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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Escape Plan
When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Diana
During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Enders Game
Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, a genocidal alien race which nearly annihilated the human race in a previous invasion.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
About Time
At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Tyler Perry A Madea Christmas
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Captain Phillips
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Prisoners
When Keller Dover s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Tyler Perry A Madea Christmas
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Gravity
A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2013
Finally, I'm going home
At that time I was so broke, everyone of my cousins passed dirty remarks at me, the most irritating being that I am stingy. They had hoped that I will make huge contribution for the burial of our granny. They had hoped that I will be buying...
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Five things you don't know about Mali, but probably should
As the conflict in Mali escalates, the country and its complicated politics are dominating African headlines. Much of the reporting is short on context, or makes assumptions about what readers know and don't know. For readers who want the broader...
12 May 2013
A depressing budget speech, very few 'earth shattering' alternatives
Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo did a 'cut and paste job' as they say, and yes there is nothing earth shattering about this budget - nothing new and innovative about it actually. As well, a great many people will miss the aura and charisma that came...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 12 May 2013
Matambo's budget: some lessons from the bible
The seven fat cows meant harvests would be good for seven years and that this would be followed by seven years of bad harvests. Joseph advised pharaoh that what needed to be done was to preserve a 20% share of the nation's grain in preparation for...
*PROFESSOR ROMAN GRYNBERG 12 May 2013
Same wine different bottles
*"Despite the economic progress of the past 30 years, and some reduction of the very high poverty levels seen in the past, Botswana has not developed a strong sense of pride in itself and its position in the world. The nation has set itself a...
DUMELANG SALESHANDO
BCP Parliamentary Leader 12 May 2013
The tyranny of political economy
We analysed trade-offs between competing objectives (say, equity versus efficiency), and prescribed policies to meet desired economic outcomes, including redistribution. It was up to politicians to take our advice (or not), and to bureaucrats to...
*Dani Rodrik 12 May 2013
Etcetera II
A columnist is expected to express his/her personal opinion about either matters general or matters specific. Right now the obvious topic for everyone is the budget on which I am not competent to comment - save to note that yet again...
Sandy Grant 12 May 2013
Kingdom-0-Metre
February has come to be known as a month of love. The 14th day of this month is celebrated as Valentine's Day, apparently named after Saint Valentine. Stories have been told in the past as to who this Valentine was, to be precise, the question has...
Dumi Mmualefe 12 May 2013
Issues in education
Last month Molaya Kgosi and its Boyuna Team led by Bogolo Kenewendo and her dozen members launched in preview at the President Hotel, Gaborone, their partially unedited version of HerStory. This significant initiative, which has so far received the...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 12 May 2013
The winners code
Daniel Day- Lewis is a British born actor who is widely tipped to make Hollywood history on 24 February by winning a third Oscar for the best actor. If he wins it this year, it will be in recognition for his stellar performance in the drama titled...
George Chingarande 12 May 2013
Govt must know church is indispensable - Baloyi
What's your feeling about the first anniversary of the ministry? I am excited about this anniversary, but just like any other thing that has just begun there have been challenges but the kinds of people God has brought to help me make this thing...
12 May 2013
Malunga attributes success to hard work
Malunga was one of the people who came out victorious at the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) Senior Championships held in Gaborone on Saturday. Malunga has also expressed her desire to be the world champion one day. She aspires to be a chief...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 12 May 2013
James makes winning look easy
James is making everything look easy. He scored 32 points, Dwyane Wade had 30 and the Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 107-97, on Sunday for their fifth straight win. It was James's fifth straight game with at least 30 points, a franchise...
12 May 2013
Botha wants fight revoked
As the post-bout confusion continued three days after the contest on Friday, Botha said in a statement: "I have asked my manager to apply to have the bout expunged from my record." Williams, a former All Black rugby star, won the fight on points in...
12 May 2013
BoBA, KBL in fresh sponsorship talks
The current deal ends this year and BoBA and the sponsor have begun talks on another three-year deal. BoBA publicity secretary Willough Kemoen confirmed talks were already underway. "We hope they will renew because we have done well, we are...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 12 May 2013
BNSC awards moved to June?
The postponement is said to have been informed by the retrenchment exercise at the council. The sports mother body is said to be focusing its time and energy on downsizing, a process that is expected to end in June. However, BNSC chief executive...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 12 May 2013
Foreign doctors killed in north-eastern Nigeria
Residents said they were killed during the night in the town of Potiskum. Two of them had their throats slit while the third was beheaded, they added. Officials said the victims had been working at a government-run hospital. No-one has said they were...
