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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Kutlwano teams are champions - The Botswana Gazette

The just-ended Zone VI Volleyball Club Championships tournament Has brought happiness to volleyball supporters in Botswana because Kutlwano ladies and men’s teams - emerged victorious from the tournament. The teams did not only win the gold medals but individual players scooped awards as well which added the cherry to the celebrations. Kutlwano teams qualified for the tournament after winning the local BMW tournament in the ladies’ category and being runners-up in men’s category. In the finals Kutlwano ladies beat South African Sigma from Pretoria by three sets to one. Kutlwano captain Lekedzani Bayi was voted the Best-setter, while her team mates Tracy Chaba and Masego Hosea were chosen Best-server and Most Valuable player respectively. Kutlwano men beat Liberte 3-1 in the finals. Shadreck Kapeko was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the tournament while Thabo Seitshiro was named the Best-server. Chiapo Madeluka went away with the Best-setter award and Thatayaone TT Serema was the Best Blocker of the tournament.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Botswana hunts for falling star in Bobirwa, Tswapong

The falling star was seen in the night of November 21 and also witnessed in parts of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as it shot across the sky producing a glowing light. However, it was in the Bobirwa and Tswapong in Botswana that the star's tremendous light turned the night into day for a moment before causing a deafening blast as it crashed. People in Ramotswa in the South East District also talk about this spectacular cosmic occurrence. Now the National Museum wants to locate the object from the heavens. The National Museum and Art Gallery says the fallen star should look like a piece of metal, a stone or metal-like stone that has fallen to earth from outer space. "The meteorite burns in the sky, producing a glowing light before reaching the ground and they (meteriotes) range from marble-ball size to soccer-ball size," the department said in a Friday statement. The department adds that the star can be identified by a burnt outer surface that is black in colour that does not flake or streak off when rubbed against other surfaces.

This is not the first time a star has fallen on Botswana. In 1999, a precious 30-pound (13.5 kg) star from the moon known as moon rock, was found in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, but was exported to America without the knowledge of the government.

Botswana hunts for falling star in Bobirwa, Tswapong

The falling star was seen in the night of November 21 and also witnessed in parts of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as it shot across the sky producing a glowing light. However, it was in the Bobirwa and Tswapong in Botswana that the star's tremendous light turned the night into day for a moment before causing a deafening blast as it crashed. People in Ramotswa in the South East District also talk about this spectacular cosmic occurrence. Now the National Museum wants to locate the object from the heavens. The National Museum and Art Gallery says the fallen star should look like a piece of metal, a stone or metal-like stone that has fallen to earth from outer space. "The meteorite burns in the sky, producing a glowing light before reaching the ground and they (meteriotes) range from marble-ball size to soccer-ball size," the department said in a Friday statement. The department adds that the star can be identified by a burnt outer surface that is black in colour that does not flake or streak off when rubbed against other surfaces.

This is not the first time a star has fallen on Botswana. In 1999, a precious 30-pound (13.5 kg) star from the moon known as moon rock, was found in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, but was exported to America without the knowledge of the government.

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