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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 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
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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
Ugandan in court for possession of fake money
Criminal Investigator, H.M Rari of Tlokweng police told court that on June 15, 2011 he was accompanied by two other police officers to Mugenyi's residence, following a tip off that he had fake currency in his possession."When we arrived at his...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 09 May 2012
DIS to appear before PAC
The DIS has not fared well before PAC after accusations of rampant mismanagement of funds. Lately, the organisation has been reported to be under the radar of the Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) following reports of graft. The...
NICHOLAS MOKWENA
Correspondent 09 May 2012
MoESD fails to present exams report
The ministry's public relations officer, Oarabile Phefo, says he does not know what is causing the delay but will ask the Permanent Secretary, Grace Muzila. However, the report "will be presented to Parliament in July and will be made public...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 09 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...
09 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...
09 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 09 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 09 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...
09 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 09 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 09 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 09 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 09 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...
09 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...
09 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 May 2012
Sekotswe's title bout postponed
Promoter, Thuso Khubamang of Scud Missile Promotions confirmed to Mmegi Sport in an interview yesterday that they had to push the fight from its scheduled date of May 25 so that they can source enough funds for the fight. He said they realised that...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 10 May 2012
BFA neglecting injured Ramohibidu - Nare
Ramohibidu suffered a groin injury while on national duty at the Gabon and Equatorial-Guinea AFCO tournament and had to endure more than three months of pain. He was finally operated on April 28 after more than three months of waiting. Nare...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 10 May 2012
Chess duo off to Madagascar
"The Zonal championships serve as qualifiers for the Africa Individual Championships as well as 2013 World Championships," according to a BCF statement. Both players are also part of the national team that will present Botswana in the 2012 Olympiad...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 10 May 2012
BFA, All Kasi clash over replica jersey funds
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) and All Kasi have clashed over funds raised through the sell of replica Zebras' jerseys amounting to P700, 000. While the BFA wants the funds to be used to finance its budget deficit, All Kasi has declared...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 10 May 2012
Orange announces P16.6m soccer sponsorship
Besides the significant increase in the cash prize, Orange have announced that the new sponsorship will see them remain the lead sponsors, but would cede 50 percent of the marketing and branding rights around the team to other non- telecommunication...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO 10 May 2012
A Screaming Man: A film that reflects a man's sorrow and pain
This film, which was shown at MaP's AV centre on Tuesday, left many people heavy hearted as they had mixed interpretations. It is a 92 minutes movie directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun. It is set in Chad during the country's civil war. At the time, the...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 10 May 2012
NKRM T-shirt makers set to celebrate Mother's Day in a unique way
A mother is perceived as a brave, strong and most loving person in the world. Mother's Day has been celebrated for many years worldwide, as a special day set aside to appreciate mothers' unconditional love and to celebrate the role they play in...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 10 May 2012
Charma Gal balances demanding career with being mother and wife
Charm Gal, as Lesolebe-Mogwe is affectionately known in the entertainment circles, can be described as undoubtedly one of the few female artists whose music journey successfully rose to stardom without any hints of gullies and deluges. Along the...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 10 May 2012
Syria braces to announce election results as UN warns of civil war
Syria's mainstream media said the judicial committees entrusted with supervising the electoral process were counting ballots on Tuesday, a day after Syrians cast their ballots and choose among the more than 7,000 candidates vying for the 250-seat...
10 May 2012
'One in six cancers worldwide are caused by infection'
These four - human papillomaviruses, Helicobacter pylori and hepatitis B and C viruses - account for 1.9 million cases of cervical, gut and liver cancers.Most cases are in the developing world. The team from the International Agency for...
10 May 2012
Terminator's mutineers wreak new havoc
A gunfight involving Congolese army deserters, led by ex-general Bosco Ntaganda, and DRC soldiers ripped through the DRC town of Kimbumba on Tuesday night."We started fighting around midnight," a Congolese army captain said. "General Bosco Ntaganda...
10 May 2012
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