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Non-mining sector growth seen decelerating
In the first quarter BIFM Economic Review report, economist Dr Keith Jefferis says after rising by 5.1 percent last year, economic growth in 2012 is likely to be similar to or slightly lower than in 2011, at around 4-5 percent. "This growth rate...
STAFF WRITER 08 May 2012
Air passengers near one million in 2011 - report
The number of air passengers last year was the highest in the country's aviation history, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana data indicating steady annual growth from 427,356 passengers in 2001. A Statistics Botswana brief released last...
STAFF WRITER 08 May 2012
As I see it
Dogs are known to be the most loyal of pets. I have heard of only one case where a dog attacked its owner and killed him. You have guessed it: The owner forgot to feed it. Don't forget to feed your dog, lest it devours you for...
Michael Dingake 08 May 2012
Khama should lead by example
Khama fought so hard for a special dispensation to fly state aircraft regardless of the conclusion of the Ombudsman that he should stop. When he took over in 2008, he acquired a P1 million caravan, with his sidekick VP Mompati Merafhe...
08 May 2012
Selefu 08 May 2012
08 May 2012
State media bias complaints not new -Seretse's ex-advisor
There have been complaints that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) hogs the government-funded media Botswana Television, Radio Botswana and Daily News - to unfairly gain unfettered access to rural areas. This places the ruling BDP at an...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
Elections reveal BNF factions in Kgatleng
Mooketsi is the president of the BNF Youth League in Mochudi and councillor for Mosanta North while Tladi is the former deputy council chairman and councillor for Morwa. Mooketsi garnered 14 votes while Tladi got 13 votes. Tladi was nominated by the...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 08 May 2012
Kgatleng women out number men in farming
"I think this one is interesting-that more women are actually taking up farming compared to men," she said. She however was worried that lack of rainfall and high temperatures will result in low yields. She also said that social welfare programmes...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
Boko fires a broadside at journalists
Boko characterised the local media as a disgrace to the ethos of free speech and ethics of journalism in many respects. He said the local media had failed to play its watchdog role by continuing to deliberately publish untruthful reports and...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
Witness in murder case disappears
Yesterday Lobatse High court heard that the police are still trying to locate Thabo Samorobe. The court also heard that another witness who is also a girlfriend to the third accused Gaolatlhe Thusang, is playing "hide and seek" with the police. Lindy...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
Academic traces state media policy to Seretse
Presenting a paper titled The Myth of Press Freedom in Botswana - From Seretse Khama to Ian Khama at a World Press Freedom Day symposium held at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology recently, Tutwane related that in 1968 a consultant by the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
Masire's nightmare with contractors
"Terminating government contracts with contractors is such a difficult process - in fact it's a nightmare, as it is a long process that involves a number of stakeholders like the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) and others who...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
BCP launches political school
"The launch was officiated by the party's secretary for political education Florence Shagwa and the secretary for public education Phillip Bulawa. The content of the school curriculum was presented to the leadership. The party's executive committee...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
The state of Botswana journalism
Last year's public workers strike showed several instances in which there is a meeting place between the interests of the labour movement and the press. The largest chunk of the country's radio stations, television and publications are wholly owned...
08 May 2012
Punishing Mutharika's accomplices: The morality of forgiveness
Certainly not, but Malawi is a country where the unimaginable can happen. Barely a decade later, a new tyrant emerged in the name of Bingu wa Mutharika, who held himself out as a Banda reincarnate of some sort, arrogating to himself the names...
08 May 2012
May Day and pro-labour Umbrella policies Part 1
Three of the four parties, namely the BNF, BMD and BPP have decided to press ahead with the project. What was intriguing about the BCP decision was that there was so much at stake, not least because of the prospect of a full strength Umbrella...
* COMRADE MOORE 08 May 2012
The power to deport without reasons
He usually wore his trademark khaki trousers without a belt. His veins snaked through his limbs. In his 70s his body had warped. He cut the picture of the Hollywood flick professor; who appears not to have a life apart from his science. As soon...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 08 May 2012
Bishop Dudu "raises baby from the dead"
She was diagnosed with fibroids and tumor of the womb and the doctors put her on medical treatment. Last night we offered her prophetic prayer on the emergency section of the church and prophetically told her she was pregnant, she refused and said it...
