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The African chief converted to Christianity
According to the title of one biography, David Livingstone was "Africa's Greatest Missionary".This is an interesting claim about the Lanarkshire-born man, considering that estimates of the number of people he converted in the course of his 30-year...
27 March 2013
What Machiavelli can teach us today
Modernity, at least in the West, is the journey away from religious virtue toward secular self-interest. Religious virtue is fine for one's family and the world of private morality. But the state -- that defining political structure of modern times...
ROBERT KAPLAN 27 March 2013
The cracks in the BRICS
That is hardly surprising, given that these countries have very different political systems, economies, and national goals, and are located in very different parts of the world. Yet the five emerging economies pride themselves on forming the...
BRAHMA CHELLANEY* 27 March 2013
Dr Livingstone: missionary, explorer and medical pioneer
In Victorian Britain, parts of Africa were nicknamed the "white man's grave" because so many missionaries died of malaria and other diseases.But when Livingstone led his expeditions, they had a far lower death rate. The difference was that he worked...
PAUL HASTIE 27 March 2013
Africa faces extreme weather patterns
SIYAVONGA, ZAMBIA: Thirty-five year old Greble Mavombo is a small scale crop producer who has observed varying trends in rainfall patterns over the years. Based in Sitinkwi Village in the Lisutu area, Mavombo says the changes leave her in the lurch...
27 March 2013
The developmental state and the BDP's staying power
In a book chapter published this month titled "Monopoly Politikos: An Account of a De Facto One-Party State and Lack of Regime Change in Botswana," University of Botswana political science lecturer, Dithapelo Keorapetse, sheds light on the factors...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 27 March 2013
Wells, BSA tussle over Easter tourney
Botswana Softball Association (BSA) refused to sanction the tournament saying the hosts, Wells Softball Club did not follow procedure. BSA president, Tirelo Mukokomani said under a new policy adopted in the last Annual General Meeting (AGM), a...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
Phikwe hosts first junior tennis tournament
The organiser of the tournament, Wellington Sibanda told Mmegi Sport that Selebi-Phikwe Tennis Club will be the venue for the action that kicks-off on Friday to Monday. He said the tournament is important because it is used by Botswana Tennis...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 27 March 2013
Under-19 squash team for junior championships in Namibia
BSA development manager, Koketso Ntshebe told Mmegi Sport that the players reported for camp last Thursday for intensive training. He said he is happy with preparations though some players were held up by academic commitments and failed to join...
OAGENG BATENEGI
Correspondent 27 March 2013
Tribal land administration: Some critical lessons (Part 1)
The way in which it is administered is a profound expression of national values" (Republic of Botswana 1983:3). If this statement was followed to the letter, Batswana would be a very happy society. But it is not. So Batswana are a very unhappy...
DR BOGA THURA MANATSHA 27 March 2013
Moilwa makes boxing history
The Sir Seretse Khama Barracks' boxer stopped Ofentse Moloi of Botho College in the 60 kilograms category to achieve the feat. The four-round bout ended in the second round after she knocked out Moloi senseless. Besides Moloi and Moilwa, five other...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
BFA urged to expedite Olopeng's case
The outspoken Olopeng was suspended late last year for allegedly making a sworn statement in support of deregistered Police XI. Police XI was deregistered mid last year after it failed to renew its affiliation with the BFA. During a meeting...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 27 March 2013
Schwarzenegger to induct Bruno Sammartino
The action movie icon has been a good friend of the wrestling legend for over 40 years, and he'll be at the annual event in Madison Square Garden next month to recognise the achievements of a man he grew up admiring. Arnold, 65, said in a press...
27 March 2013
Poets commemorate Month of Youth Against AIDS in style
The fine arts workshop that will start at 3pm will have an open-microphone session with multi-lingual performances from various languages, including English, Setswana, Ikalanga, Chinese, Ndebele and Shona, among others. Award winning poet Keith...
OAGENG BATENEGI
Correspondent 27 March 2013
Female rappers come of age
But if what has been happening recently is anything to go by then we can finally say there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Sasa Klass came from nowhere and had everybody talking about her. Not only for her looks, but there are so many...
OAGENG BATENEGI
Correspondent 27 March 2013
Miss Botswana prunes to final 16
The event's manager David Abram from Sweet Baint, told Showbiz that the fashion show is part and parcel of the contest. "We are looking forward to eliminating nine girls from the selected top 25 so that we remain with the top 16 who will then...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
US to hand over Bagram prison to Afghanistan
A transfer ceremony is set to take place at Bagram prison, now officially known as the Parwan detention centre. It had been delayed while the two sides finalised a deal over the fate of prisoners considered dangerous. Bagram jail has been at the...
27 March 2013
Syria rebel commander wounded
There were conflicting reports about his fate, but an FSA spokesman told BBC Arabic that he had lost a leg. Asaad once led the armed rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad, but his position was gradually superseded.In December, more than...
27 March 2013
South Korea, US sign military plan against North 'provocations'
The plan provides for a joint response between both countries in the event of an incursion or a limited attack from the North, officials say. Help from the US- which has 28,000 troops in South Korea- during minor skirmishes was previously optional....
27 March 2013
I fear only Allah-Musharraf
Musharraf hopes to regain influence so that his party can win seats in the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 11. He will face fierce competition, including from the man he ousted in a military takeover. "People said I would not come. Where...
27 March 2013
CAR rebel head Djotodia 'suspends constitution'
Michel Djotodia said there would be a transition period until "credible and transparent" elections, during which he would "legislate by decree". He added he would uphold a peace deal that promises elections in three years. Ousted CAR leader...
