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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 20 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 20 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 20 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...
20 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 -...
20 September 2012
Mommy in a material world
To jog your memory, the piece glorified all things glitter. The material world that Madonna sang about in the 1980s is not nearly as material as the one we live in today. These days, it's all about what you have and what you don't; the latest...
TUDUETSO TEBAPE 20 September 2012
National Coalition vs. Change Coalition: Mangaung's high rollers named
Kgalema Motlanthe seems to be the only person in the ruling party who still thinks that the ANC succession battle can be resolved cordially and that everyone can leave the Mangaung conference smiling. The reluctant presidential candidate remains the...
20 September 2012
The life of Mma Gaolathe
Losing her father at an early age, her aunt opened the doors of her home, an experience that forged a lifelong sisterhood and friendship with her cousin Dudu, with whom she grew up. Nomazizi attended Davis Primary School at Butterworth in the...
20 September 2012
Icons of Botswana
Mention the name Bishop Theophilus Tswere Naledi to any Anglican Church member and the response you get is a big smile. Indeed Bishop Naledi has left a legacy, not only in the Cathedral of Holy Cross in Botswana but also in other parts of the world....
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 20 September 2012
In the wake of Marikana, ANC pushing a self-destruct button
This weekend's crackdown on the settlement of Nkaneng should come as no surprise. In the last few years, as service delivery protests have engulfed townships and informal settlements across the country, the ANC government has stood behind the...
20 September 2012
Congratulations to Philemon Makwengwe
This is good by any standard, and I'm sure if there was money in our football GU should be keeping you, or any other team snatching you for that matter. Well done. Most of all, congratulations for winning the Best Coach of the Tournament...
20 September 2012
How the BMD-BCP axis bubble burst in F/town
It marks the onset of an all out war in Francistown between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), whose unity has caused the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) sleepless nights. The decision by BMD...
PATRICIA EDWIN AND CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writers 20 September 2012
Lekgotla ke eng?
Se Mmualebe a se dumelang ke gore mafoko a, a raya ditsela tse di siameng tsa go itshetsa, e seng tsa malatsing ano tsa borukutlhi.E kile ya re mo dingwageng dingwe tse di fetileng, ga utlwala fa go ne go na le mothale mongwe wa bogodu o o ne o sa...
20 September 2012
Our heritage
Her full description of this particular photo reads: 'Bojale girls painted white, with red head- clothes and large cuirasses of straw. They stop to dig soil in order to smear the yards and flee when seeing the photographer, making a mock...
Sandy Grant 20 September 2012
Police XI, Systems miss out on be MOBILE grant?
The cellular phone services provider released P1,6 million mobilisation fee for all the 16 teams, which means each club will receive P100,000. BTC group communications manager, Golekanye Molapisi, in a statement, said the money, given at the...
STAFF WRITER 20 September 2012
Athletes urged to invest wisely
Kgosietsile said they do not want a situation where the once powerful athletes die as paupers like what happens in other countries. He was officiating at a twoÐday athletes empowerment workshop, which started in Gaborone yesterday....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
Systems'appeal dismissed
The appeal was dismissed with costs.Systems were appealing a High Court decision in which they were challenging the decision by the Botswana Football Association (BFA) to terminate their membership.Together with Police XI and other four sides from...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
The champion returns
He is promoting his new single, The Return of the Champion, which is featured on a compilation titled Tell The World: Life Goes On produced in South Africa by Sounds of Edutainment. The compilation is in honour of a fellow Rastafarian,...
20 September 2012
Domboshaba Festival grows each year
This year's event which will be held from September 28th to October 1st around the Domboshaba ruins and is expected to attract between 7,000-10,000 people. Speaking at a press conference for the event, Tjakabaka Matenge from the...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
Top listing boosts DJ Kuchi's album
The contemporary listing, which placed him at a creditable 84th place in southern Africa, has definitely boosted his upcoming debut album in terms of contacts. A South African company conducted the survey through various media outlets in the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 September 2012
Da G snaps up Botswana talent
The duo is now working with Daniel's Dallas-based recording company, Dagee Records. The rappers sent mixtapes to the Dallas-based DJ three months ago and he was impressed, which is for this reason that they have entered into an agreement. Under...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 September 2012
Heavy fighting rages in Damascus suburb
Activists said government forces were closing in on Hajar al-Aswad, a southern suburb of Damascus, and the situation for residents was desperate. State media said troops had killed many of what they called "terrorists". Earlier, Amnesty...
20 September 2012
Kabul killings betray Mohammed's legacy: mosque
"The latest killings are part of the ongoing protests against the offensive film depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a profane and negative light," the mosque said in a statement on Wednesday. It said that by continuing to choose...
20 September 2012
I will return to the ANC after Mangaung: Malema
Malema said he was expelled from the party because of a "faction" in the ANC which was led by President Jacob Zuma, and which was "bull-headed" about being re-elected. Malema said that after the elective conference, the desire to keep him out of the...
20 September 2012
Egypt orders arrest of US-based Copts over film
The crude production posted on YouTube has sparked violent protests and riots across the Muslim world for its depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. It is unclear who made the film, but it has been linked to an Egyptian Coptic Christian living in the...
20 September 2012
Lonmin miners in South Africa 'to go back to work'
Miners cheered when they were told of a proposed 22 percent pay rise, a witness told Reuters news agency. But South Africa's labour dispute body told the BBC it was waiting to hear if the latest pay offer had been accepted. Last month, police opened...
