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Ambitious plans for Mmadinare District Show

The lease arrears date back to 1991 when the showground was allocated. Executive Chairman of the District Show Committee, Cornelius Seipato, says the landboard was on the verge of repossessing the showground when his committee, which was elected into...

Onalenna Kelebeile 05 October 2013

Mothibamele to rebuild his political career

Mothibamele says he found himself in a strange position when he anxiously faced the magistrate in a Hukuntsi court waiting to be set free of charges of illegal possession of a government trophy. He spoke to Mmegi after a ruling of no case to answer...

Zolani Kraai 05 October 2013

Pastor refused bail in rape case

Japhet Manika is said to have raped a woman in Francistown about mid last year in Francistown while on transit from Israel to his home country. Manika fought so hard to acquire bail to the extent of quoting the bible to the presiding judge, Justice...

Patricia Edwin 05 October 2013

Clergy warned against turning churches into harems

In his remarks, Sebeelo, who is also the chairperson of Ministers Fraternal, said it had become common for church priests to have many sexual partners within their churches and warned them that it spread the HIV virus. "It happens in most of the...

Pini Bothoko | 05 October 2013

Skeletons tumble out of Kgalagadi Landboard

Matswiri and White revealed to Mmegi in separate interviews recently that justice had to be served so that the truth may prevail. "What really happened between 2001 and 2007 regarding the Tsabong West farms will eventually be known by Batswana and...

Zolani Kraai 05 October 2013

Breastfeeding key in poverty eradication - BOBA

Speaking during the launch of the breastfeeding tour scheduled by the Ministry of Health for this week, Morewane urged politicians and dikgosi to  encourage breastfeeding as a key element in poverty eradication. She said that breast milk is a...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 05 October 2013

Police foil poaching syndicate

Mmegi is reliably informed that two suspects belonging to known poaching syndicates were recently arrested at Motopi in Boteti as they tried to make their way to Gaborone with a consignment of ivory. One of the two men is of Zambian origin while the...

Lawrence Seretse 05 October 2013

A tri-nation approach is what the Okavango needs

The clock is ticking towards the final hour. In less than a year, Botswana will know if the Okavango Delta (OD) qualifies to be inscribed on the World Heritage list. Will the green alluvial fan meet the criteria of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV)...

Nomsa Ndlovu-Gheke 05 October 2013

Seretse attends ICPD conference

Seretse will be accompanied by the Minister of Health Dr Reverend John Seakgosing, officials from the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture, Ministry of Education and Skills...

Staff Writer 05 October 2013

Lawyer argues against closure of SADC Tribunal

Obonye Jonas said this is because respect for human rights and the establishment of mechanisms for enforcing them when violated constitute an indispensable and essential condition for an effective regional integration process and ultimately, economic...

Oarabile Mosikare 05 October 2013

Residents clean up criminal haven

Ward councillor Solomon Dikgang said it was important to do something as thugs who have been hiding in the bushes largely attack students. Incidents of rape in the area reportedly occurred in the mornings when students were on their way to...

Botho Baputaki 05 October 2013

An obituary, a Note and the fanfare

CAPE TOWN: If at the very moment Michelle Potgieter, the Director of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Samsung, brought the company's officials to the top table before the legion of journalists from across the continent, someone had brought a...

Tshireletso Motlogelwa 05 October 2013

Standard Chartered drives up loan book

In the first half of the year, Stanchart's loans and advances to customers increased 26% to P5.7 billion. Speaking at the announcement of the bank's half year results recently, chief executive officer Moathodi Lekaukau noted that their appetite for...

Boitshepo Majube 05 October 2013

Neutering the SADC Tribunal by blocking individuals access

This decision effectively means that the Tribunal will no longer enjoy the power to entertain human rights claims since they are invariably brought to court by natural persons. There are arguements  that the Summit's decision to close the SADC...

Obonye Jonas 05 October 2013

BSE mulls Olympia's delisting

The 11-year-old company, which owns Kalahari Floor Tiles, was on Wednesday suspended from the BSE after a 30 September deadline elapsed for it to submit to the BSE and distribute to its shareholders its Annual Report and AGM Notice for the year ended...

