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Mali's coup-leading army captain promoted to general
Diplomats in Bamako said the surprise move by the government of interim President Dioncounda Traore was meant to push Captain towards retirement to allow president-elect Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to start with a clean slate.The decision, which was...
19 August 2013
Phiyega comments stun miners
But the body count at North West mines continues to rise.Phiyega was speaking yesterday moments after she, union representatives, mining bosses and the leaders of the local communities in North West that have been besieged by violence, signed a...
19 August 2013
US condemns killings of Egypt protesters, Turkey wants UN action
warned of the risk of civil war after Egyptian security forces moved in on protesters seeking the reinstatement of toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.European leaders criticised the assault on a camp of pro-Mursi protesters in Cairo, calling...
19 August 2013
Central African Republic on brink of collapse
The landlocked former French colony - one of the poorest places on earth - has been plunged into chaos since the Seleka rebels seized power from President Francois Bozize four months ago, triggering a humanitarian crisis in the heart of Africa....
19 August 2013
The rise of the Internet dissidents
Computer scientist Nadia Heninger argued that leaking information is now becoming the 'civil disobedience of our age'. The late historian and activist Howard Zinn described the act of civil disobedience as 'the deliberate, discriminate, violation of...
NOZOMI HAYASE 19 August 2013
Troubled waters: But the good news is the drought
No matter which way you look at it, when you review Water Utilities Corporation (WUC), the picture is simply not pretty. And the deeper you go, the less pretty it becomes.On the one hand, we are in the midst of a dreadful drought, the 'water view'...
19 August 2013
The real problem with the new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
With Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meeting in Jerusalem tomorrow, the renewed peace talks, or perhaps they are 'pre-talks', already seem to be off to a wobbly start. All three parties - US, Israeli and Palestinian - are falling into...
19 August 2013
What is the way forward for the MDC?
The brushing aside by the AU and SADC of MDC concerns with the recent elections in Zimbabwe and the African political class' quick endorsement of ZANU-PF win as the winner is not a coincidence. Below the surface, the political class in most African...
19 August 2013
Scientific conferences for networking and tourism
Everyone knows that scientific conferences are organised to network and share knowledge. Even churches these days do arrange conferences for their congregations to share God's word, for spiritual enrichment and for individuals to see purpose in their...
19 August 2013
Young Batswana excel abroad
The two are part of the over 100 students in the Top Achievers Programme, an initiative that began four years ago under the auspices of the Botswana Education Hub (BEH) in order to strengthen the local human resource base. The competition brought...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
PS emphasises role of parents in school sport
During the launch of the Botswana Primary School Sports Association (BOPSSA) logo over the weekend, she called for the inclusion of parents in grooming students for sport.Muzila said there was no way that teachers would produce good athletes if they...
Mosah Mokganedi
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
SSKB dominate karate tourney
The tournament was introduced last year to give local karatekas competition exposure. The hosts topped their opponents on Saturday with their boys retaining the team kata title in the 13-15 age group they won last year. Eagle of Selebi-Phikwe won...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Mafoko, Mmipi win big at BDF XI awards
In his short speech, Mafoko said he was thankful for coach, Letang 'Rasta' Kgengwenyane who gave him an opportunity when many believed he was old. He thanked his teammates and urged them to continue working as a unit to take the team to greater...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Former track star urges students to emulate Amos
Speaking at Masunga Senior Secondary School on Thursday, he said sportspeople should take sports seriously like the runner, who made history last year by winning Botswana's first Olympic medal, a silver in his specialty. Addressing students during a...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Visiting Zambia humiliate Botswana
An improbable 4-0 win in Zambia will give Botswana safe passage to the next stage.But coach Olorilwe Mogapi will know the team needs a serious overhaul to remain in contention after the dismal performance on Friday. Mogapi's charges took an...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Frazer inspires Chiefs Kabelano glory
It all started in the morning when Chiefs played Nico. All eyes were on him to see how he fares against his former teammates after joining Chiefs during the current transfer window. Frazer started upfront for Chiefs with captain, Pontsho Moloi...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Food for the soul
Stop what you are doing (yes that includes you) and listen. Let me ask you this: How old are you? Don't be bashful now, be honest. If you are not sure or you want to tell a little white lie, go look in the mirror. Well the good news is that even...
