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Villagers sum burial society's wisdom
Villagers here have reflected this supportive spirit and have come together to run a burial society, which has been in existence since 2001. On Saturday, scores of villagers, including those from neighbouring settlements like Makobo, Borolong and...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Education crisis: Urgent measures needed
Gabriel Ishaan Mogome: The government, the teachers and most of all the parents should all learn a lesson from the just released results, they should all work together so that the education in our country could improve because definetly there is no...
18 January 2013
Generic HIV drugs 'cheaper but less effective'
Soon-to-be available generic medicines could save the US health care system nearly $1 billion a year, they say in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. But trial data suggests generic drugs might be slightly less effective. And they require...
18 January 2013
Musanani Burial Society members swearit is the panacea for dignified burial
In Ghana they make flamboyant designs of coffins. The hearses could be models of aeroplanes, houses, ships, vehicles or anything that the deceased was known to love or have, especially in abundance. In Botswana, some funerals assume acarnival...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Abramovich finds money can't buy Guardiola's love
That might sound surprising, given that Roman Abramovich had twice recently asked Pep Guardiola to name his price to bring all that pizzazz for which his Barcelona team were renowned to this corner of south-west London. Yet as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge...
18 January 2013
Wells out to topple BDF IX
The league resumes this weekend, but teams will complete the first round fixtures before going into the second round of the season next month. Botswana Softball Association (BSA) competitions organiser, Renny Molete said the next two weekends will...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Off the field
Name: Gontse SecheleD.O.B: 20-07-85P.O.B: FrancistownSport: Body buildingMmegi Sport: What is your favourite place outside the field of play?Sechele: I love to relax at homeMmegi Sport: What is your favourite holiday destination?Sechele: I do...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 18 January 2013
First cut
By the look of things 2013 is starting with a bang and much controversy. The indiscipline and 'unprofessionalism' of the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) stands out as the peak of the kick-off of the sporting year. The association without shame...
Dennis Keagile 18 January 2013
BFA irks Gabonamong again
The allowances include an appearance fee in the region of P2, 000, camping allowance of about P1, 200 and a travel allowance of P1, 000. The remaining P3, 500 is the appearance fee paid by the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC). Indications are...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 18 January 2013
First Division North hit hard by shortage of referees
One such game in which officials of other teams had to rescue the situation was between TASC and Two Two Five game in Francistown where TAFIC coach, Dominic Changwe was the middleman. Another game where an official of another team had to officiate...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Expected deluge threatens sports activities
The Meteorological Services Department has warned of heavy rains in excess of 50mm, enough to disrupt sporting activities. Mochudi Centre Chiefs spokesperson Clifford Mogomotsi whose side will play Gaborone United (GU) in the inaugural Super Cup,...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
BR Highlanders' foreign trio shown the door
Coach Teenage Mpote, who last year promised to bounce back with a bang during the second round of the season, is focused on strengthening every department with quality players. But Highlanders' team manager, Witness Phutego professed ignorance about...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Bafana face mammoth task to emulate class of 96
In 1996, South Africa, then the host nations, won the Africa Cup for the first time. South Africa became the first Southern African nation to win the Africa Cup of Nations, which had always been dominated by North and West African...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Zebras' 12 months of horror
The latest FIFA/ Coca-Cola World rankings released yesterday show Botswana ranked 35th in Africa out of 54 nations, and 124th in the world. Although the monthly rankings may not be the best tool for measuring a team's actual performance, the Zebras...
FREDERICK KRBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
Southern Africa on edge as AFCON explodes into life
Almost 12 months ago, Zambia left the region drenched in success following their emotional triumph in Gabon, just a few kilometers off the coast where their colleagues perished in a plane crash in 1993. Chipolopolo emulated South Africa who won the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
First Nigerian troops to join anti-rebel operation in Mali
In total, 3,300 regional troops will be deployed in the conflict under a United Nations Security Council resolution. Chad has confirmed it will send 2,000 troops. Meanwhile French and Malian forces have started the first major ground operation...
18 January 2013
Feces transplant may help relieve severe diarrhoea: study
The study, which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved patients who had repeated bouts of diarrhea caused by a bacterium known as Clostridium difficile, which can take over the intestines after antibiotic treatment has killed off...
