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SPAR to announce improved deal
SPAR Group recently agreed to renew its partnership with BONA for another year. With the renewal, BONA is expected to revise its strategy, as the sponsors were unhappy with some aspects ranging from administration to the standard of the...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Cricket U-19 squad off to Kampala
The team consists of 14 players and will fly to the Ugandan capital via Nairobi, Kenya.Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) secretary for fixtures and publicity, Sumod Damodar, said that the tournament is an eight-nation event, which will be played in...
SYLVIAH DISELE
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Orapa only three points away from title
Nicknamed The Ostriches, Orapa is in pole position to clinch the Debswana First Division North League title and gain automatic promotion to the biggest league in the land.Orapa is still on top of the log table with four games remaining. The club from...
SHINGIRAI MADONDO
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Motor sport chief to visit Botswana
Botswana Motor Sport Association (BMSA) secretary general Joseph Khengere confirmed to Mmegi Sport yesterday that they have been in consultations with the FIA since affiliating to them earlier this year and the president will pay a visit to...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
Letlhafula: A befitting festival for Batswana
Letlhafula, which is in its 13th year running, has been so successful that each year it has both Batswana and non-Batswana eagerly anticipating it. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, the Managing Director of Botswanacraft Oliver Groth said...
MPHO TLALE
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
Modise's smash album to hit the shelves
The album title, according to Modise, who is commonly known as Belerutwana, talks mostly about friends who come with different agendas and that some are not incapable of deceit and malice while others are humane.He describes the title track as an...
BARATI MATHAMBO
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Youthful line up for City Takers gig
The concert will take place on the Game City Terrace, with several youthful outfits including X-Caliber, The Transmitters, solo artists Bokamoso 'MVP' Mokola, Daniel 'Danny L' Mmemo set to perform at the event.Botswana's first gospel Hip-Hop disc...
THATO KALA
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Uganda police shut down newspaper, radio stations
Police raided the Daily Monitor, Uganda's most-read independent paper, and disabled its printing press and website on Monday after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son for...
22 May 2013
Massive Oklahoma tornado kills dozens
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in Moore after the deadliest US tornado since one killed 161 people in Joplin, Missouri, two years ago. Emergency crews...
22 May 2013
Libyan guns may be killing Central Africa's elephants
In a report to the United Nations(UN) Security Council, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said elephant poaching was a growing security concern, particularly in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad and Gabon.Ban said the illegal trade in ivory...
22 May 2013
Boko Haram 'in disarray'
Officials reported that 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation intended to crush the insurgency in the north-east.In their biggest offensive since the insurgency began in 2009, Nigerian forces are trying to chase...
22 May 2013
No fallout with Zuma over Guptas-Mantashe
"Did the president take us into his confidence about the relationship between him and the Gupta family?"I'm not sure if that is necessary," he told reporters in Johannesburg."It is not the business of the [national executive committee of the ANC who...
22 May 2013
Levelling The Playing field with Competition Authority
Under Section 29(1) of the Competition Act, any agreement or arrangement between a holding company and its subsidiaries or companies which are vertically integrated is exempt from the provisions of section 25(1), 26(1) and 27, all of which prohibit...
22 May 2013
Integration bottlenecks hinder Africa's potential
SWIFT, a global cooperative providing a platform for financial institutions to send and receive information on financial transactions, is holding its 20th African Regional Conference in Gaborone until Thursday. This year, the organisation, which has...
MBONGENI MGUNI
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
Bullish property market overtakes 2012 bustle
According to preliminary estimates from real estate experts Knight Frank, the strong appetite for newer and upper grade office space is likely to power demand past the 2012 full year uptake before the end of next month. Speaking at a CBD development...
BRIAN BENZA
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
Selefu 22 May 2013
22 May 2013
Mmua-lebe
Etlaa re gompieno re boe re etele Naledi gape. Fa re latlhela matlho mo go yone, re kopana le kgang e e buang ka loeto lo mongwe wa bakwadi ba yone a kileng a lo tsaya go tswa mo Gaborone go ya kwa motseng mongwe o o bidiwang Dikwididi kwa Kgatleng...
22 May 2013
Not wise putting all our eggs in EU basket
It is also a fact that since Independence, the EU has been an invaluable market for our exports, especially beef, minerals and textiles in more recent years. Compared to other markets, the EU offers some of the best prices for these...
