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Drogba provides the reward for Chelsea's resistance movement
Of course it wasn't. But something had to explain a 90_minute performance that incorporated just about every element of the great Ivorian's repertoire, from the decisive goal through numerous examples of unwarranted histrionics to the yellow card for...
20 April 2012
BDF VI, Mafolofolo move to plug void
BDF VI men registered five players, while Mafolofolo have four new players, making them the leading buyers. BDF lost key player, Lee Tshipana to Police VI, while Lizzy Gasekgonwe left Mafolofolo for Kalavango. Tshipana has been a loyal member of the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 20 April 2012
SVM re-launch on tomorrow
The organisation folded a few years after its formation due to personal and work commitment by some of the members of the executive committee. BNSC sports development officer for Francistown region, Odirile Sibanda said the main purpose of the event...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
Hunt for Olympic berths continues
The bulk of the athletes took part in the Sports View International meet last weekend, but none managed an Olympic qualifying standard time. The National Championship presents yet another opportunity for the athletes to book places at the London...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Muzhingi favoured to win GC Marathon
The 31-year old is the toast of international athletes who are in the country to compete in the second edition of the 42.2 kilometre marathon. Muzhingi inscribed himself in the history books by winning the popular Comrades Marathon in South Africa...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
Army sides to clash in league match
Gunners go into the match with a single point they earned from their game against log leaders, Gaborone Hogs last weekend. Although they lost 51-29, Gunners managed to collect a point thanks to the four tries they scored, the first time to do so this...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Btv to screen softball final
The men's finals will be staged exactly a fortnight after the women's finals were played. This weekend's event marks the final stage of the Shell League that kicked off last year in August after BSA penned a P300, 000 three-year deal with Shell...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Oteng upbeat about Olympics slot
Five national boxers are in Tunisia for their final training camp. Straight after the Tunis camp, the boxers will battle it out for London 2012 places in the AIBA Africa Olympic qualifiers. The camp runs until April 26, just a day before the start...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Prisons, System in top of the table clash
Making their maiden appearance in the second tier division, Systems look set for promotion to the elite league and have been strong contenders since the beginning of the campaign. With only five points separating the two sides, Prisons XI have...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
BFA moves to protect coaches
The be MOBILE Premier League clubs have become notorious for hiring and firing coaches at will. There is a widely held view that Premier League clubs exploit coaches, most of whom are foreigners. Some coaches have challenged their dismissals and...
20 April 2012
Peace Makers accuse Centre Chiefs of using muti
Peace Makers officials claim that Chiefs officials planted muti in the four corners of the field and in the middle of the goal posts. Officials of the two teams stood on field arguing, when this reporter arrived. The security guards were...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Count us out after two losses - GNT coach
Coach, Edward Leposo said this after his side displayed a spirited fight to clinch a late equaliser against a wasteful ECCO City Greens in a midweek Francistown derby. GNT take on unpredictable Extension Gunners at the Francistown Stadium and Leposo...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
Police XI's top eight chase gathers pace
League action resumes after paving way for Coke Cup action last weekend. At the start of the second round, Police XI were fighting for survival, but the recent resurgence has now seen them chasing a top eight finish. They are eighth on the log, while...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
BNSC slush with cash as affiliates wallow in financial doldrums
The Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) failed to exhaust its P60 million grant from the government in 2009, recording a surplus of more than P17 million, while affiliates' coffers remained empty. The revelations come after a parliamentary...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
'Healthy' Mugabe presides over Zimbabwe independence
That trip prompted speculation that the 88-year-old leader was seriously ill. Zimbabwean prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai described as "repugnant" the theme of this year's celebrations - the "indigenisation" of businesses owned by white people.The...
20 April 2012
Spain King Juan Carlos sorry for Botswana hunt trip
His trip to Botswana, which was widely criticised, emerged after he was flown home for treatment for a fractured hip. "I'm very sorry, I made a mistake. It won't happen again," he said, as he left San Jose hospital in Madrid.It was widely reported...