18 January 2013
Shabab Islamists claim to have killed French hostage
"16:30 GMT, Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Denis Allex is executed," the group said on its Twitter feed yesterday, with the report confirmed by a senior Shabab official who said the group might release audio and video of the "execution." "Audio and...
18 January 2013
More than 100 killed in Darfur gold mine battles: UN
Several North Darfur villages have been torched in the battles between rival tribes this month, and gunmen have blocked roads to prevent UN observers from getting to the region, UN spokesman, Martin Nesirky told reporters. Battles between tribes...
18 January 2013
Nationalise Amplats if it retrenches: Amcu
"If Anglo persists with the retrenchments, it's a window for government to take those mines and nationalise them," Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union president Joseph Mathunjwa told reporters in Johannesburg. "See if nationalisation...
18 January 2013
Senior investigator quits arms deal probe, questions commission's integrity
Norman Moabi, a lawyer and former acting judge from Pretoria, alleges in his letter, which was leaked to Beeld newspaper, that the commission is not being transparent and is concealing an alternative or "second agenda". Moabi says in the letter,...
18 January 2013
Obama's brother eyes top Kenya job
Malik Obama, who was best man at the US president's wedding, said his half-brother's "accomplishments" despite intense opposition had prompted him to stand as an independent candidate in Kenya's forthcoming provincial polls. If he is successful, he...
18 January 2013
Wet weekend ahead
In their forecast, the department has warned that today some places in Southern, South East, Kgatleng, Kweneng, North East and Central districts will receive heavy falls of 50 mm or more. The districts will be cloudy and mild with fairly widespread...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
UB School of Medicine problems: Another perspective
However, the arguments being advanced by the "high powered consultative meeting" - as the Weekend Post of 12-18-2013 says - betrays a dreadful fear that our communications systems are in want of a complete overhaul and our professionals too in need...
DR M.D. LECHA 18 January 2013
Regulators around the globe ground Boeing 787
Passengers evacuated a Boeing 787 operated by All Nippon Airways on Wednesday. It made an emergency landing in Japan after smoke arose in the cockpit. The directives in Europe, India and Japan followed an order on Wednesday by the US Federal Aviation...
18 January 2013
Monang resigns from BNF-YL amidst squabbles
In his resignation, Monang reportedly stated that secretary general Arafat Khan and acting vice president Tona Selala have hijacked the party and are using it to their own advantage. In his letter, Monang pointed out that another reason for his...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Mali, intervention and the enduring appeal of 'la Francafrique'
Either way, it's proof that the long and complicated relationship between France and Africa is far from over, despite what the politicians say writes SIMON ALLISON. Franafrique is dead, declared French President Francois Hollande shortly after...
18 January 2013
Serowe: A political giant in decline?
The village, which is also the headquarters of the vast and expanse central district, was established in 1902. Legend has it that the vastness of the district is attributed to the cunningness of Chief Khama III who is said to have out-witted the...
JAMES KGOSI
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Project Syndicate
These are trying times for French President Franois Hollande. Besieged economically at home, where his popularity is at its lowest since his election last year, can he regain credibility, if not support, as supreme commander of French forces? Once...
DominiqueMoisi 18 January 2013
Duma Boko, the charlatan at large
Before he calls himself a Leninist, let us call off the brewing bluff. The analogy of "compact group" from UDC vis a vis the Bolsheviks is sacrilegious. "Compact group," when the UDC's BMD elements swear on liberal ideology and its BNF...
MIKE DINGAKE 18 January 2013
Digging tswana roots
However, my findings operate in mostly unchartered territory (much like John the Baptist's 'voice of one crying in the wilderness') my writings are like the call of the shepherd straining to hear the instinctive response of his...
I.M. Leteane 18 January 2013
These results are a fraud
The question is why the nation - the affected students and their parents, in particular - should accept such a massive cockup? The reality is that because both the Ministry of Education and the Botswana Examinations Council are fundamental actors in...
EDITOR 18 January 2013
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18 January 2013
Mergers and acquisitions in the mining industry: What they mean for Botswana's development
Several years ago, a young South African trained Motswana mining official complained bitterly to me about the incomprehensible accents of those Australian mining company representatives presenting at an international mining conference in Gaborone. I...
