Mmegi/The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM articles from February 2007

Mmegi/The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM archives from February 2007

Club Faults Council On Pollution.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Nomsa Ndlovu An environment official has said that the Northwest District Council (NWDC) is not taking heed of its concerns about the revolting litter situation in Maun. Antony...

Chimimba Deserts Mabrano?
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Mosah Mokganedi Speculation is rife that Med Rescue First division North outfit Stone Breakers' Zimbabwean coach Clement Chimimba has deserted the team after going on leave....

Abattoir Closure Worries Councilors.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Oarabile Mosikare Francistown councillors have expressed misgivings about the closure of the Francistown council abattoir. In his speech during the full council meeting on Monday,...

Adding Moropa to Choral Music Proves Popular.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe For decades, choral music has been known for its purity, as the type of music that gives the audience un-spoilt singing talent, and nothing else. It has...

FNBB Introduces Islamic Banking Unit.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Staff Writer Following in the tracks of First Rand in South Africa, First National Bank of Botswana (FNBB) has become the first conventional bank in Botswana to introduce an...

Botec's Ndaba Never Abused Office - Report.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe The acting managing director of (BOTEC), Nkosana Nick Ndaba, who is also a jazz musician, has been absolved of wrong doing after his detractors accused him...

BNF Reports BCP Candidate to Police.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Onalenna Modikwa The rivalry between the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and Botswana National Front (BNF) in the Sefhophe ward by-election has sucked in the police. The BCP...

12 Posts Created to Speed Up Justice Delivery.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chandapiwa Baputaki While the quality of service delivery within the Attorney General's Chambers has improved, it has not reached the desired level because of increased...

Police Handcuff Gunners.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chippa Legodimo After a good start to the Mascom Premier League season, Lobtrans Gunners could find themselves in the usual relegation dogfight again. This follows the Lobatse...

Jwaneng Squatters Face Eviction.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Thato Chwaane Efforts to find a humane way of resolving the issue of squatting in Jwaneng have failed so squatters face eviction this week. Lands and Housing minister...

Sesinyi Embarks On 'Serious Writing'.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe He calls his new venture his first serious writing. Coming from a man who shot to fame as the first novelist ever to come out of this country with his...

Career Sensitisation Project Progresses.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Mosah Mokganedi Lesedi Primary School standard seven pupils were the latest to benefit from the Youth & Culture career sensitisation project. The pupils looked energetic and...

Pressure Mounts On Prisons X1.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Frustration was written on the faces of Prisons XI players' as they left the Francistown Stadium at the weekend after another 2-1 defeat to TAFIC in a poor Mascom Premier League game. This...

Shumba, Dikakapa Prove Their Worth.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chippa Legodimo Putting on his trademark Tshega, Shumba had fans in stitches at Chez Ntemba in Mogoditshane on Saturday. The traditional dance star had earlier come on stage...

MP Blasts President, Vice Lieutenant.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Bame Piet Member of Parliament (MP) for Palapye Boyce Sebetela has said that President, Festus Mogae, his Vice Lt General Ian Khama and their government have failed Batswana....

Debswana Hands Over Multi-Million Road.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Ryder Gabathuse As part of its commitment to assist government in national development, Debswana Diamond Company will hand over a multi-million road it constructed in...

Moupo is Still the Best - Ramaotwana.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Tshireletso Motlogelwa Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL) president Nelson Ramaotwana has indicated that he has faith in the leadership of the embattled party boss...

Let's Ensure a Gun-Free Society - MP.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chandapiwa Baputaki If the Attorney General's Chambers does not stiffen sentences for illegal gun possession, Botswana will soon be inundated with firearms, Specially Elected...

Country Should Reject U.S.-Africa Command.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) The United States government has decided to enhance its militarist ambitions over the African continent and the world by establishing a command centre to be located somewhere in the continent....

The Gold And the Beautiful.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe The Zone VI boxing championships have come and gone. But the heavy punches and exciting techniques exhibited by the pugilist from the nine participating...

Satmos to Be Privatized.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Ernest Kelapile Struggling Mascom Premier League side FC Satmos is undergoing a transformation. After the deep financial crisis following the death of club owner Sam Sono, the...

