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Snowden, Greenwald and Wikileaks are winning
"It is a slap in the face of all Americans," said Senator John McCain (R - AZ), referring to Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden. He demanded that the Russians face " serious repercussions " for their decision.Well, turn the other...
14 August 2013
Africans 'persecute' democracy
Mugabe's victory which has been endorsed by the Zimbabwe election Commission ( ZEC) as well as the invited international observers did not come as a surprise to the octogenarian leader who had predicted it at the launch of his manifesto rally on July...
JOSH PETERS
Correspondent 14 August 2013
Africa's next narco state
The report is a chilling indictment of political and military elites in West Africa who are making common cause with drug traffickers and money launderers in order to advance or protect their power and influence.In regard to Guinea-Conakry - as...
MICHAEL J.M. KEATING 14 August 2013
Trade Unions do not practice democracy
The union bureaucracy conducts its discussions with the bosses and collective agreements without witnesses in flush restaurants: or for less important problems, in the bosses' offices, behind closed doors. They sign deals and contracts without...
Alberto Durango 14 August 2013
A perfect storm approaches
COSATU was at great pains on Monday to stress that its national leaders were only engaged in a normal, routine meeting. But it was a meeting of what COSATU unfortunately calls its National Office Bearers. By the end of it, Vavi may well have thought...
14 August 2013
Egypt and military democracy - Part II
Unlike in South Africa where there are existing mechanisms to recall a sitting president and the US where they can impeach the president, the only appropriate method of recall was by means of the military answering the call of the masses. The...
14 August 2013
The BNF - opportunities and challenges Part 2
One of the most intransigent challenges the party has faced has been the development of its Headquarters, Kopano House. It has now become a theme song sung throughout the years that this project must be pursued and finalised. Some individuals within...
DAVID MCKNIGHT 14 August 2013
An opportunity to create jobs
AGOA is, in effect, a one-way free trade agreement that allows qualified African countries to export over 6,400 categories of goods, duty free, into the United States. The US Congress passed AGOA with the hope that it would stimulate economic...
*MICHELLE D. GAVIN 14 August 2013
As I see it
Lieutenant General Mompati Merafhe, our former Vice President who led the large Botswana observer delegation of 80, to the recent Zimbabwe general elections, has come back from retirement spitting fire. President Khama apparently missed his bombastic...
Michael Dikgake 14 August 2013
The Western reaction to the Zimbabwe election
When US voting rights are being ripped away from Constitutional structures established in the 1960s in several US states it is rather rich for the US to complain about unfair elections in Zimbabwe observes GARY K. BUSCHThere is a great deal more to...
14 August 2013
Sport Chat
Amantle Montsho has been amazing over the years. Actually there is a widespread feeling that with the glorious moments she has given the nation, she should be immune to criticism. But Montsho will be the first to admit that she stole defeat from the...
Mqondisi Dube 14 August 2013
Women's Under 17 brace for Zambia
The team has been in camp since last month preparing for next year's World Cup which will be hosted by Costa Rica.Next year's edition is the fourth since the inception of the tournament in 2008.Botswana coach Jackie Sefemo said preparations were...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 August 2013
Kgosiemang leaps into high jump finals
Montsho won silver during a fast and furious race which was narrowly edged by Briton, Christine Ohuruogu. Both athletes finished the 400 metres race in 49.41 secs but Ohuruogu had a better reaction time as she dipped her head ahead of...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
GU unveil P3.6m sponsorship
The sponsorship deal was announced yesterday at a ceremony graced by dignitaries among them, Minister of Transport and Communications Nonofo Molefhi, Mogoditshane MP Patrick Masimolole as well as Botswana National Sports Council chairperson Solly...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Lozibo's album flies off the shelves
Lozibo has worked with some famous names such as Vee Mampizy, Mosako and Zeus in the album. "I did a song with Vee called Zibo Dance. I featured Mosako on the Nteletse song and I worked with Zeus who added spice with his hip pop background on the...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 14 August 2013
JIC relishes Benjamin Dube tie-in
Members of the youthful Botswana outfit are relishing prospects of sharing the stage with Dube at Boipuso Hall on September 7.Ironically, that is where they made history when they recorded their first live DVD and CD last month. The same promotions...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 14 August 2013
La-Timmy promises blockbuster album
Speaking to Showbiz yesterday, La-Timmy said that he decided to give the album his full attention and he will not rush in releasing it early. He says he wants to bring out a masterpiece that will be appreciated by many people. The artist who...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 14 August 2013
Botswana's opera star for Stockholm
During his tour from Kenya to Cape Town last year, Staples stopped in Gaborone to be part of a performance at the No 1 Ladies' Opera House where he got to hear Batlang sing. He was quite impressed with the youngster's voice, hence he recommended him...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Peru drugs bust
The footage shows the two women answering questions shortly after they were held at an airport near the capital, Lima, last week.Melissa Reid, 19, and Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, protested their innocence after police found 11kg (24.2lbs) of...
