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Morake: The first fruit of women's boxing
Morake spent her school days reading a lot about martial arts and following the likes of former boxer, Thuso Khubamang. Three years ago she decided to take up boxing, in part because of her brother, Norman, who had a keen interest in the sport."I...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 16 March 2012
BDP's 10 most influential women
Dr Margaret Nasha: She is the first female Speaker of Parliament in Botswana. Nasha is a shrewd politician who has advantage of exposure for having served the country as a civil servant in her hey day. This gives her extensive knowledge of the...
16 March 2012
Getting from here to "diversification"
Once I asked an old Irishman in the town of Dingle how I get from Dingle to Galway. His response was uniquely Irish. He shook his head and said "You can’t get from here to there". This is pretty much the same response I often hear from...
16 March 2012
Seretse hosts US business delegation
Speaking at a dinner she hosted for delegates of the United States Black Power at Gaborone Sun on Wednesday, Seretse said the balance sheet of a small business in US was equal to that of a large business in Botswana."If Batswana can realise this...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Consumer watchdog
Even after all these years we still occasionally get a call or an email from a reader asking how much it costs to get help from Consumer Watchdog. The answer, in case you're wondering, is nothing. Nothing at all. It's time for some transparency...
16 March 2012
Tourism set to generate P3,25bn in 2012
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is the foremost research and statistics organisation on tourism, conducting annual economic assessments on 181 countries around the world.WTTC's annual Economic Impact Reports analyse historic performance...
STAFF WRITER 16 March 2012
Africa Energy boosts cash flow
The Australian company is feverishly developing the 2.5 billion tonne Sese project near Francistown and recently produced a sample to test export routes and markets. AFR's interim results to December 31, 2011 published this week reveal the timeliness...
STAFF WRITER 16 March 2012
Malesu, Debswana launch Brand Botswana campaign
Speaking at the launch of a Brand Botswana and Debswana co-branded campaign on Wednesday, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dorcus Makgato-Malesu said organisations could work jointly with Brand Botswana to achieve the objectives of the National...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Squatters ordered to make way for BDC project
A lawyer representing BDC told Business Week that the families had been given until March 31, 2012 to vacate the land after the Lobatse High Court ruled that their stay there was illegal.The families being evicted are part of the original 48...
STAFF WRITER 16 March 2012
BIHL reaches top rung in Letshego share register
Latest available information indicates that BIHL took advantage of private equity fund manager, Kingdom Zephyr Africa's divestment last year, snapping up more shares in Letshego to climb into pole position. From its entry in 2004, Kingdom Zephyr was...
STAFF WRITER 16 March 2012
Do numbers lie?
However, that denial is not the subject of this inquiry. This inquiry is interested in the words attributed to Mabiletsa and those words read as follows: "He said that his detractors are trying to derail from the debate, which he says is based on the...
*ARAFAT KHAN 16 March 2012
Kang hosts 'mini Olympic' Games
Six schools will be participating in the first ever 'mini Olympics' to be held in the country. The event is part of the British High Commission's activities to inspire excitement ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games to be held in July this...
16 March 2012
Digging tswana roots
Last week we learnt that, for all their power and sophistication, the Illui were extremely nervous of the periodic appearance of comet Marduk every 3588 years. As the gods-of-old (Eloi in Hebrew, Ba-Loi in Sotho-Tswana), they had escaped the Great...
I.M Leteane 16 March 2012
Protecting credit addicts from themselves
In our country, the prosperity of the boom years, the super profits reaped by banks and the run-away mushrooming of micro-lenders have all brought a dangerous rise in the culture of consumerism.That is why news that the government has published a...
16 March 2012
Selefu 16 March 2012
16 March 2012
The Umbrella is a national calling
The last few weeks have been marked by ecstatic chants and war dances of the enemies of the Umbrella. Some inept prophesies had already been rendered by the Botswana Democratic Party and its flunkies within the opposition, that the Umbrella was...
16 March 2012
China's role in infrastructure development in Botswana [Part II]
One of the key success factors of the Chinese construction firms is their low bidding price. For instance, of the six companies that tendered for the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport project, Sinohydro's submission was the lowest in price. The...
