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'A a itapolose' #Mandela
The soft spoken veteran politician Michael Dingake was more direct. “A itapolose. O tshedile. A tsamaye sentle. O lole ntwa e tona mo lefatsheng leno. O gaisa botlhe. Go ne go sena ope yoo neng a dumela gore Apartheid e ka hela mme gompieno ke...
Tshireletso Motlogelwa 08 December 2013
Lobatse is particularly bereaved
Only they did not know, that the presence of the man who caused more than a little stir in the then Bechuanaland Protectorate, especially among British officers of the small police force who felt a strange obligation to defer to apartheid South...
Douglas Tsiako 08 December 2013
Tempers high as Serowe North East goes for re-run
Just a day before another take at Bulela Ditswe, tempers are very high, as supporters of the original winner, Kgotla Autlwetse are alleging a new set of names on the voters roll and membership cards. They already smell a rat, believing that their man...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 08 December 2013
End of the road for Fengyue Glass Project
Hundreds of kilometres away south of here, in an old town of Lobatse, the High Court has intervened to save, or bring to an end what was going to be yet another landmark structure in this emerging centre. The Lobatse High Court appointed Nigel...
Bame Piet 08 December 2013
Referees calls for protection after Bondo incident
The commission’s chairperson, Mmonwagotlhe Senai told Mmegi Sport this week that referees fear for their safety during matches after the Bondo experience. “Security should be tightened during big matches especially in elimination...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 08 December 2013
TV rights grants throw ailing clubs a lifeline
The broadcasting deal issue has been a burning issue in previous Premier League meetings before Botswana Football Association (BFA) and Botswana Television (Btv) sealed a P6 million deal recently. BPL chief executive officer Bennett Mamelodi...
Thato Kala 08 December 2013
Sredojevic brushes off Zebras interest
Sredojevic tops Botswana Football Association’s list of coaches to replace Stanley Tshosane, who was fired two months ago. He said he has a ‘project’ whose immediate focus is the CHAN Games in South Africa next...
Thato Kala 08 December 2013
Another Rollers-GU duel in Mascom Top Eight semis
Rollers and GU now meet for the third successive time in the semi-finals of the competition. The first time, Rollers knocked GU out and went on to win the tournament. Last year GU had sweet revenge against their rivals on the way to winning the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 08 December 2013
Region's bright talent provide hope for the future
The solid displays have left the region’s fans convinced the future is bright. Botswana fans will be delighted that their young heroes have not disappointed either. A project which begun at Under-17 level with Kaizer Kobedi has quickly morphed...
Mqondisi Dube
| 08 December 2013
F/town to have women soccer league
The interim chairperson of the envisaged league, Desmond Dabilani Jenamo told Mmegi Sport this week that they are determined to make the competition a success. He said the interim committee has been courting potential sponsors to come on board and...
Shingirai Madondo 08 December 2013
Binang set sights on league double
The teenage sensation has now shifted her focus to winning another title albeit in a different sport – basketball. This is just three months into her fling with hoops; and history is already beckoning her. It all started when she was asked by...
Thato Kala 08 December 2013
BONA president won't take laziness
Lebotse, who is also the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA) regional director, said she would only work with people who were willing to see the game of netball growing from strength to strength. She wants the netball fraternity...
Shingirai Madondo 08 December 2013
Makeshift indoor facility for basketball finals
Last weekend’s semi-finals were disrupted by the rains and had to overlap to Wednesday. The game between Dolphins and Spartans had to be replayed on Sunday after it was stopped due to the rains, pushing forward the decisive Game Threes for...
Thato Kala 08 December 2013
BCA sends strong squad to Tanzania tourney
BCA chief executive officer Girish Ramakrishna says the team that left on Wednesday is ready and strong enough to hold its own against other competing countries – Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tanzania. The team is making its third...
Teichler Rankoa 08 December 2013
Coaches take stock of ended league
The winning coaches opined that although the league went generally well the late release of fixtures still remained a sticky issue. This is not the first time that coaches have complained about the fixtures as the issue also surfaced last...
Mosah Mokganedi 08 December 2013
A life well lived
The nation came to moan her passing on November 21. The arts in traditional music and dance in particular lost one of its shining stars. Often described as a legend and pioneer in the local performing arts, Sefhako was born in 1951 in...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 08 December 2013
Alfredo Mos - a true man of music
The release of his 17th album last week marked another milestone in the life and career of the musician. His latest offering Re Maduo A Lorato illustrates his ‘never say die’ attitude. Being relegated to the music scrap yard by his...
Chippa Legodimo 08 December 2013
Tshemedi steered to the arts
He remembers that while his peers pushed around toy cars; he had his own mud car, proudly made by his hands. After discovering his ability to sculpt, his next mission was to carve his much-loved animal – the giraffe. Over the years, he keyed...
Thato Kala 08 December 2013
Zeus to launch African Time
He is currently preparing for an album launch after being awarded in absentia for his Dats Wasup video featuring South African artists AKA and Tumi last weekend. The album, African Time will be launched at the Masa Centre rooftop. He revealed that...
Mpho Tlale 08 December 2013
PPADB tightens screws on government tendering
Bridget Poppy John, Executive Chairperson of PPADB said at the launch of their new strategy that they want to limit selective or direct appointment of contractors by ministries. “Instead we want to use open tender more often as it gives value...
Boitshepo Majube 08 December 2013
Exorbitant prices stalling the housing market
The Real Estate Institute of Botswana President Modiredi Maruping told a First National Bank of Botswana (FNBB) stakeholder discussion in Gaborone this week that sellers are concerned that property stays in the market for a long time because prices...
Keikantse Lesemela 08 December 2013
Shortlist for 300MW power station unveiled
Known as the 300 MW brownfield, the project consists of extending the existing power station by designing, financing, constructing, owning, operating and maintaining a 2 x 150MW coal fired power plant to be built at the pithead of Morupule Coal...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 08 December 2013
The real Khama needs to come out
It is time for the President to come out and address the fundamental issues facing the nation. Not the Alcohol levy. Not the new Tirelo Sechaba. Not even his pet subject of conservation. President Khama needs to come out and reassure this nation,...
Mmegi Editor
| 08 December 2013
60 heads of state for Mandela memorial
US President Barack Obama, Francois Hollande of France and UK PM David Cameron will be among those attending Tuesday's memorial at a Soweto stadium. South Africa's first black president died on Thursday and the nation has held a day of prayer and...
Correspondent 08 December 2013
Maya Angelou writes poem in honour of Nelson Mandela
The American writer Maya Angelou has written and recited a poem in honour of Nelson Mandela, whom she met in the 1960s when she lived in Cairo. In the poem, His Day is Done, Angelou mourns Mandela's death, praises him...
Correspondent 08 December 2013
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