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Correspondent 04 November 2013
Are workshops contributing to our development or just a waste of resources?
I have attended numerous workshops during my professional career, most of them initiated by government agencies. Especially when I was still employed in the education sector and extremely active in the fight against HIV and AIDS, I regularly...
Ferdinand Berkhof 04 November 2013
National Paralympic games suspended
Members of the Paralympic Association of Botswana (PASSOBO) have agreed to suspend the National Paralympic Games, commonly known as the December Games. The decision was taken during an ordinary meeting over the weekend at Oasis Motel. This was after...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 04 November 2013
Comets Hold Fighters
Knowledge Matshoba scored for Comets in the 56th minute, while substitute Mathata Sehunelo replied for Fighters in the 77th minute. Comets created the first chance in the 8th minute when Matshoba’s header missed the target. They continued to...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 04 November 2013
Reeling Police hit by Cadets
The defeat added more woes to Police V, who have had a bad run this season. With Police missing some of their key players, Cadets went on the offensive immediately with a solid performance that saw them take the lead at the end of the first quarter....
Thato Kala 04 November 2013
GU wallop Ecco in Mascom top 8
The Francistown based outfit conceded three goals in the first round of their quarter-final match against an impressive Gaborone United (GU) on Saturday before a near capacity crowd at the Francistown Stadium. To progress to the semi-finals of the...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 November 2013
UB Students Open old scars
Conceptualised by the UB’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) fourth year class, with facilitation from Tefo Paya and Gao Lemmenyane, the work takes a look at how apartheid, a system of racial discrimination and separation in South Africa...
Mpho Mokwape
| 04 November 2013
Theatre pays homage to Bangwato
Producer of the work, Edward Moroka, says they set out to relate how Bangwato chose the duicker (photo) after it saved their prince, Khama, from the Ndebeles. The play was worth every penny at the box office. The set was a fire-lit kgotla. Men...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 04 November 2013
Laff-a-Lot comedy's tasty shakeup
The act came on stage half-way through the show, bringing a different twist to the usual all-standup comedy affair. The musical group brought a refreshing edge to the show, and beautifully made for a transition from one comic to the next.The male...
Mpho Mokwape
| 04 November 2013
MISA awards celebrated
This year the awards were celebrated under the theme “Freedom of Expression and Access to Information”. Speaking at the event retired diplomat Legwaila Legwaila said that the right to freedom of expression entitles citizens including the...
Mpho Tlale 04 November 2013
2013 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS - "Real leadership for real delivery"
2. Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure this afternoon to address this opening of the fifth and therefore last session of the tenth Parliament. By this time next year Batswana from across our country will have once more gone to the polls to exercise...
Ian Khama 04 November 2013
KCS host exqusite gala dinner
Graced by the who is who’s in Botswana such as the the President Ian Khama, Debeers CEO Neo Moroka, Wilderness Safari officials, Cabinet Ministers, the KCS annual gala dance dinner was surely elegant and well organised. Attendees were...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 04 November 2013
Minister warns illegal players in tourism
“We have a duty to protect our industry. We urge you to report any illegal activities to the relevant authorities. There are operators who undertake illegal activities especially in our parks such as driving off road. If you...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 04 November 2013
Let�s sweep HIV from the streets
According to the study, 62% of the prostitutes were found to be living with HIV. This is indeed a very urgent matter that needs to be nipped in the bud. As a result of this scenario a draft strategy document has been drawn up by NACA in...
Monitor Editor 04 November 2013
Khama tours Ntuane's constituency
09:04 hrs Block 9 Issues: Passages, crime The President arrives in a white Toyota SUV with private number plates. A small gathering of women in traditional shawls ululate to welcome him to Block 9. The Member of Parliament for the area...
Thalefang Charles
| 04 November 2013
British journo differs with SI on Basarwa
Having spent the past three months in Botswana, writing the Bush Telegraph column for this paper, I was saddened to hear a fragile truce between Survival International (SI) and the Botswana government has broken out once more into open warfare. SI is...
Correspondent 04 November 2013
Khumalo still stranded in Bulawayo
Alfred Khumalo was deported by Botswana immigration officials in August and remains at the hospital with at least two retirement homes in Bulawayo said to have refused to take him in. “Attempts were made last month to have him moved to...
Correspondent 04 November 2013
Ramsay presents David Livingstone paper
In the 200 years since his birth, the Reverend Dr David Livingstone has been viewed as a Victorian era missionary explorer associated with ‘humanitarian imperialism;’ an image promoted by imperialists after his death and which survives in...
Staff Writer 04 November 2013
Kgotla, Magadi oppress women -UN
Botswana must table its report to the UN in February 2014.For the first time since the UN Convention was ratified 22 years ago, it was only last week that the Department of Gender at the Ministry of Youth Sport and Culture started consultations on...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 04 November 2013
No primary school for Borolong
Instead, she told them that the ministry is considering the purchase of caravans to save children at the overcrowded Borolong Primary School from learning under trees. “We are considering buying caravans to be used as classrooms at the school...
Pini Bothoko
| 04 November 2013
Film stars employ 180 Batswana
The Monitor caught up with the celebrity couple at the GICC Friday night during the annual Kalahari Conservation Society (KCS) gala dinner. Famous for their wildlife flicks, Eternal Enemies, and lately, The Last Lions, the Jouberts revealed that...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 04 November 2013
BDP drags IEC to court over F/town West nomination
BDP Secretary General Mpho Balopi on Sunday told The Monitor that the BDP believes the IEC misled itself when it refused the BDP’s nomination for the constituency claiming that the candidate, Ignatius Moswaane had been rejected by the Court on...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 04 November 2013
Police Probe Lecturer Over 'Tuition Fees'
Thamaga Police Station commander, Balisi Ntampa said they are at the early stages of investigation, hence he could not say much. “We have recorded the case and investigations are ongoing,” he said. Reports say 10 students were swindled...
Baboki Kayawe 04 November 2013
Govt can't afford commuter train
Molefhi said the only way for the passenger train to return would be if Botswana Railways secured lucrative long-term contracts for the transportation of goods. He said currently Botswana Railways is banking on the new BCL strategy that seeks to...
Staff Writer 04 November 2013
Botswana can host 400,000 elephants - Jourbert
The couple was shooting down the view that elephants, especially in Chobe, are greatly decimating the habitat, resulting in the decline of other wildlife species. In an interview shortly after their presentation at the annual Kalahari Conservation...
Staff Writer 04 November 2013
Sex workers exploited in Botswana-UN
Botswana must report to the committee in February 2014 over the exploitation of prostitutes in the country and the lack of information about the extent of human trafficking in women, and measures taken to address the issue. In its report to...
Staff Writer 04 November 2013
CEDA made me who i am - Rantshudi
It was in 2000 when Rantsudu bought his first payphone with the little he was earning as a teacher. As the business started booming, he applied for a loan from Citizen Economic Development Agency (CEDA) as he had no resources to expand. He got...
Onalenna Kelebeile 04 November 2013
Egypt ex-president Morsi tells trial: 'I am president'
He and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures face charges of inciting the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012. After Mr Morsi's remarks and his refusal to wear a uniform, the judge adjourned the trial until 8 January. He was...
Correspondent 04 November 2013
NaakMusiq Rocks UB Freshers Ball
NaakMusiq whose performance lasted a full hour was performing at the UB Moghul refectory on Saturday night alongside Mosako, A.T.I, Team Distant, Noello, T Izzy, T Man, DJ Bax, and DJ Kops. It was DJ Bax and DJ Kops who kick started the show...
Kgotso Kennekae 04 November 2013
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