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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 -...
18 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...
18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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...
18 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...
18 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 18 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 18 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 18 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
18 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 18 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 18 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 18 April 2013
Gaborone Marathon targets 4, 000 runners
Race director Stellan Bengtsson told Mmegi Sport in an interview yesterday that they have extended the registration deadline to April 26 in order to reach their target. Over 3, 100 participants, among them elite runners, leisure runners and sport...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
EMG Gunners on course to redeem lost pride
Gunners became the first team from outside Gaborone to win the league title in 2009 after beating another army side, Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Cheetahs.The side showed that they mean business when they crushed debutants, Mochudi Rugby Club 90-0...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 18 April 2013
Fading light disrupts women's league matches
The games held at the Francistown stadium had also attracted men's teams - eight of them over all. Seven women's teams took part at the games, which are played annually in a tournament format. The Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA), BDF...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Chess to host regional championships
The tournament, which starts on May Day and runs until the 8th, will involve Zone 4.3 member countries of Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Comoros Islands, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Madagascar,...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Young Zebras crash out
Tunisia and Morocco will now occupy the first two positions in the group and advance to the semi finals having already acumulated six points apiece while Botswana and Gabon are rooted bottom of the group without a single point having lost all their...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Easy B - still the best
As a young boy growing up in the dusty streets of Lentswe-Le-Tau in Kweneng District, Sesopo never thought he would make a career out of being a DJ. He says he owes the realisation of this unlikely dream to his former employer, Tony Crazy Disco, who...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 18 April 2013
Using photography to accomplish humanitarian goals
Whether it's helping children living with cancer to develop their creative voices, using photography to introduce and keep children engaged in the education process, teaching photography as a useful, empowering and employable skill or seeking to...
18 April 2013
Sungura dance king coming to town
His tour of Botswana begins with a show at BOCCIM hall in Francistown. He will then proceed to Gaborone for another concert at the UB amphitheatre on Saturday.The last time Macheso was in Botswana was in 2010, and the performances remain embedded in...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Kearoma to peform in Mozambique
Speaking to Showbiz in a telephone interview, Kearoma sounded excited and said she has spent most of her time in Maputo so far seeing what the city has to offer. Of particular interest to Kearoma in the short time she has spent in Maputo, are the...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Telkom agrees to pay R449 million fine
"The Competition Commission and Telkom SA Limited have reached a settlement agreement on the basis that the commission withdraws its cross-appeal and Telkom withdraws its appeal from the Competition Appeal Court (CAC)," she said."The withdrawal of...
18 April 2013
US zeroes in on Boston 'pressure cooker' bombs
But with no claim of responsibility made and police not committing to blaming foreign or domestic militants, Boston harboured widespread questions about the perpetrators as the city and the nation paid tribute to the dead.US President Barack Obama...
18 April 2013
PIP implants scandal: Trial under way in Marseille
The sale of faulty implants caused a global health scare with an estimated 300,000 women in 65 countries affected.The former head of PIP, Jean-Claude Mas, and four members of his management team have been charged with aggravated fraud.The company...
18 April 2013
Mom tells of 'satanic' attack that killed her daughter
Sylvia Theologo was the first witness to take the stand in the trial of the four people accused of setting her daughter alight in 2011.Harvey Isha, Robin Harwood, Lindon Wagner, and Courtney Daniels, who was a minor at the time, pleaded not guilty...
18 April 2013
Angolan president named in deal
London-based Corruption Watch on Tuesday released a report detailing the involvement of Dos Santos, top oil officials and politicians in syphoning money off debt repayments to Russia through a middleman.This new evidence was presented to prosecutors...
18 April 2013
'Blame apartheid for abuse'
Last week President Jacob Zuma, speaking at the 20th commemoration of SACP leader Chris Hani's murder, said "the effects of apartheid will linger for a long time"."The damage done by apartheid is too deep and runs far back. It is unable to be...
