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Strong response to Phikwe Marathon
A member of the organising committee, Masego Masunga, told Mmegi Sport that they are excited about the growing numbers of people they are registering. She explained that many people have shown interest, including runners from countries...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 10 May 2013
Highlanders concede defeat
But even if BR Highlanders were to win the remaining games, the Mahalapye based side will not be safe as they can only amass 22 points, not be enough to save them. One of their remaining games is against defending champions Mochudi Centre...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 10 May 2013
Syria's hijacked struggle
No unified, patriotic Syrian opposition has existed since extremists hijacked the peaceful protests in 2011.Indeed, some opposition tactics are as brutal as those of the Syrian regime. The United Nations estimates that security forces have suffered...
*RIBAL AL-ASSAD 10 May 2013
A lethal cocktail for Africa
Where NGOs have become a substitute for governments for so long, it's almost impossible to lay the foundations of a functioning state. The overwhelming majority of non-governmental organisations do more harm than good to livelihoods and...
10 May 2013
Can small stock production eradicate poverty?
Poverty eradication is currently a major policy of government. The subject has become emotive, some questioning the relevance of poverty eradication versus poverty reduction. I will not go into that one, however I am of the opinion that whatever the...
10 May 2013
Why African coffee isn't worth a bean!
Perhaps the one thing that stands out the most in the international coffee trade is not its obvious injustices of African, Asian and Latin American coffee growers which get some 7% of the value of roasted coffee sold in super-markets. The...
10 May 2013
The winners code
Purpose occupies a very integral position in human discourse. By definition purpose is the reason behind the creation of a thing. The true and original purpose of a thing is therefore found in the mind of its creator. Other people may use it...
George Chingarande 10 May 2013
WUC water policing
The restrictions , taking into cognizance the poor water situations in this arid country, bars potable water use for gardening, pools, automatic urinaries, car washes, construction activities, among others.Indeed this policing, which is long...
10 May 2013
"I saw God"
I have been seeking an encounter with the Lord for ages .I have been going to church all my life ,but I have done it with earnest from the 17th September 2012.I have done fasts and prayed ,but there was still this doubt about God. Yesterday, night...
10 May 2013
Don't be scared of crowds and crowd pullers
In medical terms they call that ochlophobia or demophobia and apparently it's a type of panic attack. The city council is basically declaring a state of emergency and curfew that is against everything that defines us as Batswana. Sociologists will...
* Phillip Segadika 10 May 2013
Youthful Molemise walks away with P300 000 tractor
After more than a thousand people qualified to enter the competition in an attempt to take the tractor home, ten lucky people were selected who stood a chance of being crowned the overall winner in a draw. From the ten chosen, luck seemed to be with...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 10 May 2013
Beef festival, a hit
Titled Lobatse International Beef Festival ,the beef affair started early morning and continued through the day to an evening program full of music and entertainment. For a new event,the festival managed to rope in people of different age...
Mpho Tlale
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Suspended Rollers players to know their fate
Thato Bolweleng and Edwin Motlhagodi, were found consuming alcohol two days before a match. Simisani Mathumo who was originally amongst the charged, no longer faces disciplinary charges. Rollers welfare manager, Motshegetsi Mafa said Mathumo managed...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 10 May 2013
FSG rallies on BIHL overtures
Last month, the company announced that it was in negotiations with BIHL, for a transaction that could result in the funeral services company being taken over by the diversified financial services giant.In the last five trading days, FSG climbed 5.1...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Credit growth to businesses tumbles
According to figures released by the Bank of Botswana last week, credit growth to business decreased to 14 .7 percent (P14.9 billion) from 16.1 percent in January while households credit growth maintained an upward trend rising to 30.7 percent from...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
When 'educational' programmes do more harm than good
Despite being very cautious about what I allow her to watch, that day I switched on assuming that the content would not be too bad as it was from SABC education. A programme called Thabang Thabong was playing, it looked harmless enough, but as I...
10 May 2013
Jacob who? Mandela takes refuge in the fog of age
It was conceived as standard pre-election pap, a photo opportunity to show the caring side of the nation's most powerful man.But as it happened the date was September 11, 2001 and the picture flashed around the world was not the anodyne intended one....
