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University of Botswana

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Type: Organization

Name: University of Botswana

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Duma

Goaba the youngest local radio talk-show host

Possibly the youngest radio talk-show host in the country, the media shy Goaba Mojakgomo is quickly carving out a name for himself on radio. Showbiz had to do much convincing before the young presenter from Menyatso ward in Serowe could agree to an interview. ... [Published Mmegi Online - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Duma, University of Botswana, Gaborone (Botswana)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Boxing

OT redeems himself

University of Botswana pugilist, Oteng 'OT' Oteng redeemed himself admirably on Saturday when he stopped Khumoetsile Lesole of BMC in the first round of inter-club boxing competition at Glenn Valley. After a long unbeaten run, Oteng, a former Olympian ... [Published Mmegi Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: University of Botswana, Boxing, Dismissal

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Barclays PLC

Learning expo benefits Barclays employees

Barclays Bank employees have been encouraged to take advantage of the second annual learning expo to find programmes that can help them to advance their careers.Speaking during the employees learning expo in Francistown on Sunday, the bank’s head of human ... [Published Daily News Botswana - May 20 2013]

Entities: Barclays PLC, Francistown (Botswana), Botswana, Tutume (Botswana)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

BDF receives accolades for professionalism

The Governor General of Canada has expressed a sense of satisfaction and special privilege in having been allowed to visit the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Staff College, stating that the gesture was symbolic of the relationship between his home state ... [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 20 2013]

Entities: Botswana Defence Force, Botswana, Canada, Staff College, Canadian Forces

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Standard Chartered Bank

Picking banks

Mmegi interviewed a few people using the same Customer Satisfaction Index to understand why they choose their banks. Here is what some of them had to say: Anthony Kibadu (MD - AJK & Associates)For 13 years I have used Standard Chartered Bank and I'm am ... [Published Mmegi Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Barclays PLC, Standard Chartered Bank, University of Botswana, Plastics, Electrician

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Former UB president takes on Khan

Former University of Botswana (UB) Student Representative Council (SRC) president, Khumoekae Richard is gearing up for battle against incumbent Botswana National Front Youth League (BNFYL) secretary general, Arafat Khan in the forthcoming party congress. ... [Published Mmegi Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Nelson Ramaotwana, Botswana Congress Party (BW), Botswana National Front (BW), University of Botswana

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

University of Botswana

Contradictions in UB employees lawsuit

The employees suing the University of Botswana (UB) over a restructuring drive were 'erroneously' given letters informing them that they would be regraded to the position of Accounts Officer, Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo heard yesterday. Director of ... [Published Mmegi Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Lawsuit, University of Botswana

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

UB seeks out-of-court settlement with employees

The University of Botswana (UB) has proposed an out-of-court settlement with four employees suing it over a restructuring drive. The parties appeared briefly before Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo yesterday morning, but the case was adjourned to allow ... [Published Mmegi Online - May 14 2013]

Entities: Out-of-Court Settlement, Redeployment, University of Botswana, Vice Chancellor

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

UB lecturer defends Mo Ibrahim’s use of N-word

Telecoms businessman, Mo Ibrahim, has been caught uttering a derogatory N-word used to refer to black Africans, during a panel discussion at the University of Botswana.He was here over the weekend at the invite of the Sir Ketumile Masire foundation. The ... [Published Gabz FM - May 14 2013]

Entities: Mo Ibrahim, Festus Mogae, University of Botswana

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Rwanda: Yet Another Look At Our Universities' Relevancy

For whatever reason, it seems like the past few weeks our universities have been sitting on my mind; It doesn't help that our institutions of higher learning are making repeated appearances in social conversation around me.This is hardly surprising given ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Rwanda, Education, University of Botswana, University of Dar Es Salaam

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

A clarion call to save Mmadikolo

For a while now, most serious observers of our education system have mourned the death of the University of Botswana as historically known. UB was called Mmadikolo not in jest but as a serious reflection of the centrality of the institution to the transformation ... [Published Mmegi Online - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: University of Botswana, Cass Sunstein, Interrogation

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Study blames cellphones, males for road accidents

A recent research carried out by University of Botswana’s Department of Psychology has revealed that cellphones and men are major causes of road accidents in Botswana. This was disclosed at the traffic psychology and accident prevention symposium held ... [Published Weekend Post - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Road Accidents, Botswana, University of Botswana, Cellphone, Gaborone (Botswana)

Quotes

Asked if fame has not gone to his head like others in the entertainment world, Mojakgomo said, "I don't behave like someone in the limelight. I have chosen to keep myself in check at all times because that's who I am. In fact many people don't know that I am shy since I am on radio."

