Wednesday 10th March 2010 NEWS OPINIONS BUSINESS SPORT STYLE COMMENTS NORTHERN EXTRA ABOUT US CONTACT US ARCHIVES CLASSIFIEDS        100 people de-registered from welfare        2010 through the crystal ball        300 MW power-station planned for Mookane        80 nurses, 13 doctors quit Government for Bokamoso        A binding law is what we want, Mr. President        A burden too great to carry        A derby to die for        A fresh start is what we need        A green world order        A reunion of Robben Island veterans        A turning point for farmers        Affiliates decry high qualifying standards        African Copper makes £23m profit        African Diamonds develops AK6 mine in 2010        Aggressive marketing sustains Botswana Life        Agric insurance not in any ‘pains’        Agriculture insurance scheme launched        Air Botswana suspends Engineering Manager        Airline board sanctioned Moroka’s suspension        Alcohol is the Devil’s deadly disease        Alcoholism: a national epidemic        Algeria coach admits his side played for a draw        All hail king Letham        Another edition of SA PEN Awards coming        Appoint a Commission of Inquiry on De Beers        Artists visualise HIV/AIDS        Attention deficit disorder        Audition scam in the offing        ‘Flaws’ in key Lockerbie evidence        ‘Insufficient’ evidence frees BDF soldier        ‘No dignity in officers’ dismissals’        BAA puts its best foot forward        Backpacking Mozambique        Bank notes withdrawal causes public outrage        Bank of America sees $194m loss        BCA kitchen staffers’ jobs on the line        BCL records ‘fewer’ cases of cable theft        BCL won’t close in 2013        BCP-BAM wedding in March        BDC courts dairy farmers        BDP factions continue        BDP MPs in collective ‘irresponsibility’        BDP’s loss may be BCP’s gain        Bennett defence boosted        Beyonce caught in Caribbean music war        BG Briefs        BG Briefs :Measles outbreak        Blame bad policies for poverty        BNF prepares for elective congress        BNOC lifts gear in talent scouting        BNSC awards behind schedule        BOARD ROOM: BSE: Picking the pieces post recession        Board Room: Sefalana leaps into whole new realm        Board Room:Letshego targets P2 billion mark        Board Room:VPB targets region with P500m kitty        BoB bows to public pressure        BoB fears for imported inflation        BOBEU fails to interdict Barclays        BOCCIM responds to budget        Bogus property dealers face censure        Bokamoso doctors fail test        Bomb scare at Office of the President        BOMU in an internal warfare        Botswana has not over borrowed        Botswana plays hardball against Zimbabwe        Botswana’s poster-boy of stock markets        Bourse introduces new indices        BPC case before the Court of Appeal        BPC clinches two power deals        Britain’s got no talent        Broke BPC to hike electricity prices        BTC audit report on Lippe out        Buffett attacks Cadbury takeover        Business Briefs        Business Briefs:ABC results        Business Briefs:African Copper recruits        Business Briefs:Stanchart enters Angola        Business confidence up        BVF in negotiations with Btv        Cadbury shareholders reject Kraft’s initial offer        Call a Pitso for Zebras?        Campbell denies Bush changed Blair’s views        Carrier expenditure down P2 billion        CEDA steps up loans recovery        CEDA Venture Capital Fund makes P52 m loss        Chabinga over the moon        Chess league begins        Chinese lending fears hit bank shares        Christ not born on the 25th        Cigarettes don’t pay taxes. Smokers do        Citizens play the bourse        Comment        Communities scramble for natural resources        Company news        COMPANY NEWS :LEA develops strategy        COMPANY NEWS A-Cap explores        Computing your taxable income        Councillor withdraws motion on DIS        Court orders Sebele to stay clear of magistrate        Crack whip on unscrupulous retailers        Crowning of the queen        Cuba has been with Haiti        DCEC recommends 85 prosecutions to DPP        De Beers’ saves for a rainy day        Dead scared of Maths and Science        Death row inmate judgement reserved        Deathrow inmate escapes for 15 minutes        Delivery remains an issue        Ditshwanelo to host film festival        DJ Waxxy hosts Xmas party        Do more with less - Matambo        Don Laka in the city        DP World seeks UK share listing        Drama as Mzwinila sheriffs move in        Dumelang keeps everyone guessing        Eating Out: Home cooking        EATING OUT: Testosterone-charged zones        Eating Out:A tour of the restaurant        Eating Out:Home for the holidays        EatingOut: Cyber supper        EatingOut: Milking the system        Educational crisis looming        Euro falls against dollar and pound        Extend corruption probe to ministers        Extra-judicial killings in 2009        Face of Africa finale looms        Farming loss set off – Which option do you take?        FBI charges 22 over alleged foreign bribery        FCC owed over P25m        FCC petitioned over poor conditions        Flexible sales approach saves DTC        FNBB’s balance sheet survives credit crunch        Ford, General Motors and Chrysler see sales collapse        Good year for base metals predicted        Govt to save textile industry        Govt. and councils cross paths        Govt. dilemma: Cattle or wildlife        Govt. security secure        Govt. spends P2m on Malaria        GU take on OrlandoPirates        Gymnastics still on the sick bed        Hainaveld farmers rope in Duma Boko        Haiti aid efforts gain momentum        Haiti hit by earthquake        Harnessing water integral to MDG’s        Has Masire repaid De Beers?        