Boitshepo Giyose 19 August 2013
Masunga SSS use drama to promote sexual responsibility
"Our school drama group highlights the horror of indulging in unprotected sex," said Bana Letsholathebe, Masunga school head.She said the drama group was introduced a couple of years ago with the intention to utilise other students to spread the...
Shingirai Madondo
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Miss Vision 2016 finalists visit sos
The top 12 finalists in the Miss 2016 beauty pageant said they found it important to spoil the children to encourage unity, compassion and love among Batswana.They played games with the children and brought smiles to their faces.They even cooked a...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 19 August 2013
The other side of Kabelano
Neither could it have ended without some supporters going home disappointed after their team failed to clinch the trophy.After a four-year hiatus, all roads led to Lobatse last weekend for the revived Kabelano Charity Cup under the sponsorship of...
Mpho Tlale
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Batlokwa urged to restore their culture
The tribe was celebrating its fifth annual Cultural Day at the main kgotla in Tlokweng.This year's theme was Ngwao Sefalana (derived from grain storage). "Batlokwa must ensure that they store their culture for the future," he said."Our culture...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Financial Wellness
"Where does all of my money go?" asked Goitse, on the 20th of this month. "Why does my money never last to the end of the month? I still have some bills to pay, and I could really use some groceries. I was so positive that this month I would be able...
* Lechedzani Pitso 19 August 2013
Inflation falls marginally
The decrease in inflation was attributable to both the dissipation of base effects arising from the increase in administered prices in 2012 and a slowdown in the annual rate of price increase across a broad range of goods and services.Figures...
Brian Benza
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
ICT uptake represses mail volumes
The ICT study by Statistics Botswana (SB) found that volumes of international mail have been decreasing over the past five years while domestic mail has been increasing. International mail reduced by 31.8 percent between 2008 and 2012 while domestic...
Brian Benza
Staff Wrtiter 19 August 2013
BSB'S Modise is banker of the year
Standard Chartered Bank's Emmanuel Allotey scooped the Most Promising Banker of the Year award while Sindy Ndebele, a student at the University of Botswana was awarded the most excelling student in banking related studies.Vanessa Mogorosi, a Form...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Mental illness
Such courses typically neglect mental-health emergencies, leaving participants poorly equipped to help people who are struggling with suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, the effects of alcohol or drug abuse, or a diminishing grip...
19 August 2013
Etcetera II
Instead of nominating themselves for an award for, say, compassion, people would, in future have to be nominated by others. Unfortunately this news item coincided with Mmegi's detailed background report about the stunning lack of compassion which had...
19 August 2013
Kingdom-0-Metre
I have been reflecting on The Parable of the Good Samaritan.This reflection was prompted by the news in recent weeks on those who for one reason or the other were either declared prohibited immigrants and were subsequently deported. Why would Jesus,...
Dumi Mmualefe 19 August 2013
Issues In Education
Yet for minority children, entering Standard One, school authorities may change their birth names to a Setswana name the teachers know, can spell and pronounce. This is a denial of a fundamental human right. Botswana has endorsed other international...
19 August 2013
The winners code
The mere fact that you maintain a happy disposition exponentially increases your chances of succeeding in the endeavours that you are seized with. This is contrary to traditional wisdom which tended to assume that success is what brings happiness to...
George Chingarande 19 August 2013
Load shedding should be temporary
This is against the background that we seemed to have bid farewell to load shedding following the commissioning of Morupule B. Since the beginning of August there has hardly been any power supply interruption.If there were any they were quiet...
19 August 2013
Briton accuses local judges of corruption, bias
Adamson was reacting to a decision by Justice Zibani Makhwade to strike off the roll his application to the Court of Appeal to question a decision by the same judge to throw out an earlier appeal "because he was not in court". A Maun...
