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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...
29 March 2013
Glody Dube appointed BAA vice president
The position fell vacant after the resignation of Justice Dipeba. Dube has been a BAA additional member and coordinator of the southern region. BAA spokesperson, Ipolokeng Ramatshaba said that following the appointment, the region has been informed...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 29 March 2013
Gunners' re-schedule special general meeting
It failed to take place last weekend because of lack of quorum. Gunners' spokesperson, Abdul Kgengwenyane told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the two that will be discussed at the meeting cannot wait for the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) in...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Mazembe's deadly concoction floors Chiefs
As proceedings drew to a furious close at the UB Stadium, Mazembe fans broke into a French song with words, which sounded like an ominous warning to opponents, Mochudi Centre Chiefs. It sounded like 'where are you going' and indeed Chiefs know the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Gabonamong doubtful for Ethiopia tie
Gabonamong sat out when SuperSport United played a goalless draw against Angola's Pedro De Luanda after sustaining the injury last Wednesday against Vasco Da Gama in a Nebank Cup game. The midfielder has been playing well lately and has led the club...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 29 March 2013
Uhuru Kenyatta to challenge ICC case
He denies accusations of instigating violence after the disputed 2007 poll. The hearing comes a week after charges against his co-accused, Francis Muthaura, were dramatically dropped. His lawyers will argue charges against Kenyatta are now...
29 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 29 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...
29 March 2013
India-Italy marines row: 'No legal immunity' for envoy Daniele Mancini
India's Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said the court had "lost trust" in Italy's ambassador Daniele Mancini.The court reiterated last week's order for him not to leave the country. The marines were allowed to go home to vote in last month's polls on...
29 March 2013
French military fatalities up to five in Mali
Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday the 24-year-old soldier was killed and three of his comrades were wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb blast in the Ifoghas mountains, without saying when it happened. Meanwhile,...
29 March 2013
Tsvangirai aides arrested
A preliminary count of about 500,000 votes showed that more than 90 percent of Zimbabweans endorsed the draft constitution, according to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party.The proposed text would introduce presidential term limits, beef up...
29 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 29 March 2013
Hundreds flee heavy clashes in South Sudan refugee camp
Several Sudanese rebel forces from the civil war regions of South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur have been reported to have used South Sudan's volatile border regions as rear guard bases.They are accused of mingling amongst the more than 185,000...
29 March 2013
BTO Invest P30m in four ventures
Responding to The Monitor questionaire the BTO says so far they are involved in the development of four projects in Kasane, Lepokole(Bobirwa), Goo Moremi(Tswapong), and in Tsabong(Kgalagadi) with a total investment of approximately P...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Electricity tariffs go up
A statement from the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources released over the weekend says the increment has been effected in a way that will reduce its impact on low-usage households and small-scale businesses. Besides, the hike is meant...
STAFF WRITER 29 March 2013
BPC considers leasing Morupule A
Available documents show that the other option the BPC has pitched to interested parties is the funding of the refurbishment by government with an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor spearheading the works. Estimates provided...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Barclays launches new insurance product
Briefing the media last week, product manager, Modise Semanthane, said Lefika is tailor made to suit customer needs. "Our customers were complaining that the current products are not serving their needs, so we came up with this product after the...
KEIKANTSE LESENEMELA
Correspondent 29 March 2013
Women encouraged to use female condoms
Speaking at a Kgotla meeting hosted by BNYCvolunteers and peer educators during the Month of Youth Against AIDS campaign (MYAA) at Tsolamosese on Friday, Tamora said that women also have to take the responsibility of protecting themselves to avoid...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 29 March 2013
As i see it
According to a survey conducted not so long ago, President Khama is the most popular leader in Botswana. It’s a puzzle why this is so because a different survey conducted by another research group found that Batswana are the most...
Michael Dingake 29 March 2013
Good news from the OP
With long years in the civil service behind him, and yet still fairly young, we regard the appointment of Ramakgathi as a step in the right direction. We welcome it because for some time now, the Office of the President has been functioning as...
29 March 2013
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29 March 2013
Back stage
Here is a light, entertaining film, set in Beirut, Lebanon, the creative work of co-writer, director and leading actor,Nadine Labaki. It is a bit of candy, as caramel is a toffee, or a mixture made from carefully heating sugar and butter together. It...
Sasa Majuma 29 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 29 March 2013
US-based studio boss set to visit local artists
United States-based DJ and studio boss, Godwill ‘DJ Dagizus’ Daniel is set to visit some local artists signed to Dagee Records in Botswana. He told Showbiz in an interview that although the envisaged visit is private, he has decided to...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 29 March 2013
BOMU accused of witch-hunting
Phemelo ‘Fresh’ Lesokwane, who was recently suspended for eight years from BOMU for allegedly lobbying members to disrupt the smooth running of the organisation and creating unauthorised communications withBOMU internal structures, has...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
TB remains a burden
The disease kills about two billion people every year, most of them in poor or developing countries.Speaking during a press conference yesterday, El Halabi said Botswana’s estimated rate of new episodes of TB, or incidence in 2011 was as high...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Media participation crucial
Speaking at a Tuberculosis (TB) press conference at Vresta Lodge in Gaborone yesterday, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Shenaaz El Halabi, said that at the current rate of progress, it is clear that many of the countries...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Family fights son-in-law over plot
Gogosha Nathaniel, aged 83, told the court that before his daughter, Nametsego Gogosha got married he had put his son, Gaolomeletse Gogosha's plot under her name because he was still too young to be allocated the property. However, Mopati Onamile...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
A whopping 2,056 civil servants are broke
Masisi concurred that the new system would make government accounting less cumbersome and efficiently recover money from travelling officers. When presenting his motion to Parliament, Goya said government pays imprest to officers whose duties require...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
TOSC 36 participants graduate
They all received certificates after successfully completing the course. According to Major M.T.A. Calnan, from the Canadian Directorate of Military Training and Cooperation, the tactical operations staff course (TOSC) was created in 2005 in response...
