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What would Biko do?
In Melville, the empty storefronts and forlorn "To Let" signs say more about the state of the economy than the gloomy economic outlook numbers currently in circulation. At the cusp of the changing fortunes of the South African economy, Melville is...
06 March 2013
How Journalists approach stories and reinforce stereotypes
Having worked as a journalist for 33 years and having taught journalism and analysed the processes and performance of journalism for the last five, it is very revealing watching and analysing the development of major stories. There have been...
06 March 2013
Project syndicate
NEW HAVEN: Apparently, policymakers at the Federal Reserve are having second thoughts about the wisdom of open-ended quantitative easing (QE). They should. Not only has this untested policy experiment failed to deliver an acceptable economic...
Stephen S. Roach 06 March 2013
Requiem to the genius - maetros of our time
I have been so obstinately associated with politics that I as well visit inadequate regard to the fact that music makes the better of me. Four of Botswana's human monuments have hitherto passed on recently and I thank those who aired their...
06 March 2013
Upgraded to crowdedness?
When I arrived in Botswana in January 1979, the first upgrading project for Old Naledi was well under way.Canadian CIDA funded the project consultants. In charge was a team headed by John van Nostrand from Canada. The project started around 1977/78...
06 March 2013
Holding MPs to account
Promises were made in 2009 when our present stock of Members of Parliament (MPs) asked people to put them in Parliament. Almost all of them based their appeals on bringing development to their respective areas. But another general election is...
06 March 2013
Dr Moitoi's - little is said about the positive side of The Minister
Upon entering the office everything is upside down, the room has not been swept for the past three years, cabinets are not labelled and to make matters worse no budget for equipment to clean the mess". This of course is a figurative imagination which...
06 March 2013
ETCETERA II
Even so, there has been time, it seems, for the government to indulge in what some may regard as the frivolous or others, as downright ridiculous. I refer to the article in the Weekend Post of 1st March headlined, 'Botswana Bars Foreigners from...
Sandy Grant 06 March 2013
Kingdom-0-metre
(Psalm 24:1) Botswana still belongs to God. As a high school student at Moeding College I read among others a book entitled: "This Fall Apart!" When the centre cannot hold there is no way there can be a sense of equilibrium. There are times...
Dumi Mmualefe 06 March 2013
Issues in education
How many more must die before these problems are confronted and resolved? It also causes parents not to enrol their children in school. Some examples were given last week in Issues. Education systems around the world tend to sweep under the desk the...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 06 March 2013
The winners code
Knowing that my knowledge of the German language was zero, I made every effort to muster the directions before I left the hotel. I studied the maps as well as the train timetables and the names of the different stations. The challenge that I faced...
George Chingarande 06 March 2013
South Africa and that Time cover
The general consensus is that the piece, which draws a link between Pistorius's shooting of Reeva Steenkamp and the endemic violence that characterises our national culture, is poor journalism and full of unfair generalisation."The new South Africa...
SARAH BRITTEN 06 March 2013
Corruption destroys political legitimacy
Everywhere you look you can sense "something is wrong".No doubt, over the last 23 years since the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990, we have produced bright and charismatic leaders. Many have risen to international stature and are...
SANDILE MEMELA 06 March 2013
As I see It
It is more than two months since we celebrated Christmas - the birth of Jesus Christ. With the passage of time, Christmas has undergone a myriad of phases: the calendar day of celebration, the culture and style of celebration, the popular attire of...
Michael Dingake 06 March 2013
Difofane still in financial doldrums
Difofane continues to suffer from the corporate world rejection as the club is failing to clinch a sturdy sponsorship deal despite noticeable signs of growing response from companies in terms of pouring money into sports. Madala Madala, Difofane...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 06 March 2013
Sport View sends quartet to SA's Yellow Pages
The ambitious club had to chip in after it emerged the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) had no funds to take the athletes to Potchefstroom. Pako Seribe (400 metres), high jumper Kabelo Kgosiemang, Isaac Seoke (800 metres) and Tlotlo Kebinakgabo...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 06 March 2013
BNSC awards to be held in June
The awards are estimated to cost P3 million. However, next year's edition will be moved back to the usual dates.This year the awards also move back to the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) from Boipuso Hall. The event was moved from...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
Reikeletseng defends taking Games to F/town
Reikeletseng was responding to a question from the media on whether Francistown was ready to host this year's Botswana Games.There was concern that the previous games held in Gaborone faced challenges amongst them transport and accommodation and that...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
U-17 heavy loss triggers alarm
With just over a month before the youth spectacle kicks off in Morocco, the Young Zebras were expected to have already hit their groove but it turns out not, according to coach Kagiso 'Kaizer' Kobedi. Speaking to Mmegi Sport in an interview from...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
Artists to get royalties for content played on Yarona fm
The station says that it started paying royalties in the last quarter of 2012. Yarona fm Station Manager Owen Rampha explained that they had always been aware of the need for royalties to be paid to artists, highlighting that royalties are...
