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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
Hotspurs divide league committee over ruling
The committee found Hotspurs guilty of failure to honour a fixture against Maun Tigers and fined the club P2, 000 in January. The fine was to be paid in 30 days, failing which six points was to be deducted at the end of the season. Hotspurs...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 15 June 2012
Former ECCO defender unhappy with unceremonious dismissal
Maphane has been with ECCO for three years after the side signed from Boteti Young Fighters in 2009. His contract was supposed to end next June. In an interview with Mmegi Sport, Forest revealed that in February he was called for a job...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 15 June 2012
Ramaabya proves his mettle in new environment
A quiet person by nature, the Selibe Phikwe born stopper has justified his selection, in a star-studded Rollers side. However,it is has not been an easy ride to the top for the man from Mochudi, who first tasted top flight football with Police XI in...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 15 June 2012
GU, Rollers chase elusive silverware
The match has all the ingredients of a thriller considering what is at stake. Mascom Top 8 remains the last one hope for silverware for both sides, who have already missed out on the league title. The two giants have in the past month made some...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
Bring Chiefs on - ECCO
And with the P1million Mascom Top 8 bounty within reach of the two gladiators, the encounter is likely to have all ingredients that always made their past encounters a must-watch. The second leg will be in Gaborone in two weeks time. The two teams...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 15 June 2012
COSAFA Cup poser for Zebras
Plans were to use the annual tournament that was last held in 2009 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; to tie up preparations for the Botswana national team. Botswana Football Association (BFA) chief executive officer, Duncan Kgame has admitted there is little...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 15 June 2012
Gunners up for sale
The club's chairperson, Willie Maboane told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they are about to announce the availability of the club for purchase in the near future. Maboane said that once they are satisfied with the process, they would invite...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
UN review lashes SA over secrecy Bill
The United States, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland all expressed concerns that the proposed laws could threaten media freedom. The intervention - the biggest collective stand yet taken by foreign...
15 June 2012
Togo protest: Lome rocked by electoral reform unrest
Two previous days of unrest in Lome saw violent clashes between security forces and thousands of demonstrators during which stones were thrown, tear gas was fired and about 30 people were injured. It follows recent electoral reforms ahead of a...
15 June 2012
ICC seeks 30-year sentence for Congo warlord Lubanga
In March, the Hague-based court found him guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers between 2002 and 2003. At that time, an inter-ethnic conflict was raging in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lubanga headed a rebel...
15 June 2012
"Illegal" hiring leaves Zimbabwe army hungry
Zimbabwe, struggling to recover from a decade-long economic decline that critics blame on long-serving president, Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, is spending a large share of its $4 billion or (P31 billion) budget for 2012 on wages. Biti told...
15 June 2012
Spoiler alert: Judge takes 'judicial peek' at Zim report
In accordance with a Constitutional Court ruling in November last year, North Gauteng High Court judge, Joseph Raulinga exercised his right to a "judicial peek" at a government report compiled by two South African judges on the socio-political and...
15 June 2012
Obama and Romney in Ohio speech showdown
The Ohio showdown comes as Romney and the Republicans have intensified their criticism of the president.He has been lambasted by Republicans for saying "the private sector is doing fine" in a news conference last week. No Republican president has won...
15 June 2012
Book review
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile & Apartheid by Frank B. Wilderson, 111 is a 500 paged dome published by South End Press in 2008. It is a book full of angst and disappointment at the final resolution of the South African problem. It is a timely...
Keineetse Keineetse 15 June 2012
Libya revokes Muammar Gaddafi praise law
Law 37 was originally passed in May by the National Transitional Council's Legal Committee.Libya's Human Rights Council and civil society groups appealed against the law, which was also condemned by international human rights watchdogs. Under the...
15 June 2012
Bogadi to be standardised?
The Chief asserts this is because parents overcharge for bogadi and put forward all kinds of arguments to scale up the woman's value as if they are commercial commodities. A motion has been raised by the House of Chiefs that bogadi should be...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 15 June 2012
Unmasking Selefu the cartoonist
He was a shadowy figure who would drift in and out of the newsroom, sit down at a desk far form everyone, draft something on a pad, drop it off at the Editor's office, grab his briefcase and leave. No word. No introductions. Quiet. Methodical....
15 June 2012
Defiling the body of Christ
We hear that among other crimes that led to his deportation, Prophet Francis Sakufiwa warmed up women in his church and derived pleasure from waking up at sunrise next to them, nude and naked. It must be this harem of Jezebels who got tired of empty...
15 June 2012
Nitty gritty
Male private parts have been headline news for the past three weeks or so. Now when we finally thought we can sleep peacefully without being haunted by appearing and disappearing parts of the male anatomy, we hear from a weekly newspaper that some...
Barolong Seboni 15 June 2012
Book review
Anne Tyler (2012) <br>"The Beginner's Goodbye: A Novel". London, Chatto and Windus, Random House, 202 pages, paperback. P205, ISBN 978-070-118722-0. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk. This is Anne Tyler's 19th work of fiction in...
sheridan Griswold 15 June 2012
Back stage
Here is a well-crafted movie that features seven of Britain's best veteran actors. It may become the surprise best sleeper of the northern summer film season (it opened in February in the UK, but only in May in the USA). If you decide to see it,...
Sasa Majuma 15 June 2012
Digging up our past cultures
To achieve this, I purposely evoked the memories of my maiden archaeological excavation. By doing so, I wanted to introduce the reader to the world of archaeology and offer insights on the mystery that usually surrounds archaeological expeditions. In...
