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Kenosi ends G4S 4teen on a high
Kenosi has just returned from Addis Ababa and singles the highlight of the trip as watching his Gebrselassie’s documentary that chronicles his monumental medal haul throughout his long distance running career.The 200m sprinter, Kenosi, was part...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Cycling extravaganza for Kopong
The event takes off tomorrow with the road race subdivided into distances of 30 kilometres, 50 kilometres and the main challenge of 90 kilometres. It will get tougher and interesting on Sunday as riders take to the for the mountain bike (MTB)...
FREDERDICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
It's make-or-break as TAFIC hold AGM
The club's leadership and supporters have in the past year or so been deeply divided over the privatisation of the club. Supporters and the Humphrey Nawa chaired committee have been pulling in different directions regarding the manner in which the...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Botswana exit squash WC with heads high
The third place finish was not enough to see them through to the last 16, but Botswana return home with heads high after beating fellow debutantes Poland 2-1 in a three-series qualifier on Monday.Their next match was against New Zealand who fielded...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Botswana trio enjoying playing soccer in DRC
Speaking in an interview, the three former Mochudi Centre Chiefs players - Jerome Ramatlhakwane, Dirang Moloi and Phenyo Mongala - revealed that they are enjoying their stay in the central African country. Although they might be far away...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Football fraternity celebrates Chilisa's life
Born in 1949, Chilisa died in the early hours of Sunday. He was described as a straight talking administrator whose passion for the game was second to none.Speaker after speaker hailed Chilisa's immense contribution to the development of football in...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Who takes the Player of the Season award?
In the Player of the Season Mochudi Centre Chiefs' midfielder, Elvis Meleka, will battle it out with Topo Piet of Nico United and Gaborone United's (GU) Alphonse Modisaotsile. Meleka has been a consistent performer for his side, helping them win the...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Fraiser signs for Chiefs
Fraiser, whose contract with Nico United elapsed on June 1, confirmed the Chiefs move in an interview with Mmegi Sport yesterday."I will be signing with Centre Chiefs after I failed to agree terms with Nico United. "I have agreed terms with Centre...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Chiefs offer Ndlovu new deal
Indications are that Chiefs will now have to tussle with traditional rivals Township Rollers for his signature.Although Rollers would not confirm their interest in Ndlovu, sources within the corridors of Popa revealed a reunion was a...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Chilisa a straight talker who frowned upon 'spoken' football
I knew Chilisa back in 1990 when I was playing for Gaborone Kicks in the inaugural First Division.When I joined Gaborone Kicks, they had just been promoted to the First Division. Kicks had outwitted Sharps the previous year in the promotional...
KAGISO SEKOKONYANE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
'Misfiring' Zebras urged not to throw in the towel
The team is already out of the race following last Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by Ethiopia at the New Lobatse Stadium. They still have two matches to play before the end of the qualifiers.The Zebras host Central Africa Republic (CAR) in Lobatse...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Messy transfer battle looms over Moyana
With a controversial transfer battle already looming between traditional rivals Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers over Moyana, fresh reports suggesting he has penned a three-year-deal with South Africa's Platinum Stars could add a fresh...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Uproar as businessman closes in on BMC deal
The New Era School owner confirmed to Mmegi Sport that he has a final offer from BMC. Ghodrati said he is keen to conclude the deal before the end of the month."We have had a number of discussions, but we have not finalised the deal yet. I am waiting...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Extreme capitalism of the Muslim Brothers
The Muslim Brothers' economic credo of free enterprise unhampered by state interference is more closely consonant with neoliberal doctrine than was the form of capitalism dominant under Mubarak. This holds in particular for the version of that credo...
14 June 2013
From G8 to G20 to G-Zero
As G8 leaders prepare to gather in Northern Ireland on June 17 and 18, we are reminded of days when American, western European and Japanese officials could credibly claim to set an international agenda. Then came the financial meltdown of 2008, a...
14 June 2013
Snowden: One American who isn't for sale
So it's true, as filmmaker Michael Moore once warned us, the Carlyle Group is Big Brother. That's the $176 billion private equity firm that once employed former President George H W Bush, his Secretary of State James A Baker III and a host of...