Mbongeni Mguni | 05 October 2013

Study finds two bank loans per borrower in Botswana

Published recently, the IMF's Financial Access Survey is the world's sole data source on global financial inclusion, access and usage on a comparative basis, with this year's edition covering 189 economies. According to the 2013 edition, the number...

Mbongeni Mguni | 05 October 2013

Local business urged to adopt .bw domain

The Botswana Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) or .bw was launched this week in Gaborone, and it is expected to help provide a platform for innovation and creativity, and provide better branding opportunities for local companies. The .bw address...

Boitshepo Majube 05 October 2013

DCEC unearths blatant corruption at Mogo Sub-landboard

In December 2011 the DCEC auditors conducted a corruption audit at the MSLB. The purpose of the study was to assess the land allocation process and management at MSLB, in order to detect systematic weaknesses and recommend corrective measures to...

Oarabile Mosikare 05 October 2013

Botswana's first uranium mine by 2017

With a resource estimate of over 350 million pounds, Letlhakane currently ranks amongst the top 10 largest undeveloped uranium deposits in the world. In the company's 2013 Annual Report released this week, A-Cap announced that a scoping study has...

Brian Benza 05 October 2013

PrimeTime starts work on P90m Central Square

This comes at a time when the CBD is finally beginning to develop a sense of identity as some of the larger developments are now filling with tenants.  While there remain vacancies in some of the key buildings, occupation levels in the market...

Staff Writer 05 October 2013

Ngoni to launch memoirs soon

The award-winning artist told Arts & Culture that the memoir is going to chronicle the challenges that he faced while growing up and the breakthroughs that he has thus far experienced in his career. "The book is about me.  It is about my...

Mmegi Correspondent 05 October 2013

Of Gaborone's first mural and Picasso

Famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso once said: "There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun".  Today, looking at the recently...

Chippa Legodimo 05 October 2013

Cultural groups entertain multitudes

Many people came to enjoy the song and dance among them Vice President Ponatshegeo Kedikilwe and his wife, cabinet minister Shaw Kgathi, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Margaret Nasha, and diplomats. Some of the groups that entertained the...

Teichler Rankoa 05 October 2013

Blood in the boardroom can be avoided

It is very common to hear these words exchanged in the corridors: "We will meet in court," "My lawyer will be serving you with the papers," and "We are not paying a dime." In the world of executive terminations, the stakes are high and some of the...

Nkiwane Ndaba 05 October 2013

Kenya mall siege

This terror organisation had earlier warned Kenya that they would strike and their reason for striking is to try and cause Kenya to pull out its troops from Somalia. In 2010, Al Shabaab struck in Uganda after similar warnings. While the people of...

Richard Moleofe 05 October 2013

Dilo tsa bana ba gompieno!!

Richard Moleofe 05 October 2013

Netanyahu says Iran is 'fooling' all

Delivering a trenchant address at the UN General Assembly in New York, the Israeli prime minister rounded on President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. The Islamic republic's new leader has ostensibly offered 'peace and friendship' to the US and the prospect...

Correspondent 05 October 2013

Insulting Egypt flag, not standing for anthem can lead to prison

The decree follows a media fracas sparked by reports that an ultraconservative Islamist sitting on a committee to amend the constitution refused to stand for a moment of silence honouring policemen killed on duty during a raid on a militant...

Correspondent 05 October 2013

Zuma was involved in 'Guptagate' - report

"On or about 17 April 2013, [Bruce] Koloane phoned me and he informed me that he had returned from the president and that the president wanted to know 'if everything is still on track for the flight'," read an excerpt of the affidavit by Lieutenant...

Correspondent 05 October 2013

AIDS coordinator decries discrimination

    AIDS coordinator decries discrimination  PINI BOTHOKO Correspondent  MATHANGWANE: Tutume Sub-district AIDS coordinator has said that Batswana still look down upon people living with HIV/AIDS. Keneilwe Mmusi said the...

