Archives
Explore
Home
News
Business
Sport
Lifestyle
Features
Opinion & Analysis
Blogs
Sponsored
World
Full Picture
Featured Videos
More
About Us
Advertise with Us
Archives
Sitemap
Contact us
Sign in
Create account
Home
News
Business
Sport
Lifestyle
Features
Opinion & Analysis
Blogs
Sponsored
World
Select Year:
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
Select Month:
January
|
February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
July
|
August
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
Archives:
Friday May 01
Saturday May 02
Sunday May 03
Monday May 04
Tuesday May 05
Wednesday May 06
Thursday May 07
Friday May 08
Saturday May 09
Sunday May 10
Monday May 11
Tuesday May 12
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
Friday May 15
Saturday May 16
Sunday May 17
Monday May 18
Tuesday May 19
Wednesday May 20
Thursday May 21
Friday May 22
Saturday May 23
Sunday May 24
Monday May 25
Tuesday May 26
Wednesday May 27
Thursday May 28
Friday May 29
Saturday May 30
Sunday May 31
May Day and pro-labour Umbrella policies-Part 2
In 2006 the International Food Policy Research Institute's Global Hunger Index concluded that Botswana has a serious hunger crisis which has worsened over a period of ten years when the country experienced economic growth. These social ills are...
* COMRADE MOORE 23 May 2012
BNF: The re-emergence
A couple of months ago, I wrote on the beginning of a battle for the soul of the Botswana National Front (BNF). The battle had started with the Kanjabanga-Ntime nexus and was to be reignited by the Isaac Mabiletsa lobby. When Duma Boko's...
23 May 2012
Our heritage
The development process is, of course, all ups and downs. Here today. Gone tomorrow. That said, the engineers of so much of the country's development in the immediate post independence years, the largely unpaid and unqualified volunteers, were...
Sandy Grant 23 May 2012
Deportations: The elephant loses its stature across the river
The most recent deportation order against Prophet Francis Sakufiwa of New Seasons Ministries has sparked off debate as captured in last Friday's edition of Mmegi where Lawrence Ookeditse analyses the powers of the President to declare a foreigner a...
23 May 2012
Icons of Botswana
Discussions aimed at establishing a model for a united opposition to stand against the Botswana Democratic Party in the next elections have dominated newspaper headlines for months. While the names of party leaders Duma Boko, Gomolemo Motswaledi and...
Kibo Ngowi
Correspondent 23 May 2012
Our Heritage
Unfortunately, the notion of heritage is barely implanted or even recognised. Rather oddly perhaps, the recent notion of branding Botswana, however it is currently conceived, may help us to re-evaluate those old stations and the passenger trains...
SANDY GRANT 23 May 2012
Rising tribalism in South Africa
This apparent new upsurge in tribalism in South Africa appears to be driven by a number of factors. There has been appallingly poor political leadership at the helm of South Africa. A perception has now taken root that to be successful in South...
WILLIAM GUMEDE 23 May 2012
The mayor who rose from humble beginnings
Mmegi: When were you born and from which village do you hail from? Montsiemang: On October 12, 1963. I am from Thamaga. Mmegi: Tell us about your coming to Jwaneng and what brought you here? Montsiemang: I came here in 1982 as a worker, working...
23 May 2012
Project syndicate
That is the question that I posed to a panel of five top economists, including four Nobel laureates, in the Copenhagen Consensus 2012 project. The panel members were chosen for their expertise in prioritisation and their ability to use economic...
Bjorn Lomborg 23 May 2012
It's all about the people, says new F/town Mayor
Entering his office at the civic centre for the first time this week, Maiketso had a smile of a satisfied man. He seemed comfortable and ready for the day. Though the phone was ringing he kept his cool. He said that he was ready for the challenge of...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
May Day and pro-labour Umbrella policies [Part 3]
Contrary to the ideology of globalisation historically, all successful industrialisations have relied on a strong state, but the later the industrialisation, the greater the need for stronger state intervention in the economy. Hence the...
COMRADE MOORE 23 May 2012
The winners code
In a popular Disney movie called Lion King One and Half, there is a small scene that is loaded with meaning. The scene presents a conversation between Timon, a meerkat and Rafiki the baboon. The opening shot comes from Timon who declares, " ....With...
George Chingarande 23 May 2012
Icons of Botswana
Mpotokwane began his public service career in the External Affairs Department - which then fell under the Office of the President - shortly after completing his government-sponsored studies at the University of Kenya where he earned his BA. He spent...
Kibo Ngowi 23 May 2012
As i see it
The global village in which we all live and sojourn, is one huge animal farm where we are all equal but some are more equal than others. We had Nazism/Hitlerism when Herr Adolf Hitler was the god of Germany worshipped by the Germans and all...
