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Should Australia's manufacturing future be nuclear?
However, while the mining and education sectors have apparently hit their peaks and manufacturing continues its decline (as seen by the planned withdrawal of Ford in 2016), there seems to be no replacement underway.There is another possibility -...
11 June 2013
The banality of 'don't be evil'
This idiom reflects the ever-closer union between the State Department and Silicon Valley, as personified by Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, and Cohen, a former adviser to Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton who is now director of Google...
JULIAN ASSANGE 11 June 2013
Is Kenya being shaped into Africa's flagship tax haven?
If anyone ever doubted the sheer scale of corporate greed, they had the unedifying spectacle of Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, to enlighten them last week. In already infamous evidence to a Senate Committee, he demonstrated there is no limit on what...
11 June 2013
Confused but more scared
It all started in the 1999 General Election when Festus Mogae was running for presidency. I was only eight-years-old then and did not really understand why my mother was making such a big deal about the upcoming elections. This was however up until...
GAONE ABOTSENG 11 June 2013
Beefing Botswana livestock industry with science - The dairy industry
Like the American, Batswana believe in big things (the big vans, big SUV and the bigger cows). However, when it comes to which cow is sustainable for rearing in Botswana, big is not the answer. Science of animal nutrition will tell you that when...
11 June 2013
Transforming Zimbabwe's agrarian economy
Beyond the wholly inappropriate ad hominem attack on Hanlon (respectable newspapers should not publish such insults I believe - although they have printed a response), what is their actual argument? The views of a neoliberal economist and a one-time...
*IAN SCOONES 11 June 2013
The race for SA's big prize in 2014
The ANC leadership in Gauteng is on the back foot after being in the losing camp at the Mangaung conference but still believe they can increase their percentage of votes in the province. The DA wants to take control of Gauteng, its strongest...
11 June 2013
Infinite possibilities with Nissan
But then again, most people in Botswana have not had a chance to be up close and personal with the brand Infiniti. That is a crying shame because Infiniti is a world class brand that sees soaring successes elsewhere in the world. Here then is an...
DESMOND LESETEDI
Correspondant 11 June 2013
Bushfire Festival: Where Africa meets
All roads led to the Kingdom of Swaziland last weekend for the annual Bushfire Festival, which has put the monarchy on the map. After attending the fest for the first time last year (2012), there was no way I could miss the latest edition. The...
11 June 2013
Tati Nickel will close and so will Debswana.... eventually!
The last few weeks have been traumatic and trying for the approximately 800 employees at one of the nation's largest private employers - the Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC). TNMC has two mines in close proximity, the Selkirk mine, which was...
11 June 2013
How Zebras fared against Ethiopia
Kabelo Dambe - 6He did not have much to do despite conceding two goals. He should have done better to stop Ethiopia's second goal. Saladin Seid realised that Dambe was way out of his line and curled the ball around him as the Zebras were trying to...
11 June 2013
Ketlogetswe off to Germany
The 400m specialist flew out to Berlin yesterday to link up with his agent who has organised some competitions in two months'time.Ketlogetswe is a bright prospect for the World Championships that will be hosted by Russia in Moscow later this...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 11 June 2013
Chikwanda to stay at Nico
He stated that they have managed to reach an agreement with Chikwanda for a two-year contract that he should sign soon. Taolo said that they are happy about the performance of the coach, hence the decision to give him another chance to guide the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 11 June 2013
Zebras' campaign clatters to an anti-climax
Dirang Moloi returned to the grand stage to prove that he has few peers in his position. Stanley Tshosane's hands went up in despair after a routine defeat, which, however, this time was fatal. It marked the end of the Zebras' interest in the 2014...
11 June 2013
Madiba, I let you go
Our heroes are falling one by one, our police don't protect us, and our politicians are weak and vicious. And we're hanging onto Mandela as though our lives depend on it, not his; when what we should be doing is using the great gift of introspection...
