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Cultural Exchange: new lingo
No war. No strikes and if we do strike we are easily persuaded by pilot bullets, more than ten cops dressed in riot gear and dogs – and we stop. Remember that video clip that was shown during the strike some few years back. We are not the most...
Maya Roze 11 November 2013
Survival International is at it once again
'The last hunting Bushmen'. I wrote a blog regarding roughly the same issue at the beginning of this year. The issue is about the 'Bushmen', to whom we in Botswana usually less derogatively refer to as Basarwa and about their right to live their...
Ferdinand Berkhof 11 November 2013
Clarke floored by chelsea penalty
Marriner deemed Steven Reid's challenge on Ramires in the fourth minute of stoppage time to be worthy of a spot-kick, which was duly converted by Eden Hazard, restored to the side having been disciplined in midweek for missing a training session....
Ferdinand Berkhof 11 November 2013
Amos promises to deliver after IOC workshop
The Olympic 800m silver medallist said the Athlete Career Programme (ACP) workshop was a wake-up call to him after a difficult phase in his life. He said the workshop came at the right time for him when he is facing challenges. "There are so...
Thato Kala 11 November 2013
Sweet revenge as Diphatsa end Kutlwano dominance
Diphatsa came to the party to end the agony they have suffered at the hands of George Leabaneng's side in recent years. From the onset, the body language of Diphatsa players indicated that they will not play second fiddle to Kutwlano again in a tight...
Shingirai Madondo 11 November 2013
Ramotswa derby fails To produce goals
The Ramotswa derby failed to produce goals despite the many chances created by both sides. Letlapeng had a chance to break the stalemate in the 27th minute through the foot of Thabang Dira, but goalkeeper Koolopile Boitshwarelo volleyed the effort...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 11 November 2013
Players Fail To Grasp Basic Volleyball Rules
This forced the umpires to constantly remind the players to do obvious things like rotation and not to step on the backline while serving the ball. The officials had to occasionally stop the game to lecture players on the basics of the game. The...
Mosah Mokganedi 11 November 2013
BDF XI drop points against Rollers
The army side opened a two-point lead at the top although they would feel they lost a chance to widen the gap from second placed Mochudi Centre Chiefs. Chiefs were beaten 1-0 by Gaborone United on Saturday. Before yesterday's game, Rollers were on a...
Mqondisi Dube
| 11 November 2013
Tasc beat Queens in grudge match
The My Spar My Botswana quarterfinals started on Saturday and ended yesterday morning with the last four teams progressing to the semis to be played in a fortnight in Gaborone. The highlight of the quarterfinals was the game between TASC and...
Shingirai Madondo 11 November 2013
Ten-man GU punish Chiefs
After the Reds were reduced to 10 men with the sending off of Edwin Olerile for talking back to the referee, Kgogobi came from the bench to punish Magosi in the 75th minute of the be MOBILE Premier League duel. The former Extension Gunners...
Thato Kala 11 November 2013
Over 300 graduate from Ba Isago
At the institution's 6th graduation ceremony, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA), Kgotla Ramaphane encouraged all private players in higher education to emphasise quality on (study)...
Baboki Kayawe 11 November 2013
Barclays Hosts Artisan Fair
One of the organisers of the fair, Barclay's community relations manager Yodit Molosi said the main idea behind the fair was to expose young people to various businesses that are doing very well driven by the arts. She said they have identified the...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 11 November 2013
Portrait of a young radical
"The Boers or Dutch emigrants oppress these tribes and treat them almost as slaves. They would have contrived to do so to Sechele too, but I succeeded in freeing the Bakwains. A considerable number of guns were purchased, and as this is the...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 11 November 2013
Parliament Passes Political Funding Motion
The motion sponsored by Botswana Congress Party legislator Bagalatia Arone, was passed through a 13-10 vote on Friday, in a session where the majority of ruling party members were away. When presenting the motion, Arone said what was of great...
Gothataone Moeng 11 November 2013
America's New HIV Intervention For Botswana
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the US government, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Harvard School of Public Health through the Botswana-Harvard Partnership (BHP), announced the launch of a new...
Staff Writer 11 November 2013
Nasha orders BMD MPS to prove DIS allegations
The two MPs on Friday derailed debate on political party funding to claim once again that the DIS funds the campaigns of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). They later withdrew their statements under instruction from Nasha, who...
Gothataone Moeng 11 November 2013
Eight MPS fall
The weekend primaries also saw a total of eight sitting MPs and Ministers losing to challengers. Seretse, a cousin to President Ian Khama lost to his traditional nemesis Kgotla Autlwetse and is joined in the fall by Foreign Affairs Minister Phandu...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 11 November 2013
Kgotla concept earns dutchman fame
A decade later, Dutch-man Willem de Liefde has opened offices around the world offering leadership consultancies and motivational talks built around the Kgotla concept. His business card shows that his business operations are in Amsterdam, Hamburg,...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 11 November 2013
Poor Drainage Wrecks P870,000 Mansion
Now the owner of the collapsing mansion has started a legal process to force the school to rebuild his expensive mansion. On Friday Malete Landboard authorities were at the Otse man's yard investigating the damage after the affected resident slapped...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 11 November 2013
NGO study finds no common SADC values
From a study, titled 'The SADC We Need: Towards Values-Based Regional Integration and Development', the CNGO found that values such as 'freedom, solidarity, independence and self-determination' that were formative of the liberation movements of the...
Gothataone Moeng 11 November 2013
Second Death In Kweneng Suicide Shooting
The woman, who hails from Sesung Village in the Kweneng District, was shot twice - once in the stomach and once in the leg - by her 49-year old boyfriend. After the shooting she was admitted to hospital in critical condition and died a day later. Her...
Mpho Mokwape
| 11 November 2013
Eight perish in horrific car crash
Onlookers The Monitor spoke to narrated how a car heading North, a City Golf, immediately changed lanes, put on bright lights, and rammed onto an oncoming Toyota Epson, resulting in the loss of eight lives while another critically injured motorist...
Mpho Mokwape 11 November 2013
Tshepo Lesole Thrills In Night Of Worship And Praise
T-LES as he is affectingly called by fans was a marvel to watch. He performed live backed by two talented females and a male vocalist. He opened the show with soulful songs fused for worship and praise and thanked God for many blessings in his...
Mpho Mokwape
| 11 November 2013
We Need Legislation On The Control Of Dog Breeds In Botswana
It is not a rare incident, as quite recently a Philipino woman in Gaborone was also mauled to death by her own dogs, while a maid also met the same fate not so long ago at the hands of her master's dogs, also in Gaborone. While the freedom to own a...
Monitor Editor 11 November 2013
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Monitor Editor 11 November 2013
Surpassing one's own limits
From diamond polisher, Mothoeng has recently been appointed section supervisor for South African Diamond Corporation's prestige division Fancy Section. She is the first Motswana to be appointed to such a supervisory post. She particularly...
Mpho Mokwape
| 11 November 2013
Indian Mars mission hit by snag
The problem occurred during a manoeuvre designed to boost the craft's maximum distance from 71,623km to 100,000km. A problem with the liquid fuel thruster caused the 1,350kg vehicle to fall short of the mark. But the head of the Indian Space...
Correspondent 11 November 2013
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