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BONA fights to get sponsorship for netball league

Speaking at the BONA Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the weekend in Palapye, the association’s president, Tebogo Lebotse, said they are working hard to get a sponsor and urged clubs to continue training in the meantime. “We don’t...

Leornard Matota 17 March 2014

BDF IX firmly in control

BDF will be hoping to continue with their fine form when they take on seventh placed UB Giants in their next assignment. The students, who are in third place, have played some good softball this season under Misael Thompson and are not far off from...

Thato Kala 17 March 2014

Rusty Sekotswe beats Zim fighter

This was Sekotswe’s first fight in over a year. In the first round, Nwadziwane had problems in punching because he was shorter than Sekotswe who continued his dominance in the second round. That did not demoralise the Zimbabwean as he kept...

Calistus Kolantsho | 17 March 2014

Gunners thrash Ecco

The young striker rose high to head home a cross from fellow forward, Nsongamali Shabby to break the deadlock in the second minute at Lobatse Stadium. Though he did not show much class in front of goal, he proved vital as he got the...

Chippa Legodimo 17 March 2014

Boys dent Letlapeng�s title challenge

Sidat Sinase scored for Letlapeng in the 40th minute, while Mogomotsi Keabaitse replied for Boys with a glorious curling effort in the 51st minute. The draw means Letlapeng has been dislodged from top spot by Black Forest who hammered Masitaoka...

Calistus Kolantsho | 17 March 2014

Hayashi-Ha tournament attracts 300 athletes

The tournament dubbed Gaborone Open, attracted karatekas from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique. Hayashi-Ha spokesperson Kaene Kago said the competition has grown not only in terms on numbers but also in standard. He was...

Mosah Mokganedi 17 March 2014

Rollers retain top spot

Striker, Jerome Louis and midfielder, Motsholetsi Sikele’s goals in the second half settled what was merely a dull encounter. Rollers got into the match, having lost the top spot to BDF XI who had thrashed Police XI 3-0 the...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 17 March 2014

My Star still stagnant

For this year’s season the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture has come on board with a tune of about P 450,000 to aid the show to reach even the deeper parts of BotswanaA.   The fund injection would have allowed for the...

Mpho Tlale 17 March 2014

How Botswana�s best perform on Youtube

But how do the best of Botswana’s music perform on Youtube at a time when the free medium of mass communication is catapulting other musos into stardom? A rough survey by The Monitor reveals that leading local musos are...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 17 March 2014

�Freshlyground used us and dumped us� - organisers

The group allegedly refused to honour their trip to Gaborone for the the gig that also featured Tshepo Tshola and Hugh Masekela among others. The organisers seem to have won sympathy from their fans this time around, after they...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 17 March 2014

Hamptons jazz thrill

While it was confirmed on Saturday morning by both Freshlyground and the show organisers, the Hamptons Promoters, that the Cape Town based group would not be performing, fans were incensed to learn this through the contradictory statements made by...

Gothataone Moeng 17 March 2014

Business continuity plans critical in power crisis

People are saying that this is the worst it has ever been in the last 6 years when power saving became a reality. Power saving however, is not new to Southern Africa and for obvious reasons one has to make planning vital in both their personal and...

Correspondent 17 March 2014

BHC sells half of peri-urban portfolio

Last Thursday, the Corporation said it was increasingly able to attract buyers for its peri-urban properties, following its struggles in previous years. At the launch of the Sitting Tenants Sales campaign, Marketing and Research Manager, Mookodi...

Boitshepo Majube 17 March 2014

Survey finds more women in business locally

Released last week, the report ranked Botswana 14th among the 45 countries participating in the IBR survey this year. The IRB also found that in Botswana women in the most senior roles in companies remained at 32% between 2013 and...

Keikantse Lesemela 17 March 2014

IT whizz kid aims high after funding

The 25-year old wizkid last week received a P82,000 grant from the Department of Youth here to boost his fledging business. Majaga’s business, Francistown College of Programming, was registered last year early May but due to funding it...

Chakalisa Dube | 17 March 2014

Youth parliament could be the omitted element in youth development

This reality is certainly creating frustration and generational conflict among our citizenry; it is unpleasant and must be eliminated. Governments, organisations and practitioners alike have and continue to look extensively at this aspect of Youth...

Correspondent 17 March 2014

A for accountability

With the country reeling and the lives of many seriously affected by the power and water crisis, and in many cases, totally ruined it astonished me that BTV should have given first up news prominence to the formal handing over of blankets to...

Sandy Grant 17 March 2014

You are never alone in your loss

It is in death that we fully appreciate life. It is in life that we meet death.We all have our experiences of losing a loved one in one way or another. Each experience is as different as our finger prints are. They look so similar, so...

Dumi Mmualefe 17 March 2014

Hail the oscars, hail the budget speech

I watched as the celebrities’ walked and pranced the red carpet like the stars they really are. I watched as the press jostled for best positions to capture every inch of the spectacle and how some of them occasionally twirled...

Tumie Modise 17 March 2014

Strive to be better

I do not wish life had been kinder to me, but I wish I had been more. I do not wish goods had been cheaper, but I wish I had had more resources. I do not wish I had less problems but I wish I had more skills. I do not wish the...

