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Chippa Legodimo 18 November 2013
Tasc get second win of the season
The win not only secured TASC a second victory of the season but helped the Francistown side to move into the top four on the log. It is a welcome relief following three draws in four outings prior to the Saturday match. TASC were without a coach...
Shingirai Madondo 18 November 2013
BMC continue poor run as softball league starts
The Lobatse side lost all its matches at the UB Diamond in Gaborone on Saturday to continue a pathetic run from last season. In the first match, they got a 14-3 hammering from UB Giants and fell by a similar score to Panthers before a 15-0 thrashing...
Thato Kala 18 November 2013
BDF xi rub salt into chiefs wound
It was a match on everyone's lips after the High Court ordered the fixture to go ahead despite Chiefs being involved in a friendly match on Saturday night. BDF XI would feel it was a double victory after their successful application to the High...
Mqondisi Dube
| 18 November 2013
Sandaka's brace hands BMC first win
It was BMC's first win of the season.The Lobatse side showed intentions to grab maximum points as early as the second minute when they raided the TAFIC goal and threatened to take the lead. Hendrick Moyo failed to put BMC ahead in the 17th minute...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 18 November 2013
High riding Rollers Down
Although both teams resorted to a neat passing game in the first half, there were no notable scoring opportunities until the second half. ECCO enjoyed more possession, but ran out of steam late in the second half. The weekend win means Rollers are...
Chakalisa Dube
| 18 November 2013
Magstimela trounce Spiking Stars
However, Spiking Stars were undone by their lack of confidence as they lost momentum midway through the game. While they played well, Stars ended up on the losing side and still anchor the 10-team log. Attackers, Lorato Chizake, Ngirl Wright and...
Chakalisa Dube 18 November 2013
Script Writers get a chance
The winner will pocket P20,000. Principal Performing Arts Officer Bopelo Gaathusi said the winner's script would be used by different drama groups for their plays during President's Day Drama Competitions. The theme script is "Beyond...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 18 November 2013
Ub hosts poetry festival
The event which was held at the University of Botswana (UB) Library auditorium attracted quite a large crowd that came to witness the 2nd multilingualism and poetry festival. Kick starting the programme was the sounds of Quaint who prides...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 18 November 2013
Mabutho blows audience away
The minute she stepped onto the stage, the audience fell in love with her bubbly personality, but more than that they were mesmerised with her poetry. The well attended show dubbed, 'To Get Free' opened with the poet and songbird accompanied...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 18 November 2013
Barcelos Rail Park opens
The day started on a wrong footing though with rains causing delay of the proceedings, and forcing the organisers to squeeze the large guests into a crowded interior while waiting for the weather to normalise. The opening day also saw the guests...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 18 November 2013
Cable thieves and clean cars
This week, I am once again up in arms but this time, against the copper cable thieves who have left us without phone and internet for the foreseeable future - the BTC, incredibly, with the extended Christmas holiday almost on us, having no reserve...
Sandy Grant 18 November 2013
Dismount From Your Dead Horses
What do you do when you discover that the horse that you are riding on is dead? Admittedly, we are privileged to live in a time when the horse is no longer the primary mode of transport. However, there was a time when the horse was more than just a...
George Chingarande 18 November 2013
Thank you masisi for clarity on the Mosu airstrip
This is after months of consistent denials from the Office of the president, in particular from the government spokesman Dr Jeff Ramsay. To be fair to Ramsay he initially seemed to confirm that the Mosu airstrip is being built on private land, before...
George Chingarande 18 November 2013
Baxter in altercation with cameraman
Baxter, left his technical area and charged at the camera man who had to scurry for cover. A seething Baxter had to be pulled back as he was seemingly bent on assaulting the camera man. 'He encroached into the technical area and was laughing....
Staff Writer 18 November 2013
Private media tour poverty eradication projects
The press secretary in the Office of the President Masego Ramakgathi said this last week during the media breakfast workshop organised by the Poverty Eradication Unit (PECU) in the Ministry of State President. Ramakgathi said that through the poverty...
