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In Wednesday's paper
27 May 2014
Darts team targets improved show in Zim
Team manager, Motsholathebe Kutoro said the five-day training camp they had before departing for Zimbabwe was sufficient. On Saturday, the team had a match practice with top local players. “I believe the team is strong and well prepared. We...
438,Lekopanye Mooketsi,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:04, 27 May 2014
Bowls team shows promise ahead of AST
Out of 16 games, Botswana won seven, drew three and lost six in various disciplines. The men’s team won four games, drew one and lost three while the women succeeded in three, lost three and drew two. Hentie Buys, the North West champion in...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:04:00, 27 May 2014
In Wednesday's paper
27 May 2014
BMC rescue discarded GU goalkeeper
Nhete was offloaded by GU just a game into his three-year deal with the club last week over poor performance. The goalkeeper was blamed for the Reds’ 3-2 loss in the opening game of the season against Notwane. However, BMC are convinced the...
439,Thato Kala,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:40, 27 May 2014
Rollers cagey on JJ, Chiefs pursue Mongala
Rollers were reported to have signed the Zebras front man, but club secretary, Khumo Masonya could neither confirm nor deny the deal. “I have no comment regarding Jerome. We have an interest but I think the issue was handled late. I am not the...
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 09:53:00, 27 May 2014
Zimboita thrilled by Botswana tour
The band was formed in 2012 and is made up of four musicians – two from Zimbabwe and two Italians. The group will be in Botswana for a performance at Botswanacraft on September 12. Zimboita’s marimba player, Blessing Chimanga said they...
439,Thato Kala,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:40, 27 May 2014
Susu ilela suswana hits shelves
The three young men started as dancers under Kgomotsego Gabanamotse’s Somela Tsenya Crew, but have now started their own business called Mokgalajwe Promoting Business which has several promising Tswana music singers and actors under its...
440,Teichler Rankoa,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:28:13, 27 May 2014
South African Mpaneng launches album in Bots
Mpaneng who has been in Gaborone for a few days revealed that she came early in order to conduct rehearsals with her band and the local backing vocalists.  “I know Batswana are talented. I wanted to share my launch day with them, not only...
421,Mpho Tlale,phpB106.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 23:19:00, 27 May 2014
Team distant leads YAMA nominees
The group which is comprised of Roy Kasale stage name Roy-K, Aaron Motlhabani also known as Riise, Omphile “OMP” Baoki and Kgosithebe Toto popularly known as Afrozest, has to date released three singles, which have enjoyed massive airplay...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg,2013/october/10,2013-10-10 22:37:48, 27 May 2014
No private sessions for Black diamond twerk queens
The group says private twerks are against their principles and it destroys their image. Black diamonds twerk queens is comprised of four energetic young women in their early 20s. They are Claudette ‘C- Base’ Terese, Portia...
8057,Dumisani Ncube,php79F5.tmp.jpg,2014/february/25,2014-02-25 17:07:23, 27 May 2014
Botswana meets only 6% of milk demand
This was disclosed at the recently ended Francistown Investment Forum (FIF2014) held in Francistown by Baitshepi Bathusi-Hill of the Agriculture Hub. Speaking on ‘Models & Strategies of Investing in Agriculture within the greater...
429,Patricia Edwin,php845.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 11:20:54, 27 May 2014
EU trade deal key to FDI attraction
The EPA, signed after years of intense negotiations, gives products manufactured in Botswana and six other SADC countries duty and quota free access to the highly lucrative 28 member market. Speaking at a media ceremony held to mark the end of his...
406,Brian Benza,phpE652.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 09:51:00, 27 May 2014
Galane secures loan deal with Samsung
In a statement released to the Botswana Stock Exchange, the company said Samsung has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to provide the loan facility to Galane Gold in return for the sale and delivery by the company’s Botswana operating...
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Sex Tape
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Bishop speaks on general elections
President Ian Khama has announced the date for our country’s general election to be held on the October 24, 2014. This calls all the loving citizens who have registered for the elections to check that their registration card and valid Omang...
475,Correspondent,,2013/october/05,2013-10-05 12:50:03, 27 May 2014
M F HE !!
27 May 2014
We welcome this High Court decision
Justice Bengbame Sechele ordered the government to provide ARVs to foreign inmates because it is a constitutional right to life.  In its arguments, the government had insisted that it was facing financial challenges, and that the applicants were...
450,Mmegi Editor,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 17:32:19, 27 May 2014
The Expendables 3
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Hercules
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
A ga e a relela loleme?
