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Etcerera II
I hadn't the faintest idea that the country had moved into that sort of territory, that sort of place, condition, situation where ugly people place devices designed to kill.Does the government now believe that the country already faces such dangers...
SANDY GRANT 04 June 2013
Kingdom-O-Metre
As we sat there chatting in different groups I could not help but notice the anxiety on the faces of about 20 people waiting to be ushered and welcomed into, hopefully more of a court of justice than of law.Among those waiting was none other...
04 June 2013
Issues in education
UNESCO has tried to mobilise 167 member states around the world to achieve common objectives of Education for All (EFA) across mutually agreed upon themes. These were initially endorsed at the groundbreaking World Education Forum meeting in Dakar in...
Dorcas Molefe
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Sheldon Weeks 04 June 2013
The winners code
To me this is a milestone because exactly 10 years ago I submitted my MBA dissertation. It was an achievement. Yes, but it had another ramification. My MBA class was by reason of affluxion of time officially dissolved. Having travelled a small three...
George Chingarande 04 June 2013
We still need cattle patrols
This came to the fore when the ministry's permanent secretary appeared before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday. Budgetary constraints were given as reasons for stopping the exercise. Without doubt, the exercise helped...
04 June 2013
Thapelo Stoffel aims for the stars
"Born in an area rich with natural resources that I can use to make a living, I did not need to be unemployed. That is why I started doing this business. I eat and sleep my craft. I developed the love for arts and crafts while I was...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 04 June 2013
Fighters aim for quick return
Fighters, together with Prisons XI and BR Highlanders found the going tough in the just ended season and failed to retain their Premier League status.Fighters and Prisons XI will be joining the First Division South League while BR Highlanders will...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
FRAFA meeting postponed to June 16
The annual assembly will now be held on June 16 according to the FRAFA officials.The assembly was aborted after majority of clubs affiliated to the association did not turn up for the Sunday meeting at the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS).Only...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
Mourinho returns to Chelsea
Mourinho, reunited with the club he professes "to love", completed the formalities of his protracted move after flying into London on Monday following his final game in charge of Real Madrid at the Bernabeu at the weekend, and will be officially...
04 June 2013
Tonota, Kazungula face charges over unruly behaviour
Ugly scenes of violence reigned supreme during a league encounter between relegation haunted Tonota FC and Kazungula Young Fighters - a development that has got the potential of tarnishing the image of lower football in the country.For the past eight...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 04 June 2013
Btv extends blackout to Zebras' matches?
Sources close to developments say Btv, irked by treatment it received during the Mascom Top 8, intends to continue with a blackout, which began nearly a fortnight ago. Btv had travelled to Lobatse to cover the Mascom Top 8 final, but the state...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
Zebras fly out after allowance standoff
However, the issue was settled on Sunday night and the first batch flew out at lunch-time yesterday before five others boarded the plane at 5pm.The delay cost Zebras precious training time in Cairo and they will now head straight to the match venue...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
DiCaprio buys rights to turn SA novel into TV series
Beeld said DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way, and Media Rights Capital (MRC), an independent film and television company, jointly procured the television rights to Beukes's novel.The plot of the science fiction novel, which is not yet...
04 June 2013
Di clothing collection launched on local market
With the diverse clothing lines and brands to choose from, every one of them is able choose a certain brand that they can identify with. David Motawana, or 'Di' has launched a clothing line in Botswana that many of the fashion conscious in Botswana...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 04 June 2013
Back stage
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1948) by John Dighton had been a hit as a theatrical production on the London stage and on the road around provincial cities.Happiest Days starred before the footlights an obese and aging battle-axe, with all her wits,...
SASA MAJUMA 04 June 2013
Gong Master introduces Tswana pop
Now the musician believes his Tswana pop album is set to be another hit. In particular Gong Master stamped his authority on the local music front with a scintillating performance on the track, Shiwele.The two's duet was simply superb in which they...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
East African duo ejected from BBA The Chase house
The first housemate to be evicted was Denzel, whose emotions were not easy to judge as he still kept his smile and did not seem to be too hurt by having to leave the game so early.Denzel had mixed reactions from Big Brother Africa (BBA) viewers as...
