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First spring rains lead to flooding, road closures
"In Gauteng, thunderstorms and heavy rains on Wednesday night caused flooding in Cleveland, Parktown, on the M1 highway at Smith Street, at Klipspruit Valley Road and New Canada Road in Soweto, Johannesburg," metro police spokeswoman, Edna Mamonyane...
10 September 2012
Fair trial urged as spy boss Senussi deported to Libya
The US said Abdullah al-Senussi must be tried "in full compliance with Libya's international obligations". Libya's Prime Minister insisted Senussi would face trial "according to international standards for human rights". Senussi, who is being held...
10 September 2012
Democratic convention: Bill Clinton backs Barack Obama
His 50-minute speech at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, was strongly critical of Republican economic plans. He launched a full-throated defence of Obama's policies, saying his economic policies were working. Obama will take...
10 September 2012
Africa needs own space agency: Sudan's Bashir
"I'm calling for the biggest project, an African space agency," Bashir said in remarks opening the two-day conference. "Africa must have its space agency." Known as AfriSpace, it would enable "cooperation among African states in space research and...
10 September 2012
South Africa's Marikana mine: Julius Malema rallies strikers
Malema is set to march with workers later at the Marikana mine where police shot dead 34 people last month. The march is due to coincide with the release of more miners who were controversially charged with murder. The union involved in the conflict...
10 September 2012
Bill Clinton makes speech that Obama needed most
Say what you want about Bill Clinton - and people do - but he gives good convention. And so he should. The last time he didn't address a convention was 1984. He knows which delegates' buttons to press because he sewed so many of them on himself. Last...
10 September 2012
Clinton brush-off marks new Sino-US rivalry
As China continues her rapid progress towards replacing the United States as the world's largest economy, the entire dynamic of the global political system is experiencing momentous changes, often to the detriment of American influence. Both China...
10 September 2012
Building Africa's airlift capacity: A strategy for enhancing military effectiveness
Like multilateral institutions elsewhere, the African Union and Africa's Regional Economic Communities should look to partnerships and resource-pooling arrangements to leverage airlift capabilities. In the near term, large-scale African peacekeeping...
BIRAME DIOP, DAVID M. PEYTON,
& GENE MCCONVILLE 10 September 2012
Do bring the pension funds back home
This has taken down offshore investments to about 50 percent from as high as 62 percent at the beginning of last year, a development that regulators will be pleased with because they aim to slash outside pension holdings down to 30 percent by...
10 September 2012
Clumsy investigations lead to acquittal of robbery suspect
The robbery suspect, Owen Sibanda was yesterday acquitted and discharged by Senior Magistrate Kgololesego Segabo who said he was not satisfied with the way the investigations were handled. Sibanda is alleged to have robbed Manita Tony of her handbag...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
UDC: A journey just beginning
Another attempt at an Umbrella had failed. Fast forward to a decade later as fate would have it and at the helm is a Koma apprentice in charge of the BNF. His name is Duma Boko, intently and out of a penchant for sweet mischief christened 'Bokwe' by...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 10 September 2012
There is goodwill for freedom of information
I have had the privilege of recently attending a meeting in Namibia a week ago whose objective was to create a national platform for dialogue on access to information. The meeting brought together a number of stakeholders representing the...
10 September 2012
BDP primaries: A two-horse race
FRANCISTOWN: The fight for the BDP ticket is not going to be an easy one given the high calibre of candidates in the race. Of the five candidates - Bernard Bolele, Jackson Tassman Cebani, Joseph Melefe, Maokisa Motsete and Moatshe Senai -...
10 September 2012
Kgetsiyamore wins weightlifting title
The annual event is organised by the Botswana Bodybuilding, Weightlifting and Fitness Federation (BBWFF).Kgetsiyamore, of BDF Francistown club was also crowned the overall winner last year. Kgetsiyamore(lightweight) accumulated 510 points in...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
4-0 Hammering for Young-Zebras
The national Under-20 side had a day to forget on Saturday when they were hammered 4-0 by visiting South Africa in Molepolole in a one sided affair. South Africa looked comfortable on the ball right from the back up to the attack. The goals did...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Four get international chess titles
Woman chess player, Tshepiso Lopang also has been upgraded from the Fide Master title to Woman international master (WIM), making her the second WIM in Botswana, after Boikhutso Mudongo.The Botswana women also have a grand master in Tuduetso Sabure,...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Dinare Edge out Blue Angels
Dinare got their first two runs in the top one inning before Angels' third base, Hunyepa Motshidisi pulled one back in bottom of the same inning after a well taken shot by Bareng Malema.The second inning was quite a big yawn with both teams failing...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 10 September 2012
Boxing championships finalists decided
A total of 16 boxers went through to the finals pencilled for Gaborone next weekend after winning in the semi-finals yesterday, while the losing semi-finalists are already home and dry with the bronze medals. Fourteen semi-final bouts were staged in...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
BFA's disciplinary committee hears Police XI Appeal
Police XI appealed to the BFA DC saying the mother body is applying double standards. Club manager, Solomon Mantswe said it is surprising that BFA who could not listen to them because "they are not members" is applying double standards by ordering...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Food for the soul
Show me one person who does not want to be healthy and I will give you a million dollars - if I had it that is. The point is that we all dream and strive for the best health and performance, right? And if you must feel good, look good and excel, the...
