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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat is a 'must-see'
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colours" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Webber and Rice...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Mubarak legacy overshadows Egypt elections
The former president may have been pushed from power, yet many of his opponents worry that the institutions of state which kept him in office for 30 years are regrouping to reassert their grip after last year's popular uprising.Some point to the...
14 June 2012
Tunis declares curfew after 'Islamist' rioting
The eight-hour curfew was introduced after several violent attacks in protest at an art exhibition.The government has blamed ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists for the violence, in which police stations were set on fire. But the...
14 June 2012
Superflattery: The art of getting what you want
The other day I got an email asking me to go to Scotland to give a speech for charity. There were three powerful reasons to decline the invitation. I don't like going anywhere that can't be reached by bicycle from north London. I hadn't heard of the...
14 June 2012
Project syndicate
BERKELEY: The United States today is facing a crisis of long-term unemployment unlike anything it has seen since the 1930's. Some 40 percent of the unemployed have been out of work for six months or more, which, as US Federal Reserve Board Chairman...
BARRY EICHENGREEN 14 June 2012
Smoking and drinking has 'little effect' on sperm count
Their study in the journal Human Reproduction said smoking, alcohol consumption and being obese did not affect semen quality.However, they warned that avoiding them was still "good health advice". Wearing boxer shorts rather than tighter underwear...
14 June 2012
Lesotho 2012 - Making the coalition work
The outcome of Lesotho's 2012 general elections was historic for three main reasons. Firstly, the country moved from a single party majority government under the Lesotho Congress Party (LCD), led by former Prime Minister Mosisili since 1997, to...
*DIMPHO MOTSAMAI 14 June 2012
Selefu 14 June 2012
14 June 2012
Magosi should tread carefully on bogadi
The obvious verdict is that the patient is gravelly ill and one of the main viruses ravaging the body is the payment of dowry or bogadi, in our language. While the House of Chiefs is unanimously agreed on the need to reform bogadi, some of the...
14 June 2012
ATMs to operate without a card
They are given a six-digit code to enter into an ATM to release the cash.A similar system has been developed by cash machine operator NCR. This requires users to scan a barcode to withdraw the money. The services are the latest developments in a...
14 June 2012
Ivory Coast coup plot 'foiled'
The Interior Minister, Hamed Bakayoko' said arrests had been made and documents seized. He said the coup plotters were linked to Liberian mercenaries and Ivorian militias who were accused of killing seven UN peacekeepers last week. Gbagbo is awaiting...
14 June 2012
Farmers question increase of slaughter levy
Farmers say they have neither been consulted nor informed about the purpose of the levy, which the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has hiked from P20 to P30 per beast (cattle) slaughtered, with effect from July 1, 2012. "If we are consulted and...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
Magosi back freedom of information
Meeting at the President Hotel in Gaboroe yesterday, the House of Chiefs turned the tables on Parliament that rejected the Freedom Information Bill 2011 at its last sitting. The draft legislation was published on November 18, 2011 after...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Republicans confident Obama will lose
Members of the Romney Campaign team Michael Antonopoulos and Ellissa Ferrer addressed a group of foreign reporters on Tuesday saying the tide has turned against Obama.The main issues are unemployment, which stands at eight percent, credit card debt...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
I won't apologise to Mabiletsa - KDC chairman
Mabiletsa, who is also Kgatleng East MP and a former BNF vice-president had said Mooketsi has to apologise to him after he allegedly said at a BNF rally that the legislator has defected to the BCP, a party dominated by Bayei, Bakalaka and Babirwa...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Nyangagwe to pay overtime arrears
The hospital has promised to pay the arrears. Public relations manager, Caiphus Gabana confirmed that they are awaiting the Ministry of Health (MoH) to approve the paperwork detailing the overtime claims."I understand the health auxiliary staff were...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 14 June 2012
BNF fine-tunes election strategies
The task forces will be made up of four members each, BNF's publicity secretary Moeti Mohwasa revealed in an interview with this publication this week.The first team will focus on determining how the BNF can fine-tune its campaign strategies while...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
Lotto used to award plots in Tlokweng
The 285 plots were advertised in 2009 and the Tlokweng Land Board received an overwhelming 21,000 applications. After scrutinising the applications, the number was reduced to 10,256 and the short-listed candidates' names put on the notice board at...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
