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As i see it
According to a survey conducted not so long ago, President Khama is the most popular leader in Botswana. It’s a puzzle why this is so because a different survey conducted by another research group found that Batswana are the most...
Michael Dingake 20 March 2013
Watson keen to return to the fold
Watson, the vice-captain, was one of four players dropped from the third Test after they failed to respond to a request for feedback from the team management. His decision to fly home to Sydney to be with his pregnant wife raised questions about his...
20 March 2013
Shillinde ineligible to play for Botswana
Zebras' coach Stanley Tshosane was running the rule over the 21-year-old player after he was recommended by FIFA-licensed agent Comfort 'Big Fish' Ramatebele. Tshosane, however, confirmed the passport issue had ruled the player out. "We were not...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 March 2013
BMC, ECCO to lose company sponsorship
Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) have announced that they will gradually pull out of the sponsorship they had with two Premier League clubs, BMC and ECCO City Greens as part of rationalising and realigning the new BMC as a company. The company's...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
Rollers, GU to clash in Mascom Top 8 - again
The two giants were drawn together again yesterday in one of the most anticipated football events this season in Gaborone. The two traditional rivals clashed in the same stage of the competition last season with Rollers progressing to the finals via...
BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
Passion Play billed for Rasesa
Brincat is again taking theatre to the outdoors with his new vision for a locally inspired, Passion Play, billed for March 23, 24, 30 and 31 at Rasesa. "Last year's Passion Play was an enormous success. We were so inspired by the response, we have...
STAFF WRITER 20 March 2013
Jazz artist Trinity doing well in Canada
Speaking to Showbiz in an interview, the artist said he has had the opportunity to perform at big events in the country."Some of the major performances that I have staged ever since I came here include performing alongside multi-nominated jazz singer...
GASEBALWE SERETSE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Music compiler explains issues of artists, songs and politics
Drew Ciadhall Letsebe is a music compiler at Yarona FM; the first ever for that job around the local radio industry.He explains his job as being in charge of everyday play list of he shows. He examines music brought to their youthful radio station...
OAGENG BATENEGI
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Azonto fever grips Wizards
Over the last two years, the much-loved dance craze has dominated Ghanaian dance floors and further made waves across West Africa and beyond. Azonto went viral in 2011 and became the West African country's first pop culture phenomenon to have gained...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Blasts at Nigeria bus park kill at least 20
The Sabon Gari area of the city where the explosions occurred was cordoned off by soldiers after bloodied bystanders fled the scene in panic, according to residents.Kano, the largest city in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north, has been repeatedly targeted...
20 March 2013
Stop the rot now - Judge
''Many people think that [the] government is corrupt. But the fact of the matter is that corruption is a two-way process,'' the retired Constitutional Court judge said at a public lecture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban on...
20 March 2013
Malema misses SARS R16m debt deadline
Malema filed a notice of intention to oppose the application at the Pretoria High Court on February 18 and had until Monday last week to file his answering affidavit.According to a court document dated March 14, Malema "failed to file an answering...
20 March 2013
Zimbabweans vote in favour of new constitution
Tallies from regional counting centres published by state-controlled daily The Herald found 3.1 million voters of a total of nearly 3.4 people who cast their ballots had approved the supreme law.The paper said 200, 000 people rejected the proposed...
20 March 2013
I kept Mthethwa updated on Marikana: Phiyega
Phiyega, dressed in a black skirt-suit with a yellow jacket, sat with her hands folded on the table as evidence leader Mbuyiseli Madlanga asked her questions. Madlanga asked if it was necessary to inform Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa about the...
20 March 2013
Levelling the playing field with Competion Authoruty
Is the Competition Authority really independent? Can it really bite? These are some of the many questions that are consistently thrown in our direction as we engage with the public. The rhetorical questions are posed consistently across the spectrum...
Gideon Nkala 20 March 2013
Textile exports plunge 67 percent
Bank of Botswana figures released recently indicate that in 2012, textile exports averaged P152.4 million per quarter, swinging from a high of P330.4 million between January and March to a low of P79.3 million in the second quarter. By comparison,...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
Govt introduces new youth loan scheme
"The Youth Industries Scheme is available to fund existing businesses involved in production and packaging and is only available to a group of 5-10," Seboni told a one-day business seminar to motivate the youth to utilise services offered by Botswana...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Mmualebe
Go itaya ka gale go raya go betsa mo e leng gore ga se selo se se monate, ga re se rate, e bile le molao go na le fa o sa se letleleleng teng. Go na le melato mengwe e e reng fa motho a e dirile a bo a ka atlholelwa thupa, ke gore go itewa, mme fela...
