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Correspondent 02 June 2014
BNTF award winning decorator aims higher
Mphorium is a family business operated by a 37-year-old married mother of three daughters and one son with the family residing in Borolong village. After winning two awards at last year’s BOCCIM Northern Trade Fair (BNTF), for the first time...
Pini Bothoko
| 02 June 2014
Botswana settles for bronze in netball
Uganda, who had surprisingly lost to Kenya to lock Botswana out the final, made light work of their East African neighbours, beating them 40-24. In the battle for the bronze, Botswana under the tutelage of Abednico Chetelo and led by captain Tara...
Thato Kala 02 June 2014
Curtain falls on sports extravaganza
The occasion was spiced by a parade of volunteers who formed a human wall around the football pitch and a performance by a local group Team Distance. There was a parade of flags of all the participating countries and placards bearing their names....
Lekopanye Mooketsi 02 June 2014
Khama to open Ghaghoo Mine
Ghaghoo, which was built at a cost of $96 million, will become the second operating diamond mine in Botswana outside of the Debswana stable of mines. Promoters of the mine, Gem Diamonds, aims to ramp up to planned phase one production rate of 200,000...
Pini Bothoko 02 June 2014
Chobe buys Moremi Safaris
In a statement accompanying the company’s results for the year ended February 2014, Chobe announced that its subsidiary, Desert and Delta Safaris has bought a 100 percent interest in Moremi Safaris, owners and operators of Camp Xakanaxa, a...
Thato Kala 02 June 2014
Christian group to form co-operative
In an interview with BusinessMonitor, NPT Coordinator, Cynthia Rendoh said the co-operative will invest in real estate and offshore investments. “ We are still processing the documents with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and we hope...
Keikantse Lesemela 02 June 2014
All New Subaru A Must-Have
The launch of the new Subaru edition, currently available in South Africa, started with a brief demonstration of what the WRX is capable of compared to previous vehicles of the same brand. The minute the WRX was unveiled, the gathered crowd could...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 02 June 2014
Limko Hosts Awards Night
These are the students who took time out of their schedule to help other people who are less privileged. The event, which was in the form of an awards ceremony, was attended by a sizable number of people who came to support deserving...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 02 June 2014
Mix n� Mingle Fashion Night
Showtime spoted quite a number of famous designers including the likes of Aobakwe Molosiwa who had many mesmerized with his latest designs. Molosiwa once again did not disappoint in making a statement with his attire. Also spotted were potential...
Kgomotso Molelekeng 02 June 2014
Good Hope Glory In AYG Athletics
Thebe ran 20.85 seconds in the event. Although he would have wanted to beat Jamaican Usain Bolt’s 2003 record of 20.13 seconds in the same event at junior level, he was content with his achievement and vowed to build from his Gaborone 2014...
Thato Kala 02 June 2014
Botswana�s Volunteer Goes To The World Cup
The Botswana sports volunteer will be based in Rio de Janeiro to work in the accreditations department at the iconic Maracana Stadium. The facility will host seven games including the final. Before he left, Koata said he was looking forward to...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 02 June 2014
Bus rank exit, mayhem about to happen
The rate at which time is wasted during the so-called rush hours in Gaborone is frightening to say the least. The exit and entry points at the only bus rank are the worst nightmares for anyone in Gaborone. It eats into your precious time, high risks...
Monitor Editor 02 June 2014
Board accepts to beef up under-staffed BPL secretariat
The BPL chief executive officer, Bennett Mamelodi said the situation has been made worse by the resignation of finance officer, Thapelo Radifalana. He informed the assembly that another employee is about to go for maternity leave. “This is...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 02 June 2014
Zebras scrap through
Captain Joel Mogorosi, who was a lone figure upfront all afternoon, scored the solitary goal early in the second half. Zebras coach Peter James Butler played Mogorosi upfront instead of his usual wing position and also took a gamble by fielding an...
Thato Kala 02 June 2014
Motlakase dump Swallows ground
The club has registered the Serowe Sports Complex as their home ground for next season. Both Motlakase and relegated Miscellaneous used the Swallows facility as their home ground last season. The venue attracted a lot of negativity with many saying...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 02 June 2014
Africa�s longest wildlife migration
Using GPS collars on eight adult zebra, Robin Naidoo and other scientists from the World Wildlife Fund and Namibia’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism, in collaboration with Elephants Without Borders and Botswana’s Department of...