Kanjabanga robbed
Kanjabanga was alone at home when the armed robbers pounced on him. However, he was not harmed.The suspects, who are still at large, held Kanjabanga at knifepoint to compel him to part with his money and mobile phones. Police were cagey with details...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Magosi want to be engaged in Vision 2016 projects
He said this at the recent Diphuduhudu workshop on Poverty Eradication Pitso themed "Leaving No Citizen Behind". Kgosi Gaborone said the Vision 2016 structure comprises of entrepreneurs and government departments at the top, hence traditional leaders...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Murder accused advised to approach High Court for bail
The two, Sethaeya Masekamela (52) and Mareledi Ramojadife (37), are facing a charge of murder after a 33-year old woman they allegedly helped commit abortion died on May 29.Magistrate Lindiwe Makgoro told the accused last Monday that the High Court...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Govt records increased overtime expenditure
The P58,296,181.69 paid in overtime last month amounts to 5.18 percent of the wage bill, according to Keobonye Moepeng, deputy director of Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) who was presenting before the Ntlo Ya Dikgosi...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
Councillors' infighting disturbs WDCs
"Councillors' infighting retards development and we strongly condemn it," the chairman of the Umbrella Ward Development Committee, Sylvester Masweu, told Selebi-Phikwe town clerk, Mompati Seleka, at a recent consultative meeting. Masweu said they...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
Mascom launches 4G technology
The service carries distinctive features such as better coverage, faster speed and less latency.Speaking at a stakeholder briefing held in Gaborone this week, Jose Viera Couceiro, Mascom CEO said the company remains convinced that information...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 14 June 2012
NFTRC commissions UHT plant
According to NFTRC public relations manager, Thato Kepaletswe, the plant allows for pasteurisation and sterilisation operations typically used in the food industry to extend the shelf life of liquid and semi-liquid food products such as milk,...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Questionable absence of DPSM at the ILO convention in Geneva
The absence of the Department of Public Service Management (DPSM) in Geneva for the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference is a painful and shocking realisation given the department's role as an employer of over 110,000 public service...
* GORETETSE KEKGONEGILE 14 June 2012
How Mogae lost the battle for Panda Farms
In an exclusive interview with Mmegi recently, Mogalakwe who was chairperson of the Farmers Association (the pioneer farmers in Pandamatenga) then, revealed how the National Development Bank (NDB) used all tricks to drive Batswana farmers out of the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
DCEC to stake-out corrupt government officials
The hands-on officers are said to have already developed suspicions where they are stationed to interrogate all transactions of procurement, an Anti-Corruption Officer at DCEC, Maureen Bome revealed at a private sector workshop on Tuesday.She...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
STAFF WRITER 14 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 14 June 2012
We will endure on this exquisite journey
A fortnight ago, delegates of the Botswana Movement for Democracy congregated to consider policy proposals on how to build a model nation that is the envy of the world, and how to carve a path for generations to come, one whose distances and...
14 June 2012
Seabelo: Fighting back to the top
Mmegi: Who is Seabelo Tlhaselo?Tlhaselo: I am a 59-year-old man from Ramotswa, group director and owner of the Seabelo Group. I am also a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana (ELCB) where I also serve in the fundraising...
14 June 2012
Legae student scoops world award
Last week his school, Legae Academy in Phase II, Gaborone was presented with the Top In the World certificate. He is the only Form V at the school to win the award this year. The other two recipients of a similar award, Samuel Kikondu, and Feroz...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
Icons of Botswana:a life well lived
Sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith to get what you want in life, no matter how many hardships and challenges you face. While others complain and blame their unfortunate upbringing for not succeeding in life, Bill-Ryan Seboni turned his...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Our heriatge
But who was she? For whom was she working and who sent her to Lobatse for this occasion? The British High Commission optimistically asked me to try and provide background comment to seven photos, all of which were obviously taken...
14 June 2012
Mmualebe
Re ne ra re go dirisa lefoko le ka tsela e ntseng jaana go re senyetsa Setswana. Fela jaaka gale, re ne ra ntsha dikai tse di supang nnete ya kgang e. Dingwe tsa dikai tseo e ne e le gore boemong jwa gore go twe 'dinao' batho bangwe ba re...
