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NEWS HIV positive teacher jailed for raping student School in shock over Form 1 student’s suicide BDP moves to scrap BMD in F/town Lerala BNF council candidate accuses BDP of sabotage BCP appoints Magam Executive Secretary BCP warned...
Gothataone Moeng 11 October 2013
And why doth they bestride the narrow world like a collosus
Gothataone Moeng 11 October 2013
A stand-by force in Africa is a top priority
In the same week, American special forces were dispatched by President Barack Obama to a Somali beach with one mission in mind - to capture another US-suspected terrorist Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir. That operation was not successful. Three weeks...
Mmegi Editor
| 11 October 2013
Smart people, stupid people and budget politics
Doing policy work in Washington, I tend to be around people who are highly educated and think of themselves as very intelligent. Many of them think of ordinary Americans as being stupid and ill-informed. After all, they understand little about...
Correspondent 11 October 2013
The good and ugly sides of Sata's two years in the saddle
The party is almost half way through its first term of office as the next scheduled elections are in 2016. Assessments of the PF record in office are mixed. While the PF leadership believes that it is on course, the assessment of the opposition and...
Arthur Simuchoba 11 October 2013
Shoshong people heritage
Oftentimes when we look at landscapes of spectacular environments such as Shoshong we only see the bio-physical environment which blurs us from the communal environment that transforms the biophysical into a cultural heritage product. With the advent...
Correspondent 11 October 2013
The new Public Health Act: A different perspective
Epidemics can and have changed history. Eight hundred years ago, Europe was dominated by the feudal system. Half a century later was the devastation left by The Plague, the black death of 1348 that killed an estimated third of the population, making...
Nkiwane Ndaba 11 October 2013
German artist resurrects abandoned house
For over five decades, the hexagonal house has been a haven for vermin and mice and perhaps snakes. Now it looks like Mieth has upset the natural order when she introduced a different kind of sound into the house. The building could...
Pini Bothoko
| 11 October 2013
Another Ndudzo, another masterpiece
The Zimbabwean beat 500 other entrants to win the award. However, he modestly avoids basking in the glory let alone his fathers'. "I hope to one day be mentioned among the greatest artists in the world. Winning at the Beijing Biennale...
Chippa Legodimo 11 October 2013
Shrenuj sells diamonds, jewellery to local market
The firm opened its diamond cutting and polishing factory in 2009, and expanded to jewellery manufacturing in 2011. It has 300 employees, of whom 20% are hearing impaired. In 2011, Shrenuj Botswana revealed that it would invest up to P740 million...
Boitshepo Majube 11 October 2013
Redemption
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating Londons criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man s identity -- transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Banks respond to call for improved service
Government has argued that despite high levels of profitability and solvency among banks in Botswana, the banking system generally does not seem to invest adequately in human capital, payment infrastructure, public education and other social...
Boitshepo Majube 11 October 2013
The English Teacher
An English teacher s life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Red 2
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
R.I.P.D
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Runner Runner
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Smurfs 2
The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer s newest creation - creatures called the Naughties - into real Smurfs.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Tough market awaits BK11 sale offer
The two-year old Boteti sub-district mine has been suspended since last February after the British group cited market and operational weaknesses. As news of a possible full or partial disposal filtered through the market this week, a local analyst...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 11 October 2013
The English Teacher
An English teacher s life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Redemption
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating Londons criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man s identity -- transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Eight mega-corporations battle for 300MW tender
The eight firms responded to the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) for potential developers of a 300 MW greenfield or new facility to be in place by 2019. The REOI was floated early in...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 11 October 2013
Home brews eat into Chibuku's market share
The curious trend is contained in directors' comments as well as figures published recently as part of Sechaba Brewery Holdings 2013 Annual Report, containing commentary on the financial year ended 31 March 2013. The listed group holds controlling...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 11 October 2013
Rush
A re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Smurfs 2
The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer s newest creation - creatures called the Naughties - into real Smurfs.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
We are the Millers
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
IMF predicts lukewarm economy in 2013
In the World Economic Outlook (WEO) report released this week, the IMF says it sees the local economy growing at a steady rate again next year before growth picks up slightly to 4.4 percent in 2015 supported by the base effect of increased...
Brian Benza 11 October 2013
The Way Way Back
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriends daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
The Purge
In the future, a wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Debswana in cautious 10% output ramp
Most of Botswana's markets for diamonds are flat on the back of the sluggish global economic conditions while the Indian market, the largest cutting and polishing centre in the world, has been hard hit by exchange rate and liquidity...
