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BIH facilities on course - Swartz
The minister said this as he proposed a budget of over P420 million for his ministry for the 2012-2013 financial year. The combined budget proposal comprises P348 million for recurrent budget and P75 million for development budget. The minister...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
Businessman shot dead in Phakalane
Harry Thembo, who owned an information technology company, was allegedly shot in the head and finished off with an axe on his way home from The Boulevard Bar at Phakalane mall. His assailant (s) left him in a trench where he was found in the wee...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Tshireletso saves the day for BDP
The by-election was held to replace the ward councillor, Galesebiwe Gaothuse who died last November. Seasoned politicians that are familiar with the Boteti South region like Lebonaamang Mokalake and former Mokoboxane-Kedia councillor, Boikhutso...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
Brink sets sights on Dada
This follows the Competition Authority's (CA) decision to permit Brink's Bokomo Botswana to buy into Cottesloe Consultants, otherwise known as Irvine's Botswana. Bokomo had appealed to the authority to allow the company to acquire a 50 percent stake...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 20 March 2012
DK accuses BDP of state media bias
Debating Isaac Mabiletsa's motion, which calls for the state media to be converted to a public broadcaster, Kwelagobe complained that the individuals act as referees and players at the same time. He charged last Friday in Parliament that Btv...
PETER MADIYA
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Twenty-eight compensated for hearing loss
Of the 32, a record 28 have been compensated. He added that three were not compensated because their condition resulted from causes not linked to employment at the Jwaneng mine. He said the fourth employee's claim is currently with the insurers for...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Staff writer 20 March 2012
Parties approve political adverts on radio
Three commercial private radio stations, Yarona fm, Duma fm and Gabz fm have asked the National Broadcasting Board (NBB) to introduce a new license condition that would allow them to broadcast political party notices for a fee. The secretary general...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 20 March 2012
BNF executive dumps Boko at Umbrella workshop
The workshop, which was organised to reconcile present and erstwhile members of the Umbrella parties, was held in Tlokweng on Saturday and Sunday. Sources close to the BNF leadership say Boko found himself on his own. It is alleged that even the...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
Sata, Khama affirm anti-graft drive
Sata, who is on his first state visit to Botswana since assuming office on September 20 last year, said that the two countries should share experiences to rid themselves of corruption because the malady is causing economic stagnation in both...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
BURS nabs DIS agent
The Botswana Guardian reported last Friday that agents of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) arrested a DIS operative on suspicions of embezzling public funds. Now the taxman wants to sniff around the spy's books. A source at...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 20 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...
20 March 2012
Syria unrest: Fierce firefight erupts in Damascus
Witnesses say machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades were heard from the heavily guarded district of Al-Mezze, which hosts several security buildings. Syrian TV said three "terrorists" and a security force member had been killed.The United...
20 March 2012
Liberian anger over gay rights call
The move became the talk of the town, dominating discussions on radio talk shows, street corner teashops and university campuses in the capital, Monrovia, especially their call for same-sex marriages to be recognised. Leading Pentecostal leaders and...
20 March 2012
Cuban opposition activists arrested in Havana
Many were stopped as they staged their silent weekly protest march along an avenue in the capital, Havana.The group says the country's Communist authorities have increased pressure on them in recent days.The government says they are paid by the...
20 March 2012
Malema might drop his appeal
Ronald Lamola, the deputy president of the league, said that consideration was being given to withdrawing Julius Malema's appeal against his expulsion from the party following comments by Zuma that the league should prepare to elect a new leader...
20 March 2012
Libya demands handover of Gaddafi spy chief Senussi
A spokesman for the new government in Tripoli "insisted" Brig General Senussi be extradited to Libya to face trial.Interpol says it has issued an international "red notice" arrest warrant at Libya's request.Senussi is also being sought by the...
20 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 20 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...
20 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...
20 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...
20 March 2012
Seek god first
But what one would ask is, are these people in search of God or prophecies. I happened to attend one that left a lot to be desired, I felt for my people who seemed to be expectant of prophecies/miracles. What I saw raised eyebrows, some people...
20 March 2012
ETCETERA II
Two topics have been to the fore in the last week or so. The first was the regular and routine topic of women but this time around given extra emphasis by virtue of International Women's Day. Intentionally or otherwise, this celebratory day coincided...
Sandy Grant 20 March 2012
Kingdom-0-Metre
We need to continue to celebrate our women. This must become part of our life-style. The problem of inequalities, not only among sexes, but also among other creatures through devaluation of the latter by the humans is by and large a result of...
Dumi Mmualefe 20 March 2012
Issues in education
Previous Issues have considered the implications for Botswana of the failure to shift to the stage of Meaning or Progressive Education in many developing countries. This exploration is based on a new book by Dr Gerard Guthrie, former Professor of...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 20 March 2012
The winners code
A mindset is defined as a set of assumptions, methods or notations held by one or more people or groups of people which is so established that it creates a powerful incentive within these people or groups to continue to adopt or accept prior...
George Chingarande 20 March 2012
The downside of the Kony 2012 video
Only two weeks ago, Ugandan papers carried front-page reports from the highly respected Social Science Research Council of New York, accusing the Uganda army of atrocities against civilians in Central African Republic while on a mission to fight...
20 March 2012
And the winners are...?
The event was organised by Botswana Society for the Arts (BSA) in February and March 2012, with financial support from the Department of Arts and Culture, French and German embassies in Botswana. Seventeen students attended a workshop held over three...
