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19 May 2013
Kupera confirms Orapa United move
Rollers offloaded the Zimbabwean striker to make way for South African striker Manqoba Ngwenya. Ngwenya’s arrival at the club took the foreign legion at the club to four, surpassing the quota of three as permitted by the Botswana Premier...
439,Thato Kala,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:40, 19 May 2013
Zim's Highlanders eyeing Sibanda
Information reaching Mmegi Sport is that the outfit coached by Kevin Kaindu, wrote to ECCO City Greens seeking permission to talk to the lanky attacking midfielder. In the letter, Mmegi Sport is reliably informed that Bosso, as Highlanders are...
444,Shingirai Madondo,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:34:57, 19 May 2013
Chiefs eye DRC trio
Chiefs make a trip to Harare on the weekend of February 7-9 before hosting Zimbabwe’s most successful club, Dynamos, for the second league two weeks later. Zimbabwe Warriors midfielder Elvis Meleka and his assistant coach at Chiefs, China...
439,Thato Kala,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:40, 19 May 2013
Govt spends P46 million on performing arts
Of the money spent, P500,000 was used to sponsor the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) awards, Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Shaw Kgathi has revealed. Kgathi also said that P5 million was spent on groups for cultural exchanges...
410,Monkagedi Gaothobogwe,phpAA57.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:59:50, 19 May 2013
St Anthony's Choir debut album wins award
The 23-track album will most certainly keep listeners tapping their feet to the last track. Disc A has 13 songs, which are dedicated to the 1988 papal visit to Botswana. According to the album sleeve, the date marked a very important...
474,Gasebalwe Seretse,,2013/october/05,2013-10-05 12:48:58, 19 May 2013
Filmmaker Lekolwane sings different tune
Lekolwane said that the fact that her company has been able to achieve a lot of things this year. “We were able to undertake a number of projects thanks to the sales we made to Btv. In the past, we couldn’t do such projects because...
474,Gasebalwe Seretse,,2013/october/05,2013-10-05 12:48:58, 19 May 2013
Vee to headline Goledzwa festival
Goledzwa, a Kalanga word for New Year, is an annual event aimed at showcasing the abundant Botswana musical talent. For the first time Vee is expected to perform alongside his talented dancers. "Vee is one of the top artists that Botswana can...
444,Shingirai Madondo,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:34:57, 19 May 2013
Botswana least energy-intensive economy
The report says Botswana’s economic dependence on diamond exports makes it one of the exceptions in the region. Diamonds contribute over one-third to the country’s GDP. "Although mining is in general an energy-intensive industry, the...
441,Boitshepo Majube,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:29:05, 19 May 2013
Cash-strapped BPC receives P1.5bn bailout
The details are contained in a report by Parliament’s Finance and Estimates Committee on the 2013/14 Supplementary Budget. The supplementary was passed last Friday, with reservations by some legislators on certain items requested by line...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1604.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 10:07:15, 19 May 2013
Broaden prisoner rehabilitation
For now we focus on deaths that occur as a result of a fighting between inmates, in which some of the perpetrators use an assortment of weapons, including knives and screwdrivers smuggled into prison facilities. While it is common knowledge that...
19 May 2013
The Gods must be crazy
I have already received phone calls from my cousins, on how we tackle this trip. One of my successful cousins who drives an old Toyota Cressida has offered me a lift, on condition that I buy a few drinks during the journey. He will not be traveling...
404,Bame Piet,phpB30D.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2013
A roadmap to global electrification
After all, electricity powers not only industrial development, but social and economic progress more broadly. In developing countries, it is a key factor in helping to lift families and communities out of poverty. Yet 58% of Africans lack access to...
* BRIAN DAMES 19 May 2013
The North East District's land question and chieftaincy: some critical lessons
On January 30, 2013, I received an unexpected call from a journalist working for Mmegi newspaper. The journalist desperately sought my views on the chieftaincy and the land issues in the North East District (NED), former Tati District. The journalist...
19 May 2013
Beware the 'voluntourists' doing good
I recently came across an interesting article questioning voluntourism and assessing whether it does more harm than good in communities of the global south. It reminded me of my own concerns with "voluntourism" that originated in my college...
19 May 2013
Forecasting Zimbabwe's political landscape
This outcome was expected as the leaders of the three parties - Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations - last month ended more than three years of acrimonious debate by...
*GWINYAYI DZINESA 19 May 2013
The Spy Bill, cousin to the Secrecy Bill
South Africa is not known to have aggressive spy agencies. Our local spies are simply not mentioned in the same breath as spooks from the CIA, Israel, UK, Syria, or any of that lot. One of the main reasons for this is that when the new democracy was...