STAFF WRITER 29 March 2013
Govt to spend P5.1bn on tertiary education in 2016
The Tertiary Education Council (TEC) projects that candidates will increase from 42,309 in 2012 to 53,819 in 2016.New tertiary entrants will increase from 12,693 in 2012 to 16,146 in 2016. This was revealed at the ongoing TEC Conference, which began...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Venson-Moitoi to continue cracking the whip
Addressing a PTA meeting at St Joseph's College recently, Venson-Moitoi said the teachers were taking out their frustration on students. "Bangwe ba sa ntse ba hupetse mme ba ntshetsa botlhoko mo baneng," she emphasised and vowed that she would not...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 29 March 2013
Batshu evades deportation question
"We have not been able to find records showing the number of people who were declared prohibited immigrants for the period September 1966 to March 1980," Batshu said yesterday. "I wish to point out that a majority of the people above were declared...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 29 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 29 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 29 March 2013
Consumer watchdog
I'm not convinced.I'm not sure we can compare the service we get here with the service we get in other countries for one specific reason. The service we get here at home is the ordinary, mundane service we get when we do our normal shopping whereas...
29 March 2013
PPADB automates tendering processes
PPADB boss, Bridget John launched the Integrated Procurement Management System (IPMS) this week saying that it will vastly improve procurement and asset disposal. The web based system forms part of the implementation of the 2008-2013 PPADB strategy....
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 29 March 2013
Higher costs, cautious lending weaken Barclays' profits
The bank's financial results for the year ended 31 December 2012 indicates that loans and advances were flat as net interest income declined by three percent to P961 million while operating expenses rose six percent. During the year,...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
DTC relocation to transform SADC region
In a briefing to visiting President of Malawi, Dr Joyce Banda this week, two representatives of DTC Botswana -Tabake Kobedi and Andy Boultin said the relocation will result in a great inflow of diamond industry expertise, technology, personnel...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Botswana, Namibia to sign key railway agreement
First mooted in 19th century, the 1,500-kilometre Trans-Kalahari Railway (TKR) is key to unlocking the value of the massive coal resources in eastern Botswana through export via Walvis Bay. A 2012 study estimated the railway line, port and loading...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Retail banking drives BancABC income past P1bn
BancABC ventured into retail banking two years ago from merchant banking and has continued on a growth path in all its business. It has improved profitability, balance sheet size and its composite market share. Driven by the group's concerted...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 29 March 2013
Govt invites bids from IPPs
The move is eagerly awaited by local energy developers whose projects have been stalled by lack of dependable purchasers. This week, senior officials in the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources revealed that a request for Expressions of...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Back stage
One indicator used in making comparisons is the number of good films that make it to the Big Screens in town. With the addition of five new screens in the basement of the Masa Towers people seemed to hope that the dearth of quality movies would...
Sasa Majuma 29 March 2013
The Coloured community, a unique group
Besides the extensive combining of these diverse heritages in the Western Cape, in which a distinctive 'Cape Coloured' and affiliated Cape Malay culture developed - in other parts of Southern Africa, their development has usually been the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
The mystery of the hidden Herero bride
However, with the Herero culture there is a bit of a twist to that. A part of the Herero culture which distinguishes them from the rest of the tribes, is the way their wedding is conducted right from the bride price negotiations until the...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 29 March 2013
Shakawe hosts half marathon
According to a press release, to raise awareness of their need for greater access to health services, Shakawe residents teamed up with US Peace Corps Volunteers and The Okavango Community and Development Initiative (TOCaDI). Peace Corps Volunteers...
STAFF WRITER 29 March 2013
Suarez faces action over 'punch'
Esteban Paredes and Eduardo Vargas gave Jorge Sampaoli's Chile the victory, which takes them up to fourth in the standings - the last automatic qualifying spot for next year's tournament. Su‡rez, meanwhile, was lucky to stay on the pitch as...
29 March 2013
Diphatsa men off to a flying start
The volleyball league sponsorship renewed recently to a tune of P3 million over a period of two years has ensured that P1. 5 million is utilised per season. Under the latest arrangement, more money will be pumped into clubs with teams now...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 29 March 2013
First Cut
Right from the onset as the media we should have checked the background of the player than wait for someone in the United Kingdom (UK) to expose the fake player. It is the duty of the media not to always easily trust people who praise themselves....
DENNIS KEAGILE 29 March 2013
No PSG move for Yaya
The Ivory Coast international, who scored one of his side's three goals against Gambia on Saturday in the 2014 World Cup qualifying, said in Abidjan that the stories about an imminent transfer from Etihad Stadium were baseless and that he was still...
29 March 2013
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