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www.gpweekly.com Vol:02 Issue No: 33 Tuesday 16 January 2018 FREE COPY Sports Business I have nothing to Tighten control of national purse lose – Nare PAGE -15 PAGE B1 ‘No More’• At once cantankerous and affable, the thin blade of a knife allegedly ended the life of the broad slab of a man that Davids was last Sunday Isaac Davids Pic_Oemelenna Mmanoko PAGE 2 Spend P250 or more with your Barclays Credit or Debit Card and stand a chance to get up to 100% of your spend back. Spend the smart way. Prosper. Disclaimer: Value of prizes is limited to P5000 per qualifying transaction. Promotion runs from 1 September 2017 until 31 January 2018. 20 winners randomly selected per month. Terms and conditions apply. 2 Tuesday NEWS 16 January 2018 AG NT E P A O V IN E T H T Long range strategic plans are more realistic e are two weeks into the New Year. This is the most active Wtime of year. Gym rooms are overfl owing. Enquiries at stockbroking fi rms about their investment products are at an all-time high. Local colleges and universities are inundated with enquiries about their course offerings. Effectively, everything that has been procrastinated over in the last year is being actively implemented. This is all in the spirit of achieving milestones, or more commonly resolutions, set at the beginning of the year. But instead of this year-on-year planning, could not Isaac Davids Pic_Google mid-range or long range planning prop up the success rate at achieving our set goals? While maybe the year-to-year resolutions work for some, it is common knowledge that most of these plans run out of steam by the end of the fi rst quarter of the year. At any rate, some milestones need longer than a year to achieve. So Isaac Davids is wouldn’t it be better to have at least a three-year personal or family strategic plan? This would allow plentiful time for adjustments and readjustments of execution techniques to better deliver no more results. This would also do away with the tendency of throwing out plans at • At once cantankerous and affable, the thin blade of a knife allegedly ended the fi rst hurdle and because there is not the life of the broad slab of a man that Davids was last Sunday enough time in the year to achieve all the goals. Corporate entities and governments THABO BAGWASI do long range planning for this reason. The shortest strategic planning periods for most companies is three years. The ne of Mochudi’s rambunctious also believed to have precipitated the procurement of fi ghter jets by Botswana Government is guided by a citizens, Isaac Davids, has died his defection from the opposition the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) allegedly at the hands of his UDC to the ruling BDP. from Swedish arms manufacturers 20-year visionary plan, the Vision 2036. O herdboys who attacked him with a The Global Post visited his fl at that the trip was about. It is broken down into fi ve-year National knife at noon on Sunday. at Parliamentary Village before Davids was also a polarising Development Plans, then further into Davids, who was the MP for sundown last Sunday. fi gure in Kgatleng. Besides his well- annual plans. Mochudi East, returned to the A security guard at the gate, publicised marital strife, he was also Therefore, to reduce the pressure headlines recently when he defected clearly stunned by news of David’s frequently in the tabloids feuding of achieving many, at times complex to the Botswana Democratic Party gruesome death, told this reporter with siblings in disagreements over from the Umbrella for Democratic that some of deceased’s family livestock and other property. milestones in a limited amount of time Change Better-known by his tell-all members were still in the residence. In the aftermath of his death, BDP and feeling defl ated when it does not nickname of ‘Fokon Bastard,’ police Davids, who could be improbably secretary general Mpho Balopi has happen, let us consider mid to long say Davids met his end at Sorilatholo cantankerous and affable, was a described Davids as a long serving range strategic plans in place of yearly between Salajwe and Letlhakeng in perennial political nomad. He was servant of the people of Kgatleng. resolutions. the Kweneng District. once an MP under the BDP after “His passing is an immeasurable According to Assistant winning the constituency in the loss to the party and our nation,” said Superintendent Dipheko Motube 1999 general elections. Balopi. of the Public Relations Department He jumped ship in 2012 and However, in the dearth of news that of Botswana Police Service (BPS), joined the Botswana Movement accompanied the announcement, MANAGING EDITOR Kabo Ditlhakeng | [email protected] Davids died in a nasty confrontation for Democracy (BMD), a liberal members of the public were quick with two of his herdboys, one a formation that was created mainly to speculate on