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Britain losing allegiance to the EU
David Cameron knows that if there is one thing that pleases his fellow party members, it's a rant against Brussels.At last week's Tory party conference in Birmingham, it didn't take long before the British prime minister had his audience in high...
22 October 2012
Mali intervention - a dangerous idea with too much support
International support for a military intervention in Mali is gathering momentum quicker than the Harmattan wind blows across the Sahel. In a matter of days, the powers that be (the ones that have the authority and resources to turn intervention talk...
22 October 2012
Income distribution in Botswana - how bad is the bad?
Last month the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, did a strange thing. It published a report on income distribution in the five South African Customs Union (SACU) countries. For the IMF, such a warm and fuzzy subject seems entirely out of character...
22 October 2012
Nine karatekas upgrade
Six of the karatekas - Waabo Molapisi, Kuda Manasa, Koketso Masena, Thabang Motlhaleemang, Biki Gasenamotse and Otsile Motsamai - upgraded to first dan black belt. The trio of Laki Kedumele, Kgosi Dibotelo and Booster Tewa progressed to second...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 22 October 2012
Vikings beat Gata with tie-breaker
Halfway through Saturday's game, Vikings were trailing the Jwaneng outfit 4-0 before making a sensational comeback to go on and win the game after a bottom eight inning tie breaker.Brian De Kork gave Gata a perfect head start early in the top one...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 22 October 2012
Young Zebras edge closer to qualification
The match had ended with an aggregate score 1-1 after Rwanda won 1-0 in regulation time to level the score. The young Zebras won the first leg match 1-0 in Molepolole last week. The team is now only two matches away from qualifying after eliminating...
Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Vera in seventh heavenas Double Action hammers Santos 15-0
Double Action striker, Thuto 'Vera' Ramafifi pumped in seven goals as her side hit 15 goals against newcomers, Uniao Flamengo Santos in a one sided AT & T Monnakgotla Women's League match. It looked like an exhibition match as the defending...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Buffaloes put to the sword
Black Peril outsmarted visitors Mochudi Buffaloes with a 2-0 victory on Saturday to maintain 100 percent record and retain the top spot in the First Division South League.Former Buffaloes forward Nsuka Panzu was ruled offside in the 18th minute but...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Impressive karate weekend
The event was the second of its kind with the first one being in 2010. The competitions attracted participants from 7 to 21 years.The girls embraced the hall and Oratile Nkhumisang, 12-13 years was the girl of the day, scooping a gold medal in her...
Sylvia Disele
Correspondent 22 October 2012
Setete's hour of reckoning at hand
Setete was charged with eight counts of gross negligence of duty and subsequently suspended from duty by BPL board. He has also been called for disciplinary hearing and challenged the inquiry at the Industrial Court. The date for the ruling was set...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Food for the soul
October is Breast Cancer Month and we should all support those afflicted by this condition. It is important that I give you a few tidbits of how to manage it nutritionally. Cancer generally is the second largest cause of death in the developed world...
Boitshepo Giyose 22 October 2012
A great day of fitness and fun
The fitness lovers, clad in their training gear, spent the day shaking and shaping up in different classes of Kata-Bo, high-lo and step under the tutelage of different instructors who took turns conducting the classes. The fourth edition of the...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Otukile mesmerises Palapye fans
There is no doubt that Otukile has grown from strength to strength since competing in the My Star talent show.And Otukile has admitted that the competition has helped him gain recognition from music lovers across the country.The velvet-voiced...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 22 October 2012
The Monitor/Mmegi Shine
It was a night of glitz as the cream de la cream of the city from all walks of life came to witness and celebrate the National Media Awards for 2012. The night began on a good note with guests being entertained by a dressed-to- kill master of...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 22 October 2012
The Khwest Of Comedy
As usual the professional lung-cracker, Odirile Brooks, warmed up the audience for the show with jokes about gays, his fellow tribesmen "Bakgalagadi" and the president. The comedian from Tsabong cracked many jokes that kept the audience...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 22 October 2012
Barclay's choirs thrill
After a night of choral delivery at Maitisong, in which 11 choirs battled it out, Gaborone region came first, and will be representing Botswana in 2013 at the Johannesburg International Choir Festival .With their song Galaletsang...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 22 October 2012
New pelican lodge targets tourists, business community
Mamasi Investment, a venture that also rents the exclusive Toro Lodge in Kasane from the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC), owns the lodge. Initially Mamasi owned Toro Lodge before selling it to BDC last year.Mamasi Investment is owned by a Nata...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
BOCCIM boss impressed with 12th NBC
The conference, whose theme was "Interrogating Implementation: Why is it a Challenge?" was held at Adansonia Hotel in Francistown this past week. "The conference went exceptionally well and the delegates did the theme justice," she gushed. She said...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Africa wary of ICC 's investigation
The United States of America (US) is not party to Statute of the Court. There were allegations of serious war crimes committed against suspects who were detained in detention camps scattered in Europe and elsewhere on the pretext of fighting...
