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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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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 12 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 12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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 12 March 2013
Issues in education
The concern that schools conform to the Child Friendly Schools' (CFS) model and its principles, is not only for mainstream schools, but for all schools. The challenges for making schools CFS compliant are greater with boarding schools because in...
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S.Weeks 12 March 2013
The winners code
At the age of 31 Canadian born Spencer West reached the top of one of the highest peaks in the world; Mt Kilimanjaro. This is a feat that most people will never attempt let alone achieve. More than 50 percent of the people who try to scale the Mt...
George Chingarande 12 March 2013
Icons of Botswana
Lieutenant General Tebogo Carter Masire is famously known for his prodigious impact on the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) from its establishment in 1977. He was born on July 21, 1955 in Kanye. He went to Segale Primary School in Mochudi from 1961-1967...
Snowy Tonoko
Correspondent 12 March 2013
Intervarsity Games bounce back
The games which attracted controversy the last time they were held at the University of Botswana (UB), are held under the theme 'Maintaining Friendship Through Sports.' The games between universities of NUL, Swaziland and Botswana could not take...
OAGENG BATENEGI
Correspondent 12 March 2013
Local athletes chase World Champs berths
The athletes get a chance when they take part in the next permit meeting in Potchefstroom, South Africa, early next week.Athletics Central North West will host the second permit meeting at the KK MacArthur Stadium in Potchefstroom.A few more local...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 12 March 2013
BNSC reinstates, suspends Chankuluba again
After being reinstated on Wednesday, Chankuloba was suspended indefinitely again on Friday bringing to three the number of her suspensions in about five months.Chankuloba went back to work on Wednesday last week, but was banned again on Friday....
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Exciting Top 8 semis contests in the offing
Mogoditshane Fighters were the first to bite the dust on Saturday despite their healthy lead going into the second leg of the quarterfinals. Against free scoring Chiefs, Fighters failed to defend the two-goal cushion. Many had expected Fighters to...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Local company records Zambian musician
Local artists have been inspired and a quite a few have tried their hand at the new sound, including jailed Borankana star Ditiro Leero whose last album Hot Plate is currently doing well in the market.Now a local production company EN'Hotties has...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Back stage
It's Not You, It's Me (2004) a.k.a No sos vos, soy yo is showing today only, at the Gaborone Film Society at 7 pm in the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is a romantic comedy from Argentina that is delivered with more than a Latin flavour. No...
Sasa Majuma 12 March 2013
BCW ropes in lawyer to protect Miss Botswana participants
David Abram of Sweet Baint told Showbiz that they engaged an independent lawyer from the law firm Ramalepa Attorneys to give insight to the girls on the clauses in their contracts. He said that by engaging a lawyer they wanted the proceedings...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Imagine Africa's Masi ready to combat HIV/AIDS
"I want to encourage Batswana, especially young people to take the lead in the fight against HIV/AIDS," said Masi who is one of the founding members of the South East District Youth Empowerment Association in Ramotswa. He said that he developed...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 12 March 2013
No free pass for ANC: arms commission
"Currently no evidence against the said organisation [ANC] has been brought to the attention of the commission," spokesman William Baloyi said. "But this does not mean there is no information. Maybe it is information we can't disclose. Should...
12 March 2013
Venezuela's Capriles joins race, tussles with Chavez heir
The election will decide whether Chavez's self-styled socialist and nationalist revolution will live on in the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves. "I am going to fight," Capriles said at a news conference. "Nicolas, I am not going...
12 March 2013
Delhi rape accused found dead in prison
Police say Ram Singh hanged himself in Delhi's Tihar jail, but defence lawyers and his family suspect he was murdered.Ram Singh, 33, was one of five men being held in the rape and murder case. They all deny the charges. The attack on the student on a...
12 March 2013
Odinga calls for calm
Odinga has refused to concede the election to rival Uhuru Kenyatta, but said he would challenge the result in the courts and urged his supporters to refrain from the violence that convulsed Kenya when he lost the disputed vote of 2007. A smooth...
12 March 2013
Market forces hobble businesswomen
Speaking to Mmegi at the Women in Business Expo held over the weekend, the women said they are still striving to penetrate the local market in order to sustain their small businesses. They hope the Expo will be a launching pad for their businesses....