Michael Dingake 23 May 2012
Raising the leadership bar holds the key to Africa's transformation
Frustration at unacceptable levels of inequality, a shortage of jobs and the prevalence of injustice drove these popular uprisings. But this growing unease at the status quo is felt around the world. Africa is far from immune from these strong...
23 May 2012
Systems meet Comets in potential title decider
The debutants are at the summit with 45 points, the same number as trailers Prisons XI, but ahead with a better goal difference. The game failed to materialise last week, the third time it has been cancelled this season. A win against Comets would...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
Cricket side gears for ICC-ACA T20 tourney
The competition is used as a qualifier for the 2014 World Cup and six countries namely, Botswana, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Zambia will slug it out. Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) fixtures and publicity secretary, Sumod...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 23 May 2012
Olympics athletes miss Rome camp
The athletes had been scheduled to leave for the Italian capital on Monday, but Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) public relations officer (PRO) Ipolokeng Ramatshaba, confirmed that some of them were presently in Pretoria, South Africa. Amantle...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 23 May 2012
BRU needs P1.5million to host six nations tourney
The rugby body has raised more than P700, 000 received mostly from the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) and the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). Botswana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritius and Zambia will take part in the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 23 May 2012
Back stage
In 1945 Hitchcock made Spellbound based on a script by Ben Hecht (1894-1964), who was known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood" and starring Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman (1915 to 1982). The great Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman had been a star in...
Sasa Majuma 23 May 2012
Mashaba back with mouth-watering album
The quartet, who are also family members -Brooks Mashaba, Dineo Mashaba, Eddie Mashaba and Kelebogile Mashaba - might not be among those gospel household names, but they are some of the most talented vocalists around. The album Oa taela moya,...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
S. Africans, Basotho add colour to Botswana Culture Day
The event attracted local groups from various parts of the country draped in colourful attires symbolising their origins. Some came from as far as Satau in the Chobe district, while others had crossed the border from Lesotho and South Africa. In...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
Third of malaria drugs 'are fake'
Researchers who looked at 1,500 samples of seven malaria drugs from seven countries in South East Asia say poor-quality and fake tablets are causing drug resistance and treatment failure. Data from 21 countries in sub-Saharan Africa including over...
23 May 2012
Dioncounda Traore: Mali PM 'ashamed' at leader's beating
In a TV address, he appealed for calm and ordered the protests to stop.Dioncounda Traore was attacked a day after a deal was struck with coup leader Captain, Amadou Sanogo for him to remain in office for a year. A spokesman for regional bloc ECOWAS...
23 May 2012
BMC closes district offices
In a statement, the commission said due to the launch of the Direct Cattle Purchase (DCP) program in 2009, interaction with producers is now such that the need for the district offices has significantly reduced. Under the DCP system, the BMC...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 23 May 2012
Hana Mining lists on BSE today
The introduction to the BSE is a dual listing of the nearly 100 million shares it already has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada. This morning, Hana Mining executives, together with sponsoring broker, Stockbrokers Botswana and BSE...
STAFF WRITER 23 May 2012
Our heritage
But who is likely to quibble over such trifling concerns? Either a university is a university or it is something else, say a technical college or college of advanced, specialist studies. There really can be no such thing as half a university...
Sandy Grant 23 May 2012
Mmualebe
Jaaka gale, dithulaganyo di tla ka go tlhatlologana ga tsone. Fa nako ya dikgang e atamela, go tsena pego ka seemo sa loapi, e e re lekodisang gore a go tlaa tlhola go le serame, mogote, pula, go le diphefo, kgotsa go ntse jang. Morago ga...
Sebofo Motshwane 23 May 2012
Khama must take a leaf from his guests book
Africa’s first elected female head of state is no Bingu wa Mutharika whose visit in 2010 was seen as a blot on Botswana’s credentials as a champion of democracy in the region. Nor is she our controversial and embattled neighbour, Jacob...
