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APR Energy Announces Extension of Projects in Botswana and Burkina Faso

"Cultivating ongoing, positive relationships with our existing customers is a top priority for us," said APR Energy Chief Executive Officer, . "I strongly believe that the loyalty of these customers is not only a testament to their satisfaction for the service they have received, but also confirms the confidence they have with APR as a leader in ... (more)

Topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 08:22

Zimbabwe: We Enjoy Cordial Relations With the Nation - Botswana Defence Forces Chief
[The Herald] VISITING Botswana Defence Forces Commander Lieutenant General Tebogo Carter Masire has dismissed claims of tension between his country and Zimbabwe.
AllAfrica | 07-Feb-2012 08:14

Etcetera II
The coal jigsaw puzzle - with most of the parts still missing
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Subject: relocation to the stadium
I write in response to the article that appeared on page 28 of The Monitor of January 30 2012 under the heading: �Now New BNSC Board Relocates Headquarters', authored by Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Kingdom-o-meter
When equal is unjust,equity is the way to go
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Issues in education
Successful learning and school leadership
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

The winners code
Capitalise on the breakthrough moments
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

As I see it
New conveners, welcomed or regretted?
That is the question: Whether the new conveners are welcome to resuscitate umbrella talks or regretted. I find myself in a dilemma. I know the two Reverend gentlemen, Bishops Prince Dibeela and Cosmos Moenga.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

TAWU registration and recognition is not in question
TAWU Executive would like to correct the misleading article in Mmegi edition of Tuesday, January 31, 2012, Vol. 29 No.14, titled TAWU loses as court affirms BOFEPUSU recognition.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Super Bowl: Madonna gives 'shot of brass'
Madonna gave 'a shot of female brass' to the Super Bowl with her 12-minute half-time show, reviewers have said.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Back Stage
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth?
The Tree of Life (2011) is one of the best films from last year. It is being shown at the Gaborone Film Society tonight at 7 pm at Maru-a-Pula School in the A/V Centre. It is by the great director Terrence Malick who only makes about one film every decade.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Submissions for TVAC members' exhibition open
The Thapong Visual Arts Centre is calling for artwork submissions for its popular members' exhibition The organisers have said that the deadline for submissions is February 24 at 5pm and artworks should not exceed 1.5m.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Dikakapa will be back with a bang - Lekone
Not much was heard about local traditional dancing troupe, Dikakapa, which used to be a force to reckon with in the local music industry.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Mmesi returns to Letlapeng
After some months in the wilderness following his unceremonious departure from Killer Giants last year, Enos Mmesi has resurfaced at Letlapeng FC.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Women's Under-17 soccer side crash out
The women's Under-17 soccer team have crashed out of the World Cup qualifiers after losing 7-1 on aggregate to Zambia. Botswana lost their second game 2-0 in Lusaka on Saturday after being humiliated 5-1 in Gaborone a fortnight ago.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Makwala might face Bolt at Jamaica meet
Jamaica-based athlete Isaac Makwala looks set to square off with world 200 metres champion Usain Bolt in the Camperdown Classic this Saturday while world 100m champion Yohan Blake will also open his 2012 season at the same competition.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Five coaches eye Fighters's job
Mogoditshane Fighters are in talks with five coaches to replace Newman Gaobonye who quit a fortnight ago.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Btv secures Premier League broadcast rights
The Department of Broadcasting Services (DBS) has finally secured rights to broadcast be MOBILE Premier League matches live on Botswana Television (Btv) after lengthy negotiations.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Bobonong rape suspect remanded in custody
SELEBI-PHIKWE: A herd boy from Bobonong village was last week remanded in custody over three counts of sexual assault.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Prevention against cancer crucial - MoH
Batswana have been encouraged to embrace prevention in the fight against cancer. A health expert advocated this during the commemoration of World Cancer Day on Friday.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

MoESD still owes teachers for exam invigilation?
Teachers' unions accused the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) of negotiating in bad faith over invigilation and coursework payments.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

BOFEPUSU looks into 2012-13 salary hike
The Botswana Federation of Public Service Unions (BOFEPUSU) secretary general Andrew Motsamai, said the union's negotiators are meeting this week to map a way forward for salary increment talks for the 2012-2013 financial year.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Mitigation factors earn alleged gunman bail
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The alleged Letsibogo Dam gunman, Kabo Zachariah stunned everyone in court yesterday when he applied for bail pending trial.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Court installs SRC leaders back in class
The High Court was the scene of singing and cavorting yesterday after the University of Botswana's Student Representative Council (SRC) won the first round of a marathon battle with the university management.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Chaos in 'Comradeland'
Just when the BDP was celebrating a week of coups and failed coups within opposition circles, the opposition had even better goodies for the ruling party, a vacant Leader of Opposition seat and a high profile defection.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Judge punched police officer - witness
A seventh witness yesterday told Gaborone Regional Magistrate Barnabas Nyamadzabo that High Court Judge Onkemetse Tshosa landed a jab on the right ear of one Constable Moses Ndlovu, forcing him to go and consult a doctor as a matter of urgency.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Suits, dark shades and legal brinkmanship
Staff writer TSHIRELELETSO MOTLOGELWA witnessed the first day of the multi-million Pula legal tussle between BBS and Bifm Capital Investment Fund One
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Ntime feels home at BDP!
In a surprising turn of events the former Botswana National Front (BNF) youth leader Kagiso Ntime joined the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). He is saying President Ian Khama is a charismatic and hardworking leader.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Mogae unplugged- on family, university and Nchindo (Part 2)
Former president, Festus Mogae reflects on his life, as a young Motswana, through his education to his period as a civil servant, and to that infamous episode in his Presidency when on a windy afternoon an old friend knocked on his door looking for favours over the Debswana fiasco. We hereby publish excerpts from the former president's memoirs written by Botswana-based, American political scientist WAYNE EDGE.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

