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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 -...
19 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 19 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 19 April 2013
ICC axe spurs Africa cricket body into action
ICC recently announced a decision to scrap the two divisions, which saw 10 teams, among them Botswana, face a lengthy period on the sidelines. Only two teams were promoted to Division Six, which will now be the bottom tier in ICC's development...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Withey, what the cricket doctor ordered
Russell Withey was an unknown talented cricketer just four weeks back. The tall fast bowler announced his arrival on the big stage in grand style as he thrilled with both the ball and bat during the ICC Division 7 tournament,which ended in Gaborone...
19 April 2013
BAA defends Senn Foods sponsorship
What was supposed to be a merry occasion meant to announce the partnership in Gaborone yesterday, turned into a grilling session with journalists querying the value of the deal. The company, which produces processed meats, pledged P44, 000, the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Premier League clubs spent 1.6bn on wages
The Guardian's annual special report of Premier League clubs' finances shows they spent £1.6 billion on wages last season, most of it to players. The wage bill accounted for 67 percent of clubs' turnover, a similar level to the two previous...
19 April 2013
First cut
I do not recall when Mochudi Centre Chiefs last had a long dry spell because since 2006, they have been the most consistent team. But Magosi have now gone five games without a win in all competitions.As a result the sharp focus and the hawk's eye has...
Dennis Keagile 19 April 2013
BDF VI, Police set for intriguing clash
Volleyball fans should expect a mouth-watering encounter from the uniformed forces. Although they have never won the league title, Police have always been among the most enterprising sides. Their towering captain, Happy Ribbin is expected to be...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Notwane players boycott training
The players cited outstanding appearance and win bonuses from December 2012 as their reason for the boycott.Since Monday, the players are said to have refused to train despite turning up at the training venue, until their grievances have been...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Ngele sets SA's PSL alight
Zebras' midfielder, Mogakolodi 'Tsotso' Ngele continued to establish himself as one of the most feared marksmen in South Africa's ABSA Premiership scoring a brace against Bidvest Wits on Wednesday night that saw Stars climb within four points of...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Jaded Rollers, Chiefs seek redemption
Their match before the Mazembe tie against Mogoditshane Fighters in the Mascom Top 8 quarter-finals remains their last victory. After the Mazembe match, their next matches were against Nico United and ECCO City Greens where they lost 2-1 and drew...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
The relegation dogfight: Who goes, who stays?
BR Highlanders (Position 16)It looks like the Mahalapye outfit's destiny is sealed. With five points from 23 matches played, not even a miracle could save Highlanders from tracing their way back to the First Division North. Even efforts to bolster...
19 April 2013
Regions petition Sebego over unfulfilled promises
According to a petition in possession of this publication, regional football associations across the country have called Sebego to explain what is hindering him from fulfilling the promises he made while campaigning and after taking over the reins at...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 19 April 2013
ANC unveils battle plan to court 'clever blacks'
ANC Gauteng secretary David Makhura said that the party planned to set up an election "war room" . Makhura said it had decided to triple the number of election volunteers from 10,000 to 30,000 in preparation for next year's polls. "We are going to...
19 April 2013
Ratsiraka returns to Madagascar, ending 11 year exile
The 76-year-old ex-leader expressed a "sense of relief and happiness" to be back."It has been 11 years that I have not been here," he said in brief remarks to reporters at the airport before being driven away to attend a national reconciliation...
19 April 2013
Pakistan's Musharraf flees court as judges order his arrest
Musharraf's hasty exit from the Islamabad High Court seemed to symbolise the diminished influence of a former army chief who once dominated Pakistan's political landscape, but whose bid to stage a triumphal comeback has garnered widespread scorn.The...
19 April 2013
North Korea demands end of sanctions if US wants dialogue
The North Korea's top military body also said in a statement the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula would begin when the United States removed nuclear weapons that the isolated state says Washington has deployed in the region.The move was...