Zolani Kraai 18 November 2013
Banyana farms outsourcing beneficial
Nine investors have been awarded portions of Banyana Farms, five of which are South Africans. The latter are involved in cross breeding of Bonsmara and Simbra. The Minister of Agriculture, Christian De Graaf told Parliament that Batswana would also...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 18 November 2013
BAC graduates told to join 'world transformation'
He told the students at BAC graduation ceremony that the globe collectively represents change, and that the greater part of it is propelled by the geo-political expositions and the fast pace of technology. He said for the first time, there is a...
Baboki Kayawe 18 November 2013
BONASW drills young social workers
The training was held under the theme: 'Steering quality leadership among young social workers in Botswana'. It was meant to help social workers to acquire or augment their leadership skills. Speaking at the training, Keitseope Ntlhomang from...
Mpho Mokwape
| 18 November 2013
Uncle gives evidence against nephew
Mpho Gaobonwe is on trial for the murder of his live-in girlfriend, Gothusamang Kedineetswe. She was found dead in a tent that they were sharing in his uncle's home. Etsogile said that he had warned his nephew against drinking and abusing...
Patricia Edwin 18 November 2013
Phikwe man shoots burglar
Police commander Superintendent Victor Nlebesi said the incident happened when the council employee and his family were woken up by footsteps outside the house whereupon they found two men in the living room armed with stones and iron bars. It is...
Onalenna Kelebeile 18 November 2013
No breakthrough in sebina/marobela serial killer case
Police confirmed last week Friday that they were yet to arrest the culprit.Three women were killed, one in Sebina and two in Marobela, by the alleged serial killer. Those killed in Marobela were an 85-year old woman and her daughter. The incidents...
Chakalisa Dube
| 18 November 2013
Tsogwane seeks help for livestock farmers
In a motion without notice on Friday, Tsogwane also asked the House to request government to allow the use of idle quarantine camps by local communities to graze their cattle. He said these, and other interventions, are necessary to avoid possible...
Gothataone Moeng 18 November 2013
Govt built airstrips for all former presidents
All the other former presidents have had airstrips built for them. The founding President Sir Seretse Khama was built an airstrip at his farm in Tuli Block, Sir Ketumile Masire had three airstrips built for him in Ghanzi, Sekoma and Kanye where he...
Gothataone Moeng 18 November 2013
British man, 65, charged with possession of gay sex video in Uganda
Bernard Randall, originally from Faversham, Kent, denies a charge of trafficking obscene publications. Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda and Mr Randall faces a possible two-year prison sentence if found guilty. The 65-year-old is charged...
Correspondent 18 November 2013
The Cost Of Combating Climate Change
Consider the European Union's 20-20 policy, which targets a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions below 1990 levels by 2020. It is important to examine this approach, not only because the EU is pursuing the world's largest and most ambitious climate policy,...
Correspondent 18 November 2013
Finacial Wellness ,Christmas Savings - Surviving January
The shops have put up their Christmas lights, and all the decorations are on display tempting us with their pretty colours. I can't stop dreaming about all the good times I will share with my family and friends, giving thanks and...
Correspondent 18 November 2013
FNBB Launches Smartphone App
At the launch, officials explained that the smartphone app allows customers to have direct and easy access to accounts, make payments, transfer funds, view balances and detailed transactional history. The application also has value-added services...
Staff Writer 18 November 2013
European tour operators Confirm for BTTE
Statistics point out that there were an estimated 2.1 million tourist (overnight) arrivals in Botswana in 2010. Statistics also show that the growth of tourist arrivals since 1994 has averaged 10.1% per annum. Myra Sekgororoane, BTO CEO stated...
Staff Writer 18 November 2013
Entrepreneur finds Niche in leather Computer bags
Thirty-four-year-old Miles Mairos Muzawazi based at the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) incubator said he started making the computer leather bags November last year. Muzawazi said the increasing number of students who attend tertiary institutions...
Correspondent 18 November 2013
At this rate of unemployment i should start a ministry
Correspondent 18 November 2013
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