STAFF WRITER 06 March 2013
Mapetla, Skazzo, Leco, P-Mag for Maun
According to Lecco, part of the proceeds from the festival, which features kwaito heavyweights Mapetla, Skazzo and P-Mag as well as DJs Selector and Seven (Chris Manto7) will be donated to Ditsele Trust Fund (DTF).DTF is a non-profit organisation...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
Team Distant takes Botswana by storm
In an interview with Kgolagano Pukka Entaile, the manager and Aaron Riise Motlhabani, one of the group members, blew their own horns, continuously emphasising that they are headed for greater heights.Pukka says that the name Team Distant is derived...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 06 March 2013
Ghetto Waves to perform in Zambia
Scheduled to take place from April 24 to 27, the prestigious April International Theatre Festival (AITF), which has been organised by the Zambian theatre group, will be held in at the Lusaka Playhouse near the Holiday Inn, off Independence...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 06 March 2013
Syria crisis: Raqqa governor held by rebels 'as city falls'
Amateur video said to be from Raqqa appeared to show Hassan Jalili and another senior ruling party official seated among jubilant armed fighters.The takeover of Raqqa would mark a major gain for the rebels in their two-year fight against the regime....
06 March 2013
Berlusconi accused of running "prostitution ring"
Berlusconi, 76, is on trial for abuse of power and soliciting an underage prostitute, Karima el-Mahroug, also known as Ruby Rubacuori (Ruby Heart Stealer). Now 20, el-Mahroug was a guest of late-night parties at Berlusconi's when she was 17 and he...
06 March 2013
Ramphele gives nod to electoral reform
"Announcing the Agang initiative two weeks ago, I made electoral reform Agang's top priority for Parliament after the 2014 election," Ramphele said in a statement."Agang is still developing the detail of our policy, but the fundamental principle...
06 March 2013
Vatican, Iran, Russia resist UN efforts to stop violence against women
More than 6, 000 non-government groups are registered at the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women, one of the biggest events held at the UN headquarters, which regularly turns into a diplomatic battle.This year's meeting has been made more...
06 March 2013
Baby's HIV cure still in its infancy, scientists caution
In a medical first for an infant, the Mississippi toddler was born in July 2010 infected with HIV, treated within 30 hours of delivery with aggressive HIV therapy, which continued for 18 months.She is now considered cured of her infection, a team of...
06 March 2013
Nigeria building a city from the sea
The massive project taking shape along the coast will see a new, privately run city built on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean. However, the Dubai-like project, called Eko Atlantic, is not without controversy since it will be privately...
06 March 2013
BMC in drive to develop feedlot industry
BMC Francistown abattoir plant manager, Bosiela Saudu said told the press last week that currently they dependent on the South African market but they want to easily meet the requirements of the lucrative EU market. "We want to expand our market so...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
Levelling the playing field with Competition Authority
A competitive market environment is characterised by free flow of information involving producers, distributors and consumers of goods and services. Competition policy and its law is concerned about any information exchange that amounts to a...
