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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 -...
17 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...
17 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 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 April 2013
A musical journey
The journey begins when the first line-up of artists is announced, normally a few months before the actual date of the festival. The line-up includes artists from all over the world, some you probably never heard of. That is when you really need...
THALEFANG CHARLES
Staff writer 17 April 2013
Beyond the Zondo waters
I am tempted to differ a little. The purpose of my write up is not so much to defend Zondo, but to say the story focused on the water and not the primary purpose of the visit. Little was drawn on the fact that the service was primarily one for the...
*Phillip Segadika 17 April 2013
NDP 10 budget deficit slashed
According to the plan's Mid-Term Review (MTR) document currently being debated in Parliament, total revenues were originally put at P213.7 billion in the seven-year plan period against expenditure of P245.7 billion. But the resource ...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 17 April 2013
You have no right to own land if you're black and rural
In reality, it is black, rural, poor South Africans who are already being deprived of the right to own property, even communally. In this year, the centenary year of the infamous 1913 Land Act, people's land rights continue to be violated only...
CHRISTI VAN DER WESTHUIZEN 17 April 2013
Just trust me, I'm a lawyer...
A few weeks back this column (Thought Leader) touched on the latitude granted to the professions to regulate themselves without state oversight. Strikingly, the only South African professionals to shroud this privileged process in secrecy are...
WILLIAM SAUNDERSON-MEYER 17 April 2013
As I see it
Out of the nettle of BMC mismanagement, roguery and corruption some beautiful flower may yet bloom Reatile Parliamentary Select Committee of Inquiry into the BMC management is sitting and one cannot confidently predict its findings as, as...
17 April 2013
We are committed to ICC - Khama
I hope that by accepting the invitation to host this workshop, Botswana has been able to demonstrate her strong support and abiding faith in the instrumentality of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is also my sincere hope...
17 April 2013
Lost and revised history of the DA, coming soon to a soapbox near you
At the launch of the "Our DA Campaign" in the Alexandra township in Gauteng on Saturday, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said her party "was and remains part of South Africa's struggle for freedom". "We are here to tell the untold story of the...
RANJENI MUNUSAMY 17 April 2013
The slow descent into social media's superficiality
Besides being a vehicle for sparking Arab Springs, social media is first with the news and enhances your brand if you're a journalist, editor, social commentator or political analyst. In fact if you're none of these you can now become one, just have...
GLENDA DANIELS 17 April 2013
The aftermath of Letlhakeng West
Reportedly President Ian Khama commissioned an inquiry into the reasons the BDP had failed to retain the two wards. A few months earlier, the BDP had lost Sebele and Maboane wards to the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and BNF. Unlike Tonota...
EDWARD MPOLOKA
Correspondent 17 April 2013
Comets closer to Premier League return
With just four matches remaining, Comets have collected 34 points with a healthy 19-goal difference. They have won nine matches, drawn seven and lost two. Under the tutelage of Mike Sithole, Comets now look set to return to the elite league. The...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
'London Marathon will go ahead as planned'
Speaking just 12 hours after the blasts near the finish line in Boston, which also injured more than 100 people, some extremely seriously, Robertson said he was "absolutely confident" the London race, involving about 37,500 competitors, could be held...
17 April 2013
Sithole replaces Dodo at Rollers,
The Zimbabwean mentor arrived at the beginning of the season, replacing Mike Sithole who had led the team to Mascom Top 8 success.Sithole at the time was appointed on temporary basis following the departure of Wesley Mondo. Now Rollers have made a...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
Six TAFIC players linked to Two-Two-Five
Mmegi Sport is reliably informed that the side, based in the border village of Senete, has embarked on a massive transformation exercise as the club prepares to fight for honours next season. Two-Two-Five is allegedly taking advantage of the...
17 April 2013
Tribute to our heroes
In Setswana, people of such stature are called bagaka and local borankana musician Onkemetse Monyere, who goes by the stage name Ezebizo, is due to release an album in honour of such people. The single is called Bagaka and it is already on national...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
Golden boy Casper saves cultural music
Since then, 22-year-old Casper Aubert has never looked back and now his music career is growing by the day.His latest album, which will be released and distributed this week, is proof that this young Motswana man was born to sing and is going...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 17 April 2013
The prince returns to his crown
Mazolwana's 1998 debut hit Isiponono still remains his best job in studio by far. It is the kind of album that any new entrant to the music scene could ever dream of having,thus illustrating the Eastern Cape born disco sensation's artistic...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
"Motswana Chinese Singer" going to China in September
This past Saturday, the singer impressed with her classic opera piece that she sang in Chinese at Maitisong for the official opening of the Maitisong Festival. Oodira's talent is opening doors for her. The singer, who became popular after singing in...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
China 'reveals army structure' in defence white paper
The army has a total of 850,000 officers, while the navy and air force have a strength of 235,000 and 398,000, China said in its defence white paper. The paper also criticised the US's expanded military presence in the Asia Pacific, saying it had...
17 April 2013
Ghana gold mine collapse kills 16
The ground caved in at an abandoned pit near the town of Kyekyewere that was said to be popular with illegal miners. Rescuers removed 16 bodies after the collapse on Monday, police said. It was unclear how many people had been at the mine, but...
17 April 2013
Pakistan's Musharraf barred from May polls
An election tribunal disqualified him from running in Chitral in the north-west. Earlier, he failed in an attempt to stand in three other seats. Musharraf's lawyer says he plans to file an appeal with the Supreme Court.Meanwhile, at least four...
17 April 2013
Pistorius police cellphones confiscated after post-arrest photos discovered
The Star reported that cellphones were confiscated from 45 police officials, according to a written response by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to a parliamentary question. Boschkop police station management also seized four other official police...
