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Oarabile Mosikare 25 August 2014

Ebola outbreak confirmed by DR Congo

Health Minister Felix Numbi told the BBC that tests on two people had confirmed the disease in Equateur province, where 13 had already died. But he said the deaths occurred in an isolated area and the disease seemed a different strain to West...

Correspondent 25 August 2014

Police V continue winning ways

It was a close encounter from the opening quarter right to the end. The James Kalebwe-coached side had Kesa Motswagole and Kamogelo Madikwe to thank after they collectively sunk in six three pointers that totaled 18 points for them. But Dolphins...

Thato Kala 25 August 2014

UB Rhinos clinch Rugby League

BDF Cheetahs are in the second position with 45 points while  Gaborone Hogs is third with 36 points. Rhinos spokesperson, Lesedi Keekae told Monitor Sport after the match that playing against Gunners was not a walk in the park. He said that the...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 August 2014

Netball: south completes double over north

The two sides were meeting for the second time in the newly introduced Super Stars tournament and the southerners proved the stronger side again. But this time north could have easily won the match had they been more precise with their shooting. The...

Thato Kala 25 August 2014

Chiefs maintain good run

Out of three games, Chiefs have scored a total of nine goals. It all started with a 2-0 victory over Extension Gunners. They went on to thrash other title favourites, BDF XI 4-2 before they came from behind to beat Notwane on Saturday. Against...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 25 August 2014

YAMA Nominees

The radio station revealed that nominee selection was based on the artist’s performance on the station’s playlist and chart shows. Only music, which was released between January 2013 and April 2014, was considered during the...

Sharon Mathala 25 August 2014

Music like any business must be recognised - BOMU

At its annual general assembly at President Hotel on Friday, BOMU secretary general, Pagson Ntsie, said although funding still remains one of the major problems, it is the trading hours regulation that concerns them the most.  “Our...

Sharon Mathala 25 August 2014

Gaborone International Music and Culture Week begins

The week being the first of its kind, safe for Maitisong Festival, opens on Wednesday with a poetry show at Botswanacraft.  The lineup boasts of acts including renowned poet TJ Dema, Mandisa Mabuthoe, Poet Circle, and Motsepe. Thursday will...

Maureen Odubeng | 25 August 2014

A fashion show with a difference

The Riverwalk Fashion show on Saturday was not glamorous but still made a good impression. Staged on the South Parking lot of the popular mall, the event attracted people from all walks of life. There was no red carpet, no flash lights but just a...

Chippa Legodimo 25 August 2014

Poets use their art to fight poverty

The crowd listened attentively and intensely as sad stories of poverty and its effects were shared. Participating poets recited touching poems. The darkness that filled the space made it scarier to listen to gruesome stories of innocent souls...

Chippa Legodimo 25 August 2014

Bank deposits rise

By holder, deposits from resident’s businesses increased by P2.4 billon with parastatals contributing to the rise. In the period, businesses accounted for 77.4 percent of total deposits compared to 18.7 percent for households. By type of...

Chippa Legodimo 25 August 2014

BITC leads trade mission to Mozambique

Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) in partnership with the Botswana High Commission in Mozambique, will profile and promote Botswana’s offer to Mozambique in the form of an attractive business environment, the different sector...

Chippa Legodimo 25 August 2014

BSE launches platinum ETF

In a statement, the BSE announced that it has approved the listing of 400,000 NewPlat securities. NewPlat will be Absa’s second ETF on the BSE after listing its NewGold ETF in 2010. The NewPlat will become the Botswana bourse’s third...

Chippa Legodimo 25 August 2014

Agric Show clashes with Consumer Fair

The Consumer Fair also starts today (August 25) and will run until Sunday, August 31 while the Agricultural Show will also be held over the same period. This has put doubt as to whether the agricultural show will be able to attract a good...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 25 August 2014

BMD youth behaved well in Serowe

Botsalo, Fedilis and OD came late, followed shortly by Dumelang accompanied by Dithapelo, with Nonofo Molefi coming in a little later. No one booed them, or even did anything that could have made them uncomfortable or made anyone feel there was...

Correspondent 25 August 2014

The UDC Led UB-SRC -A Group Of Corrupt Thugs!

Jacob Kelebeng has failed to rise above political inclination or confines and proves his mettle as a leader. Jacob has since suspended four members of the SRC who are politically affiliated to the BDP, the suspended four are Minister of...

Correspondent 25 August 2014

I am afraid Sir! The only option out is to have that leg amputated.

Correspondent 25 August 2014

Tiger Kloof out - Swaneng in?

