Mmegi: It's been five years since you were crowned Miss Botswana. Please take us back to the Miss Botswana Pageant in 2005. How was it for you? www.mmegi.bw | 9/8/10 4:20 PM

Japanese Taiko performers announced their arrival in Botswana during a breathtaking performance in the University of Botswana Auditorium on Monday evening. www.mmegi.bw | 9/8/10 4:20 PM

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP), with the support of the Botswana National Front (BNF) Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and the Botswana Peoples Party (BPP), contested the Tonota North parliamentary bye election held on September 4,2010. www.mmegi.bw | 9/8/10 4:20 PM

Mmegi: It's been five years since you were crowned Miss Botswana. Please take us back to the Miss Botswana Pageant in 2005. How was it for you? www.mmegi.bw | 9/6/10 4:21 PM

Botswana's government says its defence minister, accused of corruption by opposition parties, has resigned.

www.topix.net | 8/30/10 10:05 PM

Of the President and the presidency www.mmegi.bw | 8/27/10 4:15 AM

The Bank of Botswana has reportedly blocked the appointment of Serty Leburu as the new CEO of Standard Chartered Botswana. www.mmegi.bw | 8/26/10 4:23 PM

A new type of migration is taking place in Zimbabwe. While in the past people crossed the borders into South Africa and Botswana seeking work and fleeing from their repressive circumstances, now a silent migration of HIV-positive children seeking antiretroviral treatment (ART) is taking place. allafrica.com | 8/24/10 2:23 PM

ROME: Recently, I was on a road in the Southern Choma District of Zambia to meet with Rosemary Pisani, a smallholder farmer and mother of eight who struggled to feed her children prior to joining a farmer's cooperative to raise goats. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

An end to an era? www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Domkrag is on the ropes! www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Hell is a big pit full of sinners www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

After the winter break, songbird Veronica Brooks, who is popularly known by her stage name Vebrok, has cooked up something for music followers. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Local Kwasa-kwasa star, Franco Lesokwane, is crying foul after a local football club, Boteti Young Fighters failed to pay him after camping at his lodge in Gabane last season. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

FRANCISTOWN: The national bowling team returned from Zimbabwe on Sunday badly bruised after failing to win a medal at the 10-day African states tournament. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Premier League side, BMC's much-anticipated Annual General Meeting (AGM) has been postponed indefinitely after the supporters requested for time to prepare for the meeting. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

*National Stadium request turned down
* Legal battle looms www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Twenty-five goals were scored on the opening weekend of the 2010-2011 be MOBILE Premier League season. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

The evidence given by former Minister Jacob Nkate took a central role in the Nchindo corruption case yesterday when the defence made an application for the case to be thrown out. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

An elderly couple escaped jail by a whisker after Urban Customary Court President Kgosi Dikwalo Monametsi fined the boyfriend for unlawful possession of dagga. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Psychiatrists have responded with anger to a statement by Princess Marina Hospital Superintendent, Dr Chiapo Lesetedi, who said that the hospital was not responsible for a patient's suicide. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

While statistics show that road fatalities for this year have decreased to 226 as compared to last year's 264 deaths during the same period, total disregard for road regulations by motorists continues to be a major concern for traffic police. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

A former Botswana Defence Force soldier, Moreri Baraedi, is languishing in poverty after he was dismissed because he was unable to work. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

It is now official. The Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) will officially disaffiliate from the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU), to join the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU). www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Botswana Congress Youth League (BCYL) leaders accused of storming Botswana Television (Btv) have lambasted the BCP leadership and members for failing to support them during the court case (with Btv). www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Yesterday in Regional Magistrate Lot Moroka's court, the meandering Nchindo case threatened to spark again when some had thought they had seen the dying embers of the marathon case. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Presumably this is still Heritage Month I doubt that anyone will know when it starts and when it ends. But does anyone really care? www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

