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President Jacob Zuma laughs alone
At that precise moment no answers are demanded on the infamous arms deal or police corruption because the nation has the giggles and the President laughs loudest. An ambassador - clearly charmed - once remarked to me that it is a 'beautiful laugh' -...
* HENNIE VAN VUUREN 14 August 2012
Ndove: from street vendor to mayoral seat
FRANCISTOWN: She may not have educational credentials to boast of, but Francistown Deputy Mayor, Joyce Ndove is slowly making her way towards attaining the country's coveted title of iron lady of politics, which is currently associated with the likes...
14 August 2012
Swartz presents revised policy on research, science
Presenting the policy, the minister said it is intended to create a supportive environment for research and development to thrive and impact positively on economic growth through a strong coordination of RSTI by creating a robust national system of...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 14 August 2012
Citizen Economic Empowerment Policy adopted
Last week the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Margaret Nasha even suggested that the debate on the policy be closed, as Members of Parliament (MPs) were taking too long on the issue.However, a sizeable number of MPs, mainly from opposition...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 14 August 2012
Plots are tied to shadow war of Israel and Iran
These were just a few of what some Israeli and American intelligence officials say were nearly a dozen plots that form the backbone of a continuing offensive by Iran and Hezbollah against Israel and its allies abroad. But the links seem tenuous at...
NICHOLAS KULISH & JODI RUDOREN 14 August 2012
The Science of Bolt
The 100 metres (m) has progressed from a stately 12 seconds (s) in 1896 to a phenomenal 9.58 s in 2009. It is the progression of the 100 m over the last 100 plus years which have been used to predict future performance.Researchers have added various...
*MATTHEW TAYLOR 14 August 2012
Clinton's thin gloss on US aid in Africa
American aid to the country once called Zaire appeared to have an amazing effect. The more the US gave its ruler, Mobutu Sese Seko, the shorter Zaire's roads seemed to get. By the time Mobutu was overthrown in 1997, after two decades of American and...
14 August 2012
Planning history of Gaborone III
Most homes built under own management (i.e. the majority) are seldom "turn-key" projects. It's a long and tedious process to get a roof to live under.The same goes for the neighbourhood where the home is situated, except for a few BHC and privately...
JAN WAREUS 14 August 2012
The state of entertainment in Gaborone
What happened to the little vibey city that hosted the original 'bedroom bully' Shabba Ranks, Maxi Priest, Commodores and UB40? What about the Gaborone of Carling Black Label, Monate Sukiri and the Togetherness festival? The days of House of Blues...
THALEFANG CHARLES
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
Switch to Gabz FM now
It is Thursday morning, 7.07am to be exact and my matchbox phone - a cheap Nokia- beeps to indicate that I have just received an sms. I jump at the poor thing with one thought on my mind: "This time I have won the Mascom competition, I almost scream,...
14 August 2012
Botswana Editors Forum supports FOI Bill
As Botswana Editors Forum we would like to join the debate with the hope of not only clearing the air but also busting quite a few myths that if not addressed could end up passing for real truths.We note with concern that Government response and...
14 August 2012
How MOH "played" a multi-million pula tender
All is not well at the Ministry of Health. The ministry faces the spectre of a court battle over a multi-million Pula tender that was awarded irregularly. This is after the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) stepped into the...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
BDP MPs clutch at straws over FOI Bill
Lambasting the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Mmolotsi pointed out that bills have been amended in Parliament before and the same should apply to the one under debate. He dismissed Masisi's argument that the Bill requires more...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 August 2012
The winners code
A comical story is often told of a lady who after years of a rather stormy marriage decided to file for divorce. As the couple stood before the judge; the judge asked the lady, "Why do you want to file for divorce? On what grounds?" The chatty...
