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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...
14 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...
14 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 14 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 14 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...
14 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...
14 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...
14 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...
14 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 14 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 14 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...
14 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 14 March 2013
Zuma to transfer Lulu and Oscar to Manchester United
According to newspaper reports Rooney is off to Bayern Munich or any number of other clubs if he isn't staying put and signing a new contract - after missing one game. This got me wondering what would happen if our president, Jacob Zuma, was in the...
MICHAEL TRAPIDO 14 March 2013
Mmualebe
Ba re go dira jalo, motho e ka nna ya re a tsena kwa, a iphitlhela a dule moeng o etetse mang, go se na yo o ka tsayang dkgang nae, yo a mo laleditseng kgotsa yo a tsileng go mo tshedisa a santse a tshwerwe ke ditiro tse dingwe. Ba re mo go ba...
Sebofo Motshwane 14 March 2013
Re ba bona ha cricket centre a white elephant?
The cricket coordinator appointed by the BCA in the Northern part of the country, Clement Chipanga disclosed in an interview with Mmegi Sport this week.There have been reports that children shun the cricket development programme leaving the P150, 000...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Botswana wins Youth Games bid
Palenfo delivered the good news during a ceremony broadcast live on Botswana Television (Btv). Now Gaborone is preparing to welcome over 4,000 athletes from 53 countries for the competition. Botswana showed interest in hosting the event in 2010 and...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Tshosane to try out Shillinde, Lekgari
Shillinde arrived in the country yesterday after getting his first call-up ahead of the Malawi game that is being used as a preparatory match ahead of the Ethiopia World Cup qualifying tie in Addis Ababa on March 24.Lekgari, impressive in his first...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 March 2013
Journalists tour Mokolodi Nature Reserve
Located within touching distance from the city centre, Mokolodi offers a getaway to leisure activities that can be experienced both midweek and during weekends. Addressing journalists before the tour, Operations Manager Dennis Ramokgau outlined some...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
"Minex": Maun's club owner with a difference
The young man, whose strong build could easily help him make the first team in the game of basketball, is probably the youngest night club owner in Botswana.Minex is on a mission to transform Maun into an Ibiza and a truly international tourist...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 14 March 2013
The return of legendary Kunene
A new album by his young brother called The Return proves the talented vocalist's influence and perhaps the fact that music runs in the family genes.Following the same style as the legendary singer, Bafana Kunene looks set to fit into his brother's...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Eugene Jackson spreads wings in SA
Coming from a musical family was the cherry on top for the young lad, as Eugene was introduced to music at a very tender age. His father was a founder member of Kgwanyape band along with the late Duncan Senyatso. Jackson senior, Clement, plays...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 14 March 2013
Cold case detectives close in
The investigative team, comprising the Hawks unit that deals with crimes against the state, and the National Prosecuting Authority, yesterday exhumed two bodies from a pauper's grave in Soweto's Avalon Cemetery.The bodies are believed to be those of...
14 March 2013
Mozambique police tear gas war veterans in Maputo protest
"The police attacked the veterans using tear gas, with water cannons and beat them," the leader of the Forum of Demobilised Soldiers, Herminio dos Santos, said, adding that four women and six men were badly beaten. Some suffered "bad injuries to...
14 March 2013
Syria crisis: Children 'recruited' by armed groups
Children are being used as porters, guards, informers and fighters and, in some cases, as human shields, the charity said in Childhood Under Fire.Some two million children are in need of assistance in Syria, Save the Children estimates. It says the...
14 March 2013
Sudan's Bashir accepts summit with South Sudan as oil flows resume
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir telephoned Bashir with the invitation but no date for a summit has been set, said presidential press secretary Emad Sayed Ahmed."Yes, Salva Kiir asked President Bashir to visit Juba and he accepted the request,"...
14 March 2013
Kenyan polls 'stolen'
Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, was declared the winner in a tightly contested election that was largely without manifestations of the violence that erupted after the last election in 2007, in...
14 March 2013
South Africa's Airlink introduces Kasane route
Through email, Karin Murray, Airlink's sales and marketing manager told Mmegi Business that they will start flying on March 22. The Kasane route is Airlink's second into Botswana after the airline broke Air Botswana's monopoly in the lucrative...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 14 March 2013
BSE set to launch bond index
At present, the BSE hosts 11 government and quasi-government bonds and 23 corporate bonds from entities such as the Botswana Housing Corporation, Water Utilities Corporation and several local banks.BSE officials told Mmegi Business that the Bond...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
guest column
We live in hard times. I mean it is hard to do things on your own these days. We have these young women, I mean maids, or politely put - helpers who are in short supply. These are important people in our lives these days, they possess scarce skills,...
Bame Piet 14 March 2013
The africa youth games bonanza
Although Botswana was the sole bidder for the games, hosting the spectacular is no small feat for a country that for many years has seemed determined not to host sporting events of this magnitude inspite of the economic windfall that they have...
