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Local motorcross fans will enjoy action in Francistown

Out of 40 expected racers from Maun, Fancistown Gaborone and Zimbabwe, more than 30 had confirmed participation yesterday. The race is organised by the Lobelo Racing Club. “We are expecting more participants to register until late on Friday...

Chakalisa Dube | 11 July 2014

Spike in business credit uptake

Financial statistics released by the Bank of Botswana this week show that the annual credit growth increased to 15 percent in April from 13.8 percent in March. This was largely due to a rise in business credit growth from eight percent to 10.8...

Brian Benza 11 July 2014

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Staff Writer 11 July 2014

Shumba raises P20m from Mauritius investors

The company stated this week that further to the announcement last month, which extended the closing date of a private placement of new ordinary shares at $0.12 each to June 30, 2014, the shares have been bought. “The directors are pleased to...

Brian Benza 11 July 2014

Engineering sector seeks protection from SA companies

Botswana Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) engineering sector chairperson, Obed Motsumi said they have observed that a lot of companies in South Africa obtain wide agency status from Original Equipment Manufactures (OEM)...

Keikantse Lesemela 11 July 2014

Star on the rise: Lebang (center) grabbed golf at the Youth Games: PIC PRESS PHOTO

Lebang�s judo star shines

The Form Four student at Naledi Senior Secondary School in Gaborone says he grew up with a soft spot for sports. Just like any Motswana youngster, football was the dominant sport in his neighbourhood. But he was not good at soccer and his friends...

Calistus Kolantsho | 11 July 2014

�Break the rules�

I mean people who either decide that certain business rules, norms or conventions shouldn’t apply to them or who think that things can be done better if the conventional rules are ignored or rejected. Steve Jobs, the founder and late leader of...

Correspondent 11 July 2014

Govt eyes more undersea cables

Balebetse revealed this during a parliamentary hearing on ICT development on Wednesday after the members of legislators raised concern over the efficiency of the internet. Members of Parliament complained that the P600 million spent on these...

Pauline Dikuelo | 11 July 2014

Notwane sign insurance deal with Metropolitan

Notwane public relations officer, Podi ‘Ace’ Mooki said the arrangement is not a sponsorship but a business partnership. He stated that the team will be getting a certain percentage from the premiums paid by members to the scheme...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 11 July 2014

Art takes Kgang places

He imagined and fantasised about creating such movies one day. Those childhood dreams ignited a passion for abstract art, a passion that has now landed him a scholarship in China. Kgang has stubbornly stuck with abstract art against his teachers...

Chippa Legodimo 11 July 2014

An overview of Durban July

Just to kill your curiosity, in the first groundbreaking race Campanajo under jockey R Scott and trainer E Murray won. This year’s R3.5 million horseracing champion jockey for the Vodacom Durban July Greyville Racecourse is Richard Fourie along...

Mpho Tlale 11 July 2014

Peerless Selolwane calls time on eventful career

Mmegi Sport: How did it all start? Selolwane: It was written in the stars that I would play football. My mother is a huge follower of the game. She had to have a son who plays football. Football for me was something I was meant...

Mqondisi Dube | 11 July 2014

BNSC boss blasts politicians on FIFA saga

“I wish to express concern over the manner in which the matter (constituency tournaments) has now been taken out of context and regrettably it seems to be owned by others who are not really involved in sports administration now. This is...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 11 July 2014

Students display maturity in their Works

From the abstract black and red paper mache sculpture of a man sitting on top of a coffin with cigarette stubs around it depicting the bad effects of tobacco, to the beautiful cream white living room vases; the pieces are simply...

Chippa Legodimo 11 July 2014

Gabonamong called-up

Currently, the Zebras are in camp for the Guinea Bissau game. They will fine-tune their preparations with a friendly match against Lesotho on Monday. The Lesotho game will start at 6:00 pm and gate charges are P20 all round. This would be the...

Staff Writer 11 July 2014

Gaborone Youth Singers scoop first position in choral category

The finals for choral music and poetry competitions were held in Gaborone over the weekend. The winner in the poetry section is Mooko Ramookane from the South Central region. Kabelo Malefho from the Central region scooped second...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 11 July 2014

BCP, UDC

Boitumelo Khutsafalo 11 July 2014

All hands on deck for public service

The last piece was on Mokobaxane teachers who are forced to catch kombis and other transport in order to relieve themselves, as their toilets at Mokoboxane Primary School are miniscule. The common thread in the three tragedies is the failure of the...