19 May 2013
Botswana's 'diamond' trade deficit
Last week following Minister Kenneth Matambo's budget speech, two important and related things happened. First Statistics Botswana released the country's balance of trade figures for 2012. The second and related matter was the reported announcement...
19 May 2013
Unemployment undermines poverty eradication initiatives
Most of the programmes that he mentioned form part of the social safety net targeting the vulnerable and marginalized. These include cash transfers, food baskets, feeding schemes, shelter and labour based public works programmes. There is now...
TITUS MBUYA 19 May 2013
De-link development planning from Finance
It is difficult to figure out what this year's budget seeks to achieve. The fact that the budget did not have a theme was not helpful. Since 1989 when Festus Mogae became the minister of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP)the budget speech...
19 May 2013
The new Defender?
Everybody knows the Land Rover and Range Rover nameplates. These have been quietly and expertly crafted over time, in fact, one could even rightly imagine that such a marque was formed from as far as time can stretch.Warlords and their troops favour...
19 May 2013
New act to revamp metshelo
The Monitor Business has learnt that Cabinet considered the amended Act on February 6, paving way for its tabling in Parliament.Last week, trade and industry minister, Dorcas Makgato-Malesu revealed that among its improvements, the new Act would...
Mbongeni Mguni
Staff Writer 19 May 2013
SA readers reaction to Oscar Pistorious murder case
You shot someone cold in cold blood; through the bathroom door, So was it premeditated given the fact that you guys were arguing about six hours ealier? Or maybe, just maybe you thought she was a burglar; and in that instant, she was found in...
19 May 2013
ETCETERA II
Dr Keseitegile Goabotswang suggested in last week's Gazette (13.2.13) that the police need to establish a unit which is specifically equipped to deal with ritual murder. In response, police spokesperson, Christopher Mbulawa, said that, 'it is just...
Sandy Grant 19 May 2013
Kingdom-0-Metre
Last Thursday some among us celebrated Valentine's day. Some were expressive in terms of wordsmith while others expressed themselves through loving deeds. I met an old acquaintance who said he is one of the fervent followers and readers of this...
Dumi Mmualefe 19 May 2013
Issues in education
Last week Issues looked at Molaya Kgosi led by Bogolo Kenewendo and a collaborative of a dozen Boyuna Team members. The project was discussed and the first of four HerStory profiles of Dr Gaositwe Chiepe presented. The other three profiles are of...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 19 May 2013
The winners code
The world abounds with anecdotal evidence of ordinary, and sometimes very frail and weak people that have pulled off extraordinary stunts. Many of these examples are part of a phenomenon that is called hysterical strength. A quick search on Wikipedia...
Geroge Chingarande 19 May 2013
Icons of Botswana
Lawrence Diphetogo Lekalake was born on November 19, 1931 in Kuruman, South Africa. He is one of four children born to his father Kebopetswekgosi Gray Lekalake and his wife Elizabeth. Gray was the third son of Reverend Maphakela and Phemelo Lekalake,...
Snowy Tonoko
Correspondent 19 May 2013
A rare defensive stop makes for a highlight
When Sunday's game was to be decided in the final minutes, fans were given the perfect matchup: the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant versus the Miami Heat's LeBron James, two stars in the post-Michael Jordan era often compared to him.The day was...
19 May 2013
Judo vice president calls for calm
Some issues were in fact communicated to the parents during the last ordinary general meeting (OGM) held in September last year. Speaking to Mmegi Sport in interview at the weekend, BJF Vice President Henock Lawani admitted that there are problems...
ZOLANI KRAAI
Correspondent 19 May 2013
Chiefs achieve rare feat in continental football
Chiefs beat Mozambican side, Maxaquene 1–0 in Maputo to keep their hopes of progressing to the next round of the competition alive. Jerome Ramatlhakwana’s strike in the dying minutes of the game was enough to give Chiefs the...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 19 May 2013
BPL goes live on SuperSport this week?
Though not yet confirmed, there are chances that the pay TV service provider may air either the match between defending champions, Mochudi Centre Chiefs and BDF XI at 4:00 pm or the duel between Township Rollers and Gaborone United at 7:00 pm. Both...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 19 May 2013
DCEC probes BNSC chairperson?
