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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...
08 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...
08 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...
08 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 08 March 2013
Botswana remains preferred African mining destination
Released last week, the Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies 2012-2013 placed Botswana ahead of more advanced economies such as New Zealand, Spain, Russia and most of the American states.More than 740 exploration, development and other...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
BAA constitution comes under microscope at AGM
BAA spokesperson, Ipolokeng Ramatshaba told Mmegi Sport that affiliates have tasked the executive committee to look at some of the articles of the constitution for possible review. The committee will present the revised articles to the meeting for...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
World karate champion to compete in Gaborone Open
The tournament starts at 8:00 am and it attracts participants aged between five and 35 years. The events will include kata and kumite. The registration fee is P250, for the elites (14 years+).There are five countries that have confirmed their...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 08 March 2013
First cut
Hello Solly! I guess you are in high spirits as you always are. I have not spoken to you for a long time regarding sport and your position as Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) chairperson. I guess you have now fully settled and have enough...
Dennis Keagile 08 March 2013
Tennis body warns against unqualified coaches
The association's spokesperson, Trevor Modise has said players should verify if coaches are qualified before engaging them. Modise said it was critical especially for young players to be developed by seasoned coaches. He observed that some...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
Books stumbling block to Under-17s success
The team returned from West Africa on Wednesday where they played friendly matches against Nigeria and Cote de' Ivoire. They lost all the four friendly matches including a 9-0 heavy loss to Nigeria in their last friendly match. Coach Kagiso Kobedi...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
The Master of Kgalakgadi and Desert Nxau
This is the kind of history that should make Master Coetzer a proud man. That he was the only player selected from a Second Division team clearly demonstrated the class in the former midfield dynamo. His exploits on the field earned him the respect...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
GU, ECCO promise fireworks in Molepolole
Major David Bright for GU and ECCO City Greens' coach Atshele Molapi made the remarks this Wednesday following GU's 2-1 league loss against the former at the Francistown stadium. ECCO, who host defending champions, Township Rollers go into the...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
Sebego attends CAF congress
Sebego will join other football leaders at the annual CAF assembly. "The important item (at this year's congress) is the election," said Sebego on Wednesday.The presidential election is set for Sunday with the coast clear for incumbent CAF president...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 08 March 2013
Ndlovu in car accident
Ndlovu told Mmegi Sport that he hit a cow just after Dibete, but was lucky to escape unhurt but the car was badly damaged. "I was involved in an accident but I'm safe but the car was damaged. The accident happened just after Dibete," he said....
THATO KALA
Correspondent 08 March 2013
Desperate Premier League turns to Btv
The Premier League has been working tirelessly to tie up a long-term broadcasting deal for Premier League matches since the beginning of the season in order to meet the contractual obligation with the sponsors. be MOBILE sponsors the league,...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
Tanzanian editor brutally attacked, flown to South Africa
According to allafrica.com, Kibanda was pulled out of his car by a group of attackers, who proceeded to beat him with what is believed to be a metal bar. Tanzania's IPPMedia.com reported that Kibanda's attackers pulled out some of his teeth, wounded...
08 March 2013
Corrupt officials' names to be kept in database: Sisulu
They would soon be unable to change jobs within government, she told reporters in Cape Town. The move formed part of government's new anti-corruption drive.Sisulu said her department's anti-corruption unit would be re-modelled into an anti-corruption...
08 March 2013
More scandals to come as conclave discusses new pope: mole
The VatiLeaks affair concerns the leaking of confidential papal papers that purported to shed light on alleged power struggles and corruption within the Vatican hierarchy. The butler of retired pope Benedict XVI, Paolo Gabriele, was tried and...
08 March 2013
Morocco edges toward amending laws on rape and child marriage
Morocco was shocked in March 2012 by the suicide of Amina Filali, 16, who was forced to marry the man who had raped her. He remained a free man under Article 475 of the kingdom's penal code.A year later, the controversial article is to be amended...