14 June 2013
How not to write about Africa
A decade after his last African travelogue, Dark Star Safari, which took him from Cairo to Cape Town, Paul Theroux picks up where he left off. He starts at the southern tip, intending to journey up 'the left-hand side of Africa' until he finds...
14 June 2013
Consumer watchdog
It really is a constant battle. You and me versus all those people out there who are doing their best to steal our money.The bad news is that there's no real good news. Even though we often see the end of a scam another one quickly appears to take...
14 June 2013
Mupane handholds new contract miner
Galane Gold, Mupane's owner, engaged GNS Projects to conduct 100 percent of its mining in March, citing the high cost of doing the activities in-house. The move resulted in the retrenchment of 90 workers who worked in Mupane's mining and geology...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Botash fights its way out of slump
Last year, the Sowa Town-based producer lost two key supply contracts in the DRC, while cheaper imports from US giants squeezed its happy hunting grounds in South Africa. Despite market loss, Botash kept production up to maintain unit costs and was...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Glen Valley, Dikabeya privatisation goes to tender
The latest development comes after the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) recently approved the two farms' disposal via lease to investors. The ministry and the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA) signed a...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Making sense away from dollars
Businessweek: Kindly clarify the point you made at the conference on the need for Africa to move away from reliance on the US dollar as a base currency? Visser: Currencies are always quoted as a cross rate, i.e. the "price" of one currency relative...
14 June 2013
Making sense away from dollars
Businessweek: Kindly clarify the point you made at the conference on the need for Africa to move away from reliance on the US dollar as a base currency? Visser: Currencies are always quoted as a cross rate, i.e. the "price" of one currency relative...
14 June 2013
Botswana eyes coal exports to Eskom
At this week's resource sector conference, Shumba Coal managing director Mashale Phumaphi said Eskom was eager to import coal from Botswana. "Eskom is interested in importing coal from Botswana," he said. "They need 60-million tones a year of new...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Miner appeals to OP over "lost" P115m investment
By the time of the rejection last month, Mount Burgess had spent 14 million Australian Dollars (P115 million) over the years, on various studies and activities on two Ngamiland sites, eventually proving mineralisation of 33 million tonnes of both...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Nitty gritty
Divorcer! I have only heard this word being used at the Nitty Gritty and nowhere else. Ausi Maggie uses it often. She says; "I refuse to be called a divorcee as if I am the one who was divorced and sat there passively feeling sorry for myself and my...
Barolong Seboni 14 June 2013
Book review
Title: Botswana and its National HeritageAuthor: Sandy GrantPublisher: Melrose BooksPlace of Publication: CambridgeshireDate of Publication: 2012ISBN 978-1-907732-83-6No of pages: 118Reviewed by Tiro Sebina Botswana and Its National...
14 June 2013
Digging tswana roots
In many cultures around the world, the name of a person is meaningful. In Tswana culture as well, names are often, in reality, short phrases that reveal the parents' hopes, fears and aspirations. This is why they are often quite long. In my research,...
L.M. Leteane 14 June 2013
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14 June 2013
The case for a keener look at our laws
Recent events in probing allegations of corruption at Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) and Botswana Meat Commission, among others, are a testimony that we have a determined parliament that does not condone abuse or mismanagement of public...
14 June 2013
Greece hit by strikes over national broadcaster's closure
Public services ground to a halt in Greece on Thursday as unions launched a 24-hour general strike in protest over the government's decision to shut down public broadcaster ERT as part of sweeping cost-cutting measures.Trains and ferries stood still,...
14 June 2013
Former ANCYL deputy leader slams Malema's forum
The Star newspaper reported yesterday that Lamola accused Malema of hijacking the youth league's resolutions on economic freedom taken at its national conference in Midrand in 2011.In an interview with the newspaper, he said the expelled African...
14 June 2013
Ethiopia ratifies Nile accord opposed by Egypt
The vote comes amid a bout of verbal jousting between Ethiopia and Egypt after Ethiopia last month started to divert Nile waters for a massive $4.2 billion hydro-electric dam dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Ethiopia's growing economy...
14 June 2013
Mali president examines compromise peace deal
"We hope to secure a deal within days," Pierre Buyoya, head of the pan-African force fighting Islamist militants in Mali (Misma), said on Wednesday.Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole earlier led the delegation to the Malian capital to...