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 12 March 2013
ZCI suspends disposal of Africa Copper stake
In a statement released this week, the ZCI board announced that after a year of searching for a buyer, it had failed to get a suitable offer for African Copper. The failure is due to adverse global market conditions facing junior mining companies and...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Govt raises P879m from capital market
The government's agent in the capital markets, Bank of Botswana floated three and six month Treasury Bills valued at P680 million and a 15-year bond valued at P200 million with an eight percent coupon. According to auction results published...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Forced to make way for game
BOKSPITS: Many people might not be aware of it, but for many years, a cloud of uneasiness has hovered over the community of Bokspits over an unfulfilled promise of compensation by both former British colonisers and apartheid rulers of South...
12 March 2013
As i see it
Delivering the keynote speech, Vice President PH Kedikilwe waxed lyrical: "The launch signals yet another landmark achievement within Botswana's growing yet vibrant good governance and track record. It also broadens opportunities to attract quality...
Michael Dingake 12 March 2013
Down the abyss we go
This is confirmed by the alacrity with which our so-called political leaders compare Botswana with failed African countries. Yet we are expected - in six months' time - to commemorate and celebrate 47 years of our country's Independence from British...
12 March 2013
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12 March 2013
I made a mistake going to BDP - unionist
This comes at a time when Tambula had applied to contest Mmadinare West council seat under the BDP ticket.However, in an interview with Mmegi, he said he was going to withdraw his application as soon as he tendered his resignation letter " very soon"...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Water woes over - WUC
She assured that the nation has seen the end of the nightmare. She, however, noted that although supply will be restored to normal, there are fears that there could be further water shortages in the near future, especially in the southern part of the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Ntuane withdraws question on Security Systems
Ntuane was to ask Batshu whether he is aware that on 20 October 1988, Security Systems established and registered a burial scheme under the pretext that it would benefit its employees. He had also intended to ask why the scheme had not benefited a...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
"I am the only one who can shut up Mugabe," says Mutambara
Mutambara leads the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change which has only three cabinet ministers and 10 seats in the lower house.But he impressed one of the European Union delegates as "very sharp, young, engaging, and very, very...
12 March 2013
Skelemani warns Kenyatta on ICC
"If he refuses to go (to The Hague), then we have a problem. That means that they do not know the rule of law.You can't establish a court and refuse to go when it calls you. If he refuses, he won't set foot here," Skelemani said. He expressed...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Trial date set for couple who allegedly killed child
The case, which was met with huge public outcry three years ago, has been set for June 4, 5 and 6 for trial.Oakantse Modisagape and Shathani Bulayani are accused of the murder of 11-year-old Nathaniel Bulayani on October 11, 2011. Bulayani is the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Aspiring entrepreneurs cautioned against corruption
Mtetwa was speaking on the sidelines of the University of Botswana (UB) Business Clinic dinner party where he starred as one of the stakeholders of the student entrepreneurial initiative.He complained that corruption has been rampant of late, adding...
OAGENG BATENEGI 12 March 2013
South African pleads guilty to corruption
In the first count Nyathi is facing a charge of illegally entering the country on March 10, 2013 at Matopi village in the North East District of Botswana. In the second count, Nyathi is facing a single charge of official corruption. The state...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 12 March 2013
Ipelegeng workers want mobile toilets
They said that government must consider that Ipelegeng beneficiaries are not insured yet they are exposed to danger while on duty. Ipelegeng wages have been increased from P400 to P480 for workers and P534 to P560 for supervisors. The workshop heard...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Galane Gold defies employees, union in job shedding exercise
FRANCISTOWN: The country's sole gold miner Galane Gold will go on with its retrenchment exercise despite serious objections from the employees and their union.Galane Gold has stated that it intends to shed some jobs within its mining and geology...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
Fraud remains elusive to detection in Botswana
Katholo was giving a keynote address at the Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) 2013 ethics hotline re-launch in Orapa last week Wednesday.The former DCEC director said the invisibility of these crimes result in financial losses to companies...
Fraud remains elusive to detection in Botswana 12 March 2013
BCP to re-table land audit motion
Lucas said they believe that before then, they will have convinced Batswana that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has a lot to hide in land ownership. He said that they will hold demonstrations in Francistown on May 18 and Gaborone in June...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 12 March 2013
African elephants under threat from Asians
According to the report, which was released a week ago, poaching is spreading primarily as a result of rising demand for illegal ivory in the rapidly growing economies of Asia, particularly China and Thailand, which are the two major end use markets...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 12 March 2013
CID arson suspect arrested
The man, who has a house break-in case, was nabbed on the same day the CID office was gutted down in Tutume. Rescuers could not salvage anything from the office as everything was reduced to ash and char.Officer Commanding District No 1, Senior...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 12 March 2013
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...
13 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...
13 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 13 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 13 March 2013
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