ABEL ABEDNICO MABUSE
Correspondent 15 June 2012
Peace in a traditional mud house
It is hard to ignore Mogorosi's yard as one enters Mmankgodi, a village located 40 kilometers south-west of Gaborone. Sitting on the edge of the hill, on the western side of the road from Boatle to Sengaparile, this yard is a real eye-catcher....
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
Molefi Nkwete: The soul behind Mafia Soul
You will be forgiven for feeling like you want to rub your eyes and say, "come again? Is Molefi Nkwete only 29?"because it seems the young man has packed it all in before turning 30 years. Even with so many accolades under his belt, he remains down...
15 June 2012
Botswana growth forecast slashed
The forecasts are made in the latest edition of the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report issued worldwide on Tuesday. According to the report, the major threats facing the local economy this year will come from the troubled Eurozone as well...
STAFF WRITER 15 June 2012
Consumer watchdog
What are the biggest threats to our financial well-being? What's the quickest way to impoverish people? What's the worst thing you can do to threaten your quality of life? It used to be loan sharks, or perhaps I should call them by the politer name,...
15 June 2012
Botswana is best new market for global retailers
According to the influential 2012 A.T Kearney Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), Botswana at position 20, enters the rankings for the first time and is the only country in Sub-Saharan Africa to make the list of the top 30 most attractive markets...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 15 June 2012
Corporate go-getter jets off to the US
Chilume, Barclays' treasury sales manager, left last Sunday to join a group of 60 of her African peers under the Mentoring Partnership With Young African Leaders initiative, a three-week programme in the US whose highlights include the AGOA...
STAFF WRITER 15 June 2012
Choppies uncertain about Mozambican market
"We are still awaiting certain information from Mozambique, but I cannot reveal the kind of information because it is confidential," he said, guarded about the group's ambitions to expand to Mozambique. He revealed that although they want to...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
BancABC launches stock market handbook
The handbook covers all domestic and foreign companies listed on the Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe stock exchanges. BancABC group managing director, Douglas Munatsi, Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) CEO Hiran Mendis and publisher of the book,...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
G4S barred from wooing Shield Security clients
The order is with effect from June 01, 2012. It bars G4S Botswana from "interfering with Shield Security clients" during the ongoing transition to new owners, Sancos MD Enterprises. Sancos, a company owned by Shield Security minority shareholder,...
STAFF WRITER 15 June 2012
The end of the world as we know it
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sticks to her guns and says that Greece must abide by the existing conditions. Fearing that a financial collapse is imminent, Greek depositors rush for the exit. This time, the European Central Bank refuses to come to...
DANI RODRIK 15 June 2012
Is Mali next haven for terrorists?
Malik, an English teacher from the town, knows just how hard-line the new arrivals are. He said a friend was brutally beaten on a Niafunke street after Salafists caught him with a flask of alcohol in his pocket. Malik also enjoys beer, a cigarette...
DEREK HENRY FLOOD 15 June 2012
Digging tswana roots
Meantime, many people who take it seriously would wish that time literally stood still and the day, 31st December, never came. However, I still maintain, only in my book Eloi, Eloi! Unlocking the Secret Age of Lo? and Ba-Loi, will the real date of...
L.M leteane 15 June 2012
Tlokweng scramble is a result of poor planning
The south-eastern region of the country carries the greatest weight of the population. This is understandable because it has been the most ecologically endowed region with comparatively good rainfall, soils, a well-developed physical infrastructure...
15 June 2012
Selefu 15 June 2012
15 June 2012
Did the Khamas grab Batlokwa land?
In the aftermath of the desperate lottery that was used to allocate plots in Tlokweng on Wednesday, Batlokwa say the Khama family took part of their land 22 years ago and incorporated it into Ruretse Farm. This has catapulted the Khama family...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
Delayed fatherhood extends life
The genetic make-up of sperm changes as a man ages and develops DNA code that favours a longer life - a trait he then passes to his children. The team found the link after analysing the DNA of 1,779 young adults.Their work appears in Proceedings of...
15 June 2012
Inside a commercial squatter camp
He has been occupying Letsweletse Mmope's land illegally since 1991. When he occupied the land, it was the state's. A year later, it became freehold land under Mmope's ownership. The 29 hectare land is sandwiched between the Gaborone Dam and the old...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 15 June 2012
Why does a cabbage cost $27 in Canada?
Residents in Iqaluit, the territorial capital, and Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet and Igloolik, and sympathisers in the national capital, Ottawa, have been protesting in a bid to raise awareness of the high cost of food in remote communities. So why is their...
15 June 2012
Tlokweng: A maelstrom of politics, poverty and tribalism in the land question
"This is the first time we saw this kind of thing where land board officials make a raffle draw and call out names. Mo ke botlhodi, lefatshe ga le rafolwe (This is taboo)," said an old man. He was addressing angry crowds of young people at the...
15 June 2012
Where squatting meets commerce
You hold a revolver to your head and pull the trigger. If there is no blood and brains on the floor, you win the bet. The other option - well, you lose everything! Squatters of Seteneng settlement, just by the Gaborone Dam, have adapted the...
15 June 2012
Unveilling stem cells
As science and technology continue to advance, so do ethical viewpoints surrounding these developments. It is important to educate and explore the issues, scientifically and ethically considering that in recent years, stem cell research has generated...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 15 June 2012
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