16 March 2012
Zim illegal sand miners invade Kumakwane
The sand, which is in high demand is being mined illegally along the stream just behind Kumakwane Village. The culprits have a station in Kumakwane Village next to a bus stop commonly called UB where trucks pay and collect them for loading. Normally...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 16 March 2012
MoLG allocated P4bn recurrent budget
Presenting the budget in Parliament, Minister Peter Siele said the P342,000,000 would be used to manage the District Multi-Sectoral Aids Committee activities (DMSAC), the Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and Home Based Care programmes, "the...
LERATO MALEKE
CORRESPONDENT 16 March 2012
Rakhudu asks public to apologise for government
Members of the public have been asked to apologise to teachers on behalf of the government over its handling of the public service strike last year. The Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Keletso Rakhudu, made this call...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Venson-Moitoi appeals for teachers' patience
Venson-Moitoi first congratulated members of the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) of schools around Francistown for turning up at PTA meetings and her meeting in large numbers. She urged teachers to cooperate among themselves, with PTAs and...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 16 March 2012
BDP beyond Schlemmer
About a month-and-a-half ago in Gaborone, a high-ranking official of one opposition party was called to the office of a very senior official of the Botswana Democratic Party. On the table was an offer: We are open to a sensible discussion. What do...
16 March 2012
Rugby champions start title defence with tricky tie
Gunners are no longer the feared side that became the first team from the north to win the title. They have lost six key players, Robert Chakalisa, Olebeng Moreri, Nyangane Nyangane, Danile Adam, Leatametsa Mapodisi and Goabaone Bapega. ...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Freed prisoner back in the slammer
Mpho Molatlhegi (26) was arrested and sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend in 2006. However, he was released on medical grounds after a doctors' report in 2009."I had bone TB and my legs had been numb for five years,"...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Former police officer accused of stealing gun
The case, which resumed before senior magistrate Batho Kgerethwa at the Ramotswa Magistrate Court on Wednesday, was moved to the Extension II Magistrate Court yesterday after the accused requested the state to produce an original transfer card of the...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Government declares Kanjabanga a Namibian
Kanjabanga, who is also an active member of opposition Botswana National Front (BNF) has sought intervention of the High Court to declare section 4 and 5 of the Citizenship Act Cap 01:01 unlawful and unconstitutional. He also wants the court to...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Tumasera dispute comes to an end
Setumo said the Tswapong South village would not be part of Tupya, Malete and Rasesa, collectively known as Tumasera.Mahalapye sub-district commissioner, Monyakeng, told the people of Seleka on Monday that government is implementing the court...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
BBS moves to finish off BIFM Capital
BBS corporate affairs manager, Sipho Showa has confirmed that the bank is redeeming the shares: "We are redeeming those shares at the end of this month," Showa told Mmegi yesterday. "Our position hasn't changed."The news induced fears that the move...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 16 March 2012
When redeeming shares is like scrambling an egg
Pius Molefe likes to frown. He frowns often. The only time he is not frowning is when he is smiling. Molefe seldom smiles and so Molefe is always frowning. At the last court session at the High Court he was frowning more than perennial frowner High...
16 March 2012
Drought-torn Borolong cries for help
Dingongorego Charles, 68, has been relying on farming to provide food for his family since he retired in 2005. "It has been good all along. I used to plough three hectares, which was enough to sell and feed my family. This year I did not...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Ministry lifts cut-off point for ARV treatment
Speaking during a health pitso in Gaborone yesterday, the Assistant Minister of Health, Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri, said this will be in line with international standards as well as the World Health Organisation guidelines. Health officials say that...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Book review
The Sea won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2005. It won over Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and Saturday by Ian McEwan - two novels that have achieved a much wider audience. The Sea is John Banfield's 14th novel. His Book of Evidence (1990)...
Sheridan Griswold 16 March 2012
Back stage
The Descendants (2011) is now at the New Capitol Cinemas. It is one of the most highly rated films of 2011. Out in November last year for the award season, it is finally now in Gaborone. At the Golden Globes it received both Best Picture (Drama) and...
Sasa Majuma 16 March 2012
Syria: Aid groups mark year of protest with unity call
Their appeal marks one year since the first protests against Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.Syrians had survived the subsequent crackdown with "outstanding courage", the group said, but more than 8,000 had died as the world "stood by". Russia and...
