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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...
09 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 09 August 2012
As I see it
Canadian Professor, Poteete, who was here to do research one or two years back has given a detailed scholarly analysis of the recent Monarch West bye-election in the print media. The analysis should serve as a wake-up call and prescribed work for...
Michael Dingake 09 August 2012
Beware of the Communications Bill
A controversial piece of law, Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) Bill, is currently being debated in parliament and from the look of things; the public and a lot of other stakeholders were yet again left out when this bill was...
09 August 2012
How Lotty met Khama
So Lotty Manyepetsa is an Old Naledi boy. He likes to have fun every now and then in whatever way he can. He takes fun as some kind of dessert after his normal diet of condemning the ruling Botswana Democratic Party and its policies. And moringa, of...
09 August 2012
A call to action
As the Freedom of Information Bill goes back to the floor of parliament, the Media Institute of Southern Africa - MISA Botswana Chapter wishes to once again appeal to MPs to listen to the wishes of the people and pass the bill into law. It is an...
09 August 2012
Badminton judge cherishes Olympic experience
Kgaboetsile said he learnt a lot from the games and believes that the knowledge he gained will go a long way in helping badminton growth in Botswana. Kgaboetsile made history after he became the first Motswana to officiate at the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
We will investigate Montsho's issue - BNOC
BNOC chairperson, Negroes Kgosietsile who was with the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Shaw Kgathi told a press briefing in Gaborone yesterday that it was not possible to discuss the matter further at the moment. Kgosietsile said the BNOC had...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Zebras move one notch up in FIFA rankings
Botswana gained 301 points from the three matches they played between the previous rankings in July and yesterday to move from position 113 to 112. They also moved up one place in CAF from the previous ranking of 31st to 30th. Botswana is noted...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Mr R enters gospel with style
A new gospel artist has entered the gospel music scene with much gusto and enthusiasm: Kevin Ramotsepane, or Mr R is a new gospel musician who considers himself very professional and says he takes himself and his work very seriously. Mr...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 09 August 2012
Minister open reviewing Hosana dance monopoly
The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Edwin Batshu, who was speaking for Minister Shaw Kgathi, told Parliament on Tuesday that when the arts competitions commenced in 2008, stakeholders in the North East region chose Hosana as the only dance in the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Botswana Craft to host Bommampodi
Groups have been invited to submit their profiles for short listing.Once the groups have forwarded their profiles, they will be screened so that the best 15 selected will proceed to the auditions stage. Auditions will be held at Botswana Craft on...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Eureka's new album has Christian influence
Titled In God We Trust (IGWT), Eureka says he has grown spiritually over the past two years, and therefore saw it befitting that he give his upcoming album such a title. Eureka says he explored Christianity after experiencing many...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Nigeria Kogi state curfew after church attack
Gunmen stormed the church near Okene city in Kogi state and fired on worshippers late on Monday. Kogi Governor Idris Wada said the "devilish" killers would be arrested. It is not clear who carried out the attack but militant Islamist group Boko...
09 August 2012
Manila flood death toll rises to 16 as rain continues
More than 80,000 people are in emergency shelters, as torrential rain left low-lying areas under water. Soldiers and rescuers are using rubber boats to reach people stranded in their homes, but some are refusing to leave amid fears of looting. The...
09 August 2012
Texas executes man despite protests, mental disability claims
Marvin Wilson, 54, who was condemned to death for a killing a police informant in 1992, was declared dead by lethal injection at 11:27 pm GMT (Tuesday), according to a release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The US Supreme Court...
09 August 2012
Derby-Lewis should rot in jail, says YCLSA
"This heinous man remains a symbol of the brutality of apartheid and its devious plot to cause further instability and his non-remorseful attitude remains our main argument that he must rot in jail," national spokesman, Mangaliso Stalin Khonza...
09 August 2012
Egypt launches Sinai air raids
22 people were reported killed in Touma village, while the Sheikh Zuwaid area to the west was also hit. The strikes came after security checkpoints were allegedly attacked by gunmen in the town of al-Arish, leaving a number of people injured. On...