MARELISE VAN DER MERWE 11 June 2013
Miss Tourism Botswana billed for August
The pageant, which is aimed at promoting Botswana to the global market, was established in 2012 and within 12 months it has recorded numerous achievements through its reigning queen.Speaking to Showbiz, event organisers Kgomotso Nyatshane and Naledi...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 11 June 2013
DJ Dagizus hails Botswana tour a success
Speaking to Showbiz yesterday, DJ Dagizus said his Dagee Records signed a number of artists while in the country. "During my visit, I signed more than six artists mostly from Gaborone and Francistown. Some I auditioned while others I met...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 11 June 2013
Back stage
Wish You Were Here (1987) is showing today only at the Gaborone Film Society at 7 pm in the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula School. This is David Leland's directorial debut at 47. He also wrote the script in 1987 for Personal Services, the story of...
11 June 2013
Clement Jackson Qru is back
Seasoned musician Clement Jackson has revived the band he formed in 2004 whose debut album, Me, My Son And Real Friends secured them several bookings for live performances around the country and thus gave birth to the solo careers of youngsters Helen...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
It's game over for Uganda
LK4's eviction ended the game for Uganda as the country's other contestant, Denzel, was one of the first contestants to be ejected from BBA - The Chase. As the game is filled with many twists and turns and is not very predictable, Big Brother...
STAFF WRITER 11 June 2013
Deadly initiation: Govt lacks numbers on circumcision deaths
The state has been unified in its calls for better monitoring and interventions to improve the outcomes of traditional circumcision. But how can the state intervene in a process on which it does not even have basic data?When the Mail & Guardian...
11 June 2013
US whistleblower says conscience, disillusion drove him to leak secrets
The 29-year-old joined the army in 2003 to fight in the Iraq War, telling British newspaper The Guardian: "I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression." But, he said: "Most of the people training us seemed...
11 June 2013
Researchers optimistic adioactive lead can beat cancer
"We are interested in tumors against which the current therapeutic arsenal is very limited - like ovarian, gastric and pancreatic cancers - where the needs are huge and patients are waiting," explained Areva Med chief Patrick Bourdet. Based in...
11 June 2013
China's latest manned space mission set to launch
The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will launch from a remote site in the Gobi desert in China's far west at 5:38 pm (9:38 am GMT), Wu Ping, spokeswoman for China's manned space programme, told a televised briefing on Monday.Once in orbit, the craft will dock...
11 June 2013
Obama confronts Xi on 'cyber thievery'
The two leaders debated how to handle China's growth as a world power more than 40 years after president Richard Nixon's groundbreaking visit to Mao Zedong's Communist China in 1972 ended decades of estrangement between Washington and Beijing.While...
11 June 2013
Radebe publishes names of convicted fraudsters
"This aggressive stance has been initiated to ensure that, for the first time in the history of our democracy, criminals will be made known and held accountable for their actions publicly," he told reporters on Sunday in Pretoria."It also aims to...
11 June 2013
Libyan army chief quits after bloody Benghazi clashes
In a closed-door meeting, Yussef al-Mangoush told the General National Congress, Libya's highest political body, that he would no longer continue in the job and the assembly accepted the resignation, three members told Reuters. "Yussef...
11 June 2013
LLR keeps focus on industrial sector despite shift
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of LLR warehouse in Gaborone West Industrial site, the company's chief executive, Dimitri Kokinos said although the competition is increasing, LLR has a strong market base as it is focused on industrial...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 11 June 2013
Govt borrows P340m from capital market
According to available data, the treasury bill (T-bill) was heavily subscribed, attracting bids of P756 million against the P340 million on offer. The Bank of Botswana, government's agent in the debt programme, accepted 20 of the 30 bids made fixing...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
Klaas Motshidisi - The invincible hand behind the BNF split in 1998
I was startled because all along I have never figured the active role Motshidisi played in the split, though I knew that to some extent he was involved with the concerned group. I only ascribed it chiefly to Mareledi Giddie (May his soul rest in...
BANKS NDEBELE 11 June 2013
As I see it
Last week I touched on public political party funding (PPPF), among the recommendations of the University of Botswana Democracy Research Project (UB DRP) published by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in 2002. The Report summed up the...
Michael Dingake 11 June 2013
Selefu 11 June 2013
11 June 2013
Bakgatla stand-off ridiculous
The stand-off has not only divided the royal family, it also has the potential to divide the tribe and cause unrest in the district and the nation. It all started after the death of Kgosi Linchwe and the arrival on the scene of his now prodigal...