20 April 2012
India test launches Agni-V long-range missile
The Agni-V missile was launched from a site off India's east coast and took 20 minutes to hit its target somewhere near Indonesia in the Indian Ocean. The missile has a range of more than 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles), potentially bringing targets...
20 April 2012
Sudan president seeks to 'liberate' South Sudan
The former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has ruled South Sudan since it seceded from Sudan in July 2011.President Bashir described the SPLM as "insects" that needed to be eliminated. Fighting between the two countries has now...
20 April 2012
Trayvon and thefugitive slave mentality
Before he temporarily stepped down from his position last week as chief of the Sanford, Fla., police department, Bill Lee Jr gave an explanation of his decision not to arrest George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin. Lee said he had no reason to...
20 April 2012
America goes to war in secret
One day in late November, an unmanned aerial vehicle lifted off from Shindand Air Base in western Afghanistan, heading 75 miles toward the border with Iran. The drone's mission: to spy on Tehran's nuclear program, as well as any insurgent activities...
20 April 2012
Propaganda, prophecy and prosperity
Both the mass media and the clergy serve a system for communicating messages and symbols to their respective audiences, having a compelling function to amuse, entertain, inform, and to inculcate values, beliefs, and codes of behaviour designed to...
* REASON WAFAWAROVA 20 April 2012
The collapse of an education system?
The ISS African Futures Project policy brief, Knowledge Empowers Africa, highlights that it is imperative for African countries to increase educational spending in order to reap the rewards of a more educated population. Economics and education...
* HOPOLANG SELEBALO 20 April 2012
Govt accused of negotiating in bad faith
Speaking on the sidelines of a demonstration to hand over a petition to the District Commissioner by a horde of civil servants, the Botswana Federation of Public Service Unions (BOFEPUSU) official said the government has always negotiated with them...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Book review
Moky Makura (2008) foreword by Richard Branson<br>"Africa's Greatest Entrepreneurs". Johannesburg, Penguin Books (South Africa), 291 pages, paperback. P200, ISBN 978-0-143-024309. 16 black and white plates, sources, but no index. Available at...
Sheridan Griswold 20 April 2012
A fine comedy for all seasons and people
Here is a very fine, easy going, delectable comedy from South Africa. It has wonderful music, and is unusually paced so you can actually hear and enjoy what is happening. Though at its core it features stand-up comedy, it is really a movie...
20 April 2012
Mosinyi recreates her world through art
So forget that arts are not the best paying of industries in Botswana because Mosinyi is all set to bulldoze her way to the top with her God-given talent. Talk about discovering and following through your dream, then you are relating the story...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Teacher to showcase his artworks
The Former Minister of Education and Skills Development and ex-Ngami Member of Parliament Jacob Nkate is expected to officially open this one-day exhibition. Mandumbwa confirmed this in an interview with Arts & Culture. Mandumbwa, who has...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
Mosinyi recreates her world through art
So forget that arts are not the best paying of industries in Botswana because Mosinyi is all set to bulldoze her way to the top with her God-given talent. Talk about discovering and following through your dream, then you are relating the story...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 April 2012
The Mother of All Eating: A sad tale of corruption
The one-man satire play was showing at Maitisong Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday. Adapted and produced by Makhaola Ndebele, it depicts the scourge of corruption in the southern Africa in particular and on the African continent in general. The story...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Good networks necessary for coal market
Botswana needs internationally competitive logistics such as rail and ports to be on the lower part of the cost curve if they are to fend off stiff competition to supply the Asian coal market from dominant mining countries such as Australian and...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
MTN Business launches new data products
The new products are aimed at improving data storage and backup for businesses. MTN Africa head of marketing, Lesego Molwantwa said data is critical to any organisation hence a need to have a secure backup. He said online Cloud data backup comes...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
Debswana taps into 39 million-tonne treasure chest
Debswana executives say a tailing treatment plant will position the producer well for the favourable supply/demand dynamics in the diamond market in the medium to long term. The Debswana board is expected to soon consider for approval and...
