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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
Ministry warns meat sellers on halaal
The regulation requires that the marking and labelling of meat and meat products with the words 'halaal' and 'non-halaal' should be clear to enable customers to differentiate between them. Halaal and non-halaal products should be separated so that...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 15 March 2013
Anglo eyes Mmamabula coal and power exports
The coalfields were previous owned by CIC Energy.ACB managing director, Mothibedi Mothibedi has said that under a three-year tenure, the company will carry out a desktop study with the objective of developing a basic geological model of the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Banks throw fly in BoB's ointment?
In November 2011, BoB decided to limit the amount of Bank of Botswana Certificates (BoBC) issued to absorb excess liquidity to P10 billion. The bank hoped that the P3 billion or so in excess liquidity that returned to commercial banks would be...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
BMC loses lucrative Norway beef market quota
While absolute figures are unavailable, previous estimates suggest the annual Norway quota contributes up to 10 percent of the BMC's revenues annually. The latest blow comes as the BMC prepares to slaughter for the Norway quota for 2013. The cattle...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
BURS plugs Namibian car imports loophole
The move is meant to frustrate those who intend to or have been dodging Namibia's enforcement of a SACU ban on the importation of vehicles, which are more than five years old. To evade the prohibition, individuals and companies have been importing...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 15 March 2013
Botswana - predator or prey?
The world is generally very unkind to small states, particularly so to small islands and even more so to landlocked small countries like Botswana. There are literally scores of such small states in the world and the evidence appears...
ROMAN GRYNBERG* 15 March 2013
Nitty gritty
The fellows of the order of the Nitty Gritty have made a follow-up to that questionnaire for politicians that we published a couple of months ago.This has been prompted by recent allegations of impropriety, mismanagement and maladministration in a...
Barolong Seboni 15 March 2013
I was misunderstood
The article contains some untruths and is misleading to the reader and OIE Representation request you to correct those errors.DVS has in the past asked for technical assistance from the OIE and the OIE has provided such assistance. The...
15 March 2013
Digging tswana roots
Bantu folklore, like elsewhere, is littered with tales of giants. In Tswana lore we called them bo-dimo. This literally means 'those from up high'; not 'the tall ones' as most people suppose. In Tswana, we cannot politely say "o dimo" to anyone if we...
L.M. Leteane: 15 March 2013
Skelemani said nothing wrong
His mere crime was that he had given this newspaper an interview in which he said Kenya's president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, would not be welcome in Botswana "if" he did not cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) before which he and...
15 March 2013
Nearly a third of schoolgirls have HIV, says Motsoaledi
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi released the figures at a National Council of Provinces "taking Parliament to the people" event in Carolina, Mpumalanga."It is clear that it is not young boys who are sleeping with these girls. It is old men. We must...
15 March 2013
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Threat-to-kill accused pleads not guilty
Tefo Bareki, 33, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment yesterday. Bareki is accused of threatening to kill Samuel Morake also of Jamataka on July 17, 2011. He is said to have uttered the following words: "Ntwa ha ena go hela.E ta hela...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 15 March 2013
Of Bakgatla, kgotla and song
It is 8 o'clock in the morning at the Bakgatla main Kgotla in Mochudi. Then arrive the suspended deputy chief Bana Sekai, suspended chief representative, Segale Linchwe, and Kgosi Kgafela's youngest brother Mmusi.Usually when Kgafela is around, he...
15 March 2013
Wildlife and National Parks gets lion's share
In the recurrent budget, the Wildlife and National Parks got the lion's share of P178,751,110 while Waste Management and Pollution Control got P183,525, 400.Khama informed the House that efforts to diversify the tourism product and its geographical...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 15 March 2013
Villagers happy with new constituency name
In a snap survey among the constituents of Shashe West, which used to be Tonota North, they revealed that the name was the one that they had suggested.Last year during the visit by the Delimitation Committee to the constituency, there was unanimity...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 15 March 2013
I never apologised - Skelemani
"I have nothing to apologise for," he said. Skelemani related how a certain Kenyan named Muriti had called him after the Mmegi report in which he asserted that Kenyatta should not set foot in Botswana if he does not cooperate with the ICC. Speaking...
STAFF WRITER 15 March 2013
Civil society slams government anti-poverty initiatives
Speaking during a budget analysis meeting organised by BOCONGO, speakers said that issuing food baskets to beneficiaries is not a sustainable measure to deal with poverty.They said government may cease to provide such goodies when it runs out of...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Princess Marina generators ok-hospital
Motsumi said the generators provide backup during power outages to five different parts of the hospital and are checked and monitored on a weekly basis. She said the generators sometimes experience minor problems, but only for short periods of time....
