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Pearmain fires nine shots to break Sowa Golf Club record
The Morula School student proved his mettle when he won the Makgadikgadi Open over the weekend.An excited Pearmain said he won the championship division by nine shots, breaking the record of the Sowa Golf Club course that had been standing for...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Cheetahs, EMG Gunners ready for bruising battle
The match is expected to be exciting with Cheetahs coming into the match with a psychological advantage following their unbeaten record while Gunners will be pushing to remain in the top four.Cheetahs are currently in pole position while Gunners are...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 05 July 2013
D-Day for Olopeng as Mmui awaits fate
Olopeng's suspension last October was linked to the issue of registration fees that saw former Premiership side Police XI and newcomers Security Systems get the boot from topflight league action.Olopeng is alleged to have testified against the BFA in...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 05 July 2013
'Abramovich' revolution reaches local soccer
Staff Writer, MQONDISI DUBE argues soccer bosses at Lekidi Centre have to up the ante to keep pace with a new form of revolution sweeping across soccer.When road construction magnate Nicholas Zakhem assumed control of Gaborone United (GU), little did...
05 July 2013
Flying start for volleyball sides at World Cup qualifiers
Both the men and women's sides won 3-0 against Swaziland to keep alive their hopes of progressing to the final phase of the qualifiers.In a telephone interview from Maputo, the head of delegation, George Keotsene said as expected Swaziland did not...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Zebras shoot up in FIFA Rankings
They have shot up 11 places up the ladder, thanks to the two victories against Central African Republic (CAR) and Ethiopia in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers last month. Zebras are now ranked 116th in the world and 33rd in Africa.The Zebras were...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
GU continue to strengthen squad
Following the arrival of Zebras defender Edwin Olerile two weeks ago, Moyagoleele have this week announced the signature of Kabo Rasuping and Mathews Moruti.Rasuping has signed a three-year deal from BDF XI as David Bright attempts to mount a serious...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Seven suitors bid for Gunners
The club will hold the AGM at Peleng Community Centre where privatisation will be the key issue on the agenda.Only paid up members will be allowed into the meeting. Gunners secretary general, Mosimanegape Seitshiro confirmed to Mmegi Sport yesterday...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Homicide convictions stand for praying parents who let ailing child die
Eleven-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann, died of undiagnosed diabetes in March 2008 at her home, and her parents were convicted of homicide. The decision marks the first time a Wisconsin court has addressed criminal culpability in a prayer-treatment...
05 July 2013
Hearse arrives at Mandela's Qunu home
The hearse, escorted by police, was driven on to the property.Earlier the remains were positively identified as those of Mandela's children- his eldest son Madiba Thembekile, who died in a car accident in 1969; grandson Mandla Mandela's father...
05 July 2013
Mandela would be disappointed at court situation, says Mandla
"My grandfather like myself would be highly disappointed in what is unravelling," he told reporters."He would have asked every member of the family if there are any secondary thoughts on his recommendation. I am here because of his own grooming...
05 July 2013
Hawks may probe Kunene, says Economic Freedom Fighters
"There are people who have called him from the Hawks, but not officially," EFF spokesman Floyd Shivambu said."The people said that there could be an investigation into him."Hawks spokesman, Captain Paul Ramaloko said he could not comment on...
05 July 2013
Syria army renews assault on central Homs - NGO
"Warplanes carried out two raids against the Khaldiyeh neighbourhood of Homs, and both Khaldiyeh and the Old City were under heavy rocket fire producing the sound of explosions and plumes of smoke," the Syrian Observatory for Human Right...
05 July 2013
Kenya seizes 1.5 tonnes of ivory at port
Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa, where well-armed criminal gangs have killed elephants for tusks and rhinos for their horns that are often shipped to Asia for use in ornaments and some medicines.John Changole, deputy...
05 July 2013
Russia's Putin signs law banning gay adoptions
Earlier this week Putin signed another law banning gay "propaganda", which human rights groups say has fuelled hate crimes against homosexuals.Putin, who has embraced the Russian Orthodox Church as a moral authority and harnessed its influence as a...
05 July 2013
Top judge Mansour sworn in as Egypt interim president
"I swear to preserve the system of the republic, and respect the constitution and law, and guard the people's interests," Mansour said as he took the oath of office at a ceremony in the Supreme Constitutional Court. Officials welcomed the...
