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Archive for November, 2011
NO MONEY NO LIFE
Nov. 25 | STRESSED: Simon Bogacu Worker commits suicide over salary reductions A frustrated hospital worker committed suicide when repeated questions over a prolonged salary reduction went unanswered. Impoverished Simon Bogacu, 57, a security guard at Selebi-Phikwe...
SWEET REVENGE
Nov. 25 | NABBED: Lesly Mosikare Frustrated husband gets estranged wife arrested for corruption A rejected husband recently blew the whistle on his estranged wife’s corrupt practices and got her arrested for swindling the Ngwaketse District Council...
BIGWEEKEND 25/11/11
Nov. 25 | Dj Colastraw COLASTRAW’S WALK OF HOPE South African based local Disc Jockey Bonno Ngaka aka Dj Colastraw will walk for charity on December 3. The Francistown born lad says even though he is based in SA he has never forgotten his roots and...
MY BATTLE WITH THE SILENT KILLER
Nov. 25 | A patient testifies on the ravages of sugar diabetes Constant hunger pangs,an unquenchable thirst and a blurred vision caused Tshirelesto Florence Adam(47) from Topisi village endless hospital visits in search of answers to her puzzling medical condition. OPTIMISTIC:...
THE JOEL IN THE CROWN
Nov. 25 | FLOGGING CELEBRATION I knew this one was going to make headlines.To be honest with you dear readers, this is not my personalcelebration. It is a team celebration.The scorer seats on the other player like a Chief whether you think it is Kgafela or whoever...
TRAGEDY
Nov. 25 | Overspeeing car with faulty brakes kills single father on the way to collect son from school What started as another ordinary day for a Tlokweng man turned tragic when he was hit and killed by an over-speeding truck with dysfunctional brakes. Nevil...
MENACE TO CHILDREN
Nov. 25 | Sex offender blames actions on witchcraft A self -confessed Shakwe village sex offender who recently violated a teenage girl while awaiting trial for another rape has blamed witchcraft for his crime. NAMED AND SHAMED: Malope Molelekasilo Malope,55,...
FRANCISTOWN COMMEMORATES WORLD DIABETES DAY
Nov. 25 | Diabetes is a ten times bigger killer than HIV/AIDS. TESTING: People in queues to check their sugar levels. This was said by Dr. Kgosi Mompati of Riverside Hospital during the World Diabetes Day commemorations that were held at Donga Clinic recently Over...
CULTURE MATTERS
Nov. 25 | Canadian Student Experiences Botswana Over 12000km away from his Sudbury home in Canada, Aaron Brubacher, 20 was on a student exchange programme which brought him to Gaborone’s University of Botswana (UB), where he studied since August. LEGAL...
MARRIAGE WRECKING
Nov. 25 | Margaret Mosojane’s Traditional Wisdom Just towards the end of my time at the Customary Court we saw an influx of marriage wrecking cases – thubo le lelwapa as we simply call it in Setswana. What it means is that there is a third party...
WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF A ZEBRAS COACH HAS DO WITH IT
Nov. 25 | Love him or hate him, Zebras Coach Stanley Tshosane is a man many that many can not ignore. Recently Dubani-wa-Dubani overheard three men discussing not only the fortunes of the national team but also the merits and demerits of the coach who has achieved...
LOCAL MAN SCORES A FIRST
Nov. 25 | A Motswana man has written his own piece of history by becoming the first local person to compete in Body Building Sport Competition in Sweden.Peter Nkgakile, is also the second African after one athlete from Ghana to take part in the competition which...
HIGH FLIER
Nov. 25 | HIGH ACHIEVER: Sakhile Nyoni- Reiling It was way back in 1988 when Sakhile Nyoni broke new grounds to become the first female pilot for Air Botswana. Fast forward to June, 2011 and Nyoni-Reiling, once again scores another first by becoming the first woman...
SIGN LANGUAGE SET TO BE COMPULSORY SUBJECT
Nov. 25 | Sign language is likely to become compulsory for all learners in Botswana if what the Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development Keletso Rakhudu said is anything to go by. When officially opening the sign language interpreter training workshop...
THE NAKED THRUTH BILLBOARD-A DISGRACE TO WOMEN
Nov. 25 | I am writing today to express my extreme disappointment in the naked truth advertising at the main circle in Francistown . As a woman and a mother I am deeply offended that you would resort to this low level to attract attention and make a profit. This...
UNFORGETTABLE GWAZE TRIBUTE
Nov. 25 | Music Lovers were last Sunday kept on their feet by several groups at the Zakes Gwaze Tribute show at the Catch Jazz 22 Pub and Grill in Gaborone. ENTERTAINER: Ndingo Johwa Ndingo Johwa headlined the show and had lovers of his music dancing in circles...
POLICE DATA ON GENDER VIOLENCE STILL FALLS FAST
Nov. 25 | The annual Sixteen Days of Activism campaign begins this Friday, again focusing attention on the problem of gender violence. However, we still far from sufficiently understanding the problem and its potential solutions. A prevalence and attitude survey...
HOMOSEXUALITY
Nov. 25 | What do people say? -A RESPONSE This letter concerns the article above dated 11 November 2011. It refers to my views on same sex relationships which are inaccurately captured and can cause confusion and apprehension regarding my moral philosophy and...
MORE WORK AND SOME PLAY
Nov. 25 | Its pens down for 15, 000 University of Botswana students after four months of classes and two weeks of exams, but for most of them more work and some play will be their mantra for how to spend the month long December vacation. Travelling will not figure...