Mmegi Editor | 11 July 2014

My journey to the Mother City

The 1, 464 kilometres road trip from Gaborone to the sea point took us approximately19 hours. It was my first trip to the Mother City and I did not have a passport. I did the unthinkable by applying for a passport on our planned departure day,...

Calistus Kolantsho | 11 July 2014

Reliving Durban July

Though I attended the event last year, the trip then was very methodical, straightforward and right to the point: We flew directly from Gaborone to Durban and back with no in-betweens. This year, however, I had an exceptional travel...

Mpho Tlale 11 July 2014

Inside the media�s war on secrecy in Botswana

The US government became a real turncoat on this matter as they similarly declared war on the whistle blower group and many others. The Wikileaks had just been earlier praised by the US Secretary of State at the time, Hillary Clinton on the afore...

Richard Moleofe 11 July 2014

�I wanted to be involved in the international dialogue�

Bagwasi spoke to Salzburg Global while attending the session, “Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention: Sharing Experiences Across Borders” which she attended thanks to a grant programme for Rhodes Scholars. The Salzburg Global...

Correspondent 11 July 2014

Dipsy Selolwane: Tribute to a living LEGEND

Known in football circles as Dipsy, Voltage or U-Turn and to his friends as Mojuta; Selolwane has been a shining light for Botswana football for close on 2 decades. He hangs up his boots after a stellar career that has had its ups and downs, but...

Thuso Palai 11 July 2014

The sinister side of �system e down�

Beads of sweat glistening across their foreheads, the roomful of expectant customers has waited patiently to be assisted by the government officer. Each second the clock ticks over and every step the queue inches forward, heighten the unspoken fear...

Mbongeni Mguni | 11 July 2014

Kwadipane�s hopes for Gantsi South

The year was 1984 and as a member of debating team he started reading the Botswana National Front (BNF) ‘bible’, Pamphlet No 1. But it was while serving Tirelo Sechaba in 1989, that he was bit by the BNF leftwing bug. However, Kwadipane...

Leinanyana Tsiane 11 July 2014

The anus is upon you

For a long time her husband was nicknamed “Deadwood” because of that, but this had to change when senior government officials appropriated this sobriquet and completely monopolised it. The fellowship at the Nitty Gritty...

Barolong Seboni 11 July 2014

Britain, Freemasonry and the Rosslyn Chapel factor

The history of the chapel, however, begins not in Scotland but in Rome as researchers Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas – authors of The Hiram Key – reveal. It begins with the Knights Templar, a paramilitary group sponsored with papal...

L M Leteane 11 July 2014

Poverty and alcohol abuse in Gantsi squatter camps. PIC KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

Mother hopes daughter survives addiction

Despite being disappointed by their children, most parents persevere. One such child, Botshelo (identity concealed) was intelligent and had a bright future ahead of her, but blighted it with the abuse of alcohol. Not even a staunch Christian...

Leinanyana Tsiane 11 July 2014

Inside the script

Answer: OK - alright Question: Okay General, just a few formalities well I might just start by saying that time is approximately 1205 .................. and there is nobody else in the room except yourself and myself . Answer:...

Staff Writer 11 July 2014

Kgamane laments erosion of Bogosi

Speaking to Jamataka residents this week, Kgosi Kgamane noted that every time there is a conflict, some non-royals fancy themselves chiefs. He noted that reports arrived at his Kgotla in Serowe of ordinary people committing sacrilege by challenging...

Pini Bothoko | 11 July 2014

Corruption drags immigration service delivery

Pule said yesterday that his department has received reports of ‘corruption tendencies’ amongst his officers, who receive bribes from applicants to expedite their applications. He said the delays in issuing of visas and permits...

Gothataone Moeng 11 July 2014

Serial offender awaits jailbreak judgement

The 52-year-old is alleged to have fraudulently broken out of prison in July 2012 and spent a year on the run in South Africa, from where he was extradited before appearing in court last month. Charged with escape from lawful custody and multiple...

Sharon Mathala 11 July 2014

Murder convict�s appeal could turn sour

Clement Dube had approached the Court of Appeal yesterday hoping to be acquitted by arguing that the murder was committed in self-defence. However, the State’s Carlos Diundu said Dube’s sentence was actually insufficient as there were no...

