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Prisoners

When Keller Dover s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

The Family

A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of Agent Stansfield to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni, his wife Maggie and their children...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Jobs

The story of Steve Jobs ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Riddick

Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick s past.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans havent won in fifteen years. Dante enlists Blake to assemble a team of the best dancers and bring the Trophy back to America where it started.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Gravity

A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

In the Thursday paper

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

The Family

A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of Agent Stansfield to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni, his wife Maggie and their children...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Smurfs 2

The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer s newest creation - creatures called the Naughties - into real Smurfs.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

We are the Millers

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Jobs

The story of Steve Jobs ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Red 2

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Elysium

Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

My sin is forever before me - The Island a.k.a Ostrov

What the three explore is 'no man is an Island', even if he selects to be one, or even against his will he is imprisoned on one.  The power in all these stories lies in the individual characters and their expression of their situation. In...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Keep it moving at all costs

It is a romantic comedy about a relationship between a teacher and her student – but not when he was her student. This flick features the teacher’s discovery of her protégé again, years later. It is a fun film, a bit over...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Accidents Happen

The young director is Andrew Lancaster, for whom this is his first feature film. It is based on an autobiographical screenplay by Brian Carbee, and has two stars that stand out. The first is Geena Davis, the tall, thin, angular beauty (1.83 metres),...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana

Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana is an unusual volume that will appeal to a wide variety of people with diverse interests. It is a historical study, but with strong ethnographic underpinnings and a grounding in public health issues. The...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

The vile mother who drove that girl to the grave

They first came out in 2001.  They were well received, and then forgotten.  Orner's Namibian novel, The Second Coming Of Mavala Shikongo (2006) was well received (Mmegi, 27 October 2006).  His second novel, Love And Shame And Love...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

BAA halts Amos' US move

Amos was on the verge of moving to the US on a scholarship on a Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) scholarship. But, this week, BAA made it clear they were against that move and were prepared to engage all stakeholders regarding the decision...

Thato Kala 31 October 2013

Black Forest claim Letlapeng used a defaulter

The First Division South executive committee that is still to set a date for the ruling has heard the case. Forest manager Mompati Ditiro told Mmegi Sport that they had submitted a protest before the executive committee after suspecting that...

Calistus Kolantsho | 31 October 2013

Clubs gave Chiefs' friendly the green light - Mamelodi

The two clash at the National Stadium on November 16. He said the proposal to bring the Soweto giants was presented to the BPL board and was approved by the majority of the 16 clubs.  He said the idea to bring the club here was not mainly for...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 31 October 2013

Botswana's women of twerk

Individually they go by names like Twerk Sensei, Twerk Master, Tiny Twerk, Little Miss Ass Quake, Timi Twerk and Twerk Lee.  The six female college students aged between 19-22 are determined to make a name for themselves through twerking. They...

Kgomotso Molelekeng 31 October 2013

Laff-A-Lot comedians stage another national tour

The next show is scheduled for November 1 at Cresta President Hotel followed by another at Travel Inn in Selebi-Phikwe on November 8.  The grand finale will be at Maun Lodge on November 23. A statement from the Laff-A-Lot crew explained that...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

Jazz poet starts reaping his fruits

However, he never thought his poetic gift would turn into an album one day. “After discovering poetry was a stronger passion, I started writing and reciting poems at school.  But I only thought of making out an album in 2004,” he...

Thato Kala 31 October 2013

New Choppies outlet to create 80 jobs

The store will operate at Ngilichi House, which used to house Meriting Spar. Meriting Spar closed on 20 October amid talk that the owner had diverted his attention to property management and development. It was further alleged that the store closed...

Chakalisa Dube | 31 October 2013

Letlole explores market opportunities in Africa

Briefing the media recently, Stanlib Real Estate Asset Manager Sethebe Manake said they want to explore opportunities in Africa because it is a profitable market. The company is targeting countries such as South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya and...

Keikantse Lesemela 31 October 2013

Botswana's poultry prices too high - researchers

The workshop, hosted by the   Competition Authority (CA) for the African Competition Forum (ACF) in Gaborone, to discuss a joint research project by Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia examining competition issues...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

BURS leaves ATN puzzled

In a press statement issued recently, ATN says the MoU is in Conflict with the ideals of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products and Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). “The Anti Tobacco...

Staff Writer 31 October 2013

New anti-AIDS policy is a double-edged sword

In the strategy, the police, immigration and the National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA) will engage in joint operations to rid the streets of homosexual prostitutes and prostitutes. Foreigners with the sexual orientation will be deported...

Mmegi Editor | 31 October 2013

Crisis in education

Mmegi Editor 31 October 2013

'Men of God' in stocktheft case

Mopati Seabelo (22), Bathusi Kgaogano (21) and Mareko Motlokwa (21), all from Sau Ward in Thamaga appeared before the Kumakwane Customary Court, accused of stealing five cows belonging to Ntsimane Mmusinyana, Mmetli Kgosipula and Dinko Ramokate from...

Gothataone Moeng 31 October 2013

Deputy mayor, councillor in verbal fight

The verbal altercation emanated from a failed Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting that was convened “urgently” to discuss payment of legal costs in the matter between Councillor Lekang Mukokomani and SPTC. It is reported that...

Onalenna Kelebeile 31 October 2013

Residents left homeless after 45-minute disaster

Ramonaka is the only village that was not affected. The villages are situated along the Sikwane-Derdepoort Border Gate. The storm is reported to have come from the direction of South Africa and only took 45 minutes to cause damage in all the four...

Lerato Maleke 31 October 2013

Magistrate bungled case judge orders re-trial

He further ordered the respondents, Debris (PTY) LTD and Lux Baalakani to pay the costs of the appeal. Makhwade was presiding over a case where Tallman Modimane took his case to the High Court for appeal after a judgment against him by the magistrate...

Patricia Edwin 31 October 2013

It is business as usual after clampdown on fong kong phones

A sweep through Chinese stores around Gaborone has shown that these so called “fong kong” or fake cell phones still remain on the shelves despite the August 31 deadline set by BOCRA.  Efforts to communicate with a number of these...

Lawrence Seretse 31 October 2013

Namibian fugitive loses extradition appeal

In January 2010, Van der Merwe was brought before the Magistrate Court in Lobatse for extradition as a fugitive criminal facing imprisonment for motor vehicle theft in Lusaka. After his conviction in Lusaka and release on bail pending appeal, he...

Baboki Kayawe 31 October 2013

Struggle for Levels of Operation continues

On Tuesday the leadership of TAWU met with the management of Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) and the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM). The agenda of the meeting, according to TAWU national...

Oarabile Mosikare 31 October 2013

Kenyans demand gang-rape justice in police petition

The 16-year-old was gang-raped and then thrown in a pit latrine breaking her back. The three men accused of gang-raping her were ordered by police to cut grass as punishment. The petition signed by 1.2 million people calls for the immediate arrest...

Correspondent 31 October 2013