12 May 2013
Kenyatta and Odinga in first Kenya presidential debate
The live TV debate, which will also be shown on YouTube, is expected to draw a global audience of millions. Prime Minister, Raila Odinga and his deputy Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces trial for crimes against humanity, are seen as the favourites in the...
12 May 2013
More than 100 dead in South Sudan cattle raid
Heavily armed rebels have killed more than 100 people, including women and children, in a cattle raid in South Sudan's Jonglei state, local officials have said. Kuol Manyang Juuk, the governor of Jonglei state, said on Sunday that 103 people died in...
12 May 2013
Syrian rebels seize country's largest dam: activists
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other Syrian activists said Islamist fighters seized the entrances to the dam, although gunmen had not entered the main operations room and the dam had continued to function. They had earlier swept through...
12 May 2013
Polela not arrested over illegal hunting: cops
Lt-Colonel Vincent Mdunge said: "It is true that he was never arrested". He said that according to information received, on Thursday around 11:30 pm a local farmer spotted a bakkie in a Himeville game reserve, which he believed poachers were using to...
12 May 2013
Iran opposition leader Mousavi's daughters arrested
It comes almost two years after their parents were put under house arrest. Mousavi, a leader of the Green Movement, lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the 2009 presidential election. The controversial results triggered mass protests, which were quashed...
12 May 2013
Mali troops in house-to-house search for Gao militants
There are fears some fighters could be hiding among the population, the BBC's Thomas Fessy reports from Gao.He said Gao was calmer now following Sunday's surprise attack by militants on Malian troops in the town. Islamist militants were driven out of...
12 May 2013
Pope Benedict in shock resignation
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. He became Pope in 2005 following John Paul II's death. Resignations from the papacy are not unknown, but this is...
12 May 2013
As I see it
The road designed to ease peak hour traffic which previously reduced traffic to a snail’s pace has paradoxically become a source of road carnage. Drivers who join the road from roadside watering holes after hours, hit the road with recklessness...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 12 May 2013
And the circus goes on
Just last week, the Ian Khama administration announced that it is appointing a ‘Commission of Inquiry’ into problems bedeviling the education sector on the back of the declining Junior Certificate in Education (JCE) examination results....
EDITOR 12 May 2013
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12 May 2013
BCL Mine achieves milestone safety record
He says in 2004, the company breached the two million fatality-free mark. From July 10, 2010 to July 10, 2012, BCL employees and contractors continuously worked with safety as their first and foremost concern. In doing so, they lived the rule...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 12 May 2013
Water reforms drag WUC finances into red
WUC communications manager, Matida Mmipi says that costs soared significantly due to the fact that the corporation is taking over supplies to the vast rural area once served by the defunct Water Affairs Department (WAD). She said that by the end of...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 12 May 2013
Accuracy of Statistics Botswana data queried
In a 2012 fourth quarter economic review report, Jefferis says that forecasting economic growth in Botswana is becoming increasingly difficult because of the divide between reported GDP growth figures and other indicators and sentiment on economic...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 12 May 2013
What politicians could learn from Plato
That is, how should one govern, given specific abilities, inclinations and dispositions on the part of the governed and the governing? Plato considered this to be crucial. Those who recognise the name of Plato will probably know that he was an...
BERT OLIVIER 12 May 2013
The role of China on the African continent
Opinions triggered by this new development are deeply polarised. A positive view of increased and concentrated Chinese investment on the African continent argues that China is facilitating a fundamental role in filling financial and technological...
LEE-ROY CHETTY 12 May 2013
Dear SuperSport, Afcon doesnt stand for xenophobia
This reveals an outdated ethnic, tribal essentialism or nationalist view and the inability of some leading soccer figures to articulate and promote non-racism and international brotherhood through soccer. What’s been most disturbing is that...
SANDILE MEMELA 12 May 2013
BPC prepaid targets 14,458 homes in Ftown
Three weeks into the operation in Francistown, BPC marketing and communications manager Spencer Moreri said by the first week of February, 3,513 homes and businesses had been converted to prepaid since the project started in the city early this...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 12 May 2013
Cllrs cry foul over measly budget
The civic leaders say the money allocated to the council is too little and will only cover the recurrent budget. The councillors were reacting to a budget breakdown given by the chairman of the finance committee, Raoboy Mpuang at a special council...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 12 May 2013
Tight security as robbery suspects appear in court
Dimpho Lekgetho, 36, and Zimbabwean nationals, Brian Mpofu, 33, and Mholosi Mpofu, 20 were arraigned for allegedly robbing Keoagile George of a Nokia cellphone and cash amounting to P300 at Matsitama village in the Central Administrative District on...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 12 May 2013
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