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Spar Netball League resumes
A couple of weeks ago, the launch of the 2012 Botswana Netball Association (BONA) Northern Zone Netball League was marred by non-attendance by some clubs in what could have otherwise been a mouth-watering start to the league in Sowa Town. TASC, who...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Selebi-Phikwe hosts Morongwa chess tourney
BCF secretary general, Kelapile Kelatlhilwe said the top 30 players from junior school students' tournament that was held in Serowe would play against their seniors.The aim of the tournament is to develop and further strengthen chess in schools....
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 08 June 2012
BOKA lifts Ryshin-Kan suspension
BOKA spokesperson, Jerry Ditlhong said after a thorough assessment of the appeal the association realised that there were issues that they had overlooked in their ruling. BOKA does not have the right to suspend the committee or the style itself...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Botswana replaces SA as karate championships hosts
South Africa was given the right to host the event, but indicated that they were unable to do so last month.Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) president, Million Masumbika told a press conference on Wednesday that Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Namibia...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Btv to screen Zebras-Bafana Game
There was confusion over whether the game would be aired after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) warned the Botswana Football Association (BFA) that Btv would not be allowed to screen the game because they are not using terrestrial mode as...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 08 June 2012
How 28.5% became a pass mark
Thursdays are hardly marked as important days in sports. However, Thursday 12 April 2012 assumed a new meaning to local soccer followers after a four-person panel met in Gaborone to decide the future of the Zebras' technical sponsor. Under...
08 June 2012
Off the ball
Name: Michael Junior PepukaniPlace Of Birth: Selebi-PhikweDate Of Birth: 20-04-89 Sport: FootballNational Team Caps: Under-17 (4), 20 (6), Under-23 (6) Mmegi Sport: What is your favourite place outside the field of play?Michael Pepukani: HomeMmegi...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Satmos prepares for tough First Division life
The Selebi-Phikwe side lasted only one season and was officially relegated last week after a 2-1 loss to Notwane.Sambandawe admitted that they woke up late, which cost them their place in top flight football. He said they found teams, which had...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Ngele, Modise key driving forces
Both did not have much say as their sides struggled for fluency in the last matches. Ngele only recovered from injury this week and sat out the Central African Republic match, which the Zebras lost 2-0, while Modise came on in the last 17 minutes of...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Re-scheduled Premier League matches on this weekend
Mochudi Centre Chiefs play Nico United while Township Rollers face TAFIC on Sunday after Premier League prosecutor, Tshiamo Rantao found that no one was to blame for the May 5 chaotic scenes. The matches were cancelled after three sides, Rollers,...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Perseverance pays off for Systems
By 2002 they had established themselves as a big force and changed their name to Security Systems since the majority of the management and players were from the security company.Two years later, former Gaborone United (GU) utility player, Kaelo Wire...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Fearless!
Zebras' coach, Stanley Tshosane sounded modest as he threw down the gauntlet ahead of tomorrow's crunch tie against neighbours, South Africa at the compact UB Stadium. Kick-off is 3:00 pm.Tshosane, idolised for taking the national side to their first...
MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Volumes of refuse to double by 2025
Borne by local authorities and ultimately taxpayers, the cost of refuse collection and disposal will similarly explode in the next 13 years, as rubbish volumes ride on rapid industrialisation and urbanisation.Gaborone, whose refuse management...
STAFF WRITER 08 June 2012
Book review
Alexander McCall Smith (2012) The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection. London, Little Brown, 263 pages, paperback. P205, ISBN 978-1-408-70261-1. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection is Alexander McCall...
Sheridan Griswold 08 June 2012
Back stage
Mirror Mirror (2012) is now at the New Capitol Cinemas. It had its opening three months ago and has been received as a 50/50 film by both the critics and the public - an unusual degree of consensus that rarely happens across the two groups of cinema...
Sasa Majuma 08 June 2012
Covert wars, waged virally
The stunning revelations by Sanger, The New York Times's chief Washington correspondent, about the American role in using computer warfare to attack Iran's nuclear program already have made headlines, and rightly so. He persuasively shows that...
*THOMAS E RICKS 08 June 2012
Dramaboi - Chronicler of township life
There are two kinds of music groups; those that reach their sale-by-date in the blink of an eye and those that leave an everlasting impression on their fans. Thuto Ramphaleng, affectionately known as Dramaboi, is the latter. Even though...
