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Project syndcate
WASHINGTON, DC - One of the greatest challenges that US President Barack Obama will face in his second term is Iran's pursuit of advanced nuclear technologies. While a nuclear Iran would damage America's strategic position in the Middle East, action...
Geoffrey Kemp
John Allen Gray 08 January 2013
The return of the Chosen One, Cyril Ramaphosa
In possibly the most historic moment in South Africa, broadcast all over the world, Nelson Mandela returned to his people, walking out of Victor Verster prison in Paarl in February 1990, clasping Winnie's hand, his right fist in the air. In that...
08 January 2013
'No longer politics as usual'
Once again, the ceaseless march of time continues as another year draws to a close. Ordinarily, the nation should be united in celebration. The sad reality of our country, however, is that there is painfully very little to celebrate. The...
08 January 2013
Mixed year for teachers
As the curtain closes on 2012 the Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU) reminisces the year that was awash with trials and tribulations in the Teaching Sector. In this article that marks the end of 2012, we take educators and members down memory...
08 January 2013
The problem with 'Mayan end-time'
But Africa is where it all began according to most anthropologists; it is the cradle of humankind. If so, why shouldn't the continent also hold secrets relating to mankind's demise? Indeed, in his newly-released e-book They Came From the Sky...
08 January 2013
Clubs get down to business as transfer window opens
Exactly a week after the opening of the January transfer window, the Botswana Premier League (BPL) office has not facilitated any transfer of players let alone received a request for such. The BPL office, which will be open for business on January...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Zebras date Angola in SA
The Angolan team is already in South Africa, hosts to this year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, and has invited the Zebras for a preparatory match.Palancas Negras, as the Angolans are affectionately known, will use the match to finalise their...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 08 January 2013
BAA raps Amos over indiscipline
In their first press conference of the year yesterday, the BAA executive committee said although they could not confirm some allegations levelled against the athlete, Amos has become difficult to manage.The association said it was not even aware of...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
UB stadium fees hiked to P30,000
All along, the three clubs which have been the main users of the facility, have paid P10, 000 per game, but the university has written a letter to the clubs notifying them of the increase. Botswana Football Association (BFA) acting chief executive...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 08 January 2013
Back stage
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) is showing on Tuesday January 8th, 2013 only at the Gaborone Film Society at 7 pm in the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is the first of four films to start the New Year by the two great film directors...
Sasa Majuma 08 January 2013
Gender equality now
The exhibit of the top 100 was held in dozens of countries around the world, all opening on December 10th.This is the second such exhibit to arrive in Gaborone. The 2011 show on the Right to Education was held at Alliance Francaise. The 2011 event...
SASA MAJUMA
Correspondent 08 January 2013
2012/2013 Boosta Bash a big flop!
Party goers complained about the venue chosen for the Boosta Bash this year, poor sound quality and even the artists' line up which many said consisted of too many international acts. More complaints focused on the fact that promoters of the show...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 08 January 2013
Botswana music legend dies
Kgosiemang said: "As we speak, I am on my way to Molepolole and it is only when I come back that I will have further details concerning the passing on of Stampore."A guitarist of repute, Stampore rose to fame in the 80's through Radio...
MPHO TLALE
STAFF WRITER 08 January 2013
Sacked Honduras ambassador apologises for wild party
Carlos Rodriguez, who was sacked by the Honduran foreign ministry, apologised but also said he had been away on holiday at the time.An investigation is underway into reports that two alleged prostitutes were at the party on 20 December.Laptop...
08 January 2013
Delhi gang rape suspects appear in India court
Security outside the building is tight. The case is expected to be transferred to a new fast-track court for trial.The hearing comes as four Indian policemen have been suspended over the handling of another suspected rape and murder case near...
08 January 2013
Bahrain rejects jailed opposition activists appeal
This was their last possible chance of getting their convictions overturned, their defence lawyers said.Some of the activists received life sentences after being convicted of plotting to overthrow the state.Bahrain has been wracked by unrest since...
08 January 2013
South Africa boosts presence in Central African Republic
An estimated 200 South African troops are already in the CAR to train army personnel, under a defence agreement.South African Jacob Zuma’s office said 400 troops would be deployed in total.The Sekela rebels - who have halted their offensive on...
