Archives
Explore
Home
News
Business
Sport
Lifestyle
Features
Opinion & Analysis
Blogs
Sponsored
World
Full Picture
Featured Videos
More
About Us
Advertise with Us
Archives
Sitemap
Contact us
Sign in
Create account
Home
News
Business
Sport
Lifestyle
Features
Opinion & Analysis
Blogs
Sponsored
World
Select Year:
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
Select Month:
January
|
February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
July
|
August
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
Archives:
Monday September 01
Tuesday September 02
Wednesday September 03
Thursday September 04
Friday September 05
Monday September 08
Tuesday September 09
Wednesday September 10
Thursday September 11
Friday September 12
Saturday September 13
Monday September 15
Tuesday September 16
Wednesday September 17
Thursday September 18
Friday September 19
Monday September 22
Tuesday September 23
Wednesday September 24
Thursday September 25
Friday September 26
Monday September 29
Tuesday September 30
Saleshando loses axe and saw 'theft' case
Saleshando, who is also Selebi-Phikwe West parliamentary hopeful in the October 16 general election, lost the case on a technicality yesterday as the police had charged the accused - Khupe Khupe - with a wrong offence. The accused was supposed to...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Health students graduate tomorrow
The graduation ceremony will be held under the theme 'Transforming Health Training Institution; a challenge for Quality Training and Improved Service Delivery'. The graduating students did the following basic programmes: Dental Therapy, Nursing,...
STAFF WRITER 17 September 2009
Bazezuru swamp F-town after pilgrimage
Thousands of Bazezuru women draped in their trademark white silk garbs and head doeks; and long bearded men with clean-shaven heads swamped the town after they dispersed from their praying ground in the bushes near Shashe Mooke lands. Church...
ISAAC PINIELO
Correspondent 17 September 2009
Our Heritage
Thus, I suggest that in the past few years, Masike's throaty singing of Kgatla dikoma and meopelwana, re-played again and again over Radio Botswana, has been the chosen means of expressing this country's culture. More routinely, the recent reaching...
Sandy Grant 17 September 2009
We welcome BDC investments
Reports indicate that the BDC will invest in a glass manufacturing plant in Palapye. The plant will rely on locally sourced raw materials such as silica and soda ash deposits. This obviously shows that we are making efforts to derive maximum benefit...
17 September 2009
Cartoon Strip 17.09.09
17 September 2009
Success in Afghanistan needs China and Russia
But achieving success in Afghanistan - defined as achieving a sustainable democratic regime able to contain political violence, prevent the reconstruction of a terrorist base with global reach, and dampen a narcotics-funded insurgency that threatens...
*RICHARD WEITZ 17 September 2009
Please prove that Khama is a dictator
Batenegi writes in his letter to the Editor that President Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama is not and will never be a good President. There are certain qualities, which I guess Batenegi is misled to believe are those of a president. First...
17 September 2009
Dingake is misleading Batswana
Dingake raises many questions, all of which are aimed at turning Batswana against President of the State. I do not think Batswana will take notice on failed politicians like Dingake whose only contribution to our politics is the 1998 Palapye debacle....
17 September 2009
Fuel prices push up inflation marginally
For the month of August, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reported this week, annual inflation increased by a marginal 0.1 percentage points to 6.1 percent from 6 percent in July. In a statement, the CSO attributed the slight change to the...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Botswana to have national postal code
The Marketing and Communications Manager for BotswanaPost, Keoagile Rafifing, told Mmegi in a telephone interview yesterday that the system will be launched by the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology. "We have a steering...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 17 September 2009
Law Society to scrutinise Motswaledi judgment
The judges held that Khama could not be sued because as State President, he is protected from suits for actions he carries out in his official and private capacity, and dismissed the case with costs. The outcome of the case means that Motswaledi...
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Slizer is bestseller
The data was verified by an independent body, the copyrights office, which administers the hologram device, which started to be enforced last year to authenticate the originality of CDs and DVDs, sold in the country. According to the Hologram's...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Berray Bone House album to be launched with a live band
Berry Bone will be backed by Gavin Banton's popular band Brand New Vibes, as he launches a house album described by one of mud studio engineers, Thabo Makhaya as a mixed bag of house tunes. Makhaya, who also had a hand in the production of the house...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Thabiso's reality TV show to premier September 21
Thabiso told Showbiz that Botswana Television (Btv) had to watch the clips of the show before it could go on air, resulting in renegotiation of the content, meaning that some clips had to be edited out to meet the expectations of the...
