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Botswana scales up Youth Games preparations

He said things are looking good for  popular and non-conventional sports and athletes have shown in various competitions that they are well drilled. He said karate, boxing, tennis, athletics, table tennis, netball, judo, swimming and volleyball...

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Netball renovations start ahead of Youth Games

Local contractor, Barrets Courts started work on the courts yesterday with the refurbishment expected to last two weeks. The contractor’s quantity surveyor, Simba Makwada said although they have started work, some of the materials have...

Mosah Mokganedi 03 April 2014

PASSOBO owed P8,000 by affiliates

PASSOBO vice-secretary, Phenyo Makaba, told Mmegi Sport this week that only six out of 26 affiliates have paid up the P400 subscription fees. He said the explanation they got from the affiliates during their annual general meeting over the weekend...

Calistus Kolantsho | 03 April 2014

Strong Under-20 squad for Malawi tie

Under-20 coach, Innocent Morapedi left with a strong squad yesterday for the duel where the Young Zebras need a good result to make the second leg at the Molepolole Sports Complex an easier affair in two weeks time. Morapedi,...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 03 April 2014

Kearoma aims for the big time

Kearoma pointed out that she feels it is high time that she shares her talent and not just limit herself to Botswana.                     She said that she feels she can do better in South Africa...

Mpho Tlale 03 April 2014

St Louis Export honours Under�40 winners

The Top 40, Under-40 is an initiative by St Louis Export that was launched in 2013 to honour people who are considered as catalysts of change within their industries and communities. The winning lot was honoured with pins and certificates in...

Mpho Tlale 03 April 2014

DJ Oats to share stage with Tuku

Tuku performs on May 3 at Zula Sound Bar, Cape Town and the Botswana man, affectionately known as DJ Oats, is part of a line-up that includes DJ Wilson and DJ Luvchild. DJ Oats will perform a live set of his collaboration songs with Zimbabwean diva...

Thato Kala 03 April 2014

Kanguatenge to hoist Botswana flag again

Licence holder under the Culture and Heritage Botswana Pageant Trust, Millicent Shunda, explained that due to time constraints they did not hold the local version of the contest.  Instead, Shunda decided to go with Kanguatenge because she...

Maureen Odubeng | 03 April 2014

BotswanaPost partners Hollard to offer insurance services

The joint venture targets un-banked citizens in informal employment to access life insurance services through the parastatals’ wide national footprint of 125 post offices countrywide. Speaking at the product launch in Gaborone yesterday,...

Keikantse Lesemela 03 April 2014

Regus opens first centre in Botswana

The company sets up fully equipped workplaces providing a ready-to-use infrastructure, allowing new companies to get straight down to work in Botswana and other African countries. Regus services takes away the need for new companies...

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

The April Fools� Day cabinet reshuffle announcement and its aftermath

There is a little matter of blatant opportunism by those who have called press conferences over this: one of their main arguments has been that it shows indecision on the part of the Presidency- that the President does not know what he wants. I find...

Lawrence Ookeditse 03 April 2014

London firm to buy BancABC for P2.3bn

ABC Holdings, which is listed in the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) through its operating brand BancABC, offers financial services in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. ADC, a London Stock Exchange (LSE) listed operation trading in...

Brian Benza 03 April 2014

What animal is Venson-Moitoi?

Pelonomi has denied Shakawe Form Five students an opportunity to repeat the classes which they needed to do to prepare for the resitting of their examinations. This is after going on national television and stating that the affected students...

Mmegi Editor | 03 April 2014

UDC struggles to field parley candidates

Yesterday, UDC spokesperson, Moeti Mohwasa said they are trying to speed up the process and hopefully they will finish it within a month or two. “I cannot reveal the number of parliamentary candidates for now until we have finished the process...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 03 April 2014

Drivers to switch on their lights 24/7

The Minister of Transport and Communications, Nonofo Molefhi told journalists at his office this week that he has noticed that some motorists drive with park lights at dawn. “We have noted that there are motorists who prefer to...

