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As I see it
Abraham Lincoln the American president who abolished the institution of slavery in the US defined democracy as:Government of the people by the people for the people. The definition is in theory universally accepted but remains controversial in...
Michael Dingake 21 August 2013
Why have the police learned nothing from Marikana?
The SAPS has not revised its training, policies or public order practices as a result of what happened on that day. Furthermore, the recently released Green Paper on Policing, which will ultimately result in a new police policy and law, simply...
* GARETH NEWHAM 21 August 2013
Is loadshedding is here to stay?
Although we have been accused of being overly cynical, this was not a tongue-in-cheek attempt at embarrassing the government as many like to accuse us. Having had experience with our government's statements and their lack of sustenance in the...
21 August 2013
The state of electricity supply
My last brief to this House on the Morupule B Power Station was on February 27th, 2013. The situation that pertained then was as follows:- *construction of the three out of the four Units was complete and the fourth Unit was under...
*KITSO MOKAILA 21 August 2013
Nawa faction calls for peace at TAFIC
Carlos Motaung, the vice secretary of the Humprey Nawa faction said supporters should focus on a meeting expected to be held on Sunday instead of launching salvos at each other.The club has been divided between Nawa's supporters and those loyal to...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 21 August 2013
Westhuizen still fighting on his deathbed
Now the 42-year-old is confined to a wheelchair, struggles with his speech and barely has the strength to hold a sandwich or lift a drink. For the last two years his body has been ravaged by the debilitating effects of motor neurone disease, which...
21 August 2013
National Stadium official opening postponed
Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) had set August 23 as the date for the handing over of the facility that has been closed for refurbishment since 2008. But the Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology will not hand over the...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
Tshosane disperses Zebras' camp
Township Rollers' trio of Simisane Mathumo, Mampule Masule and Oscar Ncenga, BDF XI's Bonolo Phuduhudu, Mochudi Centre Chiefs' duo of Lemponye Tshireletso and Lesego Garenamotlhale and the DRC-based pair of Phenyo Mongala and Jerome...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 August 2013
A new dawn for the Bots film industry
Mothusi Seitshiro of Blu Magic, said the 48-Hour Film Project is a great opportunity for local filmmakers to showcase their skills and is a doorway to international opportunities in the film industry.He said teams were given 48-hours to shoot short...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 21 August 2013
BK Proctor lands endorsement deal with Samsung Rail Park
BK Proctor has been endorsed by Samsung Rail Park to promote the Samsung Rail Park store and cell phones brands: Samsung galaxy music GT and Samsung galaxy S4. A press release from Samsung Rail Park reveals that the basic idea behind the endorsement...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 21 August 2013
SA-based Liefy to launch debut album soon
Speaking to Showbiz, the artist said she plans to come to Botswana in October with a host of back up artists."I will definitely be coming to Botswana in October because there is no place like home. Needless to say, I will be headlining the show...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 21 August 2013
Tuku calls off Botswana show
The multi-award winning music legend was to pick up his high-octane regional shows with a visit to the University of Botswana (UB) Amphitheatre in under a fortnight.But the show has been pushed forward, although the promoter would not commit to...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 August 2013
Johwa spearheads Domboshaba
The shows will be held in Tutume and Gaborone on August 24th and September 7th respectively."We all know the magnitude of the Domboshaba Cultural Festival and we understand that organising such an event cannot be left in the hands of a few people,...
MOTHUSI JOWAWA
Correspondent 21 August 2013
Mayor urges adoption of entrepreneurship
He was speaking during the launch of the book, Entrepreneurship - Secrets to a Breakthrough, authored by a resident of Selebi-Phikwe, Eddie Chirara.The mayor noted that with the government fully supporting entrepreneurial initiatives people have no...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
FDI target static on economic uncertainty
Despite surpassing the target of P600 million for the 2012/3 season by recording P698.67 million, BITC told the press in Gaborone yesterday that it will leave the target unchanged due to existing global economic conditions."We don't want to set an...
MOTHUSI SERETSE
Correspondent 21 August 2013
BOCRA warns, P2m and/or 10 years for fake cellphones
At a workshop held for retailers and consumers yesterday, senior BOCRA officials said Section 84 of the parastatal's enabling Act granted powers to penalise distributors of cellphones that do not adhere to the recently published safety and quality...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
Zim to host next SADC Summit
This was stated in the SADC communiqu following the 33rd Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Lilongwe, Malawi on August 17th and 18th, 2013.The Summit elected President of Malawi...
21 August 2013
Ruffling features
BDP will win the elections with consummate ease and opposition will be left licking their wounds, remonstrating and regretting what might have been if they had gotten their act together. So well in advance we can predict the wailing and gnashing of...
kealeboga Dihutso 21 August 2013
Musharaff indicted over Bhutto's death
Musharraf was indicted during a short hearing at a court in the city of Rawalpindi, a move that adds to the problems facing the former president who returned from self-exile in March only to be entangled in three legal cases, barred from contesting...