18 April 2013
DRC activists get 20 years' each for planning protest march
The western Bandundu city regional court convicted them of rebellion and conspiracy.African human rights group ASADHO issued a statement shortly after the ruling was announced, saying it was "in violation of all national and international guarantees...
18 April 2013
Zimbabwe parties haggle over poll assessment mission
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe has approached the United Nations for help with financing the general elections which are due later this year, on a date which has yet to be fixed.For the UN to consider the request, it was invited to undertake an assessment...
18 April 2013
Competition Authority turns two
Since inception the Authority has investigated a total of 63 cases, 33 or (52 percent) were cases of abuse of dominance which include predatory price fixing, refusal to deal and exclusive agreements while 30 cases or (48 percent) were cases of...
18 April 2013
Signing of Trans-Kalahari Railway deal postponed
Although the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the TKR in 2009, the bilateral agreement will focus on cooperation and most importantly, pave way for the appointment of transaction advisers to lead the mammoth...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
'Hosting banks IT systems abroad reduces costs'
The minister said the IT systems of the Botswana banks' subsidiaries are hosted and maintained locally though they are integrated into regional hubs or international group IT centres.Seretse cited the South African subsidiary banks' IT systems. He...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 18 April 2013
Gobotswang celebrates cessation of harassment
Habitat Botswana built 154 houses in Chadibe, 66 in Mathako, 74 in Machaneng and 76 in Sefhare for low-income earners at these villages on soft terms. However, by 2009 the organisation was owed P1.8 million by the beneficiaries and resorted to...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Tsolamosese residents urged to help combat crime
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor made the appeal at a Kgotla meeting he called recently to brief the community on his achievements and challenges he has encountered since he assumed office.Jack pleaded with his electorate to get...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 18 April 2013
Proposed municipal by-law is bad
His apt rejection of the apartheid-type infringement came a day after some officials from the city council were waffleing on national radio trying to explain their proposed by-law. First, the argument by Gaborone City Council (GCC) that with the...
18 April 2013
Selefu 18 April 2013
18 April 2013
'Plot to kill BMC'
*Says he could never have hired Clive Marshall*Prefers quarantines to feedlots for preparing cattle for slaughter*'White skin was made a requirement for BMC board' The Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Ngamiland, which has been running...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Kgafela becomes campaign tool in Kgatleng
At a rally on Sunday at Mopipi Freedom Square in Mmapole ward, the former MP for Kgatleng East, Isaac Davids accused his arch rival Isaac Mabiletsa of publicly declaring during the last Kgotla meeting that "he will die with Kgafela". He said...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 18 April 2013
Man charged with threat-to-kill
The state alleges that 56-year-old Balemetse Moalosi threatened to kill Edna Moalosi on October 26, 2012 at Gerald Estates.The prosecution said the accused uttered the following words to the complainant: "Ke tla go pantitela, ke tla go somola mowa,...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 18 April 2013
Boko's camp on BNFYL lobby list
Incumbent vice president Tona Selala says it is expected that some people will retain their positions at the elective congress.Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, Selala explained that some people on the proposed lobby list are new while others are not....
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 18 April 2013
BDP clears Lesetedi in car accident case
The accident happened nearly two weeks ago at Lesetedi's home village of Serowe when the cousin allegedly took the car without permission. The white Toyota Hilux van was reportedly damaged beyond repair. Officials at Tsholetsa House have indicated...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
Dumping of disposal nappies a great concern
Speaking at a Kgotla meeting held recently, Mogoditshane Council law enforcement officer, Emmanuel Mompati, commented on people's poor methods for disposing of disposable nappies. He said that in the past, people used ordinary nappies that were...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 18 April 2013
Rammidi pledges allegiance to BCP
The BCP leadership had called the press conference to brief the media on preparation to launch the party in Kanye and to welcome Rammidi. "I have no intention of being an accomplice in the destruction of our country. I am proud to be part of a team...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 18 April 2013
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