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Botswana Motor Sports Plans Recruitment Drive
Racing official, Lola Berrie said over the weekend that they are interested in those who want to participate in the sport as spectators and racers. She was speaking on Saturday after Lobelo Racing Club of Francistown staged the maiden Botswana Motor...
Chakalisa Dube
| 14 July 2014
Football bids farewell to Dipsy
The match involved South Africa Premiership side, Platinum Stars and Selolwane’s club, Gaborone United (GU). The event was scheduled to take place two years ago, but was postponed because it clashed with the fixtures of the defunct Coca-Cola...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 14 July 2014
South African Wins Multichoice Golf Tournament
The second position went to Modiri Phuthego from Botswana while another South African, CK Kapambwe scooped the third spot. The two-day annual tournament which was played over 36 holes at Gaborone Golf Club started on Friday. Sixty-six local players,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 July 2014
Itekeng-diphatsa clash called-off as tempers flare
As tempers flared and things threatened to get out of control, the match commissioner, Bapoga Nshakazhogwe called off the game. The two teams were in Serowe to honour the Mascom Volleyball League fixture. With both sides desperate for maximum points...
Shingirai Madondo 14 July 2014
On-Form Rebatenne Wins Bronze In Bloem
Rebatenne went the furthest in singles’ events but lost 3-1 to South Africa’s national team star, Jade Sassman. Botswana national women’s coach, Tshepo Modisane said the Commonwealth Games-bound player went down fighting against the...
Thato Kala 14 July 2014
Chobe Sweeps The Table
Apart from emerging overall champions, the drama group also clinched the Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director awards on the night. The group beat Ba-ga-Mmanaana from the Southern region, 6 to 6 Theater Group from the Kgalagadi region and...
Chippa Legodimo 14 July 2014
Sight Mongwe Otsile returns to rule segaba again?
The finals of the 6th President’s Day Arts Competitions reach their climax over the weekend in Gaborone. In the segaba category, Mongwegape competes against Setabosha Khumoetsile (Ngamiland), Tshetlha Koloti...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 14 July 2014
Glittering night of fashion
Contestants in the fashion design and dress making categories made fabulous garments using a variety of fabric including. leteisi. Interestingly, most of the designers who entered the competitoin were young people,. This shows the promise...
Lekopanye Mooketsi 14 July 2014
RPC data partners SA software firm
The partnership intends to broaden RPC services through the provision of the all-in one solutions software to companies in a variety of industries including public sector, telecommunications, utilities, financial institutions, production and...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 14 July 2014
What should I do with my retirement payout?
They had been wise over the years - saving and planning their retirement properly. They owned their own home and had paid off all their loans in full. Anderson had always dreamed of owning his own business, and thought it would be a fun way to...
Lechedzani Pitso 14 July 2014
Stanchart forecast higher propfits
In a statement to the Botswana Stock Exchange, the bank said that the higher earnings will be a result of receipt of revenue originally budgeted for later in the year. As a result the bank has advised its shareholders to exercise caution...
Lechedzani Pitso 14 July 2014
A-Cap targets early mining
In a statement, the company said that drilling at Mea will focus on establishing an indicated resource on the portion of the deposit most suitable for early mining. In addition, work on Bolau will establish a resource on the shallow up dip extension...
Lechedzani Pitso 14 July 2014
Mohohlo hounored
The honour was bestowed by the South African chapter of the International Women’s Forum (IWFSA) last month in South Africa.The Award is a symbol of acknowledgement and recognition of the work done by Mohohlo as governor of the Bank of Botswana...
Lechedzani Pitso 14 July 2014
Technology Park gets first tenant
Speaking at the signing ceremony last week, BIH Chief Executive, Allan Boshwaen said an Australian Company, ConceroTel (Pty) Ltd, which is a joint venture with Decibel Enterprises Botswana, will establish a new satellite communications hub facility,...
Keikantse Lesemela 14 July 2014
No real education: no real jobs
This country can afford to spend on education and make it work, we can invest in education. Other countries in Africa are poor and they do not have levels of education as horrendous as the public education in this country. The biggest crisis in this...
Keikantse Lesemela 14 July 2014
Can Journalism Survive Independent Of Advertising Revenue?
A newspaper to survive using this new form of funding, is the taz.die tageszeitung newspaper in Berlin with its editor, Mathias Broeckers. Broeckers, believes that his news organisation is testimony that journalism can survive independent of...
Keikantse Lesemela 14 July 2014
We Welcome The Amendment Of The Proceeds Of Crime Act
It is an amendment of an existing law that has its own shortcomings. There is no doubt that once implemented, the law will send many people to jail simply because there will no longer be need for the State to prove that a property was gained...
Monitor Editor 14 July 2014
Productivity, service and an absence of pipe fitters
Mind you, the headline was the only part of the article which I could readily understand, the rest being way over my head. But apart from the charge that the BNPC is fiddling the figures, I did wonder if the Guardian had done the Productivity...
Sandy Grant 14 July 2014
When a person is fed up with life
While I appreciate the role that religious leaders play during bereavement, I have always found myself aggrieved with some of their teachings concerning crossing over to the other world. I have attended many funerals and lately I find myself...
