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Averting a new NATO - Russian arms race
Threats from Moscow should come as no surprise. In recent years they have included: the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Kaliningrad; Russia's actions during and after the 2008 Georgia-Russia war; and the pre-emptive use of...
06 June 2012
Political education is key
Please allow me to make a few points about the way politics is conducted in Botswana. Many people involved in politics in Botswana are impatient. They are too busy to read between the lines. They do not take political education of the nation...
06 June 2012
The pitfalls of populism
However Ian Khama is not the first president to reject laws of protocol. His father, the first president Sir Seretse Khama was a very accessible man. Douglas Tsiako a veteran journalist who was on the team that covered the president says...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Botswana road network - facts
It is bordered in the south by South Africa, in the west by Namibia, in the north by Zambia and in the north east by Zimbabwe and in the east by South Africa. This puts Botswana in the centre of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region....
06 June 2012
How foreigners are buying land like magwinya
Mmegi: What are your credentials?Manatsha: My PhD dissertation focused on the land question in postcolonial Botswana with special reference to the North East District. I obtained my MA and PhD from Hiroshima University, Japan in 2008 and 2011...
06 June 2012
The road that never was
It was January last year when heavy machinery rolled onto site to expand the Gaborone-Boatle Road to widen the shoulders and redo the surface. Many breathed a sigh of relief that Botswana’s most neglected road that has claimed many lives was...
06 June 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 06 June 2012
Icons of Botswana
He needs no introduction, almost a legend in his own right but he quickly admits that he worked hard to succeed in life, Ben Makobole has lived his life to the fullest, overcoming obstacles and is indeed living testimony that nothing in life is...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 06 June 2012
As I see it
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre, things fall apart; the falcon cannot hear the falconer...."I do not know what inspired poet laureate William Butler Yeats to portray such a scenario of an irredeemably crumbling project! He could have...
Michael Dingake 06 June 2012
Project syndicate
SANTIAGO: Policymakers in Europe seem to be surprised at the ongoing bank run in Greece (and the nascent run in Spain). They should not be. Anyone familiar with emerging-market meltdowns knows that a financial crisis nearly always follows a fiscal...
Andres Velasco 06 June 2012
Sports chat
Finest athleteDiphatsa's Alec Engleton rescued the game for his side when they were trailing 0-2 and facing certain defeat against BDF V on Saturday. The Francistown side however, fell 3-2 in a thrilling match. Finest momentBDF V seems eager to...
Mqondisi Dube 06 June 2012
Turnout impresses karate instructor
Molefe said they are few competitions at the beginning of the year, hence the decision to have the mini tournament which was used to prepare players for the Zone VI competitions to be held at the end of June.Molefe said the tournament ensures that...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Gabonamong to miss Bafana Bafana tie
Botswana plays Bafana Bafana in the second qualifier and the Zebras will have to do without Gabonamong again.The SuperSport hardman did not play in the opening Group A match away to the Central African Republic (CAR) in Bangui on Saturday. He could...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Botswana strongmen face stern tests
The competition, dubbed Botswana Strongman 2012, will see strength-training enthusiasts square up against one another in six gruelling endurance tests. The events of the day include farmers' walk, truck pull, tyre flip, dead lift, heavy squat and...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
Turn museums into parastatals to succeed - Mogobe
Mogobe said as long as museums are run by the governments they would never succeed because governments are generally slow in bringing development and still dwell on antiquated methods, which reduce the value of museums.The UB tutor said this during...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Matsetse releases You Are Faithful album
According to the spiritual man, this album signifies his singing growth over the years. "Unlike my two albums, this one was recorded live. Even though it is expensive to do live recordings I decided to do it to show my growth and differentiate...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 06 June 2012
DKB and Zainab get the boot out of Stargame
Sierra Leonean model upgraded to Upville and Ghanaian comedian DKB got disqualified from Big Brother Africa Stargame following an argument between the two which resulted in a violent eruption. The two contravened the Big Brother rule, which...