10 May 2013
sports chat
Since assuming what has become a mundane task, BFA chief executive officer, Keith Masters has surprisingly kept a low profile, bursting hopes of a big impact entry for the Briton (Talking Point) Finest momentFirst Division South title contenders,...
mqondisi dube 10 May 2013
Poor ranking haunts Zebras
Zebras have been on downward spiral since their participation at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, slipping to 125 in the World and 36th in Africa. At the start of 2012 they were ranked above the likes of Zimbabwe but now find themselves...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
be MOBILE threatens to withhold prize money
Premier League sponsor, be MOBILE has reportedly threatened to withhold prize money if a broadcasting deal is not struck soon. The Botswana Football Association (BFA) and the Botswana Premier League (BPL) last week confirmed that a deal had been...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Zone VI volleyball competition postponed
Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) vice president, George Keotsene said they were informed over the weekend that Mozambique will no longer host the competition. He said Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) did not go into details why the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Soweto String Quartet coming
Made up of three brothers and a childhood friend, the ensemble was formed in 1989 and has Sandile Khemese on first violin, Thami Khemese on second violin, Makhosini Mguni on viola and cellist Reuben Khemese. The band has had a significant following...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Producing music from a shack
All a person needs is good artistry and versatility. Emmanuel Batshegi produces good music from his 'Shack Studio' in Moshupa with astonishingly good results. A utility producer, Emasto, as he is affectionately called by his peers, the nippy...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Zuma fails to follow through with his commitments - DA
The country's high unemployment levels are an indication the ANC is failing the poor, the DA said on Monday."President Zuma pays lip service to reducing unemployment in South Africa, but fails to follow through with his commitments," DA MP Tim Harris...
10 May 2013
Mugabe foresees new tasks for Africa's spies
Mugabe also warned against the continent's former colonisers grasping its natural resources and potential wealth.Mugabe said Africa's vast reserves of untapped resources and the world-wide recession have triggered a new scramble for control of its...
10 May 2013
Gay couple arrested in Zambia under new law
The arrest is the first of its kind under tough new anti-gay laws.James Mwape (20) and Philip Mubiana (21) from the northern town of Kapiri Mposhi, are said to have been living together for some time. "The two have been charged with the offence of...
10 May 2013
Air strikes did not aim to help Syria rebels
"There are no winds of war," Yair Golan, the general commanding Israeli forces on the Syrian and Lebanese fronts, told reporters while out jogging with troops. "Do you see tension? There is no tension. Do I look tense to you?" he said, according to...
10 May 2013
Motshekga concedes to SADTU on Soobrayan investigation
In a joint announcement, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga undertook to support an urgent initiative to achieve parity in the public service and to appoint a task team to deal with the union's complaint about a failure to increase the...
10 May 2013
Levelling The Playing Field With
A is referred to as a horizontal agreement. For example, an agreement between two manufacturers of bricks.The economic basis for competition law concern of these horizontal agreements is founded on the recognition that profit-maximising competitors...
10 May 2013
BITC launches corporate strategies
BITC started operating a year ago when the former Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA) was merged with the Botswana International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) as a result of the Government Rationalisation...
MPHO MOKWAPE
Correspondent 10 May 2013
Pula Fund recovery inches forward
Bank of Botswana (BoB) data published yesterday pegged the Pula Fund at P41.99 billion in February, about eight percent higher than the P38.84 billion it was left at after the drawdown last September.The Pula Fund is a sovereign wealth fund...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Anti-Boko charges are misleading
While the article published in Mmegi of 18 April 2013 entitled "Boko's camp on BNFYL lobby-list" seemed to indirectly suggest that our lobby group is anti-Boko and Umbrella, The Echo newspaper dated 02-08 May 2013 with their purported "good...