23 May 2012
Selefu 23 May 2012
23 May 2012
No insurance for police trainees
He said that it is with God's luck that most recruits complete their training without sustaining serious injuries. Before the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Tsimake said that during the 2010-2011 financial year, one trainee...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
BMD crusade heads to Selebi-Phikwe
The party's secretary general, Wynter Mmolotsi said they expect over 1,000 members to arrive by Friday afternoon. The official opening for both events will take place on Saturday. "The national policy forum and youth congress will run...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
Botswana donates scholarships to Liberia
OODI: The government of Botswana is willing to donate scholarships to Liberian students, the Minister of Education and Skills Development, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi told visiting Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, here during the official...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 23 May 2012
Govt takeover of brigades has disrupted community relations
According to the vice president of the Trainers and Allied Workers Union (TAWU), Edward Tswaipe, the takeover - which was completed last year - has turned vocational and technical education into theory-based instruction. Tswelelopele Brigades Centre...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
Incestuous rape suspect taunts investigator
JWANENG: A 22-year-old man accused of raping his mother shocked the court on Monday when he asked the investigator if she was against rape. "Are you against the fact that I raped the complainant?," he asked investigating officer under...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
Uprooted squatters seek refuge in Sese
Mmegi team was in Jwaneng yesterday and found the once highly-populated Senthumole Ramadeluka deserted, as the residents were ordered to vacate the squatter settlement. The uprooted people have built shacks on undeveloped plots and pay the land...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 23 May 2012
Bashir's leadership is like cancer - Khama
Speaking at a state luncheon he hosted for visiting Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Monday, Khama stated that he has requested Malawi president Joyce Banda not to allow Bashir to attend the African Union (AU) Summit that the country...
STAFF WRITER 23 May 2012
BCP women to meet in Francistown
According to BCPWL president Tebogo Dingake, the conference will be held under the theme: "Get the Equation Right: Strengthen Women's' Political Participation in Decision Making". Asked about the contribution of the women's wing to the growth of the...
EDWARD MPOLOKA
Correspondent 23 May 2012
May Day and pro-labour Umbrella policies-Part 2
In 2006 the International Food Policy Research Institute's Global Hunger Index concluded that Botswana has a serious hunger crisis which has worsened over a period of ten years when the country experienced economic growth. These social ills are...
* COMRADE MOORE 24 May 2012
BNF: The re-emergence
A couple of months ago, I wrote on the beginning of a battle for the soul of the Botswana National Front (BNF). The battle had started with the Kanjabanga-Ntime nexus and was to be reignited by the Isaac Mabiletsa lobby. When Duma Boko's...
24 May 2012
Our heritage
The development process is, of course, all ups and downs. Here today. Gone tomorrow. That said, the engineers of so much of the country's development in the immediate post independence years, the largely unpaid and unqualified volunteers, were...
Sandy Grant 24 May 2012
Deportations: The elephant loses its stature across the river
The most recent deportation order against Prophet Francis Sakufiwa of New Seasons Ministries has sparked off debate as captured in last Friday's edition of Mmegi where Lawrence Ookeditse analyses the powers of the President to declare a foreigner a...
24 May 2012
Icons of Botswana
Discussions aimed at establishing a model for a united opposition to stand against the Botswana Democratic Party in the next elections have dominated newspaper headlines for months. While the names of party leaders Duma Boko, Gomolemo Motswaledi and...
Kibo Ngowi
Correspondent 24 May 2012
Our Heritage
Unfortunately, the notion of heritage is barely implanted or even recognised. Rather oddly perhaps, the recent notion of branding Botswana, however it is currently conceived, may help us to re-evaluate those old stations and the passenger trains...
SANDY GRANT 24 May 2012
Rising tribalism in South Africa
This apparent new upsurge in tribalism in South Africa appears to be driven by a number of factors. There has been appallingly poor political leadership at the helm of South Africa. A perception has now taken root that to be successful in South...
WILLIAM GUMEDE 24 May 2012
The mayor who rose from humble beginnings
Mmegi: When were you born and from which village do you hail from? Montsiemang: On October 12, 1963. I am from Thamaga. Mmegi: Tell us about your coming to Jwaneng and what brought you here? Montsiemang: I came here in 1982 as a worker, working...
24 May 2012
Project syndicate
That is the question that I posed to a panel of five top economists, including four Nobel laureates, in the Copenhagen Consensus 2012 project. The panel members were chosen for their expertise in prioritisation and their ability to use economic...
Bjorn Lomborg 24 May 2012
It's all about the people, says new F/town Mayor
Entering his office at the civic centre for the first time this week, Maiketso had a smile of a satisfied man. He seemed comfortable and ready for the day. Though the phone was ringing he kept his cool. He said that he was ready for the challenge of...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 24 May 2012
May Day and pro-labour Umbrella policies [Part 3]
Contrary to the ideology of globalisation historically, all successful industrialisations have relied on a strong state, but the later the industrialisation, the greater the need for stronger state intervention in the economy. Hence the...
COMRADE MOORE 24 May 2012
Icons of Botswana
Mpotokwane began his public service career in the External Affairs Department - which then fell under the Office of the President - shortly after completing his government-sponsored studies at the University of Kenya where he earned his BA. He spent...
Kibo Ngowi 24 May 2012
Subscribe
Receive latest and breaking news via email
Submit
Have a Story? Send Us a tip
Invalid key
Send