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Potential poser for BMC, Ohilwe
However, the club is yet to approach BMC for the player’s services and the Gaborone side has declared they will not release him unless his suitors table a good offer. BMC manager, Nelson Radijeng said it would be folly to release the player to...
Thato Kala 20 December 2013
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Thato Kala 20 December 2013
Of lovebirds, chargrin and knockouts
Many so-called analysts seem to be of the opinion the hook-up between Tanzania's Feza Kessy and O'Neal Zibanani Madumo was just part of a strategy to win the prize money. With the cameras long gone it seems the two lovebirds are smitten...
Maureen Odubeng
| 20 December 2013
The year 2013 in arts review
Though the beginning of the year started on a low key, the passing of folklore guitarist Stampore (Malefo Mokha) left a vivid mark in January 2013.His death followed after a short illness from what family members described as kidney...
Chippa Legodimo 20 December 2013
A year of song and dance
Bruce Springsteen once remarked, “A guy, a story, some chords, some lyrics and that’s going to have to be enough”. As the year 2013 comes to an end, the words of the legendary American singer ring true to many in...
Mpho Tlale 20 December 2013
Property returns good in 2013
Big property companies have set eyes on the African market, where returns are good. Turnstar Holdings Limited is making it big in Tanzania while PrimeTime is targeting Zambia, as it expands into Africa. The IPD reports that property investment...
Boitshepo Majube 20 December 2013
Banking sector profits grows, despite poor service
Four major banks (First National Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank and Stanbic Bank) continued their domination of the local banking market. However, some small banks, notably BancABC recorded significant growth this year. First National...
Boitshepo Majube 20 December 2013
A tale of two sectors
The mining sector was generally robust during the year, with the flagship diamond industry exporting P25,1 billion Botswana-produced stones by October, compared to P23,2 billion for the full year 2012. The diamond industry also came full circle with...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 20 December 2013
Chronology of 2013 major Business headlines
January: World-leading travel intelligence firm, Fodor’s included Botswana in an exclusive group of 25 must-see global destinations for 2013, noting its rare combination of untouched wilderness, beauty as well as lush facilities February:...
Mbongeni Mguni 20 December 2013
Bulls out-muscle bears in 2013 capital markets
By the end of November, the equity market - the local capital market’s more liquid and active component - had grown by 17.9 percent pointing to the local bourse’s best performance in recent years. By comparison, the Domestic Companies...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 20 December 2013
Economy wobbles in bittersweet 2013
With all economic indicators painting a gloomy picture, in parallel with international trends, it was not all despair for the economy as milestone events such as the relocation of De Beers’ P50 billion sales business to Gaborone point to...
Brian Benza 20 December 2013
Go festive ntate - go kgweetswa nkuku!
Whoever penned it is in touch with reality as it accurately reflects relationships in our social landscape, and is lyrically rich because the creative use of Setswana language and metaphor in the song is intriguing. For those not familiar with it,...
Keletso Thobega 20 December 2013
Sport's best and worst moments
The best The privatisation of clubs When the Botswana Premier League assembly gathered in Selebi Phikwe in 2008, one of the resolutions was turning Botswana football professional. It was agreed that the idea of running football clubs as...
Thato Kala 20 December 2013
I have run my race-Lekan
Lekan told Mmegi Sport that he believes that time has come for him to give others a chance to take the sport to greater heights. He said that he has served his purpose and that he is not being pushed by anything to vacate the position. He said that...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 20 December 2013
Sport stars plan Xmas
Holidays for the sport stars are few and far between and they are eager to enjoy every moment of the upcoming break. Here’s what a few sport stars have planned for the holidays: EndieBanyaditse - Police V I will go to my home village...
Thato Kala 20 December 2013
How Putin Outfoxed the West
Six weeks ago, two men walked across Moscow’s Red Square, one wearing a coat and the other a bishop’s robe. They proceeded to the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral. Kuzma Minin, a merchant, and...
Correspondent 20 December 2013
Domkrag and number one's left-wing politics
The latter accuses the ruling party of suppressing the proletariat, who, naturally, do not own any form of means of production, and for deliberately creating social inequalities. They accuse the BDP of advancing policies that have over the years...
Correspondent 20 December 2013
Obama's handshake with Castro
Many who witnessed it because there has never been a handshake between a Cuban leader and an American president in the last half-century met their handshake with a lot of optimism. Indeed this was historic. We all know that the US has maintained an...
Correspondent 20 December 2013
An abomination stains Christmas
We can recall that in that winter night, agents of the Government of Botswana disregarded all tenets of natural justice and murdered John Kalafatis in a manner befitting gangsters of the worst order. And in defence of this atrocity, the then Vice...
Mmegi Editor
| 20 December 2013
Francistown West by-election: the BDP blinked
Reversing the court order would have been the ideal outcome for many reasons, but an evaluation of the two options could have established that the legal route was not the best option. It was going to be fraught with pitfalls without...
Correspondent 20 December 2013
2013 Review - 10 most popular articles in MmegiOnline
Here are the 10 most read MmegiOnline articles, starting with the most popular: 1. “Motswana dies at TB Joshua prayers.” Story by LAWRENCE SERETSE. First published in The Monitor on Monday 2 September 2013. The...
Thalefang Charles
| 20 December 2013
Mandela and the African liberation struggle
On Thursday December 5, 2013 the people of South Africa lost one of the foremost freedom fighters and revolutionaries who made his mark on humans everywhere. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918 and matured as Africans in South...
