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Barcelona hail half-fit saviour Messi
Afterwards everyone agreed on one thing: the four-times Ballon d'Or winner had changed the game. Before he came on Barcelona had not managed a single shot on target. The talk had been of "Messidependencia". Here it was confirmed. Messi finished the...
12 April 2013
Karate championships move to F/town
The event follows the first qualifiers that were held in Gaborone in February.Jerry Dithong, public relations officer for BOKA, says finalists will be selected according to the points they have earned. This is the first time the point system is being...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 12 April 2013
Young athletes make the cut for COSASA games
The 32 were selected last Friday at the annual Botswana Primary Schools Sports Association (BOPSSA) National track and field meet in Masunga. The competition caters for primary school pupils competing in the junior, intermediate and senior category....
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Cairns start Bowls World Cup singles on a sound note
Singles Bowls Championships, Patrick Cairns has started the tournament on the right paddle after pulling off wins against Japan and China. Botswana Bowling Association (BBA) spokesperson, John Gaborutwe told Mmegi Sport that it is the first time the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 12 April 2013
No sponsor for BNSC awards yet
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Percy Raditladi said negotiations are still on going and hoped for a positive outcome. Raditladi, however, said the event will go on even if they do not reach an agreement with the headline sponsors. "Remember...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Indiscipline haunts Tanian
Stone Mekgwe, the Tanian head coach and his charges are yet to win a match since the season started this year.Tanian lost their two opening matches against returnees Orapa Volleyball Club and seasoned Diphatsa Volleyball Club at the Orapa Sports hall...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 12 April 2013
Kutlwano dish lacklustre performance in Madagascar
The local girls lost all their pool games and failed to win a single set.Kutlwano met giants of African volleyball and winning was always going to be difficult. Kutlwano were pooled alongside Africa's number one and four-time Africa champions,...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Free scoring BDF XI target next season
Known over the years for their defensive displays, BDF XI has this season proved that they are a ruthless side- and it didn't happen by chance, according to the club's chairperson, Boikanyo Addenes. When they came into office, they came with the idea...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Top 8: All roads lead to UB Stadium
The titanic battle takes place at UB Stadium with last season's semi final clashes still fresh in the minds of most football fanatics. The two giants met again in the same stage of the competition where UB Stadium was split into two...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
ECCO want partners to merchandise replica jerseys
The search for a partner who will help the club sell its merchandise was reportedly hatched by the club officials recently after they received 1, 000 supporters' replica jerseys from British based sports manufacture Umbro. The sale of replica...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Under-17 face moment of truth
The team left for Morocco last week amid some furore around the coaching department involving the BFA leadership. Disgruntled coach, Kagiso Kobedi joined them later in the week as he remained behind sorting out certain issues at his workplace....
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Social media comments 'disturb' Pistorius family
"The disregard that is being shown by some- specifically those commenting via social media- for the profound pain that Reeva's family and friends are going through is very troubling," the family said in a statement. "There is not a moment in the day...
12 April 2013
Sudanese army, rebels report new fighting in South Darfur
Defence Minister, Abdel Raheem Mohammed Hussein said the army was closing in on a rebel-controlled town in South Darfur state. A spokesman for the Sudan Liberation Army faction loyal to veteran fighter Minni Minnawi said rebels killed 100 soldiers...
12 April 2013
Malawi harshly criticises Madonna over 'exaggerated contributions' to country
The pop star denied the accusations. Her spokesman suggested they were prompted by the recent removal of the president's sister as head of Madonna's humanitarian organisation there. The singer has a long history with the country, which she first...
12 April 2013
At least 4,300 Syrians killed in airstrikes: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch said Syrian fighter jets have deliberately targeted bakeries, breadlines and hospitals in the country's northern region. Parts of northern Syria- especially areas along the border with Turkey - have in the past months fallen under...
12 April 2013
No quarrel about apartheid: Zuma
"Stating that the apartheid legacy and impact still exists and will linger on for a long time does not mean that the president is saying that public servants should use it to excuse laziness and incompetence," spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a...
