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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...
25 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 25 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...
25 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 25 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 25 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...
25 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 25 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 25 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 25 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 25 July 2013
The bane of our development agenda: Non-payment for service delivery
The issue of non-payment of service levy and rates has become a permanent feature in almost every speech by our mayors and council chairpersons to their respective full council sessions throughout the country.Predictably therefore, when addressing...
25 July 2013
As I see it
Since the first country's general elections in 1965 the popular vote for the opposition has been climbing up steadily, so too the ratio of opposition seats, though it fluctuates due to the disproportionate system of allocating seats under the...
Michael Dingake 25 July 2013
How free and fair are elections in Botswana?
With the election season effectively upon us, the credibility of our election process once again comes under scrutiny.Because free and fair elections are central to peace and stability, all proponents of democracy as a national integrity system,...
25 July 2013
G4S Botswana investors meet amidst share tumble
While the security group has seven other topics on the agenda of its 34th AGM, all eyes are due to focus on item number two relating to the consideration and adoption of financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2012. Since the New Year,...
25 July 2013
Our heritage
The school was extraordinary not merely because of its size - it was then the largest building in the country - but as regards its situation on top of a hill. Both the architect of this remarkable project, Isang Pilane and his successor, Kgosi...
Sandy Grant 25 July 2013
Saleshando doubts Zim election credibility
The Gaborone Central MP was part of a pre-election assessment from Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) that travelled to Zimbabwe recently. He said the ideals of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and reforms in...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 25 July 2013
Mmualebe
Mo malatsing ale, go ne go gatelelwa thata gore, fela jaaka ka dipuo tse dingwe, go na le Setswana se se buiwang le se se kwalwang. E re motho a kwala, a ele tlhoko gore mafoko mangwe o a kwala jaaka a tshwanetse go kwalwa, e seng jaaka a tlwaetse go...
Sebofo Motshwane 25 July 2013
North netball league resumes
The break was meant to give way to the national team's participation at the Africa Championships held in Blantyre, Malawi. Action resumes at the Francistown College of Technical and Vocational Education (FCTVE) courts at 8:00 am this Saturday with...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Kobedi thrilled by Kebue's Sundowns move
The Pilikwe United starlet is scheduled to join the Chloorkorp-based side in January next year after he sits his Form Three examinations. He impressed the club recently during trials alongside Walter Musona, the younger brother to Kaizer Chiefs'...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Mmui remains defiant after rowdy meeting
"I am wondering why people disrupted the meeting. We don't know why the meeting was disrupted. If you disagreed, you could seek clarification," he told Mmegi Sport yesterday. He maintains that he is empowered by the club's constitution to...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Zambia arrive with COSAFA-winning squad
Chipolopolo have a date with the Zebras on Saturday in a 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier at Molepolole Sport Complex. Herve Renard's charges regrouped at Lusaka's Cresta View Hotel on Monday evening with only two additions to the...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 25 July 2013
The French celebrate their freedom day in style
This event was made possible by the association of French people in Botswana called Gaborone ACCUEIL. The night started off with a reggae version of the France national anthem, to which many used as a cue to show off their dancing skills. Dancing was...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Pula! Money Matters play is back
Directed by Mpho Rabotsima, the play will tomorrow open for a four-day run at Maitisong before embarking on a nationwide tour covering more than 10 towns.Showbiz had the pleasure to catch the cast members in action yesterday at a dress rehearsal of...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Maiden live recording for JIC
The youthful outfit conducts its inaugural album recording at Boipuso Hall on Saturday.JIC has partnered with a renowned local event management company, Brave Heart. Brave Heart, who brought Joyous Celebration in 2011, are experts in the areas...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 25 July 2013
A.T.I sets the stage ablaze at Big Brother
The rapper has created a following locally and though it's a divided crowd, there is no denying the fact that he knows how to set pulses racing and get people talking. On the eviction night of the popular reality show Big Brother, A.T.I showed up on...
25 July 2013
Expat Zimbabweans doubtful over fair polls
President Robert Mugabe has vowed to extend his 33-year-rule and beat bitter rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the polls on July 31.The vote will choose a successor to the pair's tense unity government, but those who fled the nation's...
25 July 2013
Two men found guilty under Cameroon's anti-gay law
Michel Togue said judges in Yaounde, the capital, sentenced 48-year-old Joseph Omgbwa to two years in prison and 19-year-old Nicolas Ntamack to one year. A third suspect, Seraphin Ntsama, was acquitted. The convictions came less than two weeks after...
25 July 2013
'Sugar Cane Killer' confesses
A shackled Sphiwe Khoza, dressed in a khaki, hooded tracksuit top and grey trousers, was incongruously courteous on his first court appearance. He asked heavily armed policemen where he should stand, thanked the magistrate and greeted the...
25 July 2013
Pressure mounts for Mursi release as 13 die in Egypt clashes
The clashes broke out on Monday and raged into Tuesday, leaving dozens wounded alongside the fatalities, after Mursi's family vowed to sue the military over his ouster. The interior ministry warned Tuesday it would deal with any lawlessness "firmly...
