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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 21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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,...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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 21 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 21 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...
21 January 2013
Police V Dominate Basketball Squad
The 15-member squads for both men and women were announced on Saturday shortly after the matches against All Stars select sides were postponed to next week owing to bad weather. Botswana Basketball Association (BAA) had organised a match between the...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Weather setback to delay Softball second round
Botswana Softball Association (BSA) had set the last two weekends of January to complete the first round fixtures before going into the second round of the season next month. But only one game kicked off albeit going only as far as the fifth...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Kiwi Softball coach praises Botswana
He said the country has much potential to do even better if players trained harder. Henderson was speaking at the closing ceremony of a 12-day coaching course where 63 coaches graduated in Level One and Level Two. Half of the coaches were...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Women's Football League to be divided into two
The top seven teams will make it to the elite league dubbed the Premier League, while the bottom ones will be relegated to the First Division. This was announced on Friday when the league sponsors AT&T Monnakgotla launched playing kits for the...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
First Division North player dies in a road mishap
Club owner and coach, Onthusitse Chips Kootswele confirmed the accident to Sport Monitor in an interview yesterday.He said the accident occurred on Saturday morning as the player was travelling with four of his teammates to a league match against...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Tonota FC move out of relegation zone
TONOTA: Tonota FC slightly moved out of the relegation zone into the middle of the First Division North League 12-team log table after beating Sua Flamingoes 3-2 on Saturday. Thabo Ngake, Otsetswe Seboletswe and Edgar Seseko scored for the home side...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 21 January 2013
GU win round one of Super Cup
A goal in the dying minutes of the game by Obonwe Maome secured victory for Gaborone United as they beat Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2-1 in the first leg match of the inaugural Super Cup on Friday night. Ronald Chikomo had scored for United on the hour...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
BFA close in on SuperSport deal... but RP saga still sticky
A high-powered Botswana delegation, including BFA president, Tebogo Sebego and Premier League Chief Executive Officer, Bernard Mamelodi, met SuperSport's top officials, and made headway on the deal. However, the RP Productions saga remains a...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Food for the soul
December 1 was World AIDS Day, and it was commemorated with much excitement and fanfare equally in Botswana and around the world And rightfully so considering where we have come from since the first case of the disease when there were no...
Boitshepo Giyose 21 January 2013
Maun beauties disappoint Tops
This is despite that entertainment mogul and one of their own Tops Masole is managing the pageant this year. The much-awaited Miss Botswana beauty contest is poised at seeing poor participations at the auditions if what transpired during the scouting...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Ngoni celebrates his tapestry of confusion
Themed, Son of The Brush - the artistically endowed young man's work in progress indicates that revellers will be wowed, as it is always the case. The exhibition is billed for the National Museum for two to three weeks, starting March 19. Showtime...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Scores try their luck in My Star
Gaborone attracted more than 100 hopefuls and quite a good crowd of loyal spectators despite a P40 entry fee for audience members and P200 for those auditioning. This year's much anticipated show took its auditions to a number of places to give...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Phane Knocks Down Meat Sales In Butcheries
Phane usually competes with meat for the same market. Phane harvesting usually starts towards the end of the year and ends towards the end of January. Sales usually begin around December until early February or early March. Phane is considered to be...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Renewable Energy Expo to raise awareness
Under the theme "Increasing Energy Capacity with Sustainable renewable sources," the event will feature an impressive line-up of local and international speakers, delegates and exhibitors, who will gather to debate a new energy future for...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 21 January 2013
LEA clients succeed
Presenting the annual report last week, LEA chief executive Tebogo Matome said of the 211 clients screened this year, 191 passed and only 20 failed. "This represented a pass rate of 90,5 percent in comparison to 74 percent in the previous year....
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Project syndicate
SHANGHAI - China's economy is at a crossroads. As 2013 begins, foreign and domestic observers alike are asking which path the country's economic development should take in the next decade. How can China ensure stable and sustainable growth in the...
Zhang Monam 21 January 2013
ETCETERA II
A starting point must be that the huge mophane belt stretches from let us say, Tutume to Mathathane and from there southwards to Palapye. Let us assume that a quarter of the country's population live in this area whose only major...