14 August 2013
Al-Qaeda claims bombings in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), formed earlier this year through a merger of al Qaeda's affiliates in Syria and Iraq, said on jihadist forums it was behind the attacks across Baghdad and southern provinces on Saturday."The Islamic...
14 August 2013
Botswana has a lot at stake in Zim
The recent elections in Zimbabwe seem to have equally stirred controversy in Botswana as much as in Zimbabwe itself.The intense debate emanates from statements made by both Mompati Merafhe and Phandu Skelemani, both former and current foreign...
14 August 2013
Mmualebe
E rile maloba ra tshwara kgang ka motshameko wa bolo wa dikgaisanyo tsa CHAN o o neng o le fa gare ga Dipitse le Chipolopolo, kwa lebaleng la metshameko la Molepolole, Phukwi e le masome mabedi le bosupa.Fa Chipolopolo e ne ya tsena mo...
Sebofo Motshwane 14 August 2013
Ndelu's ministry raises questions
When Parliament intervened this week following a recommendation by the Public Accounts Committee that the deal be probed and the culprits prosecuted in the (likely) event that there was corruption, Seretse and his cabinet colleagues tried to stand in...
14 August 2013
Selefu 14 August 2013
14 August 2013
Missing: King Sechele's cannon
Dithubaruba Cultural Festival is fast approaching as it is billed for August 31st and this year the venue is Ntsweng, the old location of the Bakwena capital before it moved to Molepolole. Dithubaruba showcases Kwena culture. After...
14 August 2013
Elderly man (96) deported to Zim
SELEBI-PHIKWE: There was drama at Selebi-Phikwe Government Hospital when Immigration officials dragged a 96-year-old man believed to be a Zimbabwean from his hospital bed.The patient put up some resistance against the officials and had he the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 August 2013
'Technology eroding social values among youth'
Officially opening a moral and spiritual development youth camp of people from different spiritual congregations at Nswazwi Brigade on Sunday, Batshu lamented that the family set-up and the church, which used to transmit beliefs, values and...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 14 August 2013
Report fingers political parties as 'most corrupt'
Botswana does not appear in this survey that had 114,270 respondents in 107 countries.Unlike the better-known Corruption Perceptions Index that relies on expert opinion, this eighth survey of public views and experiences of corruption reveals that...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
New Zealand fugitive captured in Gabs
*New Zealand press describe the man as a serial child molester However, the Director General of DIS, Isaac Kgosi, was cagey about the reported arrest of the fugitive last night, saying their operations are confidential. "Everything in the New...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Win elections and enjoy the spoils - Masisi
A question on political coverage by state-owned Botswana Television (Btv) opened old wounds of the unfair advantage that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has over opposition parties and drew comparisons with Zimbabwe. The Minister of...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Judge refuses to hear Panda land case
FRANCISTOWN: Judge Zibani Makhwade refused to hear the controversial Pandamatenga land case saying that the attorneys did not file their heads of arguments on time "It is not the way to do litigation," the judge said. The matter is one where Kgosi...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Deliver on time or else - contractor warned
The warning came from deputy council secretary (technical) for Central District Council, Mpho Mathe during the project's groundbreaking ceremony last week. This project will deliver 20 kilometres of roads and associated storm water drainage.The...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 14 August 2013
Man pleads guilty of defiling stepdaughter
The prosecution alleged that the man had defiled his school-going stepdaughter on numerous occasions in February 2012 before he was finally unmasked.Prosecutor Rodger Bosena submitted that charges be read to the accused and his plea taken. Senior...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 14 August 2013
Saleshando infuriates Venson-Moitoi
Saleshando took a swipe at individual ministries, accusing the executive arm of government of sleeping on the job. He said the report, whose tabling some ministers tried to block , exposes lack of leadership on the part of ministers. Saleshando said...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Hunting to be banned in January - Tshekedi
Tshekedi told Parliament that afterwards no quotas, licences or permits would be issued for hunting of Part 1 and Part 2 schedule animals as listed in the Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act. The Minister was responding to a question by the...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Police deny use of unregistered vehicles
Responding to a Mmegi questionnaire this week, BPS spokesman Senior Superintendent Dipheko Motube said he was not aware of use of any vehicles bearing no registration numbers by the police or any government department."Officers from Botswana Police...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Khama declares 406 prohibited immigrants
The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Edwin Batshu made the revelation in Parliament yesterday. He said of the 406 prohibited immigrants, 357 were sanctioned on account of criminal convictions and imprisonment without option of fine while 49...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Pistorius seen kayaking in Hermanus
Pistorius is scheduled to appear in court on August 19, when he will stand trial for shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in February this year.According to the paralympic athlete's uncle Arnold Pistorius, Oscar "just had to take a...
