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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...
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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...
418,Mosah Mokganedi,,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:05:00, 03 May 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...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:04:00, 03 May 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,...
411,Boitumelo Khutsafalo,phpCD8F.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:00:00, 03 May 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...
421,Mpho Tlale,phpB106.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 23:19:00, 03 May 2014
St Louis Export honours Under40 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...
421,Mpho Tlale,phpB106.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 23:19:00, 03 May 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...
439,Thato Kala,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:40, 03 May 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...
420,Maureen Odubeng,php85BC.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:06:00, 03 May 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...
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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,...
445,Keikantse Lesemela,phpF8B6.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:36:34, 03 May 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...
509,Lawrence Ookeditse,php7EC5.tmp.jpg, 03 May 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...
406,Brian Benza,phpE652.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 09:51:00, 03 May 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...
450,Mmegi Editor,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 17:32:19, 03 May 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...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 16:31:00, 03 May 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...
404,Bame Piet,phpB30D.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 09:46:00, 03 May 2014
Now they want Mma Shanas 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,...
404,Bame Piet,phpB30D.tmp.jpg, 03 May 2014
Khamas 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...
475,Correspondent,,2013/october/05,2013-10-05 12:50:03, 03 May 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...
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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...
429,Patricia Edwin,php845.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 11:20:54, 03 May 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...
408,Maranyane Ngwanaamotho,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:54:56, 03 May 2014
Ndingo Johwas 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...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg,2013/october/10,2013-10-10 22:37:48, 03 May 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...
403,Onalenna Kelebeile,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:44:37, 03 May 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...
419,Oarabile Mosikare,phpEAC0.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 10:05:38, 03 May 2014
Cllrs react to Venson-Moitois 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...
434,Pini Bothoko,php3A86.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:22:55, 03 May 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...
574,Gothataone Moeng,,2013/october/08,2013-10-08 10:54:26, 03 May 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...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg,2013/october/10,2013-10-10 22:37:48, 03 May 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,...
601,Mpho Mokwape,php5B7D.tmp.jpg,2013/october/09,2013-10-09 10:20:58, 03 May 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...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 16:31:00, 03 May 2014
Noah
A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.
03 May 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.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 2014
Noah
A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 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.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 03 May 2014
Divide and rule!
03 May 2014
In Wednesday's paper
03 May 2014
Ghantsi District Council
03 May 2014
All are created equal, but..
A critical building block for this success is the provision of Early Childhood Development (ECD), which involves pre-primary education mainly in the form of a nursery/kindergarten. Yesterday, an ECD conference in Gaborone heard that only 22 percent...
450,Mmegi Editor,, 03 May 2014
In this week's paper
03 May 2014
MOLOI RETURNS TO CHIEFS
MOLOI RETURNS TO CHIEFS Boitumelo Khutsafalo Staff Writer F ormer be MOBILE Premier League top scorer, Kekaetswe Moloi has completed his move back to Mochudi Centre Chiefs from South Africa side, Polokwane City. Moloi was among some of...
411,Boitumelo Khutsafalo,phpCD8F.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:00:00, 03 May 2014
Coordinator Hails Inter-Club Boxing Success
Coordinator Hails Inter-Club Boxing Success Lekopanye Mooketsi Correspondent T he coordinator of the Inter-Club Boxing tournament held at the Sir Seretse Khama Barracks on Saturday has said the event was a success considering that...
438,Lekopanye Mooketsi,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:04, 03 May 2014
Botswana Wins Zone Six Tennis Medals
Botswana Wins Zone Six Tennis Medals Thato Kala Correspondent LUSAKA: Botswana women won silver in the team events of the Zone Six tournament in Lusaka, Zambia while the men settled for bronze after falling to Zambia A and...
439,Thato Kala,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:40, 03 May 2014
GUNNERS BOOST SURVIVAL HOPES
GUNNERS BOOST SURVIVAL HOPES Chakalisa Dube Staff Writer FRANCISTOWN: Visiting Extension Gunners of Lobatse boosted their survival hopes over the weekend when they beat fellow strugglers, TAFIC 3-0 at the Francistown Stadium before a...
03 May 2014
BDF XI Humiliate Nico Again
Matebele followed the 5-2 wallop they gave to Nico in the Mascom Top Eight tournament with another comprehensive 3-1 mauling over the weekend. Unlike the Mascom Top Eight clash, the league match was a lacklustre affair. The Saturday victory...
438,Lekopanye Mooketsi,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:04, 03 May 2014
Rolling Boys Hit CometsCalistus Kolantsho
Rolling Boys Hit Comets Calistus Kolantsho Rolling Boys: 3 (Nkwe 22, 60, Lochinga 79) Comets 2 (Sehularo 15, Digobe 48) R olling Boys started the second round of the Debswana First Division South on a high note by defeating Jwaneng...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:04:00, 03 May 2014
Rolling Boys Hit CometsCalistus Kolantsho
Rolling Boys Hit Comets Calistus Kolantsho Rolling Boys: 3 (Nkwe 22, 60, Lochinga 79) Comets 2 (Sehularo 15, Digobe 48) R olling Boys started the second round of the Debswana First Division South on a high note by defeating Jwaneng...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:04:00, 03 May 2014
TOP OF THE TABLE DAMP SQUIB
TOP OF THE TABLE DAMP SQUIB Boitumelo Khutsafalo Staff Writer T he long awaited top of the table Premier League clash between arch-rivals, Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers failed to produce a goal at the National Stadium...
411,Boitumelo Khutsafalo,phpCD8F.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:00:00, 03 May 2014
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