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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 21 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 21 August 2012
Hefei: a model of inner city renewal
If you haven't you are forgiven! Hefei is a sprawling city in central eastern China located in the country's most economically dynamic area - the Yangtze River Delta region. It is situated in the lake shore of Chaohu, one of the five largest...
21 August 2012
How the law left the building
The old Mahalapye Police Station has become a haven for criminal elements since police officers here relocated to their new state-of-the-art office on the west side of the urban village early this year. A company contracted to renovate the old police...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 21 August 2012
The city I never liked
As the proceedings went at the University of Botswana (UB) last week Saturday, from the poor attendance one could conclude that maybe most of the people in this city do not have much to celebrate about it. I had the same feeling for the first years...
21 August 2012
Freedom of expression under siege in Parliament
That this is not always the case is very clear from the events of this past week. Parliament, in recent days, approved legislation relating to freedom of expression and privacy that are reminiscent of the cold war era. In the same week a piece of...
21 August 2012
I spoke to god - taxi driver
Most of the things that he told this paper are definitely beyond belief but whether they are real is the question that will lie with anyone. Mooketsi, who plies the streets of Francistown as a taxi driver says that he, knows that God spoke to him on...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Women unite to beat poverty in Nshakashogwe
Perhaps, even some male chauvinists still believe it is only man alone who should fend for the upkeep of the family. It is clear nowadays that men too face the hardships of lack of money due to unemployment resulting in women confronting the poverty...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 21 August 2012
The other side of Nijel Amos: humble, loyal, focussed, patient
When someone hits it big like the way our the boy has just done at the Olympics, the world begins to wonder who he is. People rub their eyes in disbelief as if suddenly exposed to a glaring sun after being accustomed to a dark place. He is in the...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Diana George can smile at last
A single mother of six, Diana found herself subjected to abject poverty and homelessness her entire life. Village leaders recalled last Saturday, during the handover of a house built for her by Sinohydro that her father, who was a Zimbabwean...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Security Systems await BFA response
"We are yet to hear from the association after we wrote them a letter last week asking for talks regarding the matter. We hope they will heed our request so that they hear what we have to say. It is not a fight and we see nothing wrong with...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Chiefs wrap up Mongala, Makakaba signings
After a surprisingly quiet start to the transfer window, Premier League big guns have suddenly sprung into action with some notable signings. Champions, Mochudi Centre Chiefs have acquired the services of Zebras' skillful winger, Phenyo Mongala. They...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Olympicteam jets in to rapturous welcome
Botswana Olympics team returned home to a rousing welcome yesterday. Gaborone literally came to a stand still as the blue, black and white colours filled the city. The team touched down at Sir Seretse Khama Airport (SSKA) at lunch yesterday. Batswana...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Shoddy stadia work to cost taxpayer extra P83m
According to a supplementary budget laid before parliament last Friday, an additional P62. 1million is required to complete construction work at the Francistown Stadium, while rehabilitation work is on-going at the Lobatse and Serowe Sports...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
BTC Phone Book Cover design reserved for young artists
From the time BTC decided to localise its phone book cover design, the competition, which is managed by arts authority, Thapong, had been open to all artists regardless of their ages. However, for the 2013 Cover book design the competition will be...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
SA gospel heavyweights tour Botswana
The veteran gospel muso is on a southern Africa tour including Swaziland, Lesotho and Botswana, promoting his cutting-edge album Healing In His Presence.Dube, known for his affection for Botswana, brings along popular musicians who feature in the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 August 2012
Back stage
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) is showing only today at the Gaborone Film Society at 7:00 pm in the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is one of the Scottish director Alexander Mackendrick's (1912-1993) great films, and his first to be made after he...
Sasa Majuma 21 August 2012
BTO, ministry team up to boost cultural, sports products
Speaking at the event, BTO Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Myra Sekgororoane said that the focus would not just be on wildlife to promote tourism in Botswana. She said that they have roped in MYSC to shift the focus on wildlife and incorporate new...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
TICH, General Ozzy to collaborate
His music sounds a lot similar with popular Zambian musician, General Ozzy's. Though none of his tracks is a carbon copy of Ozzy's popular Potential, it is easy to liken the two.With the two musicians now working on a collaboration album, fans should...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
United Nations observer mission in Syria ends
The team was deployed to monitor a ceasefire between rebels and the government agreed as part of former UN envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan, but the truce never took hold.The UN decided to end the mission in response to growing levels of...
21 August 2012
Anti-Japan protests erupt in China amid island dispute
There were protests in Shenzhen, Shenyang, Hangzhou, Harbin and Qingdao, China Daily reported. In Guangzhou, demonstrators staged a loud sit-in in front of the Japanese consulate, it said. Chinese protesters carried Chinese flags and banners during a...
21 August 2012
Julian Assange row: Ecuador backed by South America
The Union of South American Nations said it backed Ecuador after Assange publicly thanked it and other South American countries for their support. Assange has been at Ecuador's London embassy since June but the UK has said it could lift its...
21 August 2012
South Africa miners face Lonmin dismissal deadline
A statement from mine owner Lonmin said 3,000 workers were striking illegally and must report to work yesterday.The company delayed the deadline from Friday in light of the killings at the Marikana platinum mine, north-west of Johannesburg.Some...
21 August 2012
Libya holds 32 'Gaddafi loyalists' over Tripoli attack
Two people were killed by the two blasts near the former military academy for women and the interior ministry. An official of Libya's top security body said the network had been linked to the bombs. It was the first deadly bomb attack since Gaddafi's...
