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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 06 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 06 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...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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 06 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...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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,...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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...
06 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 06 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 06 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...
06 August 2012
Sovereignty central to China's foreign policy
Speaking at the official opening of the conference , immediately after President Hu Jintao of China, South Africa's president Jacob Zuma , said "Africa's past economic experience with Europe dictates a need to be cautious when entering into...
06 August 2012
China-Africa relations under spotlight
The foreign policy of China as it relates to Africa came under spotlight during the fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Beijing, China last month. FOCAC is a collective consultation and dialogue...
06 August 2012
Olympics 2012: The secrets behind anthems
After it was written in 1792, the song quickly spread across Europe, inspiring revolutionaries from Greece to Russia. It has even been part of recent uprisings. It was sung at the Tiananmen Square protests in China. Unfortunately, its composer never...
* ALEX MARSHALL 06 August 2012
Botswana favoured to host Africa Junior Championships
Botswana are now the sole runners in the bid to host the event, which will be taking place for the second time. Morocco held the inaugural event in 2010. Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Shaw Kgathi presented the bid to the Association of...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
Chess, Botho College announce P120, 000 partnership
The partnership, set to run until 2016 is said to be worth P120, 000 and is part of both Botho College's silver jubilee celebrations in Botswana and the Botswana Chess federation's 30th anniversary. Grace Muzila the Permanent Secretary in the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
Kalavango in Bright star
Kalavango showed that they came with only one intention from the first whistle, giving their less fancied opponents less chances of playing the ball. The star studded Kalavango relied much on experience when the going got tough. The likes of Lizzy...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
GU in historic coke win
'The Money Machine,' as GU is known had their prayers finally answered after they beat Mochudi Centre Chiefs 4-2 in penalty shootout after both sides failed to score in 120 minutes of football. Goalkeeper, Noah Maposa was the hero of the day...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
Olympic medal elusive
The reigning world and Commonwealth games champion clocked 49.75s seconds to finish behind American, Sanya-Richards Ross (49.55s), Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogo (49.70) and another American DeeDee Trotter who finished third with...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
600 Year Old Friendship
It was a Chinese navigator named Zheng He who traveled to the Western seas (Indian Ocean) and reached the shores of the east African coast who made the first contact with African people. He was born in 1371 and died in 1433. Zheng He was a mariner,...
Own Correspondent 06 August 2012
Culture is tool for China-Africa Cooperation- HU
To open up new prospects for a new type of China-Africa strategic partnership, China and Africa have committed to increasing cultural and people-to-people exchanges. Speaking during the official opening of the Fifth Conference of Forum on China...
Own correspondent 06 August 2012
Food for the soul
Eating good food, especially with family and friends, is one of the greatest pleasures of life. It's obvious that people who eat healthy balanced diets are likely to have plenty of energy to work and enjoy themselves a lot more and live longer. They...
Boitshepo Giyose 06 August 2012
Bahurutshe ba ga Manyana cultural day on the cards
Manyana is small village rich with culture situated just seven kilometres from Mmankgodi and 30 minutes drive from Gaborone. It also has many Historical sites that one will be sure to learn a lot about during the cultural day. Earlier on Saturday...
Mpho Mokwape
Correpondent 06 August 2012
Over 200 For Miss Global Auditions
This year's auditions will go down as the biggest and most attended in the history of the competition with such a record number of aspiring girls. At the end of the day, ten girls whose names are still being withheld by the organisers were selected....
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 06 August 2012
The Khamas watch as Seretse look-alike plays the legend
The one-man show is dedicated to Botswana's founding president, the late Sir Seretse Khama. Molosi looked outstanding on stage, as he resembled the late president thus evoking memories to his children, including President Ian Khama, his brother...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 06 August 2012
Nothemba Gilika is Miss Gaborone
Even though the pageant started two hours late, at Boipuso Hall, it was worthy of every penny as the beautiful contestants battled it out for the crown revealing their glamour, style and creativity on the ramp. The second princess Bontle...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 06 August 2012
Miss Mmegi youth news top 15 hits the ramp
The pageant, the brainchild of Mmegi Newspaper will see the top three walk away with scholarships in conjunction with local academic institutions in Boitekanelo College, Botho College and Damelin College. The beautiful young women who were chosen...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 06 August 2012
Mozambique Benchmarks With Botswana On Competition
Inroga and his delegation toured BCA's headquarters on Friday and met with Competition Commission members in their benchmarking exercise. The Mozambican minister revealed that his country plans to have set up its own competition agency in two...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
US Chamber of commerce launches Bots mission
The AmCham helps United States of America (US) companies across Africa to mitigate economic risks through advocacy and access and by identifying investment opportunities.Speaking at the launch, US under secretary of state for economic growth, energy...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 06 August 2012
AGOA renewal boosts local testile sector
The Third-Country Fabric (TCF) provision was due to expire at the end of next month, taking with it the competitiveness of the textile sectors of the 40 African benefiting from AGOA. However, last Thursday, the US Senate Finance Leaders' Bill...
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
Love and marriage in North Korea
He beholds his future wife's face, anticipating his chance to kiss the bride. Of course, such an event can only be imagined in today's North Korea. In the photographs presented to the world of the newly public couple, they stand chastely, but...
* Katharine H S Moon 06 August 2012
ETCETERA II
Over the years, discussion about the huge, new Mochudi Wholesale building has always turned on the District Council's insistence that it encroached into the road reserve. Yet being adjacent to each other, the relevant Council officials must have...
Sandy Grant 06 August 2012
Kingdom-0-Metre
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters" Genesis 1:1-2). This is one of the well known texts....
Dumi Mmualefe 06 August 2012
Towards twelve years universal education
A key solution to the grievances of teachers is to adopt a unified teaching service from preschool through the upper grades of secondary school. Previous Issues have argued that time has come where teachers' salaries should no longer be dependent on...
06 August 2012
Issues in education
One of the most successful television series of all time is Idols.There are many versions of the show ranging from Pop Idols in the United Kingdom, South African Idols in South Africa, American Idols in the United States and many localised versions...
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Sheldon Weeks 06 August 2012
Credit to Botswana tourism
Events such as Spin City, where drivers burn tyres treating multitudes to car riding skills, are some of the interesting events where Botswana Tourism has lent a hand. Recently the Botswana Tourism sponsored a horse race in Bobonong, a cycling race...
06 August 2012
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06 August 2012
Hello spring bye bye winter
Spring season signifies the emergence of new life. It is the time when all things become new again from the dry season of winter. It is the time when trees, which had suffered from the effects of the cold winter weather, adorn themselves with their...
Kushatha Tabengwa
Correspondent 06 August 2012
Icons of Botswana
The year after Mpuchane retired he stepped into the role of Executive Director, overseeing Builders World operations. At that time, the first branch of Builders World in Gaborone, was operational and Trade World was under construction. Mpuchane is...
06 August 2012
New border system frustrates Zim travellers
Travellers said since the beginning of this week the service at Ramokgwebana border has declined significantly after the introduction of computers to scan passports. Travellers, who Mmegi interviewed expressed fury, disapproving the new system and...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 06 August 2012
Parliament passes Kgotla motion
After debate on the motion over the last three Fridays, Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Margaret Nasha last Friday truncated the debate, as there was overwhelming consensus on the issue by all Members of Parliament (MPs). Shoshong MP Philip...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
Teachers boo Venson Moitoi
Venson-Moitoi had to ignore heckles and boos from the teachers as she was delivering her speech at the conference whose theme was, "Meaningful social dialogue: A remedy to challenges in the education sector." In the speech that was in danger of...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 06 August 2012
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