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Chakalisa Dube 29 October 2013

Clearly we didn't learn from the Munhumutapa bogus deal

Everyone raised their ears as the ‘saviour’ in Kubara had come to save Botswana football. As it turned out, it was just a charade and everything about Kubara and his millions turned out to be bogus and just a pipe dream. It was...

Thuso Palai 29 October 2013

Rollers win injects new sense of belief

Chiefs were fast running away with the league, but were quickly hauled back after a 2-1 reversal at the UB Stadium handed them their first defeat of the season. Rollers, battling their own demons before the big Gaborone match, looked assured. They...

Mqondisi Dube | 29 October 2013

Mourinho backs down on threat to field youth team

Yet the Portuguese will still not select players who featured in Sunday's win over Manchester City. The Chelsea manager was incensed to learn that the match at the Emirates would be staged so soon after City's league visit, the Football League...

Correspondent 29 October 2013

Cairns clinches New Zealand date after Masters triumph

The second position went to Remmy Kebapetse of Jwaneng Club while Masters debutant, Khumo Kebalatetse of Selebi-Phikwe Club finished third. Botswana Bowling Association (BBA) spokesperson John Gaborutwe told Mmegi Sport that by winning the...

Calistus Kolantsho | 29 October 2013

Breezy Boy rides motswako breeze

In fact he believes he has a big role to play in advancing the movement in Botswana.  He has overcome many hurdles to record his first solo studio work, a single titled Yellow Bone. "As you know, motswako is a kind of hip hop with strong links...

Chippa Legodimo 29 October 2013

Tshepo Tshola serenades Gabs Sun

The occasion was the Thank God It's Friday (TGIF) dinner party, an initiative by Gaborone Sun meant to treat its clients to a weekend of music and socialising. The Village Pope's voice and his highly charged band had a largely mature audience...

Mpho Tlale 29 October 2013

Motswana writer wins Kola award

 The Kola award is an initiative of the African Street Writer,a Nigerian based online site that encourages creative writers from across Africa to submit their works that are in turn published on the site.Tshipa has won under the Short Story...

Mpho Tlale 29 October 2013

MC Maswe tries his luck in acting

But whether the controversial artiste made the list of 21 out the 53 people who turned up for the auditions is not certain.  Botswood is looking for talent for its planned short-story videos in the near future following a high demand for their...

Shingirai Madondo 29 October 2013

Botswana advances in World Championships qualifiers

The feat comes after the national menÕs team won the zonal title on home soil a fortnight ago. In Zambia, the Botswana women did not drop a set, although they faced stiff competition from second-placed Mozambique, which also advanced in the...

Mosah Mokganedi 29 October 2013

Matlhaku resigns from Gunners

"I handed over my resignation on Sunday," he told Mmegi Sport. Matlhaku had been given a two-match ultimatum. Under his watch, Gunners have collected four points from nine games this season. The poor run continued over the weekend when they lost...

Thato Kala 29 October 2013

The PAC has done its job

In his analysis, Modubule laments the lack of measures in place to deal with civil servants who fail to comply with government financial regulations, a failure that he notes often results in government projects being completed way after their initial...

Mmegi Editor | 29 October 2013

Will former mayors save F/town?

Monarch South councillor Ignatius Moswaane and Satellite South councillor Buti Billy have thrown their names in the hat to be considered for Parliamentary seats. Moswaane recently won the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary elections as part of...

Boitshepo Majube 29 October 2013

Norilsk to sell Tati Mine, BCL stakes by 2016

This process, which will start in 2014, is part of the group’s new strategy, which will see it focus on top performing large assets. In Botswana, Norilsk Nickel Africa  owns 85 percent  of Tati Nickel Mine,the other 15 percent is...

Staff Writer 29 October 2013

US recovery lifts Wilderness profits

For the six months period ended 31 August 2013, the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) listed company's profits jumped to P48 million from P287 million in the previous period as revenues increased by 16% to P778 million.  South Africa and Botswana...

Staff Writer 29 October 2013

Turnstar to capitalise on lucrative Tanzanian market

Gulaam Abdoola, Turnstar managing director stated that the Tanzania property market is lucrative with good returns. "Return on investment in the Tanzanian property market is 100% higher than locally," Abdoola said at the presentation of the company's...

Boitshepo Majube 29 October 2013

Japan donates to Botswana Red Cross

The contract for the grant was concluded and signed by the Ambassador of Japan to Botswana, Hiroyasu Kobayashi, and the Secretary General of Botswana Red Cross Society, Mabel Rammekwa, in Gaborone last Friday. "The funds are intended to go towards...

Boitshepo Majube 29 October 2013

NGOs praised for their contributions

He said this at the NGO council visibility workshop that was held at Adansonia Hotel last Friday that attracted NGOs from Francistown, North East and Central Districts. He said that over the years, the spirit of voluntarism from many community...

Pini Bothoko | 29 October 2013

Batswana urged to visit Kenya

At a joint press briefing with Kenya Airways, in Gaborone yesterday, Kimani said Kenya is ready to move forward as everything is back to normal. She pointed out that security has been stepped up to flush out any threat to her country. "Our security...

Boitshepo Majube 29 October 2013

BCP postpones primaries to focus on F/town by-election

"The BCP executive recently learnt that those vying for party primaries in Francistown were focusing on their campaigns because the date for the primaries is fast approaching. Instead people should be assisting the Francistown West by-election...

Chakalisa Dube | 29 October 2013

Man loses two plots to Phakalane Estates

Samuel Mpaesele has been found to be in breach of a condition of title deed that requires the purchaser to erect on the property a single family residential building. The crux of the appeal was on whether the public notice published in the...

Staff Writer 29 October 2013

BNF unleashes Bathobakae on Gaborone in Tlokweng

Bathobakae overcame Sekgopi Bogatsu over the weekend in the BNF primaries by 375 to 231 votes. Gaborone will have to face off with Fashion Katse in the BDP primaries to contest the Tlokweng Constituency in 2014. Tlokweng is one of four...

Isaiah Morewagae 29 October 2013

Ministry of Health deceived sex workers - Ndadi

Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, he said that organisations representing sex workers and men who have sex with other men like Sisonke and LEGABIBO were asked by government to participate in a study ostensibly meant to understand them better to ultimately...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 29 October 2013

Sexual exploitation rife in schools

The most recent research suggests that students in Botswana are abused by their teachers, especially girls who end up being deterred from participating actively in class and seeking academic excellence for fear of attracting unwanted attention from...

Lawrence Seretse 29 October 2013

No apology

LSB wrote a five-page letter to Dibotelo last Thursday demanding an apology by end of business on Friday, but to-date the CJ has remained defiant. The Registrar and Master of the High Court Mike Motlhabi has also become difficult to locate as his...

Staff Writer 29 October 2013

A culture of impunity exists in the civil service

My experience as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has shown that some of our civil servants have developed a culture of impunity, which culture must be stopped before the nation’s coffers are exhausted. I do posit that this culture is...

Correspondent 29 October 2013

US Spying Scandal: Senate intelligence committee orders review

The committee's chair, Diane Feinstein, said eavesdropping on leaders of friendly nations was wrong. She said the White House had told her such surveillance would stop, but a senior administration official told the BBC there was no policy change so...

Correspondent 29 October 2013

A village in futile protest method

The Letlhakeng West constituency is where the BDP won a hotly-contested by-election recently at which President Ian Khama ordered a temporary shutdown of ministries to deploy the Cabinet Ministers en bloc to campaign for the party candidate. ...

Michael Dingake 29 October 2013