06 March 2013
Trade deficit swells to record P16bn
Preliminary trade data from Statistics Botswana indicate that merchandise imports in 2012 amounted to P61.4 billion, exceeding exports which were valued at P45.5 billion. Last year's trade imbalance represented the fifth year of rolling trade...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
Anglo wins Mmamabula coal licences tender
The blocks are endowed with about 700 million tonnes of coal. Floated last June, the tender is part of recommendation of the Coal Road Map, the government's blueprint for maximising returns and monetisation of the country's estimated 212 billion...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
BONU calls for hiring of more nurses
"The fact that there are no vacancies means that no money has been budgeted for to pay extra nurses. But if the DPSM could create more vacancies, more nurses would come in and the shortage would be addressed," he said.He believes that some nurses...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
Moruti Derek Jones (1927-2013)
Derek Jones arrived in Botswana in 1954, accompanied by his newly married wife, Joan, to take up the post of district superintendent of the London Missionary Society (LMS) in Maun. He might then have assumed or perhaps even wished that his role would...
06 March 2013
Crossroads
Some said it is not a well considered opinion, but I am back with it and saying you just might eat humble pie now that the truth is coming out: the US Embassy has been said by Minister Kitso Mokaila to have refused to have an independent regulatory...
Lawrence Ookeditse 06 March 2013
Mmualebe
Go utlwala fa metshameko e, e ne e le fa gare ga ditlhopha dingwe tse di tona tsa mono gae, tse bangwe ba di bitsang mekaloba. Go ya ka polelo e Mmualebe a e badileng, ditlhopha tse e ne e le Gaborone United e lebaganye le Nico United. Township...
Sebofo Motshwane 06 March 2013
Parents stand up,be counted
Recently, in this space we expressed our shock at the disastrous Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) results. After the release of the JCE there was too much finger pointing and blame game. The Minister of Education and Skills...
06 March 2013
Selefu 06 March 2013
06 March 2013
KDC launches website
www.kgatlengdc.gov.bw carries latest news feeds, vacancies, tenders and development projects at KDC. Motshwari Maphalala, deputy council secretary (finance and administration) said the website will improve communication and interaction with the...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 06 March 2013
North East schools grapple with shortage of stationery
They suspect that this could be a contributory factor in the dismal performance of learners in most schools in the district. Councillors who spoke to Mmegi said shortage of school stationery is a major problem in the North East. In Tsamaya...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 06 March 2013
BNFYL president shocked at 'ouster'
The Kgatleng District Council (KDC) chairman told Mmegi, "we have never agreed that he should act". Selala reportedly announced at a recent press conference that former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema and...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 06 March 2013
Our heritage
The idea does seem to replicate so many other initiatives that have popped up in recent years - which appear to represent a need for this very new country to catch up or even match those which are so much older. The idea is, of course, a touch...
Sandy Grant 06 March 2013
Body found hanging from a tree
He said the body had decayed so badly that it could not be taken to a mortuary. Jorowe said the incident was reported on Monday after a boy saw the body hanging from a tree as he was looking for goats."After receiving the report, we rushed to the...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 06 March 2013
Community health workers on the spot over blindness
Deborah Motsilenyane, a government principal health officer has said some of the workers were trained to create awareness about strategies to prevent eye problems and blindness but failed to perform the task because they lacked commitment. As a...
ZOLANI KRAAI
Correspondent 06 March 2013
Marshal rubbishes De Graaff report
He came close to calling the probe an abuse of taxpayers' funds. He said he was called before the task team and made a 30-minute powerpoint presentation and addressed the team for more than 1 hour 30 minutes. He also submitted several documents to...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
BGSCE results portend danger for Botswana
Though the recently released Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGSCE) results are said to have improved by a slight 1.4 percent, thanks to the 32.4 percent (65, 798) candidates who got grade C or better, as compared to 2011's 31...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 06 March 2013
Four-year-old twin transferred to Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital
The twins are said to have been trapped inside a house when the fire broke out. They were saved by a man who chopped down the door to gain access to them. The heroic taxi driver who rescued the children, Moemedi Mokgwathi said he simply threw caution...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 06 March 2013
MP challenges Matambo on Eurex
The legislator suggested that the failure may be due to the fact that the minister is possibly related to some of the beneficiaries. He said that according to the Eurex website before it was shut down, one of the beneficiaries of the scheme shares a...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 06 March 2013
DRTS caution against foreign number plates
Vehicles that are bought from Asia and Europe have flooded Botswana roads and they bear foreign numbers. DRTS spokesperson, Amos Motshegwa told Mmegi this week that they are concerned about the high number vehicles that are being driven on the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 06 March 2013
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