20 September 2012
Fluor complete Jwaneng mine upgrade
A part of the US$3 billion or (P23 billion) expansion program at Debswana's Jwaneng mine in Botswana. Fluor provided engineering, procurement and construction management services for the mine, which is the richest diamond mine by value in the...
20 September 2012
Ibrahim lauds NBC for Botswana's economic growth
"There are so many things. I am not talking of small things, but major long term resolutions that were taken at previous national business conferences such as Vision 2016, Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA), Business Economic and...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
New chapter as diamond bourse sets up
Yesterday, Diamond Technology Park (DTP) chief executive officer, Rutang Moses said an occupational certificate for the building had been issued on August 01, marking a milestone in BotswanaÕs journey to become a centre of global diamond...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
Facebook followers speak out on BPC
Bagali Robert BPC stil operates like its 1966..long queues, power cuts, it’s like they do crisis management everyday. They have to overhaul their way of doing things and be a brand to reckon with. How do they feel when the whole country is so...
20 September 2012
Mitt Romney rejects his natural voters
In fact, Romney appears to have categorised a large segment of his party's own voters as supporters of President Barack Obama. As a rule, one should judge people on their merits, not on the supposed attributes of the racial, socioeconomic, or...
Jeffrey Frankel 20 September 2012
The decay in schools
An absent headmaster, absent teachers, idling students, inhabitable hostels and untidy ablution facilities, have become the order of the day at our learning institutions. These things are often revealed at Kgotla meetings, in council debates...
20 September 2012
CDC youth to get financial assistance
Before the motion could be debated on monday, CDC secretary Gaolathe Soccer Dipholo read a response from the ministry's Department of Arts and Culture. The department said the proposal would not be acceptable because 'it will be difficult...
BOTHO BAPUTAKI
Correspondent 20 September 2012
Two questioned over horseback crimes
The gang comprises of herdsman from cattle posts near Maun who last month rode their horses through the town and caused terror. After the terror, police efforts to search for the thugs with a helicopter and other means proved futile. The police say...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 20 September 2012
Network identifies tourist crime hotspots
Rannoba, who is also the general manager of Maun Lodge, told Mmegi that the high rate of crime may harm the tourist sector in Botswana. To deal with the problem, accommodation establishments in Maun have formed the Tourism Security Network. Members...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 20 September 2012
BCL Mine to hand over resource centre
Former president, Festus Mogae will be the main guest at the official handover ceremony. The P1 million-plus resource centre was constructed through the fundraising efforts of the BCL Mine. The school has a special education unit, which...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 September 2012
De Graaf must go - Boko
Addressing a press conference in Tlokweng yesterday, Boko charged that de Graaf and President Ian Khama "have systematically destroyed" the BMC and the cattle industry. "The tragic experience of the cattle farmers of Zone 6 remains a...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
Expert calls for teaching council
Masebola was speaking during the prize-giving ceremony of Gobojango Junior Secondary School recently. He explained that the role of the teaching council would be to monitor the profession and enhance teachers' status.He said that the body...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 September 2012
BMD cllr makes fastest U-turn
Tsamaya village councillor, Reginald Mudongo has returned to the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) just hours after he rejoined the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). On Sunday morning Mudongo arrived in Francistown to furnish...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
Questions linger over fatal shooting
The police allegedly opened fire on the men, killing one instantly, after their car crashed into a squad car at the sudden end of the high-speed chase on the night of September 12. While details are scanty, information reaching Mmegi is that one...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
No bail for South Africans in botched bank heist
Although she did not spell out her reasons for turning down their bail applications Magistrate Bosele Busang effectively committed the South Africans to remand until finalisation of their trial. The only time they will step out of remand cells is...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
MoE to intensify
Subsequent to minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi's unannounced visit to Morale Junior Secondary School in Mahalapye last Friday, the ministryÕs principal public relations officer, Oarabile Phefo, says there will be more such calls on schools by...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 20 September 2012
COSBOTS drama as Chairman grabs P6m tender
The Managing Director of Basement Media, David Moepeng, the other company that tendered for the work and lost to OnQuest, approached the COSBOTS board to query the awarding of the tender which he suspected was unfair and constituted conflict of...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 20 September 2012
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20 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 21 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 21 September 2012
National Coalition vs. Change Coalition: Mangaung's high rollers named
Kgalema Motlanthe seems to be the only person in the ruling party who still thinks that the ANC succession battle can be resolved cordially and that everyone can leave the Mangaung conference smiling. The reluctant presidential candidate remains the...
21 September 2012
In the wake of Marikana, ANC pushing a self-destruct button
This weekend's crackdown on the settlement of Nkaneng should come as no surprise. In the last few years, as service delivery protests have engulfed townships and informal settlements across the country, the ANC government has stood behind the...
21 September 2012
How the BMD-BCP axis bubble burst in F/town
It marks the onset of an all out war in Francistown between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), whose unity has caused the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) sleepless nights. The decision by BMD...
PATRICIA EDWIN AND CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writers 21 September 2012
New chapter as diamond bourse sets up
Yesterday, Diamond Technology Park (DTP) chief executive officer, Rutang Moses said an occupational certificate for the building had been issued on August 01, marking a milestone in BotswanaÕs journey to become a centre of global diamond...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 21 September 2012
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