08 March 2013
Maryland moves to abolish death penalty
A bill proposed by Governor Martin O'Malley to end capital punishment passed the state senate on Wednesday, and the measure is widely tipped to also clear the house of representatives, where Democrats, who favour the bill, have a large...
08 March 2013
Congo coup accused had 'hit list': prosecutor
"President Joseph Kabila is at the top of that list," prosecutor Shaun Abrahams told a regional court. "Then there is a group of Congolese leaders who the accused say have to be eliminated."The state is opposing bail against all 20 accused in this...
08 March 2013
Britain 'meddling' in Kenya election
Kenyatta's Jubilee Alliance said that Christian Turner, Britain's high commissioner in Nairobi, should also explain what it called "abnormal" numbers of British soldiers who arrived in Kenya before Monday's polls.A fresh manual tally of votes began...
08 March 2013
The settlement history of Bukalanga: Past and present (Part 1)
Since December 2012, a number of disingenuous newspaper articles have been published on these two related topics. Misleading information covered in these issues has compelled me to offer some direction on the settlement history of Bukalanga. Among...
*ABEL A. MABUSE 08 March 2013
Zimbabwe: Election nears, Zimbabwe's pro-Democracy parties hibernate
The peace-loving people of Zimbabwe accepted the global political agreement - a creation of the nation's top three parties - with the hopes of smooth sailing into a new democratic dispensation. But the government of national unity has failed to...
08 March 2013
Of beef wars and the ordinary farmer
Capitalism is a system of organising the economy that has many merits. At the apex of its successes and achievements is the element of greed. The conundrum here is that it is greed that fuels capitalism. Without greed, it would not be such a...
08 March 2013
Should we sell off BPC and WUC?
The evidence available from around the world suggests that the liberalisation and privatisation of telecommunication and air travel have led to huge and often unexpected benefits for consumers. The elimination of state monopolies on...
08 March 2013
Book review
The Chinua Achebe Centre for African Writers and Artists (2009) "Remembering Future Africa-Script for a Dramatic Reading in Search of a Map to Guide us Home". Annabel on the Hudson, Bard College, The Chinua Achebe Centre for African Writers and...
Sheridan Griswold 08 March 2013
Back stage
Django Unchained (2012) has been showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It is one of the better films to come out last year, but also one of the most over-the-top in graphic violence and spurting blood. Its release was actually scheduled just...
Sasa Majuma 08 March 2013
Why Kgajwane is making a name for herself
Her enthusiasm is contagious, her passion infectious and her dreams make you think hard about how high you're aiming for yourself. It's amazing just how far she has come, but once you sit down and chat with her, you realise, with a vision and...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 08 March 2013
Guitar star's touching predicament
He does not know when he was born and the only way to find out is through the health card or Omang both documents indicating that he is 55-years old.The popular musician, whose artistry has transcended across generations, lives in abject poverty in...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
Nitty gritty
Nikita is buying drinks for everybody because his ship has come in. This maritime and seafaring expression refers to the fact that he has recently received his monthly allowance from this mysterious benefactor with whom, it is rumoured, he has two...
Barolong Seboni 08 March 2013
digging tswana roots
In a prior article I once described how, unlike in Botswana for example, sheep in the Middle East are trained to follow the shepherd rather than be driven from behind. This led to the age-old expression 'to follow [someone] like sheep', a metaphor...
L.M Leteane 08 March 2013
Between freedom and advertising
The government 'reasoned' that it was not compelled to advertise in any newspaper. At the time, the government said the ban was imposed on the two newspapers for economic reasons. The two publications took the matter to court where Justice Isaac...
08 March 2013
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08 March 2013
A necessary facade: The noble and independent Judiciary
The notion of an honourable, noble and independent judiciary is a faade. But it is a necessary faade. For it is grounded in the idea of the rule of law. Lawyers and political scientists are guilty of presenting the rule of law as some sort of a...
08 March 2013
Mixed feelings as COPAC launches constitution campaign
BULAWAYO: Bulawayo's small city hall was packed to capacity on Tuesday as residents turned up en masse for the launch of the much-awaited final draft of the country's constitution.The Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) was mandated...
