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Teacher trades chalk for the corporate world
This is not the case for former teacher, Motlatsi Mbanga, who as a fresh-faced 36year old in 1999, left the profession to venture into the dog-eat-dog world of business. Of course, the detractors had already written his obituary saying he would...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
The winners code
The personal computer is one such example. Twenty years ago, if you were living in the developing world, it would be a very rare privilege to work for an organisation that owned a computer. It was a preserve for the very successful companies...
Geroge Chingarande 10 July 2012
ETCETERA II
Look around the place right now and it's nearly all doom and gloom. Deaths at the Jwaneng mine, at Morupule B and at the recent Mantshwabisi are major concerns. In Lobatse, the BMC has lost its New Zealand CEO who was fired by the Minister. At...
SANDY GRANT 10 July 2012
Icons of Botswana
In 1967, she was among locals chosen to go to the US to teach some Americans Setswana so that they could come and work here. She says she got the job because she was an effective teacher. "Passing education to others is a God-given gift I have," she...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Politicians are starving - Mayor
Speaking at a council meeting last week, Nkaigwa said that politicians should be rewarded for their work so that they can refrain from participating in corrupt acts."Political representatives are starving and some have quit the political hardships of...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Afro epitomises political prowess - Ntime
He was the guest speaker at the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) National youth executive committee political rally in Maun. Ntime said since he joined BDP he has been mocked in the political discourse for the resemblance of his trademark Afro...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 10 July 2012
BCA intensifies drive to promote cricket
The first session involved participants going through Fielding skills practice which gave them insight and feel of the cricket ball. The teachers went through catching (low and high catches), throwing (under-arm and over-arm) and stopping the ball...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Federer backs Murray to win major titles
Murray initially took the final to Roger Federer and won the first set -his first in the four grand slam finals he has played, three of them against the Swiss. "I played better this time in the final and that's the main thing," said Murray after the...
10 July 2012
Oteng geared for final leg of preps
Oteng, who returned to the country from a Europe tour, left for France on Friday where he is expected to wrap up his preparations for the London Games. The reigning Sportsman of the Year suffered a knock on his hand during a training session last...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 10 July 2012
FC Platinum ready to release Mogorosi
Mogorosi signed a two-year deal with the platinum miners in March this year after his former Township Rollers and Mochudi Centre Chiefs coach, Rahman Gumbo, recommended him. The former Rollers skipper was set to move to Zvishavane, FC Platinum's...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Resignations rock Gunners
The members dropped the bombshell on Friday, citing a broken working relationship with the chairman as the main reason for their resignation. This comes at a time when the club was in the process of following the likes of Gaborone United (GU) in to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Museum solicits help
The first phase of the Silos has already been developed. The site will be transformed into an Open Air Museum. The history of the place, which once belonged to the Le Cordeur family, is made part of a history that will be...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Artistic excellence key to sustainable job opportunities
Speaking at the final competitions for choral music and poetry on Saturday, Principal Performing Arts Officer in the Department of Arts and Culture, Bopelo Gaothuse, said the competitions are important to the government because they can create job...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Abotseng yet to enrol two years later
The 2010 winner returned home, after discovering that the institution she was sent to is not accredited. The competition's director, Keabetswe 'Master Dee' Sesinyi continues to avoid questions regarding the fact that the young woman is not...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Miss Vision 2016 contestants receive prizes
The contestants who did not make it to the top three received small packages which, according to the organisers, represented the pillars they denoted. Even though most of the young women looked unhappy with the small packages of beauty products a few...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Art meets sport in dance
The event was done by Gaborone City Council as a fundraising promotional activity for the Silver Jubinee, to be held on August 11. The performers were dancers from the Botswana Dance National Sport Association (BODANSA) who treated guests to...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Fury as Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah's words broadcast
The dialogue, recorded during the siege in Toulouse in which Merah died, was played by the TF1 channel on Sunday.Relatives of Merah's victims were "outraged" that the exchanges had been broadcast, their lawyers said.Merah, 23, killed three soldiers...