George Chingarande 14 August 2012
Ntuluki proudly presents "clean clean" carwash in Borolong
No one thrust this greatness upon him and he was not born great. He is busy constructing a road to greatness with a car wash and as a vegetable vendor in the village. Actually, the father of one, who is a bachelor, Ntuluki said after it dawned on him...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 14 August 2012
Morapedi: there is life after prison
The difference, however, was that Morapedi was behind bars for armed robbery for which he was convicted and sentenced to 38 years in 1993. He was 29-years-old. On the other hand, Mandela was jailed for his opposition to the inhuman apartheid...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
The story of Nijel Amos
We anticipated that most people would like to know more about this young lad who made history for this country when he won a silver medal and as such we decided to visit Nigel's family in Chilindi Ward in Marobela Village in the Central District...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
Quiet start for Bots players in SA
Only one player, Mogakolodi Ngele's club was on the winning side, beating Moroka Swallows 3-1. The former Uniao Flamengo Santos and Township Rollers forward came on as a second half substitute but did not make much of an impact. Stars got their...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 August 2012
Gunners appoint privatisation team
The move was taken at the club's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday. It was resolved to speed up the privatisation process and a team of three people was selected to spearhead the process of luring investors into the club. The three will...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
BDF VI send strong message
Selebatso Mabutho's side remains the only unbeaten side in the competition. Attacker, Golekanye Kurwana, who had not been with the team for some time, was the pillar for the army side over the weekend. His combination with towering, Francis Dingwe...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
Netball coach confident as Diamond Challenge starts
The team left yesterday for the competition that kicks off today. Hosts South Africa, Botswana, Malawi and Zambia are expected to battle it out in the five-day tournament. Mosimanewapula believes the team prepared sufficiently. However, the local...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
P700,000 bonanza for Amos
Supermarket chain Choppies will give the 18-year-old US$60,000 (approximately P451,000) while he will receive various amounts from the government through the athletes incentives programme. Amos, the first-ever Motswana to win a medal at the Olympic...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
Back stage
Destry Rides Again (1939) is showing today 14 August 2012 only, at the Gaborone Film Society at 7 pm in the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. Marlene Dietrich was the sultry female femme fatale film star of the 1930s. Her famous German movie The Blue...
Sasa Majuma 14 August 2012
BOMU braces for November 30 music awards
Unlike past BOMU meetings, which were highly charged, this time around the discussions were held in a cordial atmosphere. The BOMU executive will be conducting the consultative meetings with all the regions across the country ahead of the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 August 2012
Reacxion mixture shows he's set to take the plunge
Reacxion has found an appropriate home on independent Outta Focus Records with beatmaker HeirBeats, producing most of the mixtape songs. Segagabiâ which features the heavyweights, Samba T and Khabakhaba - Real Magosi frontman, is loud and...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 August 2012
The MVP releases hot Christian hip-hop single
There is no doubt that this lad from Tlokweng is a gifted artist although he is new in the market. Awesome God borrows from a popular hill-song bearing the same name but the artist has amazingly turned it into his own, coming up with a beautifully...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 August 2012
From gospel artist to full-time minister
Speaking to Showbiz in an exclusive interview he said: "People must be careful not to interpret spiritual things with carnal minds. What was happening is a sign from heaven that I should now become a full-time minister in the church." Eric...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 14 August 2012
Pope's butler will stand trial, Vatican announces
Paolo Gabriele was charged in May after police found confidential letters and memos at his Vatican flat. Earlier this year a series of media leaks, dubbed "Vatileaks", exposed alleged corruption and conflicts at the Holy See. In April, the Pope set...
14 August 2012
Iran steps up relief efforts after Saturday's quakes
Iran's Red Crescent has taken over a sports stadium and provided 6,000 tents to some 16,000 people left homeless. Authorities say the search-and-rescue operations have ended because most residents are accounted for. But reports suggest some are...
14 August 2012
India anti-corruption march halted
Baba Ramdev and his supporters have been detained for allegedly "violating prohibitory laws". Known as the yoga guru, Ramdev says he is campaigning for the recovery of bribe money allegedly held overseas. He is also demanding stronger...
14 August 2012
Uganda searches for missing helicopters
The helicopters were among four which were due to make a stop in Kenya, but only one landed in the town of Garissa. A Kenyan defence department spokesman told the BBC a pilot of another of the helicopters has contacted the department from Mount...
14 August 2012
Olympic stars fight hunger
The double gold medallist, who was born in Somalia, said millions of children in Africa and elsewhere needed help and their suffering "touched his heart". Others attending the "hunger summit" at No 10 included Pele and Ethiopian runner Haile...
