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Monopoly politikos: An account of a de facto one party state
Botswana is exceptional as the only Sub-Saharan African country to have maintained an uninterrupted record of liberal democracy and political stability as well as economic prosperity since independence in 1966. First democratic elections were held in...
22 July 2013
Taliban accuses Malala of smear campaign, promoting 'satanic' values
She made a powerful speech to the UN on Friday in her first public appearance since the near-fatal attack, vowing to continue her struggle for education and not be silenced by the militants.In an open letter released on Wednesday, Adnan Rasheed, a...
22 July 2013
French general says EU Mali mission should be extended
The EU trainers, dispatched to Mali in the wake of a French-led military intervention in January that drove al Qaeda-allied Islamist insurgents out of the main northern towns, face a big challenge in turning Mali's rag-tag army into a capable force....
22 July 2013
DR Congo troops step up offensive against M23 rebels
Backed by tanks, mortars and heavy machine guns mounted on gun carriages, the regular soldiers pounded M23 positions on the hills overlooking Kanyarucinya and Kibati in the restive east of the country. As on Tuesday, three army helicopters also...
22 July 2013
Monitors foresee Zim poll chaos
Less than two percent of police and officials eligible for a special vote ahead of crucial national polls managed to cast their ballots in early polling "fraught with irregularities," the Election Resource Centre said. About 80,000 police, soldiers...
22 July 2013
Madiba spends 95th birthday in hospital as world honours his legacy
With a wave of good deeds planned to mark Nelson Mandela Day, South Africans awoke to word that their national hero was getting better six fraught weeks after he was admitted to hospital with a recurring lung infection. "Madiba remains in hospital in...
22 July 2013
Nitty gritty
It is quiet in the Nitty Gritty today for two good reasons. It's not yet month-end, and it is midweek during working hours. This explains why Ausi Maggie is surprised that Smooch is there and not at work."Ampo rra MaChaena a go kobile? Have those...
Barolong Seboni 22 July 2013
Agriculture a raw nerve as EU chief engages Botswana
De Gucht, the EU's most senior trade representative, is scheduled to meet with Vice President Dr Ponatshego Kedikilwe and trade and industry minister, Dorcas Makgato-Malesu in two meetings set to last an hour-and-a-half collectively.In remarks made...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Democracy and the SADC Gender Protocol saga: Women cry foul
Surely this issue deserves special attention and critical analysis at this time when we realise from all social and cultural evidence that the departure of women from the laborious, routine, mundaine attendant chores in kitchens and homes into the...
*DR MORGEN CHAWAWA 22 July 2013
Monopoly politikos: An account of one party state (Part 2)
Political parties and national elections in Botswana have shown certain idiosyncrasies from independence. The most noticeable one is the dominance of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), founded by Sir Seretse Khama. Du Toit, 1995 observed that the...
22 July 2013
Astonishing statistics from Zim's June 2013 voters' roll
The report acknowledges that compilation of a voters' roll is always a moving target because old voters die and new voters are added. The voters' roll can thus never meet the ideal indicated at the outset. However, the report notes, the gap between...
GLYN HUNTER & DOUGLAS TSIAKO 22 July 2013
Tall men, short men what is the fuss all about?
This war can at times assume ridiculous proportions. For instance as the agitation for "regime" reached fever pitch in Zambia in the early 1990s, former president Kenneth Kaunda (KK), a six-footer, would often dismiss his nemesis, then Zambia...
ALFRED MULENGA
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Dear Tata, while you were sleeping
Dear Tata, These have been strange times. We have been having odd weather. We keep waiting for the worst of winter to arrive but it seems like it will come late this year. Out on the streets, in the mountains and valleys of our land, and outside your...
22 July 2013
The BCP from 2009-2014 (Part 1)
This phrase has been used by many other commentators outside the BCP to describe the state of our country. We had warned that the election of President Ian Khama and his BDP would lead to economic collapse and dictatorship. It did not take long...
DUMELANG SALESHANDO 22 July 2013
Goo-Moremi: A place of unspoilt gorges and amazing folklore
For instance, it is said that in the morning of July 13, 1980 between 2am and 5am the villagers of Goo-Moremi heard a loud rumbling as a huge rock tumbled from the gorge above. The rock falling, the story goes, was a sign or message that someone of...