08 January 2013
Okavango readies for diamond sales launch
The announcement follows the appointment of Toby Frears to the position of managing director in August 2012."These appointments mark a significant step forward for the company as we prepare ODC for its commercial launch," said Jacob Thamage, the...
STAFF WRITER 08 January 2013
Stanchart targets SMEs with footprint expansion
Located at Nzano Centre, the branch was launched barely six months after the opening of another outlet at Airport Junction in Gaborone. Speaking at the opening of the branch, general manager - Integrated Shared Distribution at SCBB...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 08 January 2013
Choppies leads BSE in strong year
Stockbrokers Botswana data indicates that Choppies' share price rose from its January 26 listing level of P1.15 to close the year at P2.05, translating to an increase of 78.3 percent. The retail giant's counter reached a high of P2.10 in the third...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Chavismo after Chavez
These days, the Venezuelan government is busy preparing for the re-inauguration of the country's beloved president, Hugo Chavez, and also for his funeral. Ch‡vez, who has been in office for 14 years, was re-elected for a third time in October...
08 January 2013
Discordant development and insecurity in Africa
The good news about Africa is that many countries are now showing sustained economic growth. Not to be overlooked, however, are the persistent security dilemmas in many parts of the continent exacerbated by "discordant development." Addressing these...
08 January 2013
As I see it
The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) president, Duma Boko, dissembles revolutionary profile. He opens his end-of-year message with a quotation of V I Lenin, the 1917 Bolshevik Revolutionary leader: "We are marching in a compact group along a...
Michael Dingake 08 January 2013
Rest in Peace, Mphola
As someone said at the funeral of this icon on Sunday December 30 last year, the repertoire of Rampholo's artistic abilities was as broad as the spectrum of the endeavours that tap into human creative impulse. Because it is difficult to encapsulate...
08 January 2013
Selefu 08 January 2013
08 January 2013
Requiem for Rampholo Molefhe (1956-2012)
As Africans, we must observe the five stages of mourning for our dead people lest we carry the trauma of loss for the rest of our lives and pass unshed tears on to the next generations as “unfinished business.”Rampholo Molefhe will always...
08 January 2013
We all need a renewed lease of life - with a new heart
Matthews 15:18-19 should guide me, you, parents, policy makers, the entire nation. The scripture reads, "But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery,...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Suicide, murder mar festive season
The Botswana Police Service (BPS) has revealed that three persons committed suicide in Molapowabojang during the period. Still in the same village, two men were arrested for murder while an old man died from what is suspected to be a heart...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Woman disappears at phane harvest
According to the Acting Station Commander, Assistant Superintendent Mopedi Moipolai, the woman went missing on December 28 around Sesulela cattle post. There are so far no leads into the woman's whereabouts and police investigations are still...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Chadibe chief makes fresh claim to disputed ward
CHADIBE: It was a function organised by village authorities to celebrate the origin and history of Chadibe at the village's main kgotla on December 29. However, they may have stirred a hornet's nest and consequently broken an uneasy truce with their...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 08 January 2013
Forensic report a mountain too high for DPP
Since the case was reported late last year the Forensic Department has not yet provided the Directorate Public Prosecutions with the forensic report. However, state prosecutor Khumoetsile Tirelo told the court that they are determined to have the...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Woman torches BDF barracks
Details are sketchy regarding what set the woman, who is believed to be the wife of a junior army officer, off on her pyrotechnical rage. However, Mmegi is reliably informed that the woman is a Guidance and Counselling teacher at Pandagala...