Sebofo Motshwane 20 March 2013
Selefu 20 March 2013
20 March 2013
Our heritage
But in those days, everyone thought water. They had no choice in the matter. When something is scarce, it is valued and safeguarded. When the government ensures that it emerges plentifully from a kitchen tap, we become complacent and leave it to do...
Sandy Grant 20 March 2013
UDC decriesgovt corruption
They observed here at a political rally on Saturday that government never engages private advocates to investigate ministers and legislators implicated in high profile corruption cases. Botswana National Front (BNF) activist Ntona Masilo said law...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
JICA offers to help train Botswana workforce
In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, JICA programme officer, Mothusi Tiyedze, said that the association that was officially registered in the country on December 7, 2012 aims to send more Batswana for further studies especially government officials...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
St Josephs PTA appeals to minister
During the meeting, parents raised concerns over their budgetary constraints which have affected the food rations at the school.They explained that because of the high numbers of learners, they regularly experience food shortages. They further...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Soldier's psychiatric report not yet out
Thebe Njavera did not regain his freedom after prosecutor, Alexander Pale told the magistrate, Sijabuliso Siziba that he should remain in remand pending the release of the test results. Phale said he expected the results to be ready in the next two...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Mbulawa denies challenges over ASB helicopters' maintenance
In an interview with Mmegi, Mbulaw a refuted claims that the ASB has been struggling to maintain its fleet, whether through manpower or financial resources. He added that since the establishment of the unit they have trained 12 technicians and...
VICTOR MUYAKWABO
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
Mochudi replaces Kgatleng in constituency re-naming
MOCHUDI: Although the delimitation commission felt that there was a need to create a third constituency in Kgatleng, this could not materialise because its mandate was limited to realigning the boundaries of existing constituencies, the Chairman of...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Fight over Seretse Khama's borehole
Because most of the herdsmen have died, their relatives are the ones tussling in court. The applicants Keikantseng Ntlogelang (wife to late herdsman Ntlogelang Lesole who was the foreman) and Sealemang Mpuang (wife to the late Oshoma Mpuang),...
PATRICIA EDWIN
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
Ghanaian gives local varsities fundraising advice
In a paper titled The Concept of Cost Sharing that is to be presented today at the Tertiary Education Council (TEC) Conference, finance director of Ghana's Cape Coast University, Elizabeth Obese advises that university services such as printing...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
Selebi-Phikwe hospital manager Fired
In an interview with Mmegi Mafoko confirmed that he received a dismissal letter on March 7. He added that he intends to appeal the dismissal. Mafoko refuted allegations that he had fired two hospital employees; a nurse and an orderly. He said...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 March 2013
SPTECO to adopt CEFE methodology
Speaking at a CEFE workshop organised by the Selebi-Phikwe Economic Diversification Unit (SPEDU) Regional Development Agency here recently a lecturer at the college, Kgaufelo Nthokane explained that the literacy rate and the entrepreneurship skills...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Batlokwa lose land battle
Further the members of the Batlokwa tribe wanted the court to halt any dealings with the disputed plots until their issue has been resolved. Judge Gordon Lecoge ruled that the 17 appellants have failed to make a case to further halt dealings with the...
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer 20 March 2013
Mabiletsa wants DIS budget slashed
The Bill seeks that organisation 0200's budget, (Directorate of Intelligence Service - DIS), be reduced by the sum of P100,000,000, in respect of Account No. 0221, regarding Development Funds Estimates, by transferring it to Organisation 2500, in...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Khama-AU's serial truant
He further stayed away from a summit of African, Caribbean and Pacific group of countries last year, Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Ramadeluka Seretse told Parliament this week. He said Khama only attended three of the seven Southern...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 20 March 2013
Botswana - predator or prey?
The world is generally very unkind to small states, particularly so to small islands and even more so to landlocked small countries like Botswana. There are literally scores of such small states in the world and the evidence appears...
ROMAN GRYNBERG* 20 March 2013
Of Bakgatla, kgotla and song
It is 8 o'clock in the morning at the Bakgatla main Kgotla in Mochudi. Then arrive the suspended deputy chief Bana Sekai, suspended chief representative, Segale Linchwe, and Kgosi Kgafela's youngest brother Mmusi.Usually when Kgafela is around, he...