JOSH PETERS
Correspondent 08 March 2013
USAID/SAREP launch conservation projects in Maun
SAREP outreach and technical coordinator Geoffrey Khwarae said that the projects would be launched by the United States Charge d'Affaires Michael Murphy on March 8 in Maun. He said that the projects would improve livelihood in the area. "They will...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
MoH launches project aimed at eliminating avoidable blindness
The ministry will implement the project under a three-year partnership with Addenbrooke's Abroad and the Standard Chartered Bank Group, which provided majority funding (P4,065,000). The rest of the funds are expected to come from the MOH and...
GOTHATAONE MOENG & BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writers 08 March 2013
Green motoring still a bit black and sooty
It only takes three Frenchmen to convince the world that they are the world's greatest lovers, and as such every man worth his salt would be better suited looking into haute couture for cover. It even has another hazy name; metrosexual. David Beckham...
DESMOND LESETEDI
Correspondent 08 March 2013
AIDS Coordinator accuses pastors of discouraging ARV intake
Myengwa told Mmegi that it has come to their attention that some pastors take and throw away drugs from people who have enrolled for ARV therapy. He revealed that there was a batch of drugs that were discovered along the BCL Mine road...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 08 March 2013
Court battle looms in Maiketso versus FCC?
FRANCISTOWN: A court battle looms large as the Francistown City Council (FCC) has reportedly refused to grant former mayor Ephraim Maiketso's wish to be reinstated in his position. Sources close to Maiketso have disclosed that he is already...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
MISA reminds Masisi to gazette FOI Bill
At the last sitting of Parliament, November 2012, Masisi promised the Freedom of Information Taskforce and the public at large that, as the ruling government, they will bring their own version of FOI Bill to the House latest February 2013, MISA...
08 March 2013
Pep Store robbery: State has prima facie case - Magistrate
The accused, Dennison Mutembera, Lot Deka and Peredzai Moyo are accused of allegedly breaking into Pep Store at Galo Centre at around 2 am on March 1, 2013, stealing cash amounting to P61, 470.60 in the process.In their previous appearance before...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 08 March 2013
Venson-Moitoi explains Limkokwing fracas
She said that the students were demanding that their book allowance be credited into their bank accounts so that they can have an option of buying books from other sources. Venson-Moitoi said the current agreement is that 50 percent of the book...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 08 March 2013
BEC continues probe into examination leaking
She told the press on Wednesday during the 2012 Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education presentation in the capital. Moahi said there were several actors and contributors in the game. She further said investigations started within the BEC...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
Results show teachers are not on go-slow - BOSETU
We note a slight improvement of 1.4 percent from the previous year results in candidates who obtained a C or better grades. However there is a significant drop of 3.18 percent in candidates who obtained 5 credits or better. This is the quality pass...
08 March 2013
The history of Fort Jesus
The fort was designed by an Italian architect and engineer, Joao Batista Cairato, who was the Portuguese's leading military architect in India at the time. It covers two acres of land and was designed with a central court with four bastions or...
FLORENCE RADULL
Correspondent 08 March 2013
Exploring the Fort
Standing imposingly on the shores of the Indian Ocean on the southern edge of the city, in what is known as Mombasa Old Town Port, the fort is a wonder to behold. It was built by the Portuguese in 1593 for the purpose of protecting their trade route...
FLORENCE RADULL
Correspondent 08 March 2013
Maikano targets 300 men for circumcision
The campaign is expected to start on March 23. The cycling challenge is a 60km ride that will start at the Francistown College of Education (FCE) to Dumela Industrial Site and finish at the Francistown Club. "We decided to host the event in...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 08 March 2013
How Chinese traders displace local entrepreneurs
MAHALAPYE: It is now something akin to a norm that Chinese traders are a force to reckon with in the world of business who always keep governments on edge every time they invade their host country. The modus operandi of Chinese traders seems to be...
DIRANG LEKUNTWANE
Correspondent 08 March 2013
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