2012
Public broadcasting is long overdue
This is a laudable and long-overdue effort. Public broadcasting plays an invaluable role in the free flow of ideas and debate to ensure an informed citizenry that can duly participate in the political process. Further to that, this is a model known...
EDITOR 14 March 2012
Selefu 14 March 2012
14 March 2012
Mmualebe
Pele ga re tswelela, a re bone gore lefoko 'tsena' le raya eng. Tlhanodi ya re go tsena ke 'go ya mo teng ga sengwe'. Fa re ya le tlhaloso e, re tlaa fitlhela e le gore dilo tse go ka iwang mo teng ga tsone, kana ga tsenwa mo go tsone, di...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 14 March 2012
Teen in police custody for alleged abortion
The teenager was arrested on Sunday afternoon after she allegedly dumped a foetus in a toilet at Maruapula. A certain private doctor stationed at the Maruapula Shopping Complex is said to have helped her induce the abortion. The station commander...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 14 March 2012
F/town recycles 90% of city's waste
Francistown mayor, Shadreck Nyeku has revealed that only 10 percent of the waste in the city goes to the landfill while the rest is recycled. He stated that they are emulating the waste management system of the city of Genk, Belgium. Nyeku said the...
NTESANG SILAS
Correspondent 14 March 2012
Limko students unhappy with bookstore system
The students say that the institution has opened a new Books Botswana bookstore on campus and introduced a system of swiping for books from the store. They complain that no consultation was done prior to that. Some say they fear that the university...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 March 2012
Govt sets up medical centres of excellence
The ministry's chief public relations officer, Doreen Motshegwa said: "Deborah Retief Memorial Hospital and Sekgoma Memorial Hospital will be the only two centres where eye specialists will be found. The ministry is busy equipping both hospitals with...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 14 March 2012
US varsities offer to train Botswana students
The pledges from the United Sates of America (US) universities come at the end of a week-long exploratory mission from Washington led by Botswana's ambassador to the US, Tebelelo Seretse. The University of Cincinnati has pledged to provide 10...
GAOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 March 2012
Our Heritage
If I obtained a date for it from Bias Mookodi , it is temporarily mislaid. No matter. T.G. More was District Commissioner in Kanye from 1955 to 1959 so that this photo would have been taken some time during those years - and this is sufficient to...
SANDY GRANT 14 March 2012
Parliament should appoint heads of oversight bodies - Modubule
The BMD legislator's comment was prompted by the recent naming of the former Director of the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM), Festinah Bakwena, as the Ombudsman. Contributing to the debate on the committee of supply for the Office of...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 14 March 2012
Peace Corps intervention in HIV/AIDS extolled
Their contribution and involvement helped reduce HIV/AIDS deaths drastically, with the transmission of HIV from positive mothers having declined from a projected 40 percent in 2003 to less than four percent today. The Minister of Health, Reverend Dr...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 14 March 2012
Industrial Court not undermined-Batshu
Dismissing the claims in Parliament last week, Batshu explained that there are provisions of the law as well as mechanisms in place to ensure that court orders are complied with. "In the first place, Section 20 (2) of the Trade Disputes Act, Cap...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 14 March 2012
Jamali, DJ Sid face-off in hostile P200,000 lawsuit
Baitsile, who is also popularly known as DJ Sid, was dismissed from the station last year. It was a hostile atmosphere as Jamali, who appeared for about 20 minutes, told the court that he does not know DJ Sid. He claimed that he never hired him. He...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 March 2012
Ramsden, Saleshando tour maternity wards at PMH
Speaking during a tour of Princess Marina Hospital's maternity wards with the MP for Gaborone Central, Dumelang Shaleshando, yesterday, Ramsden said: "The aim of this tour is for us to see and feel what the hospitals are going through. We are here to...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 14 March 2012
National studbook empowers local breeders - BMC chief
Addressing a Botswana livestock improvement workshop in Gaborone yesterday, Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) chief executive officer (CEO) Dr David Falepau said that the 2009 Livestock Improvement Act allows for the improvement of the livestock...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 14 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 15 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 15 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* 15 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...
15 March 2012
China's role in infrastructure development in Botswana [Part 1]
Introduction Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, is often characterised as a major success story on the continent. With an average growth rate of 11.3 percent over the period 1980-89, it has a track record of consistent economic...
15 March 2012
The new normal
The economic downturn of 2008 has ushered in a new global market order where the only constant is uncertainty. While previous recessions were shorter and less severe with conditions returning to normal relatively quicker, the latest episode is a...
15 March 2012
Our kind of truth
Ten percent of all deaths in that country, he recently claimed, are from euthanasia, half of which are forced upon helpless patients. Old people are so frightened of being killed by homicidal doctors that they wear bracelets that read: "Do not...
15 March 2012
Our Heritage
If I obtained a date for it from Bias Mookodi , it is temporarily mislaid. No matter. T.G. More was District Commissioner in Kanye from 1955 to 1959 so that this photo would have been taken some time during those years - and this is sufficient to...
SANDY GRANT 15 March 2012
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