27 March 2013
Discovery eyes P2bn Boseto expansion kitty
The Boseto Mine, which was commissioned last year, currently produces 36,000 tonnes of copper and 1.1 million ounces of silver in concentrate per year. But plans are underway to ramp up production to 50,000 tonnes per year through an expansion...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
BPC deal for 180MW station stalls
On Tuesday, delegates at a coal conference were told that the BPC and local power developer, Karoo Sustainable Energy (KSE) could not agree on the terms of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). "As government, we have been telling them (KSE) that we...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
Mmualebe
Mokwadi wa polelo e, o bolela fa a ne a rata loeto lo thata ka e ne e le dingwaga tse dintsi a sa tsamaele gope kgakala, sa gagwe e le go dikologa fela ntlheng eno ya borwa, bogolo jang mo Kgatleng. A re kwa bokone gone, e ne e ka nna dingwaga...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 27 March 2013
Fresh impetus needed on coal development
Global investors are gathered in Gaborone this week and are set to meet twice again in different fora in April and June where hackneyed calls will again be made for the extraction of optimal value from the country's coal resources. It will again be...
EDITOR 27 March 2013
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27 March 2013
Talking HIV and Human Rights
A prominent MP who I invited to my wedding, responded by saying, "akere it's a proper wedding in terms of societal expectations. Kana human rights chaps, you may just pull the Uganda stunt!" When I pressed him for an explanation, he says I see you...
Uyapo Ndadi 27 March 2013
Our heritage
I don't know what it might be about Moshupa but the first of those photos was reproduced in passport photo size and the other had the shakes. So let's leave Moshupa for another day but stick with water because so many of us have become surprisingly...
Sandy Grant 27 March 2013
Family planning is an investment, not a cost - expert
Investing in family planning has been found to be one of the most cost effective and high impact interventions for a country's socio-economic development and transformation, Dr Wilfred Ochan, Assistant Representative for United Nations...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
BNF makes more rigging claims
Speaking at a press conference at Oasis Motel in Tlokweng, BNF coordinator for the by-election, Mohammed Khan, said the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is using government services and the said officials to lure voters. "I am informed that social...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 27 March 2013
A woman was regarded 'incomplete' without brewing skills
For one to be considered a woman in the old days, she also had to have the know-how to brew bojalwa jwa Setswana (traditional beer). Only a few women from that generation with the proper skill to brew can now be found - and Polena Tshukudu is one of...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
Galane Gold retrenches 83
Mmegi can disclose that by late last week, all 83 miners had ceased working at the mine. All were from the mining and geology department. Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) has confirmed the retrenchments. "Yes, 83 employees from the mine's mining...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
Council employees petition PS
The two unions are the Botswana Manual Workers Union (BMWU) and Botswana Landboards and Local Authorities Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU). In their petition, which gives the ministry 14 days to respond, the unions express dissatisfaction with the...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
Zim truck driver arrested for alleged dagga possession
Bothwell Mabvunyika, 32, a truck driver at Seiph Electrical Services in South Africa, was en route to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deliver goods when he was nabbed by police. The prosecutor Mothosera Busang applied that Mabvunyika be...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 27 March 2013
Disclose donors, Venson-Moitoi challenges opposition
Answering a parliamentary question on behalf of the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Mokgweetsi Masisi, Venson-Moitoi alleged that some benefactors donate to opposition parties and the opposition never disclose their source...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
BDF soldier injured in parachute accident
The soldier fell to the ground and sustained serious injuries. The warrant officer who is in the Special Forces unit is reported to be highly experienced and has jumped over 500 times in his 32 years of service with the BDF. The BDF spokesperson...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
Gabs warned of dry spell over Easter
"The shutdown will result in water supply interruption to the Greater Gaborone area and surrounding villages, including Mochudi and Lobatse." People are being warned that they will experience low pressure to no water supply this period. "The...
STAFF WRITER 27 March 2013
CDC councillors' plan to visit Khama marred by disagreements
The legislators have said that their ruling party counterparts who supported the motion demonstrated untrustworthiness and greed because they advance their interests at the expense of the people they represent. Councillor Peter Williams of Tholodi...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
MPs give medicines' bill the thumbs up
All those who stood up to comment characterised the bill as an important development that was long overdue. "I stand to support this bill," said the MP for Francistown West, Tshelang Masisi. "Some people have been selling counterfeit medicines to the...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 27 March 2013
Shadow Cabinet - is it necessary or useless?
My argument is that this is the closest that opposition in this country can come to demonstrating their readiness to govern. We do not want a scenario similar to the one in 1979 when Robert Mugabe, then a fresh faced and young Prime Minister told...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 27 March 2013
Nick Branson bows out of the Africa Liberal Network top post
Ammie, a South Africa national, takes over from Nick Branson who bows out on March 31st 2013.Following his graduation from Center for International Studies and Democracy, Nick Branson has delivered projects for the Westminster Foundation for...
27 March 2013
The judges' dilemma: bias
What has come to the fore in the past week and this week is also that judges are constantly in the spotlight and some judges are beginning to be labelled for perceived bias. Is it possible though in the human sciences that there be no bias and could...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 27 March 2013
Icons of Botswana
CAR Motsepe was a man of honour and integrity. He knew it would be dangerous to publicly speak out against the Bantu Education Act but his principles would not allow him to remain silent. In his role as the first president of the Transvaal United...
Kibo Ngowi
Correspondent 27 March 2013
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