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Kagiso Onkatswitse 29 April 2014

Spain: Children 'must do housework' under draft law

The measure, which would be part of a wider child protection law, says that children under the age of 18 have an obligation to participate in all areas of family life. That includes "co-responsibility in caring for the home and performing household...

Correspondent 29 April 2014

Is Gaborone ready?

The economic spinoffs to SMMEs, the informal and the formal sector are nearly immeasurable. A market of 2,500 consumers and hundreds of support staff descending with fistfuls of allowances and being restricted to spending only within Gaborone. The...

Mmegi Editor | 29 April 2014

US, terrorist or policeman of the world?

The speech was by Sir Winston Churchill, the British premier then. For some obscure reason, apparently the West had expected the USSR to abandon her socialist philosophy to dance to the tune of the West. How naive! A year earlier the United Nations...

Michael Dingake 29 April 2014

Aw come on! That elephant wants to be friends...only!

Michael Dingake 29 April 2014

BOFEPUSU endorses UDC

BOFEPUSU secretary for labour, Johnson Moshwarakgole and secretary for education, Samuel Molaodi said the electoral cooperation of the three UDC parties is what Batswana have been crying for over the years. The UDC is comprised of the Botswana...

Oarabile Mosikare 29 April 2014

Mmadinare Kgosi to be installed next year

Though the announcement was met with jubilation on Wednesday, the eagerly waiting community members complained that the date was too far and wondered why such a long delay.  w“A lot of things are not going well in the village. The date is...

Onalenna Kelebeile 29 April 2014

Bontleng customary court moves into tents

The Urban Customary Court moved from its permanent structures into two tents on April 1 to allow for renovations by the Gaborone City Council. The situation has created chaos as court president, Dikwalo Monametsi has at times been forced to share a...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 29 April 2014

Twelve strokes for three 'drunk' offences

Kebarileng Motshegwa was given the punishment for harassing and fighting Urban Police Station officers at Kofifi bars in Bontleng. The court heard that the police officers were attending to a call at the bars and when they tried to leave, a drunk...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 29 April 2014

Rape convict appeals for mercy

Letsweletse Thebe is serving a 12-year sentence for rape. When he appeared before CoA judges, Isaac Lesetedi, Elijah Legwaila and Monametsi Gaongalelwe, Thebe confessed that he had no problem with his sentence, but only wanted the court to be...

Mpho Mokwape | 29 April 2014

Botswana China students enhance bilateral cooperation

In a student conference scheduled to take place on May 2 in Xiamen, China, the scholars, who are members of the Botswana Student Association in China (BOSAC), are also expected to elect a new Student Representative Council (SRC). The organiser of...

Gothataone Moeng 29 April 2014

Mokalake warns landboard members against corruption

Mokalake said this yesterday the induction of more than 170 new members from seven landboard in the southern part of the country. The minister said landboardmembers should be vigilant as they could be approached by unscrupulous land-seekers....

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 29 April 2014

�BNF is a sinking ship�

“I once told MP Kentse Rammidi upon his resignation from the BDP when he joined the BNF that his action was akin to a frog swimming towards a sinking ship,” said the frail-looking Merafhe to thunderous applause from the crowd. Rammidi...

Ryder Gabathuse | 29 April 2014

Outsourced repairs trigger corruption fears

A panellist from BCL mine, security superintendent Noah Makaba said government is likely to experience a serious challenge when it starts servicing vehicles at private garages. He added that some of the problems the mine is experiencing include a...

Onalenna Kelebeile 29 April 2014

UDC leaders on hit list-Mokgware

During the UDC election launch for Gabane/Mankgodi constituency candidates, the coalition parliamentary hopeful Rtd Major General Pius Mokgware revealed that apart from threats on Boko’s life, a Cabinet minister recently confided in him that he...

Oarabile Mosikare 29 April 2014

Court dismisses GCC ban on Saleshando adverts

Justice Modiri Letsididi has dismissed with costs an urgent application launched by Gaborone City Council (GCC) to compel the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) to remove what the former termed as ‘illegal’ advertisement....

Oarabile Mosikare 29 April 2014

Gaborone Dam to dry up by September

WUC water resource manager, Joel Selemogwe said in Kasane last Friday that the dam is currently 14.7 percent full and they are currently pumping out 54 million litres per day from it. In an address to the Hospitality and Tourism Association of...

Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 29 April 2014

BNF welcomes Moatlhodi in Tonota

First to take to the podium was the BNF’s parliamentary candidate in Tonota South, Bontshetse Maokaneng. The youthful politician set the rally alight when he described the party’s latest catch in the vernacular as “teemane ya rona...

Ryder Gabathuse | 29 April 2014

Franco still going strong

After 14 years of making music, the former soldier shows no sign of slowing down.  He continues to release records annually and now the easy-going musician has just dropped his 12th album, Ke Lorile Sengwe. It has been a long journey, which...

Chippa Legodimo 29 April 2014

Bishop to preach internationally

Marumo has secured a five-year contract that will see him sell his music internationally and build his profile as an artist.  The EP will be used to market the full album that he will later release with the company. “I am really excited...

Chippa Legodimo 29 April 2014

African Copper turnaround steams ahead

The company, which is listed in both the Botswana Stock Exchange and London’s AIM said its production of saleable copper concentrate increased 4.8 percent to 9.95 billion tonnes for the twelve months ended March 31 from 9.50 billion tonnes the...

Staff Writer 29 April 2014

BPC eyes 100MW solar plant in Jwaneng

A feasibility study carried by the African Development Bank (AFDB) estimates that it would costs P5 billion to set up the 100MW solar power station in Botswana. Addressing delegates at the HATAB conference held in Kasane last week, Dennis Olaotse...

Brian Benza 29 April 2014

Mlimani shines for Turnstar

Mlimani paid a dividend of P15.8 million to the holding company, for the year end 31 January 2014. The company stated that Mlimani City Tanzania would be expanded to include additional retail and commercial space including basement parking, additions...

Boitshepo Majube 29 April 2014

Sithole vows to unleash a different Chiefs next season

“I have no reason to be disappointed because our destiny was not in our own hands,” he said after his charges drew 1-1 with ECCO in Francistown to lose the title to Rollers who made sure by beating Miscellaneous. He said Miscellaneous had...

Chakalisa Dube | 29 April 2014

Promoted sides survive as Miscellaneous, Santos join TAFIC in First Division

This is the first time that the Serowe based Miscellaneous are relegated since they got promoted in 2010. Miscellaneous spokesperson, Musa Morapedi said that this year they were caught off guard as they are always in a comfort zone.  He said by...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 29 April 2014

Makwala sets new record

It was 1-2 finish for Botswana after Pako Seribe trailed Makwala home with a time of 46.17 secs.After setting a new record, Makwala vowed to retain the African title. His first 400m engagement this season was in South Africa at the Sasolburg meet...

Thato Kala 29 April 2014

Clubs reject BRU official as referee

EMG Gunners’ coach, Bucks Keopetswe has said there is need for a neutral person as a referee and not the union’s secretary general. He said Alabu must oversee the operations of the union and not officiate in matches. “The secretary...

Calistus Kolantsho | 29 April 2014

Stern test for optimistic Butler

Butler started his Zebras career with a routine 3-0 thumping of lowly South Sudan in a friendly but critics were quick to dismiss the win as a fluke. They argued that South Sudan is a poor opposition, which cannot sufficiently gauge Butler’s...

Mqondisi Dube | 29 April 2014