Sandy Grant 21 January 2013
Kingdom-0-Metre
This is not due to the fear to lose elections because, as things are today, President Ian Khama can go smiling to the polls. That is, unless the opposition collective stops playing pride games, which though possible, is kind of improbable! Well I...
Dumi Mmualefe 21 January 2013
Issues in education
The beginning of a new school year always comes with new and renewed hopes and energies for success and progress.Schools, teachers, parents and learners are rested, refreshed and relaxed after the holidays and are looking forward to making a fresh...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 21 January 2013
The winners code
Max Ehrmann's 1927 poem Desiderata begins with the following words, "Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible; without surrender be on good terms with all persons." In the last issue...
George Chingarande 21 January 2013
We need a food safety authority
Brining is a worldwide practice, we are told, hence we have no intentions whatsoever to condemn it or try in any way to demonise it. We still do not know the circumstances that prompted the recent raids, since the police have declined to shed...
21 January 2013
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21 January 2013
Icons of Botswana
Roger John Kerrison contributed greatly towards Botswana's education system. Those who had the opportunity to work with him describe him as an honest, dedicated man who lived most of his life serving this country wholeheartedly with no regrets of...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Underage student absolves man of rape charge
FRANCISTOWN: The police are likely to institute fresh investigations into a rape case involving an underaged student after a 36 year-old man from Chadibe village was absolved of the offence. The man was accused of raping the 16-year-old Form...
Lebogang Mosikare
Correspondent 21 January 2013
Health Bill Victimises The HIV Positive - Ndadi
He said: "The Ministry of Health finds the bill which authorises doctors to mandatorily test people and if they choose to exercise their right to liberty and refuse, drag them before courts for orders compelling them to test for HIV as not coercive....
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Govt and trade unions face off in court again
Aggrieved by Dingake's judgement, government appealed the ruling seeking to overturn Dingake's decision.BOFEPUSU is an umbrella body representing Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU); the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU); the Botswana Secondary...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Gaborone to attempt fifith term
Speakingto The Monitoron Friday, ahead of the 11th meeting of the 2nd Ntlo Ya Dikgosi, Kgosi Puso said he would "gladly accept" nomination for the position if members still feel that he has the qualities to lead the house. "If a person has good...
Gothataone Moeng
taff Writer 21 January 2013
Another prison break hits Francistown
They were held in custody at the state prison near government camp and reportedly escaped from prison after destroying the prison's burglar bars. "We have launched a manhunt for the two men who escaped from prison around 2 am on Thursday. The other...
Chakalisa Dube
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
JC results authentic- BEC
Candidates who sat for the 2012 Junior Certificate Examinations (JCE) and the nation at large have no reason to doubt the validity of the recently released results, Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) Executive Secretary Dr Serara Moahi, has...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Dada flexes muscles
A printing and publishing company belonging to Satar Dada has allegedly refused to print a privately owned broadsheet newspaper, The Patriot on Sunday, after it ran a story about a raid at his poultry farm. According to reliable sources,...
Oarabile Mosikare
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Dikgosi want to see all Parley bills first
The proposal is one of the amendments dikgosi want to be made to the rules of procedure governing the house. In a wide-ranging interview with The Monitor on Friday, Kgosi Gaborone said members have set up a committee to look at areas they wish to be...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Five Mps stranded in the UK
The delegation is made up of the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in Nehemiah Modubule, Raynor Makosha, Mmoloki Raletobana, Gilbert Mangole and Robert Masitara, who is chairperson of the Parliamentary oversight committees. Speaking from...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
Police raid Dada's farm
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) treasurer and billionaire businessman Satar Dada owns the farm. A crew from Botswana Television (Btv) was also on hand to capture the drama as well as interview the farm's management chiefs. But the story never saw...
Bame Piet & Victor Muyakwabo
Staff Writers 21 January 2013
BCP bemoans poor JC results
Addressing a press conference last Friday at the Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC), the BCP secretary for public education Dr Philip Bulawa said evidence shows beyond doubt that this situation has now reached what can only be described as...
Oarabile Mosikare
Staff Writer 21 January 2013
WUC issues flood alerts for North East
The corporation advised the public in the city and surrounding areas to be careful because recent rainfall has filled the dams beyond capacity. Ever since the beginning of last week there has been non-stop heavy rainfall in the North East resulting...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 21 January 2013
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 22 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...
22 January 2013
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