05 July 2013
Mozambique former rebel leader says he's ready for talks
"The day President Guebuza withdraws the forces that are encircling Satunjira, Gorongosa, I can go to Maputo. It could be tomorrow," Afonso Dhlakama, president of Renamo, said from his camp in the centre of the country. Bloody clashes since April...
05 July 2013
The role of trade unions in politics [Part 3]
In the final analysis, the only solution is for revolutionary intellectuals and advanced sections of the working class to form a socialist party to challenge the entire capitalist edifice which is the bedrock of their exploitation and oppression. A...
05 July 2013
Make politics attractive for the sake of the country
In the last few years, we have seen upheavals within the major parties in the country. This has caused many Batswana to develop a negative view of politics and political activism. The reality of our current political despondency is a...
05 July 2013
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05 July 2013
Marina honours staff with excellence awards
The Dental Department was the toast of the ceremony as its workers scooped the majority of the awards followed by the Department of Radiology. The Dental Department scooped four awards while Radiology got three. The workers were feted for long...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Consumer watchdog
Call me old-fashioned but I do think there are certain traditional values, certain old-fashioned norms that are worthy of respect. For instance I believe we should show a little extra respect to senior citizens, guard our children and those of our...
05 July 2013
Where have all traditional music giants gone?
Some of the groups that come to mind include Machesa, Dikakapa and Matsieng. It was the emergence of some of these groups that made people recognise traditional music. Machesa, which was initially under the Eric Ramco Record label, became...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 05 July 2013
TJ Dema returns from poetry tour
In an interview with Arts & Culture, TJ said that her experiences in all the three countries were different. She said, "All the three countries have something unique to offer the eye and ear." She said that the worst thing that any...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Tracing the settlement record of Bakhurutshe of Tonota
At the moment, the people of Tonota are making preparations for centenary celebrations of the rich history and culture associated with the people of Tonota. This article attempts to trace the origins of the Bakhurutshe of Tonota and show their...
ABEL A MABUSE
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Marriage ritual of avoidance
Like other Batswana tribes, the community practices a ritual of avoidance in marriage, performed during traditional weddings. This ritual has injunctions, which if the graduates violate, it is believed they suffer from a disease called...
JOSEPH MORUPISI
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Pula slide sets off alarm bells
Last week, the Pula hit a new historic low against the US Dollar at P8.73/US$, continuing a downtrend seen since the middle of last year, while it put more distance from the three-year high it reached against the Rand early last month.On Wednesday,...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
FMD trims cattle population to 2.5m
The population of cattle has been rising steadily since 2007, following a five-year decline from a peak of three million beasts in 2002.According to the preliminary results of the 2011 Annual Agricultural Survey released by the Statistics Botswana...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Botswana FDI inflows ease to P2.5bn
Estimates released last week by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) also indicate that of the total FDI inflows to the local economy, US$148 million (P1.3 billion) were to greenfield investments. The balance is...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Slim prospects for "lost P115m" mining appeal
By the time of the rejection in May, Mount Burgess had spent 14 million Australian Dollars (P115 million) since 2003, on various studies and activities on two Ngamiland sites, eventually proving mineralisation of 33 million tonnes of both zinc and...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Fraudsters raid scores of bank accounts
According to police, massive reports of mysterious withdrawals involving amounts ranging from P2,000 to P25,000 have been streaming in. All the funds were withdrawn from ATMS in South Africa. Police suspect that fraudsters could have skimmed...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Europe's shame: Snowden and Morales
Last night, in an astonishing display of fawning obedience to the demands of US leaders, France and Germany first announced that they would not grant asylum to Snowden, despite broad popular support by French and German people for such an offer of...
*DAVE LINDORFF 05 July 2013
Che's 'betrayer' tells his side of the story
Ciro Bustos was 26 and at his in-laws' house for a barbecue one spring Sunday in 1958 when he first heard the voice. It belonged to a fellow Argentinian, a doctor four years his senior who was fighting alongside Fidel Castro in the mountains of...
05 July 2013
Mandela versus Mandela - soap opera morphs into theatre of the absurd
Between the factional battles in the African National Congress and the omnipresent tensions in the Mandela family, there was always a danger that Nelson Mandela's final send-off might become a fiasco. While his status as a former president ensures...
