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In this week's paper

Lawrence Seretse 16 December 2013

Age cheating claims as South Africa romp to victory

Amajita were dominant from the onset and grabbed the title through goals from man-of the-match, Siyanda Ngubo and defender, Ayabulela Maqgwaka. The South Africans scored either side of the half to condemn Kenya to defeat. The build-up to the match...

Mqondisi Dube | 16 December 2013

GU overcome Gunners

The game started with Gunners trying slightly dominating proceedings but were thwarted by young goalkeeper, Goitseone Phoko. Phoko was making his Premier League debut. GU did not take the threats lying down and Kgololo Kgogobi made the first attempt...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 December 2013

Newsmakers

Mogakolodi Ngele Without doubt, the Zebras striker was the best Botswana export in the South African Premiership this year. Ngele joined Platinum Stars last season and his team finished second in the league. He scored about 10 goals in his first...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 December 2013

KTM choir celebrates two decades in song

Gomolemo Thatayaone Motswaledi founded it in January 20 1993, now an active opposition party leader and president of the Botswana Movement for Democracy. Then, as the director, he composed and arranged music for the choir. In its recent show at...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 16 December 2013

Mascom boosta bash moves to mmopane hillside farm

The event that is traditionally held at the Lion's park now moves to Mmopane Hillside farm. This year the event comes with a new refreshing twist "The Soundsytem". Themed around the soundsytem in 2013 for the first time the event will have a build...

Correspondent 16 December 2013

Morobosi festival 2014 bigger & better

It is a two days event with a family friendly program during the day and more dance music during the night on multiple dance stages with free secure parking and Camping sites. Activities for the day are mainly cultural and family friendly while...

Correspondent 16 December 2013

Drunken driving cases are an eye-sore

The publication comes at a time when we are already in the festive season mood, when many drunken driving cases usually go up, as excited drivers show off with their wheels and a can of beer on one hand a cell-phone, cash and girls. To say the...

Staff Writer 16 December 2013

What this country owes him

One British TV commentator did tentatively mention Winston Churchill's funeral in England in 1965 as a means of comparison. In reality, the world today is very different from that of 1965 when air travel was in its infancy and the idea that world...

Sandy Grant 16 December 2013

Madiba, An Ordinary Man With Extraordinary Deeds!

Living in a United Democratic Front dominated Black Township as students at the Federal Theological Seminary we knew very well that our lives were in the hands of the live-giving God. he prayer and assurance, and song of the Psalmist that says; "God...

Correspondent 16 December 2013

Tlhe Mma

George Chingarande 16 December 2013

Think not of your frustrations

They are the unbreakable laws of nature; and like all laws of nature we can never really break them, but we can only break and ruin our lives in an attempt to break them. In this issue we take a closer examination and reflect upon the words of the...

George Chingarande 16 December 2013

Two batswana youngsters who dined with Mandela

Young Matsila's eyes brighten up with both surprise and pride to hear the famous African National Congress (ANC) leader speaking to him in Setswana, his mother language. Matsila, who is now reading for a Masters' Degree in Economics, was the star of...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 16 December 2013

Shocking stats on drunken driving

The report reveals that in just five months, between July and November this year, 850 cases of drunken driving cases were registered.. The list also reveals that on average there are 170 reported cases of drunken driving a month in Botswana; thus...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 16 December 2013

The year of the Cheetah and other stories

The incident attracted international media frenzy and over two million Internet hits. Nobody would have noticed the claws on the face of the President if only he kept a low profile until the face healed. But scratches were seen on the face of the...

Staff Writer 16 December 2013

BOMU ends the year with spectacular awards night

The event organisers even paid tribute to rapper Zeus for his recent achievement when he won the Channel O's music video award. Zeus was given the opportunity to thank fans and perform one or two songs.It was a night when Afro-jazz sensation Kearoma...

Staff Writer 16 December 2013

Leepile, Mbuya take control of the Mmegi group of companies

The High Court in Gaborone directed that the duo rightly own majority stake, 51percent in the company following the purchase of 30 percent of shares in the holding company, Mmegi Investment Holdings (MIH), which were sold by Mmegi Publishing Trust...

Staff Writer 16 December 2013

FSG mortuary goes under the hammer

A former FSG executive, Ackson Mbewe's appointed deputy sheriff attached his former employer's property in a bid to secure over P1 million owed to him following a successful lawsuit against the company for unfair dismissal. He had been employed as GM...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 16 December 2013

MPT kicks out directors

This happened  at  the MPT's  Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Gaborone on saturday. Also removed from  the board was Chimbidzani Chimidza. Court records in the Leepile/Mbuya vs Thulganyo Mogobe and 12 Others show that the...

Staff Writer 16 December 2013

A night of weird, outrageous and glamorous fashion

Then Btv Mokaragana presenter karabo Lehenza Seele shows up in true hotel chef style, with what looks like a long red apron ready to serve food, for a moment he could be confused for one of the hotel waiters. Her counterpart Sadie Dikgaka from...

Staff Writer 16 December 2013

Festive shopping mood hits francistown

Food and clothing retail stores have started receiving large numbers of shoppers on any given day. Hordes of shoppers, who include both citizens and foreigners, have been thronging the Central Business District since the last week of November which...

Correspondent 16 December 2013

Consumers hobble away from gruelling 2013

The continued lack of an inflation-beating wage review for the public service and the private sector’s growth restrained by lower government spending, workers in 2013 again found themselves with diminishing disposable...

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 December 2013