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Why China vetoes the Draft Resolution on Syria
First, the draft resolution is seriously problematic, with uneven content that is intended to put pressure on only one party in Syria. Experience has proven that such practice would not help resolve the Syrian issue, but instead would only derail the...
*LI BAODONG 01 August 2012
First sail-powered crossing in a homemade go-kart
The wooden craft will sail approximately 160km across the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans that are on the fringes of the Kalahari Desert in north-eastern Botswana and cover a vast area of more than 15,540 square kilometres. Makgadikgadi is home to the second...
GLYN HUNTER 01 August 2012
Oteng's loss should not dampen Olympic spirit
The loss, heart-breaking as it is, should not dampen spirits among Botswana's four other compatriots who will be in action later this week. The nation should continue rallying behind the team as all hope is not lost for the athletes to secure that...
EDITOR 01 August 2012
Sport Chat
Finest momentThe Vultures finally made progress when they won the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Six Nations Group 1C tournament to move to Group 1B. This,was after they defeated Zambia before dismissing Mauritius on Saturday.Mascom...
01 August 2012
Malepa, Jenamiso set to leave ECCO
The duo - who have been a vital cog in the Francistown based side - have reportedly refused to sign new contracts after they allegedly reached a deadlock with the club during negotiations.Mmegi Sport has learnt that the two regular and experienced...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Wrestling body explains styles
The founding president of BWF, Moagi Sharp said one of the styles is arm wrestling which is controlled by the World Arm Wrestling Federation (WAWF) in which free hand must grip the peg at all times. All competitors must abide by and adhere to the...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Stakeholders hail Mascom Top 8 success
Township Rollers beat Francistown side ECCO City Green 3-1 in Gaborone to lift the trophy and the P1 million cash prize. Mascom public relations and communications manager, Tebogo Lebotse said they were very impressed with the general organisation of...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Mmui's role under severe scrutiny
Molefhe previously doubled up as the head of the Management Committee to facilitate a smooth transition from the old constitution, but was left in charge illegitimately for four years.The chief executive officer of the Botswana Football Association...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Miss Universe Botswana auditions on Saturday
He also said that though they would have wanted to cast their net wider and host auditions in other parts of the country, they would only be held in Gaborone as experience has taught them that such a move was costly."We have done that before, going...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
My Star 2011 finalist releases 'music of modern times'
The 43 years old said that he has ensured that he gave his fans a quality product, which will be loved by all, and sundry. The album is an Afro-Pop fused with jazz and he said the reason he released this type of music was that it was the music of...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Young donors plan 'First Dance of Hope' for Madigele
And thankfully Batho's plea has not fallen on deaf ears as people are coming forward to assist the young man.Speaking to Showbiz, Mbulawa Nthoiwa said he and his other partners would be staging a music festival on September 1 in a bid to raise money...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Harare thief asks for life in Zimbabwe jail
Lovemore Manyika, 22, wrote a note which was read out in the Harare court, saying: "Life in prison is better than life in the streets."The Herald newspaper reports that he was disappointed to be only sentenced to three years.Manyika was released from...
01 August 2012
French Muslims riled by suspensions over Ramadan fast
One of the four called the decision "unacceptable" and said they were considering taking the matter to court.The mayor of Gennevilliers said the instructors' refusal to eat or drink amounted to breach of contract and put the children's safety at...
01 August 2012
US rallies opponents of EU carbon tax on airlines
Delegates meeting at the US Department of Transportation will explore an alternative global solution that would include the EU.China, India, Russia and the US are among the countries opposed to the EU scheme, which took effect on 1 January.The US...
01 August 2012
Hundreds of millions without power in India
More than half the country has been left without power after three grids collapsed - one of them for the second day running.Hundreds of trains have come to a standstill and hospitals are running on backup generators.In eastern India, around 200...
01 August 2012
US man admits plot to support Al-Shabab in Somalia
Shaker Masri, 28, was arrested in August 2010 as he prepared to travel to Somalia to join Al-Shabab, according to US prosecutors. The US and United Kingdom consider the organisation, which has links to Al-Qaeda, a terrorist group. Under a plea deal,...
01 August 2012
Russian blogger Navalny charged with embezzlement
Federal investigators in Moscow brought charges over a timber deal in the Kirov region in which he was involved as an unofficial adviser three years ago.The case was previously investigated and dropped by regional prosecutors.Navalny, who was also...
