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Somali leaders set transition deadline
The historic deal came after three days of heated discussion in Ethiopia, attended by the six signatories. But hardline al-Shabab Islamists, who control much of central Somalia, were not party to the agreement. Donors had threatened to withdraw...
28 May 2012
WHO expected to launch 'emergency plan' to eradicate polio
The WHO wants to boost programmes in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the only countries where the disease is still endemic. It says tackling polio is "at a tipping point between success and failure". India, once regarded as one of the most...
28 May 2012
War crimes suspects use blackmail, says new ICC chief
Suspects threaten to continue killing people unless arrest warrants are dropped, Fatou Bensouda told the BBC. She said world leaders should resist pressure from people such as Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda. The ICC accuses him of recruiting child...
28 May 2012
Confusion as Zuma artwork case is halted
The ANC's advocate, Gcina Malindi burst into tears after one of the judges asked him about the significance of the interdict now that the painting - depicting President Zuma with his genitals exposed - was defaced. He replied that many things had...
28 May 2012
Amnesty says actions did not match words in 2011
The United Kingdom based human rights group says vocal support for protest movements shown by many global and regional powers has not translated into action. Egypt was one example cited by Amnesty secretary-general, Salil Shetty. "The language of...
28 May 2012
Australia celebrates African achievement and potential
These important anniversaries have triggered renewed debate about reversing the trend of Afro-pessimism. I remember seeing the famous cover of the Economist a decade ago, labelling Africa as 'The Hopeless Continent'. Fast forward to December 2011,...
* ANN HARRAP 28 May 2012
Addressing monopoly power in the Botswana retail sector
In Botswana, the fact that a large portion of the modern retail sector is now dominated by a small number of firms, which control franchises or are strategic partners of retail transnationals is an issue of great concern to many Batswana (see Mmegi...
28 May 2012
Umbrella convenors speak
Sometime in February 2003, on a warm Saturday morning people gathered to mourn the passing of a friend's son in Phakalane. Amongst the invited guests were Lebang Mpotokwane, Motlhabane Maphanyane and Sam Mpuchane - all retired senior civil servants...
28 May 2012
Has the first phase of BNF extinction begun?
You see species have been subjected to all sorts of studies and lots of efforts made to explain the existence and extinction of some. The extinction of species as part of the process of natural selection may be as a result of failure to adapt to the...
28 May 2012
Why civil war still rages in Sudan
Sudan, Africa's largest country (north and south combined) shelters a diverse religious and ethnic population, which during the vigorous spread of Islam in North Africa became divided along clear geographical, ethnic and religious lines; of the...
GAONTEBALE MOKGOSI 28 May 2012
Darts Squard selected
The tournament is pencilled in for August 28 to September 3 in South Africa. BDA picked teams that will represent the country in six categories - the veteran ladies and men for those aged above 50 years, youth men and women, aged 25 and below, as...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Rhinos end Hogs' run
It was sweet revenge for Rhinos, who lost the reverse encounter 10-7, a few weeks ago. The students did everything right on Saturday - they dominated the scrums and lineouts and stifled Hogs' supply to backline. And Hogs failed to stick to their...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Hodgson off the mark as england win
Hodgson, who only took over as the successor to Fabio Capello earlier this month, saw his experimental England side record their first win over Norway for 32 years in a largely lacklustre encounter. With only four or five of Saturday's starting...
28 May 2012
Dipsy, mogogi lift the Nedbank cup
It was Dipsy Selolwane's last game for Supersport. The Botswana hero, who recently announced he was retiring from international football at the end of Botswana's maiden appearance at the AFCON 2012 finals, will be off contract next month and...
28 May 2012
Glitches as Netball League start in Sowa
However, only two games were played after TASC, BOASA and Serowe Arsenal failed to turn up for the league launch at the Botswana Ash (Botash) Mine courts during the launch of the third and last edition of the BONA Spar Good For You...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 28 May 2012
BDF Cats make good start in Netball League
The games marked the start of the new season and the defending champions had a relatively easy first two quarters against the youthful Notwane side, but found the going tough in the third and the last quarter. BDF Cats' star player, Tebogo...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
"Wire" s Systems gain be Mobile promotion
Security Systems coach, Kaelo Wire Kaelo shed tears in an emotional interview after his team beat Killer Giants 2-1 to clinch promotion to the be MOBILE Premier League on Saturday. The emotional Kaelo, a former Gaborone United player said in post...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
Masunda is new king of the hill
The South African based Musonda came ahead of last year winner, Boiphemelo Selagaboy as well as Godiraone Nthompe. The two BDF Athletic Club runners came second and third with times of 00:49:42 and 00:50:26 respectively. The trio had assumed the lead...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
Oteng reigns supreme
The Olympic bound, Oteng is a regular figure since the inception of the awards three years ago having won the most promising boxer in the inaugural ceremony when he was still 20 years old. He progressed to win the coveted boxer of the year last...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
Food for the soul
Let me ask you this: how many times in a week or month do you eat out? Whether it's in a fancy gourmet restaurant, a diner, cafeteria, fast food joint, or street side kiosk, it is still considered eating out. And have you ever thought about what...
Boitshepo Giyose 28 May 2012
Generations, Isidingo debut on dstv today
Both shows are already famous in Botswana and across Africa for delivering must-watch, jam-packed plots with intrigue, secrets, romance and more. Generations will be screening on Africa Magic Entertainment from Monday to Friday at 9.30 pm, with...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
Peach's Mystar road nearing the end?
