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Africa orphaned, under guardianship at World Bank
In a recent article published in this forum Phyllis Muhammad wrote about "the twin evils that have bedeviled the World Bank's relationship with Africa as a continent and Africans as human beings." Her article opened a space for a new perspective and...
25 May 2013
Ethnic politics on the Zimbabwean campaign trail
Historians say today’s tribal politics date back to the 1960s and 70s when nationalists were agitating for independence from the then white minority regime. This is dismissed by those who insist that the liberation struggle was...
* MARKO PHIRI 25 May 2013
Think there's no alternative? Latin America has a few
Ever since the crash of 2008 exposed the rotten core of a failed economic model, we've been told there are no viable alternatives. As Europe sinks deeper into austerity, governing parties of whatever stripe are routinely rejected by disillusioned...
25 May 2013
A bitter struggle for control of the Catholic Church
Naked and goaded viciously by hornets and wasps, his blood sucked by loathsome worms. Such was the fate of a pope in Dante’s “Divine Comedy” who “by his cowardice made the great refusal.”Benedict XVI, in short, knew what...
25 May 2013
The Game of 'Glof'
When I arrived here in mid January 1979 (at mid-day), having flown from Johannesburg to here in an old DC-3 that made my jet-lag from Lufthansa to the then Jan Smuts a mere memory, I was met by a very friendly Anders Hallden from the Swedish Embassy....
25 May 2013
Implications of the Brussels diamond heist to Botswana
Except for the absence of flowing Martinis and trophy bimbos, it all seemed like a scene from a James Bond movie.On Tuesday, robbers dressed as police and armed with machineguns raided a Swiss bound aircraft at Brussels Airport and stole 120 parcels...
25 May 2013
Nigeria to the rescue!
Nigeria can take all of Botswana's cattle, the High Commissioner of Nigeria to Botswana, Charles Cocodia, said when he paid a courtesy call on Dikgang Publishing Company, the publishers of Mmegi and The Monitor newspapers, on Tuesday this...
25 May 2013
Oscar Pistorius detective on attempted murder charges
Detective Hilton Botha, who has faced fierce questioning at Pistorius's bail hearing, was allegedly involved in a shooting two years ago.Pistorius, a Paralympic champion, denies the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29. His bail...
25 May 2013
The power of texting helps fight cholera in Mozambique
Mozambican flood refugee Rose Makavela's cell phone beeps. A text message confirms she can get a free bottle of chlorine at a roadside stall near her refugee camp to prevent cholera. Shopkeeper Delsio checks a matching message on his own phone, then...
25 May 2013
Mali army accused of torture, murder
The scale of the phenomenon is difficult to assess. Are such rights abuses the outcome of a deliberate counter-insurgency strategy in desert territory where people are more favourable to the Islamists than in the south, or is torture the work of a...
25 May 2013
Marikana weapons were for self-defence: miners
Siphete Phatsha, a miner who was wounded on August 16, said he carried a sharpened iron rod and a panga after hearing the rumour, which was later disproved. "I wanted to use them to protect and defend myself in case the National Union of...
25 May 2013
BRU moves to resuscitate B Division
Pule Motlhatlhedi is the secretary general, while Simon Kanaimba and Shawn Basupi are additional members. The development came after BRU president Bob Lekan announced that the running of the B division league remained among the union's challenges due...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
BOBA ponders insurance for boxers
BoBA President Michael Moroka revealed this at the association's Ordinary General Assembly (OGA) on Saturday.This comes after a change of rules for amateur boxers by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) that all amateur boxers should...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
BNSC apologises to affiliates
Affiliates had called a special general meeting on Thursday and demanded to know why the council retrenched staff without first engaging with them but instead communicated that through the media."We take full responsibility for that...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
Isaiah inspires Wells to emphatic victory
Isaiah was making her maiden appearance for Wells after joining them from Police IX recently.The Wells' new signing got them off to a great start in the top one inning when she scored her double run homer. Iponeng Molapong had opened the score sheet...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Rollers maintain dominance over ECCO
Defending champions Township Rollers maintained their dominance over ECCO City Greens when they beat them 2-1 in the first leg of the Mascom Top 8 quarterfinals played at the Molepolole Sports Complex on Saturday. The two sides met in the final of...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
GU set early advantage
Two first half goals by Moemedi Moatlhaping and Tebogo Sembowa secured Gaborone United a 2-1 victory over Nico United in their first leg match of the Mascom Top 8 quarterfinals played in Molepolole on Saturday. But Nico United, who finished the game...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
Food for the soul
Do you know your heart readings? Or better still do you care about your heart. I am not here referring to all the Valentine stuff, I am specifically referring to the muscle that makes you tick and live. Well it is no secret; heart disease...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 25 May 2013
A taste of Asia at the Grand Palm
In keeping with The Grand Palm's luxurious, five star reputation, Bai Sheng is all at once lavish but with an air of tranquillity, a respite from Gaborone's hot climate. The restaurant is stylishly eclectic offering exquisite traditional...
