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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 21 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...
21 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 21 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....
21 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...
21 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 21 June 2012
Botswana's economic zones and the 'Miracle of Shenzhen'
If you ever visit what was once the British colony of Hong Kong and cross the 'border' you will enter the mega-city of Shenzhen with a population of 14 million people which started life not so long ago as a small fishing village. In 1980 when Chinese...
21 June 2012
Icons of Botswana
Cuthbert Moshe Tebogo Lekaukau is best known for being the founding Chairman and Chief Executive of the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) but this man's illustrious public service career has extended far beyond telecommunications, through...
Kibo Ngowi 21 June 2012
Zuma and the Second Transition
It was a jovial president who addressed party loyalists in Sophiatown (previously Triomf) in the west of Johannesburg late last week. He had come to Sophiatown to salute former ANC president Alfred Bitini Xuma, and was on the verge of jetting...
21 June 2012
I do not miss my father
As we all know, it takes two to have a child. But again not all of us have ever had somebody to address as 'father'. There are so many stories that are given to children who want answers about their fathers, at least from what we normally hear. It...
21 June 2012
Mmualebe
Thulaganyo e jaaka re itse, e supa ditiro tse di farologanyeng tse di tlaa dirwang fa tirelo ya phitlho e ntse e tsweletse, le batho ba ba tlaa bong ba di dira. Fa re bula thulaganyo, la ntlha re kopana le maina a motho yo o tlaa bong a tsamaisa...
Sebofo Motshwwane 21 June 2012
Selefu 20 June 2012
21 June 2012
Wrestling body gets international accreditation
This comes after the assessment of their constitution, which paved way for provisional membership.The registration comes after the founding president of BWF, Moagi Sharp, had made a plea to the public for financial help. Sharp said the Federation had...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Makhwengwe denies going AWOL
This after sources at Lekidi Centre said Makhwengwe had not filled in a leave form. Makhwengwe insisted that he is on a three months unpaid leave as he dismissed claims that he has gone AWOL. "Definitely I am on leave. When I am on...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Boxing trio join Oteng in Venezuela
The trio has been picked by the Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA) with the help of the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) to train with Oteng as he steps up preparations for next month's London Olympic Games. The 2010 Commonwealth silver...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Has ECCO defender earned his Zebras stripes?
The 27 year old player made the remarks after producing a man-of-the-match performance against be MOBILE Premier League Champions, Mochudi Centre Chiefs last weekend. The two sides played to a goalless draw in the Mascom Top 8 Cup semi-final...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
Gunners, Rollers share spoils
A visible absentee in the Rollers lineup was Mogakolodi Ngele who has been in a rich vein of form in front of goal lately while Gunners missed influential mid-fielder and skipper, Ofentse Mmipi. The game started quietly unlike the first round...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
A time well spent at Talking Heads
While the colourful interior of the joint, which is housed by Zoom Night Club in Maruapula, was enough to excite any entrant, it was music by Vincent Chitava whose karaoke mixes of international hits provided the crowd with enough entertainment to...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
Brand Botswana collaborates with Makgabaneng
The collaboration will assist Brand Botswana to communicate issues concerning the brand to a wider audience through Makgabaneng Extra, which is a live phone-in programme. Makgabaneng Director, Nelson Phoga explained that their collaboration with...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Of BBA romances, marriages and babies
In fact, from the last four editions of the game, a series of romance stories have been written and a total of three babies born from housemate love affairs. 2009 Big Brother Revolution winner, Nigeria's Kevin Chuwang and his Tanzanian wife...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Chitava the musician with a soft voice
Vincent Chitava's rough appearance belies his gentility let alone his vocal aptitude. The 32-year-old Zimbabwean was in his element at the launch of Talking Heads bar in Maruapula on Tuesday night. Doing Karaoke mixes of various international artists...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
Maneta and Roki disqualified for breaking game rules
The two were evicted from Big Brother Upville house because they engaged in a scuffle after a lengthy bickering. They disobeyed Big Brother who advised them to stop misbehaving and obey house rules, which forbid violence and...
21 June 2012
Iran's 'hidden' alcoholism problem
But there is no consensus on how to address the problem. Some authorities have tried to cover up the issue.Although there had been warnings by low-key figures over the level of alcohol intake, it was a recent statement by a senior health official...
21 June 2012
Britain confirms Assange beyond reach at Ecuador embassy
Assange, 40, faces extradition to Sweden on allegations of sexual offenses, after Britain's Supreme Court rejected his final appeal on June 14. A 10-day period of extradition begins on June 28. The Foreign Offi Ace in London said Assange was on...
21 June 2012
No more tax millions for Zuma's wives, says ANC
That much is clear in the latest salvo from the Eastern Cape African National Congress(ANC): it wants the cost to the nation of the wives to be discussed at the ruling party's policy conference next week. On Monday, as a special meeting of the...