11 June 2013
UDC partners may merge in 2015
He told Mmegi that at the congress, the UDC partners BMD, Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) will decide whether to merge and form one party or maintain the status quo. Motswaledi is UDC secretary general. "What is...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
Youth month is not just about June 16
We have had women's month where there have been strong messages directed mainly at men to stop abusing women and children.I have always found it disturbing that there seems to be more incidents of violence against women and children during this...
DUMI MAGADLELA 11 June 2013
Parly BMC committe moves to Europe
The said committee, having been duly constituted, has since the month of February 2013 been conducting public hearings at the National Assembly headquarters, of various witnesses canvassing the length and breadth of the national beef sector.Further,...
KARABO MARUMO 11 June 2013
e-Gov delegation in Sweden
The purpose of the mission is to benchmark on e-government strategies of the Swedish Model, as well as to share information on the current status of eGovernment in Botswana. This mission will also cover various briefings on the following issues;*How...
KARABO MARUMO 11 June 2013
BOSETU still awaits colleges of education autonomy
The unions' president, Shandukani Hlabano said during Teachers' Day celebrations that they have been waiting for more than a decade for the government to transform the colleges.He added that technical colleges and brigades suffer arguably the worst...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
Businessmen injured in armed robbery
Selebi-Phikwe Police Station commander Superintendent Victor Nlebesi said the criminals jumped over the security wall and forced open the front door of the duo's house. The victims told the police that the assailants were armed with a...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 11 June 2013
How Choppies cook beats the odds
Makofi cannot hear or speak. She only uses signs to communicate which means if you need her help in the store, which opened its doors in July 2011, you would need to gesticulate indicating what you need. Garbed in white overalls and a safety...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
Francistown gets new TB testing technology
He urged participants at a health volunteers workshop at Tati River Lodge to inform the public about the technology that is available at Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital and Area W Clinic. "This machine is available in Francistown at Nyangabgwe Referral...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 11 June 2013
Femidom good for men with weak erection - BONEPWA
Allan Tshekedi said this during BONEPWA's ongoing community volunteers training workshop at Tati River Lodge (TRL) in a lecture on consistent and correct condom use. He said men afflicted by weak erection usually lose erection while trying to...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 11 June 2013
Hlabano condemns student-teacher relationships
Speaking during Botswana Teachers Day celebrations here last Friday, Hlabano said there are disturbing reports that student-teacher affairs are on the increase. He said such reports, irrespective of how insignificant the numbers are is a serious...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
Ministry operates 'illegal' bank account
Answering a question from the Auditor-General, Robby Sebobeng, who inquired whether the account was official, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Grace Muzila said it was not yet formalised. However, she acknowledged that the manner in...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
Kgosikwena plans suit against state
Contacted for comment, Kgosikwena said: "I cannot comment at this stage, go and ask my lawyer he is handling everything". Apparently, the Department of Tribal Administration rejected Kgosikwena's application for reinstatement in preference of Kgosi...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 11 June 2013
Should Australia's manufacturing future be nuclear?
However, while the mining and education sectors have apparently hit their peaks and manufacturing continues its decline (as seen by the planned withdrawal of Ford in 2016), there seems to be no replacement underway.There is another possibility -...
12 June 2013
The banality of 'don't be evil'
This idiom reflects the ever-closer union between the State Department and Silicon Valley, as personified by Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, and Cohen, a former adviser to Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton who is now director of Google...
JULIAN ASSANGE 12 June 2013
Transforming Zimbabwe's agrarian economy
Beyond the wholly inappropriate ad hominem attack on Hanlon (respectable newspapers should not publish such insults I believe - although they have printed a response), what is their actual argument? The views of a neoliberal economist and a one-time...
*IAN SCOONES 12 June 2013
The race for SA's big prize in 2014
The ANC leadership in Gauteng is on the back foot after being in the losing camp at the Mangaung conference but still believe they can increase their percentage of votes in the province. The DA wants to take control of Gauteng, its strongest...
12 June 2013
Bushfire Festival: Where Africa meets
All roads led to the Kingdom of Swaziland last weekend for the annual Bushfire Festival, which has put the monarchy on the map. After attending the fest for the first time last year (2012), there was no way I could miss the latest edition. The...
12 June 2013
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