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BMWU plans mass action against BCL management
BMWU plans mass action against BCL management
06 April 2016
Mmegi
News
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) is planning a mass demonstration in which they will call for the replacement of the current BCL management.
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French MPs outlaw paying for sex
Thu 07 Apr 2016, 09:25 am
Mmegi
World
French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to €3,750 (P46,188) for those buying sexual acts.
FDI precariously dominated by mining
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
Business
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Botswana is largely channelled towards the mining industry, which has welfare implications for the country due to the sector’s low ca...
BMWU plans mass action against BCL management
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
News
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) is planning a mass demonstration in which they will call for the replacement of the current BCL management.
Koko Master D’banj Botswana show postponed to October
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
Lifestyle
Nigerian multi award winner Dbanj’s Gaborone show has been postponed to October 22 at the National Stadium. It will be the first time for the Oliver Twist to perform in t...
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Suspect found hanging in a cell
06 April 2016
Mmegi
A 43-year-old man from Mahalapye was found hanging in a cell...
French MPs outlaw paying for sex
07 April 2016
Mmegi
French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay fo...
Alleged rapist fears other rapists in jail
06 April 2016
Mmegi
FRANCISTOWN: An alleged rapist with more than eight counts o...
BMWU plans mass action against BCL management
06 April 2016
Mmegi
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) is pla...
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BCL Mine a litmus test for govt
06 April 2016
Mmegi
Any minute now, the 6,000-plus workers at BCL Mine will rece...

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BMWU plans mass action against BCL management
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
News
SELEBI-PHIKWE: The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) is planning a mass demonstration in which they will call for the replacement of the current BCL management.
Pupils return amidst unresolved Tshwaragano ablution crisis
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 15:06 pm
Mmegi
News
As government schools opened yesterday, the sticky situation of the Tshwaragano Primary School dysfunctional lavatories was still unresolved. The Gaborone City Council (...
Elephant tusks land Zim man in trouble
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 14:56 pm
Mmegi
News
FRANCISTOWN: A Zimbabwean man, Never Malinga has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of two elephant tusks and entering Botswana through an ungazetted point.
Alleged rapist fears other rapists in jail
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 14:54 pm
Mmegi
News
FRANCISTOWN: An alleged rapist with more than eight counts of rape has applied for bail because some prisoners want to rape him.
Business
FDI precariously dominated by mining
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
Business
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Botswana is largely channelled towards the mining industry, which has welfare implications for the country due to the sector’s low ca...
BSE to continue listings charm offensive
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 14:04 pm
Mmegi
Business
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) will continue its endeavours to lure new companies onto the bourse following the inaugural listings conference held last month.
Changing weather patterns pose greater risk to property
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 14:04 pm
Mmegi
Business
The Botswana Insurance Company (BIC) has urged the public to take risk management as a core component of business and personal planning to alleviate or mitigate possible ...
Gambling operators rattled by new regulations
Tue 05 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
Business
Online and SMS-based gambling operators are in a quandary over the practicality of implementing some of the new regulations, which kicked in last Friday.
Sport
Crippling badminton fight
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 13:51 pm
Mmegi
Sport
The Botswana Badminton Association (BBA) committee plunged into crisis over the weekend after its president, Godfrey Mathumo fired tournament organiser, Emmanuel Kgaboets...
Ostriches focused despite protests
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 13:51 pm
Mmegi
Sport
FRANCISTOWN: Title-chasing Orapa United have said the series of protests in the beMOBILE Premiership will not distract their pursuit.
BFA meets over crisis
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 09:12 am
Mmegi
Sport
The Botswana Football Association National Executive Committee (NEC) meets today over the Botswana Premier League (BPL) crisis. The BFA and the Botswana National Sport Co...
Protests pile as Rollers stretch lead
Tue 05 Apr 2016, 13:08 pm
Mmegi
Sport
Boardroom wrangles are set to continue with reports that both Township Rollers and Miscellaneous played their weekend match under protest. What kicked off as an interesti...
Lifestyle
Koko Master D’banj Botswana show postponed to October
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
Lifestyle
Nigerian multi award winner Dbanj’s Gaborone show has been postponed to October 22 at the National Stadium. It will be the first time for the Oliver Twist to perform in t...
A snowstorm of spoken word approaches Maitisong
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 13:51 pm
Mmegi
Lifestyle
There is nothing like spitting a blizzard of spoken words to heat up a poetry hungry audience. In a country like Botswana with a peculiar reading culture, the only way to...
Jam for Brunch a success story two years on
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 13:51 pm
Mmegi
Lifestyle
Jam for Brunch, the brainchild of rapper Game Bantsi, also known as Zeus, held every first Sunday of the month is still a favourite among its patrons.