Having a big bum, hips and thighs ‘is healthy’        Hip Hop in positive test        How the Nswazwi cycle race came about        How the small man beat recession        I failed – Ntuane        I never stopped AB recruitment - Ramsden        I will not contest for presidency        I’m done with politics - Balikani        Immunization defaulters pardoned        India VP visits        India VP’s visit rattles De Beers        India/Botswana diamond deal off limits        Inertia rules as Nigerians lament leader’s absence        Inflation up, again        Interns’ honeymoon ends        Interpol hunts for Pastouchenko        Investec Botswana - from zero to billions        Investors clamour for Botswana diamonds        Is there a better way to reduce tax on rental?        Islam group refuses to scrap march        Issues for the council to consider        Itekanele to go regional        Japan PM replaces finance minister        Jay-Z and Beyonce named ‘top-earning couple’        Jazz legends descend on Cape Town        Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters win at Australian Open        Jwaneng underground mine by 2029        Kalafatis’ ghost lingers on        Keshi seeks new job        Kgosi Seboko leads tribe into ‘battlefield’        Khama must get his priorities right        Khama versus industrious trio        Kokorwe to promote dialogue with Zim        Kutlwano realise dream        Kwerepe ‘stranded’ in BDP factions        Large retailers in price fixing scam        Lawyer advised to petition President        Letshego splashes P100 000 on charity        Low liquidity haunts local bourse        Low risk of default on borrowings        Magistrates’ exodus feared        Make or break for Tafic        Malaria threat        Man United bond buys time for Glazers        Management crisis at Air Botswana        Masire deserves no bail out        Matlhaku hunts for new U-20 squad        Maxy delivers        Mbeki not fit for Darfur mediation        Merafhe accused of bias        Merafhe investigates F’town BDP factions        Mexico prison ‘gang fight’ kills 23 inmates        Minimum wage discrimination in Botswana        Miss Millennium crowned        Mixed fortune as GPA takes shape in Zim        Mmolotsi: radical or moderate democrat?        Mobile telephony market surges        Molapo Crossing businessman sues govt.        Monarch HIV/AIDS story captured in film        Motswagole’s appointment hailed        Motswana WWII veteran dies in SA        Mozambique’s first woman speaker        MP mute as Letlhakane decays        MPs, reject VAT increase        Mukokomani finally appears before DC        MultiChoice Africa adds new 2HD channels        Murky details surface in Malan’s land case        Muse win 2009 record cover prize        MUSIC REVIEW        Music saves a dull year        National Arts Council mooted        NBFIRA closes in on Stock Market Direct        Nchindo appeal judgement next Friday        Nchindo autopsy results ready next week        Nchindo’s last message        NDB stops auction of Masire cattle        NE BRIEFS: Suspected burglar in court        NE BRIEFS: Woman arrested        NE Briefs:Beds for NRH        NE Briefs:Local film out        NE Briefs:Staff resigns en-masse        NE Brif        NE:Man arraigned in court        Nestle’s Zimbabwe dairy reopens        New BONELA director sets priorities        New Hammers owner Sullivan slams ‘’Mr Egghead’’        NEWS BRIEFS: Nkate meets Press        NEWS BRIEFS: Tech. programmes start        News Briefs:Community dev. mulled        News Briefs:Freeze on boreholes        News Briefs:Healthy SADC        News Briefs:Tibone tours        Newsmaker of the year        Nigeria makes airport security checks appeal to US        No Khama; No BDP Central Committee meeting        No-nonsense Khama kicks out 19        North West youth must wake up        Not over for FoA contestants        Now there’s a smart alternative        Nyangagwe Hospital plans a retreat for nurses        Obama rebuke over bomb plot prompts intelligence pledge        Obama’s cynical action was uncalled for        Of lies, deciet and conjecture        Okavango River Basin study complete        One eye on Angola, both on SA        Outcry over De Beers’ bailouts        Over 50 passengers escape death        P12m bio diesel plant in the offing        P20 m local movie in the offing        P2bn needed for road maintenance        P65 000 debt lands Mohwasa in jail        Palapye Dev. Trust suspends coordinator        Performance beyond words        Performing arts        Persecution of wildlife officers unreasonable        Phakalane, clients square up        Pirates drop protest        Platform:Leaders must save the world        Police target children for road safety        Politicians must be tolerant        Pot Shot: Farmers, wake up        Pot Shot:Empower thy youth        Pot Shot:Mourning Jones        Power struggle: Matome vs Molale        Premier League owes 56 % of European football debt        Public officers slow to respond to queries        Public service vacancies shock unions        Ramotswa is sabotaged – councillors        RED DIE        Remembering Bill Jones        Reporting on Nchindo has been insensitive        Residents want nurses out        Revival of culture or of tribalism?        