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Mergers and acquisitions in the mining industry: What they mean for Botswana's development
Several years ago, a young South African trained Motswana mining official complained bitterly to me about the incomprehensible accents of those Australian mining company representatives presenting at an international mining conference in Gaborone. I...
01 May 2013
Zimbabwe's future looks bleak as hope fades
HARARE: It is now four years since the signing of the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe. The agreement, which was signed on 15 September 2008, brought together the three major political parties in the country to form a unity government with...
01 May 2013
Inside the ANC's war with FNB
The Sunday Times can reveal that on Monday morning, just after the ANC Youth League issued a statement accusing FNB of "treason", Nxasana sent an SMS to Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga.The minister had been called "brainless" by a...
01 May 2013
Business as usual at the AU (and it's a good thing too)
It came as a relief to observers - and even more so, no doubt, to the politicians and their advisors unused to charting a course through such choppy continental waters - that this African Union summit was a return to the gentle, consensual,...
01 May 2013
How much money is enough?
In The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle sets out to discover the "good life" for human beings: the life of happiness or eudaimonia. "Eudaimonia" is perhaps best translated as flourishing or living and doing well. Most, if not all, people will agree that...
MARIO MEYER 01 May 2013
Mmualebe
E kile ya re letsatsi lengwe Mmualebe a ntse a tsamaya mo nageng, a utlwa a fenyeditswe ke lenyora mme a tsena ka lelwapa lengwe ke lele go kopa metsi. Fa a atamela fa patlelong, a utlwa go tsogile modumo ka kwa mahuri. Ka go utlwa e le...
Sebofo Motshwane 01 May 2013
Project syndicate
Today, as Clinton prepares to leave office, there is widespread speculation that she will seek to succeed President Barack Obama in 2016. She has had not only a second act, but a third as well - and millions of Americans want her to write a...
Yuriko Koike 01 May 2013
Ivory Coast, Nigeria headline quarters
The Ivorians are again fancied to win this competition after they lost last year's final to an inspired Zambia, while Nigeria's Super Eagles boast an impressive record in this tournament even if they struggled to reach the knockout stage here. The...
01 May 2013
Busy weekend for UB Giants
The students have three weekend fixtures with one being for the women's side, as they make up for postponed fixtures in the opening round of the league. Their women's side plays log leaders Bears on Sunday morning and will be hard pressed for a win...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 May 2013
First cut
What is quite evident though is the dramatic shift in the balance of power. West Africa has as many as six teams in the quarterfinals and without being pretentious, the finals will be an all-West Africa affair unless the ancient gods of South Africa...
Dennis Keagile 01 May 2013
Suspended BNSC manager ponders court action
Her lawyers went to court on Monday to compel Botswana Television (Btv) to release a video clip, which will be considered if court action is to be pursued. The clip features BNSC chief executive officer (CEO), Percy Raditladi who allegedly uttered...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Local football staggers into the abyss
The fat is in the fire as local football battles a myriad of challenges against odds. If it were a political party, terms such as 'internal bickering', 'defections' and 'voter apathy' would feature prominently. The celebrated arrival of be MOBILE as...
01 May 2013
Chiefs, GU step up preparations
Both sides have looked to none other than neighbouring South Africa for preparatory matches with the local league currently on a break. Chiefs will be taking on Maxaquene of Mozambique in the CAF Champions League while GU also engage Mozambican side,...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Chiefs in tussle over Ndoro's signature
The mercurial forward has been training with Chiefs in the past two weeks and was part of their squad that travelled to South Africa for preparatory friendly matches against SuperSport United and Kaizer Chiefs last week. This was despite the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 May 2013
TV delay won't stop Mascom Top 8
Botswana Premier League (BPL) chiefs had to indefinitely postpone the resumption of the be MOBILE Premier League early last month after failing to secure a TV deal. The league was scheduled to restart on January 11, but hangs in the balance because...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 01 May 2013
Tshosane fumes over chaotic preps
Tshosane told Mmegi Sport yesterday that there is a big problem in his camp as far as preparations are concerned. The coach called a 30-man squad to camp on Sunday to prepare for a friendly match against Zimbabwe next Wednesday, but by yesterday only...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Russia concern at Israeli 'air strike' on Syria
Syria's army said Israeli jets had targeted a military research centre north-west of Damascus on Wednesday. It denied reports that lorries carrying weapons bound for Lebanon were hit. Russia has steadfastly refused to denounce Syrian President Bashar...