Boitshepo Giyose 10 September 2012
Jozi, Bugalove at UB freshers' ball
The event which is done yearly in order to welcome the 1st years formally into the school attracted people from all different walks of life who came to celebrate with this year's 1st years. Although much has been said in bad light concerning the...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 10 September 2012
Lorraine Ditsele is Miss Earth
Ditsele proved that beauty with brains indeed go hand in hand. Her dream finally came true on Saturday as the the 19 year old Bachelor of Education 1st year student at the University of Botswana (UB) was crowded Miss Earth 2012. He...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 10 September 2012
Benjamin Dube rocks Gabz
Despite the P200 VIP and P100 show starting some hours late, it gained momentum with a local band Hosanna Gospel Ministers taking to the stage, reassuring the restless audience who gasped in wonder that the show's main acts have finally...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 10 September 2012
Mogwana scoops Bommampodi
All the groups in the finals performed four traditional dance style Tsutsube, Hosana, Phathise and Setapa. The famous Mogwana Traditional Dance troupe won the title after battling with other four groups finals.Mogwana walked way with P15, 000....
Nnasaretha KgamanyaneM
Correspondent 10 September 2012
WACS launches
The government through Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) entered into a joint venture with its neighbour Namibia and Invested in the WACS. Gaborone and Windhoek invested $37.5 million each in the $650 million cable and own 9.2...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 10 September 2012
MVA launches new look
In his welcome remarks, MVAF chief executive officer (CEO), Cross Kgosidiile said that the new brand is born out of transformation. He linked the transformation to the stakeholders' call for services of value and relevance to meet clients' ever...
Sylviah Disele
Correspondent 10 September 2012
Emulate BBS, Matambo urges corporate companies
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo made the call when officially opening the Botswana Building Society (BBS) branch in the city last Thursday.The BBS branch was completed early last year and began operating in August...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Barclays unveils good news for metshelo
Metshelo are a traditional and informal savings system in which members contribute funds on a monthly basis and share the returns in cash or kind on an agreed date.Being unofficial, however, many such cooperatives have fallen through the cracks in...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 10 September 2012
ETCETERA II
It's an itch that has been itching for far too long. And now I feel that I really must do something about it. Why, you may ask, has something in particular prompted this particular decision? Indeed it has; although the villain in question, if I may...
Sandy Grant 10 September 2012
The heart of the US election
Democracy and free enterprise appear to be mutually reinforcing - it is hard to think of any flourishing democracy that is not a market economy. Moreover, while a number of nominally socialist economies have embraced free enterprise (or "socialism...
*Raghuram Rajan 10 September 2012
Kingdom-0-Metre
Last year saw the country brought to a unprecedented stagnation. The mother of all strikes took a center stage.All talk; in corridors, offices, churches and media was about the strike. Some of us thought it could never happen in this country. With...
Dumi Mmualefe 10 September 2012
Issues in education
Issues last week observed that the approval in 1994 of the Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE) included the goal of upgrading the qualifications from certificate to either diploma or degree level.This Issues looks at the academic challenges...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 10 September 2012
The winners code
What does it take to become an expert, a champion or renowned for something good? This is a question that has exercised the imaginations of researchers and scholars for centuries and understandably so. Many decent people deep inside their hearts of...
George Chingarande 10 September 2012
Chinese charity is welcome
For Milleage Air, it was a return ticket for a Motswana who is studying Chinese language, while for Letsheka, the sponsorship was a P70, 000 for a degree programme in civil engineering by a youthful Motswana.The two sponsorships come hardly few weeks...
10 September 2012
Selefu 10 September 2012
10 September 2012
The billboarrd 10 September 2012
10 September 2012
Chinese company donates to young motswana
Letseka Investment has helped her through the Charity Association of Chinese in Botswana. About 22 Botswana students were recently sponsored by the Chinese government to study in China.At the ceremony to present the sponsorship cheque to Ndlovu,...
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Nabbed
Police say two of the suspects are independent customs agents. Police were alerted on Thursday that a truck with a fake import licence for molasses had crossed the border at Kazungula headed for Gaborone. The occupants of the vehicle allegedly...
Victor Muyakwabo
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
War at a funeral
However, the tribe leadership led by deputy paramount chief, Tsimane Mokgosi, publicly rebuked the family for their utterances.A member of the newly initiated Balete male regiment, a Mr Noge, started the war of words when he stood up, girded in...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Rakhuna camp almost complete
Some officers from Thebephatshwa Airbase are expected to relocate there mid next year.Lieutenant Colonel David Hobona, director of construction at the BDF, took The Monitor on a guided tour of the facility last Friday.He stated that they are...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
BIHL trust adopts Mogobane primary
The project is coordinated by the ministry's Education Hub. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ministry and Sebilo Book Services, the latter coordinated the implementation of the refurbishing of the school library, tiling of the...
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
BNYC farm 'wastes' P200,000 a year
Gabane North East councillor, Mareme, of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) unsuccessfully launched a bid to have the youth organisation investigated over the running of Sechaba Farms. "It came to our attention that the BNYC runs Sechaba Farm in...
Ephraim Keoreng
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Judge tears Jamali apart in DJ Sid ruling
In his judgment Industrial Court judge Virgil Vergeer rubbished Jamali's statements after telling the court that he did not know who DJ Sid is. According to the judgment, Jamali also said he could not remember the report written by DJ Sid to Duma FM...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Unpaid bills land gabs fashion queen in prison
When she finally breathes fresh air on Wednesday this week albeit momentarily, Chiepe will have spent 20 days and nights at the Gaborone Village prison. On Friday Gaborone West Police's CID Division confirmed to The Monitor that the fashion designer...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 10 September 2012
Merafhe's health worsens
It was not the traditionally energetic and sharp piercing voice of the former BDF commander though. In the video Merafhe sounded frail and sickly as he spoke slowly, with pauses and difficult breathing, as he read out his own farewell message at a...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff writer 10 September 2012
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