Rollers hotter than ever        Rugby top brass elections loom        SACU-India trade deal by December        SADC condemns ‘barbaric’ attack        SADC ready for business        Saleshando senior bids BCP farewell        Santos aim to punish ECCO        School faces closure as parents revolt        Scouts out for new Miss Botswana        Self-drives have not been banned        Senior cop drawn in rustling syndicate        Seretse’s address angers soldiers        Serufho takes over BNOC’s hot seat?        Setlhoa Park plot holders panic        Sheriffs’ shortage clips people’s court wings        Should farmers not pay tax?        Siele talks tough with mine managers        Silver Line: Creatively increase your means!        SILVER LINE: On which trees does money grow?        Silver Line: This is how you do your 2010 budget!        Silver Line:Where does personal planning start?        SILVER LINE:You have the right to walk away        SILVER LINE;2010, the year of the entrepreneur!        SILVER LINE;How do you prepare for emergencies?        Solly Mahlangu coming        South Africa HIV-row minister dies        South Africa World Cup ‘safe’ despite Angola attack        Southern Africa, the cradle of civilization        Sport codes must account – Tau        Sports Briefs:League sponsored        Sports Briefs:Mmadinare race on        Sports Runway:Abu Dhabi championships take centre stage        SportsRunway: 2010 AFCON progress report        SportsRunway: Afcon gets underway        SportsRunway: Tribute to Peter Papela Nthite        SportsRunway:2012 inching ever closer        SportsRunway:The San Siro showdown        SportsRunway:Way to go Moya Goleele        Staff negligence costs MoH thousands        Stop hiding in Kenya, Somali MPs told        style briefs        STYLE BRIEFS: Brand launch        Style Briefs:Gorata out        Style Briefs:Guitars for Haiti        Style Briefs:Musicians perform        Style Briefs:Pageant postponed        Sudan would accept separation, says President Bashir        Swim or sink with diamonds        Teachers need managerial training        Tertiary fair coming        Textile bail out welcome        The China price – friend or foe!        The condescending attitude of some South Africans        The G-spot ‘doesn’t appear to exist’ - researchers        The HIV soldier that never quits        The pioneer succumbs        The real dilemma on taxation of rental income        The real patriot        The year in business        There’s hope after Copenhagen        Thieving guard jailed        Thokolosi makes a come back        Timbaland claims sabotage        Tosh’s hearing continues        Transport officials blamed for chaos        Tribute to Big Joe Phetogo        Trouble brewing at Ecco        Tullow Oil seeks full control of two Ugandan sites        UN pledges P564 m to finance NDP 10        Unionists await verdict on rights of workers        US cinema takings beat DVD and Blu-ray sales        VAT adjustment to wreck inflation target        Venson-Moitoi suspends 23 officers        Virginia shootings leave eight dead        Visible policing helps curb crime        Volleyball league gets underway        Watch out as Notwane rise        We are not an agent of the ruling party - BOPEU        We deserve better than this        We stand with the Haitians        Weak Pula hurts local manufacturers        We’ve missed the World Cup train        Welcome Mr. Nkate        What foreign direct investment?        Which chip made me fat?        Who should handle workers’ disputes?        Who will replace Simon Cowell on American Idol?        Who will succeed Radibe?        Why do all these happen Lord?        Why we restrained the bank rate        Will BCP withstand succession fallout?        Wyclef Jean sobs over Haiti quake        Year of labour pains, joys        Young Zebras take on Lesotho        Your article was misleading        Your Tax conscience: Should I pay tax on my family assets?        Your Tax conscience: Which incomes do you include in the tax return?        YOUR TAX:Is taxation of pension making pensioners poorer?        Zambia’s law upsets BIFM’s shareholding        Zebras has a chance        Zimbabwe kisses P500 million bye-bye        Zimbabwe remains economically viable - BOCCIM        Zimbabwean fugitive denied bail                   Contact Us Gaborone Office: P/BAG 00153,Lot45,Unit 11-12,Commerce Park, Gaborone Gaborone , Phone : 390 8408 Fax : 390 8457 Email : mother@guardian.co.bw   Francistown Office: Ngilichi House, First Floor Corner Haskins Street and Selous Avenue. P.O. Box 11500, Francistown Francistown , Phone : 244 2172 Fax : 241 5370 Email :mother@guardiansun.co.bw   Editor's Details: Guardian Managing Editor: Mike Mothibi mike@guardiansun.co.bw Editor: Mpho Dibeela mpho@guardiansun.co.bw Commercial Manager: Mother Masire mother@guardiansun.co.bw News Editor: Ditiro Motlhabane ditiromo@guardiansun.co.bw Special Project Editor: Tlotlo Mbazo tlotlo@guardiansun.co.bw Photo Editor: Mohula Dumelang mohula@guardiansun.co.bw Head of Investigations Desk: Dikarabo Ramadubu dikarabo@guardiansun.co.bw Feedback Name*: Email*: Phone*: Fax   : Comment*: Enter Given Code*:   MAIN HEADLINES 2010 through the crystal ball A binding law is what we want, Mr. President A derby to die for Aggressive marketing sustains Botswana Life OPINION OPINION We deserve better than this The elections are over and the dust has settled. 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