16 March 2012
The Zenith of the Bakalanga State of Butua [Part II]
This is essential, as the origin of the Mambo rulers remains obscured in the history and oral traditions of the Bakalanga. It is highly likely that the Chibundule family ruled a local chiefdom near present day Bulawayo during the prosperous era of...
ABEL ABEDNICO MABUSE
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Security fears over Sebele I's bible
The curator of the museum, Kawina Kawina explained to Arts and Culture that they feared that should thieves break into the facility, the valuable asset could be lost for good. "We do not want to lose any of our exhibits. This bible is kept in a safe...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Mmakgosi ruins must be preserved
Only bits and pieces are left of what used to be Mmakgosi's house at Ntsweng heritage site where the royal grave yard is also located. The big open space surrounded by hills used to be Bakwena capital between 1864 and 1937 before the British...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Netball trio bid farewell
The three are expected to leave the country on March 20. Goal defender (GD), Kagisano Mawela and BDF Cats shooters, Tebogo Radipotsane and Ntebogang Motlakaleso, will be in Singapore for a month. The invitation follows their exploits at the netball...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Teachers finally return to the sports field
The government has agreed to pay teachers for their involvement in extra curricular activities if they go beyond their normal hours of duty. Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA) president, Steve Botlhasitse told a press briefing in Gaborone...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Top of the table clash in Mochudi
Prisons lead the pack with 31 points, while Buffaloes are just three points behind. This could be an opportunity for Prisons to further widen the gap, but Buffaloes are eyeing the game as a chance to go level with the pacesetters on points. Dinare...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Coaches want fourth sub during regulation time
The world soccer governing body has announced plans to allow teams to introduce a fourth player, but only during extra time. Local coaches feel there are many unused options on the bench and a fourth substitute should be utilised during regulation...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Administrators ponder First Division North split
This follows a closed door meeting convened in Francistown last Saturday between the First Division North League Committee chairperson Eatametse Olopeng and chairpersons from the seven regions in the north. Last August, Tswapong Regional Football...
SIMON JUBANE
Correspondent 16 March 2012
Standard Chartered launches 5-a-side tourney
The bank invited 32 five-a-side teams from their wholesale and consumer banking customer base in the local market to battle it out for the grand prize at the Barclays bank grounds in Block 5, Gaborone tomorrow. According to the bank's corporate...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Only Chiefs can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Chiefs have a rich tradition, but that has somehow been blighted by lack of trophies, with the first league title only arriving in 2008. The Kgatleng boys have shown tremendous consistency and find themselves nine points clear of fierce rivals,...
16 March 2012
Zambia's former ruling party dissolved
Political parties are required to pay annual registration fees, but the MMD has not paid since 1993 and now owes more than 390 million kwacha ($74,300)or (P528,000) chief registrar of societies, Clement Andeleki said."I have cancelled the...
16 March 2012
ECCO owe us - Satmos
Satmos spokesperson, Mpezeni Sambandawe said the game provides an opportunity for the bottom club to avenge defeat suffered in the first round fixture. Sambandawe said his team has improved since the beginning of the second round. “Look at the...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 16 March 2012
BFA still to investigate Molepolole stampede
Fans forced their way into the stadium during a match between Township Rollers and Extension Gunners on August 27, 2011 resulting in scores of spectators sustaining injuries. There were reports that the Botswana Premier League (BPL) had completed...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
Ndlovu, Chiweshe renew age old rivalry
Ndlovu and Chiweshe were celebrated football stars during their playing careers in their country. Chiweshe played for Eagles, while Ndlovu played for cross town rivals, Highlanders. This time however, they find themselves at the helm of two local...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 March 2012
A recipe for freedom
I would like to address some of the lessons that we have learned in South Africa – lessons that might be helpful to all the countries around the world that are in the process of transition, that strive to clamp down on violence, that hope...
16 March 2012
Woman murdered in Jwaneng
A neighbour who heard the deceased screaming at approximately 4am said the woman was aged 30 years or less.The neighbour, who spoke to Mmegi on conditions of anonymity, said they stepped outside on hearing the screaming but retired to sleep when they...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 16 March 2012
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