Pini Bothoko | 05 October 2013

Council acts on defaulting tenants

The reminders were issued in August for them to have settled the arrears by end of October. SPTC complained that as a result of unpaid rental arrears, they incurred more costs in payment of subsidy to Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) for leased...

Onalenna Kelebeile 05 October 2013

Filling the gap: Building African managers for Africa

The latest research by the African Management Institution (AMI) shows that the continent is severely lacking in managers with the skills to advance its economy. "Africa is a continent that is going through an economic growth spurt and is brimming...

John Scharges 05 October 2013

Speech by President Ian Khama on Independence Day

We can all take pride in our nation's progress since 1966, from an impoverished colonial Protectorate, to an internationally recognised example of a society that has enjoyed record economic growth and social development as a product of peace and good...

Ian Khama 05 October 2013

Weekend camps for Ireland-bound netball team

The team is scheduled to go into camp for the next two weekends before departing for Antrim on October 25.  Botswana Netball Association (BONA) recently got an invitation from Netball Northern Ireland to participate in the four-nation...

Thato Kala 05 October 2013

BVF selects qualifiers' organising committee

The committee is chaired by BVF vice president in charge of technical affairs, George Keotsene, assisted by Tebogo Tsie (protocol and accreditation), Ruth Mbangwa (logistics), Ndibo Lebala (games organising), Maifala Kenosi (finance) and Martin Nkwe...

Mosah Mokganedi 05 October 2013

Steinmetz Gaborone Marathon donates to charity

The donation was made to Botswana Substance Abuse Support Network (BOSASNet), Camphill Community Trust, Lady Khama Charitable Trust, Bana ba Metsi School and Stepping Stones International from the proceeds of the race. The chairperson of PGM...

Calistus Kolantsho | 05 October 2013

TAFIC battling to regain lost glory

The team has played four games that they have all lost since the season started.  As a result the team is languishing at the bottom of the league table.  Just like another Premier League sleeping giant, Extension Gunners, TAFIC has been...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 05 October 2013

BMC problem was underestimated

The club was suspended for a season after it failed to resolve an ownership dispute which erupted in mid-year. "There were divisions regarding the gravity of the matter. People, including the media, did not believe the seriousness of the matter. The...

Mqondisi Dube | 05 October 2013

beMOBILE expected to renew Premier League deal

Both parties confirmed that negotiations have not commenced, but there are strong indications that a renewal is on the cards. "We hope to make contact before the end of the year," Botswana Premier League chief executive officer, Bennet Mamelodi...

Mqondisi Dube | 05 October 2013

We are not concerned with BMC suspension - be MOBILE

He said they would have been concerned if the matter led to a halt of league activities. BTC sponsors the Premier League through its cellular phone service provider, be MOBILE. Molapisi said their contract with the BPL does not include the number of...

Mqondisi Dube | 05 October 2013

BMC provides ownership proof

The parastatal's spokesman, Tiro Kganela said they provided the proof on Wednesday to Botswana Football Association (BFA). This is despite the expiry of the 14-day deadline set by BFA and the subsequent suspension of the club from football activities...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 05 October 2013

Why BFA, not DC suspended BMC

The club, through its spokesperson, Themba Stimela has argued that only the National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) can take action in the matter. However, Mmegi Sport has learnt that the BFA decided to suspend the club because the NDC did not know...

Mqondisi Dube | 05 October 2013

BMC suspension dismissed as null and void

"The BFA national executive committee does not have the powers to suspend us. Only the national disciplinary committee has those powers," he said. Stimela stated that the BFA will have to give them the letter of suspension if indeed they have been...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 05 October 2013

Kealeboga Dihutso

Kealeboga Dihutso is the Head of News at Dumafm, a private nationwide radio broadcaster. He also hosts a current affairs program called The Chair that airs every Tuesday from 6pm until 7pm. The winner of The 2011 MISA Broadcast Journalist of the year...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo 05 October 2013

Uyapo Ndadi

Uyapo is a lawyer by training and has pushed legal and policy frontiers by challenging the status quo and calling for pragmatic solutions to today's socio-political challenges. As a result of his achievements in advocacy and lobbying work, he has...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo 05 October 2013