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Epic Six hours into 2014

You see a person on the 30th of December 2013, then you see them again on the 3rd of January 2014 and it is just weird vibes. Why? Well, because some crazy things happened while you guys were apart and the stories are yet to be shared. Speaking of...

Maya Roze 07 January 2014

Of professional footballers and Xmas tournaments

There have been different views on the issue and the matter always evokes emotions and different opinions. I for one, am not a great fan of our professional players partaking in such.  The Christmas period is the time for these players to...

Thuso Palai 07 January 2014

Pressure on Moyes to spend after more trouble at home

The tie had entered a 90th minute when Wayne Routledge zipped past Darren Fletcher down the left and popped up a ball that the unmarked Bony headed beyond Anders Lindegaard. At the close Moyes was ashen-faced and the unpalatable facts read that this...

Correspondent 07 January 2014

Eusebio: Football pays tribute to legend

Chelsea’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho said of Eusebio: “I think he is immortal.” Manchester United and England great Bobby Charltonsaid Eusebio was “one of the finest players I ever had the privilege to play...

Correspondent 07 January 2014

Youth Games preparations pick pace

The games chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said the preparations gained momentum in December when they hosted the participating countries’ Chef de Missions for a familiarisation workshop. The workshop was meant to update countries about...

Mosarwa Othusitse 07 January 2014

Reinstated Olopeng meets clubs

Olopeng was suspended in October 2012 for allegedly testifying against the Botswana Football Association (BFA) in a case pitting Police XI and the country’s football mother body. The charges were withdrawn by the association albeit after...

Thato Kala 07 January 2014

Local, international acts clash at Morobosi

The show that came to a close without any controversy started off with a bit of drama on New Year’s Eve. South Africa’s Heavy K nearly ruined the night when he demanded to play before his scheduled time slot.  His order caused a...

Kgomotso Molelekeng 07 January 2014

Kearoma inspired to do better in 2014

The jazz singer closed a fruitful year by scooping a string of Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) awards in December. The triple win seems to have inspired the performer to aim higher and now insists that her best was yet to come. She won the best...

Chippa Legodimo 07 January 2014

ATI on wrong side of law

The artist is allegedly involved in a kidnapping incident with a certain promoter.  ATI was quick to share this on his Facebook page stating, “I might go to jail for kidnapping”. According to a close associate, ATI was headlining at...

Sharon Mathala 07 January 2014

Stop thewar on fun

The festive season is the only time of the year when people meet their former classmates that go as far back as primary school, distant relatives and friends from former times. Due to the harsh realities of life that dictate that people spend most of...

Staff Writer 07 January 2014

2013 Was full of pessimism, enter 2014!

The French revolutionaries of the day seemed directionless. They wanted change and stability in the country. Both phenomena were extremely elusive. Previous year’s mood here was not unlike the French when Dickens was inspired to write his novel...

Michael Dingake 07 January 2014

Economic freedom fighters

Michael Dingake 07 January 2014

Poverty prompts Baherero return

The Baherero, who came from Namibia, and settled in towns like Sehitwa and Toteng, along the western edges of the Okavango Delta, and in Maun, recently came to Namibia to consult on the way forward but were turned back. The group, that was led by...

Staff Writer 07 January 2014

GCC proposes stiffer laws for matimela

Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, GCC Mayor Haskins Nkaigwa said that by end of last year, they proposed to the central government to have the Pound Act revoked and be replaced by a new and more effective legislation, the Road and Traffic Act.  The...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 07 January 2014

GCC proposes stiffer laws for matimela

Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, GCC Mayor Haskins Nkaigwa said that by end of last year, they proposed to the central government to have the Pound Act revoked and be replaced by a new and more effective legislation, the Road and Traffic Act.  The...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 07 January 2014

Concrete could prove a party pooper for BNF candidate

In the wake of the arrest last Sunday of Rannatshe, the BNF candidate for Thamaga/Kumakwane, a constituency meeting resolved to ask him to stand aside for fear that the case might spoil his chances and soil the image of the party. A source who does...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 07 January 2014

Trouble at Morupule B

He said that on December 21 an accident occurred inside the ash blending machines where two employees of China National Electric Equipment Corporation (CNEEC) were stationed. One died, while the other had his leg amputated. CNEEC officials confirmed...

Lawrence Seretse 07 January 2014

DJ Sid for Gabs Central

Popularly known as DJ Sid or DJ N’dala, Baitsile went on Facebook over the festive holidays declaring his intentions to stand as an independent candidate in the constituency. A vibrant, wealthy with a highly mobile and politicised youth, the...

Oarabile Mosikare 07 January 2014

FCC raids vendors, hawkers' stalls

Vendors were shocked when they arrived at their various workstations on December 26, 2013 to find their shacks, clothing, fruits and vegetables that they had locked inside trunks all gone. On realising what hit them, they said they approached FCC...

Pini Bothoko | 07 January 2014

BOFEPUSU to meet DPSM

According to BOFEPUSU secretary general, Tobokani Rari on December 23 2013, a mediation meeting between the union and DPSM representatives was held at the Department of Labour. This was after the federation had declared a dispute with the...

Oarabile Mosikare 07 January 2014

BDP may dump Moswaane

Members of the regional and branch committees and this year’s general elections candidates, including Moswaane, attended the meeting. “Balopi and Olopeng came with a proposal that in view of the troubles dogging the party, the party...

Ryder Gabathuse | 07 January 2014

African Copper slides to a P35m loss

This is a huge improvement compared with a loss of $9 million for the corresponding period last year. African Copper chairperson David Rodier said revenues were $29,7 million, an increase of 9 percent from $27,2 million for the corresponding period...

Boitshepo Majube 07 January 2014

Economists upbeat on prospects for US

In the US “2014 is going to be a better year”, Martin Feldstein, a professor at Harvard University and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Ronald Reagan, said on Sunday in Philadelphia. “There is no reason...

Correspondent 07 January 2014

Sefalana spreads wings into Namibian market

 The acquisition price is expected to be less than P186 million, which is 15 percent of the counter’s current market capitalisation of P1,24 billion on the domestic bourse. Sefalana, which was the first firm to list on the domestic...

Brian Benza 07 January 2014

BSE smashes records in 2013

By comparison, the Domestic Companies Index appreciated by 7.74 percent in 2012 and 8.7 percent in 2011, shed 11.4 percent in 2010, experienced a modest rise of 2.9 percent in 2009, and a sharp drop of 16.5 percent in the recession year of 2008. Its...

Mbongeni Mguni | 07 January 2014

In Tuesday's paper

Mbongeni Mguni 07 January 2014