17 April 2013
Ex-wife ruined my life: 'Modimolle monster'
"Ina [Bonnette] ruined my life. I am finished, finished, finished," he read, all the while crying and wiping his eyes. He is accused of assaulting Bonnette, killing her son, and forcing his workers to gang-rape her. Kotze said he recognised his...
17 April 2013
North Korea issues new threats over protests in South
But despite the new ultimatum, the North Korean leadership was looking for a way to cool down its rhetoric after weeks of warnings of war, a senior US military official in South Korea said. On Monday, the North dropped its shrill threats against the...
17 April 2013
Karim Wade arrested in Senegal corruption probe
Karim Wade was a senior minister during his father's rule from 2000 to 2012, and was in charge of major infrastructure and energy projects. Investigators had set him a deadline of Monday to prove his innocence, after accusing him of corruption a...
17 April 2013
Syria crisis: UN issues rare joint appeal for action
In a statement, the chiefs of the WHO, Unicef, Ocha, WFP and UNHCR urged political leaders to use their influence to solve the crisis. They said they were appealing for "something more important than funds". The UN says at least 70,000...
17 April 2013
UN condemns terror strikes in Mogadishu which killed 34
In a statement on Sunday's attacks, the 15 council members said they "underline their willingness to take action against those whose behaviour threatens the peace, stability, or security of Somalia. "They likewise "reaffirm their resolve to support...
17 April 2013
Levelling the playing field with Competition Authority
When you listen to politicians and the public at large, the common outcry is almost invariably delays in project implementation. Why is the stadium project delayed? Why is the clinic not complete yet? Why do public projects always incur cost...
17 April 2013
Alcohol price hike pushes inflation up
According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics, the annual inflation rate registered a modest increase in March to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in the previous month largely due to a rise in alcoholic beverage prices. On March 4, KBL...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
Govt floats 600mw power tender
Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Minister, Kitso Mokaila told delegates at a coal and energy sector conference yesterday that the highly anticipated tender was published in the Government Gazette last week. The government plans that half...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
The truth about extreme global inequality
Now everyone is talking about how the richest one percent have captured such a disproportionate share of wealth in their respective countries. This point came crashing home once again when an animated video illustrating wealth disparities in...
JASON HICKEL
17 April 2013
A rocky five years of an assured nosedive
The past five years have seen the soaring of corruption, stress and unhappiness as well as diminishing profile on credit rating, human development indices. The legislative strength of our Parliament has been challenged at the hands of a dear...
GOMOLEMO MOTSWALEDI
UDC Secretary General 17 April 2013
Mmualebe
Go ya ka polelo nngwe e Mmualebe a e badileng mo Daily News (Dikgang Mopitlo 26 2013), go motsana mongwe mo kgaolong ya borwa o o fetogileng matlhabelo a batho. Go utlwala gore, go tswa ka ngwaga wa 2010 go tla go tsena ngwaga ono, go...
Sebofo Motshwane 17 April 2013
Selefu 17 April 2013
17 April 2013
IPPs key to power self-sufficiency
As the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Kitso Mokaila told delegates at a coal and energy sector conference yesterday, the highly anticipated tender was published in the Government Gazette last week. According to government's plans,...
17 April 2013
Our heritage
Yes, I did indeed describe Bobonong as bleak, bare and littered and did remark that I could think of nowhere else in the country which is remotely comparable to it. I also suggested that the place where I would least like to live was Serule. But...
Sandy Grant 17 April 2013
Watch out for me - Kusasa
FRANCISTOWN: Although she had "always been interested in politics", Maria Kusasa's activism started in 2009 when the Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) recruited her to stand as its parliamentary candidate in Tati East."When the BPP parliamentary candidate...
17 April 2013
Mokobeng woman finally accesses ARVs
SELEBI-PHIKWE: A 39-year old HIV positive woman, Galebotse Tlou, can finally celebrate life, now that she has finally been enrolled for ARVs after being denied the treatment for lack of a Botswana identity card. During the five years of her...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
BBC, CNN accused of manufacturing bad news in Africa
A conference of journalists in Pretoria last week heard that CNN and BBC stage-managed 'violence' in Kenya and Zimbabwe this year in a bid to prove that Africa cannot hold peaceful elections. First to make the accusation was a senior political...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
Expert emphasises indigenous knowledge in social work
Speaking at the annual general meeting of Botswana social workers she cautioned that there are many atrocities that happen in the name of culture. She advised social workers to engage in dialogue and refrain from sending directives. Sewpaul said that...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 17 April 2013
Social workers complain against political abuse
They told Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Dr Gloria Somolekae that in the run-up to general elections, the number of people registered as destitute and orphans rise but after the polls they are directed to reduce...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 17 April 2013
Stimela and co. were vicious - witness
Second state witness Phillip Sebolao said that he saw Thabo Stimela, Victor Sebina, Aubrey Nkuna and a forth person not present in court assaulting the deceased on the morning of May 21, 2011. Sebolao said they were kicking him, pulling him to the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
Minister says prisons assist ex-cons get jobs
He told Parliament last week that the department continuously collaborates with relevant institutions to assist ex-convicts to set up projects exploiting skills acquired during their imprisonment. He said prisons officers provide references on...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 17 April 2013
Rammidi suggests alternative to Khama's roadmap
In his response to the Midterm Review of the 10th National Development Plan (NDP 10) in Parliament recently, Rammidi said the five Ds roadmap has failed and Botswana should consider a master plan consisting of Re-examine, Reconstruct, Restructure,...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 17 April 2013
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