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Guptagate comes to Parliament
What do you get when you bring together a group of heated-up opposition MPs clearly exhilarated by the prospect of putting the boot into the governing party, and a defensive African National Congress (ANC) caught on the back-foot? Well, for one...
30 May 2013
How unhappy are we?
An American, a one time ambassador to Botswana who was also a much liked man and a great socialite in Gaborone of his day, was quoted in Wikipedia reports as having said, at the end of his tenure in Botswana, that the people here were far...
30 May 2013
Stop the internecine bickering
It is a cool afternoon at Goora-Montshiwa Freedom Squire in Kanye and the skies are blue. The stage is set for the launch of Botswana's fastest growing political party, the BCP. It is not only about the party here, but in the centre of all these...
30 May 2013
The guitarist in Cabinet
To many people he is a popular politician - a Cabinet minister and a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MP for Gaborone North who won a constituency regarded as a Botswana National Front (BNF) stronghold. Of recent, he has graced the national stage for...
30 May 2013
SADC: Rhodes versus Nkrumah?
In 1991, members of the African Union (AU) agreed to what is known as the Treaty of Abuja which created the framework for the realisation of the economic half of Kwame Nkrumah's dream of a united Africa. This treaty was agreed in a period of great...
30 May 2013
MDC unveils transformation agenda
Addressing a mammoth rally in the high density suburb on May 19, Tsvangirai told supporters that the time has come for Zimbabweans 'to live decently in their country after almost 30 years of abject poverty and ridicule' under ZANU-PF misrule."After...
JOSH PETERS
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Capital flight cripples Africa
The 2013 Africa Progress Report says African policy makers have critical choices to make: they can either invest their natural resource revenue in people to generate jobs and opportunities for millions in present and future generations. Or they can...
30 May 2013
Let's improve new CBD connectivity
With over 120,000 square metres of office space having come on stream in the past three years and a similar amount expected to be built in the next couple of years, at least two more hotels, in addition to Lansmore, are expected to be built in the...
30 May 2013
Our heritage
So, I apologise once again because last week's important archival photo of Princess Marina opening the hospital was so reduced in size that it was difficult to discern who was who.The now regular pattern of reducing each week's heritage photo to...
SANDY GRANT 30 May 2013
Plot to oust Kumar thickens?
In fact, the coach's job is not safe and nothing can be guaranteed if he does not turn the team's woeful form in the last three games of the ongoing Mascom Men's Volleyball League 2013's first round, sources said.Informed sources within the prison...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Phikwe marathon introduces corporate challenge
A member of the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Masego Masunga told Mmegi Sport this week that the corporate challenge will see organisations competing against each other.She explained that the teams would get prizes for the fastest team, a team...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Pacers hold off Heat's charge and even series
Somehow, though, after the Pacers' 99-92 win Tuesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse effectively turned the East finals into a three-game series, there's a far different feel than there was in 2012. On both sides of this growing rivalry, the intensity has...
30 May 2013
Botswana chess stars shine in Egypt
The two won five out of nine matches, thus attaining a 56 percent performance score.The tournament that had some highly rated players ran from May 17-28.Botswana had sent three players that included Fide Master (FD) Ignatious Njobvu, who finished in...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 30 May 2013
Bynes says tweets about Brown, Rihanna are fake
The 27-year-old actress recently launched a Twitter attack on the 25-year-old singer, saying Brown beat her up in 2009 because she is "not pretty enough" and while the tweets were sent from Bynes' own account, she has now backtracked and denied...
30 May 2013
Generations' 'spoilt brat' invades Ghetto
Anga Makubalo, popularly known as MJ on the small screen while acting in the popular South African soapie, Generations will be in town. "This time around, it is a confirmed deal and fans will not be disappointed," organisers said.Sometime last month,...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 30 May 2013
'Recognise minor languages to revive culture'
Debating the government's idea of reviving culture through the recently introduced Constituency Arts and President's Day Arts competitions, councillors in the country's second city dismissed the development as a joke.Jefferson Siamisang, the Deputy...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Drakensberg Boys Choir coming to Gaborone
The Choir will perform two concerts during their visit. The first performance will be their "signature" performance on June 8, at a Black Tie event at the BDF Auditorium with guest performers Shanti Lo and the PPC Youth Choir. The second...