STAFF WRITER 04 June 2013
Bittersweet outcomes as Pula swings high and low
Yesterday, the Pula was valued at P8.66 to the Dollar and P0.86 to the Rand according to Bank of Botswana opening rates, compared to P8.65 to the Dollar and P0.85 to the Rand on Friday.Barclays Bank Botswana was quoting the greenback at P9.15 for...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
BoB projects narrower current account deficit
Estimates for 2012 indicate a current account deficit of P5.3 billion compared to the smaller revised figure of P251 million in 2011 largely driven by the widening merchandise trade deficit. A country incurs a current account deficit when...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
Rural development a challenge - PHK
Ke a dumedisa bagaetsho. It is gratifying to be part of this very important occasion marking the first national consultative forum on Rural Development Pitso. I am particularly pleased to be officiating at this Pitso as Chairperson of the newly...
04 June 2013
Breast cancer trials 'failing to save younger patients'
The study, funded by Cancer Research UK and the Wessex Cancer Trust, analysed nearly 3,000 women under 40 in the UK with diagnosed breast cancer. It found a rapid rise in relapse after five years in younger patients with a certain type of the cancer....
04 June 2013
New bid to find HIV vaccine begins in London hospital
Scientists are recruiting 64 healthy adult volunteers for the trial, which is expected to take up to two years.The work will be split equally between London, the Rwandan capital Kigali and Nairobi in Kenya.This early trial is being run by the...
04 June 2013
BHC denies accusations of foul smelling houses in Maun
BHC spokesperson, Tebogo Mmokele has told Mmegi that so far, they have monitored the houses and the bio-box technology installed in them and there has been no evidence of malodour."We are monitoring the bio-box on a daily basis and the reports we...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 04 June 2013
First exporters and manufactures exhibition on the cards
BEMA secretary, Sethembile Dube has said the inaugural exhibition at Boipuso Hall in Fairgrounds on June 21-22 is meant to expose exporting and manufacturing companies in Botswana to the local market and to promote economic diversity and procure...
STAFF WRITER 04 June 2013
FCC to call Business Pitso
He said the council has realised it cannot just depend on the government for development, hence the need to turn to the private sector to help drive the process.If we depend only on the government for the development of Francistown, we will not...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
CDC schools showcase design and technology projects
The exhibition was held under the theme: 'The power of Technology, Strength of the nation.' It was attended by schools from Boteti, Palapye, Serowe and Mahalapye regions.The exhibition was held to revive the subject performance and to create...
BOTHO BAPUTAKI
Correspondent 04 June 2013
EU donates one stop health unit
Head of Botswana/EU Operations at the delegation of the EU to Botswana and SADC, Rigo Belpaire said the day was about creating conditions for reduced stigma and discrimination, better health outcomes, improved service delivery, greater client...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 04 June 2013
Girlfriend assault earns man two years in jail
Kagisano Matlho, a security guard, was found guilty of hitting his girlfriend, Matshediso Motebelwa, with a car shock absorber on September 4, 2011 at Maipaafela, Francistown. Matlho hit his girlfriend with the shock absorber all over her body, ...