01 May 2013
South Korea satellite 'communicating'
The launch was South Korea's first successful attempt to put a satellite into orbit using its own rocket. The satellite, which collects climate data, made contact at 03:27 on Thursday (18:27 GMT on Wednesday). The launch - which came weeks...
01 May 2013
SARS applies to have Malema declared bankrupt
The City Press reported on its website that, according to court papers, Malema owes SARS R16 million and is "factually insolvent and in no position to make payment of his indebtedness to SARS". Malema and his lawyers would decide on Thursday whether...
01 May 2013
Gates says fame is not his goal in aid work
"I don't need to be remembered at all," the co-founder of Microsoft, 57, told AFP in New York. Gates has a fortune estimated by Forbes at $66 billion or P523 billion, second only to Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim, and the satisfaction of...
01 May 2013
Book review
The End of Your Life Book Club is about Mary Ann Schwalbe - known all her life, even by her three children, as Mary Anne Schwalbe. Does the "e" on Ann really make a difference? Mrs Schwalbe thought it did and managed to keep this...
Sheridan Griswold 01 May 2013
Back stage
A cappella is singing that is unaccompanied. The best in a cappella is found not in solo singing, though that can be fun when rotated through the group, but in the wonderful harmonies that combine to create an all-engulfing sound. The only instrument...
Sasa Majuma 01 May 2013
Faith is Mavuma's key to his meteoric rise
Radio and television (TV) personality Gugu Mavuma's life reflects this dictum because at 30 years of age he has achieved the kind of recognition that his peers can only dream about. Born in Gaborone in 1983, Mavuma lived most of his life in the city...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 01 May 2013
Meet Mhaladi, the indigenous instrument maker
This is the place where Zachariah Mhaladi of Mozeco's Music Instrument Manufacturers does his magic with his hands. Outside his studio that is located at Thapong Visual Arts Centre, Gaborone is a mix of the equipment and material that he uses...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Consumer watchdog
These striking people swagger around in leather, chains and cowboy hats looking exactly like the sort of people that would scare your granny. I saw this group at an exhibition a few months ago and they are certainly striking, so much so that I saw...
01 May 2013
Deadline for Boseto Mine takeover extended
In a second target statement released last week, Discovery Metals indicated that an ore reserve model had over-estimated the amount of sulphide ore and underestimated the amount of oxide and transitional ore in the Zeta open pit ore body, for the...
STAFF WRITER 01 May 2013
SA to Botswana money transfers among Africa's most expensive
A World Bank study released this week suggests that the estimated US$58 million Batswana living outside the country sent home last year, could have been higher were it not for the constrictive pricing of money transfers. South Africa accounts for the...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Phikwe residents expect more belt tightening
The nation has painted a gloomy picture for this year's budget with expectations that it will call for more belt-tightening. The copper mining town does not expect much from the budget. A local businessman, James Hughes, told Business Week...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 01 May 2013
What's in Matambo's briefcase?
Lesego Aghmed Tshepo Keaketswe: I only expect him to tell us that the economy has not improved since our main mineral export is not doing well in the market. I also expect them to increase funds to help in youth and citizen empowerment... re lora...
01 May 2013
Budget could be P2bn in surplus
Latest available projections from fiscal authorities, contained in the 2013/14 Budget Strategy Paper, indicate that the modest surplus would arise from revenues of P44.85 billion against expenditure of P42.7 billion. At that projected level, the...
BRIAN BENZA and
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writers 01 May 2013
How to fix the world's biggest problems
We can learn a lot about improving the 21st-century world from an icon of the industrial era: the steam engine.Harnessing steam power required many innovations, as William Rosen chronicles in the book The Most Powerful Idea in the World. Among the...
01 May 2013
Nitty gritty
Once in a while, Ausi Maggie has these parties for the patrons. As she puts it, the whole idea of the "shindigs" at her expense is that she gets an opportunity to "patronise the patrons!" And I ask you, dear pleasant reader of mine, which patron...