Ulf Nermark
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Icons of Botswana
A veteran journalist and public relations expert, the single cause to which Ndaba has been consistently committed to in the course of his remarkable life has been that of promoting and preserving the culture of his forefathers and the language that...
Kibo Ngowi 20 March 2012
BNOC discourages athletes from using supplements
As the host of the Interim Committee on Anti Doping we are of the view that supplements expose athletes to the risk of doping.It has come to our attention that some athletes are using nutritional supplements to, inter alia, improve their recovery,...
20 March 2012
TAFIC mentor bemoans lack of depth
The coach made the remarks after watching his side go down 3-1 to Nico United on Sunday. In the last four games, the Francistown based outfit have only managed a 2-0 victory against another struggling side, Great North Tigers (GNT) before losing to...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
No friendly for Zebras
Coach, Stanley Tshosane last week called 25 local-based players, mainly drawn from the Under-23 team, for a two-week camp and was hoping to gauge their strength in an international friendly against 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions,...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Notwane's season on the verge of imploding
Toronto lost 2-1 at the hands of Police XI on Saturday as the be MOBILE Premier League reached week 21. Once a feared side that boasted some of Botswana's talented players, among them Moloi brothers, Pontsho, Dirang and Pako, Barnes Radipotsane and...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
Anna Ford criticises BBC over ageism
Appearing on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Ford said she would not go back in front of the camera. Host Kirsty Young asked her about BBC director general Mark Thompson's recent comments on his regret at the lack of older women on...
20 March 2012
Legend makes debut
The veteran playwright was instead putting final touches to a new play he planned on launching at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown later this year - a follow-up to his highly successful Nothing But The Truth, which showed at the Market...
20 March 2012
Back stage
These are two short films, the first by the award winning French filmmaker and naturalist Luc Jacquet whose March of the Penguins on the life of a tribe of Emperor Penguins in the South Pole won an Oscar for best documentary in 2005 (see Victory Over...
Sasa Majuma 20 March 2012
Eric's September award finally arrives
Eric scooped the coveted award courtesy of his famous hit A E Phetehe Thato Ya Hao ahead of gospel heavyweights Benjamin Dube, Ghana's Sonnie Badu and Uche of Joyous Celebration. The song A E Phetehe Thato Ya Hao came up against Dube's famous tune...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Neo Malowa: A high-flier on the bourse and a good mother
When 25-year-old Neo Malowa completed her degree in Software Engineering at Botho College in 2008, she was confronted with a problem that demanded immediate attention. Unlike most of her colleagues, she would have to forego job hunting and devote the...
20 March 2012
Batshogile, Mokoba translate Italian opera into Setswana
Andy Batshogile and Ame Mokoba have translated Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana from Italian into Setswana with the support of vocal trainer and pianist, David Slater. The Setswana version of Cavalleria Rusticana will premiere on April 19, 2011...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
Extreme heat wilts crops at Talana Farms
The managing director of the farms that hug the banks of the Limpopo River, Jan Willemse, said in an interview last week that the heat had affected especially tomatoes, forcing them to harvest them early. Willemse said harvesting the tomatoes...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Malesu decries anti-competitive behaviour
Speaking at a national competition policy stakeholders conference in Gaborone recently, Makgato-Malesu said instances where suppliers formed cartels to raise and fix prices or create mergers and acquisitions to reduce the choice of suppliers were...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Thirteen firms to promote IFSC abroad
The 13 firms, which include mostly accounting and law companies with global linkages and networks, will not only market Botswana but facilitate foreign firms in acquiring IFSC certification, setting up and managing business in the country....
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
As I see it
The intense agitation by the opposition for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) at the beginning of the 1990s was prompted by stealing of election from the opposition parties by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). While the BDP bragged about...
Michael Dingake 20 March 2012
Merafhe should be a voice of reason
At this point in his highly successful career, the good old general should be the voice of reason in our politics. After a long career in the civil service, Merafhe's record is second to none in the republic. He cut his teeth in the armed...
20 March 2012
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20 March 2012
Project syndicate
PARIS - Events in 2012 so far have confirmed a new global dissymmetry. Caught between unprecedented financial insecurity and a somber economic outlook, the rich OECD countries and their middle classes fear geopolitical weakening and downward social...
Oliver Ray & Jean-Michael Severino 20 March 2012
HIV positive rape convicts decline to mitigate
Amos Ineeleng (30) and Batshaloli Chini (25) both of Phase Five in Francistown, had appeared before the same magistrate for mitigation two days previously where their fingerprints and specimens of their body fluids were also to be taken after they...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 20 March 2012
Rapist of minor appeals conviction
The prosecution has also filed to oppose Poniso's appeal. According to documents brought before court, on January 26, 2009, Poniso allegedly had unlawful carnal knowledge of a nine-year old girl in Kasane. Poniso was convicted and sentenced by a...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 March 2012
Segakwana farmers demand explanations
In their meeting with Mmathubudukwane sub-land board officials, over 50 farmers expressed concern that the communal grazing land was now being turned into a tourism business without proper consultation, a charge land board member Brian Molefhi...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 21 March 2012
Ministers banned in Kgatleng - reiterates Sekai
However, Sekai said government officials in the area and Kgatleng legislators are free to conduct meetings. Last year, the tribe announced that they had decided to ban all government officials from Gaborone from entering the district. Kgosi...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 21 March 2012
Foetus found in skip at police college
The discovery of the foetus comes barely a week after the graduation of police constables at the college last Friday. According to the PRO of Botswana Police Service (BPS), Christopher Mbulawa, the foetus has yet to be taken for medical analysis to...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 21 March 2012
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