09 August 2012
Aggregation finally moves to Gaborone
Aggregation activities, which were initially supposed to move to Gaborone in 2009, will be launched next week in Botswana at a ceremony to be officiated by Vice President Ponatshego Kedikilwe at the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) Botswana...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Mmualebe
Mo malatsing a maloba Batswana ba ne ba thusanya fela thata, go se ope a itebileng a le nosi. E ne e re fa motho a tlhaelelwa ke sengwe, a ye fa go yo mongwe go kopa kgotsa go adima mme a thusiwe go se ape a mantsi. Ba ba neng ba ruile,...
Sebofo Motshwane 09 August 2012
Sanctions do work
In our considered view, sanctions played a role in modifying the behaviour of Mugabe and his band of fast and loose cohorts. Although the perpetrators did not feel the immediate sting of the sanctions when they were intensified in 2007-08, the...
09 August 2012
Selefu 09 August 2012
09 August 2012
Minister lauds BALA for tackling accountability
The minister officially opened the event which attracted about 150 councillors across the country and delegates from local authorities in neighbouring countries like South Africa and Zambia. "I am delighted that in this conference, you will pay...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Our heritage
Indeed it must be obvious that without the railway, today's Gaborone would be a very different kind of place. It was the railway which provided the glue which held the country together during the first half of the 20th Century and it was the railway...
Sandy Grant 09 August 2012
Royal family fights for ward in Goo-Tau
The families are headed by Kgosi Maele Maele and Pompe Maele and the root of their conflict is their supremacy in Monneng ward, the principal ward in the village. Indications are that Goo-Tau village traditional leader Kgosi Maele wants to...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
BONELA denies reports of looming collapse
Recent media reports have indicated that the organisation's efficacy and advocacy roles were waning. However, in an interview yesterday, the organisation's Project Coordinator (Human Rights Monitoring and Awareness Raising) Felistus Motimedi, said...
KEOBONYE MAJATSIE
Correspondent 09 August 2012
Ministry to remedy teachers' differing salaries
The Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) Keletso Rakhudu says his ministry is working to remedy the prevalent situation where teachers with the same qualifications but serve at different levels of primary and secondary...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Police Commissioner violates tobacco law-ATN
The Anti Tobacco Network (ATN) has labelled this a conflict of interest because it is contrary to the Control of Smoking Act and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).The law prohibits tobacco advertising, promotion, sponsorship,...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
More than 1,300 people reported missing
The people reported as missing were aged between two and 86 years. The Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mokgweetsi Masisi, said 650 of them were female and 660 male. "The success rate nationally for recovery of missing...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Masisi against CEE law
Debating the adoption of the Citizen Economic Empowerment (CEE) Policy in Parliament yesterday, Masisi said Botswana has an open market economic system, arguing that there is no need to start controlling the system by way of law. He said the economy...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Burglars ordered to repay stolen goods
The accused, Alois Dlodlo, Butheliwe Sibanda and Micheal Mzwinila, allegedly broke into 61-year-old Motshepa Nombolo's Tlokweng home in November 2009 and stole goods, among them cash and cellphones. Giving evidence, Nombolo told the court that the...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 09 August 2012
NLB has no authority over Selebi-Phikwe
Baputaki dismissed allegations by Selebi-Phikwe residents who claimed that they were allocated commercial plots by the Mmadinare Sub-Land Board to build lodges along the Selebi-Phikwe-Sefhophe Road only to be stopped by the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council...