George Chingarande 17 March 2014

Expensive electricity will cause multiple problems

While this long awaited law would be highly welcome, the Minister of Minerals Energy and Water Resources Kitso Mokaila has not hid the fact that the generation of electricity by the private sector is going to come at hefty costs, resulting in...

Monitor Editor 17 March 2014

Here we go again

Monitor Editor 17 March 2014

Barclays, MoESD and SSI form partnership for the youth

Friday saw the birth of Aflateen, an initiative rolled out by SSI and supported by Barclays and the ministry. The managing director of SSI, Lisa Jamu said at the launch of the partnership that Aflateen is crucial as it demonstrates a true public...

Kgomotso Molelekeng 17 March 2014

Masilo calls on companies to help charity

The centre helps 120 vulnerable children in Gabane  village. Masilo was speaking at an even to accept hampers from two companies he had appealed for help from, Pula Supplies and Apex Properties. The centre, the brainchild of...

Mpho Mokwape | 17 March 2014

Bolele appeal on tomorrow

In the Bulela Ditswe re-run two weeks ago, Joseph Molefhe garnered 2,049 to Bolele’s 1,554. The latter had won the first round, which was controversially nullified.  Bolele’s contention is that there were a lot of...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 17 March 2014

Floods cause two SA, Botswana border closures

Home Affairs spokesperson in Limpopo, Sam Muremi, says travellers should use the Beit Bridge port of entry. Muremi says the operations of Home Affairs between Grobblersbrug and Zanzibar points of entries between South Africa and Botswana have been...

Correspondent 17 March 2014

NDB launches Molomatsebe

Launching the bank’s hotline, Molomatsebe, on Friday, Morapedi said sometimes the facility is wrongly used as an avenue for staff to vent their frustration. “Reports to the hotline are not always factual and raise the need for effective...

Oarabile Mosikare 17 March 2014

North sweeps cluster policing awards

The north got the Minister’s Award through Maun while the top three stations came from the region. Maun Police Station was tops followed by Francistown and Gerald. The Best Practice Award was won by Sehithwa Cluster, Toteng Cluster, Bothathogo...

Victor Muyakwabo 17 March 2014

Masire, Mogae, guests at Mugabe�s P40 million wedding

It is estimated that the wedding cost US$5 million or P40 million. As Mogae and Masire dined and wined at the US 5 million event, ordinary Zimbabweans affected by floods, needed US$20 million to be rescued, as the Zimbabwean...

Correspondent 17 March 2014

Unions compliance status worrisome � Batshu

Batshu told Parliament last week of the 64 registered trade unions, only 25 have complied and of the two federations of trade unions, one has not.  The only employers’ organisation has submitted annual returns. He was responding to a...

Mpho Mokwape | 17 March 2014

Beer theft earns Zim man strokes

Gurai Itai from Zimbabwe was punished after he was found guilty of stealing from and insulting the shop attendants at Co-op Bottle Store in Bontleng on Thursday.  Itai was charged with two criminal offences, common theft and common nuisance of...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 17 March 2014

Circumcision turns to schoolboys as adults shy away

Even with the help of schoolboys, the number of circumcised males in Botswana is only slightly over 100,000, against the targeted 385,000. Initially, the government had set an ambitious target to circumcise 480,000 HIV negative males by 2016. ...

Correspondent 17 March 2014

BPC, WUC monopoly comes to an end

An estimated P30 million has been set aside in the 2014/15 budget the establishment of the Authority. According to the Committee of Supply speech for the Ministry of Minerals, Energy, and Water Resources, this will enable the creation of an enabling...

Staff Writer 17 March 2014

Zim convict claims he is police informant

Barnabas Musekiwa, who is a plumber, was arraigned before Monametsi after being arrested with a Nokia 920 smart phone suspected to be stolen. He was nabbed during a raid for illegal immigrants at White City in February. Musekiwa was apprehended after...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 17 March 2014

Police celebrate Christmas in March

Before you wonder what calendar our law enforcers are using, there is an explanation for this March Christmas celebrations. When the rest of the world was having Christams Botswana police were busy in an operation called 60 Days of Action Against...

Staff Writer 17 March 2014

Merafhe pens tell all book

A close associate of Merafhe’s said the former army commander closed publishing deals with an unnamed company even before he started penning the book, which is expected to be explosive and revealing. Merafhe retired from office at the end of...

Staff Writer 17 March 2014

Parliament adopts motion to celebrate women

The Member of Parliament (MP), Kanye South Abram Kesupile, said erecting a statue in honour of women would be in dedication of and recognition of the contributions made by women to the nation.  He said the statue would not be created in the...

Gothataone Moeng 17 March 2014

Surprise as teacher takes over P80,000 tender

The tender was awarded to a local contractor who disappeared into thin air only for the teacher to emerge as the sole worker on site.  More curiosity. Tseleng is on study leave. He is a student at the University of Botswana, where he should be...

Bame Piet 17 March 2014

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Bame Piet 17 March 2014