Setshego Gaobolwe 11 July 2014

High Court Judges during the opening of the legal year

Ndebele sent back to drawing board

Ndebele had approached the CoA seeking a reduction of the 14-year sentence he received for stocktheft in 2006. Ndebele‘s lawyer Mogakolodi Segwagwa had asked the Court to backdate his client’s sentence and accommodate time already spent,...

Setshego Gaobolwe 11 July 2014

UDC petitions Mokaila

They demand that the current spillage into a stream in Botshabelo location be pumped back into the sewer reticulation network using a portable pump as a matter of urgency. They also call on Mokaila to waive a decision for construction of a sewerage...

Onalenna Kelebeile 11 July 2014

BCP to amend the constitution

The special congress will be held at Ledumang Senior Secondary School in Gaborone and some of the major constitutional amendments expected are those relating to the powers of the vice president and affirmative action. “The...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 11 July 2014

Motsholapheko still resolute to win Mmadinare

Furthermore, he said could not just sit back and watch even though he is competent enough to represent his party. Motsholapheko, born in Sefhophe 50 years ago, contested twice and lost against the outgoing area Member of Parliament (MP) Dr...

Onalenna Kelebeile 11 July 2014

Bosele Primary celebrates Literacy Day

From plays to poems, the day which attracted parents and teachers, showed that the word of the day was literacy and its importance. Speaking at the event, the main speaker, the Director of Botswana National Library Services (BNLS), Gaorekwe...

Sharon Mathala 11 July 2014

South Africa finally cracks

Now just imagine if President Masire had leaned across the table in 1982 and said to Shell ‘Look, we know that these coal deposits and the railroad across the Kalahari are not viable at this price but we know that building a new railway...

Roman Grynberg 11 July 2014

Police ariel patrols have not reduced crime

Organised syndicates target deserted Pitsane

In an interview, Ramatlabama Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Detective Superintendent, Moses Temogo said a growing middle class in Pitsane West had become the target of organised syndicates. “This issue is a headache to us now,”...

Correspondent 11 July 2014

National DNA database in the works

The Bill also provides for the establishment of National DNA Database Advisory Board. Its general objective is to provide for the taking of forensic samples on certain categories of persons as well as the use of forensic material for...

Gothataone Moeng 11 July 2014

Professional healthcare exported to Swaziland

Honourable Sibongile Simelane, the Minister of Health in the Swaziland gorvenment was very excited about the newly found relationship with the highly revered Boitekanelo College. “Sometime early this year, my officers from the Ministry of...

Mothusi Jowawa 11 July 2014

Ikalanga writing faces challenges � Chebane

Professor Andy Chebane was speaking at the Reviewers and Translators Orthography Workshop held in Francistown this week pertaining to the translation of the Bible into Ikalanga. He said that Bakalanga do not know how to write the language because...

Patricia Edwin 11 July 2014

Habitual escapee �better off behind bars,� judges say

Appearing before a bench of Elijah Legwaila, Monametsi Gaongalelwe and Arthur Hamilton, Oduetse was told that he did not have the right to appeal the sentence he was given for committing a crime while on the run. Earlier in his appearance before the...

Mpho Mokwape | 11 July 2014

BEC Awards hail special needs children

This is the fifth time in a row that Orange is supporting the Awards category, in recognition of students’ hard work and excellence in their final examinations, despite their circumstances. Orange Botswana spokesperson, Boga Chilinde said...

Staff Writer 11 July 2014

Boko honours the late Kgosi Mosielele

The parties will be launching their parliamentary and council candidates at different venues in the village at the same time. The BDP’s Tshenolo Mabeo and his team of councillors will be launched at Magalatladi Primary School, while the...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 11 July 2014

Cops charged in Setlampoloka murder

Setlampoloka, of Tshikinyega Ward in Mahalapye, was found dead in an uninhabited area near Mogoditshane in 2009, a day after he was arrested and handed over to the Mogoditshane Police Station as a suspect in an armed robbery...

Correspondent 11 July 2014

UDC melts down in Tonota South

Three months before the general elections, the constituency is split down the middle between Botswana National Front members, Bontshetse and Moatlhodi, with both camps expecting the upcoming Presidents’ Day conference to finally decide between...

Staff Writer 11 July 2014

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