social media that DEPUTY EDITOR Oaitse Mathala | [email protected] Motswana, the other a Zimbabwean by erstwhile BDP members. the strong-willed Davids must have national. However, within a short space been mistreating his workers. SALES COODINATOR Ogomoditse Tlhase | [email protected] Davids was an avid farmer and a of time, Davids would jump ship Indeed, one went as far as to post successful businessman. again, this time to join the Botswana that the departed Davids had a PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Bakang Baitshenyetsi [email protected] But even though his knack for National Front (BNF) while the party penchant for abusing his workers. business brought him material was in discussions with the BMD and The unbridled social media CIRCULATION COORDINATOR Monkgogi Monyatsi [email protected] success and eminence in his other opposition forces that resulted commentator alleged further community, it would also bring him in formation of the opposition that the late MP once went 10 GLOBAL POST anguish and strife in the most recent coalition that is the UDC. months without paying a relative Tel: 316 1700 | Fax: 391 8518 times of his life. As a prelude to his last political who worked for him at his farm in GlobalPostNewspaper - the world revealed He recently lost one of the grandest defection, Davids broke ranks with Charleshill. The user swore that @globalpostnewspaper and most expensive residences that his fellow opposition party leaders Charleshill and Mochudi police were the Botswana Housing Cooperation when he accompanied their most aware of the matter. “He kicked him gpweekly.com (BHC) ever built. eminent opponent, President Ian in the crotch and never bothered to P O Box 81066 The multi-bedroomed, double Khama, on a state visit to Sweden take him to hospital,” the user wrote. Gaborone Plot 222120 garage house was snapped up by last year. “He was without food or water until Nyamambisi Road creditors in the middle of last year. This was in spite of his party’s he had to formulate a plan to come Gaborone West Industrial Gaborone His alleged fi nancial troubles are position that stood fi rmly against home (to Mochudi).” 3 Tuesday 16 January2018 NEWS US ranks Botswana safe to visit • Stated Department places Botswana at Level 1, up there with the best and as safe as the US despite Trump’s “shithole” reference to Africa and accusations that he fuels white supremacy in the US THABO BAGWASI he State Department torturous history between the Americans to just “exercise of the United States of two countries. normal precautions” while it TAmerica has issued a Others on the same level warns of Afghanistan: “Do not travel advisory to Americans include war-torn states such travel to Afghanistan due to in which it ranks Botswana as as Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Libya, crime, terrorism, civil unrest, safe as America itself even as Syria, Mali, Afghanistan and and armed confl ict.” the diplomatic fallout lingers the Central African Republic. The DOS further states: between Gaborone and Others on Level 4 are the “Travel to all areas of Washington over President so-called failed states such Afghanistan is unsafe Donald Trump’s “shithole” as South Sudan and Somalia. because of high levels of remarks. North Korea too has not kidnappings, hostage taking, Formally called the escaped Level 4. suicide bombings, widespread Department of State (DOS), Level 3 is also indicative military combat operations, the US State Department is of countries on the precipice. landmines, terrorist and the equivalent of Botswana’s Countries which have been insurgent attacks, including Ministry of Foreign Affairs. awarded the Level 3 score attacks using vehicle-borne In the latest travel advisory, include traditional American or other improvised explosive Botswana has scored above foes such as Russia, Venezuela, devices (IEDs).” America’s most important Cuba and Sudan. Others are On South Africa, ranked NATO allies and European Pakistan, Niger, Mauritania, Level 2, the DOS advises powers, including Britain, Lebanon, Chad and Guinea “Americans to exercise Italy, France and Germany. Bissau. increased caution due to These global hegemons Meanwhile, Botswana is crime”. Furthermore, it advises have in turn received the same deemed as safe for Americans Americans: “Violent crime, score as Zimbabwe, Algeria, to visit as European states such as armed robbery, rape, Burkina Faso, Colombia, the such as Ireland, Austria, carjacking, mugging, and Democratic Republic of the Poland, Holland, Switzerland, ‘smash-and-grab’ attacks Congo, Eritrea, Ukraine and Portugal, Sweden and Norway. on vehicles, is common” (in other countries blighted Others are Greece, Australia South Africa). by tyrannical rule, big time and Austria. It also advises Americans narco-traffi cking, civil wars Surprise entrants on Level who come to South Africa and other forms of civil strife.