Patricia Edwin
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
All must have o mang to vote - batshu
Briefing Parliament last week, Batshu called on his colleagues to partner with his ministry to encourage their constituents to renew their cards, as well as replace lost ones and collect those applied for to ensure that they exercise their...
Lerato Maleke
Correspondent 19 August 2013
The answer is political power -ex-councillor
He says his record during his time at the Ghanzi District Council (GDC) speaks for itself. "I brought developments to Ranyane.I was sent by Basarwa to represent them and I did," Mokgethisi said.Mokgethisi counts the standpipe near the Kgotla, the...
Oarabile Mosikare
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Ralenyeletse: the view from the council
He told The Monitor that the settlement is illegal and will be demolished. He explained that the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council is currently urging residents to relocate because they have illegally settled in the area."The council's position is basically...
19 August 2013
Ralenyeletse residents threaten to boycott general elections
The residents say they are tired of being treated as objects that are only important during elections. They wonder why the council cannot even install one pre-paid stand-pipe in the location.They say when they want services, they are told they live...
Onalenna Kelebeile
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Ralenyeletse residents threaten to boycott general elections
The residents say they are tired of being treated as objects that are only important during elections. They wonder why the council cannot even install one pre-paid stand-pipe in the location.They say when they want services, they are told they live...
Onalenna Kelebeile
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Kgari to settle ward chieftainship tiff
Kgari is expected to intervene next month in the long running battle between headman of arbitration Peter Brown and his detractors.Those opposed to Brown had initially moved to the new Kgotla site but later went back to the old one saying the...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Elephant population on the rise
Deputy director at the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), Dr Cyril Taolo, has said that they initiated the aerial surveys in response to a number of wildlife management challenges like severe drought in the 1980s, which resulted in...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
The return of load-shedding?
"We experienced technical problems with the water circuits on Thursday afternoon and had to shut one unit down," Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) CEO Jacob Raleru told The Monitor over the weekend after Gaborone West was plunged into darkness on...
Lawrence Seretse
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Power situation: not home and dry yet
The medium and long-term plan to avoid further occurrences of load shedding is to refurbish Morupule A Power Station and develop 600Mw of new generating capacity before the end of the decade.Mokaila said reasonable progress had been made to stabilise...
Lerato Maleke
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Batshu denies retreat on Khumalo repatriation
Over the weekend, a Zimbabwean newspaper, The Chronicle reported that the Botswana government on Thursday tried to save itself from the diplomatic embarrassment it suffered when it deported Alfred Khumalo by trying to take him back from Plumtree...
Isaiah Morewagae
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
Two prisoners rape fellow inmate
The State alleges Zimbabwe national Lucky Phiri, 24, and Tshepang Motsamai, 20, a Botswana national, unlawfully had carnal knowledge of a fellow remand prisoner on August 2, 2013 without his consent.Inspector Semakaleng Mazibane told the court that...
Lebogang Mosikare
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Abortions, birth concealment worry police boss
Phaphe said that such cases have been on the increase since June. Last week Monday police found the decomposed body of a baby along the Tati River after they received a tip-off."We had three similar cases the previous week in Blue Town. Last month we...
Pini Bothoko
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Mps oppose 'indigenous' in land policy
With the permission of the Speaker, Margaret Nasha, the MPs forced the Minister of Lands, Lebonaamang Mokalake to define what the word means when he presented the policy in Parliament.The minister gave a dictionary meaning of the word, but Keletso...
Lerato Maleke
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Policy to plug gaps in land usage
He singled out shortage of land for settlement expansion especially in areas surrounded by freehold farms, national parks and arable farming areas.He observed that people are allocated land and instead of developing it, they illegally transfer it to...
Lerato Maleke
Correspondent 19 August 2013
Poverty level drops by 11 percent
Results from the 2009-2010 BCWIS, released by Statistics Botswana recently, show that disposable household mean incomes at national level increased from P2,425 in 2002-2003 to P5,304 in 2009-2010. "The major source of this increase was found to...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 19 August 2013
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