New members of the IEC are now being appointed – will they have the capability to ensure that this election will be relatively clean? Hopefully, it will ensure that the BDP’s determination to ensure itself a win, will not tempt it into...

Sandy Grant 25 August 2014

We Owe It To Amantle, We Owe It To Ourselves!

Women are known hard workers who would till the land while carrying babies on their backs. These women are our sisters, daughters, mothers, aunts and nieces. Most importantly, they are our mothers; thari ya sechaba! I was asked an interesting...

Dumi Mmualefe 25 August 2014

The UB Mess

According to this report, the system’s errors are hampering scores of students’ oportunity to smoothly progress into the next academic year. All this simply because, in some instances, human error has resulted in wrong information about...

Monitor Editor 25 August 2014

When nature calls...

In our traditional setup, particularly in the villages, you consider all elders your elders. Every woman is your mother and all men are your fathers. But one thing about fathers, or men, in this instance is that they are usually feared and highly...

Tumie Modise 25 August 2014

Let others lead small lives but not you

The limits of human ability may never be known in our life time. However, it is important for us to perform at the upper limits of our abilities daily: it is by constantly stretching ourselves to that limit that we improve and surprise...

George Chingarande 25 August 2014

Masire inspires future African leaders

It is true that Africa is a place with peculiar set of challenges. The fact is if you are only looking for problems in Africa, you will find them in abundance. But equally true is that if you are looking for real prospects and opportunities, there is...

George Chingarande 25 August 2014

Botswana Hosts Graduates From 12 Countries

Two groups of participants came to Botswana, with the first group of 90 arriving on August 2 and starting the programme on August 3-8 before they made way for another batch of graduates who jetted in on August 9. This programme forms part of the...

George Chingarande 25 August 2014

Barclay�s Botswana graduates in the winning teams

Barclay’s Bank Botswana employee, Salma Baduel was part of the team that scooped first prize during the business strategy team competitions that were staged as part of the Pan Africa graduate training hosted in Gaborone for two...

George Chingarande 25 August 2014

BOSETU elects new leadership

Interestingly, the current president of BOSETU, Shandukani Hlabano will not be available for re-election after serving two good terms. His non-availability for re-election has since fueled long-term speculation that Hlabano could be eyeing the...

Ryder Gabathuse | 25 August 2014

25 Musos Launch Rakhudu

MP Rakhudu was probably the only MP not to spend a thebe on hiring performers for his launch. That duty was shouldered by the BOMU office, and on Sunday secretary general Pagson Ntsie told The Monitor more is still to come in their bid to campaign...

Staff Writer 25 August 2014

Free ARV�s For Foreign Inmates

He said government’s refusal to offer foreign inmates the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) treatment was irrational adding that it also posed a danger to citizen inmates. “The refusal to provide HAART to the inmates is a...

Mpho Mokwape | 25 August 2014

Sexual Urge Leads Man To Murder

Mogami Dijo, the accused, told Justice Michael Mothobi that he had gone out ‘desperately seeking’ to buy sex.“I was told by my friend that if I needed to fix myself sexually there were plenty of prostitutes at a certain location...

Mpho Mokwape | 25 August 2014

Ear tags could solve foot & mouth

Acting Agriculture Minister Oreeditse Molebatsi on Thursday  told a gathering of farmers in Pitsane at the launch of the new system that the ministry will now be able to control animal diseases effectively. Molebatsi says since disease...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 25 August 2014

Motswaledi's cellphone history deleted?

UDC president Duma Boko made the claim after the efforts of their legal experts to retrieve the cellphone communication history were frustrated by the networks. Boko alleges that they heard that Motswaledi’s communications have disappeared....

Oarabile Mosikare 25 August 2014

Bobonong teen pregnancy crisis

This coupled with the high number of rape cases, 15 cases as at June this year, prompted the police to embark on a house-to-house campaign in partnership with local clusters to sensitise the community about the situation. Officer Commanding,...

Onalenna Kelebeile 25 August 2014

Over 4,000 Threaten To Boycott Elections In Phikwe

The BCL Mine is the largest single employer in Phikwe, employing 4,100 workers. But the workers are holding out for a 12 percent salary adjustment while the mine has offered six percent, and they have decided to escalate their demands by boycotting...

Onalenna Kelebeile 25 August 2014

The Last Dance

However, in retrospect it appears Sir G had a calculated plan to step into the lion’s den.  His leading of the UDC masses to Serowe, the citadel of the BDP and its leaders, was akin to Jesus’s last entry into Jerusalem. ...

Onalenna Kelebeile 25 August 2014