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Depression: a dark and dreary place
What one person may experience in their lives as a challenge the other might consider a walk in the park compared to what they are going through and wonder what the 'suffering' person is complaining about. Often you will hear people exclaim, " I am...
TUDUETSO TEBAPE 16 October 2012
Is the death penalty still necessary?
The motion of the debate was: "Is it time to abolish death penalty?". The event was attended by representatives from German, French, British and Russian embassies, the European Union and scholars from different academic disciplines. The debate...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
BFTU takes war to BOFEPUSU
According to the BFTU publicity secretary Edward Tswaipe the governing council that met on September 15 here came up with this resolution after accessing the potential of the public sector. "The public sector has potential as it is the only...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Makhubu guns for record JC pass
The head teacher of the school, Maria Mbale said during the institution's prize-giving ceremony over the weekend that Makhubu prides itself as one of the top schools in terms of quality results and promised that the trend will not change....
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 16 October 2012
Land for some in Ledumadumane
KLB secretary Molebedi Khuduego confirmed that the beneficiaries have been residing in the area as arable farmers from as far back as the 1960s. Land boards did not exist at the time, and were therefore allocated land by their tribal...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Stakeholders discussproposed anti-human trafficking law
The main objectives of the workshop was to convey background information and knowledge about the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Support and Punish Trafficking in Persons. The workshop...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
BMD and BCP at loggerheads over 'power sharing'
FRANCISTOWN: It is now official that daggers are drawn between the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and their erstwhile comrades at the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) as their relationship has descended into chaos. According to Raoboy...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 16 October 2012
KCS calls on Batswana to protect the environment
Acknowledging that this is not an easy task for any country and no country had yet found the perfect balance, the chairman of African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), David Thomson, still called on Botswana to better manage its natural environment for...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
'Contaminated water' causes rift
MAUN: A microbial report bearing the letterheads of the Department Water Affairs in Maun reads: "Sample is highly contaminated. It's not suitable for human consumption."The report, a copy of which Mmegi is in possession of, is on water sample...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 16 October 2012
Motlhale likely to dump politics
Unconfirmed reports suggest that the young politician may be joining South Africa's MTN, which recently upped its stake in Mascom Wireless. Motlhale was in the employ of the latter before he went to Parliament via the ruling Botswana Democratic Party...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Why Obama? [Part 1]
The record is more mixed than either his cheerleaders or fiercest critics would like to admit.___On the positive side, under this administration we achieved healthcare reform that will provide coverage to 35 million uninsured people; a Recovery Act...
* DEEPAK BHARGAVA 16 October 2012
The Chavez victory will be felt far beyond Latin America
The transformation of Latin America is one of the decisive changes reshaping the global order. The tide of progressive change that has swept the region over the last decade has brought a string of elected socialist and social-democratic governments...
16 October 2012
Chavez timeline: poverty, prison, then presidential palace
1954Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias is born to impoverished teacher parents near Sabaneta, a small town in south-western Venezuela. He is the second of six surviving children, all boys.1971A local historian, Jose Esteban Ruiz Guevara, talks to Chavez about...
16 October 2012
Indigenous languages fade away with every new generation
Recently, a stimulating piece by linguist, Dr Thapelo Otlogetswe in the local press described a scene in which a village woman pronounced publicly that she could not ululate at a wedding because the speaker addressed the crowd in English. From the...
16 October 2012
Sechele I: founder of the nation
"All the Boers are still in laager, they have been in laager a long time. They dare not venture on their farms for fear of Sechele. Their cattle are dying fast being too many together, and disease is amongst them." - Diary of James Chapman, November...
16 October 2012
Response to the article published in The Monitor - 'Khama Style'
Your article is defamatory and based upon information, which is incorrect and has caused a lot of harm to the good name of African Home and Restaurant and it's general manager, Henok Nerayo. Nerayo never told any employee that he would continue to...
16 October 2012
Ectetera II
As we get older it is inevitable that we will hear of the deaths of people we have known in the past, some of them for many years, some perhaps only for a short time, some who have particularly influenced us and some we particularly and fondly...