Localise Appeal Court Judges - MPs.
February 28, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the administration of justice to localise Court of Appeal judges. Leader of Opposition Otsweletse Moupo was among the legislators who made the...

Culture Spears Steal Yet Another Show.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Tshepo Molwane Local traditional group, Culture Spears, left a lasting impression at the Mascom ninth Birthday bash held at the Botswana Craft Centre on Saturday night. Though the...

Aids Fight Can Stimulate Economic Growth.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: George Arwady All problems, no matter how massive and tragic, are also opportunities. Botswana, beset by some of the world's highest rates of HIV and tuberculosis, has an...

Media Should Assist in Marketing the Country.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) The media should assist in marketing the country to make it competitive globally, Public Affairs Officer for Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) ,Sayi Dewah, said last Thursday. Dewah...

Parties Intensify Campaigns in Sefhophe.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Onalenna Modikwa Campaigns for the Sefhophe council ward seat heated up last Saturday when the contesting parties, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Botswana National Front (BNF)...

Bam Requests Moupo to Pay Up.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Oarabile Mosikare An opposition party has written to embattled Botswana National Front (BNF) leader Otsweletse Moupo to pay up P12,000 by tomorrow. In a letter dated February 17,...

Minister Misled House?
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chandapiwa Baputaki A company has claimed that the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Phandu Skelemani, misled Parliament when he said that no bidder...

Country Non-Committal On US-Africa Command.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Tshireletso Motlogelwa The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mompati Merafhe, has indicated that Botswana is yet to work out a position regarding the...

Top Guns Dominate Schools Chess Championship.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Kenneth Boikhutswane Puso Mabetu of Maun Secondary School (MSS) and Galaletsang Mooketsi of Gaborone Secondary School (GSS) are the winners of the national schools chess...

FCC Seeks Global Ties to Ensure Growth.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Oarabile Mosikare Francistown Mayor Buti Billy says it is important to be internationally competitive so local goods and services could have a wider market and reap higher...

Zebras Off to Belgium.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Tshepo Molwane The national soccer team, the Zebras, left yesterday for a controversial two-week training camp in Belgium. The 18-man squad will be in Europe to prepare for the...

Dept of Mines Reveals Dangers Posed By Old Mines.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Oarabile Mosikare The Director of Mines has responded to a council resolution about the rehabilitation of old mines workings around Francistown area. In a written report addressed...

It's Humane to Be Magnanimous.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) When you see smoke billowing from a neighbour's house, the natural inclination is that you rush to that house to make sure that your neighbour and his property are safe. Nobody waits to be...

As I See It.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Michael Dingake How independent is Parliament from the executive? Some sections of Batswana allege Parliament is deprived of its independence by the over-powerful executive. But...

Rollers-Notwane Match Fail to Thrill.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Tshepo Molwane The much-awaited Gaborone derby between Township Rollers and Notwane failed to produce a winner on Sunday at the National Stadium as both sides battled to a 1-1...

Business Confidence in Economy Grows.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Business confidence in Botswana's economy has increased remarkably from -12 percent to +41 percent, compared to last year, says Grant Thornton's 2007 International business report (IBR). ...

Bolelang's Brace Saves Ecco.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Mogomotsi Moloi Malepa Bolelang's second half brace helped his side ECCO City Greens to extend their lead at the top of the Mascom Premier League table after beating Gaborone...

Back Stage.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Sasa Majuma If I become President At Five in the Afternoon, (2003), a.k.a Panj E Asr, is being shown on Tuesday 27 February 2007, only at 7 p.m. at the Maru a Pula School, A/V...

Bobs Urged to Venture Countrywide.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Ryder Gabathuse District Commissioner (DC), Sylvia Muzila has encouraged Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) management to spread their wings throughout the country. "Expand...

New ARVs Strategy Shortens Queues.
February 27, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Gordon Kembley Four years ago, Botswana became the first African country to commit itself to a widespread programme of providing AIDS treatment medicines through its public health...

Debswana Unaware of Changes At Orphanage.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe Debswana diamond company, which funded the Mpule Kwelagobe orphanage centre, have said that they are unaware that the Jwaneng Town Council has plans to turn...