25 May 2013
Poison poetry night rocks the audience
The event, which was arranged by Art of Soul Organisation, attracted quite a large number of people who seemed to enjoy every bit of it.It kick started with the musical performance by Moe and Cliff. Blindfolded poets, who appeared...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Chinese celebrate new year and charity in grand style
According to Charity Association of Chinese in Botswana Chairman and Global Post proprietor Miles Nan, the festivity that is celebrated by his people worldwide is a way for the Chinese to proudly celebrate and share their culture.China Shenjun Band,...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 25 May 2013
MOYSC empowering local languages
Speaking in Ghanzi on World Languages Day, Kgathi revealed the Ministry has an advisory committee called the National Languages Committee, which in 2008, developed a booklet on the different languages of Botswana. The book is called...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff writer 25 May 2013
Michelle is Miss Millennium 2013
The pageant held at the Millennium Jazz Restaurant is in its fourth year, and has grown in leaps and bounds attracting a notable following. For the 40s and above, the pageant is meant to celebrate the women of Botswana. The winner engages...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Son of the soil loses its sparkle
The eighth annual event organised by a group called Bana Ba Mmala was held over the weekend at Masimo Getaway at Rasesa in Kgatleng District. In the past years the Son of the Soil used to be a nostalgic participatory event that used to take...
Thalefang Charles
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
BPOPF embrace ICT to enhance delivery
Speaking at the fund's official website launch on Friday, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lesedi Moakofhi explained that there is need, as the company, to enhance their communication with stakeholders both nationally and internationally, hence...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Financial wellness
I once had a 'piggy-bank' when I was a child. My parents were trying to teach me how to save my pocket money instead of spending it all on sweets. At the time my massive weekly allowance amounted to P3.00! I was seven years old. I had...
Elaine du Toit 25 May 2013
Panasonic Botswana reassures stakeholders
Founded in 1996 and appointed as a franchise-holder for Panasonic Systems Company in Botswana, the company had been trading as Panasonic Business Systems but has re-branded to Pan Solutions.However, Nwako explained that the new look might not be the...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Tourism boost as Puma unveils P30m aviation oil facility
In a move that is expected to jack up the tourism sector, Puma Energy, already a dominant player in the aviation fuel industry in Botswana, last week unveiled a P30 million fuel storage and distribution facility that can simultaneously fuel up to...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
National budget affects everyone - BIDPA expert
Speaking at an Open Budget Index seminar in Gaborone last week, Keneilwe Marata said the national budget was government's most important economic policy tool, which translates policies, political commitments and goals into tangible monetary...
Lerato Maleke
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Reinvigorating the US-Japan alliance
For a half-century, the US-Japan alliance has been a cornerstone of Asian and global peace, security, and stability - and Japan has been an outstanding global citizen. Japan developed the economic-growth model that other Asian countries later...
25 May 2013
Etcetera II
In his regular column in Mmegi a couple of weeks ago, Michael Dingake described a worrying Mogoditshane and wondered what its MP was doing to overcome its many problems and to help meet its needs. Mogoditshane may be a different kind of...
Sandy Grant 25 May 2013
Kingdom-O-meter
Language is one of the most important aspects of being. In fact culture is transmitted and played out in language. Even artifacts that are found among peoples are language bound.In them and through them we communicate and both our spoken and written...
Dumi Mmualefe 25 May 2013
Issues in education
Botswana is still not fully confronting the problems created by the way remote primary schools and their associated hostels are run.A positive step has been implemented since 2010, the provision of teaching aides in some remote primary schools. Some...