Brian Benza 11 October 2013
Smurfs 2
The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer s newest creation - creatures called the Naughties - into real Smurfs.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
The Call
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girls life.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Grown Ups 2
After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and 400 costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Now you see me
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Elysium
Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Basketball team gets rude awakening in Mozambique
The result mean Botswana is out of contention for a place at the FIBA Under-17 World Championships for Women. Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) public relations officer, James Kalebwe said the whole idea of sending the team to Maputo was to...
Thato Kala 11 October 2013
Golf quartet set for Swaziland tourney
Botswana Golf Union (BGU) secretary general Mpho Kelosiwang told Mmegi Sport that the team will hope to improve its fifth position finish from the Benoni Championships. A the same event one of Botswana players, Stuart Smith bagged a silver...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 11 October 2013
BBA hosts inaugural Baylis memorial tournament
Gaborutwe said that a total of 40 players will take part in the two-day tournament. The BBA plans to make the tournament an annual event to be hosted by different clubs. BBA spokesperson, John Gaborutwe told Mmegi Sport that the tournament will be...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 11 October 2013
Women's league on hold three weeks on
Women Football Committee (WFC) treasurer Oaitse Moeti says they have been in talks with the Botswana Football Association (BFA), which always promises that the payments will be made. He could not say how much the referees are owed save to say that it...
Mosah Mokganedi 11 October 2013
Clash of titans in Mogoditshane
Both teams once tasted the elite league and Mogoditshane Fighters'Coach Enos Mmesi once coached Killer Giants. Killer Giants would want to prove that they had a reason to fire him, Mmesi would also go out there to prove them wrong. The Ramotswa...
Teichler Rankoa 11 October 2013
BMC case to be heard today
Phiri and other members were dealt a heavy blow last weekend when the Botswana Football association (BFA) lifted a suspension of the team and announced that the club belongs to the Social Welfare club of the company. This was after they received...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 11 October 2013
Dodo unveiled as new TAFIC coach
However, Motaung could not be drawn into discussing the length of Dodo's contract. Reports say the coach will sign a results-oriented contract for a season. There will be an option of renewing the contract at its expiry depending on performance,...
Shingirai Madondo 11 October 2013
Do-or-die in F'town derby
Both sides have had a poor start to the season, with TAFIC losing their five opening league matches and conceding 13 goals. They have a solitary goal to their name. The Machimenyenga Boys are currently rooted at the bottom of the league log. Just...
Chakalisa Dube
| 11 October 2013
Was Tshosane's firing a knee-jerk reaction?
Pregnant dark clouds rolled over the Gaborone skies on a day, which had started with the usual Monday blues. The first drops of rain this season were to touch down later in the afternoon and so did the news of Stanley Tshosane's firing. This was...
Mqondisi Dube
| 11 October 2013
We gave Tshosane enough support - BFA
The coach was fired Monday after five years at the helm. Sebego said the coach had a solid team to deliver, but results were not forthcoming. He said before they fired him, they tried to address issues such as the welfare of the players. "There were...
Mqondisi Dube
| 11 October 2013
Skelemani faces defeat
According to an insider within the BDP some members have been rooting for Skelemani's opposition for the primary elections. They claim their actions are purely based on the fact that they can realise that the ship is sinking and they do not want to...
Sharon Mathala 11 October 2013
NEDC looks after the needy
NEDC has been constructing one house each in the following areas: Patayamatebele, Moroka, Shashe Bridge, Jackalas No.2, Matshelagabedi, Makaleng, Mbalambi, Matopi and two houses in each village of Masingwaneng, Tsamaya, Themashanga, Gulubane, Tati...
Pini Bothoko
| 11 October 2013
BIHL vows to improve PSLE results
BIHL Administrator officer Tiro Modimoosi said understanding that they exist among the communities; they (BIHL) in 2007 saw the need to come up with a project to improve results of primary schools. "Our focus this year is education with an objective...
Pini Bothoko
| 11 October 2013
Ghanzi Brigades holds 3rd annual career fair
Among the entities that participated were FNBB-Ghanzi branch, Water Utilities Corporation, Barclays Bank, CEDA, LEA, Botswana Stock Exchange, Botswana Police Service, and New Era College. The principal of Ghanzi Brigade, Edwin Seitshiro, expressed...
Staff Writer 11 October 2013
Gumare post office has Internet connectivity
"We have taken our journey to connect people to each other and the globe with dedication, commitment and devotion," he said. "We are spending sleepless nights not only to make the organisation profitable but to also ensure that we become the service...
Correspondent 11 October 2013
School in shock over Form 1 student's suicide
In another incident at the same school, a fellow student interrupted a boy in Form 3 in the process of hanging himself in the school premises on Tuesday. Moilwa's grandfather, Boy Moilwa, said he received a call that his grand-daughter had committed...
Onalenna Kelebeile 11 October 2013
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