There is a Zim On My Stoep.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Gordon Kembley Some Zimbabweans have been living in my house without my permission, and this week I caught one of them and called in the police. I am still kicking myself for not...

MPs Display Ignorance On Current Affairs.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Bame Piet Members of Parliament last Friday displayed how ignorant they can be on events taking place in the country. It started when the MP for Mahalapye East, Botlogile...

Comets Will Survive the Chop - Stereo.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chippa Legodimo Retired deadly striker Phetogo 'Stereo' Balogi believes that his former club Jwaneng Comets has what it takes to survive relegation. Balogi expressed confidence...

Robbery With Violence At Regional Boxing Event.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe Two of Botswana's pugilists at the just ended Zone VI championships in Gaborone attracted controversy after it appeared they were favoured by the judges. In...

Rural Areas to Benefit From Young Farmers Fund.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Martin Nyirenda President Festus Mogae has said that the newly-launched Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Fund (CEDA) Young Farmers Fund will open up growth opportunities in the...

Whither African Opposition?
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Rampholo Molefhe The persistent perforation of the circle of allegiance to the Botswana National Front (BNF) among its stalwarts, the youth and the refurbished central committee...

Penetrating the Man's World.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Dan Mosekaphofu They have indeed defied the odds in this world in which humanity has been strategically divided into two unequal parts: male and female. In addition to such...

Etcetera II.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Sandy Grant All languages borrow words, phrases, and expressions and incorporate them into the spoken language of the day. In this country, any number of foreign words are in...

Gaborone Gets a New Night Club in Tlokweng.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Lekopanye Mooketsi Gaborone entertainment guru, Steve Raman, has done it again. Raman has opened a trendy nightclub in Tlokweng, just opposite the Swiss Chalet after crossing the...

The Toilet Cash Collector.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Dan Mosekaphofu She is sitting on a chair with a table in front of her. On the table is a box full of nicely wrapped tissue papers and a container full of coins. She is sitting...

'Sister Bettina' Has Important Lessons For Us.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Rampholo Molefhe Artists pride themselves in the historical role they have played throughout history as, very often, the leading critics of immoral systems of governance. ...

Alliances Shift in Bakwena Chieftainship Dispute.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Lekopanye Mooketsi The saying that there are no permanent enemies in politics seems to apply in the contentious issue of the Bakwena chieftainship where former foes have become...

Promoters Vs Artistes - - Who Cheats Who?
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chippa Legodimo It is a common thing to hear artistes complaining about being ripped off by promoters, but we seldom hear of musicians who "con" promoters. But one local...

Polls Free And Fair.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Thato Chwaane Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Balopi, who was in Lesotho last week to observe that country's polls, says the elections were free and fair. Balopi,...

Unite Against Country's Foes (Part II).
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Bugalo A. Chilume Last week Monday Meeting contended that multi-party democracy or MPD is an inappropriate political system for Afrikan countries because of their low levels of...

Current Botec Management is OK - Molefhabangwe.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe The 2004 presidential commission of inquiry into the alleged financial and administrative irregularities and corruption at BOTEC recommended that its top...

Inaugural Zone Vi Softball Tourney Postponed.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) The Zone VI Softball Club Championship slated for Gaborone this weekend has been postponed to an unspecified date in May. The Botswana Softball Association (BSA) said in a press statement on...

Career.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chippa Legodimo Sports Development Officer Apart from football, all sporting codes in Botswana are still struggling to get any recognition let alone sponsorship. And unlike...

Electrocuted Victim Seeks Compensation.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Lekopanye Mooketsi A distraught Moshupa family spoke about their ordeal after one of the family members was electrocuted, leading to the amputation of his arms and toes. ...

Issues in Education.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: D. Molefe 'Including the Missing Children In Education' Despite the UN 1948 Charter that declared education as a human right, there are still over 77 million children out of...

Prisoner Withdraws Appeal With 80 Days to Freedom.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Oarabile Mosikare A man jailed for attempted rape withdrew his appeal after he realised that he is left with less than 80 days to complete the five-year sentence imposed in 2003....