14 March 2013
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14 March 2013
'Dubious deals are rife at BMC'
Almost all the livestock procurement tenders were not done in a transparent manner, the Reatile Committee has heard. According to the Purchasing and Procurement Manager of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), Babi Kgafela, over 90 percent of the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Workshop identifies fire as a looming threat
Addressing the workshop participants, the Chief Technical Officer at the Department of Forestry and Range Resources (DFRR), Wakgotla Paledi described veldt fires as a looming threat to Ngamiland's abundant natural resources.Paledi said the fires...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 14 March 2013
Audacious man admits defiling a minor
The man is accused of defiling a 14-year-old minor in Newstand location in December last year. The accused admitted that the he was aware that the complainant was underage when he defiled her. After he admitted to facts read to him, state...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 14 March 2013
Sad day for essential service workers
The Court of Appeal yesterday declared participation of essential services employees in the civil service strike of 2011 unlawful, dealing a severe blow to the hundreds who are affected.Public sector unions had appealed the ruling of Industrial Court...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Bakwena was clueless - Court of Appeal
"Here the conduct of the first respondent shows quite clearly that initially she was not aware that the strike by essential services employees was unlawful. "It shows that when the strike rules were agreed and the announcements were made she was...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Terror crocs to be repatriated
SELEBI-PHIKWE: Arrangements are ongoing to repatriate crocodiles that were driven away in the Limpopo River to South Africa during recent floods.The Commander of Semolale Police Station, Superintendent Gaodirelwe Motlhagodi, says the crocodiles,...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Inside Masalila's 'divorce' with BDP
Sources within the party have confided in Mmegi that the 'atrocities' that Masalila has committed are unforgivable, and there is a general feeling among his opponents that he should not be forgiven. The sources allege that among the biggest mistake...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 14 March 2013
Police blamed in Egypt's Tahrir Square revolt deaths
The report, parts of which were obtained by The Associated Press, is the most authoritative and sweeping account of the killings and determines that the deadly force used could only have been authorised by Hosni Mubarak's security chief, with the...
15 March 2013
Why Pope Francis may be a Catholic nightmare
There are two ways to look at the election of Pope Francis. He takes the name of the famous saint, whose life was defined by a vision in which he was commanded by a crucifix to "rebuild my Church, which is in ruins." That name, combined with rumors...
15 March 2013
Why Balopi entered BDP chairmanship race
Mmegi: Recently there have been newspaper reports that you have been approached by some BDP members to consider standing for the position of party chairman, is it true? PB: First and foremost I must state my usual reluctance to discuss my Party...
15 March 2013
'Twar' between Botswana and Kenya
The feud began just after 5pm on Tuesday subsequent to this Mmegi's (@MmegiOnline) tweet; "Skelemani warns Kenyatta on ICC #Kenya #Botswana #Uhuru". The tweet which was sharing an article from the Mmegi website soon went viral as many people...
15 March 2013
I taught Shakespeare in Botswana
After university I became a social worker and then a saleswoman. I seemed to have broken the pattern, but all the time a classroom was waiting for me.I became a teacher under bizarre circumstances, but in retrospect it was one of my better career...
HILARY MANTEL* 15 March 2013
Book review
John Le Carre (1993, 2006) a.k.a David CornwellThe Night Manager. London, Sceptre New Edition, 608 pages, Softcover, P133. ISBN 978-0-3409-3768-6. Available through Exclusive Books. Twenty years ago John Le Carr released The Night Manager, his first...
Sheridan Griswold 15 March 2013
Back stage
Lincoln (2012) has been showing at the New Capitol Cinemas. It is one of the best films to come out last year. It has been projected at cinema five in the basement Masa Centre for P5 more than a film at Riverwalk or Game City. Take one great book,...
Sasa Majuma 15 March 2013
Some pristine heritage sites around Semolale and Mabolwe
There are also scenic gorges, granite kopjes and unique water holes that are locally known as Maghopo in Sebirwa. This paper discusses some of the outstanding heritage sites that were visited by the writer and colleagues in February 2010. The purpose...
ABEL ABEDNICO MABUSE
Correspondent 15 March 2013
Young artists vow to take the world by storm
They formed a company called Artomac Cultural Holdings. Artomac Cultural Holding was formed in May 2011 and it is geared at making a vast of avant-garde paintings, drawings and even sculptures. It was funded to the tune of P82,000, which they...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 15 March 2013
The grand revival of Bok's pits
The first settlers of the area were mostly Afrikaans speakers of Khoi/Boer descent. Migrating principally from South Africa and Namibia, these 'Great Trekkers' arrived in Botswana somewhere between 1912 and 1913.Unbeknown to them, their source...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Consumer watchdog
We need to discriminate more. In fact we should be more prejudiced. I think we should be a nation that judges certain people and organisations simply by their behaviour.Of course I don't mean we should be racist, sexist or any other nonsensical...
15 March 2013
New pope is first Francis, saint of peace, poverty
The name recalls two of the church's most famous saints.One is Francis of Assisi, the man from the Umbrian hill town who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to found the Franciscan order of friars in 1209, embracing a life of poverty and...
15 March 2013
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