30 May 2013
Overcrowded jails a sign that the NPA is working - Radebe
He made the equation when pressed by the media about the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) failure to heed the Supreme Court of Appeal's order to release the so-called Zuma spy tapes, and its decision to go to court to challenge the effective...
30 May 2013
Papua New Guinea revival of death penalty 'regressive'- Amnesty
The country's parliament on Tuesday passed laws allowing execution by a range of methods, including hanging, electrocution, lethal injection, and firing squad, while repealing its contested sorcery act.It also vowed to extend the long-dormant death...
30 May 2013
Criminalising consensual teenage sex could violate rights
Whether or not it is moral for teenagers between the ages of 12 and 16 to have consensual sex is perhaps a matter best left for their parents to decide. But sections of the Sexual Offences Act say teenagers should be criminally prosecuted for their...
30 May 2013
Marikana hearing going nowhere slowly
Seated on a raised platform on the stage of the Rustenburg Civic Centre's auditorium, he had spent a frustrating day watching a game of legal cat-and-mouse in which the cat did not have claws and the mouse could not run.To his right sat the national...
30 May 2013
Zimbabwe not ready for peaceful, credible election
I think there is still a lot to be done if elections are to be peaceful and credible," European Union(EU) Managing Director for Africa Nicholas Westcott said during a visit to the southern African nation.The country recently passed a new constitution...
30 May 2013
Diepsloot residents: This is not xenophobia
"This isn't xenophobia, people are just jealous of the businesses making money and want to steal.They don't hate foreigners, they are just criminals," Agnes Tshavengwa, Zimbabwean national and long-term resident of Diepsloot said. Approximately 80...
30 May 2013
Kenyan MPs vote to increase their own salaries
Their pay was slashed from $78, 000 or (P651,000) earlier this year by a government commission which said the country's wage bill was too high.The salaries and remuneration commission also argued that although Kenya is among the world's poorer...
30 May 2013
BOCCIM Fair attracts 120 exhibitors
This compares favourably to last year when 100 businesses came to exhibit their products and services.The organisation's membership officer Chanda Chakalisa confirmed the figures yesterday.The event, which is among the most important on Francistown's...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 30 May 2013
PrimeTime profits decline
"With government tightening its purse strings, disposable income - particularly in the outlying areas more reliant on public sector employment - is taking strain. In addition, the emergence of new office space in Gaborone has put pressure on rentals...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Slow start to Zebras' camp
The Zebras had been scheduled to go into camp on Sunday, but Tshosane had to push it forward to Tuesday for local-based players and yesterday for South Africa-based stars.Tshosane's camp plans were further stalled by the unavailability of DR...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Language survival, some harsh truths
Many of these Africans, children of former colonies, find themselves living in constant fear that their native tongue - whether it is spoken by millions of people or not - is mere decades away from extinction. They look at their children, nieces,...
SIYANDA MOHUTSIWA 30 May 2013
Masculinity under siege?
When such stories are reported I'm reminded of the imigidi I have attended, celebrating the return of ikrwala (a new man). Growing up, the deaths of amakrwala (the "new men") were viewed with shame and if anything went wrong people would speak in...
ATHAMBILE MASOLA 30 May 2013
Educationists should interrogate DTEF decision
The reason for this draconian action according to Maedza is that the practice contributes to high failure rates at local tertiary institutions. He said that working while on DTEF scholarship adversely affects students' performance."This (employment)...
30 May 2013
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30 May 2013
The land question revisited
The debate between the two was based on the proposed new land policy that will see local people benefit from a suggested quota of 70 percent. In my response to all the issues raised in the debate, I write with a degree of authority on the...
REVEREND RICHARD MOLEOFE 30 May 2013
Molefe laid to rest at 85
Thereafter he proceeded to Kelnerton Teacher Training College in the then Transvaal Province where he pursued both Primary, Secondary and Teaching Education. He acquired his education through the encouragement of the then Dutch Reformed Church...
