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Abortion: Who has the right?
There is a "world" out there made up of millions of crying but silent voices, who are asking a simple question to the legal experts in our world: "Who will defend our human rights since we cannot defend ourselves, being victims of those who were...
07 August 2013
Intervention brigade - end game in the Congo?
The recent approval by the UN Security Council of two extraordinary measures to deal with the situation in that country--the use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to provide reconnaissance of militia activity, and the deployment of an...
LANSANA GBERIE 07 August 2013
The BNF - Opportunities and challenges
Thirty-six months ago almost to the day the membership of our organisation met in Mochudi to elect a new leadership. They also met to take stock of their organisation and give it direction. The lead up to the Mochudi elective Congress was...
07 August 2013
Digging tswana roots
The whole truth is required in court testimonies, not part of the whole truth. Courts also require nothing else but the truth, and this has been a good guide to me in my research. To this I have also added my own maxim: no two opposing truths can...
L.M Leteane 07 August 2013
Shadow of the army over Egypt's revolution
There may be surprise that an army source said 14 million Egyptians (some sources claimed as many as 33 million) demonstrated on June 30, and that the army supplied the media with photos taken from military planes to back the claim. Or that interior...
07 August 2013
Egypt and military democracy [Part 1]
In 1998 at President Khama's well rehearsed speech dominated by the "4Ds", he stated that he had joined the military to protect democracy. The crowd heard and applauded this statement. Those listening never interrogated the statement beyond the...
07 August 2013
The feel of Trinida and Tobago
The prospect of visiting a country for two weeks seems like you have all the time in the world until the reality that your time there is up hits you hard. After what seemed like decades of planning, my trip to Trinidad and Tobago finally...
07 August 2013
Football privatisation business, social & perspective
First I must point out that I am not against privatisation of the local football teams and that I wish all the teams the best in their efforts to achieve success.I wish to express my reservation though, on how this privatisation seems to be done, if...
07 August 2013
Why the US should reach out to Iran
In a moment of pre-inaugural confusion, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araghchi invited world leaders to the August 4 inauguration of Iran's next president. However, just a few days later, Iran's Foreign Ministry clarified that no RSVP...
07 August 2013
Dear Morgan, it's about the election strategy
Yes, of course Zimbabwe's electoral process was flawed. It was always going to be. From previous experience, the Movement for Democratic Change - in all its incarnations - should have known it would be. Yet there is no indication that the Zimbabwean...
07 August 2013
Student housing: Possible bankable project?
The article can be read in if you missed it. The article about my critics on the authoritative Master Plan (an issue also brought up by Joe Noero and Leta Mosienyane) unfortunately wasn't there, probably due to the frequent power cuts.I have some...
*JAN WAREUS 07 August 2013
Of Snowden asylum and American authority
The most influential media in the United States has lived up to its pro-government bias in the Snowden Affair in three major ways: firstly, by consistently referring to Snowden by the demeaning designation of 'leaker' rather than as 'whistleblower'...
RICHARD FALK 07 August 2013
As I see it
The residents commute to their respective places of work in the city by train during the week; at weekends they engage in various illicit pastimes to augment their meagre wages besides hosting and entertaining a motley of visitors including...
MICHAEL DINGAKE 07 August 2013
Of Zebras and ending roads
Finest momentBotswana is hosting the Women in Sports conference, a first for the country. The indaba presents an opportunity for various stakeholders to discuss issues affecting women athletes and administrators. The conference comes at a time when...