STAFF WRITER 06 June 2012
Pakistan and US: allies without trust
"All we ever got from the Americans is instability and violence," she said, echoing what many Pakistanis believe is Washington's contribution to their country and region over three decades."Didn't you know Osama bin Laden was a CIA agent?", she asked...
06 June 2012
Azeri-Armenian clashes 'may escalate' - Hillary Clinton
Speaking in Armenia, she warned that the clashes "could escalate into a much broader conflict" in the Caucasus.The two former Soviet republics fought a bloody war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the 1990s.A formal ceasefire is now...
06 June 2012
Vatican has a cadenza over nun's sex guide
The Vatican's criticism of Sister Margaret Farley, a professor emeritus of Christian ethics at Yale University, comes amid escalating tension with America's nuns after the Holy See accused them of preaching "radical feminist" ideas.In a statement...
06 June 2012
Swaziland's isolation: A long road ahead
Africa's last absolute monarch in May calmly rubbed shoulders with other royalty from around the world at a reception to mark the diamond jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, while his country's arts festival hosted record...
06 June 2012
Lagos plane crash: Nigeria leader in air safety promise
He was speaking as he visited the crash site where rescue workers are still trying to retrieve bodies.All 153 people on board, and an unknown number on the ground, were killed.An official told the BBC investigators have recovered both the flight data...
06 June 2012
BCL unveils revamped website
Public relations and marketing manager at BCL, James Molosankwe said a local company, VBN, hosts the site, which he said has the latest security features.Before the facelift, the miner's website could not effectively monitor visitors'...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
Economist calls for high taxes on tobacco
She argued that while the tobacco industry says large tax increases on tobacco will reduce government revenues through the resulting lower sales, empirical research has shown that change in such revenue depends on the size of the tax increase, the...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 06 June 2012
IMF upgrades Botswana growth forecast
The IMF's latest forecast is up from the 3.3 percent its researchers predicted in April, a figure arrived at from local and international data up to mid-March 2012. Last September, the IMF had projected 5.3 percent growth for Botswana, although...
STAFF WRITER 06 June 2012
Mmualebe
Gompieno re tlaa ikgata motlhala re boele kgang nngwe e Mmualebe a kileng a tla ka yone mo lobakeng longwe lo lo fetileng. Moono wa kgang eo e ne e le gore, a re diriseng mafoko jaaka go tshwanetse go na le gore re bape nao, kgotsa re re re leka go a...
Sebofo motshwane 06 June 2012
Charity - not poverty - begins at home
It has been like that since the hills were made and it will remain that way forever. It is also true when colonialists first came to Africa, they had the Bible and Africans had land; they now have the land and we have the Bible. While the...
06 June 2012
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06 June 2012
Khama is part of Kalafatis conspiracy - opposition
Boko, who along with attorney Dick Bayford is representing the Kalafatis family, said by releasing the trio of military intelligence officers - Gotshosamang Sechele, Ronny Matako and Boitshoko Maifala - after serving a few months of their 11-year...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
Princess Marina receives wheelchair donations
Speaking at the donation ceremony Pastor Justin Lwemba Ngoma from the Democratic Republic of Congo, said his christian faith based organisation - WCCC, aims to make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people who are underprivileged...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Chinese donate blankets to Khama's charity
The handing over ceremony was held at Gaborone International School in Block 8. The 10, 000 double bed winter blankets will be donated to the poor, Khama's Senior Private Secretary, Duke Masilo said at the ceremony. Masilo said the number of the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
Killers' release subverts the rule of law
In our view, the release subverts the rule of law. The rule of law embodies three main concepts: the absolute predominance of regular law to avert arbitrary authority of government over the people; the equal subjection of all, including the rulers,...
06 June 2012
BNFYL condemns release of Kalafatis' killers
The BNFYL resolved to organise a massive demonstration and protest before the end of June to condemn the freeing of the security agents.The BNFYL believes that extra-judicial killings should be condemned with the strongest judicial action. We believe...
06 June 2012
The Kalafatis' effect
What should be done? Suppose the said security agents that killed Kalafatis had been sent by the Office of the President, then they were on duty and they are Batswana. Like any other citizen, they were on official duty to attend to bread and butter...