Dilo dingwe tsa go nna jaana ke borukhutlhi  jo re bo bonang gongwe le gongwe fa motho a leng teng gompieno. Gongwe le gongwe, a ke mo gae, kwa masimo, kwa merakeng, mo tseleng, mo lwapeng, batho ba a utswelwa, ba a lwantshiwa, ba a bolawa, ba...
2805,Sebofo Motshwane,php5705.tmp.jpg, 27 May 2014
Think Like A Man Too
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Our Heritage (Sandy Grant) Gaborone and Cecil Rhodes (Part 2)
Clearly it does matter if foreign visitors are misled, or if school children are given factually incorrect information. This period of history is complicated and for non-historians difficult to follow.  But it does enormously complicate matters...
2709,Sandy Grant,php13A2.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 09:30:00, 27 May 2014
Hercules
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Sex Tape
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Think Like A Man Too
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Jersey Boys
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
The Expendables 3
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Sex Tape
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Hercules
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Think Like A Man Too
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
IHSM sponsors Shashemooke student to China
Santu will be going to pursue a Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering courtesy of a partnership between the Institute Of Industrial Health and Safety Management (IIHSM) and Wuhan University in China. IIHSM is a training and consultancy firm...
443,Keoagile Bonang,phpE960.tmp.jpg, 27 May 2014
Bots bans travel to DRC
The acting head of Chobe District Health Management Team (DHMT), Dr Dorcas Mufalali, said in an interview that they had deployed nurses at border gates to work closely with port health officers to screen any Batswana returning from the DRC upon entry...
27 May 2014
Govt gets raw deal from health sector - official
She said the sector faces major challenges ranging from provision of quality and safe health care services. She was speaking at the National Health Quality Standards Dissemination Forum in Gantsi this week. She said outcomes do not necessarily match...
8171,Leinanyana Tsiane,,2014/february/28,2014-02-28 13:01:12, 27 May 2014
UB to phase out Centre for Continuing Education?
This was disclosed in a letter dated July 10, 2014 addressed to the deputy vice chancellor (Academic Affairs) Professor Otlogetswe Totolo, written by William Sentshebeng, the organising secretary of University of Botswana Academic and Senior Support...
419,Oarabile Mosikare,phpEAC0.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 10:05:38, 27 May 2014
F/town cllrs, residents not consulted on envisaged university
The councillors were responding to a presentation by the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) Kgopotso Ramoroka at the last ordinary full council meeting held in Francistown yesterday. From his...
429,Patricia Edwin,php845.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 11:20:54, 27 May 2014
Dont be ashamed of Ipelegeng Masisi
Masisi said this during Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry and Gaborone North parliamentary candidate, Keletso Rakhudu’s launch over the weekend. He told voters to be wary of opposition tactics because the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)...
601,Mpho Mokwape,php5B7D.tmp.jpg,2013/october/09,2013-10-09 10:20:58, 27 May 2014
Ministry of Health confirms measles out break
In an interview with Mmegi, Ministry of Health principal public relations officer Doreen Motshegwa said there has been a suspected outbreak of Rubella since July.  Rubella is commonly known as German measles.  It is an infection which...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg,2013/october/22,2013-10-22 14:33:37, 27 May 2014
P309 million for elections
Speaking during a press conference held yesterday, IEC secretary Gabriel Seeletso said this year’s increase is influenced by the fact that unlike in the previous years, election officers will be paid overtime allowances this year.  The...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 16:31:00, 27 May 2014
Motsepe to help raise P1m for BDP
Motsepe, the executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals Limited, will be guest speaker at the party’s annual gala dinner at Boipuso Hall on September 5. The BDP regular gala dinners are fast becoming a barometer for the amount of money the...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 16:31:00, 27 May 2014
Kgafela sidekick threatens Botswana journalists
Modimakwane has said the media in Botswana wants to finish Kgafela and that is it reporting negatively about the Bakgatla leader. He was complaining over media reports of a High Court decision in a case between Kgafela and his royal uncle Nyalala...
431,Lerato Maleke,phpD4F0.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:18:54, 27 May 2014
American Hustle
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Ride Along
Fast-talking security guard Ben joins his cop brother-in-law James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta in order to prove himself worthy of marrying Angela, James' sister.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Pompeii
A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
The Nut Job
An incorrigibly self-serving exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren raid a nut store to survive, that is also the front for a human gang's bank robbery.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
The Best Man Holiday
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
Ride Along
Fast-talking security guard Ben joins his cop brother-in-law James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta in order to prove himself worthy of marrying Angela, James' sister.
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 27 May 2014
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