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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 23 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...
23 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...
23 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 23 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 23 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...
23 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 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 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 23 January 2013
As I see it
Democracy is defined as 'government of the people by the people for the people.' The definition was formulated by Abe Lincoln former president of the US. Correctly interpreted democracy is posited as a public good, essential and basic to our freedom...
23 January 2013
A sonnet for Rampholo Molefhe
One could loosely think of three or so generations of writers and print journalists who became household names around that time - starting with the first generation of writers, who were active from the 1970s onwards, and were by and large linked to...
KAGISO SENTHUFHE 23 January 2013
Explosive T20 local league on the cards
The league has been organised to provide as many practice games as possible for representative cricketers of Botswana prior to the nation's involvement in the ICC Africa Division 1 T20 Qualifiers which is to be held in Uganda from February 22 to...
STAFF WRITER 23 January 2013
Zambia, Nigeria make stuttering starts
Nigeria, seeking their third title and their first since 1994, will also have to improve after outsiders Burkina Faso snatched a dramatic 1-1 draw with the last kick of the game at the Mbombela Stadium. Nigerian coach, Stephen Keshi, whose side were...
23 January 2013
Mpote scoffs at five-match ultimatum
A source within management said the former Miscellaneous XI coach has been given the next five games to prove himself. The club's public relations officer (PRO), Kebaboni Morewagae would not be drawn into commenting on the issue, saying his focus is...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 January 2013
BRU league to start in March
BRU president Bob Lekan told Mmegi Sport in an interview this week that the league will commence after the union's annual general meeting scheduled for February 23. He explained that the plan of action for the year will be endorsed by the general...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 23 January 2013
TAFIC face six months suspension
The Francistown side took five players to their league game against Motlakase Power Dynamos in Selebi-Phikwe on December 19, forcing match officials to call off the match. The cash-strapped side will now answer two charges with the first being...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 January 2013
Bali drugs: Death sentence for Briton Lindsay Sandiford
Lindsay Sandiford was arrested in May last year after Bali police, carrying out a routine customs check, found 4.8 kilograms (10.6lb) of cocaine in the lining of her suitcase. Sandiford, whose last UK address was in Gloucestershire, said she was...
23 January 2013
Deadly car bombings strike around Iraqi capital, Baghdad
In one attack, a car packed with explosives exploded near an army checkpoint in the town of Mahmoudiya, south of the capital, killing five. Shortly after, a car bomb was detonated in the northern Baghdad suburb of Taji, claiming six lives, officials...
23 January 2013
Netanyahu seeks re-election as Israel goes to polls
Polls suggest Netanyahu's Likud-Beitenu alliance has lost ground to a new right-wing rival, Habayit Hayehudi. However, the ultra-nationalist party is still likely to join a coalition led by Netanyahu. First results are expected overnight, although...
23 January 2013
Philippines 'to take South China Sea row to court'
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said the decision came after Manila had exhausted "almost all political and diplomatic avenues" to resolve the maritime dispute with Beijing. He said he hoped arbitration would help bring a "durable solution" to...
23 January 2013
Four million global job cuts in 2012, five million expected this year: ILO
The figures indicate that in these two years alone nine million people would have joined the ranks of people officially registered as unemployed and that the cost so far of the financial crisis which began five years ago is an extra 28 million people...
23 January 2013
No intent to blame or criticise government: FNB
"I believe there was a misinterpretation of our intent," chief marketing officer Bernice Samuels said. "Our focus was to galvanise the nation into helping. Our intent of the campaign was to get the nation to be inspired to work together." The...
23 January 2013
Get fit Shahrukh style with Bollywood-based workout
Named for the Hindi word for world, Doonya is the brainchild of two fitness instructors who tapped their heritage for inspiration. It draws on the infectious song and dance numbers popularised by the prolific Hindi-film industry based in Mumbai,...
23 January 2013
US churches honour Bra Hugh
The event - to honour Barack Obama’s re-election as US president - follows the one in 2009 when Obama assumed office. Masekela performed a musical tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the black-tie event held at The Grand Hyatt in...
23 January 2013
D-Nices album out now
The Tlokweng born woman rose to fame in 2010 when she was a contestant on My Star. The judges were a bit hard on the aspiring artist and told her that she was not likely to become a star. D-Nice did not let the critical words deter her...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 23 January 2013
US rapper Lecrae exhibits Botswana to the world
Scenes of Botswana can be seen in the Grammy nominated Hip hop gospel artist’s video for Tell the World. Leading light, Lecrae Moore’s latest video is taken from a single that makes up part of his sizzling new release, Gravity. Sir...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 23 January 2013
War crimes court hears Taylor's appeal
Appeals judges are to listen to arguments both from prosecutors demanding a heavier sentence and from the former strongman's lawyers calling for his sentence to be quashed or reduced. The hearing is to begin at 10:00 am at the Special Court for...
23 January 2013
DR Congo rebels impose new leaders and taxes
The rebel Movement of March 23 (M23) controls part of the Rutshuru region, a unstable territory rich in minerals and agricultural produce, which borders on Rwanda and Uganda. Both countries are accused by the United Nations of backing M23, but they...