Correspondent 02 June 2014
Ethiopian athlete flees to South Africa
The chairperson of the AYG, Regina Sikalesele-Vaka confirmed the incident of the missing athlete. Vaka said the athlete initially absconded on May 27 with one of his mates but they were caught at the border gate as they attempted to cross into South...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 02 June 2014
Study links human-lnduced climate change to flooding
The researchers from Botswana, South Africa, and the United States who undertook the study say the floods which reached levels last observed 20-30 years ago coincided with similar damaging disasters elsewhere, thus motivating them to assess the...
Correspondent 02 June 2014
City of genk supports Fcc in war against waste
The Belgian city has a twinning arrangement with Francistown where Dries addressed the media during the unveiling of three refuse trucks on Friday that the Francistown City Council (FCC) bought for P1.4 million each. The self-loading refuse trucks...
Pini Bothoko
| 02 June 2014
Kanye projects unveiled
The word ‘tomela’ means consolidation of community’s development views and thoughts. Records at the Southern District show that the idea of having Tomela was introduced by the late Kgosi Bathoen II before independence. This...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 02 June 2014
Tshuku, the BAYGOC mascot collapses
Yesterday BAYGOC CEO Tuelo Serufho confirmed that Tshuku was rushed to GPH as a result of a previous illness that he failed to disclose to the Games’ organisers. He also stated that the original Tshuku had to be replaced by a standby mascot...
Staff Writer 02 June 2014
Cracks in Culture Spears
Thembi Ramotsetlheng (Ramozara) of the famous borikhirikhi was nowhere to be seen on Saturday as the group made their first ever television appearance since the release of their newest album Kulenche. Also missing was Lydia Oile who replaced...
Staff Writer 02 June 2014
Zim new love dumps Slizer?
The musician Peter Moyo told the Zimbabwean publication, The Herald, that he is under fire over his alleged love affair with Slizer One Time who has also announced the termination of her marriage to a South African muscleman she married hurriedly...
Staff Writer 02 June 2014
Whole family wiped out in car accident
Mabutsane Station commander Pontsho Kgotlafela says they are still investigating the cause of the fatal accident. “ It is still a very fresh matter, we are unable to give out much as we need to inform the next of kin first, but...
Staff Writer 02 June 2014
Botswana number one in global ranking
In the 2014 Baseline Profitability Index (BPI), Botswana’s BPI value was 1.31, followed by Hong Kong with 1.22 and Taiwan’s BPI with 1.2. Last year Botswana came in second to Hong Kong in the survey. The BPI report,...
Staff Writer 02 June 2014
Witchcraft scare for defence lawyer in rape case
During a heated cross-examination, the witness whose name is withheld to protect the alleged victim blatantly told the court that he will bewitch Masilo’s lawyer. He said that Kgosietsile Ngakayagae does not have a conscience as he is defending...
Sharon Mathala 02 June 2014
Traffic gridlocks and the problems involved
But it wasn’t just the spectacle but the fact that the city and country was playing host to representatives from over 50 different countries. Not that long ago, or so it seems to me, we in Mochudi, had to borrow a table...
Sandy Grant 02 June 2014
Be a rainbow to someone�s dark cloud
One key to progress in life is to find a giant on whose shoulders you can perch yourself. This can take the form of a formal mentor-mentee relationship, or it can even take the less formal form of studying the giant’s life and modeling your...
George Chingarande 02 June 2014
Hair today, gone tomorrow...
I once tried a weave, about seven years ago. The hair piece, as they call it, didn’t come cheap. I paid an arm and a leg to have it sewn to my head and after sitting down on a salon chair for close to three hours, my new hairdo was...
Tumie Modise 02 June 2014
Poverty squalor and disease? What poverty ?
Correspondent 02 June 2014
The age of violence
Simply put, much of the world is mired in conflict, with little hope of escape. In Ukraine, violent clashes between pro-Russian separatists and the police are just the latest development in the country’s deteriorating security...
Correspondent 02 June 2014
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