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S.Weeks 25 May 2013
The winners code
Life is a journey, and the best way to approach life is to be equipped for the journey. In getting ourselves armed for this journey, one question we need to constantly ask ourselves is-What do I need to do to be successful in this journey. The truth...
George Chingarande 25 May 2013
Masisi missed the opportunity
The President gave the South African daily, Business Day, a no holds barrel, yet candid and honest picture of our desperate situation courtesy of the shoddy jobs by Chinese multi-nationals at our national stadiums, schools, roads, and lately the...
25 May 2013
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25 May 2013
NEDC ipelegeng programme spends over P8million
NEDC Ipelegeng Programme coordinator, Limit Manewe addressed councillors at a full council meeting held on Tuesday in Masunga and said that the amount was spent on various projects which included Green Scorpion, feeding funds and running costs of the...
Barati Mathambo
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Court orders 'killer soldier' to be sent for psychiatric evaluation
The 22-year-old soldier, Thebe Njavera, based at Botswana Defence (BDF) Donga Military Barracks in Francistown is alleged to have cold bloodedly killed his young children on February 4 this year at his rented house in Somerset East.Magistrate...
Lebogang Mosikare
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Tlokweng land war
On Wednesday, February 27, the land board in Tlokweng will finally distribute 285 plots controversially won in a raffle last June.The distribution of the plots to their intended recipients have not gone ahead despite then permanent secretary in the...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
My background moulded me - Solly Mahlangu
Having been born out of a rape incident that his mother went through at the age of 14, Mahlangu says he never saw his biological father and at the age of 20 he had the desire to see his father. "I made efforts to locate him but it was all futile. I...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
Botsala restored to life
The organisation has chosen to mentor students at Naledi Senior Secondary School so that they can also get the opportunity to study in the US.Botsala chairperson, Dr. Ezekiel Chimbombi, said they considered several factors in choosing the Gaborone...
Sylviah Disele
Correspondent 25 May 2013
HIV positive man sentenced to 12 years in jail
The rapist, Brown Badiredi, committed the offence at Nata village on September 30, 2011.In his ruling, magistrate Kgololesego Segabo said the accused deserves a stiffer punishment to deter others from committing similar offences in future because he...
Lebogang Mosikare
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Icons of Botswana
Lekwalo Leta Mosienyane is regarded amongst his peers as a foundational figure of architecture and urban design in Botswana.He is the founder and director of Mosienyane & Partners International (MPI), an architecture firm and urban design...
Kibo Ngowi
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Ftown golf course: criminal haven
And, the station commander for Kutlwano police, Superintendent Motsholathebe Mothibi said they are at the end of their tether about unkempt bushes, which he said were a hindrance to their policing efforts.Mothibi actually said some of the bushes,...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Wanted man denies he is wanted
Onkemetse Mbeme (27) of Tutume stormed The Monitor offices last week with a face registering both puzzlement and anger at whoever put him on the programme as he said he was not a missing suspect as alluded in the police series.He said that he was not...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 25 May 2013
Thapelo Olopeng: i'm philanthropist by nature
Olopeng said it is not true that he gets blankets from Khama to distribute in every village. As soon as Parliament opened recently, Acting Speaker and Olopeng's political rival for Tonota South constituency, Pono Moatlhodi, had a field day...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
MoH grapples with ambulance shortage - Matlhabaphiri
Matlhabaphiri revealed that 130 of the vehicles have been deemed unroadworthy, while 197 are with the CTO for repairs such as replacement of tyres. While he acknowledged that this shortage is detrimental to people's health, Matlhabaphiri said...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
Venson-Moitoi, the Facebook minister
The 60-year-old Venson-Moitoi revealed this during a press conference last week to announce her candidacy for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairmanship. She told media practitioners that she has been the administrator of the BDP's official...
Oarabile Mosikare
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
Two men fined for illegally dealing in foreign exchange
The two were found in possession of P168 000 that they failed to account for.Acting station commander of Maun Police Station Assistant Superintendent Oarabile Hulela confirmed that 34-year-old Nkosi Kothi of Zimababwe and 37-year-old Gbolahim...
Victor Muyakwabo
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
EU welcomes inclusion of ethnic minorities in education
Belpaire applauded the inclusion of needs of these groups saying that, "having no idea what the teacher is saying, is not conducive to improved learning outcomes". He also proposed for an increment of the number of teachers who speak the 'ethnic...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 25 May 2013
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