Bame Piet 03 April 2014

Now they want Mma Shana�s contacts

I’m talking about my mom, sisters, brothers, and 12 or so nieces and nephews. We were happy to meet after an eventful festive season, which brought us closer to each other than ever before. We reminisced about the fireworks we bought,...

Bame Piet 03 April 2014

Khama�s cabinet reshuffle: Glaring and dramatic leadership failure

This is a strange development and one that clearly demonstrates the failure of leadership on the part of President Khama. He does not have the courage to dismiss a non-performing Minister but instead he elects to appease her with some undefined and...

Correspondent 03 April 2014

Parliamentary questions and answers

Mmolotsi resurrects Khama’s 2000  sabbatical   Question: Wynter Mmolotsi (Francistown South): The Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration to state who authorised the sabbatical leave for President Ian Khama when...

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Somerset relocations hit snag

He said one resident bought four plots with intentions to convert them to commercial use and is now refusing to move. “We have a man who purchased four plots and wanted to combine them and convert them to commercial use. “We have now...

Patricia Edwin 03 April 2014

Botswana lags behind SA in male circumcision

Almost half of the 12,896 men interviewed in the recently released South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence and Behavioural Survey, had been circumcised. Findings indicated that almost half (46.4%) of the male respondents aged 15 years and...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 03 April 2014

Unions still sneer at four percent offer

Addressing heads of departments in Selebi-Phikwe on Tuesday, BOPEU youth secretary, Kebonyemodisa Watota, said though they are against the offer, it is up to the general membership to give the federation a mandate or direction to negotiate with...

Onalenna Kelebeile 03 April 2014

Ndingo Johwa�s judgement due next week

The plaintiffs allege that Johwa and Rubee Red Trench engaged Huatswana by hiring machinery for a contract to debush the area,   where Masa Centre is built. The jazz musician is said to have bonded the deal with his residential plot...

Sharon Mathala 03 April 2014

Parties differ on Venson-Moitoi redeployment

On Tuesday President Ian Khama appointed the minister to undertake a special assignment within the MoESD. The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) spokesperson, Moeti Mohwasa disputed the view that Venson-Moitoi had failed at the embattled...

Oarabile Mosikare 03 April 2014

Cllrs react to Venson-Moitoi�s fall

Monarch East councillor, Raoboy Mpuang, from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) was sympathetic to the former minister saying that she led the ministry during tough times. “You should remember there was a huge battle between teachers and the...

Pini Bothoko | 03 April 2014

I am still a minister � Venson-Moitoi

“I should clear the air.  Some of you are probably wondering why I am still called minister. I still am. The appointment yesterday; for those that might not have followed the news clearly, I am still minister,” she told an...

Gothataone Moeng 03 April 2014

Customer shot during armed robbery

According to police, the gunman, who is still at large, entered the supermarket in Gabane and walked away with an undisclosed amount of money. According to witnesses, the shooting took place after the man, together with other customers, attempted to...

Sharon Mathala 03 April 2014

Judgment reserved in Tlokweng land allocation case

The appeal comes after the Land Tribunal ordered the landboard to offer the applicants an audience and re-consider the allocation, which was conducted through a hotly contested raffle system. During the heads of argument yesterday at the High Court,...

Mpho Mokwape | 03 April 2014

Masilo bounces back to the civil service

Masilo will join his former Ministry of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration as the head of the poverty eradication programme, a move that follows his resignation from the public service last year to join politics. He will work hand in...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 03 April 2014

Noah

A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 03 April 2014

Muppets Most Wanted

While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Need for Speed

Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

The Single Moms Club

When five struggling single moms put aside their differences to form a support group, they find inspiration and laughter in their new sisterhood, and help each other overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Noah

A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Muppets Most Wanted

While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Need for Speed

Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.

Staff Writer 03 April 2014

Divide and rule!

Staff Writer 03 April 2014