Khitty boys, the double team
Tue 05 Apr 2016, 18:00 pm
Mmegi
Lifestyle
Locally and internationally we have come across a pair of celebrity twins such as the German and Mowry twins that always find a way of leaving the audience entertained. T...
Blogs
Opinion & Analysis
Changing male attitudes towards women in Botswana
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 15:16 pm
Mmegi
Opinion & Analysis
OTSE: “We are learning to be better men and to be better parents,” said Olepolotse Othuseng, a young man who grew up without a father present. After completing a UNFPA-su...
Russia’s efforts against terrorism are visible
Thu 31 Mar 2016, 10:42 am
Mmegi
Opinion & Analysis
Terrorism has been growing stronger ideologically and financially and expanding through a connection with transnational organised crime, support from the drug business, s...
Russian embassy dismayed by report
Thu 31 Mar 2016, 10:40 am
Mmegi
Opinion & Analysis
We were disappointed to read the article “It will be a crazy world under Trump” from Mmegi published on Friday, March 18. In the last part of this article entitled “Russi...
Response to BR Express service breakdown
Thu 31 Mar 2016, 10:30 am
Mmegi
Opinion & Analysis
Don’t blame BDP. Blame Botswana Railways Board and Executive Management. Like the many Batswana who celebrated the return of the BR Express, which was commissioned in...
Features
‘Le nyatsa batho’
Fri 01 Apr 2016, 17:38 pm
Mmegi
Features
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Tshenolo Mabeo became emotional, even more so as he painfully expressed himself in Setswana. During the Wednesday press conf...
Finds from the upper Okavango catchment area
Fri 01 Apr 2016, 17:30 pm
Mmegi
Features
At a small village of Jinjanga along the Cuanavale River on the Angolan highlands, a research group interview is underway inside a small smoke-filled grass hut sheltering...
Sama-Phaleche: An eyesore of Jwaneng
Fri 01 Apr 2016, 16:19 pm
Mmegi
Features
JWANENG: The stench from the sewage caused by blocked drains literally greets Sama-Phaleche visitors in Jwaneng. As you join the road that goes between the two fuel stat...
Cry the beloved Barolong farms
Fri 01 Apr 2016, 16:18 pm
Mmegi
Features
Despite the recent heavy rains across the country, farmers in the Barolong area are certain that unless maize and other cereals are imported from South Africa, Botswana A...
World
French MPs outlaw paying for sex
Thu 07 Apr 2016, 09:25 am
Mmegi
World
French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to €3,750 (P46,188) for those buying sexual acts.
Iceland prime minister resigns over Panama leaks
Tue 05 Apr 2016, 18:45 pm
Mmegi
World
The prime minister of Iceland has resigned - the first major casualty of the Panama Papers leaks which have shed an embarrassing spotlight on the world of offshore financ...
Jacob Zuma survives Nkandla impeachment vote
Tue 05 Apr 2016, 18:15 pm
Mmegi
World
Parliament in South Africa has voted not to impeach President Jacob Zuma, despite a court ruling against him.
Massive leak reveals offshore accounts of world leaders #panamapapers
Mon 04 Apr 2016, 07:00 am
Mmegi
World
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.
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Naledi
BAMB e tsaya taolo ya di LAC
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 16:17 pm
Mmegi
Naledi
Monnasetilo wa Khuduthamaga ya BAMB, Lekalana le le itebagantseng le go rotloetsa mmaraka wa dithoto tsa temothuo mo Botswana, David Tibe, a re lekalana leo le itshupile ...
Ditlhabololo di nyeletsa dikgwa
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 16:15 pm
Mmegi
Naledi
Pele ga lefatshe la Botswana le tlhabologa go ne gona le dikgwa di le dintsi tse di kitlanyeng ka ntlha ya ditlhare tse di neng di sa tshwenngwe ke sepe. Mme fa ditlhabol...
‘’K’’ - Mmaborotho wa Masakane
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 16:14 pm
Mmegi
Naledi
MASAKANE: Mo malatsing ano a botshelo bo leng bokete jaaka kgetse ya letswai ntateng ya letlhoko lwa ditiro lo lo golang jaaka kgabo ya molelo e utlwa phefo ya Borwa, ban...
Dikgwa di a nyelela-FCB
Wed 06 Apr 2016, 16:12 pm
Mmegi
Naledi
Lekgotla le le ikemetseng ka nosi le le itebagantseng le go somarela dikgwa mo Botswana (Forest Conservation Botswana) le tsibosa setshaba fa ditshekatsheko di supile fa ...
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Investigations into the alleged financial misgovernance at the Botswana Premier League took a new twist yesterday afternoon when officers from Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) raided the soccer body's offices and took away computers and other documents. The suspended BPL chief executive officer, Bennett Mamelodi and his board chairperson, Walter Kgabung were at the scene when the DCEC investigators swooped on the offices.
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