Dream Team Thrash Angolans.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Tshepo Molwane The national Under-23 side brought smiles to thousands of supporters when they beat visiting Angola 2-0 in an entertaining All Africa Games qualifier at the...

Well Done Young Zebras.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Editor The Young Zebras, best known as the Dream Team, made the nation proud on Saturday when they defeated their counterparts from Angola in the All Africa Games qualifiers. It...

Club Cleans Vulgar School Toilets.
February 26, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Boitumelo Khutsafalo Tlokweng-based Tsialala Social Club cleaned and repainted student toilets at Matlala Community Junior Secondary School on Saturday. Together with some of the...

Golf Estate to Be Built in Francistown.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Wanetsha Mosinyi The resurrection of mining activity around Francistown continues to bring development to the city, this time in a form of a golf estate. The first phase of...

Staying Ahead.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Dichaba Molobe Please spare us failed policies "For a long time Africans have lived in poverty while much of the raw materials that are enriching the West come from Africa. The...

Too Little Too Late.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) After a protracted struggle, primary school teachers appear to be finally getting a hearing. The government has reportedly agreed to adjust salaries of these long-suffering teachers. However,...

Garlic Harmful to Sick Children - Research.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Lauri Kubuitsile Research has indicated that garlic has mixed results in the treatment of childhood ailments. A study done by Dr Sunita Vohra, an associate professor of...

Thieving BDP Activist Imprisoned.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Patricia Maganu Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) activist, Thotologolo Moruti has been sent to prison for nine months for theft. Chief Magistrate Kenneth Obeng sent Moruti (52)...

Ditshwanelo Lines Up Captivating Films for Annual Festival.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Staff Writer The Botswana Centre for Human Rights, Ditshwanelo, has an intriguing line-up for its 7th annual festival, including internationally acclaimed films that scooped...

Darfur Disgraces the African Union.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Tanonoka Joseph Whande Just as the Darfur genocide issue was struggling to get onto the front pages of newspapers and was about to get prominent attention at a gathering of...

Frustrated Local Magistrates Quit En Masse.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Lekopanye Mooketsi Registrar and Master of the High Court Godfrey Nthomiwa, has confirmed that the Department of Justice has been hit by a spate of resignations of Batswana...

The Decade in Colour Exhibited At Supa-Ngwao.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Mogomotsi Moloi Crawford Mandumbwa's paintings have an element or carryclear testimony of an artist who is inspired by personal experience. He taps from his inspiration from...

EU, Country Cooperation to Continue.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Staff Writer The European Union will continue supporting events in the country to highlight cooperation between Europe and Botswana, the head of the delegation to Botswana Paul...

Will French Dance Live On in Gaborone?
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe After they leave, will the French contemporary dance legacy live on in Gaborone? This is the question that is asked this week after choreographers from...

Nkate Defends Double Shift System.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chippa Legodimo Despite concerns raised by councillors from the Southern District Council about the doub1e shift system, which was introduced in some secondary schools last year,...

Bobirwa Cattle Still Banned for EU Market.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Ryder Gabathuse Bobirwa cattle will not be sold to the lucrative European Union (EU) markets for sometime whilst the isolated veterinary zone seven grapples with the infectious...

Kgari, Mother Clash in Kgotla Meeting.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Bame Piet A kgotla meeting in Molepolole yesterday revealed how the Bakwena royal family is so divided to the extent that Kgosi Kgari and his mother found themselves in different...

Back Stage.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Sasa Majuma Judgement day rolls around again It is now that time of year that eyes and ears worldwide are turned to the announcements of the Academy Awards, or "Oscars", in the...

Appellant Riles Judge Mosojane.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Oarabile Mosikare Two stock theft appellants incurred Justice John Mosojane's wrath after one of them tried to mislead the court Justice Mosojane also had to reserve his...

Media's Role in a Democracy.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Frazer Kopanang The role of the media in a democratic state need not be over-emphasised.Noting that the right to freedom of expression forms the fabric of democracy,the media...

Mogae's Retirement Home to Be Completed This July.
February 23, 2007... (From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM) Byline: Chandapiwa Baputaki The retirement house for President Festus Mogae is expected to be completed by the end of this financial year, the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Phandu...