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Lebogang Mosikare 19 December 2013

Kupera confirms Orapa United move

Rollers offloaded the Zimbabwean striker to make way for South African striker Manqoba Ngwenya. Ngwenya’s arrival at the club took the foreign legion at the club to four, surpassing the quota of three as permitted by the Botswana Premier...

Thato Kala 19 December 2013

Zim's Highlanders eyeing Sibanda

Information reaching Mmegi Sport is that the outfit coached by Kevin Kaindu, wrote to ECCO City Greens seeking permission to talk to the lanky attacking midfielder. In the letter, Mmegi Sport is reliably informed that Bosso, as Highlanders are...

Shingirai Madondo 19 December 2013

Chiefs eye DRC trio

Chiefs make a trip to Harare on the weekend of February 7-9 before hosting Zimbabwe’s most successful club, Dynamos, for the second league two weeks later. Zimbabwe Warriors midfielder Elvis Meleka and his assistant coach at Chiefs, China...

Thato Kala 19 December 2013

Govt spends P46 million on performing arts

Of the money spent, P500,000 was used to sponsor the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) awards, Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Shaw Kgathi has revealed. Kgathi also said that P5 million was spent on groups for cultural exchanges...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 19 December 2013

St Anthony's Choir debut album wins award

The 23-track album will most certainly keep listeners tapping their feet to the last track. Disc A has 13 songs, which are dedicated to the 1988 papal visit to Botswana. According to the album sleeve, the date marked a very important...

Gasebalwe Seretse 19 December 2013

Filmmaker Lekolwane sings different tune

Lekolwane said that the fact that her company has been able to achieve a lot of things this year. “We were able to undertake a number of projects thanks to the sales we made to Btv. In the past, we couldn’t do such projects because...

Gasebalwe Seretse 19 December 2013

Vee to headline Goledzwa festival

Goledzwa, a Kalanga word for New Year, is an annual event aimed at showcasing the abundant Botswana musical talent. For the first time Vee is expected to perform alongside his talented dancers. "Vee is one of the top artists that Botswana can...

Shingirai Madondo 19 December 2013

Botswana least energy-intensive economy

The report says Botswana’s economic dependence on diamond exports makes it one of the exceptions in the region. Diamonds contribute over one-third to the country’s GDP. "Although mining is in general an energy-intensive industry, the...

Boitshepo Majube 19 December 2013

Cash-strapped BPC receives P1.5bn bailout

The details are contained in a report by Parliament’s Finance and Estimates Committee on the 2013/14 Supplementary Budget. The supplementary was passed last Friday, with reservations by some legislators on certain items requested by line...

Mbongeni Mguni | 19 December 2013

Broaden prisoner rehabilitation

For now we focus on deaths that occur as a result of a fighting between inmates, in which some of the perpetrators use an assortment of weapons, including knives and screwdrivers smuggled into prison facilities. While it is common knowledge that...

Mbongeni Mguni 19 December 2013

Hey!why are you turning in your grave?

Mbongeni Mguni 19 December 2013

Student inspires others to 'overcome life's obstacles'

Goabaone Montsho lost his eyesight at age 15 because of a medical condition, but that has not stopped him from going to university, writing for the school newspaper or mentoring others. Montsho arrived in Nanaimo from Botswana three...

Mbongeni Mguni 19 December 2013

EU increases funds for Africa security

These funds will concretely support the establishment of a 'Command, Control, Communication and Information System' (C3IS) over a period of 2 years. A statement issued yesterday says that the C3IS will provide secure data, voice and video services...

Staff Writer 19 December 2013

BCP grabs BDP and BNF losers

The party welcomed John Bogatsu who lost the recent Tlokweng constituency primary elections to BNF vice president Same Bathobakae. From the BDP camp, BCP welcomed Johnson Monare, councillor for Ralekgethong ward in the Moshupa-Manyana...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 19 December 2013

Alleged family killer says he was framed

Mungunda Mushongo, 37 is accused of shooting Mozulu Jackson, Kathiso Jackson and their son, Kebonyekgosi Kayukura, to death while they were travelling on donkey back to Chukumuchu sometime in April of 2009. Their bodies were not found until August...

Patricia Edwin 19 December 2013

TAWU to march in solidarity with SRCs

The president of TAWU Edward Tswaipe said they were consulting SRCs of tertiary and vocational training institutions towards a joint national demonstration and joint petition to the Ministers of Education and Skills Development and Labour and Home...

Oarabile Mosikare 19 December 2013

Basarwa declare 'war'

According to Keikabile Mogodu, executive director of Khwendom council, a resolution to unite in the fight for the emancipation of the oldest indigenous groupings of Botswana was taken at December 2013 meeting of six advocacy groups representing the...

Gothataone Moeng 19 December 2013

Organiser of phoney petition speaks out

FRANCISTOWN: Zazambi Tuelo shot to fame after his successful coordination of a controversial petition that caused Vice President Ponatshego Kedikilwe to postpone the parliamentary by-election of Francistown West. His name appears at the top of the...

Ryder Gabathuse | 19 December 2013

BDP disowns petition

In an interview after the tour of new BDP offices in Gaborone on Tuesday, BDP Secretary General Mpho Balopi said none of the BDP structures were involved in processing that petition. "The petitioners were Francistown West residents. We...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 19 December 2013

ATN demands stiffer tobacco laws

Speaking at the organisation’s annual general meeting yesterday, ATN Interim Executive Director, Bontle Mbongwe said while they welcome a 30 percent tobacco levy that President Ian Khama mentioned in his state of nation address, there was still...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 19 December 2013

Roy Sesana speaking at the press conference PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Survival International is our Jesus - Sesana

FPK and indigenous tribes have been criticised for their relationship with SI whose campaigns have targeted the country’s mining and tourism sectors, the two biggest contributors to the gross domestic product. Speaking to journalists in...

Gothataone Moeng 19 December 2013

South Sudan rebels take Bor town after 'coup attempt'

"Our soldiers have lost control of Bor to the force of Riek Machar," said army spokesman Philip Aguer. President Salva Kiir has accused Mr Machar, the former vice-president, of plotting a coup - a claim he denies. The unrest, which began in the...

Correspondent 19 December 2013

The Gods must be crazy

I have already received phone calls from my cousins, on how we tackle this trip. One of my successful cousins who drives an old Toyota Cressida has offered me a lift, on condition that I buy a few drinks during the journey. He will not be traveling...

Bame Piet 19 December 2013

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