He was one of the shock elimination contestants this week when he found himself among the bottom three, needing the judges favour to proceed to the next round. He should be worried now and up the ante after the judges saved him with a stern warning...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Zahara wows F/town Shingirai Madondo
The songbird broke the MTN South African Music Awards (SAMAs) on the night of April 30 this year by walking away with eight awards, reaching a feat that other South African artistes have failed to attain for the past18 years. She staged a thrilling...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Mophato Dance Theatre Group wow revellers
The crew started off with a beautiful piece entitled, Kgosi kgolo. This piece was about the relationship of a chief and his tribe where there is much interaction. In this beautiful piece, body language and flexibility sent a strong message that the...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Topless poet: i want Khama
The poet come dancer who was clad in under wears performed a piece called ''I have crush on Khama' in which she declared a decades old passion for Khama. She sang as she swayed her almost stripped body to a projected picture of Khama that she...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 28 May 2012
F/town entrepreneurs urged to brand City
Speaking at the official opening of the 2012 BOCCIM Trade Fair, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) General Manager (commercial), Anthony Masunga, said that most towns and cities like Johannesburg are known worldwide because of their...
Kushatha Tabengwa
Correspondent 28 May 2012
SIMS re-brands to Stanlib
Speaking at the launch of the new name last week, Liberty Group's Regional Manager Lanz Zulu, said that by changing its name the company has demonstrated its long-term commitment to Botswana. "By changing our name to Stanlib Investment Management...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Retail property sector over subscribed
From its beginnings with only the African Mall and the Gaborone Main Mall, the country's mineral wealth and economic diversification have supported the mushrooming of modern malls in nearly every corner of the nation's capital city. In the past...
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
Towards sustainable development
Scientific evidence shows that our natural resource stocks are being depleted at ever increasing rates and that our natural capital has diminished both in quality and quantity. The increasing loss of biological diversity, land degradation,...
* Ian Khama 28 May 2012
ETCETERA II
The Gaborone Declaration - the formal statement emanating from last week's two-day multi-national conference in Gaborone on Sustainability is one hell of a document which must be, by some way, the most compelling declaration to have emerged from this...
Sandy Grant 28 May 2012
Kingdom-0-Metre
To understand the meaning of Pentecost one ought to understand the writings of the Luke-Acts writer. Acts2 is often used to divide instead of to unite. It is often used to determine who is more Christian than the other. Often the non-tongue speaking...
Dumi Mmualefe 28 May 2012
Issues in education
There exists evidence from research in other countries that the quality of education received by children when they are young, the acquisition of early learning skills, carries over and enhances their life when they are older, increasing their...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 28 May 2012
The winners code
There is a bed time prayer that is often taught to young children. The little prayer concludes with the words, "Lord don't let me die before I wake up." The prayer betrays two latent human desires. The first is the desire for longevity. We all want...
George Chingarande 28 May 2012
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28 May 2012
Yes we should conserve, but also utilise our natural resources
The objective of the summit was to reach a consensus or strike a balance between use of natural resources for economic upliftment and conservation. We heard deliberations from all quarters in which speakers accused west economies and multinationals...
28 May 2012
Gaborone declaration on sustainable development endorsed
The declaration, a set of concrete principles and development goals focused on the value of natural capital in sustainable development, is the culmination of discussions held over the two-day Summit for Sustainability in Africa held in Gaborone, a...
28 May 2012
'Seven mistakes and one son'
In the past, men were known to be eager to have sons who would preserve the family name. For as long as the woman kept giving birth to girls, she had to brace herself for more pregnancies until she got a boy. That was because in the African...
Correspondent
Thato Kala 28 May 2012
Icons of Botswana
Ben Makobole is living testimony that nothing in life is impossible. He is evidence that with hard work, talent and determination, the sky is the limit. The man radiates positive energy. Most importantly he is friendly, approachable and funny. As a...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Bail for alleged 'wife killer' to be decided today
Modise Essau is accused of the death of his wife, Setshwano Essau, on April 25. The couple lived separately. The ruling came after the prosecution asked for further remand of Essau while investigations continue. Motivating his application through an...
Nicholas Mokwena
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Tourist accommodation levy hike stuns operators
The Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT) has accordingly urged all tourism facilities to start collecting the levy from all their guests. Gaborone Hotel (GH) operations manager Parry Dandi cried foul saying the increment was unfair...
Nicholas Mokwena
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Government advised to invest in Phikwe
The advice came during a Kgotla meeting at Kagiso last week by one of the residents, Moeti Mohwasa, who said there were many projects that were planned for the town but have not been undertaken. He gave an example of a road that connects...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 28 May 2012
Demolition friday
She woke up early as she usually did and was at her workplace in Gaborone North, where she works as a domestic worker. It was a little after 10 am, just as she was taking the laundry out of the washing machine, that the day changed into one she fears...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
Umbrella loses
The ruling party's candidate, Monametsi Bogatsu garnered 181 votes to beat Victoria Maswabi of the Botswana National Front (BNF) who polled 167 votes. The BNF was supported by the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and the Botswana Peoples Party...
Tshireletso Motlogelwa
Staff writer 28 May 2012
HIV positive? no scholarship
It is required for issuance of a visa," said the ministry's principal public relations officer, Oarabile Phefo. He added that some countries, like Canada, do not give visas to people with communicable diseases like HIV and Tuberculosis. The...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 28 May 2012
K "o"e ke eng-how BDP won Tlokweng by election
At around 8.57pm as the sorting of the ballot papers was ongoing, punctuated by the echoing voice of the IEC official, a man in a yellow scarf held his head in his hands and shook it. It was not even counting time yet but perhaps the message was...
Tshireletso Motlogelwa
Staff writer 28 May 2012
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