12 April 2013
Nitty gritty
Chicken comes into the Nitty Gritty escorted by two officers of the Botswana constabulary, as Nikita likes to refer to the police. The two policemen ask Ausi Maggie a few questions and then leave. "Kante wena where have you been, ebile o tla ka...
Barolong Seboni 12 April 2013
Consumer watchdog
You don't have a right to completely free speech. No, honestly, you don't.Oliver Wendell Holmes, an American Supreme Court judge once said in a ruling that the "most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in...
12 April 2013
Molefhi bemoans low Internet access
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Nonofo Molefhi told a workshop this week that the national broadband strategy will be formulated through a holistic and coordinated approach by government. He said the development of a broadband strategy...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 12 April 2013
Book review
Miral Al-Tahawy (2012) translated from Arabic by Sameh Salim. Brooklyn Heights: A Novel. London, Faber and Faber, 220 pages, P174. ISBN 978-0-571-28002-5. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk Egyptian writer Miral Al-Tahawy's fourth...
Sheridan Griswold 12 April 2013
Back stage
Quartet (2013) has been on circuit in Southern Africa. It is the first movie to be directed by Dustin Hoffman, the American actor, who first studied medicine, then turned to the stage. When he was 30 in 1967, he had a small part in his first film,...
Sasa Majuma 12 April 2013
Are local visual artists overpricing their works?
The Coordinator of Thapong Visual Arts Centre Reginald Bakwena echoed these sentiments during a members' exhibition on Tuesday.Bakwena expressed concern that the overpricing of artworks would drive away potential customers and deny arts the much-need...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Thandiswa - a proud African cultural activist
I caught up with her at the 14th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) last weekend. After 30 minutes of fielding questions from world media at the press briefing she is whisked to seventh floor of Cape Sun Hotel, where she sits...
THALEFANG CHARLES
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Master blacksmith carves with imagination
Piet's works are simply masterpieces. From the metal workman sculpture that has been the centre of attraction at Thapong Visual Arts Centre to the mixed media piece, which exhibited at the centre's members exhibition this week, the dreadlocked...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
BOCRA urged to revise Internet pricing structure
In a presentation at the just-ended two day Broadband workshop on Tuesday, principal IT consultant, Vincent Roger Machart, said the regulator should come up with a common pricing strategy so that everybody has access to Internet at the same price. He...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 12 April 2013
Matambo warns SACU on Eurozone ripple effects
Officially opening the SACU 29th council of ministers meeting in Gaborone on Wednesday, Matambo said the Eurozone ripples could curtail growth prospects in SACU area. He said that while the projected growth rate for SACU's economies is not...
STAFF WRITER 12 April 2013
Botswana slips in network readiness rankings
According to the 2013 Global Information Technology Report (GITR), the country's Network Readiness Index (NRI) has dropped seven places from position 89 out of 142 countries last year, to 96 out of 144 countries this year."This should be a major...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 12 April 2013
A Nightmare on Macheng Way
Exactly ten years ago, in its 2003/04 financial year, the Botswana Power Corporation served up a P206 million profit powered by revenues of P581.9 million and weighed against generation, transmission and distribution expenses of P388.2 million. At...
12 April 2013
No deal on wheat levy, declare bakers
And the bakers, under their association, have vowed to continue their fight to have government scrap the 15 percent levy imposed on wheat flour imports.The latest salvos in the battle emerged from a March 26 meeting of millers, bakers, retailers,...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
BPC seeks telecommunications operator licence
The report by three consultants says that BPC should be granted a licence to operate telecommunications services because the current legal framework is capable of accommodating the arrangement without an amendment. The report by three ICT...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 12 April 2013
The petro politics of nuclear weapons
Even though the dark ages of the Cold War have come to an end after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the uncertainties brought about by nuclear proliferation and tensions have continued unabated. The Asian continent which hosts a total of six...
12 April 2013
We shall neither sleep nor slumber
The Umbrella for Democratic Change takes this opportunity to thank the people of all villagers and dwelling places of Letlhakeng West including those in meraka and masimo for their assuring turn out and their solid message on intent for 2014. ...
12 April 2013
What is happening in Limkokwing is "total madness!"