Sebofo Motshwane 14 June 2012
Former players haunt Motlakase over dismissal
The duo won their case of unfair dismissal and unpaid terminal benefits against the Premiership returnees last June. However, the club challenged the ruling on July 21, arguing that the players had forged their contracts."It is believed that the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Athletes return to Poland after Lille meet
The pursuit for 2012 Olympic Games' places continue, with the London Games set to be held in less than seven weeks. The Games kick off on July 28. Only five local athletes have met Olympic qualifying standards - Amantle Montsho, the country's only A...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2012
BR Highlanders secure play-offs date with Prisons XI
BR Highlanders drew 0-0 against Sowa Flamingoes FC before their home fans last Saturday and play-off against their southern counterparts in Prisons XI in the promotional play-offs. Prison XI and BR Highlanders' first leg is on June 30, while the...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Mogorosi in the dark about Chiefs' interest
Mogorosi is being targeted by Chiefs after putting up a fine performance against Bafana Bafana last weekend.The former Township Rollers captain is set to play in the Zimbabwean Castle Premier Soccer League after the Mascom Top 8 Cup, but still...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Sekotswe frustrated as fight remains in limbo
The bout, to be hosted under the auspices of Scud Missile Promotions was postponed indefinitely from its scheduled date of May 25, 2012. Sekotswe told Mmegi Sport yesterday that it was very frustrating for him to be waiting for a bout he was unsure...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 14 June 2012
Tsiki insists kwaito is not dead
This has resulted in some Kwaito groups disbanding while other musicians try to play around with their sound to produce one that is on par with modern times.In fact, the birth of a new sound called Kwaito-kwasa in Botswana was greatly influenced by...
14 June 2012
Woman of style and sophistication
Born and bred in Gaborone, Loewen has been in the photography industry for just under five years, but the unique nature of her work tells a completely different story. Her photographs possess a spectacular attribute that grabs the attention of the...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Shanti-Lo awarded Swedish scholarship
Shanti-Lo has just returned home with guitarist John Selolwane and his manager Soares Katumbela following their European tour which also saw them perform in Ireland. A previous tour of Sweden last year by Shanti- Lo later culminated in Swedish...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 June 2012
Position or possession?
Accordingly he had his side sit deep, looking to spring forward and attack the space behind their opponents.He was the first theorist of counterattacking football, a principle he went on to employ with great success at Huddersfield and Arsenal. His...
15 June 2012
Sports briefs
Strongman Botswana is hereThe second annual Botswana strongman competition will take place at the Riverwalk shopping centre tomorrow.More than 30 tough men are expected to compete in rigorous strength tests eyeing the P15, 000 first prize...
Compiled by FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE & CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
First cut
The continued selection of Jerome 'JJ' Ramatlhakwana is compromising the integrity of coach, Stanley Tshosane. At best, it demonstrates that the coach has become a hostage or put the other way, his tactics revolves around Ramatlhakwana and it would...
Dennis Keagile 15 June 2012
Morongwa junior chess series moves to Mahalapye
The Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) organised tournament is sponsored by Morongwa Security to the tune of P25,000. BCF secretary general, Kelapile Kelatlhilwe said the tournament targets all junior schools in the country. The top 30 who played...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 15 June 2012
Bridge to host schools tournament
The tournament is open to all schools. The PBBF spokesperson, Tshepiso Ramaribana said they expecting at least 150 participants. She said each school should be represented by 12 students with four students making a team. She added that they expect 37...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 15 June 2012
BDF VI out to preserve unbeaten run
The match to be played in Lobatse, kicks off at 1:00 pm. The army side have won all 10 games and are currently at the top of the league log with 30 points. They only lost two sets in the first round of the league against their army rivals, Diphatsa....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 15 June 2012
Unheralded Cairns thrusts into bowls limelight
Mmegi Sport: Who is Patrick Cairns?Cairns: I am 33 years old. I was born in South Africa and have been residing in Botswana since 2010. Mmegi Sport: When did you start playing bowls?Cairns: I began playing bowls in Klerksdorp, South Africa in...
15 June 2012
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