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Staff Writer 22 November 2013
Opposition in court to fight PHK order
Last night, the Umbrella for Democratic Change and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) were engaged in meetings with their legal teams to launch an onslaught against Vice President Ponatshego ‘PHK’ Kedikilwe’s postponement of the...
Tshireletso Motlogelwa 22 November 2013
Nkhwinya rejoins Diphatsa to plug gap
Nkhwinya, 23, left Diphatsa early in 2009 to pursue his education at the University of Botswana. Diphatsa subsequently loaned him to Police VI volleyball club in order to keep him in shape while at school. A year later, Nkhwinya was sent to the Vaal...
Shingirai Madondo 22 November 2013
Weightlifters prepare for Youth Games in SA
The weightlifters will be camping in Cape Town to train with the South African elite team at a high performance centre. They leave for South Africa early next month to prepare for the second edition of the Africa Youth Games to be hosted in Gaborone...
Shingirai Madondo 22 November 2013
Notwane out to end BDF Cats dominance
The other semi-final pits UB Crystals and former national champions TASC. Both semis are intriguing and consequential, with all four teams dripping with pedigree. But the battle between Notwane and Cats, perhaps the fiercest in the regional league,...
Thato Kala 22 November 2013
Orange Golf Classics Championship starts tomorrow
Botswana Golf Union (BGU) official, Martin Mogomela told Mmegi Sport that the men’s competition will be divided into three divisions. There will be championship division for handicaps seven and below; the A division for handicap eight to 15 and...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 22 November 2013
BOPSSA hosts inaugural awards� ceremony
BOPSSA spokesperson, Lawrence Moseki said awards are divided into six categories of best female, best male, promising athlete (both girls and boys), sports person of the year, best coach and the best technical official. Assistant Minister of Local...
Mosah Mokganedi 22 November 2013
Kutlwano face uphill battle to retain title
Both teams would collect 52 points if they win all their remaining matches in which case they will be separated the number of points lost. Mafolofolo have collected 46 points and are left with two games while Kutlwano has 40 points. In case...
Mosah Mokganedi 22 November 2013
Reikeletseng condemns media bashing, racism
Speaking at the BNSC Ordinary General Meeting in Gaborone, Reikeletseng acknowledged the critical role the media plays. He noted with concern the tendency by some BNSC affiliates to bash sports journalists. “There is worrisome tendency by some...
Mqondisi Dube
| 22 November 2013
Coach Letham returns to pep up athletes
“He arrives in the country on Saturday. We actually called him to come and help us as a club, but obviously if anyone else feels they may benefit from him we are open to making arrangements that will help the entire athletics family,”...
Kevin Obotseng 22 November 2013
Rollers' ruling in January
Mookodi Seisa and others through their lawyer, Sibanda, have applied to the High Court to nullify the turning of the club from a society into a company. Rollers is represented by Kgosietsile Ngakaagae who told the court that there were disputes of...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 22 November 2013
Red-hot Kaunda blazes to the top despite odds
Plucked from Prisons XI at the beginning of the season, the FC Satmos strike is the solid reason why the Selebi-Phikwe side has made a sparkling start to the season. That the Zimbabwean born striker is a menace to the opposition has been ably proved...
Kevin Obotseng 22 November 2013
FIFA unaware of local football matters in court
Botswana has seen a rise in the number of cases referred to ordinary courts despite FIFA statutes stipulating that football matters should not be taken to court. Article 68, paragraph 2 of the FIFA statutes states that “Recourse to ordinary...
Mqondisi Dube
| 22 November 2013
Response to State of the Nation address - Part III
The war that President (Ian) Khama has declared on trade unions and its members is the reason why we have poisoned labour relations between the two camps. This has had devastating consequences on productivity and the collapse of our health and...
Dumelang Saleshando 22 November 2013
Chiefs' friendly organisers demand BNSC answers
The BNSC had argued that Capital Ideas, the match organizers, had not paid for the use of the stadium. However, information gathered by Mmegi Sport reveals the company had paid in full to use the facility. Initially, the BNSC had charged Capital...
Mqondisi Dube
| 22 November 2013
Zambia's ruling party at war
It was the most violent clash so far between the two factions in the governing party, giving an indication of a party increasingly at odds with itself. The fight broke out on November 8 in the Zambian capital, the day that President Michael Sata...
Arthur Simuchoba 22 November 2013
Air Botswana boss defends 'high' fares
He pointed out that they charge competitive prices in line with other rivals in the market. “When we set prices, we look at many things, that help us to set the prices,” he said. Motse said that fuel has been the major contributor to...
Boitshepo Majube 22 November 2013
DHL leverages on brand loyalty
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, DHL country general manager, Mokgethi Magapa said the relocation means a boost for the diamond trade and the hospitality and transport industry. “We have to be competitive as a country, people all over...
Sharon Mathala 22 November 2013
Marotswane to produce his debut album
Growing up in Gaborone Marotswane told Arts & Culture that he used to listen to radio recorded cassettes of American hip-hop. This is when he got interested in the genre. The young lad fell in love with putting together songs and ended up...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 22 November 2013
Viva Botswana jazz, viva!
Local jazz pioneers like the late Duncan Senyatso who starred in the ‘80s band Kgwanyapye would be proud to see the country making great strides in the genre. While we celebrate these tenacious men and women perhaps it is worth...
Chippa Legodimo 22 November 2013
Moilwa looks where the average eye flouts
Without a doubt, he is exploratory both artistically and technically, and develops his own means of creating nature photographs. “I focus on nature, small things that may appear unattractive to the human eye,” says the Sua-based...