08 June 2012
Artist Tau's paintings reflect his rural upbringing
Born in Tonota, Tau grew up in a humble family and like many of his peers herded cattle and worked at the lands most of the time. While these chores were carried out of a sense of responsibility, it offered the young Tau a chance to discover and...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Consumer watchdog
If you lie in court you'll get into trouble. Once you've sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and it's then discovered that you lied you may well end up enjoying that special form of State hospitality called prison. You...
08 June 2012
Confusion as MoU on Diamond institute collapses
A verbal war, witnessed by Mmegi, erupted among officials of the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), the Diamond Hub and a visiting Indian Diamond Institute (IDI) over lack of consultations and clarity of roles in the project. This...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Matsiloje Portland Cement makes P5.9m loss
The firm's chairman and owner, Mukesh Josh attributed the loss to the firm's failure to reach its maximum production capacity. "The firm has the capacity to produce nearly 100 tonnes of cement in a day but we produce only 60 tones a day since we...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Billionaire family ups stake in Wilderness Safaris
Tollman, the billionaire family empire with hotel and leisure companies across the world, has spent about P37 million to increase its stake in the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed tourism concern, Wilderness Safaris, by five percent. The family...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff writer 08 June 2012
Turnstar mulls establishing land bank
Turnstar asset manager, Bonolo Moagi told Mmegi Business that property investors face the challenge of lack of land. She said acquiring a land bank will also give them a competitive advantage in the property market. "We are looking for reasonably...
KEIKANTSE LESEMELA
Correspondent 08 June 2012
NewGold ETF runs out on high demand
New units of the Botswana Stock Exchange's gold ETF ran out on Monday, as domestic and offshore investors made a rush on local assets as part of a global turn to emerging markets, away from troubled Western economies. Units of the NewGold ETF, a...
STAFF WRITER 08 June 2012
Incompetence bust ministry's budget -PS
According to the 2011 Auditor General Report, the MLG overspent funds warranted to them by P15 million due to the P23 million over-expenditure by the department. MLG officials attributed the development to a technical error in the government...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Nitty Gritty
The very private interview with the absolutely anonymous and private member of the party continues. As you know my dear reader this interview was not easy to organise either. We had to smash a lot of private parts together to get it to happen. Last...
Barolong Seboni 08 June 2012
Questionable absence of DPSM at the ILO convention in Geneva
The absence of the Department of Public Service Management (DPSM) in Geneva for the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference is a painful and shocking realisation given the department's role as an employer of over 110,000 public service...
* GORETETSE KEKGONEGILE 08 June 2012
British High Commission celebrates Diamond Jubilee
The event was also hosted to pay tribute to the relationship between the countries. Anderson said that she found it fit to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their queen's reign in Botswana, known as the Diamond Jubilee, as it has been celebrated...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Mokaila does not promote entrepreneurship
It is very true that the tourism sector is being sabotaged by Minister Kitso Mokaila. In addition, Batswana are not at all consulted about policy development in the tourism sector. We cautioned and warned the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and...
08 June 2012
BFTU responds to BOFEPUSU allegations and false claims
2. BFTU denies that it has "joined forces with the government to strike Botswana off the list of 'rogue' countries". The impression created is that Botswana was "removed" or "blocked" from the priority list of the 24 worst violations due to BFTU-Govt...
08 June 2012
Digging tswana roots
At a time when many African languages like Setswana are struggling to maintain their relevance in an increasingly complex 'global village' that flexes them to near breaking point, and as more and more young people stick to English as their main...
L.M.Leteane 08 June 2012
The travesty of justice marches on
Batswana should be worried how their country has been reduced to a fiefdom in which just one man decides everything. President Khama has single-mindedly ignored calls for a review of the Constitution of the Republic that makes a mockery of democracy...