25 July 2013
First verdict due in India gang-rape case
A juveniles' court in New Delhi has finished hearing the case of the youngest suspect, who was 17 at the time of the horrific assault on the 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in the capital.Principal Magistrate Geetanjli Goel had been expected to...
25 July 2013
Cellular phone firms in hot soup
They are getting tough on enforcement and uncompromising on standards, laying down the law and are unlikely to relent any time soon. Barely a month after the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) fined two fertiliser companies five...
ARTHUR SIMUCHOBA
Correspondent 25 July 2013
TNMC holds workshop for workers
Themed Village of Learning, the event was the first of its kind at the mine. TNMC communications and public relations manager Tebogo Rapitsenyane said the objective of the workshop was to come up with more innovations and boost productivity in the...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Poor project management slows down economy - report
In a second quarter economic commentary, Econsult researchers, Keith Jefferis and Thabelo Nemaoran say that it is essential that proper attention be devoted to proper planning, selection, design and management of public sector investment...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Talking blues
People argue that politicians are in their positions to protect their interests, and not those of the ordinary people who put them there - in power. It could be true. This is the conversation I had with a restless and furious Comrade the other day:...
Bame Piet 25 July 2013
War on poverty must start with wages
Our position has always been Botswana is exceedingly austere when it comes to the life and death matter of the minimum wage and that the Great Unwashed will never be lifted out of poverty for as long as we remain that way. It is also our position...
25 July 2013
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25 July 2013
ACHAP happy with circumcision drive
The campaign started on June 24, 2013 and will end on July 31. Recently an ACHAP team was doing a house-to-house campaign in Borolong village near Francistown and Mmegi caught up with them to get first hand information. Binagwa said that their...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 25 July 2013
TDA to be amended
It is my pleasure to have been invited to officiate at this landmark Labour Conference for Judicial officers held in this beautiful and tranquil town of Kasane. The theme for this conference; "Adapting International Best Practices in the Labour...
25 July 2013
BDF donation stimulates disabled businesses
Under the aegis of the Serowe Association for the Disabled (SAfD), a number of people living with disabilities in the village have benefited from the donation to earn a living. The SAfD is a NGO located at the Centre for the Disabled along the road...
BOTHO BAPUTAKI
Correspondent 25 July 2013
Mokolodi acts to preserve precious rhino
Mmegi yesterday joined the two stakeholders to witness the donation as part of the company's corporate social responsibility to raise awareness for the Rhino Fund. It was followed by a rhino-tracking excursion that entailed four hours of tracking the...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 25 July 2013
BPC seeks Eskom power extension
While President Ian Khama has announced that Morupule B Power Station is on the right track and ready to make load shedding history at the end of July, it has emerged that Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) is negotiating with Eskom for an extension of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writers 25 July 2013
Zone Six restocking starts in October
Baipoledi and a team from his department briefed the media on the recent culling of goats and sheep in a bid to eradicate Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the zone.A total of 21,751 goats and 3,481 sheep collected from 1,067 farms within Zone Six were...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 25 July 2013
Raborokgwe catches flak again
A former member of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) board of directors, feedlotter Rowland Mungar appeared before the Parliamentary Special Select Committee investigating the beef industry, and he had no sweet words to describe former CEO Dr...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 25 July 2013
Hostile Ponangi pocketed BMC millions without a contract
He claimed he did not sign the contract because he had told then volunteer CEO Ian Thompson that he wanted to be engaged through his company, Consulting Unlimited, rather than in his personal capacity. By the time he left his position, the BMC human...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 25 July 2013
Uneasy calm in Gabane after riots
The villagers reportedly made an attempt to burn the sangoma's house on Tuesday night but police intervened by firing teargas and rubber bullets at them. According to a source here, the homicidal mob of villagers milled about near the sangoma's home...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 25 July 2013
Comets, Wonder hearing scheduled for Sunday
The case was heard earlier this month. However, it could not resume this week because Jwaneng Comets have bereavement. One of their players, Marvin Kaelo, died in a car accident over the weekend.In the past the case was delayed because the...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 26 July 2013
China executes killer of pregnant 'ghost bride'
Wang Hairong was put to death earlier this week, the Legal Daily said citing a court in Yan'an in the northern province of Shaanxi.Wang and two accomplices persuaded a woman, identified only by her surname Luo, to accept a lift in their car in May...
26 July 2013
We are guinea pigs for the drugmakers
The allegation has been made by Dutch NGO Wemos in a report, Clinical Trials Industry in South Africa: Ethics, Rules and Realities.Wemos says that some pharmaceuticals companies undertake "unethical" trials here because it is cheaper and...
26 July 2013
'Rise up against the violence'
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who deposed Mursi on July 3 and replaced his government with an interim administration, appears to be upping the ante against the Muslim Brotherhood to which Morsi belongs.He said there would be no retreat from the...
26 July 2013
AU chief Dlamini-Zuma arrives in Zimbabwe ahead of vote
"We are here... just to see how things are before the actual election day," Dlamini-Zuma said on arrival.But the South African's visit comes amid questions about the fairness of the vote and about the status of the African Union's observer...
26 July 2013
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