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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 03 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 03 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 03 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...
03 August 2012
Sahel region of West Africa 'in permanent food crisis'
World Vision and Save the Children say that millions of families are suffering in what is effectively a large-scale nutrition crisis.They say the main reason is not drought or food deficit, but a lack of protection against shock price rises. "The...
03 August 2012
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi seeks Hague trial
Saif al-Islam said if he was executed after a trial in Libya then it would be tantamount to murder, according to documents submitted to the International Criminal Court. The 40-year-old is being held by militia in the city of Zintan. He has been...
03 August 2012
Polls show Obama has edge in three battleground states
The contours of a deeply competitive presidential race, with three months remaining until the election, are highlighted in the new surveys of likely voters in the three battleground states. Romney drew fairly even with Obama when voters were...
03 August 2012
Guest Column
They must be humble because humility is wedded to wisdom. Wisdom begins with realising just how little you know, the universe is infinitely vast that for every little you know there are billions upon billions of other things that you are unaware...
BAROLONG MOUWANE 03 August 2012
MoE employs 1,283 temporary teachers
Parliament heard this on Tuesday after Kgalagadi North MP, Phillip Khwae's inquiry on the national staff compliment at both primary and secondary schools respectively. In total, 1,283 teachers are on temporary contracts countrywide. Furthermore,...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
Entrepreneurship a necessity for economic development
United Nations Development Programme Economist, Senny Obuseng highlighted that for the country to improve its business environment and nurture entrepreneurship, business regulations must be eliminated. "The regulatory constraints on business must be...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 03 August 2012
Af Cooper losses rise on higher costs
According to the company's results released this week, production in concentrate increased by 67 percent to 6,910 million tonnes from 4,143 million tonnes in the previous period from ore processed of 738,921 million tonnes. Revenues increased to...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 03 August 2012
Sefalana pushes its weight in retail space
In addition to the 13 Shoppers outlets currently operational in Botswana, Sefalana Group managing director, Chandra Chauhan, said the group is planning to set up at least five shops per year in the next five years. Announcing the results for the...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 03 August 2012
Consumer watchdog
You are all failing them by not giving them the most powerful skill they need to survive in the modern world. SkepticismSkepticism and critical thinking are increasingly essential because the forces of superstition, criminality and exploitation are...
03 August 2012
IMF warns Botswana on household debt
In a statement released on Wednesday, the IMF added its opinion to a subject that several economic commentators have warned has the potential to unravel the country's generally robust banking sector. "The authorities should pay close attention to...
STAFF WRITER 03 August 2012
Cheques grow obsolete as method of payment
By comparison, Bank of Botswana statistics show that about 935,000 cheque leaves worth P16 billion were issued over the same period, leading analysts to conclude that Botswana is joining the list of countries in which cheques have "gone out of...
STAFF WRITER 03 August 2012
G4S/Shield saga rages on
Domi Sankie, a former nominal shareholder in Facilities Management Group (FMG), which used to own Shield Security and PS Cleaning Services, was last month announced as the new owner of Shield Security through SANCOS MD. This development came after...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 03 August 2012
Botswana still top diamond producer by value-KP
According to the KP, Botswana retained its perch as the top diamond producer by value in 2011 as the value of the gemstones dug in the country rose by 45 percent to P1,277.67 ($170.36) per carat in the year. In the same year, Botswana mined 22.904...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 03 August 2012
Manufacturing dwarfs mining as fastest growing industrial sector
Historical data released by Statistics Botswana this week indicates that between 2001 and 2011, the average rate of growth in manufacturing eclipsed mining's 1.48 percent and the government-supported water and electricity sector's 5.2 percent. For...
STAFF WRITER 03 August 2012
Book Review
Alexander McCall Smith is well-known in Botswana for his series of 13 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels. Lesser known in Botswana are his various serials on life and times in Edinburgh, Scotland, his adopted home. The Isabel Dalhousie novels are...