05 July 2013
Democracy is expensive! What is the real cost?
It encompasses social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination. The term originates from the Greek __________ (d_mokrat’a) 'rule of the people', which was coined from _____...
*DR MORGEN CHAWAWA 05 July 2013
Raditlhokwa injured in car accident
In an interview yesterday at Gaborone Private Hospital where he is convalescing, Raditlhokwa said the accident happened on his way to Unceasing Prayer Centre (UPC) church with his wife, and two other passengers, in their family car. His wife was the...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Benevolent Alam believes in giving
In the Bible it is said blessed is the hand that gives. This is what Mahbub Alam, a Bangladeshi domiciled in Botswana with his family of four since 1994, has been doing, giving to the less fortunate and not expecting anything in return. No wonder,...
BOTHO BAPUTAKI
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Isolated thundershowers ahead
An official at the department, James Keretetse, says Kgalagadi, Southern, Southeast, Kgatleng and Kweneng districts will be partly cloudy and mild with isolated thundershowers for the next few days.Keretetse, however, said the showers would be too...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
The 'curse' of Old Palapye lives on
But Khama, a devoted Christian, did not believe his wife's death was due to some 'ill-spirits' despite his son, Sekgoma and part of morafe labelling the death of the Queen Mother as a sign of ill-omen of this place. He got married again to a...
THALEFANG CHARLES
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Experts paint not-so rosy picture of Selebi-Phikwe growth
The draft development plan by Mosienyane and Partners International Consultants shows that the area cannot be the focus of any urban development because of chemical plants found in the area.These include powder magazines (plant where mine explosives...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Nshakazhogwe residents fume over Sebina North name
Even Tonota North Member of Parliament (MP) Fidelis Molao has joined the chorus, demanding a name change.Molao said that he hoped that officials tasked with delimiting ward boundaries would take the people's aspirations into consideration, especially...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 05 July 2013
UNWTO assembly could mark great leap forward for SADC tourism
The August 24-29 global tourism event will be co-hosted in Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls Town and Livingstone, Zambia's tourism capital and home to the magnificent Victoria Falls, one of the seven wonders of the world. There is need for international...
HUMPHREY NKONDE
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Habitual thief convicted
Magistrate Mpho Molema sentenced 32-year-old Prince Moyo to three years in jail for breaking into three different shops in Tonota on the same day and stealing various items from the shops.On the first count, Moyo was found guilty of breaking...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Military intelligence officers graduate today
The officers, all from SADC countries, have been equipped with skills to plan, direct and execute intelligence tasks during peace support operations in SADC.The course director Lt. Colonel Kenamile Badubi said the programme was a foundation for any...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Dark cloud hangs over Francistown again
In this accident, two people were killed - the pilot and one crew member. Apparently the plane was trying to make it to the runway of Francistown Airport when it crashed. The aircraft had initially attempted to land and was prevented by the...
RICHARD MOLEOFE 05 July 2013
BOFEPUSU wins hands down
This was after the Registrar of Trade Unions and Employers Organisation Lesego Pule struck the federation off the roll saying that it was registered by mistake or misrepresentation. When the case was called no government attorney was in court to...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Stakeholders gear for general elections
The stakeholders are motivated by various reasons. Segametsi Modisaotsile of the Emang Basadi Political Education Project says that as part of the Botswana Elections Support Network (BETSNET), they will take part in the election observation exercise...
EDWARD MPOLOKA
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Former councillors making comeback
A number of the former councillors dismiss claims that they want to make money saying that they are back due to popular demand. Some of the politicians are successful businessmen and farmers. The president of the Botswana Peoples' Party (BPP),...
EDWARD MPOLOKA
Correspondent 05 July 2013
Leadership changes looming at BCP congress?
Ahead of the party congress billed for Selebi-Phikwe during the President's Day holidays, it is said that the secretary general, Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang has overwhelming backing in the contest for the position of deputy president.Party members,...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
Knives out in Maun
FRANCISTOWN: Unless the unexpected happens, the contest for the chairmanship of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is going to be a tight affair. The final countdown starts today when the party's 36th elective congress commences in Maun. The...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 05 July 2013
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