06 June 2012
Appellant requests Mbukushu interpreter
Justice Zibani Makhwade remanded the accused, Mohembo Kavanga, a middle-aged man of Etsha 1, in custody.The Maun Magistrate Court had convicted Kavanga for strangling a woman in a tuckshop before making off with P850 in 2009, and sentenced him to 10...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Judge releases murder suspects as state fumbles
However, after the state failed to bring forth evidence to justify further incarceration of the trio, Justice Makhwade released the three men on Monday. In his judgment Makhwade highlighted several instances where he had given the prosecution team...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
Project syndicate
NEW YORK: France's new president, Franois Hollande, is not married to his partner, the glamorous political journalist Valerie Trierweiler, and no one seems to care. Germany's president, Joachim Gauck, is not married to his partner, the journalist...
Naomi Wolf 06 June 2012
'It's vital to know what Early Exit Policy entails'
However, he told his colleagues during the recent Teachers' Day celebrations in Mochudi that it is imperative that they familiarise themselves with the purpose and or intention of the policy. The policy states that it would be applicable, "As and...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Fraud on the increase
Two men aged 32 and 37 years have already appeared before the courts for the alleged crimes.They are said to have used forged documents to buy laptops, furniture and other household goods from three furniture shops in Mochudi. Police have also...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Khama and Kalafatis' killers: The public responds
Molefe Phokontsi: "As a Christian, I believe it is good that the men were forgiven, and were let out of jail. Even in the bible, we are taught to forgive.You are not supposed to hate somebody just because they have done something wrong. ...
06 June 2012
Woman swindled in fake land sale
It is alleged that the woman made the payment to a man she had just met, in the belief that she was buying a plot. She was later handed a certificate that turned out to be fake, after she had inquired with the Land Board. The payment is said to have...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 06 June 2012
Matome returns to court
Gaongalelwe refused Matome leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal as he found that there were no prospects of success in his case.Matome has already served seven months of his two-year sentence imposed by then Magistrate Lot Moroka and confirmed by...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
MoESD introduces sophisticated SMART boards to schools
SMART boards are interactive white boards that connect to a computer, a projector or a collaboration appliance.This technology will be introduced to a junior and senior secondary school in the two villages, following the signing of a Memorandum of...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
Govt rolls out legal aid unit
It will have a chief legal aid counsel based in Gaborone and principal legal aid counsel grade one to head the Francistown office. Maun will be under a principal legal aid counsel grade two. The appointments, as advertised in the media, will be...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 06 June 2012
Averting a new NATO - Russian arms race
Threats from Moscow should come as no surprise. In recent years they have included: the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Kaliningrad; Russia's actions during and after the 2008 Georgia-Russia war; and the pre-emptive use of...
07 June 2012
Political education is key
Please allow me to make a few points about the way politics is conducted in Botswana. Many people involved in politics in Botswana are impatient. They are too busy to read between the lines. They do not take political education of the nation...
07 June 2012
The pitfalls of populism
However Ian Khama is not the first president to reject laws of protocol. His father, the first president Sir Seretse Khama was a very accessible man. Douglas Tsiako a veteran journalist who was on the team that covered the president says...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 07 June 2012
Botswana road network - facts
It is bordered in the south by South Africa, in the west by Namibia, in the north by Zambia and in the north east by Zimbabwe and in the east by South Africa. This puts Botswana in the centre of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region....
07 June 2012
How foreigners are buying land like magwinya
Mmegi: What are your credentials?Manatsha: My PhD dissertation focused on the land question in postcolonial Botswana with special reference to the North East District. I obtained my MA and PhD from Hiroshima University, Japan in 2008 and 2011...
07 June 2012
The road that never was
It was January last year when heavy machinery rolled onto site to expand the Gaborone-Boatle Road to widen the shoulders and redo the surface. Many breathed a sigh of relief that Botswana’s most neglected road that has claimed many lives was...
07 June 2012
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