20 March 2013
Botswana is Toyota country
Anyone who claims to have never listened to RB1 either by choice or default is, well, very untruthful to put it mildly. It has been said before and I will say it again - Botswana is Toyota country. Of the next 10 vehicles that will pass by any...
DESMOND LESETEDI
Correspondent 20 March 2013
The developmental state and the BDP's staying power
In a book chapter published this month titled "Monopoly Politikos: An Account of a De Facto One-Party State and Lack of Regime Change in Botswana," University of Botswana political science lecturer, Dithapelo Keorapetse, sheds light on the factors...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE 20 March 2013
Moleleki Mokama:an intellectual extra-ordinaire
Mokama was born in 1933 in Maunatlala to the late Mokama Moleleki and Dikeledi Moleleki. He did his primary schooling in Maunatlala and Madinare and being blessed with a keen intellect, he went on to complete his secondary education at Moeng College...
Kgomotso Molelekeng
Correspondent 20 March 2013
As i see it
According to a survey conducted not so long ago, President Khama is the most popular leader in Botswana. It’s a puzzle why this is so because a different survey conducted by another research group found that Batswana are the most...
Michael Dingake 21 March 2013
Mmualebe
Go itaya ka gale go raya go betsa mo e leng gore ga se selo se se monate, ga re se rate, e bile le molao go na le fa o sa se letleleleng teng. Go na le melato mengwe e e reng fa motho a e dirile a bo a ka atlholelwa thupa, ke gore go itewa, mme fela...
Sebofo Motshwane 21 March 2013
Our heritage
But in those days, everyone thought water. They had no choice in the matter. When something is scarce, it is valued and safeguarded. When the government ensures that it emerges plentifully from a kitchen tap, we become complacent and leave it to do...
Sandy Grant 21 March 2013
Can the Zebras stir back to life?
A win is a must for Stanley Tshosane's side if they still fancy their chances of qualifying for the World Cup, which will be for the very first time.On the other hand, if they lose, they might as well forget about Brazil. Zebras are currently lying...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 21 March 2013
Nico chairperson fired
One of the main reasons that are said to have broken the camel's back is that Raditshego failed to negotiate appearance fee for Nico players during the Mascom Top 8 second leg and that he failed to bring the fixture to Selebi-Phikwe.Speaking to Mmegi...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 21 March 2013
Amos sets new 400m record
Amos' silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics came from his favoured 800 metres, but he has lately been running in the 400 metre races. Efforts to get Amos, who has relocated to South Africa, were futile, but the runner wrote on his Facebook page:...
MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Staff Writer 21 March 2013
Stars coach clears air on Tsotso's injury
The Rustenburg outfit had released the former Santos and Township Rollers attacker for Sunday's crunch World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa before recalling him for a medical exam on Monday. Ngele went back to his base on Monday, but...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 21 March 2013
"Brother Sthini" takes Kalanga music to another level
Tlhaloganyo says the hit song, recorded at Grammar records in Zimbabwe, called Khirisimosi is sang in his mother-tongue Kalanga which always excites him. The track which is rhythmical and is easy to relate to since its lyrics are about the...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 21 March 2013
'Fashion means everything to me' - young designer Khupe
He states that his life revolves around fashion, which is why he has to make a statement whenever he can.In an interview with Showbiz, Khupe states that he fell in love with fashion from a younger age. He mentions that he drew inspiration from...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 21 March 2013
Motamma Sesinyi - epitome of beauty with brains
The 27-year-old beauty who describes herself as both beautiful and intelligent is pursuing a Master in Science (MSc) at Botswana College of Agriculture. She says she was raised by strict and highly disciplined parents who believed in the...
EUNICE MASIE
Correspondent 21 March 2013
Khuli Chana comes back to Bots
This is not his first visit to Botswana where he sometimes comes just to relax and mingle with friends.He can be spotted mostly at Riverwalk when he is here on leisure, but he was last seen in Botswana attending to business at the Phakalane Golf...
KGOMOTSO MOLELEKENG
Correspondent 21 March 2013
Botswana celebrates theatre
The organisers of the theatre activities confirmed the development in different interviews saying programmes include discussion on the state of theatre in the country, theatre performance, play-reading, music, and dance and poetry performances.Edward...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 21 March 2013
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