THALEFANG CHARLES
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
BOKA Re-Brands
The new logo replaces the one adopted when the association was incepted.BOKA also took the opportunity to unveil former Botswana Football Asociation (BFA) executive member Puma Matlhware as its patron. The new logo, designed by a young karateka,...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Cats claw Jungle Queens
Queens, who went into the game as log leaders, fielded three of their new signings in the starting line-up. Former Prisons duo of Natasha Maribe and Goitsemodimo Jikinya and ex-Notwane workhorse Amogelang Ngwako all started the game. Despite their...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Shape up or face my wrath - Kgathi
He expressed his displeasure at the BNSC Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday. Kgathi did not mince his words when he told the three bodies to work on their relationship or face his wrath. "Otherwise I will invoke the power vested in me as the...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
'JJ' bags COSAFA golden boot
Ramatlhakwana's four goals could not be matched by anyone in the remaining teams. The CS Don Bosco striker scored a hat trick against Lesotho in the match that ended 3-3. He added on to his tally in the 2-1 win against Kenya in the Zebras final match...
Frederick Kebadiretse
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Mashaba to coach Notwane
The two parties have agreed in principle and Mashaba will jet into the country on Wednesday to finalise the deal. The announcement was made at the team's annual general meeting held in Gaborone on Wednesday. The new team owner, Kealeboga Mogapi,...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Visiting cyclists dominate Kalahari challenge
Yesterday's triumph saw the elite cyclist extend his dominance to southern Africa after piping several South African, Namibian, Zimbabwean and local entries in the weekend competition.Kohne touched the finishing line at Wharic Park in exactly...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Food for the soul
Let me ask you this; how often do you eat fish? I know many of our people don't like fish all that much. Ba re tlhapi ke noga ya metsi! Well, if fish were a water snake, then I suppose those who eat it are not only brave and daring,...
BOITSHEPO GIYOSE 22 July 2013
Govt probes music tender awards
Acting deputy director of the Department of Arts and Culture, Bopelo Gaothuse, said he was not going to talk about the sound equipment failure since they were going to launch an investigation. "It is an internal issue that we are going to...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 22 July 2013
G-west night club rising from the ashes?
Workers at the site have revealed that they are rebuilding the nightclub though it is unclear if it will still be owned by Steve Raman, the previous owner of 10 years before the structure was gutted by fire last year.For over two weeks, workmen have...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Comedian releases Radijo in prison part 2 CD
This project follows Radijo in Prison Part 1, which was produced in 2012. According to Madiane, the DVD is all about Radijo and features him. Apparently Radijo was imprisoned for five years and left his wife and children at home. ...
Lerato Maleke
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Financial wellness
When little Rose was born in September 2012, knowing how important a good education is, I immediately enrolled her in the best pre-primary and primary school in Gaborone. I researched about each primary school, asked other parents their opinions on...
* Lechedzani Pitso 22 July 2013
Chirara launches book on entrepreneurship
The book, which was printed in the United States of America (US), is already on sale. He says that with the current global economic crunch high job losses and inelastic job creation, many people face a bleak future. Chirara, however, says that...
Onalenna Kelebeile
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Cellphone tracking firm could help curb thefts
Speaking to The Monitor Business, 33-year-old Motlhatlhedi explained that although he is still working he started his company, Innovative Tracking, last December because he wanted to reduce cellphone and laptop thefts. The company monitors and...
Keikantse LesemelaM
Correspondent 22 July 2013
DEBSWANA production up 19%
According to Anglo America production figures released last week, although the Jwaneng mine is still recovering from the impact of the June 2012 slope failure, output increased significantly from the same period last year when only 5.3 million carats...
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Archaeologists And Modern Day Witch Doctors
For example, if your cattle strayed into the farm of a witch doctor you would hasten to pay generous compensation before he made you 'see a miracle'. If, however, his cattle strayed onto your farm you would be expected to suffer in silence as...
* Phillip Segadika 22 July 2013
ETCETERA ii
That allegory about witch doctors was a slightly apologetic attempt to explain away a significant problem - but the only bolt of lightning at the recent Archaeologists conference was the one that hit me! It follows that the witchdoctory powers that...
22 July 2013
ETCETERA II
That allegory about witch doctors was a slightly apologetic attempt to explain away a significant problem - but the only bolt of lightning at the recent Archaeologists conference was the one that hit me! It follows that the witchdoctory powers that...