22 May 2013
Establishing an MGH/Harvard-Botswana partnership
A robust working collaboration between the Harvard community and Botswana has existed for over a decade through the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP).As a result of a year's worth of planning and leveraging connections between MGH and...
22 May 2013
US embassy hosts discussion on gender-based violence
The objective is to bring together key stakeholders - community leaders, officials from government and the National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA), NGOs, gender researchers, and youth leaders - to determine a set of specific actions to reduce GBV in...
22 May 2013
Stigma still surrounds HIV/AIDS
The study was conducted by John Hopkins Bloomberg (School of Public Health) and amfAR, in partnership with Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) the results of which are presented in a report titled "Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation...
LERATO MALEKE
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Sefalana robbery puzzles police
Police Detective Assistant Superintendent, Movel Langa, told Mmegi that it is surprising the criminals got inside the shop without the knowledge of the guard. He doubted the guard's claims that he did not hear the sound of the powerful explosives the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Govt announces new wage rates
However, agriculture industries, which are rated monthly, have been excluded. The following industries saw an increment from P4.20 per hour to P4.50: Building, Construction, Exploration and Quarry, Wholesale Distributive Trade, Manufacturing, Service...
BABOKI KAYAWE
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
Ecotourism guideline to be implemented this year
Rapelang Mojaphoko told the Botswana Guides Association (BOGA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Maun Lodge recently that the implementation will result in the opening up of the reserves for tourism activities. She explained that opening up the...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 22 May 2013
KDC blames school heads for textbook crisis
Speaking during the ongoing second session of the ordinary full council meeting in Molepolole recently, Leo told the house that the education department in Kweneng was allocated P12.6 million for the 2012/13 financial year to procure textbooks and...
NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Fear as serial killer strikes
Residents of Sebina and surrounding villages claim that the same person is responsible for the spate of rapes, robberies and murders that have rocked their villages, but officer Commanding Number One District, Israel Tuelo says there is no conclusive...
22 May 2013
No more students sponsored abroad
"This year we have screened only 55 young Batswana to be sent to study abroad. They will be leaving around September/October but next year, there will be no selection because we no longer have money," the Department of Tertiary Education Financing...
PINI BOTHOKO
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Mine employee charged with theft
Obonye is charged along with Daniel Kabelo (24) and Meshack Motsamai (24), who are both unemployed. The state alleges that the three broke into Enock Tsholofelo's tuckshop on February 15, 2013 at Dukwi Village in the Central District and stole goods...
LEBOGANG MOSIKARE
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Strike looms at BCL Mine following salary talks
Malele told Mmegi yesterday that BMWU is currently dealing with modalities of the strike that is expected to start soon. He said since it will be a legal strike, they want to play by the rules to ensure there are no casualties. The date for the...
CALISTUS KOLANTSHO
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Judge reinstates RIPCO exit package
Justice Mothobi set aside the notice on the basis that Dr Matz Mosienyane, who wrote the letter of notice, did not have the authority to revoke the agreement between the company and the National Amalgamated, Local and Central Government and...
GOTHATAONE MOENG
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
Overtime allowance creates tension in schools
It emerged during a visit by the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Skills Development to Selebi-Phikwe Secondary School on Tuesday that the stipend has led to the mushrooming of clubs whose activities overlap into weekends in schools. During...
ONALENNA KELEBEILE
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
Our heritage
I have elsewhere made the point that the only project in this country which was formally opened by HRH the Duke of Connaught, Princess Marina's relative and the British High Commissioner in Pretoria in the 1920s was the Bakgatla National School - for...
Sandy Grant 22 May 2013
UN calls for sanctions on Central African Republic rights abusers
Margaret Vogt also told the council that a neutral security force should be deployed to "contain the current state of anarchy" in the mineral-rich state, where the Seleka rebels seized power on March 24, toppling President Francois Bozize. "The...
22 May 2013
Talking HIV and Human Rights
BONELA aggressively lobbied Members of Parliament to reject the bill for lack of consultation with Batswana and relevant stakeholders.More chiefly, BONELA raised concerns on the contents, particularly because they went against well established...
Uyapo Ndadi 22 May 2013
Lonmin miners return to work after strike
Preliminary figures for the morning shift are 86 percent," said company spokeswoman Sue Vey. She said discussions were continuing about the issues which formed the basis of the workers' demands. "The company believes that returning to work and...
