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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 26 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...
26 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 26 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....
26 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...
26 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 26 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...
26 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 26 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...
26 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...
26 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 26 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 26 June 2012
The EPA, the WTO and Botswana's beef industry
The last few years have, to say the very least, not been kind to the cattle industry. In the past this has been put down to Acts of God ie: droughts and disease that have disrupted supply but what has harmed the industry has just as much to do with...
26 June 2012
Poverty eradication is bigger than Khama
I often wonder what future generations will say about us; what will they say about the opportunities that we had to advance Botswana beyond the envy of any other nation in the world. I for one would like to be on the right side of history. I...
BAROLONG MOUWANE 26 June 2012
Negative impact of privatising water services
Since the 1970s multinationals interested in the water market have capitalised on the looming 'water crisis' and lobbied steadily to get the privatisation of water and sanitation accepted as the only solution for the management of this increasingly...
GAONTEBALE MOKGOSI 26 June 2012
Tracing Lucky Dube's Zim roots
He lived large, even, and carved a larger-than-life celebrity figure out of his music, but Lucky Dube's parentage largely remained a closely-guarded secret. While his parentage might have influenced his thinking and lyrics, Dube never made a public...
26 June 2012
Unmasking Selefu the cartoonist (Part II)
Setshwaelo and Makgekgenene formed the core team that was then the Department of Information. Young, vibrant and full of ideas, they set about utilising and developing the young talent at their disposal. Seisa who joined as a reporter soon shone as...
26 June 2012
Towards solar - an alternative future
The proposed Solar Mini Grid power station project will be the first of its kind in Botswana and will use both biogas (boloko) and solar energy to provide electricity to 67 far=flung villages that are off-grid. It is scheduled to start construction...
26 June 2012
Botswana - energy sector overview
The mining sector accounts for about 50 percent of the demand, the commercial sector about 20 percent, and the residential sector about 25 percent. Between 2004 and 2007, rural access to electricity doubled to 44 percent, though short of the 60...
26 June 2012
The impact of mobile technology
"I think cellphones are what Africa has been waiting for," he said. "Botswana was at a standstill for 40 years. There was not much development while cattle were dying due to drought and disease. Cellphones have actually lifted us 40 years from the...
MPHO MOOKA 26 June 2012
The truth about Rwanda
It began ten days ago, with a single BBC story on a leaked United Nations report that was said to prove Rwanda's involvement, but did nothing of the sort (as the source of the leak admitted within days). As if on cue, this was followed by Human...
* Louise Mushikiwabo 26 June 2012
ETCETERA II
There is no such thing as a coincidence, claims Dallas Nash, whose feisty column in the Guardian I much enjoy. How can I agree? Consider. I had just about to come to the end of Hilary Martel's remarkable best -selling book, Dig Up the Bodies...
Sandy Grant 26 June 2012
Kingdom-0-Metre
I have asked in the past asked whether politics is a dirty game or politicians give politics a bad name. The unending drama within the opposition politics continues. Our media is awash with the return of Honourable Botsalo Ntuane. Not...
Dumi Mmualefe 26 June 2012
Issues in education
Every era is placed between its past and future history. The present is judged according to the past and practices of countries elsewhere in the world. Many times, the average person, even the teacher, sees the good old ways and not so good present....
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 26 June 2012
The winners code
Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one area where I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realised, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom...
George Chingarande 26 June 2012
Icons of Botswana
In last week's edition, we explored the impressive public service career of Moses Lekaukau and his founding role in the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) . This week, we delve into his upbringing and family life. Born on 4th March 1944 in...
Kibo Ngowi 26 June 2012
Spousal rape - the debate reborn
Just when the issue looked to have been put to rest -Dr Onnalena Selolwane, a female senior sociology lecturer at the University of Botswana (UB), recently revived the issue. The UB academic said that a married man has the right to sex with his...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 26 June 2012
Ndawana lands chess masters crown
The event, which Turbo Refrigeration sponsored to the tune of P10,000, was part of the Botswana Chess Federation's (BCF) 30th anniversary. Ndawana had been tipped to walk away with the first prize of P1,200 and duly obliged with a flawless...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 26 June 2012
Tonota FC's demotion marks rebuilding sojourn
Club owner, Bontshetse Maokaneng said the time they will spend in the third tier will merely be a rebuilding exercise. Maokaneng watched in frustration last weekend as his troops lost 5-1 to First Division debutants, Sankoyo Bush Bucks in Maun. The...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 26 June 2012
Seribe upbeat ahead of Benin Champs
Local athletes get a last chance to qualify for the Olympics in the Porto Nova starting today. The Senior Championships run from today until July 1. Seribe has been preparing for the Olympics in Rome, Italy and has vowed to bring a medal...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 26 June 2012
Premier League releases awards nominees
Two Mochudi Centre Chiefs players, Joel Mogorosi and Kekaetswe Moloi will battle it out with Township Rollers defender, Oscar Ncenga for the Player of the Season award. The striking pair helped Chiefs clinch this season's league title, scoring 26...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 26 June 2012
COSAFA Senior Challenge postponed
The tournament, which has not been held since 2009, would have assisted teams in the region as they prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifiers due to be held later this year and early 2013. A media release from the Botswana...