22 October 2012
Nurses are disgruntled
One would expect that nurses would be among the better paid and well looked-after cadres in the whole government system, but the opposite is true. Nurses are presently disgruntled and disheartened. The police, teachers, and members of the armed...
22 October 2012
ETCETERA II
So, in terms of income inequalities this country is now rated as one of the worst in the world, having somehow achieved an even worse rating than South Africa with its 400 years of nasty history. Simplistically this would seem to mean that for, let...
Sandy Grant 22 October 2012
Kingdom-0-Metre
The church of Christ like the society at large is constantly faced with challenges of a different nature. This is the essence of being as not having challenges would rob us of any growth at all. The nature of the world we live in is characterized by...
Dumi Mmualefe 22 October 2012
Issues in education
That there are serious problems in Botswana in relation to teachers misusing their positions of power to bully students, even to inflict physical damage to them, are borne out by two cases in the news this past week. One involved a student, Bogadi...
Dorcas Molefe
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Sheldon Weeks 22 October 2012
The winners code
One day an ambitious young man went to the great philosopher Socrates to seek counsel. His ambition was to become very wise; and since Socrates was considered to be one of the wisest people of his generation there was no better person to consult with...
George Chingarande 22 October 2012
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22 October 2012
Are cellphones dangerous?
Respected oncologist and professor of environmental mutagenesis, Angelo Gino Levis, and Dr Giuseppe Grasso gave evidence that electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile and cordless phones can damage cells, making tumours more likely. Some time last...
22 October 2012
Icons of Borswana
Despite losing her mother, Mmoniemang Sebokolodi at a very early age, 74-year-old Julia Molefhe has lived to become a powerful woman through her selfless work in the health sector. Molefhe, a mother and a wife, was born in Johannesburg, South Africa...
Snowy Tonoko
Correspondent 22 October 2012
Court of appeal hears Basubiya Bogosi dispute
The appeal will be heard in Gaborone on Thursday. Chika has appealed a High Court decision that affirmed the minister's appointment of Ishmael Nkokwena as the deputy chief of Parakarungu. The Kgosi Kgolo wanted the post to go to Moffat Mwezi. At the...
Victor Muyakwabo
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Mangadi, the Palapye prophet
Some consider the young man to be a true prophet of God, while others say he is just a charlatan, a fly-by-night who will disappear as quickly as he came. The 29-year-old preacher and founder of Heavenly Garrison Ministries who has turned the...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 22 October 2012
JCI-Botswana launches enterprise development model
The model will be launched during the organisation's two-day 16th National Convention, scheduled for October 26-27 in Gaborone. Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Dr Gloria Somolekae is expected to speak at the...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Floods hit Tlokweng
Scores of homes at Lesunyaneng Ward and Nkaikela Ward in Tlokweng were soon standing in flood waters following downpours that started midday to late in the afternoon. The Monitor team observed rapid flowing water from the direction of ...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe & Kabo Mpaetona
Staff Writers 22 October 2012
BR houses unsafe for occupants
Some of the houses, which have never been repaired in the past 10 years or more, are literally on their last leg and could cave in at any moment while others have been abandoned altogether. The abandoned structures have now turned into havens for...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 22 October 2012
Alliance francaise hosts berry heart album launch
The young and talented artist has always left the audience clapping and asking for more every time she performs.She uses her talent; unique dance moves and poetic rhythms to convey different messages to the public. Berry Heart (real name)...