Thato Kala 22 November 2013
Swedish delegation strikes deals with local businesses
. “It is not easy to get small business people together and strike deals. But we have managed to sign five contracts. It (visit) was successful,” said the chief executive officer of the Swedish Trade Chamber, Charlotte Kalin on...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 22 November 2013
Govt-private sector haggle over economic roles
A Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) official, Dichaba Molobe set the ball rolling when he called on the government to leave business to the private sector. Speaking at the BOCCIM/Chamber of Trade Sweden Round...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 22 November 2013
Furore over fracking reports in CBM exploration
The denial comes after this week’s allegations from South Africa that several exploration companies in Botswana are using the environmentally harmful method, which contaminates water resources. Fracking is a gas mining technique in which water...
Staff Writer 22 November 2013
Diamond captain forced off a sinking boat (Part II)
He is right. Sightholders have a far more effective way to deliver a message – the applications for the first sight ever in Gaborone, ostensibly an enormous festive event – were down by 40%. This may be mostly symbolic (and partly...
Correspondent 22 November 2013
Billion Pula supplementary budget heads to Parly
From an initial forecast surplus of P779 million, the current budget is now expected to post a P1 billion deficit due to the unexpected costs of purchasing local emergency diesel power and imported electricity due to the delays at the 600MW Morupule...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 22 November 2013
From the skies Kenya is a sight to behold
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport itself opens an ordinary Motswana’s mind to a whole new world of liberated skies. The airport is one of the busiest in Africa, despite the recent fires that engulfed the facility. The airport is...
Boitshepo Majube 22 November 2013
Rare satirical treat
Nobody is safe from his tongue: Botswana’s Ian Khama, South Africa’s Zuma, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe, Swaziland’s Mswati, Libya’s Kaddafi, Kenya’s Uhuru, Congo’s Kabila, Malawi’s Banda, Nigeria’s...
Correspondent 22 November 2013
Meet the diplomat who hated computers
The year is 1981 and the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland (as UB was then called) is grappling to control a group of unruly rebel students who are demonstrating against the proposed introduction of computers in the civil...
Bame Piet 22 November 2013
Ivory summit to target 'the gang of eight'
President Ian Khama will open the summit, which will be attended by some Heads of State, representatives of African elephant range countries and high-level representatives from transit and destination countries. The summit aims to address the...
Lawrence Seretse 22 November 2013
No police escort, armed security for Lekganyane
Confirming this, commander of District No 3 in Gaborone Senior Superintendent Bonnie Bareki said unarmed police will be deployed at the National Stadium and the surrounding area to provide security to the public and protect property. “We were...
Victor Muyakwabo 22 November 2013
IMD: The other side of gender equality
November 19 marked Botswana’s inaugural commemoration of International Men’s Day (IMD). Men in the country joined the rest of the world to address challenges faced by men and how far the country is when talking about issues of...
Maureen Odubeng
| 22 November 2013
How Christianity killed rainmakers
One notable rainmaker was Kgosi Sechele I of Bakwena. So on October 1, 1848 Kgosi Sechele I of Bakwena, after parting ways with his ‘superfluous’ wives, was baptised by the missionary David Livingstone. It was a sad day in Kweneng....
Thalefang Charles
| 22 November 2013
Cashing in on Christ
There is always something fascinating about this Hollywood impressionism of a preacher named Bishop Magic Don Juan playing a cleric role where he is as controversial as he is entrepreneurial. Bishop Don is excessively flamboyant,...
Lawrence Seretse 22 November 2013
Govt defends Merafhe's use of state car
Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri told Parliament yesterday that under special circumstances the President might award particular benefits or privileges to a retired vice...
Isaiah Morewagae 22 November 2013
Will more women enter Parliament?
The four winners are virtually assured of entering Parliament because they are standing in traditional BDP strongholds. They are Education Minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi in Serowe South; Assistant Minister, Botlogile Tshireletso in Mahalapye-East;...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 22 November 2013
Seretse councillors defect to Autlwetse camp
Four councillors from the Seretse camp have defected to Autlwetse’s in protest at the decision by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) to once again re-run the primaries that the latter won with a large margin. Councillors who have...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 22 November 2013
BCP primaries get into final lap
Like any other party, BCP has its problems as some of its members point out that their names do not appear on the party voters’ roll. In the BCP only members registered for national elections can vote in the primaries. Reports after the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 22 November 2013
Police probe BDP card fraud
The BDP staff members were caught red handed processing membership cards after the deadline for Bulela Ditswe membership registration had lapsed. The cards are said to have been processed at the behest of one of the parliamentarian candidates in...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 22 November 2013
Combative Autlwetse declares war
In a letter to Tafa as the board chairman, Autlwetse says the party has been favouring his opponent, Ramadeluka ‘Ndelu’ Seretse in all decisions and never gave him a hearing. He said the re-run was ordered despite the fact that...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 22 November 2013
Opposition parties baulk at Kedikilwe proclamation
The BDP-led government announced yesterday through the state media that the elections had been postponed to early next year. Opposition Members of Parliament (MP) angrily stormed out of Parliament on learning of the postponement of the by-election...
Chakalisa Dube
| 22 November 2013
Court sets date for Marobela decision
The order was issued by Justice Tshepo Motswagole, compelling the BDP to give Marobela a hearing in his appeal against the loss he suffered to Ignatius Moswaane in the primaries for the Francistown West by-election. Marobela said the BDP...
Oarabile Mosikare 22 November 2013
BDP gods must be crazy!
It looks as if we faced with a Machiavellian political leadership that will stop at nothing to achieve its parochial ends. The sudden postponement of the Francistown bye-epection should teach Batswana what type of animal the BDP really is. But this...
Mmegi Editor
| 22 November 2013
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