Sandy Grant 16 October 2012
Kingdom-0-Metre
"If my people, those called by my name..." (2 Chronicles 7:14). Humility is one of the virtues we hold high as Batswana. Humility seems to be a key that unlocks the gates of grace and God's mercy so much that in teaching us to be of the same...
Dumi Mmualefe 16 October 2012
Issues in education
Bullying is a pervasive problem. It is found in all parts of the world, in families, communities and in various social institutions. In schools it is not just a student-to-student event. It happens between teachers, worse, teachers bully students...
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S.Weeks 16 October 2012
The winners code
It is good; yea, even great to have the ability to see with one's eyes. Eyes make it possible for us to see physical objects; and in a sense to appreciate a little more what the visually handicapped are not able to appreciate intimately. However,...
George Chingarande 16 October 2012
BHC abandons 'sub-economic' minestone slums?
Three decades ago Minestone was a suburb. It is now a pitiful sight as this neighbourhood has been outgrown by the times. The houses that used to accommodate some of Francistown's finest have now become a low-income area and a haven for criminals....
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Distress flares go up after 'Lobatse Massacre'
It marked a new low for the Zebras and immediately cranked up pressure on coach Stanley Tshosane, who cut a lonely figure for the better part of 90-minute debacle.The Zebras have been a solid defensive unit under Tshosane but the recent poor results...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
T20 cricket success spins frenzy
The cricket side's success has whet the appetite of the Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) which declares the target is a place among the World's best at the T20 World Cup in 2014."We have to dream, if we don't we will never realise our goals. All...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Parents threaten to withdraw U-17 players over exams
The Botswana Under-17 national team is made up of mostly Form Three students who start their final examinations next Monday.And the parents are against letting their children spend a week away from home, citing that would disturb their preparations...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 16 October 2012
Premier League resumes next week
"Yes I can confirm that week six of the league schedule will be played on the weekend of October 28 and 29," Mamelodi told Mmegi Sport. He said there is no rift between the BPL and the Botswana Football Association (BFA) contrary to some...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
We're not afraid to make decisions - Sebego
This comes against the backdrop of the Zebras' failure to qualify for next year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals following a morale sapping 7-1 aggregate defeat to Mali.Sebego told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the coach's future would be...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Kanye tried to grab camera
The couple tried to avoid Kim's former flame Reggie Bush on Sunday night as he and his pregnant girlfriend Lilit Avagyan dined at the Prime Italian restaurant just yards away from the Prime 112 eatery Kanye and Kim were at in South Beach,...
16 October 2012
Bee Mosika rocks Mmopane
The young and vibrant Kwasakwasa musician, who is well known and loved for his energetic performances with his dancers Aero Stars, recently delivered memorable performances in Mmopane.Bee Mosika whose real name is Kagisanyo Thankane excited Mmopane...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 16 October 2012
Back stage
"Land and Freedom" (1995) is being shown today only at 7 pm at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is the third of six films from Ken Loach and his team of filmmakers being shown by the Gaborone Film Society. This time the great British director...
Sasa Majumo 16 October 2012
A different kind of Makontraka
Aptly dressed in dirty overalls, helmets and gum boots; one of them holds a pick while the other has a shovel in hand. This look is commonly attributed to construction workers but these men are just completing the look of their band. Normally...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Molelekwa wins Miss Universe Bots
Today the first year student at Botho College Accounting aged 19, has every reason to be proud after triumphing in the fierce nationwide search for the newest discovery in the world of pageants. Molelekwa beat her fellow...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 16 October 2012
Kenyan official killed in 'secessionist violence'
Salim Changu was hacked to death in the coastal town of Kwale, police say.His death comes shortly after Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) Oscar Mwamnuadzi was arrested during a gunfight at his home in the town, in which two people were...
16 October 2012
EU to impose new sanctions on Iran
Ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg, diplomats said the measures would focus on dealings with Iran's banks, trade and gas imports.UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague said they would be "a sign of our resolve that will step up...
16 October 2012
Nigerian mosque massacre not sectarian: military
The attack on Sunday was the bloodiest in a day of violence which also saw the restive north-eastern city of Maiduguri rocked by a roadside blast and two separate gun attacks that killed at least four people including a local chief, according to...
