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Butale hails juniors' in Zone Six squad
Butale hails juniors' in Zone Six squad THATO KALA Correspondent C aptain of the national women table tennis team Boitshwarelo Butale has hailed the inclusion of four junior players in the side for the Confederation of Southern...
Thato Kala 31 January 2014
Queen's baton arrives at a critical time - Kedikilwe
Queen's baton arrives at a critical time - KedikilweMOSAH MOKGANEDI Staff Writer T he country's Vice President, Ponatshego Kedikilwe has said the 2014 Commonwealth Games Queen's baton has arrived in Botswana at a relevant time...
Mosah Mokganedi 31 January 2014
Peleng home grown talent was Gunners' key
Peleng home grown talent was Gunners' key In this week's Down Memory Lane, Mmegi Correspondent, EDDIE KUHLMAN looks at how the Peleng spirit kept yesteryear's Extension Gunners ticking T he future looks bleak for bankrupt Extension Gunners...
Mosah Mokganedi 31 January 2014
Old enemies brace for bruising encounter
Old enemies brace for bruising encounter BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO Staff Writer A fter a series of heartbreaks at the hands of Township Rollers this season, Mochudi Centre Chiefs get an opportunity to assuage their agony on Sunday when the two...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 31 January 2014
TASC, Tonota in weekend thriller for third place
TASC, Tonota in weekend thriller for third place CHAKALISA DUBE Staff Writer FRANCISTOWN: Third-placed Tonota FC and TASC, just one place below, clash in what is expected to be the pick of the Debswana First Division North (FDN) league...
Chakalisa Dube
| 31 January 2014
First Division clubs point finger at BFA
First Division clubs point finger at BFA CALISTUS KOLANTSHO Staff Writer F irst Division South clubs have pointed an accusing finger at the Botswana Football Association (BFA) for delays in the supply of playing kits. Some teams in...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 31 January 2014
Tarnishing the good name of the armed forces
Tarnishing the good name of the armed forces Batswana are becoming increasingly weary of a rising paramilitary force that is yet to be identified that acts in the name of the police and the military while flouting every rule of...
Richard Moleofe 31 January 2014
BDF XI appeals sentence
BDF XI appeals sentence MQONDISI DUBE Staff Writer BDF XI have appealed to the Botswana Football Association (BFA) for a lesser sentence following the docking of six points and a fine of P10, 000 after the club took the organisation to...
Mqondisi Dube
| 31 January 2014
The liver at the heart of the nation!
The liver at the heart of the nation! C hicken has just finished making his ominous and gloomy prediction about how the FMD-diseased cattle which were slaughtered over the years will live with the nation forever.He was reminded by an...
Barolong Seboni 31 January 2014
Analysis of by-elections since 2009
If the formation of the BMD, serious efforts at opposition cooperation, and the mobilisation leading up to the BOFEPUSO strike of 2011 energised the opposition, the opposition has been demoralised by events since mid-2011. More recently, at the end...
Barolong Seboni 31 January 2014
Hands off the poor!
Hands off the poor! I n this edition, we publish with a heavy sense of trepidation a story about how Jwaneng Town Council is spearheading efforts to turn Botswana into a police state by arming law enforcement officers of local...
Barolong Seboni 31 January 2014
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Barolong Seboni 31 January 2014
Welcome home, Madagascar!
Welcome home, Madagascar! SIMON ALLISON A fter five years of diplomatic isolation, and economic stagnation, Madagascar has finally sorted out its politics (with a bit of help from SADC). Its reward? A warm welcome back into the...
Barolong Seboni 31 January 2014
China ivory crush: Sham or genuine turnaround?
China ivory crush: Sham or genuine turnaround? CLARISSA HUGHES T he Chinese government has been lauded for crushing six tonnes of ivory last week in a move that was hailed as a first step to addressing rampant elephant poaching in...
Barolong Seboni 31 January 2014
Our education system is appalling
Our education system is appalling O ur education system is collapsing before all of us and the nation is just watching helplessly. This is a betrayal of innocent children who should be protected and given the best education. The...
Barolong Seboni 31 January 2014
Opposition mudslinging is 'par for the course'
Opposition mudslinging is 'par for the course' TSAONE BASIMANEBOTLHE Correspondent D espite their target being the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), opposition parties continue to attack one another. Social media was awash...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 31 January 2014
Botswana should send BDF to South
Following the sudden turn of events in South Sudan, which seems to have taken the world by surprise, I am of the view that involvement by Botswana in the UN-mandated Peace Support Operation (PSO) is necessary. I believe that engagement in South...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 31 January 2014
K-Boss still climbing the success ladder
K-Boss still climbing the success ladder CHIPPA LEGODIMO Staff Writer H ip hop artist Kabelo Motlhatlhedi popularly known as K-Boss once tried to pen down some explicit lyrics but felt bad, ditched the idea and tore the paper into...
Chippa Legodimo 31 January 2014
Anti-poaching units go hi-tech
Anti-poaching units go hi-tech VICTOR MUYAKWABO Staff Writer B otswana's anti-poaching units have introduced hi-tech equipment to enhance their battle against poachers. Information reaching Mmegi is that anti-poaching units in the Chobe...
Victor Muyakwabo 31 January 2014
Govt finally appoints representatives to PSBC
Govt finally appoints representatives to PSBC BABOKI KAYAWE Staff Writer G overnment has finally appointed alternate representatives to the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC) after a delay of three years. In a statement...