30 May 2013
Ministry rejects foreign farmers bail-out request
The PS said the government refused to help the struggling farmers to use the farms to source finances elsewhere.Chimbombi was answering a question from Tonota North MP, Fidelis Molao who wanted him to react to reports that foreigners who have leased...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 30 May 2013
Sebina serial killer's injured victim dies
Officer Commanding Number One District, Senior Superintendent Israel Tuelo, told Mmegi yesterday that they have received a report that the 50-year-old woman, who was attacked along with her late mother, has also died.The woman sustained serious...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Francistown schools celebrate excellence
The schools celebrated the day under the theme: "Stakeholder Participation in Education - A Key Component in Motivating Learners and the Workforce". The awards ceremony was held at Tatitown Primary School where the manager of...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Limkokwing re-opens
In a statement, LUCT spokesperson, Mercy Thebe said end of semester activities have resumed at the institution. The activities include final semester presentations, final assignments submissions, winter semester students' events and processing...
STAFF WRITER 30 May 2013
TNMC official rallies education stakeholders
"My hope is for all of us to create a nation of excellence by participating in education. More often than not, people in general believe that schools are a preserve of teachers, non-teaching staff and students only," said Akanyang in his...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 30 May 2013
OP refuses to assist textile firm
This follows a letter to the Office of the President penned by Ikageleng Phase Two councillor Lekang Mukokomani seeking President Ian Khama's intervention in the matter.Mukokomani said in his letter to the OP in December that he was approached by the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Fake PRDP licence lands taxi-man in trouble
Constable Thebeyame Lebogang, a traffic officer at Francistown Police Station told the court that the accused was driving a Toyota Corolla and transport personnel Isaac Motlotlegi stopped him and demanded a driver's licence and a passenger...
BONTE SEEPI
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Man slaps Motovac with P3 million suit for injuries
Through lawyer, Anthony Manenji, Meshack James claims that in March, 2010 he was walking with his workmate on a public road when Motovac's perimeter wall collapsed and fell on them. The wall injured James and killed his colleague. "The...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 May 2013
Teacher sues state in 'Mpani wa Seretse' case
He has received acknowledgment from the AG stating that: "We accept receipt of the statutory notice...Upon receipt of instructions we shall revert to you with an indication as to whether we are in dispute in which case the matter will have to proceed...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 30 May 2013
In the Wednesday Paper
30 May 2013
Affiliates angry with swimming body over squad selection
BSSA affiliates have revealed that there was no proper governance within the association. The affiliates claim the association has threatened to ban them if they report issues to the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC). Timothy Maje of Dolphins...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:04:00, 30 May 2013
Black Forest show coach the door
The club's manager, Mompati Ditiro said: "There were things that we and the coach did not agree on and I am sorry I won't say them since they are not for public consumption." He said it was for the good of the club to let the coach...
440,Teichler Rankoa,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:28:13, 30 May 2013
Ballon d'Or nominees released
Five Premier League players - the Manchester United striker Robin van Persie, Manchester City's Yaya Toure, Liverpool's frontman Luis Suarez, the Chelsea forward Eden Hazard and the Arsenal midfielder Mesut …zil - are also on the...
475,Correspondent,,2013/october/05,2013-10-05 12:50:03, 30 May 2013
Algerian club snatches volleyball ace
Chaba leaves today to begin her seven-month stint with the top Algerian side. There is a possibility to renew the contract when it expires next May. Algeria, with a world ranking of number 14, has reached the Olympic Games finals twice. Bejaia...
418,Mosah Mokganedi,,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:05:00, 30 May 2013
Amakhosi to meet Magosi in champions clash
The event, dubbed Botswana Challenge, is organised by Capital Ideas. It is expected to take place annually during the pre-season. Amakhosi were invited after they won the ABSA Premiership title last season. Chiefs' spokesperson Clifford Mogomotsi...
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Good progress in Thapong gallery refurbishment
"I believe the progress made so far is impressive. I have been made aware of some glitches, but I am informed the contractor has found good solutions," Bakwena said on Monday during a tour of the facility by the project sponsors, DTC...
30 May 2013
Testify promises fans new album
Speaking to Showbiz, Testify who made himself a name with the track Motsotsonyana in his debut album, Testimony Chapter 1 says that he has been overwhelmed with enquires from his fans who want to know when he is releasing a follow-up album. "Ever...
474,Gasebalwe Seretse,,2013/october/05,2013-10-05 12:48:58, 30 May 2013
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