The latest to taste the government's brutality is the innocent Limkokwing students who rightfully embarked on a class-boycott and consequent mass-action following a litany of grievances besieging their bookstore. The said students reportedly decried...
12 April 2013
Digging tswana roots
Most people do not like to be shown to be wrong in anything. Indeed, it is quite embarrassing - as if one had lacked sense, temporarily or otherwise, at the time one made the mistake. Only those with high emotional intelligence will grin and bear it,...
I.M Leteane 12 April 2013
SA must not discard its duty to Africa
We mourn with our South African brothers and sisters who lost 13 of their sons, brothers, uncles, husbands and fathers in this tragedy. Because the continent - and indeed ultimately humanity - is one, we offer our heartfelt condolences and...
12 April 2013
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12 April 2013
Nonproliferation isn't all
The deepening crisis in the Korean Peninsula and the stalled nuclear talks with Iran together are a powerful reminder to the United States that its nonproliferation policies are not working in Asia. If George W. Bush attempted muscular approaches -...
12 April 2013
No, Africans don't remember Margaret Thatcher fondly
Margaret Thatcher died yesterday. Or the day before maybe, I don't know. At any rate, Thatcher died, and now the hagiographers and the demonisers can have their day. All by herself, apparently, Thatcher "reforged Britain", "transfixed the United...
12 April 2013
BDP chairmanship:the race as I see it
When politicians compare themselves and point out the unfitness of their competitors' ideas and their characters it is often construed to be a dirty affair. Imagine having to state the bare truth that so-and-so is not worthy to be a leader because he...
DR M.D. LECHA 12 April 2013
Clergy, police speak against deep-water baptism
They have suggested that the churches should consider other methods of baptism. "As the BPS we believe that such deaths (drowning during baptism) are avoidable when churches observe safety precautions when baptising their members or performing their...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Shashemooke: A village weighed down with wretchedness
Sadness permeates the village like the air that they breathe as stagnation of the village's development is taking its toll on the residents.Lack of developments in this small village of less than 5, 000 people, about 15 kilometres south west of...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 12 April 2013
Matambo defends Ponzi scheme
Meriam Matambo, the wife of Botswana's Minister Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, says she is happy with the returns she got from the P100,000 she invested in Eurex Trade ponzi scheme.However, Eurex Trade is a very risky money...
12 April 2013
No end to Limkokwing disarray?
The well attended briefing brought together Student Representative Council (SRC) representatives from Mancosa, Limkokwing, NIIT, GIPS, Tlokweng College of Education, Boitekanelo College and University of Botswana.The UB SRC president Kago...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 12 April 2013
NDB union leader reinstated
This was after Morapedi suspended the president of their union, Gilbert Watshipi, and an employee of the bank, Caroline Molefhi. Watshipi and Molefhi were charged with misuse of the bank's property and dishonesty in January this year and suspended...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
The mystery behind EurexTrade
Have you ever heard of EurexTrade? It is a company registered in 2004 in Panama and owned by three companies - Ireland & Overseas Acquisitions Ltd, Milltown Corporate Services Ltd and Inhold Ltd.According to an investigation published in 2009 by...
12 April 2013
How the scam works
There is no actual investment activity in a Ponzi scheme; it is simply like taking a loan to pay another loan. The lifeblood of a Ponzi scheme is a new investor and when it eventually becomes difficult to recruit new investors or when a large number...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 12 April 2013
SRCs close ranks over LUCT book dispute
The SRCs held a press briefing yesterday at the University of Botswana SRC offices to state a joint position. The LUCT matter, which started off as a complaint that the books available at the campus bookstore were irrelevant and that the book...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 12 April 2013
Masire: How BMC mistreated me
Former president, Sir Ketumile Masire narrated the mistreatment he got from the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) yesterday before the parliamentary select committee investigating the state parastatal. He was particularly scathing against Clive Marshal,...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 12 April 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 12 April 2013
Tribal land administration in Botswana: Some critical lessons - (Part II)
The Tribal Land Act, enacted in 1968, is the most significant land policy that the ruling elite immediately passed whilst new in office. To my judgement, the act reflects the thinking of the bigwigs within the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) then...
DR BOGA THURA MANATSHA 12 April 2013
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