BONTE SEEPI
Correspondent 04 June 2013
Moyo worried by disgruntled workers
He told the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President Sarah George that there appear to be demotivated civil servants, including Permanent Secretaries working in government. Moyo said civil servants are always moved from one level to...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
PAC attacks backyard gardening initiative
PAC member, Kentse Rammidi, wondered about the success rate of the poverty eradication schemes that large sums of money are spent on in one day. Rammidi further asked the rationale of rolling out backyard gardens in places like Kanye, where there is...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
PAC to grill Molale
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) intends to summon the Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) Eric Molale to explain the unlawful transfer of P16 million from the Disaster Management Fund, to establish the Directorate of...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
Moswaane in court over trading licence
The state alleges that the BDP councillor-cum-businessman was found trading without a licence. Moswaane holds a 100 percent share in Kamapex Investment Pty Ltd-a company that specialises in selling second hand cars.Moswaane, who is representing...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 04 June 2013
Gen Mokgware joins top BMD organ
Mokgware was appointed to the post on Saturday at the NEC's first meeting since the party's elective congress in Maun in April. "We selected him and other party members as additional members of the NEC because we believe their skills and wealth...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
GCC to set up commercial company
In a special full council meeting yesterday, councillors approved recommendations from the GCC Income Generating Committee to start the process of setting up the company.Income Generating Committee Chairman Reverend Rupert Hambira said the company...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
Two die in bus accident
According to the Station Commander of Dibete Police Station, Superintendent Phineas Makwaiba, the preliminary investigations revealed that the accident occurred when the driver of the truck tried to overtake. He and the passenger died on the...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 04 June 2013
As I see it
It is a well researched document which one hopes students of politics, political analysts, political commentators including journalists will do well to use as a reference source of first resort.Political practitioners claiming a democratic hue and...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 04 June 2013
Audition payments are a fraud
It is a good sign for our film industry, which seems to be struggling to grow. However, there will be a day in future when players in the industry will look back and say, we have done it.Even the South African entertainment industry faced the same...
04 June 2013
Selefu 04 June 2013
04 June 2013
Taiwan ex-leader Chen attempts suicide in prison
Chen said the attempt was in protest at being excluded from an amnesty that last week saw charges dropped against hundreds of local politicians and academics accused of misusing government funds, the ministry said in a statement. Chen attempted to...
04 June 2013
Obama to highlight mental health issues after school shooting
The massacre at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14 raised awareness of mental issues, although little is known about the state of mind of the shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who committed suicide.Lanza, who has been...
04 June 2013
Four sisters in India injured in acid attack
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the treaty on April 2.It will require countries that ratify it to establish national regulations to control the transfer of conventional arms and components and to regulate arms brokers, but...
04 June 2013
Somalia concerned over xenophobic attacks in SA
Residents in a township near Johannesburg rioted against the Somali community last week, while tensions have also flared in Port Elizabeth in the east of the country.The unrest in Diepsloot township came after a Somali shop owner allegedly shot dead...
04 June 2013
DA calls for arrest of Libya's Saleh
Democratic Alliance MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard claimed Saleh - the former chief of staff of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi - had been seen several times in South Africa, most recently at the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)...
04 June 2013
Children betrayed
The dire shortage of trained social workers has crippled child welfare services, which, as a result, are failing the children who need them most. As many as 66, 000 trained social workers are needed, but there are only 8, 913.Experts have urged the...
04 June 2013
Illegal logging ravages DRC forests - experts
The forests of the Congo basin in central Africa cover about 100 million hectares (almost 250 million acres) and are regarded as the second-largest green lung on the planet after the Amazon rainforest, but in DR Congo trees are being cut down with...
04 June 2013
Thousands march for rights in rare Ethiopia protest
The demonstrators marched through Addis Ababa's northern Arat Kilo and Piazza districts before gathering at Churchill Avenue in front of a looming obelisk with a giant red star perched on top, a relic of Ethiopia's violent Communist past.Some carried...
04 June 2013
Tsvangirai fumes over poll date
The country's highest court, headed by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, announced its ruling on Friday after an application by Jealousy Mawarire, a little-known rights activist, for Mugabe to announce an election date.Mugabe will seek regional...
04 June 2013
Porters: The unsung heroes of mountaineering
It is like a scene from a slavery film; black men hiking in a painstaking queue with heavy brown sacks hanging from their necks and hefty backpacks. They hold big water bottles with both hands. These are porters - the unsung heroes of every high...
04 June 2013
BMD: Three years of a life
The 29th May 2013 makes it three years for the Botswana Movement for Democracy since its inauguration at Letlhabile. Yes, we made an eventful yet graceful entry into the political space of this our Republic. This was an entry into a full life...
04 June 2013
Breaking the gridlock on the global wildlife crime crisis
Wildlife crime not only destroys our vital natural heritage, but it is also a crime against the stability and prosperity of nations and a crime that puts human lives at risk. Elephants and rhinos are targeted in Africa, but their tusks and horns are...
04 June 2013
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