08 May 2012
Four SA border jumpers nabbed
The four, a 26-year-old man and three women aged between 18 and 20, were arrested by the Ramatlabama police and detained at the police station.Ramatlabama Police Station Commander, Tshegofatso Mokumako, said in an interview that the culprits were...
Nicholas Mokwena
Correspondent 08 May 2012
Icons of Botswana
To become a person of stature and attract admiration takes a lot of hard work and diligence. No one knows this better than Constance Mompei who has progressed from being a personal secretary to advisor on parliamentary affairs in the Office of the...
Tshepiso Moseki
Correspondent 08 May 2012
The winners code
There once was a house by the roadside. Many people would go up and down the road as they went about their lives' work and would notice the house, but not pay much attention to it. This house had broken windows. Many people neither knew the owner of...
George Chingarande 08 May 2012
Business women urged to take risks
Speaking at Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) Women's Power Breakfast Seminar recently, MG Properties managing director Mpho Moremong told participants that in situations whereby people "don't believe you, especially...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 08 May 2012
We are still interested - Puma
In a telephone interview from his Cape Town base, Puma marketing director, Brett Bellinger told Mmegi Sport that they were in communication with the Botswana Football Association (BFA). "We submitted a proposal a few months back. We are quite...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
Premier League investigates weekend fiasco
A statement from the league's governing body says that BPL chief prosecutor, Tshiamo Rantao has been appointed as an investigator and will perform the duty at no cost to BPL. "We believe that Rantao has a reputation for probity and impartiality and...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 08 May 2012
Lady Gaga teacup fetches $75,300
With more than 1,300 bids, the week-long auction finished yesterday, with a top offer of 6 011 000 yen, Yahoo! Japan, which managed the charity event, said. The cup was used by Lady Gaga at a press conference in Tokyo three months after the massive...
08 May 2012
Actor George 'Goober Pyle' Lindsey dies
The Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsey had died on Sunday following a brief illness. Lindsey played Goober on the Andy Griffith Show from 1964 to 1968. He went on to play the same character in Hee Haw from 1971...
08 May 2012
Culture Spears set to entertain in Washington DC
The group leaves for Washington DC on May 21, following an invitation by the Botswana Embassy in America. The award-winning group has been asked to partake in the Botswana Day celebrations. Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) is funding the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 08 May 2012
Rebels burn World Heritage site- Timbuktu tomb
The attacks on Friday were blamed on Ansar Dine, a militant group that seeks to impose strict Sharia law.The ancient city in Mali was captured by at least two separatist Tuareg rebel groups - one of which is Ansar Dine - in an anti-government...
08 May 2012
Can Hollande save Europe?
One of only a handful of Socialist leaders at the European Union table, the freshly-elected French president said his victory marked "a new departure for Europe and hope for the world" because it showed "austerity can no longer be the only option."As...
08 May 2012
Non-mining sector growth seen decelerating
In the first quarter BIFM Economic Review report, economist Dr Keith Jefferis says after rising by 5.1 percent last year, economic growth in 2012 is likely to be similar to or slightly lower than in 2011, at around 4-5 percent. "This growth rate...
STAFF WRITER 09 May 2012
Air passengers near one million in 2011 - report
The number of air passengers last year was the highest in the country's aviation history, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana data indicating steady annual growth from 427,356 passengers in 2001. A Statistics Botswana brief released last...
STAFF WRITER 09 May 2012
As I see it
Dogs are known to be the most loyal of pets. I have heard of only one case where a dog attacked its owner and killed him. You have guessed it: The owner forgot to feed it. Don't forget to feed your dog, lest it devours you for...
Michael Dingake 09 May 2012
Khama should lead by example
Khama fought so hard for a special dispensation to fly state aircraft regardless of the conclusion of the Ombudsman that he should stop. When he took over in 2008, he acquired a P1 million caravan, with his sidekick VP Mompati Merafhe...
