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In this week's paper

L M Leteane 31 March 2014

Tarpaulin boosts Seoke�s business ambitions

However a tour of Brazil is what the 50-year-old father of four needed to kick-start his business. “In 2006 I toured Brazil where I visited an upholstery manufacturing factory that manufactures various products using tarpaulin. “I...

Chakalisa Dube | 31 March 2014

Demand for landline services drops

Announcing BTCL’s financials for the year up to March 2013 in Gaborone on Friday, Managing Director Paul Taylor said fixed line revenues for both national and international voice calls fell by two and seven percent respectively.  In...

Brian Benza 31 March 2014

Limko fails to retain award

That trend ended  over the weekend when they finished second overall institution award and  third in the local university award. The Botswana accountancy college (BAC) on the night was the best Local public institution over...

Sharon Mathala 31 March 2014

Keeping up appearances

The event, graced by the crème-de-la-crème of different sports organisations, attracted quite a large number of sports lovers. The function was held last Thursday at Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC). Although the...

Kgomotso Molelekeng 31 March 2014

How HIV scared young Motswana from Law degree

She must have been sent by witches as I come to think of it and she said to me “Your girlfriend has died of AIDS and you must go for a test immediately” and 18 years later I am fit as ever. So I went to Tebelopele Voluntary...

Kgomotso Molelekeng 31 March 2014

Amanandos rock at church disco

R&B singer D-Nice, as well as Wizards of the deserts dancers, and Lizibo were among the non gospel singers that were hyped to perform at the Phakalane event hosted at Spirit Embassy Church. It was a fabulous night for believers as they also...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 31 March 2014

�Get gorgeous� gives women confidence

Through a seminar series, themed Get Gorgeous, redefines how women, especially in the corporate world see themselves by promoting high self-esteem as one of the strongest aspects of real beauty. Held at News Café on Friday and hosted by...

Mpho Mokwape | 31 March 2014

Bantsi is new athletics boss

The Mass resignation by the committee was their last resort to force  Mooketsi, who has been pulling on the opposite directions with his committee and the mother body, the Botswana National Sports Council since 2012. Two weeks ago the athletics...

Mosah Mokganedi 31 March 2014

Seakanyeng named the best player

Seakanyeng went home P40, 000 richer, beating his teammate, Otlantshekela Mooketsi and Township Rollers’ striker, Jerome Louis to the prize. He has been an influential figure for Matebele throughout the tournament and even won the Man of the...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 31 March 2014

Botswana holds the key in coal

He told a conference themed ‘Unlocking the value and shaping the future of Botswana’s coal industry’ that the authoritative annual Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies 2012-2013 of the world’s most favoured destinations...

Correspondent 31 March 2014

BDF IX massacre Vikings

The soldiers, who struggled in the last few games, were merciless on Saturday despite fielding several rookie players in their side. It took them three runs for them to get their first run. Vikings had opened the scoring early in the bottom one...

Thato Kala 31 March 2014

Bagwasi boxing brothers Shine

A total of seven bouts were played with the visitors winning four of those. Teenage pugilist Tefo Rammupudu came up against Nkululeko Suntele in the opening 52kg bout and was beaten all systems out. Rammupudu was making his international debut and...

Thato Kala 31 March 2014

Tafic beaten on home soil

As usual TAFIC put up a brave performance and showed more hunger on the ball but their defensive blunders cost them greatly with pedestrian mistakes. On the  5th minute TAFIC’s lethal striker Tendai Nyamadzawo’s free kick narrowly...

Leornard Matota 31 March 2014

Sankoyo march on

In a game played before a capacity crowd at Dongain Francistown on Saturday  Sankoyo played like true champions. This is Sankoyo’s seventh straight victory, as the club marches towards clinching automatic promotion to the elite league....

Shingirai Madondo 31 March 2014

Notwane down Santos

Vincent Nsombe had put Santos ahead after muscling three defenders to volley home in the 23rd minute but the Gabane side did not show much confidence after the goal. Notwane tried to stage a comeback shortly after, veteran midfielder Oteng Moalosi...