21 June 2012
First Diamonds from Ghaghoo delayed until 2014
Junior miner, Gem Diamonds has announced that first production from Ghaghoo mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) would be delayed until the first half of 2014 following an accident that killed two employees. According to the company,...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 21 June 2012
BoB sees risks but positive on 2012 growth
The central bank made the forecast yesterday as it also warned that the looming Eurozone crisis and a slowdown in government spending were the major threats to the local economy in 2012. The Bank of Botswana unveiled the forecasts in its 2011 Annual...
STAFF WRITER 21 June 2012
Aircraft makers unveil new green jets
Speaking to aviation operators in Maun, which boasts of one of the busiest airports in Africa in terms of landings and takeoffs by light aircrafts, Airbus and Embraer pledged their commitment to manufacturing a new generation of carbon-free...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Project syndicate
MILAN: Over the years, advanced and developing countries have experimented, sometimes deliberately and frequently inadvertently, with a variety of approaches to growth. Unfortunately, many of these strategies have turned out to have built-in...
Michael Spence 21 June 2012
Project syndicate
MILAN: I have just had the privilege of speaking at the main annual conference of Germany's Economic Council, the economic and business arm of the Christian Democratic Union, the current governing party. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister...
Michael Spence 21 June 2012
Back to basics
In others, the end is acrimonious. Behind all conflicts is lack of understanding of basic principles that govern your relationship, in this case the employment relationship. This is made worse by lack of clarity of what parties expect from each...
*LEBOGANG JOAN PILLAR 21 June 2012
Donate blood, save life
That is how the country got its first and so far only functioning university. We need the same helping spirit when it comes to the vital issue of blood donation. Yesterday, we reported that Health Minister, Dr John Seakgosing is a frustrated man...
21 June 2012
Selefu 21 June 2012
21 June 2012
Over 2,000 could lose govt jobs
Already 125 employees have been shown the door through the Early Exit Policy. The ministry's Permanent Secretary, Boikobo Paya has said employees in the water sector and the Department of Minerals (Geological Survey) will be the main targets of...
NICHOLAS MOKWENA
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Armed robbery case adjourns
It is alleged that Kefitile and Omphitlhetse Phiri Namanyana - who is a minor - robbed Caltex Filling Station in Mogoditshane of P18,000, airtime valued at P7,735 and Nokia cellular phones in March 2009. They are said to have used violence when they...
NICHOLAS MOKWENA
Correspondent 21 June 2012
NWDC shuts down Bible Life centre
NWDC public relations officer, Wada Motsamai told Mmegi that the council ordered the centre to be closed after discovering that it has been operating illegally for over a year. Under the Children's Act of 2009, children's homes must be licensed....
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 21 June 2012
BPPby-election candidate named
The BPP's acting publicity secretary, Kumbulani William made the revelation to Mmegi this week. Peter is the party's constitutional and legal affairs secretary. William said the decision to elect Peter to contest the Monarch West by-election was...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
Bakgatla royals escape prison
Bakgatla royals have escaped jail after outgoing Regional Magistrate, Barnabas Nyamadzabo suspended their sentences yesterday. The six-month jail-term handed to Customary Court of Appeal president Mothibe Linchwe and the 12 months given to his six...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
Transport workers blame labour dept
Transport workers' union chairman, Kgomotso Panye told a stakeholders meeting yesterday that labour officers do not seem eager to hear them out and this results in a backlog of cases. He said he was surprised that the labour representatives did not...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 21 June 2012
Umbrella MPs in double membership
UDC spokesperson, Moeti Mohwasa said yesterday that the MPs will now become members of the new Umbrella party, "when they are also members of their parties, which make up the umbrella party". He explained that individual parties that negotiated...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
Dikgosi pass blood group motion
Presenting the motion yesterday Kgosi Maruje III from the North East District said the record will be convenient to the medical profession. Besides it will bring the Botswana medical profession on par with international practices. Kgosi Maruje III...
21 June 2012
Debswana hands over taps in Shashe Mooke
A press release from Debswana says the beneficiaries who needed water connections to their homesteads were identified with the help of the Department of Social and Community Development (DSCD) in the Tonota Sub-District. Debswana is making the...
21 June 2012
Masunga water metres obsolete
He explained that the equipment has proven too expensive to maintain. During the pilot project, 50 public standpipes and 500 yard connections were installed in the village at a cost of P900,000. The Ministry of Local Government, through the North...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 21 June 2012
Botswana's child 'trafficking' problem
Instead, Joshua Immanuel said the country is faced with the problem of internal movement of children for labour purposes. "Child trafficking in Botswana is not very clear to us because ours is a different situation because with trafficking there has...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 21 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 22 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...
22 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 22 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....
22 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...
22 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 22 June 2012
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