We need a budget with a human face
Once again this year, the Minister of Finance Kenneth Matambo shall walk to the parliamentary podium to perform the budget ritual before the eyes of the nation and an audience whose hopes are all pinned on his delivery.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

our heritage
For the moment, I will continue to stick to bridges - poor things which get minimal publicity in this country partly because it's not really a bridge kind of country - has one ever been mentioned in any of the numerous guide books about this place?
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

You lazy (intellectual) African scum!
They call the Third World the lazy man's purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent, totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

The flaw in Dr Ng'ombe's divination
In January 1998, an oracle from Zambia dropped a bombshell when he pronounced that according to his lots, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) would remain in power for the next 15 years.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Another one bites the Mantashian dust
In probably the biggest public split among the ANC's top leaders since Polokwane, the ANC's top officials (the top six if you like) have issued a statement coming as close as ANC language will allow, to a condemnation of treasurer Mathews Phosa.His crime: to publicly show over the weekend what appears to be his support for Julius Malema. It is a truly astonishing move - unexpected, dramatic and would appear to have implications for Mangaung. STEPHEN GROOTES reads the tea leaves.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

After the collapse: Can the BMD survive?
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE examines the options of Botswana's opposition parties, especially the relatively newfangled Botswana Movement for Democracy, in the aftermath of the collapse of unity talks
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Will the US be saved by its military?
There were any number of anecdotes or stories with which President Barack Obama could have begun his talk to the nation. But he decided to begin with the most overused trick in any leader's rhetorical arsenal - to celebrate the military.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

How to save the Euro
My new book, Financial Turmoil in Europe and the United States tries to explain and, to the extent possible, predict the outcome of the Euro crisis.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Electricity, railways and economic decline
Botswana needs a modern heavy gauge railway to transport 70 - 90 million tonnes of coal to the sea and on to India and China.Whether the route it takes goes to Mozambique or Namibia is less important than having the independent national rail capacity because Cecil Rhodes' narrow gauge from Cape to Bulawayo is no longer fit for the purpose and cannot provide competition to South Africa's planned railroad to Swaziland and Mozambique, writes *ROMAN GRYNBERG
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Kabila's party loses 45% of its seats in the Congo
KINSHASA: President Joseph Kabila's party has lost 45 percent of the legislative seats it held before November elections that were denounced as fraudulent and chaotic, according to belated results announced yesterday by Congo's electoral commission.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Afghanistan: Leon Panetta signals end to US combat role
BRUSSELS: The United States will seek to wind down combat operations in Afghanistan during 2013, more than a year before a deadline for withdrawal, the defence secretary says.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Lesbian killers in South Africa get 18-year jail terms
CAPE TOWN: Four South African men have been sentenced to 18 years in jail for stabbing and stoning to death 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana in 2006.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Activists call for Senegal president to quit
DAKAR: Rights activists and opposition supporters in Senegal, urged president, Abdoulaye Wade to pull out of upcoming elections on Wednesday, following protests that have so far left at least four dead. Protesters and police clashed in Dakar on Tuesday, when thousands took part in demonstrations against Wade�s candidacy in the February 26 vote.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

AU 'has let Zim down'
HARARE: With fresh disagreements over the time frame for elections and implementation of security, media and electoral reforms threatening to plunge Zimbabwe into further crisis, president Robert Mugabe and prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai feel hard done by thanks to the AU's silence on their country's affairs at its recent summit in Addis Ababa, Ethopia.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Son of ex-Zambian president wanted for corruption
LUSAKA: The son of former Zambian president, Rupiah Banda is on the run from police after he was accused of corruption in the sale of state fixed-line operator Zamtel to a Libyan company, the police chief said yesterday.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

A league divided
SESHEGO: The AfricanNational Congress Youth League has been thrown into disarray by the confirmation of the guilty verdict against its president, Julius Malema, with some provinces lobbying for early leadership elections.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17

Over 300 killed by Europe's freezing temperatures
EUROPE: The deadly cold snap that has gripped Europe for more than a week strained emergency services, wrought travel chaos and claimed more lives on Sunday, bringing to more than 300 the tally of victims.
mmegi.bw | 07-Feb-2012 02:17