SADC's habit of being involved in regional issues by remote control will never bear fruit. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Owing to a combination of inadequate roads, bad manners and life in the fast lane, road accident fatalities have risen from 9.9 to 26.4 per 100,000 population between 1981 and 2009, writes GREG KELEBONYE www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Members of the late Paul Rantao's family are re-issuing a book containing articles he wrote for his 1997 Botswana Guardian newspaper column called "Why-Asks Rantao." Rantao passed away in 2005 while serving as Member of Parliament for Gaborone West North. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

SELEBI-PHIKWE: At least one child in your neighbourhood is in need of help. Help in the form of a free motivational talk, a very cheap pair of shoes that would not do any harm to your budget or just half of the leftovers you threw in the rubbish bin this morning. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

FRANCISTOWN: She slowly drives into the parking lot in this busy shopping complex. With car keys and a beautiful handbag in her hands, she looks around for a trolley to use. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

"Di-units, Drum, Kutlwano, Hungry Lion". This language should sound familiar if you regularly board taxis and kombis, especially long distance buses. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Having access to buildings and public areas is vitally important for people with disabilities. Not being able to use the toilet or enter a building can be frustrating for an able-bodied person. What more for one with disability? www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Botswana Secondary School Teachers union (BOSETU) exists to improve the working and living conditions of its members. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

In the midst of the current political morass in Botswana, there is fertile ground for an unabashedly socialisst party that will deliver the vast majority of Botswana from eternal dom, writes RAMPHOLO MOLEFHE www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

As the epic Nchindo corruption case heads towards a close, three weeks before Magistrate Lot Moroka is to deliver his final word on the matter, the conveyor belt continues to roll out witnesses, in proceedings characterised by colourful and often confrontational cross examination. Staff writer TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA picks out some excerpts from this week's proceedings when the prosecution presented its witnesses. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

Islamist fighters in Somalia have said that they seized food from the World Food Programme from markets in Mogadishu and burned more than 500 bags of maize and wheat. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

South African President Jacob Zuma, struggling with sluggish growth and worker discontent at home, seeks to boost trade on Monday on a trip to China, the last of the four "Bric" economies he has visited in little over a year since taking office.. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

The Zimbabwe president says he won't meet any further demands of the former opposition in a coalition government until Western sanctions called for by his longtime opponents are abolished. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

JOHANNESBURG - The South African government is concerned about the impact of a strong rand on the economy, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday, but he declined to comment on a proposal to tax capital inflows to curb the currency's strength. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

JOHANNESBURG - Environmental campaigners want the government to adopt ambitious targets on renewable energy. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

South African provincial Home Affairs authorities say while Batswana may experience instances of slow service at the 15 border posts into the eastern neighbour, contingency plans are in place to deal with the effects of the ongoing civil service strike. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Mayor of Selebi-Phikwe, Lekang Mukokomani, is expected to welcome guests at the official opening of Pick 'n Pay Supermarket here on Thursday. www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

It is now official. The Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) will officially disaffiliate from the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU), to join the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU). www.mmegi.bw | 8/24/10 4:22 AM

NEW YORK - It was 20 years ago this month that Saddam Hussein, then the unchallenged ruler of Iraq, invaded Kuwait. What ensued was the first great international crisis of the post-Cold War era, one that, in less than a year, led to the liberation of Kuwait, along with the restoration of its government. www.mmegi.bw | 8/23/10 4:28 PM

ROME - Recently, I was on a road in the Southern Choma District of Zambia to meet with Rosemary Pisani, a smallholder farmer and mother of eight who struggled to feed her children prior to joining a farmer's cooperative to raise goats. www.mmegi.bw | 8/23/10 4:28 PM

The Swaneng Of Long Ago
I was delighted to read in the Daily News (20 August) that Patrick van Rensburg had been invited to unveil a plaque at the Swaneng English Medium Primary School - presumably the same primary school that he established adjacent to Swaneng Secondary. www.mmegi.bw | 8/23/10 4:28 PM

Exercise For Life
I just started to walk and lift weights to lose weight. Is it better to exercise before a meal or after a meal? www.mmegi.bw | 8/23/10 4:28 PM

Learners Surviving In The Information And Knowledge Era
Many educationists, despite their taking different philosophical or sociological perspectives, agree that education has a multiplicity of functions. www.mmegi.bw | 8/23/10 4:28 PM