SHERIDAN GRISWOLD 03 August 2012
Back Stage
The director and the lead actor plus three participants in the making of the film from Seronga and Jao village of the Wayeyi people in the Okavango Delta were present at the end of the screening to answer questions. The five filmmakers had just...
SASA MAJUMA 03 August 2012
Newsreader Mothobi set to conquer the world
Many people find themselves rushing from work just to be home in time to watch the latest news about their country and around the world, and Treasure Mothobi is among the amazing anchors that bring this information to the people, for some it's a...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 03 August 2012
Several buildings declared national monuments
To preserve this history, government has decided to list such buildings or ruins as monuments so as to protect and preserve them for future generations. One such place declared a national monument is MOTH Hall, a place that is said to be of a great...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 03 August 2012
Botswana stall big hit at London exhibition
While the main focus in London for most countries is the performance of their athletes at the games, BITC and Department of Arts and Culture, saw it fit to join other African states and set up a stall at the Africa Village in South Kengsington Park...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
Off the Ball
The defender was to move from Notwane to Mochudi Centre Chiefs where his career stagnated before he joined Gaborone United (GU) where he has been a regular in the heart of defence. Here he talks about his life away from the crunching tackles. ...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 03 August 2012
Chinese player quits badminton after match-fixing controversy
Her announcement came as Beijing ordered its team to apologise for the fiasco. "This is my last competition. Goodbye Badminton World Federation, goodbye my beloved badminton," the 26-year-old wrote on the country's Weibo microblogging service, saying...
03 August 2012
Spartans hope for better second round
They have three matches against Mafolofolo, Magstimela and Victory Seekers. The army side only joined the league towards the end of the first round after a miscommunication with their financers Botswana Defence Force (BDF). Earlier this year BDF...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
Mmadinare to host Eastern horse race
Race organiser Lekang Selawe told Mmegi Sport yesterday that Botswana Tourism (BT) has sponsored the race for P70, 000. The race will start in the morning and end in the late afternoon. He said the race is aimed at promoting horse racing...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 03 August 2012
BNSC fails to meet deadline to fill key positions
The positions of executive secretary, finance manager, marketing and communications manager, and sports development manager are vacant, with only acting appointments. The human resources manager (HRM) is still on suspension. Acting executive...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
Phikwe Golf Club hosts Botswana Life tourney
Botswana Life Head of Individual Life, Jaco van Loggerenberg, said in a media release that the tournament is a great platform for the company to have a Light-hearted and enjoyable time with its clients while showing its commitment to the local...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 03 August 2012
First Cut
Friends of Football led by the association's former legal advisor, Tebogo Sebego had long started their campaign. There are many a people who just wanted to see change, some for personal and professional reasons, but some for the good of the game....
DENNIS KEAGILE 03 August 2012
Gumbo shuns GU offer for Warriors job
Gumbo had been linked with a possible move to the Money Machine after holding successful talks with the club three weeks ago.Just when it appeared like Gumbo was returning to Botswana where he spent three years coaching Rollers and Chiefs, the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 03 August 2012
GU, Chiefs close Coke Cup chapter
Whoever lifts the trophy will keep it for good as the sponsor Kgalagadi Breweries Limited (KBL) ends its funding for the competition, which is equivalent to the English FA Cup. The country's only premier knockout competition has been running...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
The end of the Coke Cup era
There is no way one can talk without football in Botswana without mentioning the Coca-Cola Cup. Many local football greats had at one stage competed in the premier knockout competition and apart from the league, the cup remained for a very long time...
03 August 2012
TAFIC chiefs hope AGM won't fail again
Club spokesperson, Thomas Tshabalala put his neck on the block in an interview with Mmegi Sports this week, that come rain, sunshine or high heavens, the AGM will be held this time around. "We are confident that the AGM will not flop because we...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
Fani accuses Sebego camp of dirty tricks
In an interview with Mmegi Sport, Fani said he expected to win comfortably, considering his success in the last four years. "Quite obviously, based on football's overall performance during the last four years, I expected to win the election...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
'Some BFA executive members worked against me'
Mmegi Sport: Did you expect the outcome of the poll particularly, the margin of the defeat? Fani: Quite obviously, based on football's overall performance during the last four years, I expected to win the election comfortably. I...