14 August 2013
Boko Haram' gunmen kill 44 at mosque
The killings took place during dawn prayers on Sunday, although news only emerged on Monday, as communications are disrupted by a state of emergency.The attack occurred in the town of Konduga, 35km (22 miles) from the state capital, Maiduguri. The...
14 August 2013
Boubacar Keita wins Mali presidential election
Ex-Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse said he had congratulated Keita and wished him good luck.Keita, 68, served as prime minister from 1994 to 2000.Mali has suffered a year of unrest including a military coup and a French-led military...
14 August 2013
Barclays to relocate to P110m CBD complex
The 5,000 square metres complex, which forms the second phase of the Prime Plaza, is currently being built at the tune of P110 million by listed property developers, Prime Time. The first phase of the Prime Plaza is a two...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 14 August 2013
Govt mulls monitoring agency for construction industry
Furthermore, the agency would aid in skills and capacity development for the local construction industry. Speaking at the recently held Construction Pitso, the Minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology, Johnnie Swartz, explained how...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 14 August 2013
Snowden, Greenwald and Wikileaks are winning
"It is a slap in the face of all Americans," said Senator John McCain (R - AZ), referring to Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden. He demanded that the Russians face " serious repercussions " for their decision.Well, turn the other...
15 August 2013
Africans 'persecute' democracy
Mugabe's victory which has been endorsed by the Zimbabwe election Commission ( ZEC) as well as the invited international observers did not come as a surprise to the octogenarian leader who had predicted it at the launch of his manifesto rally on July...
JOSH PETERS
Correspondent 15 August 2013
Africa's next narco state
The report is a chilling indictment of political and military elites in West Africa who are making common cause with drug traffickers and money launderers in order to advance or protect their power and influence.In regard to Guinea-Conakry - as...
MICHAEL J.M. KEATING 15 August 2013
Trade Unions do not practice democracy
The union bureaucracy conducts its discussions with the bosses and collective agreements without witnesses in flush restaurants: or for less important problems, in the bosses' offices, behind closed doors. They sign deals and contracts without...
Alberto Durango 15 August 2013
A perfect storm approaches
COSATU was at great pains on Monday to stress that its national leaders were only engaged in a normal, routine meeting. But it was a meeting of what COSATU unfortunately calls its National Office Bearers. By the end of it, Vavi may well have thought...
15 August 2013
Egypt and military democracy - Part II
Unlike in South Africa where there are existing mechanisms to recall a sitting president and the US where they can impeach the president, the only appropriate method of recall was by means of the military answering the call of the masses. The...
15 August 2013
The BNF - opportunities and challenges Part 2
One of the most intransigent challenges the party has faced has been the development of its Headquarters, Kopano House. It has now become a theme song sung throughout the years that this project must be pursued and finalised. Some individuals within...
DAVID MCKNIGHT 15 August 2013
An opportunity to create jobs
AGOA is, in effect, a one-way free trade agreement that allows qualified African countries to export over 6,400 categories of goods, duty free, into the United States. The US Congress passed AGOA with the hope that it would stimulate economic...
*MICHELLE D. GAVIN 15 August 2013
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