21 August 2012
Govt to continuously review mining laws
Officially opening the new Karowe Diamond Mine here last week, Khama reaffirmed government's desire to continue creating a favourable environment for mines to operate in the country."Over the years Botswana has improved its mining legislation to...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Expo aids re-vamp of tourism in the region
Representatives of several tourist destinations among them India Tourism, Dubai Tourism and Namibia Tourism as well as some side service providers in the tourism industry showcased their packages at the expo. The expo gave exhibitors an opportunity...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Cry the Beloved Country - once more
As a period of national mourning begins in South Africa in the wake of last week's dreadful events at Marikana, we have yet to hear someone, anyone, say "We are sorry for what happened. We should have done more to prevent this."There is a whole range...
21 August 2012
As I see it
The ruling party may have killed the Freedom of Information Bill (FOI) tabled by the leader of opposition Dumelang Saleshando MP, but one can confidently say in retrospect, this will be found to have been a Pyrrhic victory. Pyrrhus, son of Achilles...
Michael Dingake 21 August 2012
Regulation of school fees overdue
We commend this clear-headed conduct by MPs of the ruling party because it presents the MPs, for a change, as individuals capable of considering the merits of an issue without pandering to party positions. In recent times, the behaviour of the ruling...
21 August 2012
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21 August 2012
UB hosts Setswana debate for secondary students
The convener of the unusual debate, Bruce Leonard Nkgakile, told Mmegi yesterday that 232 junior secondary schools in Botswana will participate in the tournament that has been styled the Setswana Debate Cup.The initiative is a collaboration between...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
YWCA celebrates 50 years
The organisation, which enjoyed a substantial following of around 3,000 members in its formative years, is down to just 500 members. At a media briefing ahead of the celebrations, YWCA national executive director, Botswelelo John said nowadays people...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
SADC creates fund to accelerate infrastructure development
The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has approved the setting up of a long-awaited Regional Development Fund, one of whose main priorities will be the financing of infrastructure in the region.According to...
JOSEPH NGWAWI 21 August 2012
SADC faces food shortage
The Executive Secretary of SADC, Dr Tomaz Salomao, said here on Saturday that the region would experience an overall cereal deficit of 5.5 million tonnes."This will therefore result in an increase in the number of people requiring humanitarian...
CHABY BARASA 21 August 2012
Zambian opposition leader arrested for 'spreading false news'
Hichilema had said on June 11, that the governing Patriotic Front (PF) had entered into an agreement with Sudan to train a party militia in that country. It followed the disclosure by the PF General-Secretary Wynter Kabimba that the PF had signed an...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 21 August 2012
Masisi tables National Policy on HIV/AIDS
However, MPs did not have enough time to debate the policy last week Friday and instead Masisi deferred it to the next session - in October - including other motions for other MPs. According to a statement from BONELA last year the minister sought...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 21 August 2012
Temporary teachers employed on contractto plug shortages
The acting director of the Kgatleng education region, Ivy Balopi said the decision to engage teachers under such contracts is an effort aimed at ensuring stability in the classroom. The region has 37 primary and 10 secondary schools:"We did that so...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
More Phikwe CSOs access BNAPS funding
SELEBI-PHIKWE: While Selebi-Phikwe district appreciates that more than six of the HIV/AIDS local support groups received funding for Botswana National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Support (BNAPS) project, there are fears that more emphasis would be put on...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
KDC Chair asks Khama to intervene
Addressing a full council meeting which started yesterday, Mooketsi applauded President Ian Khama and his cabinet ministers for his recent visits around the district, which he said were informative and interactive."Even though his Kgatleng West...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 21 August 2012
Poachers kill 19 elephants
At least 19 carcasses of elephants have been found in the Kasane area since the shooting of two alleged Namibian poachers by the BDF anti-poaching unit on July 17, Mmegi has established. "Ever since the July shooting of two Namibian poachers, our...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
SADC summit adopts code on Tuberculosis
It is expected to ensure commitment by Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to help TB affected miners, families and communities in the region. The Heads of States, including President Ian Khama, approved and signed the...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
BDF intelligence trained by US Army
The US Army brought a very small drone that is used to spy on the enemy line, the drone is shaped like an aircraft and has an inbuilt camera that takes pictures. According to some military personal within the US Army the drone can be flown very high...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 21 August 2012
Air Botswana acquires second- hand aircraft
The one already in Gaborone sports registration number A2-ABG. It is a 15-year-old aircraft which took its first flight in February 1997. It was delivered to Air Botswana last Thursday. Before the Botswana airline purchased it, Lufthansa CityLine...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 21 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 22 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 22 August 2012
Hefei: a model of inner city renewal
If you haven't you are forgiven! Hefei is a sprawling city in central eastern China located in the country's most economically dynamic area - the Yangtze River Delta region. It is situated in the lake shore of Chaohu, one of the five largest...
22 August 2012
How the law left the building
The old Mahalapye Police Station has become a haven for criminal elements since police officers here relocated to their new state-of-the-art office on the west side of the urban village early this year. A company contracted to renovate the old police...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 22 August 2012
The city I never liked
As the proceedings went at the University of Botswana (UB) last week Saturday, from the poor attendance one could conclude that maybe most of the people in this city do not have much to celebrate about it. I had the same feeling for the first years...
22 August 2012
Freedom of expression under siege in Parliament
That this is not always the case is very clear from the events of this past week. Parliament, in recent days, approved legislation relating to freedom of expression and privacy that are reminiscent of the cold war era. In the same week a piece of...
22 August 2012
I spoke to god - taxi driver
Most of the things that he told this paper are definitely beyond belief but whether they are real is the question that will lie with anyone. Mooketsi, who plies the streets of Francistown as a taxi driver says that he, knows that God spoke to him on...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 22 August 2012
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