01 August 2012
New flu virus found in seals concerns scientists
The H3N8 flu has been associated with the deaths of harbour seals in New England last year. Researchers say the virus may have evolved from a type that had been circulating in birds. They say the discovery highlights the potential for pandemic flu to...
01 August 2012
Islamists stone unwed couple with children to death
"I was there. The Islamists took the unmarried couple to the centre of Aguelhok. The couple was placed in two holes and the Islamists stoned them to death," said a local government official on condition of anonymity."The woman fainted after the first...
01 August 2012
Guinea-Bissau drug trade 'rises since coup'
It has also become a staging post for gangs smuggling cocaine from Latin America to Europe, allegedly in collusion with top army officers."The members of the Security Council condemned the continuing interference of the military in politics and...
01 August 2012
Govt spurns offer to raise De Beers stake
The right stems from a deal struck last year in which Anglo American, a 45 percent shareholder in De Beers, agreed to buyout the Oppenheimer family's 40 percent stake for $5.1 billion (P36.5 billion) in cash.Under the terms of the agreement, the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Inequality accounts for economic growth stagnation
"In these instances, inequality creates prohibitive barriers to participation in the economy for many," he said,"Inequality is a big concern. When poverty is pervasive, growing inequality makes inclusive prosperity a very distant dream and provides...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Monarch West and implications for opposition
The strategy of running a single opposition candidate in any by-election is supposed to yield gains for the opposition by preventing vote splitting. While vote splitting becomes impossible if there is only one opposition candidate, this...
*AMY POTEETE 01 August 2012
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Re sale re kgaoganye le tsala ya rona Neo nako ele fa re sena go mo tlhalosetsa gore lefoko 'owane,' ga le reye 'nosi.' Re ne re kopanye le Neo mo phuthegong e e neng ya tsaya lobaka lo lo leele go feta jaaka a ne a solofetse. Fa phuthego e...
01 August 2012
Selefu 01 August 2012
01 August 2012
A farewell to good fellows
The Commissioner of Police Thebeyame Tsimako and the Commander of Botswana Defence Force Lieutenant General Tebogo Masire have each served for half a decade at the helm of the country's key security institutions, a time during which they conducted...
01 August 2012
Our Heritage
At both places, as reported, it was claimed that those whose houses had been destroyed by the State had been granted their plots by their respective Chiefs long before the Land Boards had even come into existence.If this proves to be correct, the...
01 August 2012
Farmers share ideas to advance anti-FMD campaign
The workshop followed a recent visit by President Ian Khama to Maun at which he committed to find a solution to FMD. The chairperson of the Nhabe Agricultural Management Association, Senwelo Modisaemang pleaded with government to take appropriate...
MOLEFI MANYEPEDZA
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Farmers poison endanger birds
In an interview on the sidelines of a National Environmental Education (EE) workshop that ended here last Friday, Pete Hancock of Birds Botswana said carbofuran was outlawed in the European Union and the United States where it is manufactured by FMC...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Woman (55 )fined for dagga
The woman was fined by Magistrate Sejabuliso Siziba who said the offence Isaac has been charged with was a serious one that she could be imprisoned for one year and also be charged a P1, 500 fine. Sibiza noted that if one defaulted to pay the fine,...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 01 August 2012
No Vice President
Yesterday President Ian Khama kept the nation in suspense when he failed to reveal the replacement for the outgoing Vice President Mompati Merafhe. MPs expected Khama to provide his nomination but the President was nowhere to be seen even by end of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Escaped suspects still at large
The two, who hail from Masukujane Ward in Morwa, escaped from police who were transporting them from Village Magistrate Court to Gaborone Central Prison for remand. They were both denied bail in the case of theft of a motor vehicle, they appeared for...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Botswana hit by drought
Government will spend P165 million on drought relief and other food safety net measures for young children and vulnerable members of society after a study revealed that the country's food security situation has deteriorated due to a partial drought...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Moleps taxi drivers down tools
Almost all the taxis in the principal Kweneng town were off the street throughout the morning yesterday as taxis operators protested a decision of transport inpsectors to enforce strict rules to drop passengers off at the doorstep of their...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Modubule urges citizen economic empowerment law
Modubule emphasised that a law would be more effective than a policy, in ensuring that indigenous Batswana are economically empowered. "Policies are not helping the situation; why don't we have a law? This will allow that steps be taken against...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
'BOFEPUSU Bargain Council membership invalid'
The Commissioner of Labour appointed mediator has found the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) membership in the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC) invalid. The decision came after mediation in an application to the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
BFA legal advisor post is vacant
Sebego spent six years as legal advisor after being roped in by then BFA president Phillip Makgalemele in 2006.He is also a former chairperson of the Law Society of Botswana (LSB). He continued to serve a full term under David Fani whom he ousted...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
Railways and yet more railways - Enter Vitol
Early this month, Greg Kinross, the president of Botswana and Toronto Stock Exchange listed CIC Energy, announced at the Capital Resources meeting in Gaborone that 9.9 percent of CIC Energy has been sold for $10 million in June to the Dutch energy...