10 July 2012
House of Lords reform
The letter, signed by 70 Conservative MPs, comes ahead of a two-day debate on the government's plans. Many backbenchers are unhappy at the pledge to create a smaller, but mostly elected second chamber in Parliament. But the coalition says it is...
10 July 2012
Russia in day of mourning
At least 171 people were killed in the disaster, officials said on Sunday. President, Vladimir Putin has ordered an inquiry into whether people were given enough warning of the disaster. A separate criminal investigation is under way into possible...
10 July 2012
Mursi reverses parliament dissolution
Mursi, whose Muslim Brotherhood won most seats, said the chamber should reconvene until a new election is held. The military had enforced a court order last month dissolving parliament because party members had contested seats reserved for...
10 July 2012
Gaborone's third largest hotel opens
Briefing the media recently, the hotel's general manager Ruppet Elliot says they target the high-end market.He said the establishment is out to redefine the service and lifestyle experience of Gaborone's hospitality sector.Elliot said the facility, a...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Galane Gold to resurrect historic Monarch Mine
Last week, Galane Gold executives told a resources conference that activities at Monarch would include studying the gold potential of a region beyond the 200 metre mark that previous mining reached before closure in 1998. Prior to its closure,...
STAFF WRITER 10 July 2012
Co-ops savings surge above P120m
She added that they had disbursed loans to their members amounting to P123 million by the end of the last financial year. "This is a positive contribution to the economy and it defies the stereotype that Batswana are consumers who defeat the culture...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
As I see it
Our Dikgosi played a fabulous role in our political development. They had the foresight to secure us a vast space of territory endowed with natural resources which if fully exploited and prudently utilised, can make us the Eden of Africa. Too...
Michael Dingake 10 July 2012
President beware
It is reasonable to expect some people who take news seriously to not bother watching the state broadcaster's evening updates on what three men got up to that day. There is never a news bulletin, if that's what we can call these orgies of...
10 July 2012
Selefu 10 July 2012
10 July 2012
SADC should prevail at AU elections
The chairperson's position is a very powerful one as the incumbent does the day-to-day running of the union, something akin to a general manager of the union. The last election failed to produce a winner between Jean Ping and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma...
* DR KARIBU WA NGITIE 10 July 2012
DCEC introduces Facebook page
In an interview with Mmegi, Motshoganetsi said the move behind the introduction was to keep up with the pace of developing technology and in order to improve their interaction with the public. He said the Facebook page started its operation in...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Are women capable of raping men?
Bizarre as it may sound on Friday Mmegi fanned out the streets of Francistown to check the veracity of such a scenario. The responses received were mixed. Between giggles, belly laughs, gasps, startled looks and other facial expressions, there...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Phikwe land shortage voids agric programmes
SELEBI-PHIKWE: While implementation of agriculture programmes and policies was ongoing countrywide, the urban setup of Selebi-Phikwe and set standards for urban areas prohibited majority of those programmes to be implemented here.This was according...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Trojan robbery suspects seek time to sort their legal representation
The accused persons: Motlhatlhobi Bagopi, Onkabetse Malope, Brutus Mokgalo, Gerald Zikhale, and Mishack Kangangwane, who are alleged to have hijacked a Trojan Security Van headed for Gantsi from Gaborone on August 2011, begged the court to give them...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Govt not inclined to subsidise the private sector - Seretse
This came after Motlhale tabled a motion in parliament, requesting government to introduce a Youth Wage Subsidy Scheme as an incentive for the private sector to employ more young people. The MP's argument is that though there are existing programmes...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 10 July 2012
BDF probe motion defeated for poor support
The motion was dropped after it met with little support in an electronic vote that turned out only 10 MPs for a commission of inquiry into the highly lucrative but equally controversial army tenders. Reacting to the debate on the motion, Mmolotsi...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 10 July 2012
Police boss faces P1m suit
The plaintiff alleges that Bosilong defamed him in May 2008 when he uttered the words, "You Moshapa, I saw your vehicle on two Thursdays unloading stolen meat at your butchery around four in the morning". At the time the alleged utterances were...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Opposition equally capable to lead - Saleshando
Speaking at the launch of the BCP's Monarch West council by-election candidate Goitse Majumane on Sunday the suave and youthful Saleshando said there was a perception in some sections of the society that opposition parties were incapable of governing...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Unacceptable
The publicity secretary for the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Taolo Lucas, has described as "unacceptable" a news segment broadcast on Btv on Sunday night that showed primary school pupils likening President Ian Khama to God in a song. A pastor has...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Gaolathe appointed BMD VP
At its workshop held last weekend in Palapye, the BMD leadership also named Gabriel Masie the party's new national organising secretary. Sennye Kono was appointed national policy director, a post which was previously held by Gaolathe. On the other...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
Khama avoids meeting Bashir?