Correspondent 20 December 2013
DTC relocation-A golden era part 2
The recent Okavango Diamond Company first trial sales published results shows a 51 percent premium over the reserve prices. The reserve prices could not have been below the DTC prices. What the tender therefore proved is that the price paid...
Correspondent 20 December 2013
Swaneng: Steady growth, local development, and conflict
Before Swaneng, Bechuanaland had only six secondary schools, and four of them offered only the Junior Certificate syllabus. All were run by either tribal councils or missions. Only one of these schools, Moeng College, was in the Central...
Tom Holzinger 20 December 2013
When every drop mattered
Watering a garden from the tap or washing that car with a hosepipe was not even to be considered; the situation was too bad. We all ought to save for drinking. And these restrictions still stand. No, you cannot use potable water for...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 20 December 2013
Tebelopele and LVCT marriage improved services
Tebelopele executive director, Spana Motsisi, said this last week at Tlotlo Conference Centre Gaborone when the two organisations ended the partnership they entered into in 2007. The Kenya organisation provided technical assistance to Tebelopele to...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 20 December 2013
Losers, welcome to the real world
Lebonaamang Mokalake This is the guy who said Batswana should build multi-storey houses because there is serious shortage of serviced land, but he failed to ensure that only serious developers are allowed at the new Central Business District...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane 20 December 2013
The year of an 'executive minded' judiciary
The CoA led by Judge President Ian Kirby also ruled that the Industrial Court was right to declare as unlawful the participation of ESE in the strike. The unions were devastated. They even challenged the partiality of Justice Kirby who they described...
Oarabile Mosikare 20 December 2013
UDC drops party symbols for an umbrella
The three parties - the Botswana National Front (BNF), Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) - have applied to the Electoral Commission (IEC) to have their individual organisation’s symbols de-registered,...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 20 December 2013
The BDP stands at a crossroads
This year the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) had what was more like a rollercoaster ride. Its events had the good and the bad. The BDP had some memorable and enjoyable moments, which saw the return of some of its key members...
Isaiah Morewagae 20 December 2013
Francistown: The year that was
Sewerage pipes in the city’s localities continue to break, resulting in puddles of sewage in the streets in which children swim. The bus rank is still as crowded as ever. However, since the political brouhaha in Zimbabwe died down,...
Pini Bothoko
| 20 December 2013
Indiscipline was the order in schools
Learners, parents, teachers, the civil society, the community at large, leaders - both traditional and in the church – need to work towards maintaining peace and quiet in public schools. This year was characterised by indiscipline,...
Baboki Kayawe 20 December 2013
Another petition in the offing in Francistown West
“I can confirm that we are petitioning the president through either the DC (District Commissioner) or a Cabinet Minister. As I speak to you, I am on my way to the Francistown DC office to submit a letter to His Excellency the President Ian...
Edward Mpoloka 20 December 2013
Sekai, Mothibe, Kgafela's brothers, square up
Though the fight between the two loyalists comes a long way, animosity between Mothibe and Sekai flared up after Kgosi Kgolo Kgafela Kgafela appointed the latter as deputy chief. In the royal lineage Mothibe ranks higher than Sekai and by...
Lerato Maleke 20 December 2013
We are ready for the by-election
The elections was postponed following a successful appeal by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) against the refusal by the IEC to register its candidate, Ignatius Moswaane, owing to an internal conflict arising from the party primary elections. The...
Edward Mpoloka 20 December 2013
BOFEPUSU to strike next year
According to a statement from BOFEPUSU dated 17 December 2013, the federation lodged a dispute with the Commissioner of Labour in respect of a deadlock concerning the 2013/2014 wage increase. “The deadlock has been brought about by the refusal...
Oarabile Mosikare 20 December 2013
In the House... The bright shine, the dull nod on
Mephato Reatile (Ngwaketse West) : The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MP who defected from the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF), had a good year that has endeared him to electorates. As head of a special parliamentary committee...
Gothataone Moeng 20 December 2013
Will Khama investigate De Graaff?
Khama informed Mmegi that when the Minister of Agriculture, Christiaan de Graaff, made the financial decision to sell what were now his lions, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) assisted by issuing the export permit and finding a...
Lawrence Seretse 20 December 2013
Masire, Marole and the spy
Mmegi reported earlier this month that as the Managing Director of Debswana in 2010, Marole offered the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) boss Isaac Kgosi’s private security company Silvershadows Pty (Ltd) a ‘Security Risk...
Lawrence Seretse 20 December 2013
Autlwetse the hero
He beat his usual nemesis, retired Brigadier Ramadeluka Seretse, who is also Minister of Justice, Defence and Security hands down in the recent primaries. Since 2003, Autlwetse’s hard-earned victories in the primaries were literally...
Lawrence Seretse 20 December 2013
Police confirm another Kalafatis shooting
Costa escaped death by a whisker when members of security forces shot at him. He was, however, injured in the attack. Botswana police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Dipheko Motube said that he was aware of an incident where police shot at...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 20 December 2013
Emerging state terrorism in Botswana
Incidents of public shootings stood at twelve by 2010. In prior years such incidents were rare and occasionally carried out against armed suspects following extensive intelligence exercises. This changed with the advent of the DIS. Shooting...
Correspondent 20 December 2013
Another Kalafatis shot
Costa’s girlfriend who accompanied him during the incident, Marang Podi related that a Landcruiser bearing a ‘BX’ registration number pulled up behind them in the car park at Segoditshane Flats behind Middlestar Shopping...
Tshireletso Motlogelwa 20 December 2013
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