09 May 2012
Sport chat
Finest momentAmantle Montsho smashed her own record to continue an amazing run on the international scene although this time it was in the shorter 200m instead of the 400m, which has catapulted her to stardom. Finest athleteMontsho takes this one...
Mqondisi Dube 09 May 2012
Chiefs' Meleka remains blacklisted
The player was banned by ZIFA among 82 others in January this year at the end of investigations of a match fixing scandal dubbed 'Asiagate'. A ZIFA probe last year led to a number of players admitting that they accepted money from an Asian betting...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 09 May 2012
Mafolofolo in Kenya for Africa Club Championships
Mafolofolo are the Zone VI champions after winning last year's Africa Club Championships held in Windhoek, Namibia. The team has a history of bringing mixed results from the competition, the best being position four attained in Mauritius in 2004....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 09 May 2012
Btv's Mokaragana show on hold due to studio refurbishment
Mokaragana was aired every Saturday evening but since the beginning of the year the programme has not been screened. Mokaragana is an entertainment programme that is aimed at promoting local music; only local artists feature on the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 09 May 2012
S/Phikwe-based hip-hop artist to release 20-track album
This week Marumo told Showbiz that the album will be released in September. According to the musician, the the album is dedicated to his father who passed away in September last year hence its release month.Marumo, who raps in both...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 09 May 2012
Makwete revolutionises Afro pop to create unique sound
For a Makwete, a group that sings wedding (manyalo) songs, revisionism of the Afro pop sound to create their own identity as a band seemed like the only viable option in an era where even 'giants' in the industry find it difficult to convince the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 09 May 2012
Project Syndicate
NEW YORK: This year's annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund made clear that Europe and the international community remain rudderless when it comes to economic policy. Financial leaders, from finance ministers to leaders of private...
Joseph E.Stiglitz 09 May 2012
Is our soccer in reverse mode?
The path to a professional soccer league was long charted, in 2008, to be precise. However, recent incidents point to a dream far from being achieved. We refer in particular to two incidents in the last eight months that have dealt a heavy blow to...
09 May 2012
Selefu 09 May 2012
09 May 2012
Parliament drawings disappear
The Clerk of the National Assembly, Barbara Dithapo, told the ongoing public hearings of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday that the re-drawing was being done in two phases with the guidance of the existing structures. She...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 May 2012
To the left: A new direction for Europe
Quite suddenly, there is talk of change in the eurozone's economic strategy and, in particular, of the need for urgent action by the European Union to reverse the downward spiral of negative growth and rising unemployment.The likelihood that Franois...
JOHN PALMER 09 May 2012
The trauma of Molepolole murder/suicide
According to the father of one of the children whose school bus driver stopped with them at the scene, his four-year-old daughter ducked under the seat of his car when he drove past Molepolole Police Station after the incident where the police...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 09 May 2012
Batswana donate for Batho's kidney transplant
His mother Nametso Madigele told Mmegi that she was suprised when she went to the bank two months after her son's kidney disease was publicised and discovered that the public had donated a total of P21,839 in the campaign account to raise half a...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 09 May 2012
Lekgwapheng Police Post to relieve Molepolole station workload
The commissioner said this when he was opening the newly-built police post at Lekgwapheng ward in Molepolole on Saturday. The facility, which comprises three offices, a mini conference hall and an ablution component was built from voluntary...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 09 May 2012
Court reserves ruling in adultery case
Instructed by Hlabano, Kagiso Jane of Kgalemang and Associates said his client had found Scotch sleeping with his wife in his (Hlabano's) bedroom at Semotswane Ward in Tonota on February 1, 2010. "I found Scotch on top of my wife making love to her...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 09 May 2012
BDP out to woo youth, says Majweng
Speaking at a press conference held in Gaborone this week, BDP Youth League deputy chairperson Charles Majweng said they would like many Botswana youth join the ruling party."Re ya go ba ithatisa ka tsela tsotlhe tse re ka di kgonang. We will show...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 09 May 2012
Dow takes on Mangole
Mmegi is reliably informed that Dow, who joined the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) two months ago, is working day and night to win the Kgatleng West parliamentary seat come 2014. The animosity between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 May 2012
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