Feb 22
The question arose several years ago with her record-breaking 13th Oscar nomination and gets more insistent with every awards season. Is Meryl Streep, now 17 nominations in and vying for best actress again at the Feb. 26 Academy Awards, the greatest Hollywood actress of all time? Ask any gathering of film fans, and a round …
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Feb 20
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WSHM) – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has offered the City of Springfield an $800,000 grant to help fight youth violence. the deadline to accept the money is next week and city councilors haven't approved it yet. Mayor Domenic Sarno is upset no approval has been made, but councilors say they just want time …
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Feb 09
Six months after the concurrent launches of Mobile money services in Botswana by both Mascom and Orange, the network operators are happy about the prospective opportunities that are provided by this new market that enables them to tap into the unbanked population. In fact, the positive reception has been surprising. Orange Botswana communication chief, Tumie …
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Feb 09
Former broadcaster Richard Driver swaps the comforts of a guided tour for a self-drive safari through the wilds of Botswana, navigating rough roads, elephant traffic and visiting predators. “If a lion walks into your camp tonight you must welcome it by just remaining still and quiet. he probably won’t be interested in eating you anyway.” …
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Jan 07
Feature Article of Wednesday, 21 December 2011 Columnist: Sallar, Anthony Mawuli My Turn: the homosexuality debate in Ghana, perspectives from public health. Author: Sallar, Anthony Mawuli Ph.D in this essay, I discuss the ongoing national debate on sexual orientation as it relates to homosexuality, laws against homosexuality, the effects of these laws and how they …
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Jan 07
2011 – more downs than ups SANDY GRANT This has been a most remarkable year during which the country inflicted significant wounds on itself. it undermined its own Vision ideals and objectives, questioned its legal existence and identity, denied the ‘rightness’ of its constitution, seemingly became disillusioned with its education system, with its Parliament, its …
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Dec 28
Tough New Year decisions await RDC Properties STAFF WRITER Developers of the Masa Centre, RDC Properties, will have to reshape the future of Holiday Inn Gaborone early next year following the withdrawal of African Sun Limited that was due to manage the landmark. Article Tools Comments E-mail a friendPrint Since 2009, the property group …
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Dec 22
Home | History of Victoria Falls | Cecil Rhodes The son of a Hertfordshire clergyman.. Cecil John Rhodes was the son of a Hertfordshire clergyman. Born in 1853, Cecil Rhodes was an asthmatic child and his family believed a warm, dry climate would improve his health. in 1870, Rhodes was sent to live with his …
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Dec 01
Walvis Bay becoming region’s port of choice BRIAN BENZAStaff Writer A steep rise in the amount of cargo, particularly vehicles, being imported into Botswana through the port of Walvis Bay has seen a record increase in monthly shipment volumes along the Trans-Kalahari Corridor as traders increasingly prefer the Namibia port to the region’s traditional harbours. …
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Nov 21
Giving TweetShare A postcard sent from Dachau concentration camp by prisoner Wolf Halm to wife Rosa Halm, dated 16 Aug. 1938. Courtesy of the Archival Collection of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust After arriving by cattle car at Auschwitz, many Jews were handed postcards, with the uniform message thoughtfully prepared by the Nazis. …
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