22 October 2012
Unhappy army
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has admitted that it has been deducting 50 percent from soldiers' commuted allowances. The BDF justified the action by telling lawyers representing 200 current and former soldiers that the deductions are necessary to...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
133 prisoners circumcised
Speaking at a press briefing, Dr Rachel Seleka revealed that so far 133 inmates have undergone circumcision at their clinics."So far we have at least 133 inmates from Gaborone, Moshupa and Molepolole prisons circumcised since April last year but we...
Keobonye Majatsie
Correspondent 22 October 2012
LEA and MoESD join forces
"Botswana can thus no longer afford to train students for employment, but should focus on producing graduates who will create employment opportunities through self-employment and entrepreneurial ventures," Matome said in Gaborone last week. He was...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
BOSASNet on the brink of closing down
I was excited because it was starting to look as though Botswana was finally going in the right direction in terms of offering varied and appropriate assistance to addicts and alcoholics in serious need of help. Alas, if BOSASNet doesn't get the...
Tuduetso Tebape
Correspondent 22 October 2012
From one combi to multi-million empire
The Monitor: What does the Presidential Award for Meritorious Service mean to you?AT&T: It means that my efforts (from a business & social perspective) together with my wife, Talita and employees of AT&T Monnakgotla Group of Companies are...
22 October 2012
BlueSky Airways in historic flying mission
A year in the making, BlueSky operates the first ever registered Boeing in Botswana.Additionally, it was a historical moment for Francistown, as the aircraft is the first Boeing 737-200 to land at Francistown Airport where it landed with a...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Another school burns in Maun
Maun police commander, Superintendent Kenanao Badumetse told The Monitor that a home economics laboratory at Tsodilo secondary was burnt on Thursday. The fire also razed the adjoining science lab which nevertheless was not seriously...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 22 October 2012
Bling bling pastor here
The expensive dinner is a prelude to Uebert Angel's forthcoming "Botswana Miracle Night," scheduled for Friday at the University of Botswana Stadium from 5pm.The dinner hosted by Uebert of Spirit Embassy comes hardly a month after his brother and...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Mobile phones can kill - Italian court rules
Respected oncologist and professor of environmental mutagenesis, Angelo Gino Levis, gave evidence for Innocente Marcolini - along with neurosurgeon Dr Giuseppe Grasso. They said electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile and cordless phones...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Shebeens beat the law with a jar
The move to curb the sale of Chibuku in non-designated areas was viewed by government as a way of bringing morals in the society. The brews, especially Chibuku, were believed to be the driving force behind the decay of morals in the...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 22 October 2012
Obama hits back in fiery second debate with Romney
Obama, perceived to have lost their first encounter, came out swinging on the economy, tax and foreign policy.Snap polls after the debate suggested Obama "won" the contest, although by a narrower margin than his opponent was perceived to have won the...
22 October 2012
Rwanda defence chief leads DR Congo rebels, UN report says
The confidential report, leaked to Reuters agency, says Uganda is also backing the M23 rebels, who have been fighting the DRC's army since April. The document builds on a UN report published in June, which accused Rwanda of supporting the...
22 October 2012
Egypt's highest court slams constitutional panel
"The proposed text gives the president the right to appoint the chairman and members of the court," said court chairman Maher al-Beheiry, adding that this allows the president to interfere in its work."Last year we finally got an amendment that does...
22 October 2012
Syria remainsdefiant despite new EU sanctions
The EU has agreed to impose assets freeze and travel bans on additional 28 Syrian individuals and two firms at a meeting of EU foreign ministers, bringing the number of individuals blacklisted by EU countries to 181 and the number of companies to 54....
22 October 2012
Death toll in Kenya's Mombasa security raid rises to 3
Regional police commander Aggrey Adoli told a news conference in Mombasa on Wednesday that two terror suspects had earlier been killed in the dawn security crackdown on suspected Al-Shabaab militants in the coastal city.He said eight policemen who...
22 October 2012
Nigeria's Maiduguri shaken by Boko Haram blasts
Lt Col Sagir Musa told the BBC the multiple attacks targeted locations used by the joint military task force in the city, the Islamists' base.He said three militants had died but denied reports that at least 10 people, including soldiers, were...
22 October 2012
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