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In the Friday Paper

Gothataone Moeng 25 October 2013

Berkhof's 12 most irritating little things

Out of a sheer wish for survival, I will not go into the little but regular irritations that occur between a man and his female companion in a relationship. All those who have been in a steady relationship for some time know that the alliance between...

Ferdinand Berkhof 25 October 2013

Nigerian army 'kills dozens' of Boko Haram suspects

The raid involved "ground and aerial assault" and "led to the destruction of the identified terrorist camps," said army spokesman Lt Mohammed Dole. North-eastern Nigeria is the focus of an insurgency waged by Boko Haram in its bid to create an...

Correspondent 25 October 2013

Lack of sponsorship cripples BOTESSA

BOTESSA secretary general, Mosalagae Moalosi said it is difficult to attract sponsors, which hampers their ability to host competitions. He said the other disadvantage is that their members are scattered across the country, which makes it expensive...

Mosah Mokganedi 25 October 2013

Yarona hosts Roscoe Bonna speed chess tournament

BCF public relations officer, Keenese Katisenge told Mmegi Sport that the speed chess tournament is open to everyone including players from outside the country. She explained that chess fans favour blitz because each player is given five minutes to...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 October 2013

Big clash moved back to UB Stadium

There was confusion yesterday as to where the game would take place. The Botswana Premier League (BPL) had earlier this week stated that the game would take place at the Molepolole Sports Complex. By Wednesday afternoon, Rollers revealed that the...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 25 October 2013

Basketball players slammed for drinking alcohol at games

President of the Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) Kabo Khama expressed the concern during their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Palapye last Saturday. “Excessive alcohol drinking by basketball players at games is a topic that comes up...

Shingirai Madondo 25 October 2013

Leburu feels fate brought her to squash

She knew little about the game back in 2006 and would occasionally hear her friend, Lucky Motshabi, talk about it. She was never moved, until she decided to go and watch her friend. “The first time I went to the squash...

Thato Kala 25 October 2013

Explosive weekend on the cards for soccer fans

The weekend clash between Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers adds a local touch to the excitement. With Gaborone United slipping into the background, the Chiefs-Rollers encounter has emerged as the be MOBILE Premier League’s headline...

Mqondisi Dube | 25 October 2013

Shot in the arm for Mascom Top 8 losers

The increment was announced by Mascom Chief Executive Officer Jose Viera Couceiro at the launch of this year’s edition of the competition in Gaborone yesterday. Teams that will crash out of the tournament in the quarter-finals will each pocket...

Mqondisi Dube 25 October 2013

Stranded Vilakazi, Ngwenya threaten to quit Notwane

The players have been shifting from one hotel to another and at press time yesterday, the situation had worsened, as Gaborone Sun refused to release their luggage because of unpaid bills.  Sources say the two players stormed Lekidi Centre,...

Monnakgotla Mojaki 25 October 2013

What is wrong with the landboard system?

Tribal land comprises about 71% of the national land area, state land makes up 25% of our land and freehold the remainder of just over 4 percent. Consequently, tribal land is a major national resource. Prior to 1970, the chiefs administered all...

Correspondent 25 October 2013

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Correspondent 25 October 2013

NACA stats call for cautious optimism

This was the period during which former President Festus Mogae’s government was engaged in a battle with the HIV/AIDS scourge that threatened to wipe out the human race if something was not done as a matter of urgency. Lest we forget too...

Correspondent 25 October 2013

Clock ticks as Aussie miner sues govt

Mount Burgess says it spent Aus$14 million (P114 million) between 2003 and 2012, on various studies and activities on two Ngamiland sites, eventually proving mineralisation of 33 million tonnes of both zinc and silver. It applied for a two-year...

Mbongeni Mguni | 25 October 2013

Boseto output falls marginally

For the quarter under review, the volume of material mined was down by 4.5 percent to 8.96-million tonnes, with the company milling some 615,000 t to produce 11,943 t of concentrate. Copper in concentrate production was down 6.5 percent on the...

Mbongeni Mguni 25 October 2013

Banking sector competition nears fever pitch

While for nearly 30 years into the early 1980s, Botswana had only two commercial banks - Barclays and Standard Chartered - today the local sector has 10 aggressive players targeting various market strata. In addition, major microlenders, such as...

Mbongeni Mguni | 25 October 2013

MCM seals 150,000t EU export deal

The colliery completed its P1.5 billion expansion last year, boosting its production from approximately one to 2.8 million tonnes of coal per annum. While the expansion was primarily targeted at greater supplies to its main customer, the Botswana...

Mbongeni Mguni 25 October 2013

Morupule B delays drag budget into deficit

This is as a result of an unbudgeted P1.2 billion government outlay to the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) for emergency power procurement, following the delay in generation of electricity from Morupule B Power Station.  The P11 billion...

Brian Benza 25 October 2013

Organisers of Poetavango Festival keen to avoid another 'bikini' embarrassment

To prevent a repeat of last year’s incident when local poet, Berry Heart appeared on stage in a red bikini and declared her love for President Ian Khama in her performance, the organisers have organised a dress rehearsal. The eccentric attire...

Boniface Keakabetse 25 October 2013

Amos and Gops embark on charity tour

He said his group Black Brothers has decided to join forces with Gops and Radijo because they have experience in the music industry and charity issues. He said  many Batswana, both young and old are still living in abject poverty, hence the need...

Teichler Rankoa 25 October 2013

BoFiNet targets regional market

  BoFiNet  targets regional  market Boitshepo Majube Correspondent Botswana Fibre Networks (BOFiNet) is targeting clients from across the world and expects to sign international companies to its fold soon, Business Week has learnt....

