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BCA introduces T20 cricket
This will be the first time for the country to host a national T20 tournament. “The tournament will involve teams from the northern region and southern region and it will be played some time in March. We are still finalising the...
Gasebalwe Seretse 20 February 2014
GU deny Zakhem�s hand in Jomo saga
There were allegations that Moatlhaping was removed from the team that faced city rivals in the second Mascom Top 8 semi-final with an instruction from Zakhem. However, GU secretary Hebert Letsebe yesterday shot down the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 20 February 2014
Butler dismantles Zebras old guard
Centre backs Ndiyapo Letsholathebe and Mompati Thuma had made clear their intentions to retire. Thuma had stayed on while Letsholathebe threw in the towel. On the flanks, veteran utility player Tshepo ‘Talk Talk’ Motlhabankwe will get the...
Mqondisi Dube
| 20 February 2014
BNSC threatens wrestling body
BNSC chairperson Solly Reikeletseng told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the BWF leadership was aware of procedures, but had a tendency of taking issues to the media before exhausting all BNSC channels. He said on many occasions the BWF had taken...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 20 February 2014
Bootylicious Boity to hit Gabz
Popularly known as Boity, Thulo set tongues wagging when an image, from a photo shoot for Marie Claire’s 2014 Naked issue, of her showing all skin hit social media on Monday. The picture showed her literally butt-naked. Voted Mzanzi’s...
Sharon Mathala 20 February 2014
Tattooist Lubbe dabbles in fine art
Apart from doing tattoos in her spare time away from the machines and the ink she paints, draws and moulds. She reveals that “most of the time a tattoo artist does some fine art on the side and doesn’t just focus on one...
Mpho Tlale 20 February 2014
Batswana authors� visibility worries Slaughter
At a ‘Where are Batswana Writers?’ seminar hosted in the University of Botswana (UB) yesterday she expressed that Botswana has a rich history. She said yet there are no visible works from local writers. Slaughter is the author of the...
Mpho Tlale 20 February 2014
Winning personality goes a long way
The 19-year-old from Mookane village was crowned second princess at the pageant held at Nicaragua in South America on Saturday. She shone through to become the second runner-up while competing for the coveted title with 22 other teen beauties from...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 20 February 2014
Lobatse tannery an environmental concern
Answering a question in parliament, the Minister of Agriculture, Christian De Graff said the Lobatse residential area near the tannery was now surrounding the plant and the smell from the plant was increasingly becoming a concern to...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 20 February 2014
BPC bracing for winter peaks
While units 1 and 4 of the troubled power station were reignited last week following technical failures at the beginning of the month, units 2 and 3 are still under repair from faults experienced last year. Yesterday, Mmegi Business established that...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 20 February 2014
Masisi�s defence misses the point
Since he came to power six years ago, the President has never bothered to attend these important events. However, he has attended every meeting of Conservation International (CI), an organisation concerned with conservation of wildlife. He recently...
Mbongeni Mguni 20 February 2014
Sale of ivory triggered poaching
The Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Tshekedi Khama, without hesitation, revealed that the sale of ivory in 2008, sanctioned by the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) brought catastrophic excitement that...
Bame Piet 20 February 2014
Govt to ease entrance of skilled expatriates
Speaking at the launch of the Business Facilitation Service Centre in Gaborone this week, Makgatho-Malesu said government was developing this in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs with a view to allow importation of requisite...
Boitshepo Majube 20 February 2014
BPC staff forced to work under bad smell
The Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Kitso Mokaila stated that BPC engaged a company to fumigate/spray the offices with Chlorpyrifos insecticide on the weekend of May 12 to 13 last year, but when employees reported for work on Monday...
Bame Piet 20 February 2014
Minister wont disclose Anthony�s credentials
Anthony Khama is President Ian Khama’s younger brother and twin brother to Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT) Tshekedi Khama. He was appointed by Venson-Moitoi to the UB Council last year, alongside prominent lawyer and...
Gothataone Moeng 20 February 2014
Four percent proposal keeps BOFEPUSU busy
Last week the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) released a statement proposing the four percent salary adjustment across the board, for the financial year 2014-2015. The increment will take effect on April 1, 2014, provided the...
Oarabile Mosikare 20 February 2014
Masimolole�s �recipe� for poor JC results
He was commenting on the 2014/15 budget speech on Tuesday. For more than a decade, the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has enjoyed a huge chunk of the national budget, but returning more than five percent of it (unspent) back to...
Bame Piet 20 February 2014
Gantsi murder accused out on bail
The two, Tshiamo Kalalelo (29) and Mmika Mpe (24) hail from Werda. Ofentse Ramaabya of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) failed to persuade the court to remand the accused pending conclusion of police investigations. Ramaabya had argued...
Bame Piet 20 February 2014
Jwaneng mayor joins BDP
Jahana reportedly resigned from the Botswana National Front (BNF) late last year after losing the primary elections for Ngwaketsi West constituency. Jahana contested and lost the constituency against Nthaile Nthaile. Nthaile was voted in...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 20 February 2014
BDP underdog itching for Gaborone Central re-run
Relatively young Mangwegape-Healy told Mmegi that despite coming last in the first round of Bulela Ditswe, he still believes that he can snatch the constituency from Mogami who led the pack. He attributed his loss in the first round to the timing at...
Isaiah Morewagae 20 February 2014
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