18 January 2013
Suspected rot at the BDA as commission of enquiry hits a snag
Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, the members, dubbed Moupo's commission of enquiry, said their efforts to secure funds to assist them undertake their duties have proven futile. "Our hands are tied because we don't have money to visit the BDA...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Govt explains phane export process
This follows confusion over phane export permits that have left many Batswana stranded with loads of phane at South African border posts because they did not obtain the required permit. Obtaining the permit is subject to provisions of the...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
BMC select committee yet to submit report
This was revealed by Vice President and Mmadinare Member of Parliament, Ponatshego Kedikilwe who said the committee was expected to have submitted its findings to Parliament two months after its appointment. He explained that the committee, led by...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Chadibe stream a headache during rains
The stream, which divides the two villages has become a hazard to residents and hinders them from getting to and from work and school during the rainy season. Mmegi interviewed a few residents who live in Chadibe. According to a concerned domestic...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 18 January 2013
A reflection on 2012 examination poor JC results
The public has a vested interest in examination results because governments spend a sizeable portion of the tax payer's money as some form of investment in education. From the point of view of the public, good results signal a good return on...
SHANDUKANI T HLABANO 18 January 2013
Fear grips Selebi Phikwe following murder of taximan
The chairperson of the Selebi Phikwe Taxi Association, Bret Sanoto told Mmegi that they were now living in fear and always feeling unsafe, especially when they have to transport customers late in the evening. He noted that being a taxi driver is a...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Stock-theft accused are acquitted
The two, Mooketsi Medupi and Puisanyo Modumowamotse, were alleged to have stolen two calves at Mmamasiloanoka cattle post near Serule in the Central Administrative District on October 15, 2005. Grief could be seen all over the faces of the two men...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Moinami to represent BDP in Pilikwe elections
Moinami who hails from the village of Maape beat fellow contestants Paul Otaata, Kooletile Baleseng, Kgomo Mosiakgabo, Johan Rakumako and Bame Sesa during the primary elections held in the ward last weekend, garnering 290 votes. He was followed...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 18 January 2013
JCE crisis: Behind the body count
The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has said that even though there was constant communication between the assessment body and the curriculum division, they do not consider outside factors when setting examinations. Speaking at a press briefing...
18 January 2013
Exponential malaria outbreak hits Bobirwa
Rubanga has attributed the situation to laxity in a region which is traditionally not prone to malaria. "The area is experiencing more cases of malaria and is leading in the country because in past years, intervention was radical in Chobe and...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
Is our education system really that bad?
Things are taking a dramatic turn as something seems to have quelled the Ministry of Education and Skills Development and its sister partner Botswana Examination Council (BEC). It can only be said that it is a force so brutal that it has left many...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Book review
This is Barbara Kingsolver’s eighth novel and 14th book. She is best known for her The Poisonwood Bible (1999), a remarkable story of four sisters in the Congo, and more recently her The Lacuna (2010) on the lives of Diego Rivera...
Sheridan Griswold 18 January 2013
Back stage
This is a mature family comedy that has an edge of a satire on marriage and borders on being a romantic comedy. It is really about _ “can a stale marriage be reconstructed?” Hope Springs (eternally) stars three of America’s...
Sasa Majuma 18 January 2013
Suggie Fisher: Blossoming at home
If swinging between jazz and gospel is the reason her new album is such a top notch project, then getting ‘lost’ was a good idea after all. The contemporary gospel album is testimony of her versatility, which she credits to her jazz...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 18 January 2013
Shepherd: A Motswana make-up artist with a difference
However, the catch here is that the name is not directly pronounced the way it is written. A Herero name meaning Unity, Tuauana is pronounced (Twa-wa-na). Born 23 years ago to a Motswana mother of Herero descent and a Scottish father, Tuauana...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
Mining powers foreign investment to P26bn
According to a recently published International Monetary Fund (IMF) survey on direct investment, Luxemburg, where De Beers' holding company is based, accounted for the lion's share of foreign investment in Botswana. The Coordinated Direct Investment...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 18 January 2013
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