Baboki Kayawe 31 January 2014
Clara Olsen: An icon has departed
Clara Olsen: An icon has departed PAMELA DUBE KELEPANG Correspondent I do not like writing obituaries, especially of people who in life, even in death, occupy mind space. So, writing about Clara Olsen just hours after her departure...
Pamela Dube
| 31 January 2014
The living art of pillars
The living art of pillars MAUREEN ODUBENG Staff Writer P illars have become fashionable, and the designs come in different sizes and shapes with a variety of decorations friendly to the eye. Tebogo Motaung of Pitsane in the Borolong area...
Maureen Odubeng
| 31 January 2014
Body for disabled in financial doldrums
Chairperson of the association Joseph Nchenje said as a result they were unable to run the organisation, which was expected to be a voice of the people with disabilities. Nchenje said though they would be turning two years this year,...
Pini Bothoko
| 31 January 2014
By-law officers to be armed with pepper sprays
By-law officers to be armed with pepper sprays BOITSHEPO MAJUBE Correspondent T he Jwaneng Town Council has proposed that council by-law enforcement officers in the country should be armed with pepper sprays so that they can...
Boitshepo Majube 31 January 2014
Politician accuses public servants of sabotage
The Kgalagadi South District Development Committee (DDC) has been accused of sabotage over McCarthy's Rust settlement recognition status.Politician accuses public servants of sabotage ZOLANI KRAAI Correspondent T he Kgalagadi South District...
Zolani Kraai 31 January 2014
Man in court for failing to pay outstanding car balance
Man in court for failing to pay outstanding car balance NNASARETHA KGAMANYANE Correspondent A 43-year-old man appeared before the Urban Customary court in Bontleng for not paying an outstanding P1,100 balance for a car he had...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 31 January 2014
FCC vows to eliminate illegal vending
FCC vows to eliminate illegal vending PINI BOTHOKO Correspondent FRANCISTOWN: The city council has said that it will leave no stone unturned in its quest to evict illegal vendors from the streets of Francistown. "We are not done...
Pini Bothoko
| 31 January 2014
Insolvent year for BDP bigwigs
Insolvent year for BDP bigwigs STAFF WRITER T his year started on a miserable note for two Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) bigwigs Mpho Balopi and Kagiso Mmusi, financial wise. The BDP secretary general Balopi and former deputy...
Staff Writer 31 January 2014
PPADB fails to meet deferrals target
PPADB fails to meet deferrals targetBOITSHEPO MAJUBE Correspondent I n it 2013 annual report, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) states that deferrals increased from 27-29%, while rejections remained constant at...
Boitshepo Majube 31 January 2014
Face to face with Hobona
Face to face with Hobona l First opposition woman MP leant the struggle politics from grandfather's historical woes RYDER GABATHUSE Staff Writer FRANCISTOWN: At a very tender age Dr Habaudi Njiro Hobona...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 31 January 2014
Crushing rejection of ABC buyout offer
Crushing rejection of ABC buyout offer BRIAN BENZA Staff Writer Shareholders owning over 45% of ABC Holdings (ABCH) have rejected a buyout offer from controlling stakeholder, African Development Corporation (ADC). In a statement to...
Brian Benza 31 January 2014
Not yet uhuru for BDP after primaries
Not yet uhuru for BDP after primaries T he ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has faced a tough time since it held its primary elections late last year. The controversial elections were riddled with irregularities, accusations and...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 31 January 2014
Overburdened debtors trek to Banking Adjudicator
Overburdened debtors trek to Banking Adjudicator MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writer T he Office of the Banking Adjudicator has recorded a spike in disgruntled bank customers seeking relief from the consequences of heavy indebtedness, in...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 31 January 2014
'BNF structures are too weak to handle protests'
'BNF structures are too weak to handle protests' ISAIAH MOREWAGAE Staff Writer T he Botswana National Front (BNF) has blamed inefficiencies in its regional and constituency structures for the delays in resolving protests arising from the...
Isaiah Morewagae 31 January 2014
Revival of textile firms key to Phikwe economy
To the unemployed and low-income earners the textile industry assured them a stable income as compared to the temporary Ipelegeng programme. "Okare di firm di ka bulwa mma ra kgona go bona ditiro (I wish firms would re-open so that we get...
Onalenna Kelebeile 31 January 2014
Farmers to sue over controversial Tsabong West farms
Farmers to sue over controversial Tsabong West farms ZOLANI KRAAI Correspondent T hree Khweyane communal area farmers and residents of Maubelo in the Tsabong catchment area will next month register a case of restitution of...
Zolani Kraai 31 January 2014
Balanced budget will send the right signal - BOCCIM
BOCCIM wants the budget to also embrace a low and stable inflation as well as sustainable public debt in keeping with BOCCIM's own values of low taxation. In a statement released this week, BOCCIM noted that, "A balanced budget - as opposed to...
Chakalisa Dube
| 31 January 2014
Masilo, Raletobane to have another go
Masilo, Raletobane to have another go TSAONE BASIMANEBOTLHE Correspondent B otswana Democratic Party (BDP) Kweneng regional committee has finally decided on 30 appeals that were before them. Of these, re-runs were called for six wards...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 31 January 2014
TEC successor operational
TEC successor operational STAFF WRITER T he Tertiary Education Act of 1999 has been repealed by the expanded mandate of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC), which is to prepare the National Human Resource Development...
Staff Writer 31 January 2014
No spills, no frills, few thrills
No spills, no frills, few thrills BRIAN BENZA & MBONGENI MGUNI Staff Writers T he 2007/08 budget is memorable for being the last time a civil service wage increase was announced in the budget statement, while the 2008/09 paper remains...
Staff Writer 31 January 2014
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