Onalenna Modikwa 09 August 2012
Molale urges local authorities to work together
He said this at the opening of the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) 15th national conference in Francistown this week. Molale urged those appointed to office to work together with the common goal of providing quality service to the...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
Namibian "poachers" killed
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has confirmed shooting two suspected poachers who had crossed from Namibia into Botswana in a canoe. Police in both countries are investigating the incident in which the Namibians were believed to be looking to kill...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 09 August 2012
WUC Disaster: PHK joins search party
Families of the three men who went missing while working at Gaborone Dam on Monday gathered at the scene in what could well have been a memorial service for their loved ones on site yesterday. They were present as hopes of finding the employees of...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE & MPHO TLALE
Staff Writers 09 August 2012
BTC cuts internet prices by half
The price decrease is effective August 1, 2012, according to a statement from Paul Taylor, BTC Group chief executive officer. Taylor says the reduction has allowed BTC to subsequently pass on the cost benefit of reliable internet accessibility to...
STAFF WRITER 09 August 2012
Tshosa resigns
Former High Court judge Onkemetse Tshosa has resigned, effectively dissolving a tribunal set up to determine his fate after his conviction and sentence for assault last month. Tshosa delivered his resignation to President Ian Khama yesterday morning,...
Kagiso Onkatswitse
Staff Writer 09 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 09 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 09 August 2012
Shot in the arm for Botho schools chess tourney
The tournament, which forms part of the grassroots development of the game, has been without a sponsor for a while and the P75, 000 sponsorship is expected to cover among other things provision of venue, trophies, medals, cash incentives and...
MOTHUSI JOWAWA
Correspondent 10 August 2012
Bowling masters tourney to be held this weekend
He said that the eligible competitors are the current singles champions from each bowling club and their runners-up. "Zone Six would in future consider enrolling African states masters as an international tournament with each member authority sending...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 10 August 2012
Khumalo quits BRU for Zim job
Khumalo, who was first appointed as a BRU development officer in 1997, has been development manager since 2005.He told Mmegi Sport that he had to take up a bigger challenge."I need to move to a bigger union and get more experience," Khumalo said.He...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 10 August 2012
Giants eye BRU league final berths
Kick-off is at 2 pm. The second semi-final will be between EMG Gunners and Gaborone Hogs. The game is also expected to be a thriller and kick-off is 4pm.Rhinos spokesperson, Lesedi Keekae told Mmegi Sport this week that they are all fired up for the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 10 August 2012
First cut
Whether Nigel Amos gets a medal or not at the ongoing London 2012 Olympics, for me the boy is already a winner. His debut at the games has been breathtaking. You see the Olympics Games are not ordinary games and neither can they be compared to the...
Dennis Keagile 10 August 2012
Premier League ponders reserve league
"It is a good initiative. We will consider it as we pursue our development agenda for the future," Mamelodi said.When unveiled as the new coach of Gaborone United earlier this week, Major David Bright said one of his objectives is to create a reserve...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 10 August 2012
Off The Ring
Name: Mooketsi LekgethoPlace Of Birth: SeroweDate Of Birth: 05/07/90Sport: BoxingNational Team Caps: 1Mmegi Sport: What is your favourite place outside the field of play?Lekgetho: SchoolMmegi Sport: What is your favourite holiday...
10 August 2012
All Kasi lead race to dress BMC
The local sportswear company, All Kasi, is contending with an unnamed local sponsor while South Africa's Kappa, who were also keen to dress BMC, fell by the wayside last month. BMC wore Dlala strips last season and the two parties termed the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 10 August 2012
Sebego takes war to Fani's doorstep
New Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, Tebogo Sebego has said that he will not engage in a cat fight with his predecessor, David Fani. This follows Fani's allegation last week that the Sebego camp used dirty tactics to win the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 10 August 2012
Chuffed up Morirwa, Jenamiso relish Zebras call-up
Like most senior players at Mamoja Diski, Morwira and Jenamiso were used sparingly at the beginning of the season by their former coach, Chris Tembo.Morwirwa's form blossomed under caretaker coach, Atshele Molapi, who took over the reigns early this...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 10 August 2012
Dirang withdraws from Zebras squad
In addition to chief striker, Jerome 'JJ' Ramatlhakwana who was for the first time omitted from the provisional squad, 'returnee' Dirang Moloi has pulled out citing his mother's ill-health.His Mochudi Centre Chiefs teammate Keaketswe 'Mara' Moloi and...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 10 August 2012
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