10 May 2013
Mmualebe
Kgang ya rona mo bekeng e e fetileng, e ne e le ka polelo nngwe e Mmualebe a neng a kopanye nayo mo Daily News/Dikgang. Polelo e, e ne e bua ka moletlo mongwe o o ne o kile wa tshwarwa kwa Mahalapye go alosa dingwe dialogane tsa dikgolegelo. Go...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 10 May 2013
WUC re-commissions Tsabong borehole
The corporate communications manager of Water Utilities Corporation (WUC), Matida Mmipi, says a delegation led by WUC regional operations director Harry Pheko convened a meeting at Tsabong Kgotla after President Ian Khama's recent visit. At this...
ZOLANI KRAAI
Correspondent 10 May 2013
The game of Oodi Weavers
Being on my own, I never ever assumed I would need a car! And all the tarred roads, curving nicely and the roundabouts (and consequently, a minimum of robots) were perfect for a motorbike.But the first bike I bought from a planner friend living in...
10 May 2013
ZANU-PF man for BNFYL congress
BNFYL vice president Tona Selala said at a media briefing yesterday at Oasis Motel in Tlokweng that besides the ZANU-PF man, other international guests invited are African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) national team coordinator...
10 May 2013
Students loiter outside school after being beaten, chased away
On Monday, a group of students were seen idling outside the school premises with welts on their palms from the alleged lashings. The students explained that on Friday they were handed letters inviting their parents to come for consultations at the...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 10 May 2013
South Africa's Indian wedding saga
Soon after their arrival they established Sahara Computers, named after their hometown.When the politically connected Guptas landed a chartered jet carrying 200-odd wedding guests at Waterkloof Air Force Base, a national keypoint, without anyone...
10 May 2013
Marshall implicates OP in BMC debacle
The Office of the President (OP) has been implicated in the misconduct alleged to have been going on at the Botswana Meat Commission. In his appearance before the Special Select Parliamentary Committee on Monday, former general manager of cattle...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
De Graaff collapsed BMC - ex-board chair
Former chairperson of BMC Botsile Gubago told the committee that things moved from bad to worse when De Graaff took over the reins from Jonnie Swartz. Under Swartz, Gubago said the board was allowed to provide oversight of the BMC management. He said...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Lawyer recommends high standards for journalists
Moseki said this during a panel discussion under the theme: "Safety of journalists, impunity and safety offline." The panel discussion which was held on May 2 marked a prelude to the World Press Freedom Day activities."It's critical for the media and...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
Majalisa's rough ride to success
From 1986 Majalisa has been entertaining crowds around the world and endearing herself to many people's hearts. With her trademark heart-warming smile Majalisa always makes sure her fans connect and become part of her performances. In the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 10 May 2013
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10 May 2013
Zuma orders Malema-allies' tenders to be re-advertised
However, the Limpopo department of human settlements said that it had been advised, rather than ordered, to re-advertise the contracts for the construction of RDP houses, said spokesperson Dieketseng Diale on Wednesday. The Star reported on...
10 May 2013
Rodman asks Kim Jong-Un to release latest detained American
"I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him 'Kim', to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose," Rodman said on Twitter. He later called the tweet a direct response to a Seattle Times editorial that dared him to ask Kim for the...
10 May 2013
Sweet sound of global philanthropy
Is a vast moral formatting process developing across the world, behind the unending emotional blackmail concerning our indifference to the misfortunes of others? Since solidarity is presented as a matter of ethics, any criticism is suspect. Yet...
BERNARD HOURS 10 May 2013
Obama, Syria and the Arrogance of Imperialism
According to the Washington Post, Obama and his advisors have been "edging" toward this decision for months. Their rationale for jumping in now is because they believe it will give Washington more control over which rebel factions actually end...
RON JACOBS 10 May 2013
Amantle Montsho should stay out of politics
The athlete is clearly campaigning for the BDP through the media. She should get the message that there is a difference between government and the BDP; she should not misconstrue government funded athletics programmes and rewards accorded to her as...
10 May 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 10 May 2013
Book Review
'Michael C. Brook (2013) editor Esther Kainamba-Senai Botswana's Diamonds Prospecting to Jewellery. Foreword by Honourable Dr Ponatshego Kedikilwe, appendix on 290 Kimberlites in Botswana, references, glossary and abbreviations, index,...
Sheridan Griswold 10 May 2013
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