19 April 2013
Egypt's Mubarak out of hospital and back in prison
Mubarak was taken by ambulance to Tora prison under heavy security escort, the source told AFP.Egypt's public prosecutor ordered Mubarak back to prison on Wednesday after his health was deemed stable. Mubarak, 84, was being treated for a heart...
19 April 2013
President considers amnesty for Boko Haram rebels
"Goodluck Jonathan has approved the constitution of a Presidential Committee to constructively engage key members of Boko Haram and define a comprehensive and workable framework for resolving the crisis of insecurity," his office said in a statement....
19 April 2013
No internal Marikana probe: Phiyega
National police commissioner, Riah Phiyega said the Saps believed preparations for the Farlam Commission of Inquiry would form part of their own investigations."Our interpretation was that our preparation for this commission would form part of our...
19 April 2013
Nitty gritty
Nikita is buying drinks for everybody because his ship has come in. This maritime and seafaring expression refers to the fact that he has recently received his monthly allowance from this mysterious benefactor with whom, it is rumoured, he has...
19 April 2013
Poverty eradication is our national anthem
The failing and collapsing economy has proven to be Khama's Achilles' heel. The government of Khama by Khama and for Khama indeed! For almost 47years now, it has become music to our ears to hear sources from all over the world, including the...
19 April 2013
To be torn in two
The main apparent reason is that there would be no end of squabbles - and perhaps war - if nations and tribes were to trace their histories and lay claim to areas they once settled before disturbances like the mfecane and colonisation played their...
I m Leteane 19 April 2013
Khama's initiative is ill-advised
He told a gathering of civil servants at Sekgele Junior Secondary School in Thamaga that his cabinet and ruling party colleagues are against the idea. Rightly so, because this will clearly create a conflict of interest. Civil servants may...
19 April 2013
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19 April 2013
Book review
Noor Ebrahim (2011), eighth edition Noor's Story: My Life in District Six. Cape Town, I. M. Publishing, over four dozen black and white and colour plates, 88 pages, P85. ISBN 978-0-620-43860-5. Available at The District Six Museum or through...
19 April 2013
Marketing Botswana's pristine heritage sites for tourism
I went on to illustrate how our heritage sites are doing in terms of selling our country. In my conclusion, I asked this rhetoric question. What feature brands your hometown or village? Many people still find it difficult to answer this question for...
ABEL ABEDNICO MABUSE
Correspondent 19 April 2013
Back stage
It was first shown at the Berlin Film Festival last year, but the official date for The Croods is 2013. It cost the equivalent of P1 billion to make and in its first few weeks has already grossed more than that. If you think this just more of...
Sasa Majuma 19 April 2013
Understanding the traditional beer Setopoti
This is the season for Setopoti or 'stop talking' as it is affectionally called by those who enjoy it; Setopoti is a traditional beer made out of watermelons. It is mostly drank in the evening around a fire, and is enjoyed while eating...
OAGENG BATENEGI
Correspondent 19 April 2013
Mokete's fingers strike all the right cords
This is one of the attributes that make Modise Mokete, a Tlokweng-based traditional guitarist, a music genius. The 39-year-old makes playing his four-string guitar look so simple, compressing the strings diligently to produce high pitched tones and...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Hugo Chavez's enduring Legacy
On March 5, 2013, Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, leader of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela and one of the outstanding leaders of Latin America, lost a two-year battle with cancer and passed away. It is no exaggeration to say that...
19 April 2013
Dlamini vs Vavi: Only one will survive
Last week the Cosatu provincial secretary in the Free State, Sam Mashinini, sent out a letter to all the federation's affiliate unions making a special appeal to them to desist from "destroying our movement". The letter, in the possession of Daily...
19 April 2013
BMWU upbeat ahead of Workers Day
BMWU vice president, Joseph Tsimako told Mmegi on Thursday that the programme will start with a demonstration by members of the union followed by speeches by different speakers. He said that they have invited Botswana National Front (BNF) president...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 19 April 2013
Lack of BCP-UDC unity gives BOFEPUSU a headache
Not intending to give up its mission to unite the opposition parties into a collective, BOFEPUSU will be meeting in Tsetsebjwe to discuss, among other things, mechanisms to have the BCP and UDC talking cooperation again, BOFEPUSU secretary general...