Goaba the youngest local radio talk-show host [Published Mmegi Online - 4 hours ago]

...who was coaching national boxers at the weekend event, said the win was a morale booster for Oteng ahead of the Zone V Championships next month. "It is a good thing that he won today even though some will think he was playing (sic) a weak opponent. What this win does is that it boosts his morale especially after losing to Kabelo Bagwasi recently" said Setlalekgosi

OT redeems himself [Published Mmegi Online - May 20 2013]

...He said management asserted that this move was not a demotion but a change of designation or nomenclature. "The same applied to those who were senior accounts officers before, who, under the new structure, became accounts officers" he said

Contradictions in UB employees lawsuit [Published Mmegi Online - May 16 2013]

"The United States attorney's office says that during the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mr Tollman and his wife, Beatrice Nina Tollman, opened a series of bank accounts on the island of Guernsey, in the EnglishEnglish Channel.According to court documents, two of the accounts 'were opened and maintained in the names of corporations, to wit, Buffalo Holdings and New York Investments, and virtually all of the income received through these accounts was not reported to the I R S'" wrote Espinoza in 2008

Unsavoury characters make a move [Published Mmegi Online - May 11 2013]

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Goaba the youngest local radio talk-show host [Published Mmegi Online - 4 hours ago]
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Learning expo benefits Barclays employees [Published Daily News Botswana - May 20 2013]
BDF receives accolades for professionalism [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 20 2013]
Of Land Tenure and Poverty Eradication - a cont... [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 19 2013]
Picking banks [Published Mmegi Online - May 17 2013]
Visit to the Botswana Defence Force Staff College [Published Government of Canada - May 17 2013]
Contradictions in UB employees lawsuit [Published Mmegi Online - May 16 2013]
Former UB president takes on Khan [Published Mmegi Online - May 16 2013]
Botswana's artistic talent begs to be nurtured [Published Mmegi Online - May 14 2013]
UB seeks out-of-court settlement with employees [Published Mmegi Online - May 14 2013]
UB lecturer defends Mo Ibrahim’s use of N-word [Published Gabz FM - May 14 2013]
Rwanda: Yet Another Look At Our Universities' R... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 14 2013]
BDP: THE BATTLE FOR POWER BEGINS [Published Botswana Voice - May 13 2013]
How the killing of Thami Zulu contradicts Zuma'... [Published Politicsweb - May 13 2013]
Unsavoury characters make a move [Published Mmegi Online - May 11 2013]
UB staff challenge restructuring drive [Published Mmegi Online - May 11 2013]
BARCLAYS HOLDS LEARNING EXPO [Published Botswana Voice - May 10 2013]
Kago Setshogo (1985- 2013) [Published Mmegi Online - May 10 2013]
UB social work students donate to Camp Hill [Published Mmegi Online - May 08 2013]
RB2 presenter commits suicide [Published Gabz FM - May 07 2013]
Students to Learn About Educational Equality Du... [Published UCF - May 06 2013]
Registrar Nthomiwa replaces Tshosa as judge [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - May 05 2013]
SADC region faces cereal deficit [Published Gabz FM - May 03 2013]
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'Mo' Ibrahim to grace Masire Foundation event [Published Mmegi Online - Apr 30 2013]
COLUMN: Alexander McCall Smith deserves a read [Published Hickory Daily Record - Apr 29 2013]
Fears Office of Ombudsman been weakened since K... [Published Sunday Standard Botswana - Apr 28 2013]
Untranslatable heritage can be communicated [Published University World News - Apr 27 2013]
Inside the UB crisis [Published Mmegi Online - Apr 26 2013]

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University of Botswana School of Medicine Advan... [Published Business Wire Health News - Apr 10 2013]