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Archive for June, 2012
THE RIGHTS OF THE AFRICAN CHILD
Jun. 29 | An issue of inheritance African Children We have just come out of the commemoration of the Day of the African Child and it got me thinking about the children of the 50’s and those of the 21st Century. Most kids today are a world apart from...
DIFFERENT FOLKS DIFFERENT STROKES
Jun. 29 | Dreams do come true! For some reason I have been hearing that statement a lot these days, especially from my friends who seem to have suddenly been hit by The Secret bug. For those who haven’t caught the bug yet, The Secret is a book which...
COAL FOR DIVERSIFICATION
Jun. 29 | Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Boikobo Paya, says Botswana has the potential to further diversify its economy through energy, electricity and gas. COAL RESOURCE: Morupule Coal Mine The Permanent...
COMFORT ZONE EXIT
Jun. 29 | In case you missed the joke I used at the top of last week’s column, here it is again: COPING: Well....? “My wife drives like lightning.” … “You mean fast?” … “No she hits trees.” Amusing? Perhaps; but I agree it’s not funny enough...
GANTSI AGRICULTURAL FAIR A SUCCESS
Jun. 29 | ON PARADE: The bulls which were shown off at the fair Ghanzi was the place to be last week as the annual Ghanzi Agriculture Show was taking place. Farmers, agriculture suppliers, financiers and other supporting businesses as well as people looking to...
CONSUMER’S VOICE 29.06.2012
Jun. 29 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I bought a bed at a furniture store in Gaborone last year and after two months the mattress started to show some wires and that made it to be totally uncomfortable. I reported the matter at the shop in May, June, July and they...
CIVIL SERVANT FOR LIFE
Jun. 29 | Many would remember Festina Bakwena as the face of government when the country experienced its first civil servants strike in 2011. And to most workers, she was the stubborn, heartless employer or mohiri, (as she was commonly dubbed during the strike.)...
A TREAT FOR THE KIDS
Jun. 29 | School children given free admission for Tafic v Chiefs as beMobile trophy tours Ghetto The last match of the 2011/12 season in the country’s second city between Champions Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Tafic will be turned into a football festival as...
THE RETURN OF ZOLO
Jun. 29 | Boniface Makolo ready for action after 3 year absence After more than three years watching his mates from the stands due to a nagging knee injury, former Young Zebras skipper Boniface Makolo is fit and ready to play again. DETERMIND: Boniface...
GUILTY AS CHARGED
Jun. 29 | SHOCKED: Mmusi Tshibilili Rapist rattled by conviction A convicted rapist from Maun,Mmusi Tshibilili was caught off guard on Monday morning when the Maun Magistrate court found him guilty on a 2007 rape charge. 29- year-old Tshibilili was visibly shaken...
CHILLIN’ OUT 29.06.2012
Jun. 29 | IS THAT ANNOYING Botswana Television reporter and news reader, Ernest Phiri got the taste of his own medicine recently in Gantsi when an excitable young lady turned the tables on him and I have to admit he did not enjoy it, at least from the expression...
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE BMD
Jun. 25 | Despite losing its Vice president, Botsalo Ntuane who was also one of its most charismatic founding members, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) is down but not out, two high ranking officials have said. Speaking in an interview on Wednesday a day...
OPPOSITION LEADERS REACT
Jun. 25 | BNF President Duma Boko who had moved swiftly to save Ntuane from being deposed as leader of opposition in parliament a few months ago through the formation of an opposition coalition project also known as the Umbrella said : “ There is no need for...
EIGHT REASONS BOTSALO NTUANE RE-JOINED THE BDP
Jun. 25 | Although he had put it on record in his resignation letter that he was returning to the BDP ‘as an ordinary member with no sense of entitlement or privilege,” speculations on why Botsalo Ntuane quit the BMD Vice Presidency and abandoned the position...
NTUANE’S DEFECTION STATEMENT
Jun. 25 | I hereby announce the most difficult decision in my entire life thus far. Following a period of intense soul searching I have re…solved to resign from the Botswana Movement for Democracy(BMD) and reconcile with the Botswana Democratic Party(BDP) In...
ASK GASE 06.22.2012
Jun. 22 | Follow up to 15 June Photo Casebook Last week’s photo casebook was about Ellen, who’s struggling to come to terms with her parents’ divorce and her dad’s new life. The story so far… Ellen’s parents are divorced and she’s not taking...
CONSUMER’S VOICE 22.06.2012
Jun. 22 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 There is a new pyramid scheme in the name of QNet. There are operating from Palapye and have recruited certain church members to start the disturbing business. Please have a look into it and warn the public before they lose...
HOW TO BULL-PROOF YOUR CHILD
Jun. 22 | Many parents are at loss as to how to deal with their children who are being bullied at school. EDUCATING: Caroline Minju It pains a parent to learn that their child has undergone some form of bullying or the other at school. What parents should know...
SAVE OUR SOULS
Jun. 22 | Chibuku traders plead with Malesu In what was said to be the largest public turnout, Francistown Chibuku sellers came in their hundreds recently to plead with Trade and Industry Minister Dorcas Mokgatho-Malesu to be lenient in implementing the new...