Barolong Seboni 01 May 2013
Let us remain focused on BDP ouster
As we all know Dingake is a former President of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), an off-shoot of the BNF. He also happens to be a former Vice President of the BNF. His attack on the BNF leader therefore is understandable as his...
01 May 2013
Digging tswana roots
The region is decidedly tropical. Khem-Maroon (also meaning Black-Red) was, it is clear, simply a transit point before migration continued further south. This migration, we have determined, was forced. Matters had taken a step too far in Egypt and...
L.M. Leteane 01 May 2013
A fresh vision needed
While the hope has been that Matambo would resign because he could not very well carry on in his onerous office with the encumbrance of litigation, we seem to be stuck with another addition to a growing list of leaders who are far from being beyond...
EDITOR 01 May 2013
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01 May 2013
Cuba's tortured transition
America's post-Cold War embargo on Cuba is a clear example of failed international interventionism. Making sanctions work, Henry Kissinger wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "depends on the ability to define an achievable objective." Since the fall of...
01 May 2013
The Kalanga's history of dispossession
Before the Ndebele, European explorers, hunters and concessionaires arrived, between 1837 and 1840, the Kalanga had already populated the North East, relates Manatsha. He says history has it that his people had been trading with the Portuguese at...
01 May 2013
Apotheosis of the street
I'm being harsh, as I have seen so many interesting planning initiatives in countries not so Western-orientated. Maybe a change will come with the now necessary closer partnership with Eastern countries - let's hope so, as they often have more...
JAN WAREEUS
correspondent 01 May 2013
Simon's lone battle
He repeats the threat four times over the phone, with conviction.The young man, Nhlanhla Simon, introduces himself as chief of the Amandebele of Botswana. Between the 5th and 10th December 2012, Mmegi received three copies of letters sent by Simon to...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 01 May 2013
The pornography of poverty
I have observed, on both government media of BTV and the Daily News in the past year or so, the handover of houses built for some chosen ill-housed or houseless people in our society. This is done by the national leadership, especially the President...
01 May 2013
Attention needs to turn to education
"Teachers can make or break the system", cautioned Ponatshego Kedikilwe in 1993 and subsequently in the government Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE) of 1994. The RNPE states "The quality of instruction is one of the most important...
01 May 2013
A ritual of insignificant relevance
As in the recent past, there is no sense of eagerness in the country in anticipation of the budget details. Most Batswana have come to know over the years that the national budget is not a tool through which their lives could change for the...
*TAOLO LUCAS 01 May 2013
Do you have anything for the youth Mr Minister?
Local and global trends show that young people are in dire straits as the job market is unable to absorb them. At the same time, this trend says we are sitting on a ticking bomb. These are excitable people prone to incitement into thuggery and...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 01 May 2013
Low expectations
Deputy permanent secretary at the office of the president, Jeff Ramsay said he has no special expectations from the budget and is waiting for Monday. The president of MELS, Themba Joina said he expects the budget to push certain projects intended at...
01 May 2013
Is Back-To-School initiative a political gimmick?
It is interesting for the government to be taking people back to school yet it is failing to create employment opportunities. Is it wise for the government to impart skills who will remain jobless after graduation? From the look of things, the youth...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 01 May 2013
Minister promises textbook delivery by April
The minister had called the meeting to address a number of issues, especially the dismal results of 2012 Junior Certificate Examinations. Public junior secondary schools nationwide have had no prescribed textbooks since 2011, a situation MoESD has...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Inside the BDP 2014 puzzle
BDP executive secretary Thabo Masalila confirmed yesterday that a huge number of members have shown interest in contesting in the party primaries, but would not reveal the candidates. "At the moment we can't confirm who is who. It's confidential....
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Tertiary students to demand answers from DTEF
University of Botswana Student Representative Council (UBSRC) president Jacob Kelebeng yesterday urged all UB students and others from various tertiary institutions to gather at the DTEF premises to demand answers from director, Marcos Maedza. This...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
Leepile receives backing against High Court judge
In this marathon case that has been ongoing for 11 years, Justice Phumaphi has sued The Voice newspaper, its editor, publishers and Leepile for P850,000 for allegedly defaming him. This was after Leepile drafted a study critical of Botswana's...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 01 May 2013
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