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Education Hub seeks to turn Selebi-Phikwe into centre of excellence
He said Selebi-Phikwe schools have a tradition of good performance and the idea is to turn the area into a centre of excellence. He was speaking during an acknowledgement and appreciation lunch organised for Makhubu and Meepong Junior Secondary...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 15 March 2013
Analyst explains role of family life in economy
Speaking at the on-going Project Management Forum hosted by Ministry of Local Government for district councils at Tati River Lodge, the DPSM chief management analyst said that to be productive at the workplace, people have to build the economy at...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 15 March 2013
China's Xi appointed president, completes rise to the top
The largely rubber-stamp National People's Congress chose Xi in a tightly scripted ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, putting the final seal of approval on a generational transition of power. Xi was appointed party and...
15 March 2013
Court finds irreconcilable conflict in Trade Disputes Act
While delivering judgment on the legality of the essential services workers strike, the court said that: "While section 42(1)(b)(iii) as read with section 9(1)(b) and section 43 of the TDA forbid and criminalise the strike by essential services...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Councillors unhappy with Ipelegeng
The councillors said those who had come up with the scheme should devise means of regulating it because the so-called volunteers do not take their work seriously. Councillor Ndiwaani Kenosi said that was why some council departments were sidelining...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 15 March 2013
TAWU, BAC management in tug-of-war?
TAWU vice president Edward Tswaipe said the dispute was caused by the fact that management was not responding to TAWU's application.He said after several mediation meetings management finally granted unconditional recognition without disputing any...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Another essential services judgement next week
Court of Appeal Judge President Ian Kirby on Wednesday told a packed courtroom that they were nearly finished with this judgement and would deliver it during the course of next week.Kirby was quick to state that next week's judgement would have...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
BOSETU warns Venson-Moitoi
He told the Botswana Civil Society Budget Analysis meeting here on Wednesday that unions cannot promise the nation that there will be peace and joy in schools if the lot of teachers do not change.Showa said the recent warning by the Minister of...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Seven countries in BDF peacekeeping training exercise
Selected soldiers underwent a Tactical Operations Course (TOSC 22) provided by the BDF in conjunction with the Canadian Directorate of Military Training and Cooperation. According to the BDF's Commandant for the Peace Support Training Centre, Edson...
STAFF WRITER 15 March 2013
Tanzania to lead SADC peacekeeping force to DRC
The mission will move into the mineral-rich DRC once it receives the United Nations (UN) go-ahead.SADC Standby Force Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Maaparankoe Mahao said in an interview in Gaborone yesterday that even though the mission strategic...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
More skeletons tumble out at BMC inquiry
The committee heard that farmers engaged to buy slaughter animals on behalf of BMC sold their cattle to the parastatal and earned a commission. Farmers engaged in the practice got the full price of the beast and five percent commission on top. BMC...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Chobe Land Board exceeds survey target
"In surveying of plots for the financial year 2012-2013, we had targeted 436 plots and so far, we have exceeded the number to 521 plots. Therefore we have exceeded our target by 85 plots," Chobe Land Board deputy secretary, Martin Nzehengwa told a...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 15 March 2013
Limping BDP holds crutial national council
The ruling party goes to its 51st annual national council meeting at the Maharaja Conference Centre in Gaborone today with its executive secretary, Masalila suspended by President Ian Khama in what is seen as a prelude to a sacking. The suspension is...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Malawi politicians charged
The men appeared at Lilongwe Magistrate's Court amid tight security following rioting over their arrest.Their lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale said the case would be transferred to the High Court on Thursday for bail hearing, as the "Magistrate's Court has no...
15 March 2013
BNF challenges BCP to join its campaign trail
The BNF campaign coordinator Mohammed Khan told Mmegi yesterday that while his party appreciates the support, they would like the BCP to join them in the campaign trenches ahead of the April 6 balloting. "They must come forward and participate with...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
YES bootcamps led to miscarriages - Modubule
Responding to the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Shaw Kgathi's budget proposal yesterday, Modubule said the YES bootcamps were exploiting unemployment-related desperation. He condemned the military-style training that young people who...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Govt blunders in nurses transfers
Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) has confirmed that the ministry has halted the move and asked for the transfer letters to be returned to matrons.Information reaching Mmegi is that an estimated 3,000 nurses across the country received transfer letters...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
BMC warns employee on Khama petition
BMC spokesman, Tiro Kganela said that whatever Gabriel Joshua is telling the media is not true and if he continues with plans for the petition, he will put his job at risk and get himself in trouble because he is not following laid down procedures....
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 15 March 2013
Botswana is Toyota country
Anyone who claims to have never listened to RB1 either by choice or default is, well, very untruthful to put it mildly. It has been said before and I will say it again - Botswana is Toyota country. Of the next 10 vehicles that will pass by any...
DESMOND LESETEDI
Correspondent 15 March 2013
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