News reaching Mmegi Sport is that chairperson Solly Reikeletseng is being investigated by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) allegedly for sponsoring Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture Shaw Kgathi's political campaign in the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 19 May 2013
Back stage
Four Little Girls (1998) is showing on today only, at the Gaborone Film Society at 7 pm in the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. It is being shown in recognition of Black History Month. Four Little Girls begins with the great American folk artist...
Sasa Majuma 19 May 2013
LOG reunites to re-jig tunes
Plans to release a comeback album are already underway, but Christopher Raditloaneng and Dithuso 'DT' Selepeng will have to pull the strings alone after Marmaan made it clear he was not returning. Marmaan has said he is now a corporate figure...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 19 May 2013
Peach set to wow attendees
Many may remember the young muso from his My Star days where he went as far as Top 8 or the My African Dream (MAD) show competition where he managed to win the first runner-up on the singer category but this time, Kereemang promises people that they...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 19 May 2013
Juju Vine back with a bang
The house kwasa maestro is due to release his second album, Punta Cana at the end of next month but has already released three singles from the album that have proved to be hits amongst fans. Juju Vine says the album, which has quite a number of...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 19 May 2013
Pakistan Shi'ites refuse to bury victims of water tanker bombing
Allama Amin Shaheedi- deputy leader of Majlis Wahadatul Muslimeen, which is the main political organ for various Shi'ite groups - said they were using the bodies to protest the repeated attacks at their community."We will not bury the victims until...
19 May 2013
Ramphele announces 'party political platform'
"Today, I announce that I am working with a group of fellow citizens to form a party political platform that will focus on rekindling hope that building the country of our dreams is possible in our lifetime," she said at the old Women's Gaol in...
19 May 2013
Live ammunition found in Mozambique garbage dump
The 259 rounds included machine gun magazines and anti-aircraft munitions, according to independent daily CanalMoz."Machine gun magazines were found in the trash. The Municipal Police removed them," police spokesman Joshua Lai told the paper. The...
19 May 2013
Tunisia political talks to resume, despite Islamist resistance
On the eve of the talks with Tunisian media urged political groups to reach a consensus for tackling the crisis that has gripped the country since the February 6 assassination of leftist opposition leader and vocal anti-Islamist Chokri...
19 May 2013
Analysis: Rise of Islamists frays strategic UAE-Egyptian relations
What transpired between Mubarak and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan is not known, beyond the fact that a letter from UAE ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan was delivered. But the significance of the February 8, 2011 visit...
19 May 2013
Iraq's Al Qaeda wing claims Baghdad blasts
The al Qaeda affiliate Islamic State of Iraq and other Sunni Islamist groups oppose Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led government which they say discriminates against the country's Sunni minority. Once at the heart of the insurgency against...
19 May 2013
Russia holds hearing in posthumous Sergei Magnitsky trial
The court said the trial would start on March 4. It is believed to be the first time in Soviet or Russian history a defendant has been tried posthumously. Magnitsky was arrested in 2008 after accusing officials of tax fraud but was later himself...
19 May 2013
UN issues Congo peace invitations
UN spokesman, Martin Nesirky said Ban will attend the February 24 event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The agreement had been expected to be signed at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 28, but was delayed over what Ban called "procedural...
19 May 2013
Inflation to remain outside BoB target - Investec
Investec Asset Management investment analyst, Tsitsi Hatendi projected that imported inflation from South Africa and potentially higher global food and oil prices would keep inflation outside the central bank's target range in 2013. "We do not...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 19 May 2013
Jwaneng to anchor De Beers' recovery
De Beers CEO Philippe Mellier has told Mmegi Business that on the back of tough economic conditions, demand for smaller and cheaper stones was higher in 2012 and the company was 'cautiously optimistic' of a recovery this year. "We observed that...
BRIAN BENZA
Starr Writer 19 May 2013
MDC braces for Zim elections
All party structures in all provinces are in place whilst a new party manifesto has been crafted and will be published next month. Speaking in an interview at the party's headquarters in Bulawayo, Nhlanhla Dube, the Matebeleland province information...
JOHN PETERS
Correspondent 19 May 2013
Valentine tragedy for Marina nurses
The girlfriend is a nurse at Marina. Sources say she was assaulted after she failed to come home early on the night of Valentine's Day. The two are said to have been living together in Block 6, Gaborone. It is said that the deceased had called...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 19 May 2013
Rekindling the South African dream
Our society's greatness is being fundamentally undermined by a massive failure of governance. Our rallying cry during the struggle for freedom was for the people to govern, yet the system of choosing Members of Parliament from lists drawn up by...
19 May 2013
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