07 August 2013
Chiefs' Serbian mentor arrives on Friday
The Serb arrives in the country on Friday to sign a contract and round off preparations for the new campaign.The 57-year-old has coached Serbian teams FC Sloga and FK Ledinci Bijeljina after a playing career involving clubs in his homeland FK...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 07 August 2013
Montsho's coach to travel to Moscow
The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) spokesperson Ipolokeng Ramatshaba said the Ivorian coach had been accredited and will be on the sideline when the 400m champion races. "Montsho's coach will be in Moscow. He has been accredited," Ramatshaba...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
BAA refuses to set targets for World Championships team
The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) has refused to set medal targets for the 11-member team travelling to Moscow, Russia for the World Championships which start on Saturday, arguing it will exert unnecessary pressure on the team.It was at the...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
New body to replace SCSA
The decision was taken at the 5th session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Sport held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast last month. Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture Shaw Kgathi briefed the media about the developments yesterday.Kgathi said...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Botswana commits to gender equality in sports
Kgathi was speaking at the official opening of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) Zone VI Women in Sports conference which opened in Gaborone yesterday.The minister said the conference should motivate women to take their rightful place...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Fisher prepares another milestone album
Fisher gets into the studio next month to record Hymns of Worship. Though His Grace has done well in the market and received rave reviews, she promises that she would step up her game in the 12-track Hymns Of Worship."It will mainly be a worship...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 07 August 2013
COSBOTS fails to collect royalties
However, COSBOTS communications manager, Itumeleng Mangole says they hope to pay the first royalties in 'the nearest possible future'. She says royalties is a complex issue and payment must be done after a thorough process, otherwise a mistake...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 07 August 2013
Why Thabang ditched gospel music
That is probably because when young Thabang tried to break into the elite league of local musicians in 2002, he made the wrong choice. His three gospel recordings flopped. He was to discover his true potential is in jazz music seven years...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Musharraf indictment adjourned over security fear
Musharraf, once Pakistan's most powerful man, had been expected to be charged over his failure to prevent the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.The closely watched case has shattered an unwritten rule in Pakistan that the...
07 August 2013
Talks gather pace as US senators arrive in Egypt
The Pentagon said Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had called army chief Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to discuss mediation progress by US and EU envoys. US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns also visited Muslim Brotherhood deputy head Khairat al-Shater...
07 August 2013
Mokalake preaches poverty eradication to corporate world
This was said by the Minister of Lands and Housing Lebonamang Mokalake who is also Member of Parliament for Boteti South when officiating at the Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines (OLDM), General Manager (GM)'s walk this past weekend."They should...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Anglo studies new Mmamabula portfolio
In March, the global diversified mining group beat a field of 23 bidders for the rights to the Mmamabula South and Central prospecting areas, some of the richest coal bearing ground in Botswana.The group has already revealed that within its...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Arms Deal Commission: It's the moment to make or break
A Commission of Inquiry can help to establish the truth about a specific event or can provide valuable assistance to the Executive on difficult policy matters like the tax code or the banking system. But, usually, the president or a premier appoints...
PIERRE DE VOS 07 August 2013
Mmualebe
Fa Mmualebe a ntse a utlwa ka ba ba neng ba le teng, e rile Phukwi e le masome mabedi le bosupa, ga tshwarwa dikgaisanyo tsa bolo tsa Africa Cup of Nations (CHAN) kwa lebaleng la metshameko la Molepolole fa gare ga Dipitse, (Zebras), le Chipolopolo...
Sebofo Motshwane 07 August 2013
Business fails poverty eradication drive
At the Debswana GM's walk in Orapa last weekend, Mokalake said the country's national ambition of ending poverty would fail if the private sector did not take the lead. Behind the well-worn rhetoric of being development partners, it is...
07 August 2013
Selefu 07 August 2013
07 August 2013
Our heritage
Wikipedia states that the curiously named dam and river (my comment) is located to the north of Lobatse but falls within the South East District (does it?) It further states that the dam was built in 1970 (somewhere I have 1958 as the year in which...
Sandy Grant 07 August 2013
Lawyer moves to throw out murder case
FRANCISTOWN: The defence counsel in a murder case has moved to throw out the matter submitting that it (the case) has been pending for too long and that his client was being prejudiced. Representing the accused person prominent attorney Mishingo...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Boko for Gabs West North
The president of the Botswana National Front (BNF) Duma Boko has revealed that he will be contesting the Gaborone West North Constituency in the 2014 general elections. At a press briefing yesterday, Boko who is also the leader of the Umbrella for...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Advancing the war against poaching
MMEGI: One of the issues that has consistently come up during your talks here in Kasane has been the rise in poaching worldwide, the Southern African region included. You have also talked about the need for the use of more sophisticated methods...