22 May 2013
Beyond upbeat about global tourism award
Dignitaries, tourism operators and world travel media practitioners had the opportunity to see the award during it's unveiling at &Beyond's donation of six rhinos to the Botswana government in the Okavango Delta recently. Amongst the...
BONIFACE KEAKABETSE
Correspondent 22 May 2013
The challenges and opportunities of economic diversification
Wisdom can be attained when minds interact as often as possible. In addition to the two cents worth of contribution that I made to the debate, the forum allowed me to use other people's minds as a catalyst to my own growth and understanding,...
BAROLONG MOUWANE 22 May 2013
Bikes with aeroplane engines!
When it comes to being free spirited, no one comes close to doing it better than bikers. They are a fearless lot who seem to live by a simple mantra of living now and dying later. A bike on its own is a curious thing, even the most underpowered...
22 May 2013
Beefing up Botswana livestock industry with science
What we need to do is to test its eating quality and promote it in steak houses in the same way that the Scottish are doing with Aberdeen Angus. Livestock expert *Prof OARABILE R. MADIBELA argues that we need to brand and promote Tswana cattle in the...
22 May 2013
Booster: a photographer, a businessman
The man of many names: Booster Galesekegwe - Bucho Lesire, Buzzy T, Mr Botswana or Mzwinila. He had a grand entry at Mmegi. He was just one of the guys - young and outgoing. One of the traits that would define his short life manifested itself in his...
MODIRWA KEKWALETSWE 22 May 2013
African banks need to work harder - report
The independent 2013 report, which is yet to be released, uses the Customer Satisfaction Index comprising convenience, customer care, transactions, methods and systems, as well as pricing and product services as key factors to measure customer...
LAWRENCE SERETSE
Correspondent 22 May 2013
Etcetera II
Her husband was obliged to help her out after the nurses had refused to be involved. Subsequently, it was stated, the hospital refused to provide a birth certificate because this had not taken place in the hospital. The Hospital authorities are...
SANDY GRANT 22 May 2013
Kingdom-0-Metre
Mothers mother us long before we are welcomed into this world to be duly socialised into the human beings we become. Mothers suffer excruciating, unimaginable pains as they labour to birth us. This is after carrying us for nine months, protecting and...
DUMI MMUALEFE 22 May 2013
Issues in Education
While the factors could be categorised as in-school and out-of-school factors, this will focus more on the role of the school in contributing to that problem and how it can be curbed. One of the things that society and schools in Botswana and...
D. MOLEFE
O. PANSIRI
S. WEEKS 22 May 2013
The Winners Code
But some of them thought that this was not right: "Shouldn't we have a king to rule over us?" So they set off in search of a king. As they looked high and low about the swamp, with not a whit of an idea as to what a king should look like, they heard...
GEORGE CHINGARANDE 22 May 2013
As i see it
There are straws in the wind that Domkrag despite its huge majority of 43:14 in parliament, is becoming palpably more and more nervous on the eve of next yearÕs general elections. Notwithstanding the advantages Domkrag enjoys vis-a-vis the...
Michael Dikgake 22 May 2013
We hail the Public Accounts Committee
The meeting, the 51st, will be held from May 20 to June 14. According to a press release from the National Assembly, the purpose is to examine the accounts of government for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 and is in accordance with...
22 May 2013
First cut
Every time the Confederation of African Football CAF) hosts African Nations Cup (AFCON) finals, the leadership of the organisation under the presidency of Issa Hayatou always comes under scrutiny.For donkey years now we have been told how inept and...
Dennis Keagile 22 May 2013
Boxing to appoint new national team coach
Incumbent, Khumiso Ikgopoleng's term expired last year. "Current coach Khumiso Ikgopoleng's term came to an end after last year's Olympic Games and the (BoBa) president will make an announcement on the executive committee's decision about a new...
FREDERICK KEBADIRETSE
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
First Division committee to petition BFA
League secretary Sidney Magagane has told Mmegi Sport that his committee had written a letter of complaint which was due to be forwarded to BFA by yesterday. "The issue of sponsorship is one of them because like the teams were are just in the dark...
CHIPPA LEGODIMO
Staff Writer 22 May 2013
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