Tumie Modise 14 July 2014
Give yourself permission to recreate your world
Self Esteem By definition, self esteem is the valuation that one places upon oneself. It is both a judgment and an attitude. We firstly judge ourselves and then based on that judgment, we develop attitudes towards ourselves. This judgment and...
George Chingarande 14 July 2014
LIKE HELL YOU HAVE.....
George Chingarande 14 July 2014
Language motion provokes tribalism in parliament
This was another illustration of the country’s unwillingness to rationally discuss the indigenous languages. The motion on the floor was Selebi-Phikwe West MP Gilson Saleshando’s request that the house resolve that state...
Gothataone Moeng 14 July 2014
DCEC Boss Sues Monday Times
Now the DCEC boss claims she was defamed by the paper. The DCEC is under pressure from the public to hand over the docket of their investigations on Kgosi to the DPP for prosecution. The DCEC recently tried but failed to stop the...
Gothataone Moeng 14 July 2014
Botswana To Provide Internet Access For Rural Communities
“As part of the plan, in this financial year several initiatives have been identified which seek, amongst other things, to address issues of poor network performance, limited or lacking services and reliability,” said Assistant Minister...
Gothataone Moeng 14 July 2014
Drought monitoring programme launched
During the launch of the programme on Friday at the Yacht Club in Gaborone, the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Kitso Mokaila said the Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa (MESA) initiative is relevant for agriculture,...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 14 July 2014
Tebogo Primary Celebrates Anniversary With Victory Party
The pass rate secured a top 10 spot for the school in the country. The school was ranked number one out the 42 primary schools in Selebi-Phikwe and Bobirwa region. It was in the top five in the Central Region that has about 200 schools. Tebogo...
Onalenna Kelebeile 14 July 2014
Lobatse student scoops golden star award
He received a cheque of P20,000 from President Ian Khama on Friday at Boipuso Hall, where the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) convened the awards ceremony for the top achievers in the Form Five exams. Goveya said at the event that although he...
Keikantse Lesemela 14 July 2014
President Khama�s Speech At The Top Achievers Awards
The purpose is not only to recognise and celebrate the achievements of outstanding performers, but also to serve as encouragement to those who may not be doing so well to do better. While very few receive these awards, others out there aspire to...
Keikantse Lesemela 14 July 2014
ICT Link Botswana youth during world population day
The cyber-dialogue was under the theme “Investing in the Youth: the Future We Want”. It was facilitated by Botswana Television’s Omphile Sehuruntshe and Duma FM’s Cathy Malejane. The dialogue gave the youth an opportunity to...
Mpho Mokwape
| 14 July 2014
Botswana Pursues Zambian Poachers
The 13 poachers, who are believed to have crossed back into Zambia, via Kazungula border, escaped after their friend Bornface Ndauze was shot dead by officers in Botswana’s Chobe National Park. Sources in the DWNP in Botswana and Zambia...
Mpho Mokwape 14 July 2014
Ministers start phone calls with the public
The ministers phone-in initiative comes hardly two weeks after President Ian Khama promised concerned residents while addressing a Kgotla meeting around the country, that he will enable Batswana to call the ministers directly about their...
Staff Writer 14 July 2014
Police Honoured For Saving Chinese Tourists� Lives
Superintendent Patrick Mbikiwa who was the station commander in Bobonong at the time says they rushed to Mashatu and arrived there within an hour despite the fact that it is a journey of two hours. An elated Mbikiwa said the gesture by the Chinese...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 14 July 2014
Paramount Chief Raises Alarm On Tlokweng Lands Sales
Addressing residents of Botshabelo and Khayakgolo wards, he said land sales in Tlokweng have escalated in recent times and by 2025, the crisis may result in disputes. “It is said that this trend has hit our village so hard and it is so...
Mpho Mokwape
| 14 July 2014
Workers accuse boss of insulting President Khama
The employees stormed The Monitor office on Thursday to complain about their technical manager, Mark Green who they accused of racially abusing them and other Batswana. They alleged that Green was in the habit of sabotaging them so as make them lose...
Pini Bothoko
| 14 July 2014
DCEC Drops Hints On Kgosi Docket
In their first ever press statement since they attempted to block the media from reporting on the corruption investigation of Isaac Kgosi, head of Directorate Intelligence Services (DIS) through the courts, the DCEC absolved President Ian Khama from...
Pini Bothoko 14 July 2014
Boatle Mankgodi road sitting on fault line
Upon noticing the abnormal longitudinal cracks on the Boatle-Mmakgodi road the Ministry of Transport engaged the University of Botswana Physics Department to carry out a detailed study on seismic reflection, refraction and ground penetrating...
Pini Bothoko 14 July 2014
Khama announces new safety nets for disabled and the elderly
President Ian Khama made the announcement at Nkoyaphiri Kgotla Saturday evening around the bonfire, where he was accompanied by assistant ministers Keletso Rakhudu, and Patrick Masimolole, also the area MP. President Khama announced that there will...
Pini Bothoko 14 July 2014
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