21 August 2013
The 'ghost'Btv website
In a scenario where the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing, the Deputy PS in the Office of the President is not in a position to answer anything relating to the antiquated Btv website but does not want it pulled down. The chief...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
Six charged with dagga possession
The state alleges that Thokozile Chitapa, 56, Audrey Zenda, 53, Serenica Marizeni, 46, Claude Chitapa, 33, Chabengegwa Chitapa, 66, and Emmanuel Chitapa, 27, were found in possession of a substance weighing 4.8 kilogrammes on May 13, 2013 at Somerset...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 21 August 2013
BDP councillor to 'try his luck' in bogosi
House of Chiefs Representative for Bobirwa Kgosi Mmirwa Malema confirmed that Madome informed him verbally about his interest in the traditional leadership of his village. Motlhabaneng village has been embroiled in a chieftainship dispute for some...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
Mayor Kgalajwe opens up on city dreams
FRANCISTOWN: September 14 marks Francistown Mayor James Kgalajwe's one year at the helm of the city council after he replaced ousted Ephraim Maiketso.Mmegi: It will be a year since you assumed office on September 14. In short how would you describe...
21 August 2013
Mogae sees sense in party funding... too late
Mogae said that funding political parties would greatly benefit the electoral process but would also be fraught with shortcomings and would not solve anything. He said funding was bound to breed fragmentations and splits within existing parties when...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
Water policy to be debated in November
The policy seeks to make water accessible to all, and provide a national framework that will facilitate access to water of suitable quality and standard for the citizenry. The policy will also provide the foundation for sustainable development of...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
Who is Alfred Khumalo?
SELEBI-PHIKWE: While to the government of Botswana Alfred Khumalo was just an illegal immigrant and deserved to be kicked out, to some he was a father figure. A member of the community, Tumalano Keothokile, said his children regarded Khumalo as their...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 21 August 2013
P7.6m set aside for relocation of Ranyane
According to a confidential report leaked to Mmegi titled "Ranyane Relocation Phase II, " Ghanzi District Council (GDC) has set aside P7,643,227.50 for the purpose.The services targeted for termination include basic survival needs such as food...
OARABILE MOSIKARE
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
UB students start boycott, demand reforms
Tafa is President Ian Khama's lawyer while Anthony is his brother. Reforming appointment to the council is among a raft of demands the students issued as they embarked on a boycott of classes yesterday.Student Representative Council (SRC) president,...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 21 August 2013
Selefu 21 August 2013
21 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 21 August 2013
Kenya and China sign $5bn deals
They were signed during Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to China since his election in March.Kenyatta's "vigour" would lead Kenya to "greater accomplishments", China's President Xi Jinping said. Kenyatta has a strained relationship with...
21 August 2013
US sanctions on Zimabwe to remain after poll
Southern African leaders had called for sanctions to be removed after endorsing President Robert Mugabe's re-election.But US state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the poll "did not represent a credible expression of the will of the Zimbabwean...
21 August 2013
Mmualebe
Ga twe e rile ba a ba ba lebile go tsena fa lwapeng leo, ba utlwa lentswe ka kwa teng le botsa gore ba biditswe ke mang le gore ba batla eng. E rile e kete ba tlaa tshaba go tsena, ba beta pelo, ba atamela. Fa ba le gaufi le kgorwana ya...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 21 August 2013
Wolves in sheepskin
We are aware that we must tread carefully, for matters of Faith are sensitive in the extreme. If in doubt of this, consider the so-called War on Terror and the propaganda that is being generated to justify todayÕs crusades on the one...
21 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'...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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...
21 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 21 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 21 August 2013
Why have the police learned nothing from Marikana?
The SAPS has not revised its training, policies or public order practices as a result of what happened on that day. Furthermore, the recently released Green Paper on Policing, which will ultimately result in a new police policy and law, simply...
* GARETH NEWHAM 22 August 2013
The state of electricity supply
My last brief to this House on the Morupule B Power Station was on February 27th, 2013. The situation that pertained then was as follows:- *construction of the three out of the four Units was complete and the fourth Unit was under...
*KITSO MOKAILA 22 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 22 August 2013
Mmualebe
Ga twe e rile ba a ba ba lebile go tsena fa lwapeng leo, ba utlwa lentswe ka kwa teng le botsa gore ba biditswe ke mang le gore ba batla eng. E rile e kete ba tlaa tshaba go tsena, ba beta pelo, ba atamela. Fa ba le gaufi le kgorwana ya...
SEBOFO MOTSHWANE 22 August 2013
Boxing qualifiers gather momentum
Glen Valley Boxing Club will host the 12th round of the 2013 qualifies of the Kgalagadi Breweries-sponsored competition. The Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA) wants to host 17 rounds of the qualifiers for the national boxing championships. "We...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 22 August 2013
Rotary Club marathon billed for next month
Rotary Club assistant governor for northern Botswana, Sandra Hughes told Mmegi Sport that the aim of the marathon is to fundraise and get the community involved in charity.She explained that the money raised from the event would be used mainly for...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 22 August 2013
Letlapeng organise charity tournament
Letlapeng official, Sydney Magagane, said they would like to make the tournament an annual event to help less privileged families. The tournament will kick-off at 11:00 am with a media team taking on Mategele. The game between Atlantic Swallows...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 22 August 2013
BNSC boss seeks clarity of Montsho's loss
"Please write us a report and explain to us if silver was what we really deserved," Reikeletseng told team managers at a dinner hosted for athletes who took part in the World Championships. Montsho, the defending champion led the pack in the 400...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 22 August 2013
Vee to attend closed Munroe meeting
Munroe lands in Gaborone next Wednesday with his wife and children for a one-night visit. During his short visit, the highly sought-after speaker will address three meetings at Rainbow School Hall on Wednesday night and with business leaders...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 22 August 2013
Astely Gops, Captain Dira perform for charity
According to Gops, the money raised will be used to build a two and half house for an old woman in Kanye. A young woman from the same village, 18-year-old Ratang Mosweu, brought her plight to the artists' attention."I was inspired by the...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 22 August 2013
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