16 October 2012
Terror suspect pleads guilty to being Al-Shabaab in Kenya
However, Nairobi Chief Magistrate, Kiarie Waweru said he will pass sentence on Tuesday on the 21-year-old Abdallah, who is a luyia from Western Kenya.He also pleaded guilty to being in possession of explosive materials and several rounds of...
16 October 2012
Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership: No winner
The $5 million or (P39 million) prize is supposed to be awarded each year to a democratically elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then voluntarily left office.The panel said no candidate had met all of the criteria - as in...
16 October 2012
Congolese opposition appeals for cessation of war in eastern DR Congo
The opposition's appeal was made in Kinshasa at a press conference that was addressed by Lucien Mbusa, the deputy secretary general of the Congo Liberation Movement (MLC).Mbusa, who on Saturday met in Kinshasa with French President Francois Hollande,...
16 October 2012
Syria conflict: Brahimi seeks Iran help to secure truce
Meanwhile, Turkey said the number of Syrian refugees in its camps now exceeded 100,000. Turkey also searched a Syrian-bound Armenian plane after forcing it to land in the city of Erzurum, reports said. It was not immediately clear why the plane was...
16 October 2012
Australia's first child sex offender register now live
The Community Protection website, a Western Australia (WA) government initiative, provides information on the state's most dangerous repeat sex offenders. "This has been a bit of a balancing act between community safety and managing the ability of...
16 October 2012
Mbalula lashes out over ANC factions
The Sunday Independent newspaper earlier reported that Mbalula was now backing President, Jacob Zuma in the coming African National Congress(ANC) elective conference, quoting unnamed sources. Mbalula was linked with a campaign to replace ANC general...
16 October 2012
Libya congress elects interim PM
Ali Zidan, also a former independent congressman, won 93 votes, securing a majority of those who voted in a poll to determine the country's leader for a transitional period of around 20 months. Zidan's top priority will be to name a new government...
16 October 2012
Khama urges BOCCIM to take NBC to other towns
Francistown has been enjoying the monopoly of hosting NBC since it began in 1986. At the official opening NBC 2012 in Francistown this week, Khama said that originally the event was brought to the city to support and grow business there. He...
PATRICIA EDWIN & MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writers 16 October 2012
Diamond exports sink to three-year low
Bank of Botswana (BoB) financial statistics released last week indicate that P750 million is the lowest in export earnings since August 2009 when the global economic crisis was at its peak.On a year on year comparison, the August exports registered...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Govt sets up new PPP unit
The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) unit comes after declining revenues forced government to rethink funding of public projects.President Ian Khama announced the unit's establishment during the official opening of the BOCCIM National Business...
MBONGENI MGUNI & PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writers 16 October 2012
Baptist church adopts Lesirane Primary School
Through this effort, which the church considers an adoption, the church has started ministering at the school from Monday to Thursday every week.Speaking with Mmegi, the school's headmistress Bertha Dintwe could not contain her excitement about...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 16 October 2012
Salary hike for the non-unionised unsettles unions
The secretary general of the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) Goretetse Kekgonegile says the decision is questionable, especially that it comes at a time when their dispute with government which has been lodged with the...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
'Re A Nyalana' to be launched in Bokaa
The organisation was conceptualised after the findings of the presidential commission on social ills, which was chaired by Kgosi Puso Gaborone revealed that cohabitation is on the rise in Botswana.Re A Nyalana started last year. Its main objective is...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 16 October 2012
'Trucks are a blight on Nata environment'
Trucks transporting a variety of goods often converge near the village post office overnight and in the morning, they depart for their destinations in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other neighbouring countries. Traditionally Nata is...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 16 October 2012
Botswana, Japan, Zambia sign Kazungula bridge accord
The Japanese loan means that the estimated cost of the project has now been met and actual construction is set to start. The signing ceremony took place at the JICA headquarters in Tokyo and coincided with the visit of Zambian president Michael...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 16 October 2012
As I see it
It has been my suspicion that the way Domkrag is tolerant of corruption, the way it has no answer to the corruption pervading Botswana, the BDP government will end up corrupting the very government system. See how for 16 years BDP has resisted...
Michael Dingake 16 October 2012
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