08 June 2012
Selefu 08 June 2012
08 June 2012
MoH introduces new diarrhoea vaccine
Rotarix (RV1) will be added to the schedule along with a Pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13. The vaccine will be given in two doses - orally at the age of two months and three months at an interval of four weeks between the two doses, according to a...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
OP team helps revamp 'House of Hope' garden
This emerged last week when OP staff members visited Gabane village to breathe new life into a vegetable garden that belongs to Gabane 'House of Hope': a home that used to accommodate homeless people and those with disabilities. Since its occupants...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Spar Supermarket former employee's case withdrawn
Tawana Molao a former administration officer of the chain store, situated at Nzano Mall in Francistown, was charged with stealing by servant in February 2008. Molao was alleged to have stolen P17,600 belonging to the supermarket. Senior Magistrate...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Stocktheft on the rise in Bobirwa
Speaking at an anti-stocktheft workshop at Molalatau Kgotla on Wednesday, Mazwiduma said No 10 District, which covers Bobirwa and some parts of Tswapong and the Central District, recorded 290 stocktheft cases last year.He said it was disturbing that...
08 June 2012
Bird conservation tunes echo through Kgatleng
But this time around it was Dikhwaere with a difference. For the Kgatleng Performing Arts Commune (KGAPACO) in conjunction with Small Grants Programme/Global Environment Facility (SGP/GEF) and Birdlife Botswana organised a musical and educational...
ARNOLD LETSHOLO
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Court withholds bail to save 'abortionists'
FRANCISTOWN: Two women accused of murder were saved a possible mob lynching in their home village of Tonota when the magistrate court here denied them bail this week. Senior Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalu said he could not grant the women bail...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 08 June 2012
How Mogae lost the battle for Panda Farms
In an exclusive interview with Mmegi recently, Mogalakwe who was chairperson of the Farmers Association (the pioneer farmers in Pandamatenga) then, revealed how the National Development Bank (NDB) used all tricks to drive Batswana farmers out of the...
BAME PIET
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Woman accused of stealing church money
Superintendent Vusimusi Jorowe said it was the first time his police station has handled a case of this nature, where a trusted church member was caught with proceeds from the church amounting to P6,300. "I urge people not to trust anyone, not even...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Two Batswana granted bail, Zim accomplice denied
However, Senior Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalu granted the Zimbabwean’s two Batswana co-accused bail. Mulalu said he would not grant bail to 25-year- old Thulani Ndlovu because he was a foreigner. “The accused does not have travel...
BONTE SEEPI
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Private sector urged to support new anti-graft code
BAAC - a product of collaboration between DCEC and BOCCIM - was born upon realisation that corruption can only be adequately addressed if cooperative alliances are built between businesses, government and civil society. The project officer,...
ONALENNA MODIKWA
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Kalafatis scandal - OP responds
Whilst it is not in dispute that the President acted within the confines of the law and in exercise of the powers vested in him by the Constitution, which everyone seems to be aware of, it would appear there are some quarters who seek to challenge...
* JEFF RAMSAY 08 June 2012
DIS pressure behind Kalafatis pardon
Sources within both the Military Intelligence (MI) and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) say the fact that the three men, who were foot-soldiers for a few men connected to the high office could stay in jail, proved that no-one was...
TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA
Staff writer 08 June 2012
UN says Syria blocked access after report of mass killing
Addressing a session of the 193-member General Assembly at the UN devoted to the Syria crisis, Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general, said that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria had lost all legitimacy in the 16-month-old uprising against him and that...
08 June 2012
GUS denies adultery allegations
The Assistant Minister of Health, Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri, has denied allegations that he had sexual relations with a married woman who worked for him as a maid. Matlhabaphiri appeared as a second witness before Extension II Magistrates Court in...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Correspondent 08 June 2012
Busy weekend for outgoing BCPYL president
Manyepedza will be in Francistown to bid farewell to the BCP's North East region youth as he steps down from his position as their president at the end of June. He will be accompanied by vice-president Dr Dithapelo Keorapetse, who will succeed him...
CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
BPP holds annual conference
BPP, along with the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and the Botswana National Front (BNF), forms the Umbrella. Usually the BPP holds its conference in July but its leadership conference last year in Nlapkhwane decided on an early conference...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 08 June 2012
Convicts appeal gets state approval
The High Court also concurred with Justice Phadi Solomon saying she would give reasons why she was in agreement on June 22. Appearing before Justice Solomon at the Francistown High Court on Wednesday, John Gunda appealed that his sentences should run...
KUSHATHA TABENGWA
Correspondent 08 June 2012
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