01 August 2012
A Look At The Office Of Vice President (Part I)
A. Introduction1. On Tuesday 10th July 2012, it was announced over Radio Botswana, that His Honour Lt. General M. S. Merafhe (Vice-President of the Republic of Botswana since 1st April 2008) has informed His Excellency Lt. General S. K. I....
01 August 2012
Impending cabinet reshuffle leaves nation guessing
SERETSE OR PHK FOR VPNdelu is the most important part of Khama's survival political toolkit and that is the reason why he is the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security. This is the most important ministry for President Khama and it cannot be left...
01 August 2012
The winners code
Mcdonalds, Kentucky, Bill Gates, Nelson Mandela, Richard Branson - do these names and brands sound familiar to you? Mcdonalds is a fast food franchise famous for its burger and fries. Whereas its presence in Africa is not ubiquitous, in North America...
George Chingarande 01 August 2012
Weeping old men of the f/town bus rank
One of the men, Kedibonye Moabi is famous for his crying antics when he does not have his way with people, especially when they do not buy his peanuts that he has also become famous for selling. While other people treat the bus rank as a...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 01 August 2012
A Borolong family reels from poverty, sickness
The 50-year-old, dizzy with hunger and fatigue is shouting something at the top of her voice while the younger one feebly parts her lips trying to respond.The 50-year-old is Segametsi Edward while the sickly bed-ridden one is her younger sister,...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 01 August 2012
Why China vetoes the Draft Resolution on Syria
First, the draft resolution is seriously problematic, with uneven content that is intended to put pressure on only one party in Syria. Experience has proven that such practice would not help resolve the Syrian issue, but instead would only derail the...
*LI BAODONG 02 August 2012
First sail-powered crossing in a homemade go-kart
The wooden craft will sail approximately 160km across the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans that are on the fringes of the Kalahari Desert in north-eastern Botswana and cover a vast area of more than 15,540 square kilometres. Makgadikgadi is home to the second...
GLYN HUNTER 02 August 2012
Oteng's loss should not dampen Olympic spirit
The loss, heart-breaking as it is, should not dampen spirits among Botswana's four other compatriots who will be in action later this week. The nation should continue rallying behind the team as all hope is not lost for the athletes to secure that...
EDITOR 02 August 2012
Mmui's role under severe scrutiny
Molefhe previously doubled up as the head of the Management Committee to facilitate a smooth transition from the old constitution, but was left in charge illegitimately for four years.The chief executive officer of the Botswana Football Association...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 02 August 2012
My Star 2011 finalist releases 'music of modern times'
The 43 years old said that he has ensured that he gave his fans a quality product, which will be loved by all, and sundry. The album is an Afro-Pop fused with jazz and he said the reason he released this type of music was that it was the music of...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 02 August 2012
Young donors plan 'First Dance of Hope' for Madigele
And thankfully Batho's plea has not fallen on deaf ears as people are coming forward to assist the young man.Speaking to Showbiz, Mbulawa Nthoiwa said he and his other partners would be staging a music festival on September 1 in a bid to raise money...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 02 August 2012
New flu virus found in seals concerns scientists
The H3N8 flu has been associated with the deaths of harbour seals in New England last year. Researchers say the virus may have evolved from a type that had been circulating in birds. They say the discovery highlights the potential for pandemic flu to...
02 August 2012
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