STAFF WRITER 20 April 2012
LEA ponders leather park
The research will cover affluent infrastructure, a training centre and shells for investors in wet blue, retaining and finished leather plants to set up shop in the country. This comes after a study carried out by the authority established that...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 20 April 2012
BPC faces serious financial risk
The eight-page extract on the BPC from the 258-page report painted a bleak picture of the utility's ability to continue delivering its mandate. The report is the latest in a series of revelations about the corporation's unhealthy finances, which...
STAFF WRITER 20 April 2012
Why Mabiletsa shed tears
Mmegi: At one point this year you were accused of harbouring ambitions for the post of leader of opposition and your critics said you were pushing for an alliance with the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) because you wanted to replace Botswana Movement...
20 April 2012
Nitty Gritty
Chicken, who in his other life is the Prophet of the Church of the Holy Goat, swears by his new friend and comrade. They met at some convention of prophets and priests filled with the holy ghost, over the Easter weekend. This talented gentleman is...
Barolong Seboni 20 April 2012
Bechuanaland influenced events in Barotseland
Bechuanaland made it easy for explorers and imperialists, who made stopovers in present-day South Africa to communicate with people in Barotseland. The prominence of Barotseland caused Europeans to mistakenly think that copper mines were under...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Our heritage
The first was that the police have again changed their uniforms and the other, more recently, that a tourism consultancy report on Southern Africa has apparently concluded that, for tourists, this country is the least friendly, or, should you so...
Sandy Grant 20 April 2012
Digging tswana roots
Is belief in a 'tokoloshi' baseless superstition or not? This is a mysterious, often invisible creature that can be 'sent' to harass individuals. In this article, we are going to find a rather surprising answer to this. This takes us to a time...
L.M. Leteane 20 April 2012
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20 April 2012
Not another strike please!
The two-month strike that crippled the country last year should have taught us the ordinary people, BOFEPUSU members, and those in the corridors of power a lesson that dialogue is the key to peaceful co-existence. Reports that government has trashed...
20 April 2012
How I beat the FMD checkpoint
The intensive exercise to eliminate the disease in the vast area was meant to help the country attain the status of an FMD-free country so that it can sell its beef to the lucrative European Union market. The P94 million funded several control...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
FMD shatters farmers' dreams in Matsiloje
Farmers, herdsmen, the business community and just about every resident of the village are mourning the killing of cattle in the area in order to clear FMD. Livestock has always played a vital role in the rural economy of Matsiloje where there are...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
BDP youth factions to tussle in Sefhare
The 19th biennial BDP National Youth Executive Committee (NYEC) elective congress slated for the Tswapong village next week Friday promises action, as the youth lobby groups have been engaged in open and gruelling fights. Although the previous...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
Maokaneng finds his 'dream home' in the BNF
This was revealed by sources at Kopano House this week. Bontshetse, a long-time BDP activist, is among other eight card carrying members who defected from the ruling party earlier this week. This group was welcomed into the BNF fold by the...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 April 2012
Remembering the mother of all strikes
Gaborone Industrial Court, 9th May, 3:28amWorkers happily singing in celebration as they leave court in the early hours of Monday after they successfully challenged the court, ruling that declared it unlawful for essential services workers to strike....
20 April 2012
Police still looking for two robbery suspects
Motube would not discuss details saying said their investigations were still at an early stage. However, he said the shooting should not scare members of the public because police are there to protect people and their property. In the early hours of...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 20 April 2012
FCTVE faces high staff turnover
Speaking at the tour of the college by representatives of the member states of the European Union resident in Botswana accompanying the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Phandu Skelemani on Monday at FCTVE, Phorego said the...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Lost child found at Mabe lands
According to Boseja South councillor, Molefe Molefe, the child who had gone missing last week, was found around nine in the morning. He said the man tried to alert the police but they did not respond until around one O'clock in the afternoon the...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 20 April 2012
Thieves steal P47,000 from businessman
It is reported that on the night of the 5th of April thieves broke into the businessman's house and stole money amounting to around P 47,000 and other undisclosed amounts in foreign currency. The thieves also got away with a laptop worthy P...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 20 April 2012
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