EDWARD MPOLOKA
Correspondent 19 April 2013
Three contend for BDP Women's Wing chairmanship
The main attraction in the chairperson race is apparently that three powerful women will lock horns. For the incumbent chairperson Angelinah Sengalo it will be a question of seeking a third term to finish off her projects, for Lobatse Mayor Caroline...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Limkokwing students to be called for disciplinary hearing
Limkokwing students held a class boycott over the method by which they would receive their book allowances. The Department of Tertiary Education Funding (DTEF) informed students that they would only issue 50 percent of the student's allowance in...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 19 April 2013
Lentswe La Batswapong mobilises a delegation to Masisi
Tswapong North constituency will be called Lerala/Maunatlala while Tswapong South constituency will go by the name Sefhare/Ramokgonami. The changes, according to the association chairman Shine Namane said during an interview that they are currently...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Lions on brink of extinction in Africa
A recent report by Conserving Large Carnivores: Dollars and Fence, has revealed that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populace may face extinction in the near future if urgent conservation measures are not taken.The report which has been...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 19 April 2013
Masisi defends P2.5m Chanoga budget
While debating the Midterm Review (NDP 10) in Parliament this week, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Okavango, Bagalatia Aron, described the workshop as a party and said he is still waiting for his colleague Frank Ramsden, who attended, to brief him...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 19 April 2013
'We are not aware of poverty eradication'
This 61-year-old Mosarwa woman lives with her family of 13 in a temporary shelter. In inclement weather conditions, they have to cook inside the hovel and sleep there as well.All 14 are unemployed and the monthly food hampers do not last long...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 19 April 2013
Justice delayed
* Key witness: 'I begged them not to kill me' Shocking details of how a man who allegedly witnessed Italy Setlaampoloka tortured to death at Mogoditshane Police Station and himself escaped death by a whisker because he had seen too much have emerged...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
9,000 teachers left out in the cold
The admission was made by the ministry's public relation officer Silas Sehularo who said that with over 27,000 teachers nationwide, they are grappling with providing accommodation for all of them. "In the 2011/12 financial year we spent P72 million...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 19 April 2013
'Marshal earned more than CEO'
Giving evidence before the Select Parliamentary Committee established to investigate the cause of the collapse of the BMC, the BMC Human Resource Manager (HRM) Mothusi Ntobedzi said Marshal earned P3,700 more than the CEO and P9,000 more than other...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
'And where are the culprits?'
MAHALAPYE: Phodiso Gaobatlelwe is a scrupulous keeper of records. In her early 60s, this light-skinned woman is stoic and reserved.When she is asked a question, she prefers to pull out copies from a plastic folder she has kept since late...
19 April 2013
Consumer watchdog
It's not just the scammers from Eurextrade, Oil of Asia and Three Link Connection that talk nonsense. Reputable companies do it as well and they think that gives them some rights over us. Furniture stores are a very good example. The contracts you...
19 April 2013
IMF predicts 4.1% growth for Botswana in 2013
In the IMF's April 2012 edition of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released this week, the organisation said Botswana's economy would maintain a moderate average growth rate, which will stagnate at 4.1 percent in 2014.The IMF projection is...
BRAIN BENZA
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Bigger, better Mmamabula set for rebirth
At its height around 2007, the Mmamabula project promised 2,400MW of power driven by a coal mine on a resource measuring 2.7 billion of various coal qualities. Due mainly to market issues, the then project developers reduced the planned power...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Quantum leap in SACU revenue talks
The Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) is on track on the review of its revenue sharing arrangement, with member states having agreed on underpinning principles to guide the review process. SACU will unveil a new proposal in December. Key among...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 April 2013
Choppies moves to acquire SupaSave
The CA said in a statement that Choppies had filed its intention to acquire all issued shares of SupaSave and its sourcing and supply subsidiary, MegaSave. The statement says Choppies has 53 stores in Botswana with an estimated market share of 30...
STAFF WRITER 19 April 2013
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