All African heads of state are expected to attend the summit, including Bashir, who is the International Criminal Court's (ICC) most wanted head of state. The ICC has issued a warrant of arrest for Sudan's first citizen for war crimes in his...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 10 July 2012
The winners code
The personal computer is one such example. Twenty years ago, if you were living in the developing world, it would be a very rare privilege to work for an organisation that owned a computer. It was a preserve for the very successful companies...
Geroge Chingarande 11 July 2012
ETCETERA II
Look around the place right now and it's nearly all doom and gloom. Deaths at the Jwaneng mine, at Morupule B and at the recent Mantshwabisi are major concerns. In Lobatse, the BMC has lost its New Zealand CEO who was fired by the Minister. At...
SANDY GRANT 11 July 2012
Icons of Botswana
In 1967, she was among locals chosen to go to the US to teach some Americans Setswana so that they could come and work here. She says she got the job because she was an effective teacher. "Passing education to others is a God-given gift I have," she...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 11 July 2012
Politicians are starving - Mayor
Speaking at a council meeting last week, Nkaigwa said that politicians should be rewarded for their work so that they can refrain from participating in corrupt acts."Political representatives are starving and some have quit the political hardships of...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 11 July 2012
Afro epitomises political prowess - Ntime
He was the guest speaker at the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) National youth executive committee political rally in Maun. Ntime said since he joined BDP he has been mocked in the political discourse for the resemblance of his trademark Afro...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 11 July 2012
Co-ops savings surge above P120m
She added that they had disbursed loans to their members amounting to P123 million by the end of the last financial year. "This is a positive contribution to the economy and it defies the stereotype that Batswana are consumers who defeat the culture...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 11 July 2012
As I see it
Our Dikgosi played a fabulous role in our political development. They had the foresight to secure us a vast space of territory endowed with natural resources which if fully exploited and prudently utilised, can make us the Eden of Africa. Too...
Michael Dingake 11 July 2012
SADC should prevail at AU elections
The chairperson's position is a very powerful one as the incumbent does the day-to-day running of the union, something akin to a general manager of the union. The last election failed to produce a winner between Jean Ping and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma...
* DR KARIBU WA NGITIE 11 July 2012
Are women capable of raping men?
Bizarre as it may sound on Friday Mmegi fanned out the streets of Francistown to check the veracity of such a scenario. The responses received were mixed. Between giggles, belly laughs, gasps, startled looks and other facial expressions, there...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 11 July 2012
Olebile wins at inaugural F'town Chess tourney
The spokesperson for the organisers, Motisi Otisitswe, said the tournament which saw 56 participants (43 men and 13 females) competing, was organised in an effort to raise funds for the Sphauneh Chess Club to buy their own equipment. Detailing the...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 11 July 2012
Rugby union secures UB stadium but finance remains a challenge
While the tournament was scheduled to be hosted at UB stadium there was confusion as to what was going to happen on the 25th, as the venue was unavailable on the day. Initially the venue was going to be used by the Department of Student Placement and...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 11 July 2012
Selolwane benefit match postponed
The game will now be played between September and October as the organisers want to make way for Botswana Football Association activities. "In the interest of football, we saw it fit to make way for the Coke Cup final and postpone the Dipsy...
STAFF WRITER 11 July 2012
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