Sandy Grant 22 July 2013
Kindom-0-Metre
Two weeks ago I was invited by the Rainbow Identity Association to speak at their workshop with social workers.The main thrust of the event was to engage and help the social workers with ways to deal with the non-heterosexuals, specifically the...
Dumi Mmualefe 22 July 2013
Issues in education
In an effort to provide good quality education for their children, some parents have decided to enroll them in private schools, commonly referred to in Botswana as English Medium Schools. Good quality education is much sought after by more and more...
Dorcas Molefe
Owen Pansiri
Sheldon Weeks 22 July 2013
The winners code
How wrong he was. As all students of history would tell us on that day unbeknown to King George III, one of the most important events in the history of the entire world happened on that day. America declared independence from Britain. That day...
George Chingarande 22 July 2013
Has Gaborone become gangsters paradise?
The last two weekends in Gaborone however have been disturbing. On Friday night Bontleng residents were woken from their sleep by continuous gunshots. Apparently it was security officers exchanging fire with criminals that were on the run in the...
22 July 2013
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22 July 2013
The painful aftermath of passion killings'
Her two young children lost a loving mother; her family lost a sister, a daughter and sole breadwinner.The aftermath of Tekanelo's touching death would continue to be felt in the Mohutsiwa family for many more years. Her youngest son, Thabang,...
Chippa Legodimo
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Herero Kgosi face land grabbing accusations
Detractors say Kgosi Peter Brown had initially moved to the Kgotla but later went back to the old one saying the location of the new facility is not favourable. Then in a surprising turn of events, the kgosana is now said to have earmarked the new...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Icons of Botswana
His leadership was a blessing to his tribe as he served it with passion.Born in April in 1927 in Hukuntsi, Chief Leipego grew up in Hukuntsi where he used to herd his parent's livestock. In 1937, at the tender age of 10, he started his schooling in...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Crazy day
Traditionally President Khama's walkabouts are somewhat silent visitations to selected needy neighbourhoods where he walks in, have a face-to-face interaction with families, with the neighbours hardly noticing the President's presence. Not on...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Churches pray for peaceful Zim polls
Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) organised the prayers of peace and support for Zimbabwe elections meeting led by Reverend Mpho Moruakgomo. The churches prayed for peace, justice, tolerance, reconciliation and other values to prevail in Zimbabwe...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Accidents increase during President's holidays
A total of eight people died in seven of the road accidents this year. Amongst the deceased, five were passengers while three were pedestrians.Two died when a motor vehicle knocked a donkey cart at Dikabeya lands along the Gaborone/Francistown...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Why i was fired- Falepau
Former CEO of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) Dr David Falepau uncovered, for the first time, the mystery surrounding his sacking almost 12 months ago, just 16 months into his four-year contract. In a video conference testimony on Saturday at...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Btv to air live Parliamentary debates
Parliament on Friday passed a motion calling for the live airing of Parliamentary debates tabled by Selebi Phikwe West Member of Parliament Gilson Saleshando. The motion seeks to give voters access to Parliament sessions. Saleshando said the live...
Mpho Mokwape
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Meeting Khama in 'Mzekezeke' mask
As they approached it appeared as if they were a mirage deceiving our eyes. But soon their roars and the dust were upon us.There was no doubt in our minds that it was President Ian Khama coming because word was out that we might meet the head...
Thalefang Charles
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
Suspected game poachers nabbed
The gang of the alleged poachers was on Tuesday night found in possession of kudu meat at the low income location of Newstands.Superintendent Motsholathebe Mothibi of Kutlwano Police Station confirmed the nabbing of four Zimbabwean nationals. Mothibi...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 22 July 2013
Robbers hit Nandos
Insiders say the incident took place around 9pm at the Central Business District outlet as scores of the city's late night diners queued for service while others dined with friends and families. A source told The Monitor that among the diners were...
22 July 2013
The gun shots that woke up Bontleng
A police helicopter hovered low flashing its bright lights on the streets of Bontleng while down below a number of police cars drove at high speed with blaring sirens. Deafening gunshots woke up curious neighbours. As residents came out of their...
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
TAFIC battle to sell 75% shares
The move came after there were no takers of the 75 percent shares with the remaining third held by Humphrey Nawa and Master Mbulawa who have been running the club. The sub-committee should be in place before the start of the next season as resolved...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 22 July 2013
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