14 August 2012
Mursi explains army chief replacement
He was speaking after replacing the powerful head of the armed forces, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, and the chief-of-staff, Gen Sami Annan. Mursi is said to have issued a new constitutional declaration giving him broad legislative and...
14 August 2012
Malawi leader claims proof of attempt on her life
Banda told the Sunday Times that since taking office in April, she had discovered proof that a truck that had crashed into a car in a convoy she was travelling in was aiming for her. "I was in car number five when they hit the car I was supposed to...
14 August 2012
Motlanthe attacks corruption
Instead - as the ruling party's deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, said on Sunday- members should strive to emulate the selflessness of former president, Nelson Mandela. Motlanthe was speaking at the graduation ceremony for about 600 students of...
14 August 2012
Nigerian forces kill 20 Boko Haram militants
"One soldier was also killed in the shootout in Maiduguri, the capital of the Borno state," the officer said. Boko Haram, an Islamist group styled on the Taliban, is waging an insurgency against the government with a view to creating an Islamic state...
14 August 2012
Reduce inequality for longer growth - IMF
The experts consulted with local fiscal, monetary and private sector players as well as other stakeholders in June, producing two reports detailing its assessment of economic issues in Botswana. In the second of these reports, a "selected issues"...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
Technology encourages fraud
"The impact of successful fraud discourages members from saving with the banks, and undermines their confidence in the banking system, which in turn impacts negatively on the banks' ability to perform their intermediation function," he...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 14 August 2012
As i see it
Democracy is defined by Abram Lincoln the American President who waged the anti-slavery war in the 1860s and signed the emancipation proclamation of slaves, as : "Government of the people by the people for the people." In the place of 'people' you...
Michae Dingake 14 August 2012
Don't dishonour fairness and truth telling
These days one can hardly turn a corner or move the dial on the radio without hearing some complaints against the media's failure to abide by the rules of engagement: fairness, accuracy and respect of the code of ethics. It is said, among other...
*JUSTICE KEY DINGAKE 14 August 2012
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14 August 2012
We welcome our golden team
Rudisha might never have run a race like that if a teenager from the back of beyond in the athletics world had not come zooming like a bat out of hell nano seconds behind him. What the world saw was a catalyst that drove Rushida to break the world...
14 August 2012
Zuma to visit Zimbabwe on mediation role
The visit, set for tomorrow, was in his capacity as Southern African Development Community (SADC) mediator in the Zimbabwe impasse. "It is part of his ongoing duties to ensure that the country is on the route for a fair, intimidation-free election,"...
14 August 2012
It's a question of context
They suggest that among presidents, he ranks as the most learned since John Quincy Adams, the most profound since James Madison and the most visionary since Thomas Jefferson. And he is, of course, the most rhetorically gifted politician since...
GEORGE F. WILL 14 August 2012
Govt tackles registration of births and deaths
Minister Edwin Batshu yesterday said that he intends to "extensively" roll out the ministry's birth registration campaign to rural areas, as research has shown that rural areas have recorded the least registration rate. He was speaking at the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
Khumaga councillor quits BNF
Kgethenyane, who has been the Khumaga-Moreomaoto councillor since 2004, said he quit the BNF because voters told him that they would not vote him if he remains part of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). He said he has had sleepless nights...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 14 August 2012
BOCRA reaches committee stage
The Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Mokgweetsi Masisi, who was standing in for the Minister for Transport and Communications, Nonofo Molefhi, when the bill was debated, two weeks ago, told the House that he had consulted...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
TNMC MD's walk slated for September
The walk, which was started in 2010, is intended to raise funds for charity. The theme for this year's Charity Walk is "Tati Nickel Cares", which is also the company tagline. The theme, Rapitsenyane said, is supported by emphasis on...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
No ARVs for technically stateless woman
MACHANENG: An HIV positive woman of Mokobeng Village near hear has almost lost all hope of being rescued from the ravenous virus because she cannot access treatment. Since testing positive in 2007, Galebotse Tlou (39) cannot access treatment for HIV...
14 August 2012
BNYC issues are before court
Kgathi was responding to Gaborone South Member of Parliament (MP) Kagiso Molatlhegi who wanted him to verify reports that a suspended director of BNYC was still in possession of a company car and phone, and was still using company allowances to...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 14 August 2012
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