03 August 2012
Montsho's golden opportunity
Montsho's race is at 2:00 pm (local time). In today's heat, Montsho will battle it out with Shana Cox of Great Britain, Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas, Christine Day of Jamaica, Afia Charles of Antigua and Barbuda, Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez of Nicaragua...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 03 August 2012
Rochdale grooming gang leader gets 22 years
Shabir Ahmed, 59, of Oldham, was one of nine men convicted of sex offences against children at Liverpool Crown Court in May.He was not named at the time because he faced further charges, but was jailed for 19 years. Ahmed was convicted at Manchester...
03 August 2012
Hlophe calls child sex crime accused 'a monster', denies bail
Judge John Hlophe dismissed an appeal by Knysna estate agent Adrian Wilson-Forbes, 59, to change the George Magistrate's Court ruling. He faces 36 charges including child trafficking, sexual assault and rape. Hlophe said it was not in the interests...
03 August 2012
Coptic-Muslim clashes erupt in Egypt
The unrest in Dahshur, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Cairo, started after a Muslim man died of wounds sustained in an earlier clash last Friday.Violence frequently flares between Egypt's Muslim majority and its Coptic Christian minority. It...
03 August 2012
'Al-Qaeda trio' arrested in southern Spanish townsa
Explosive material was seized at an address in San Roque where a Turkish man was arrested. Two other men were held near Almuradiel. They are thought to have been planning an attack in Spain or elsewhere in Europe, according to the Spanish Interior...
03 August 2012
Toyota recalls 760,000 RAV4s in US
The RAV4 cars were made from model years 2006 through 2011, while only 2010 models of the HS 250h were affected.Toyota said that if nuts on the rear suspension arm are not tightened properly during a rear wheel alignment service, rust could form,...
03 August 2012
Professor arrested over US school shooting threat
Officers acted after they found the emails, by 48-year-old Reiner Reinscheid, a professor at the University of California, Irvine. "Reinscheid was angry at University High School because his 14-year-old son, Claas Stubbe, had committed suicide in...
03 August 2012
Rebels turn captured tank on Syrian airbase
President, Bashar al-Assad's troops mean while pounded the strategic Salaheddine district in Aleppo itself with tank and artillery fire while rebels tried to consolidate their hold on areas they have seized. In the capital Damascus, troops overran a...
03 August 2012
Libya's abandoned weapons put civilians at risk: report
"These weapons may have been abandoned, but their ability to harm civilians remains intact," said Bonnie Docherty, leader of the research team sent to Libya by Harvard Law School and partner organisation CIVIC. Weapons left behind after last year's...
03 August 2012
Karachi shootings stop polio vaccine, put 22,000 children at risk
WHO, a partner in government efforts to eradicate the disease, suspended activities in part of Pakistan's largest city last month and has not yet been approved to take part in the next campaign due in September. On July 17, a UN doctor from Ghana...
03 August 2012
A look at the Office of the Vice President (Part II)
15. On April 1, 1998, F G Mogae was sworn in as the third president of Botswana, following the retirement of Sir Ketumile Masire the previous day. Mogae, later that day, announced his new cabinet, which for the first time in our history did not...
03 August 2012
Project Syndicate
In a poignant and topical keynote address, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton underscored the international community's obligation to prevent all forms of atrocity. "Not every mass killing is announced," she noted, "[but] there are slow-motion...
KYLE MATTHEWS 03 August 2012
Reviving rural Russia
Five years later, the population had grown by 18.5 million, far exceeding the previous growth rate; Russia had become the largest exporter of grain to Europe; and roughly three million private farmers had joined the new rural middle class. Stolypin's...
NICHOLAS SLUCHEVSKY 03 August 2012
China largest trading partner with Africa
The United States of America (USA), and the European Union have characterized China's growing influential role as a form of neo-colonialism. In their view Chinese investment in Africa is meant to extract natural resources, oil in particular, from the...
03 August 2012
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