Boitshepo Majube 25 October 2013

Where has all the creativity gone?

Ramogobya announced on social media, with a picture of his coveted work permit saying: “This is a permit given to foreigners that possess exceptional skills or qualifications that are scarce in South Africa”. Considering his illustrious...

Thalefang Charles | 25 October 2013

Boko responds to 'BNF in messy state' article

It is even more so in the case of the Botswana National Front (BNF) which attracts the most attention and media speculation. It is important to set out the facts very briefly lest the nonsense being bandied about acquires a semblance of...

Duma Boko 25 October 2013

Why we have to be globally competitive (Part 1)

The report remains the most comprehensive assessment of national competitiveness worldwide. I am a faithful reader of the GCR due the increased level of globalisation over the past decade, which means that for us to prosper we have to be able to...

Duma Boko 25 October 2013

Why men leave their pregnant partners?

Raditlhokwa also cited other possible reasons as to why men flee when baby comes into the picture.  When a woman falls pregnant, he says, such men leave because they are hit with a realisation that they do not love their partners.  He...

Pini Bothoko | 25 October 2013

Landboard raises concern over absentee landowners

The land authority’s Systematic Land Registration Project requires owners to register their plots to enable the Ministry of Lands and Housing to know who owns what and where in the country. Morokotso said absentee landowners are behind the...

Botho Baputaki 25 October 2013

Poverty still grinds on in Sehonou

SEHONOU: After spending P1,509,788 in a poverty eradication workshop that had all the pomp and ceremony with Vice President Ponatshego Kedikilwe performing the official opening, this remote village in Serowe South constituency has reverted back to...

Botho Baputaki 25 October 2013

'He fondled my breasts!' (Part 1)

There is a plethora of laws governing employment legislation and sometimes it seems that, no matter what action is taken, there is always a law suit pending in the courts against employers.  Organisational culture is key to understanding how and...

Nkiwane Ndaba 25 October 2013

Peacekeeping missions: A lost opportunity?

Botswana benefited a lot in its debut mission by learning from other countries that served along with it in Somalia. Later, the Americans withdrew all their forces out of the troubled Horn of Africa and handed the mission over to the United...

Richard Moleofe 25 October 2013

Super Spar gutted by fire

Phillip Theron told Mmegi that the fire broke out at around 7am. “The fire started in the kitchen. It is likely that it was caused by an electric fault but investigations will be carried out to find out the cause,” said Theron.  He...

Lebogang Mosikare | 25 October 2013

Verbatim: The words of a predator smuggler

Mmegi: Would you kindly tell us where you live and what you do for a living? I am a small-scale farmer who spends most of his time at the cattle post when big cat buyers from South Africa do not keep me busy. One used to have a farm near...

Zolani Kraai 25 October 2013

Down Syndrome association calls for inclusion

The Vice-Chairperson of DSAB Binta Tobedza said at a ceremony where the association received a cheque donation from GetBucks yesterday that there is need to move away from the current arrangement where teachers are graduates of general special needs...

Baboki Kayawe 25 October 2013

CoP must pay "humiliated" officers - judge

FRANCISTOWN: Two police officers that had sued the commissioner of police for unlawful arrest and detention yesterday left court smiling after Justice Gaolapelwe Ketlogetswe ruled in their favour. However, the judgments were less than the P80,000...

Patricia Edwin 25 October 2013

Rural communities lead voter registration

IEC Chief Elections Officer Dintle Rapoo said they are yet to investigate the low voter registration in urban areas as it has become an established trend. "We do not know whether people in towns are all workers who are busy with their jobs to have...

Mosarwa Othusitse 25 October 2013

Remarkable progress against AIDS

Malawi comes first with a 72% reduction in HIV incidences. Third is Rwanda with a 53% reduction, followed by Zimbabwe at 50% and South Africa at 41% reduction. Swaziland, the country with the highest HIV and AIDS prevalence in the world, is sixth...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 25 October 2013

The CJ's dilemma worsens

In a strong worded five-page ultimatum issued last night, LSB says Justice Dibotelo’s decision not to share his controversial circular with the organisation is a sign that he has no regard for the society. LSB argues that it has repeatedly...

Bame Piet 25 October 2013

Doctors fight in front of patient

This newspaper is informed that other doctors had to rescue the situation by continuing where the two doctors left off. The spokesperson at Bokamoso Hospital Masego Lekgowe confirmed the incident and the suspension of two doctors.  Though the...

Mosarwa Othusitse 25 October 2013

Dada caught up in SA land furore

He ascribes the allegations to the jealousy of a competing businessman. But a spokesman of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Papiki Babuile, told Mmegi yesterday that there is a land dispute in Lichtenburg where Dada is currently building his new...

Lawrence Seretse 25 October 2013

Arsonist pledges to help police arrest real culprit

Appearing before Senior Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalu yesterday, Mgcini Ncube, 34, said he was not responsible for burning the huts as alleged by the prosecution. Ncube told Mulalu that the shoe prints that were found at the crime scenes were not...

Lebogang Mosikare | 25 October 2013

BDP mulls postponement of primary elections

Chairman of BDP electoral board, Parks Tafa told Mmegi yesterday that the Central Committee will meet next Monday to decide whether to postpone the primaries as some party members have suggested. “We are having a problem of membership cards...

Mosarwa Othusitse 25 October 2013

Underhand moves to disqualify Tshekedi opponent suspected

At the centre of the furore is reportedly a ploy to disqualify Prince Kgwaneng, who is a fierce challenger to incumbent Serowe North West MP, Tshekedi Khama, a younger brother to the President Ian Khama. Tshekedi is also the Minister of Environment,...

Ryder Gabathuse | 25 October 2013