RYDER GABATHUSE & LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Staff Writer Correspondent 08 January 2013
SA woman convicted of drug-peddling languishing in Botswana prison
A convicted drug peddler, Nomathemba Dlamini was travelling en route to her home country in December when Interpol arrested her in connection with another alleged drug related offence in the South American country. At the time of her arrest in...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Motlhale returns to BDP
Confirming Motlhale's re-defection yesterday, BDP secretary for publicity Macdonald Peloetletse said Motlhale was not alone in "the journey back home" as he was returning alongside the Councillor Ramotswa Central, Boiki Gaseitsiwe. He...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Urbanites maintain dominance in PSLE results
According to the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) summary report of the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC), compared to last year (2011), the proportion of candidates earning pass grades (grade A to C) in 2012, increased in nine local...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
S/Phikwe opposition councillors' "big plan" fails
Matlhogonolo triumphed over the Botswana Congress Party's Leungo Mathaio. Since the beginning of last year, opposition councilors made it clear that they intend to remove former mayor Godfrey Mbaiwa from office.They announced this plan during their...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 08 January 2013
Maun farmers ask govt to cancel P105m loan
The farmers made the call during a meeting addressed by the Ngamiland Farmers Association (NFA) on Tuesday at the Batawana Kgotla. The farmers said they cannot pay back their loans because Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has made selling cattle...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 09 January 2013
Reflections on an epistle to white people
Intrigued by what Schutte might have say to whites following a year of powerful pieces calling out and critiquing whiteness and its oppressive and arrogant hegemony, I was compelled to read on. True to form, she eruditely exposed some of the...
SEKOETLANE JACOB PHAMODI 09 January 2013
Black and white: New labels to make South Africans happy
In fact between Gillian and I have lowered the level of debate to something you'd read on that other much less intelligent riff-raff blog hosted by a big news provider. We get passionate about race and any form of categorisation in this country and...
BRENDON SHIELDS 09 January 2013
Love thy neighbour, love thy dog
In news reports on President Zuma's latest allegation against dog ownership and their treatment by black people, are a number of bizarre, and relatively normative, ideas of humans and other animals, and their relationship to each other in the new...
NADIA SANGER 09 January 2013
Mmualebe
Go na le polelo nngwe e e buang ka mosimane mongwe yo o bidiwang Keorapetse. Re utlwa fa mosimane yo a ne a golela mo lelwapeng le le neng le wetswe ke lehuma fela thata. Ga twe batsadi ba gagwe ba ne ba na le kgomo e le nngwefela fela e ba neng ba e...
Sebofo Motshwane 09 January 2013
The year is here, lets face it with renewed vigour
Some of those resolutions never exist beyond the end of the first month. However, both individually and as a nation, we would be best advised to not just reflect on our recent past but to rededicate ourselves to the future. As individual citizens it...
09 January 2013
Selefu 09 January 2013
09 January 2013
Our heitage
Palapye, most spectacularly, demonstrated both. Such has been the extent of change that I completely missed the old road to the station and hotel and ended coming at them from the wrong side of the track. What an uncanny experience! All...
Sandy Grant 09 January 2013
Man stabs lover and then ingests poison
According to Letlhakane Police Station Commander Superintendent Loeto Ramabokwa, police received a report that a 23 year-old young woman who hailed from Ditawana Cattle-post near Letlhakane was stabbed three times with a knife on December 26. "The...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 09 January 2013
Court waives bail for
According to the particulars of the case, Ookeditse Mabika (22), Odirile Batisani (19), Modise Mabiza (22) and Itumeleng Mmolawa (25) broke into a dwelling house and stole a jacket worth P450 on October 24 last year. After that, the four proceeded to...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 09 January 2013
How Chadibe came into being
CHADIBE: Chadibe is a small village located approximately 25 kilometres west of Francistown and a few kilometres north of the sprawling Borolong Village on the Francistown-Orapa Road. Its 5,000 people are proud of their origins and treasure their...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 09 January 2013
Magistrate refuses to try suspect
Robert Chatayika from Zimbabwe, is alleged to have muttered the words "I am going to kill you with my bare hands" to his landlord on October 8, 2012 in Tlokweng. Chatayika, who seemed restless, appeared in court cuffed and shackled due to his...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 09 January 2013
We were prepared for MALEPA - BEC
The BEC executive secretary Dr Serara Moahi said at a media briefing yesterday that the delays emanated from technical glitches, specifically network issues and system bugs. Throughout the whole process, from registering candidates to entering data...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 09 January 2013
Serial rapist on the loose in S/Phikwe
Selebi-Phikwe Police Station Commander Superintendent Victor Nlebesi has appealed to women in the mining town to keep away from secluded places and walking unaccompanied. He revealed that all the victims offered the same description of the...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 09 January 2013
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