14 June 2013
Situation 'worrying' for Darfur refugees in Chad: Red Cross
"Most of these people fled without taking anything with them," said Helene Plennevaux of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)."The situation of thousands of people... remains worrying." Since early April, the ICRC said, tens of...
14 June 2013
Zim summit is on again
This came as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai vowed to block President Robert Mugabe's efforts to set a poll date before democratic reforms were implemented."You can't set a date of an election without my concurrence. Period. I will not give...
14 June 2013
Book review
Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2010) translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves (2009)"The Angel's Game: Part Two of the Cycle of Novels, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books". London, Phoenix, Orion Books, 532 pages, P129. ISBN 978-0753-8264-9-2. Reviewed by...
Sheridan Griswold 14 June 2013
Back stage
The Hangover Part III (2013) is now at the New Capitol Cinemas. It will rank as one of the worst films of the year. It is another disaster that proves that sequels invariably go down hill as they progress. The Hangover franchise should have died...
Sasa Majuma 14 June 2013
The order of Toutswemogala, Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe
The focus on the three prehistoric settlements of Toutswemogala, Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe is intended to show how important our past is, even to our future. Although I am yet to visit the world acclaimed Great Zimbabwe Ruins, I am compelled by...
ABEL ABEDNICO MABUSE
Correspondent 14 June 2013
The band that made blind people see
Seeing the Pudulogong Rehabilitation Centre music shine on stage one could be mistaken for doubting if indeed all the members were visually challenged.In the early 90s Anna Fiki was the golden voice at the fore of the band. Her performance of tracks...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Banda could have interfered with witnesses - minister
Home Affairs Minister Edgar Lungu said the former president was not allowed to fly to Johannesburg because there was a travel ban on him and moreover the Attorney-General had not been furnished with copies of the court order from the Lusaka High...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 14 June 2013
Mandela in hospital: Let the media do their job
Let me first sum up what I believe to be the case against media coverage. First, it's just somehow wrong to sit outside a hospital waiting for someone to die; it's inhuman and damages Madiba's dignity. Secondly, journalists are only doing this...
14 June 2013
Child rapist sent back to prison
The judge dismissed the appeal immediately after arguments saying that the case was straightforward. "The appeal against conviction and sentence is dismissed and I will give my reasons on June 28. I do not want to keep you hopeful thinking that you...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Indian medicos expected in Botswana - Simwanza
This was disclosed by the Sekgoma Memorial Hospital Superintendent, George Simwanza, during a sub-council meeting in Serowe on Wednesday. He, however, could not specify the date the specialists are expected in the country.Genealogists and oncologists...
BOTHO BAPUTAKI
Correspondent 14 June 2013
BDF's radio trench
In 2007, BDF HQ was in the process of finalising the processes of setting up an institutional radio station at their barracks. The now retired Colonel Mogorosi Baatweng, who was at the time in charge of the army's PR office, was spearheading...
14 June 2013
The Okavango's world-famous aquatic taximan
The inside of an average Gaborone taxi is both a mobile armoury teeming with an assortment of deadly weapons of bodily destruction and a perpetually active war zone.This description should make it easy to imagine how homicidal drivers of such taxis...
14 June 2013
BCP celebrates bittersweet 15 years
Bill Clinton was in trouble for lying about an affair with a 22-year-old White House intern and empire builders from the West were gearing up for a prosperous and profitable decade. Fifteen years later, workers and the working class have changed the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
Mohwasa might U-turn on quitting
Inside sources said some party leaders, among them president Duma Boko, have pleaded with Mohwasa to consider defending his position.The BNF firebrand announced last month that he intends to quit his position in the central committee in Gantsi next...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
New BDP factional wars on the horizon?
In Tonota South, Tonota Central ward councillor, Botho Ntirang got a rude awakening last week when the party secretariat unceremoniously albeit unsuccessfully attempted to cancel a rally that he had organised at Manyanda Shopping Complex. The rally...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
TNMC suspends union leader
The unionist works for the company as a boilermaker foreman at its Phoenix mine. Mpule is said to have flouted procedure that led to the burning down of a plant at the mine. No one was injured in the incident. Contacted for comment yesterday, Mpule...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 14 June 2013
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