07 August 2013
South African duo in court for car theft
The State alleges that Prize Tshuma, 25, a cross-border taxi driver and Osborne Sibindi, 31, who is self-employed, were found in possession of a black Volkswagen Polo registered BG 72HX GP at Ngwasha Veterinary Gate in the Central District on August...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 07 August 2013
Corruption hinders food security - PHK
"Corruption destroys lives and communities, and undermines countries and institutions. It generates popular anger that threatens to further destabilise societies and exacerbate violent conflicts."Corruption translates into human suffering, with poor...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
By-laws should not hinder off poverty eradication-Tshireletso
Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of a PEP workshop in Damchujenaa last week, Tshireletso described as "very disturbing" the harassment of PEP beneficiaries by by-law enforcement officers of some local authorities. A street vendor, Grace...
ZOLANI KRAAI
Correspondent 07 August 2013
Local farmers meet national demand for cabbage
He said all farmers from Chadibe to Tonota villages, along the Shashe River, have produced good quality cabbage this year. "The majority of farmers in Tonota Sub-District have the love of growing cabbage and they produce fresh, big cabbage heads...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 07 August 2013
Promote breastfeeding - MoH
Hosting an Ethiopian health experts team here to benchmark on issues of infant and young children feeding, Mongati said Botswana is one of the first countries to adopt an international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes as provided by the...
MARANYANE NGWANAAMOTHO
Staff Writer 07 August 2013
Effects of child slavery
This is the testimony of Smith Moepi, a Mosarwa academic residing in Ghanzi possessing a wealth of experience in research on child labour. Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, Moepi who holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Adult Education which he...
ZOLANI KRAAI
Correspondent 07 August 2013
Abortion: Who has the right?
There is a "world" out there made up of millions of crying but silent voices, who are asking a simple question to the legal experts in our world: "Who will defend our human rights since we cannot defend ourselves, being victims of those who were...
08 August 2013
Intervention brigade - end game in the Congo?
The recent approval by the UN Security Council of two extraordinary measures to deal with the situation in that country--the use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to provide reconnaissance of militia activity, and the deployment of an...
LANSANA GBERIE 08 August 2013
The BNF - Opportunities and challenges
Thirty-six months ago almost to the day the membership of our organisation met in Mochudi to elect a new leadership. They also met to take stock of their organisation and give it direction. The lead up to the Mochudi elective Congress was...
08 August 2013
Shadow of the army over Egypt's revolution
There may be surprise that an army source said 14 million Egyptians (some sources claimed as many as 33 million) demonstrated on June 30, and that the army supplied the media with photos taken from military planes to back the claim. Or that interior...
08 August 2013
Egypt and military democracy [Part 1]
In 1998 at President Khama's well rehearsed speech dominated by the "4Ds", he stated that he had joined the military to protect democracy. The crowd heard and applauded this statement. Those listening never interrogated the statement beyond the...
08 August 2013
The feel of Trinida and Tobago
The prospect of visiting a country for two weeks seems like you have all the time in the world until the reality that your time there is up hits you hard. After what seemed like decades of planning, my trip to Trinidad and Tobago finally...
08 August 2013
Why the US should reach out to Iran
In a moment of pre-inaugural confusion, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araghchi invited world leaders to the August 4 inauguration of Iran's next president. However, just a few days later, Iran's Foreign Ministry clarified that no RSVP...
08 August 2013
Dear Morgan, it's about the election strategy
Yes, of course Zimbabwe's electoral process was flawed. It was always going to be. From previous experience, the Movement for Democratic Change - in all its incarnations - should have known it would be. Yet there is no indication that the Zimbabwean...
08 August 2013
Student housing: Possible bankable project?
The article can be read in if you missed it. The article about my critics on the authoritative Master Plan (an issue also brought up by Joe Noero and Leta Mosienyane) unfortunately wasn't there, probably due to the frequent power cuts.I have some...
*JAN WAREUS 08 August 2013
Of Snowden asylum and American authority
The most influential media in the United States has lived up to its pro-government bias in the Snowden Affair in three major ways: firstly, by consistently referring to Snowden by the demeaning designation of 'leaker' rather than as 'whistleblower'...
RICHARD FALK 08 August 2013
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