23 January 2013
Levelling the playing field with Competition Authority
Batswana now know that there is a Competition Authority (the investigator/prosecutor) and a Competition Commission (the adjudicator). The honeymoon for both the Authority and the Commission is long gone. Through various media channels, there...
Thula Kaira 23 January 2013
PrimeTime eyes Zambian property acquisition
PrimeTime Property Holdings' executives said that negotiations for the "relatively small acquisition," had been concluded and the deal's finalisation was only pending regulatory and financial approvals. In their 2012 Annual Report released in...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 23 January 2013
'Live cattle exports to Zim resume next month'
Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Permanent Secretary Micus Chimbombi said this in a meeting with farmers here, during which the Ngamiland beef farmers condemned the BMC for failure to find reliable markets for their FMD affected cattle. The farmers...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 23 January 2013
Davos: Why isn't education higher up on the agenda?
On the face of it, there should be little need to make the business case for education. It is intrinsically tied to all positive development outcomes. Economic growth, health, nutrition and democracy are all boosted by quality schooling. If all...
PAULINE ROSE 23 January 2013
Elderly man found dead in swimming pool pit
Jorowe said family members of the senior citizen who reside in Madikwe ward in Tutume explained that the man went missing on Saturday night. In the early hours of Sunday morning they went out to search for him only to later identif a human body...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 23 January 2013
Why isn't Angie the new Manto?
They do have an awful lot in common. Both instantly recognisable by a single name. Both spectacularly bad at their jobs. Under Angie, we've embraced chronic and possibly terminal mediocrity. Manto was held responsible for the 365 000 premature...
SARAH BRITTEN 23 January 2013
Mmualebe
Ka go bona e kete e tlaa re fa go ntse go tsweletse tshimo e, e tlhaetse bana megopo, Mma Morwadi o bua le Rra Morwadi gore, a ga ba ka ke ba oketsa ditema gore e re mo letsemeng le le tlang, ba leme mo go golwane. Rra Morwadi o bona se...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 23 January 2013
Dada/Patriot saga threatens media freedoms
It is said the printer owned by ruling party treasurer, Satar Dada declined to print The Patriot on grounds that it had a story deemed to be unflattering to the chicken business of the businessman-cum-politician. Dada owns not just the print press...
EDITOR 23 January 2013
Selefu 23 January 2013
23 January 2013
Our Heritage
An increasing number of Batswana we were told at the Zanzibar Oasis are now booking in there. But is the place increasingly popular as a 'get away from it all' retreat or because it has unusual access to the Limpopo? There may not be a straight...
Sandy Grant 23 January 2013
Bobirwa: A mystifying potpourri of conundrum and tourist lure
Bobirwa region has been hard hit by a saddening spell of drought that saw some residents losing their cattle. Granted that cattle farming is the mainstay of the Bobirwa economy this has reduced many families to indigence. The situation is exemplified...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 23 January 2013
BMWU elects new committee at BCL mine
The committee, which is expected to be in office for the next four years, replaces the old branch committee that was elected in 2009. Speaking during the handover event on Monday, the committee chairperson Norman Kelaotswe said they are...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 23 January 2013
Inside the BOTEC drama
Following a Cabinet directive to liquidate both BOTEC and RIPCO B and merge them into one entity, 51 employees went jobless and their efforts to salvage better exit packages are starting to look hopeless. Mosimaneotsile explained in an interview...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 23 January 2013
Tough new Press law commences in April
The Act provides for the creation of the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), a single regulatory body, which will oversee the communications sector in Botswana. It will also provide for the merging of the National Broadcasting Board...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 23 January 2013
Thamaga, Ngwaketse landboards suspend applications
The Thamaga Sub-Landboard stopped receiving applications for land use in August last year to deal with pending applications that have breached the 40,000 mark, while in Ngwaketse the authorities are surveying the land first to ensure orderly...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE and
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondents 23 January 2013
Letlhakane toddler drowns in swimming pool
Superintendent Loeto Ramabokwa said they received a call from a man at 7pm hours on Sunday informing them that his son had drowned in a swimming pool. According to Ramabokwa the incident reportedly occurred a few hours earlier when the boy was...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 23 January 2013
Nchindo in fresh bid to reclaim seized land
Young Nchindo is fighting to have the then Regional Magistrate Lot Moroka forfeiture order against Plot 55720, dubbed Setlhoa Village, overturned. Making their submissions before Court of Appeal judges yesterday, his Attorney, Craig Webster, said...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE 23 January 2013
How recent rains left families homeless
The families, most of whom are unemployed and live in mud huts roofed with iron sheets, are now pleading with Good Samaritans to come to their rescue, especially with shelter. A single mother of seven, Oteng Molepo (35), stood before her...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 23 January 2013
Former BDF deputy commander found guilty
Tiroyamodimo was charged with driving a motor vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drinks or drugs contrary to Section 46 (2) of the Road Traffic Act. On Count 2, failure to provide breath specimen, contrary to Section 47 of the Road Traffic Act and...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 23 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 24 January 2013
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