STAFF WRITER 26 June 2012
Back stage
This is Rainer Werner Fassbinder's interpretation of Theodore Fontane's famous novel. It has been hailed as his greatest film. Effi Briest (1891-1895) was published in a variety of forms in German, first as a newspaper serial than as a book. In...
Sasa Majuma 26 June 2012
Barbz evicted from Upville
Head of House Goldie's decision to save her man, Prezzo, rather than her friend Barbz, proved pivotal and the Nigerian singer's distress was palpable as she crumpled to the couch when IK read out the South African's name. Zimbabwe's Maneta had been...
26 June 2012
Poor sound quality disturbs music competition
Most of the time was consumed in setting up the equipment and some of the compact discs (CDs) could not even play. Some of the artists had to be given a second chance on stage, after the music stopped halfway through their performance. In some...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 26 June 2012
Eliminated Boikanyo woos Ghetto crowd
The Ghetto revellers were treated to a catchy stage performance by the young lad, and he had them eating out of his hand, that they could not help throwing wads of Pula notes on the stage. After the performance, Showbiz established that the P10 and...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 26 June 2012
Iran to execute two for alcohol consumption
Hassan Shariati, the judiciary chief of the northeastern province of Khorasan-e Razavi, announced the sentence in an ISNA news agency report that was published by the Donya-e-Eqtesad daily. "The two unidentified people were repeat offenders, having...
26 June 2012
Mumbai attacks 'planner' arrested in India
Abu Jindal, also known as Syed Zabiuddin, has been remanded to police custody, a senior police official told the BBC. He is being described as the "handler" of the 10 gunmen who carried out the deadly assault on targets in Mumbai. The attacks claimed...
26 June 2012
Syria general and two colonels 'defect to Turkey'
A general, two colonels, two majors and about 30 other soldiers are said to have crossed into Hatay province on Sunday night. "They were part of a group of some 200 people who crossed the border overnight into Monday," Anatolia news agency says....
26 June 2012
Boat sinking reignites Australia asylum debate
The government has renewed a call for a refugee swap deal with Malaysia to deter people smuggling. However, the opposition is demanding that an immigration detention centre on Nauru be reopened. Meanwhile, authorities say 17 bodies have been found,...
26 June 2012
Scottish independence: Darling launches Better Together campaign
He will compare independence to buying "a one-way ticket to send our children to a deeply uncertain destination". Darling will argue Scotland can have the "best of both worlds", with a strong parliament at Holyrood and a secure place in the United...
26 June 2012
Mombasa bar attack: Kenyan police hold suspect
Police earlier said that one person had been killed in the blast at the Jericho bar in the resort town of Mombasa.One of the 30 people injured is being held as a suspect, police say. The blast comes a day after the US embassy had warned that there...
26 June 2012
Zuma lambasts 'transition' critics
Speaking at the ANC's Free State provincial elective conference, Zuma said it was inconceivable for senior party members to claim they did not understand the document. He said the paper was discussed three times by the ANC national executive...
26 June 2012
Morsi's win a small step ahead for Egypt: US media
"Egypt has taken another halting step toward democracy -- and avoided a plunge into chaos," the Washington Post said in an editorial, praising the military for recognising Morsi's victory over ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq. The Wall Street Journal offered...
26 June 2012
Agric show boosts Ghanzi economy
All accommodation facilities in the township were fully booked over the weekend with some show goers saying some facilities were already fully booked for next year's edition. For this year's showcase, held over the weekend, exhibitors came from...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 June 2012
DTC relocation taskforce starts work today
The committee which comprises of government and private sector officials will facilitate a wide array of operations ranging from security, transport, hospitality and communications before, during and after relocation of the P45 billion (US$6 billion)...
BRAIN BENZA
Staff Writer 26 June 2012
Ex-minister castigates government on CEE
The ex-minister joined business leaders at a consultative forum (pitso) in slamming government for dragging its feet in effecting a Citizen Economic Empowerment (CEE) policy failing to adequately support citizen-owned business. "This is a...
STAFF WRITER 26 June 2012
Why BMD should join BNF
It is not doomsday. Not yet. The centre has not collapsed but one just gets the feeling that the centre is being stretched to its limits, at this rate it just might give in and let things fall apart. The Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) is in a...
26 June 2012
As I see it
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery". We translate Charles Dickens sterling prose to our own pula lingua franca for ease of communication by saying: A Motswana who earns P20 per month and spends...
Michael Dingake 26 June 2012
The Debswana story: Lessons for Africa
While critics have had reason to slam the 50-50 partnership between De Beers and the Government of Botswana that is Desbwana, it has not been loot and gloom as we all know. Besides the much-touted goodies that have flowed from the Debswana...
26 June 2012
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