Chippa Legodimo 31 March 2014

Negotiate with your lenders!

First you ask questions about the school, meet the teachers, see the classrooms, ask what the fees are, and so on. After all, affordability, quality and safety are paramount for your children’s education. Shopping around for a loan should be no...

Correspondent 31 March 2014

BIUST finally go home

BIUST, which has been housed at Oodi College of Applied Arts (OCAAT), moves to its Palapye premises in May. President of the Student Representative Council (SRC), Tumisang Letlakana said at a farewell ceremony in Oodi on Saturday that Batswana...

Chippa Legodimo 31 March 2014

Orange makes another student a millionaire

These two promotions are meant to reward customers with a cash price, and so far P1million has been the largest offer in Botswana. In this promotion, customers are entered automatically each time they utilise the e-Recharge to top up their prepaid...

Kagiso Onkatswitse 31 March 2014

Venson-Moitoi turns unsavoury

The debate, on Okavango MP Bagalatia Arone’s motion asking the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) to allow the students to repeat their senior secondary school, was destined to turn ugly following the ministry’s...

Gothataone Moeng 31 March 2014

MPs demand recognition until change of office

The bill, brought forward by Lobatse Member of Parliament (MP) Nehemiah Modubule looks at changing section 68(1) (a) of the Constitution.  It provides for the right of MPs to continue as such up to and including the last day preceding a general...

Gothataone Moeng 31 March 2014

Travel at own peril!

The Tlokweng border post is arguably Botswana’s busiest gateway to South Africa, after its infrastructure was expanded a few years ago to position itself for the floodgate of traffic to and from South Africa. But because of the unstable...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 31 March 2014

Alleged murderer skips bail

Mojanki was supposed to appear at the magistrates court on Friday on a charge of malicious damage to property. The state alleges that he partly burnt a Toyota Corolla belonging to Letsweletse Matome near or at Mmei Community Junior Secondary School...

Lebogang Mosikare | 31 March 2014

Nurses get 14% salary increase

This comes after President Ian Khama and his cabinet gave the thumbs up to a long dragging proposal by the union to have nurses paid for non-nursing duties, The Monitor is reliably informed. Only a directive and savinggram announcing government...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 31 March 2014

Leepile triumphs against Phumaphi

In the contentious case, which has been before the High Court for 13 years, Justice Phumaphi sued The Voice newspaper, its editor, publishers and Leepile for P850,000 for defaming him. The suit arose after Leepile’s draft study document...

Oarabile Mosikare 31 March 2014

Khama Not The Problem, We Are�

Yet people didn’t know who he was “politically speaking”… so excited that we didn’t even care to know how this man, who had just been coerced to resign his commandership of the army and placed “unelected”...

Oarabile Mosikare 31 March 2014

Convention Begins To Be Discarded

It also surprised me that someone could have published this kind of highly personalised book whilst they are still Speaker of the National Assembly. Could this have happened in other Parliamentary democracies where the Speaker is expected to be...

Sandy Grant 31 March 2014

Easter Is About Conviction

Without doubt a lot of bo rre are heading for cattle posts and farms. Business people are preparing for a bumper harvest as they will be raking in lots of money from such sales as alcohol and different food stuffs and other consumables....

Dumi Mmualefe 31 March 2014

Diary of a beautiful woman

Everyone who knows my family (the Modise’s) can testify that I come from a family of unbelievably beautiful girls. Whenever our family is gathered for weddings or even funerals, most people often mistake such gatherings for beauty pageants or...

Tumie Modise 31 March 2014

Fashion Your Own Career

There are indeed many definitions of the word career. What is evident in each definition is that career occupies a very important space throughout an individual’s life. Careers are so important that almost always when we speak about success we...

George Chingarande 31 March 2014

Overgrown Grass A Danger

Thickets on both sides of most roads are causing problems for motorists in Gaborone. To say they obstruct the view for the driver is an understatement. It’s just about impossible to know whether the road is clear enough to make that crucial...

Monitor Editor 31 March 2014

Patrick van Rensburg

Monitor Editor 31 March 2014