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Matona a Koma, growing in stature and spirit
Their dress code when on stage make them look like those lowly paid security guards, but that is the image they are proud of and one that they do not plan ditching any time soon because it was those same "men in uniform" who inspired them to start a...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Correspondent 17 September 2009
GU suspends Sandaka, Gwandu
Captain Itai Gwandu and striker Sageby Sandaka have been sidelined because the club thinks they were behind players' demand for higher bonuses from the P1 million they won for bagging the national title. Although club officials could not be reached...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Mogotsi set to shine at Gunners
Having been overshadowed by the likes of Dirang Moloi, Keoagetse 'Barnes' Radipotsane, Jackie Mothatego and Tebogo Sembowa at Notwane, the 26-year-old midfielder started shining at the start of last season when all these players were on the...
TSHEPO MOLWANE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
ECCO, TAFIC welcome Independence Cup
ECCO spokesman Unabatsho Mathalaza and his TAFIC counterpart, Jones Mosweu have said the tournament will help the two teams assess their new signings as the be MOBILE Premier League gets underway. "The Independence Cup is one of the competitions...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 17 September 2009
BNOC post still vacant
The post has been vacant after Reikeletseng decided to vie for BNOC presidency albeit unsuccessfully while his would-be successor, Bobby Gaseitsiwe ,pulled out of the elections at the last minute even though he was unopposed. The new committee was...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 17 September 2009
Electricity tariffs to go up?
The South African company in June hiked power tariffs by 30 percent in the country but Botswana tariffs were not affected. Botswana imports more than 40 percent of its electricity from South Africa, particularly Eskom. Reports have been showing that...
STAFF WRITER 17 September 2009
Namibia backs govt of national unity
Over 300 delegates from across Africa attended the conference that started on Monday organised by the International Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Parliament of Botswana and the Frederick Ebert Foundation. The debate on Government of National...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
World HIV/AIDS figures go up
He was speaking at the World Health Organisation Sub-Regional workshop in Gaborone yesterday. The theme of the three day workshop is: 'Strengthening linkages between Sexual Reproductive Health (SHR) and HIV: Sharing evidence and best practices". It...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
BCP protests Moshupa school invite
The BCP chief coordinator in Moshupa constituency, Sethibe Sethibe has written a letter to the head of Diratsame Community Secondary School (CSS) about the matter saying it is tantamount to her participating in the BDP campaigns. "We strongly feel...
LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent 17 September 2009
Health official identifies obstacle in malaria control efforts
He explained that implementing malaria control strategies is complex because it does not just dependent on how much they can deliver, but mainly on the acceptance by the communities. He explained that to address the obstacles, they have developed an...
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
IEC releases voting timetable
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) secretary Gabriel Seeletso said yesterday that citizens living abroad go to the ballot early so that their votes can be collected and relayed to their constituencies in Botswana to be counted on October 16....
EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Two Batswana jet-off to Japan for post-graduate studies
Ame Thato Selepeng and Itumeleng Seitshiro will be in Japan courtesy of a collaboration between AKITA and the Botswana University of Science and Technology (BIUST). The two were the best from 104 applicants who showed interest in the scholarships....
CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI
Staff Writer 17 September 2009
Motswaledi moves to Court of Appeal today
Last Friday the Chief Justice Julian Nganunu, Justice Isaac Lesetedi and Justice Ian Kirby dismissed with costs Motswledi's application citing Section 41 of the Constitution that protects a President from court proceedings. Advocate Sidney Pilane...
STAFF WRITER 18 September 2009
Court to rule in child abduction case
Moroka convicted Sekgoma on Wednesday after she found that the state had proven its case during the trial that had dragged on for over two years. Moroka found that most of the state witnesses had successfully identified Sekgoma even though she did...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 18 September 2009
Justice leaves family of murder victim enraged
They say if they had the necessary resources, they would appeal the sentence to put the man away for a long stretch of time.Boitaudi Otukile, a single mother of four was 43 years when she was killed in front of her children at Sekgarapane farmlands...
GALE NGAKANE
Correspondent 18 September 2009
Immunity or impunity
In the build-up to the acrimonious High Court case, Mmegi satirist Selefu portrayed President Ian Khama as a turtle. The head of the turtle is partly covered by a big shell of presidential immunity while above the head is a swinging knobkerrie. The...
18 September 2009
Shoshong will be BDP-BNF battleground
It is no contradiction of terms to suggest that five years in politics could be a short time too. You do not have to look any further than the Serowe constituencies to see the metaphor of 'the more things change the more they stay the same' at work....
GIDEON NKALA
Staff Writer 18 September 2009
The story of my shoe
In the name of God, the most gracious and most merciful. Here I am, free. But my country is still a prisoner of war. Firstly, I give my thanks and my regards to everyone who stood beside me, whether inside my country, in the Islamic world, in the...
18 September 2009
Tales of horror at a DRTS office
When President Ian Khama was sworn-in, there was this speculation that public servants would improve on delivery but this could not be further from the truth, some say. As if that were not enough, Khama's government introduced tough regulations and...
GASEBLWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 18 September 2009
Govt to upgrade national payment system
The Assistant Minister of Finance, Keletso Rakhudu, told delegates at the just- ended Southern Africa Banking Conference that the review of the payment system is part of the government's pursuit of ensuring financial stability and development in the...
STAFF WRITER 18 September 2009
Private sector must steer clear of politics - Dewah
Dewah said this at a workshop organised by BOCCIM, the government and the European Union's Non-State Actors (NSA) Programme in Francistown this week. He was presenting on The Role of the Private Sector in a Democracy. "The private sector, being...
PATRICIA MAGANU
Staff Writer 18 September 2009
BNPC's Lebang retires
Lebang's request to Government not to renew his contract this time around was accepted by the then Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Daniel Kwelagobe in March this year under whose Ministry the BNPC falls. In 1997, he...
18 September 2009
FNBB's expansion pushes profits up
In a statement, the bank, which is now the largest in the country in terms of profits, says it registered an 8.7 percent increase in Earnings Per Share (EPS) to P0.16. Net interest income grew by 30.6 percent to P522.9 million on the back of a 10.9...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 18 September 2009
DK dumps Barata-Phathi?
A BDP insider confided to Mmegi yesterday that something could be wrong after Barata-Phathi leader and BDP chairman, Daniel 'DK' Kwelagobe has cut a peace deal with President Ian Khama without informing his allies in the faction. The confusing state...
RYDER GABATHUSE
Staff Writer 18 September 2009
Informatix receives BOBS award
Informatix is a software application technology company whose focus is to retain added value and income from the ICT industry within the Botswana economy. At a ceremony at Yarona Lodge in Mogoditshane on Monday, the Botswana Bureau of Standards...
MARTIN NYIRENDA
Correspondent 18 September 2009
Consumer Watchdog
Last week I got to the office to find a message waiting for me. The local manager of a South African chain of furniture stores had called and wanted something from me. I won't say which chain it was so they don't get embarrassed....
18 September 2009
Kgope scoops Thapong Artist of the Year, 2009
Speaking about this year's awards, the coordinator of Thapong, Reginald Bakwena said, "Thapong Artist of the Year, 2009 features art in all its diversity such as photography, installations, painting, drawing, sculpture and craft. The overall...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Staff Writer 18 September 2009
Backstage
The Day After Peace is a documentary produced by the Peace One Day movement. It is being shown on Monday September 21 at the A/V Centre at Maru a Pula. The event is open to all and is free. It asks the question "What will you do to make peace...
18 September 2009
It is summer at Wilderness again
Reviewed by SHERIDAN GRISWOLD The Rowing Lesson earned Anne Landsman this year's Sunday Times fiction award. It was promoted recently in Botswana as part of a selection of new books of merit from South Africa. The Rowing Lesson was written at the...
18 September 2009
Ian Khama born to be controversial?
When we returned to London from Oxford, I went to the Trafalgar Square and bought a copy of the Daily Telegraph. It was probably the only British newspaper that morning which carried a two-paragraph story from Africa with a three-word headline:...
ALFRED MULENGA
Correspondent 18 September 2009
"There are strong and weak judges"
This decree not only introduced legislation by military Decrees and Edicts but forbade the Courts from inquiring into the validity of those Decrees and Edicts. It also suspended and modified several provisions of Nigeria's 1963 Republican...
DUMA BOKO 18 September 2009
A combination of freedom and bad choice
The start point should be fundamental freedoms in our constitution. All these freedoms may be curtailed by law or acts authorised by law. In order to get relief an aggrieved party has to prove that such law or authorised act is not reasonably...
LEDIRETSE MOLAKE 18 September 2009
Decision-making in the face of crisis: some lessons for Botswana - Part 2
This is usually easier said than done as most decisions are made within limitations of time and information, increasing the likelihood of most decision-makers relying on assumptions and heuristics. Hammond, Keeny and Raiffa (1998) in their work The...
* GABRIEL MALEBANG 18 September 2009
We can keep Malaria at bay
It is around the rainy season that malaria prevalence reaches its peak. Many Batswana, particularly in northern Botswana, have fallen victim to malaria attacks and unfortunately many lives have been lost in the process.It is unfortunate that major...
18 September 2009
Seretse suffers double tragedy
She lost her mother who died at Gaborone Private Hospital (GPH) at about the same time.Reports reaching Mmegi say the businesswoman lost money and valuables, including laptops. She was in the company of a cousin whose identity has not been...
KOPANO OLESITSE
Correspondent 18 September 2009
Subscribe
Receive latest and breaking news via email
Submit
Have a Story? Send Us a tip
Invalid key
Send