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BDP-Opposition MPs: Di ja Mmogo
L M Leteane 26 September 2014
Basketball umpire gets rave review in Cairo
Okatch was officiating at her first international tournament after recently becoming Botswana’s first basketball ref to get FIBA accreditation. The tournament in Cairo has been running since last Friday with Okatch handling four matches. She...
Thato Kala 26 September 2014
Amos, Makwala to grace FNB Nswazi marathon
The FNB Nswazi marathon has a 21.1km race which starts from Sebina poso to Makuta Kgotla and then the is the four kilometres race starting from Ntondola to Makuta Kgotla. The races start at 06: 30 am. The marathons’ organising...
Dumisani Ncube 26 September 2014
Makwala ready to kick-on after stellar year
At the age 29, Isaac Makwala can be considered a late bloomer. But the wait has been worth it. Makwala made his professional debut in 2006, but it was only eight years later that he made the athletics world sit and take notice. His journey to...
Mqondisi Dube
| 26 September 2014
Chiefs reclaim top spot in see-saw week
Chiefs narrowly defeated Premier League rookies, Letlapeng 1-0 on Wednesday evening in Molepolole courtesy of Pontsho Moloi’s strike. Chiefs are perched at the top with 18 points from seven games, having lost only one game so far. They have...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 26 September 2014
BTTA hosts Orapa Open
The tournament, sponsored by Debswana Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines at the tune of P30 000 has attracted local players and counterparts from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia. BTTA competition secretary Kudzanani Motswagole said the...
Teichler Rankoa 26 September 2014
Star-studded Galaxy still to gel despite lead
Going all the way to clinch the be MOBILE Premier League ticket appears a realistic goal looking at the teeming talent at coach, Oris Radipotsane’s disposal. Galaxy has accumulated seven points from three matches since the beginning of the...
Teichler Rankoa 26 September 2014
AFCON joint bid in jeopardy
It has since emerged that the government of Botswana has not been officially informed of the alleged deal struck between the BFA and Zimbabwe Football Association. Even if the Botswana government is taken on board now, the Tuesday deadline may prove...
Mqondisi Dube
| 26 September 2014
Possible abuse of state resourses
At the time we condemned the idea as we strongly felt that it gives sitting MPs an unfair advantage over those who wish to challenge them during elections. We still hold that view today. The sudden cooperation between opposition and ruling party MPs...
Mmegi Editor
| 26 September 2014
The chronicles of BMWU, BCL wage dispute
The time in between is splattered with demands and threats by the Union. At one point it demanded that BCL board chairman Dr Akolang Tombale should sack the mine’s General Manager Daniel Mahupela and Divisional Manager of Organisational...
Onalenna Kelebeile 26 September 2014
BMWU settles, albeit grudgingly with BCL
BMWU spokesperson, Joseph Tsimako, said that they would be grappling with BCL next year on the issue of housing allowance, which they believe is still very low. The next wage negotiations are scheduled to start the following April. “It (the...
Onalenna Kelebeile 26 September 2014
Police ask for cooperation over the holidays
Maniki said during the same period last year, they recorded a low number of crime as well as road accidents mainly due to the public’s cooperation. “The police have no intention of disturbing people while travelling to their respective...
Bonte Seepi 26 September 2014
SPEDU mull over shopping malls� proposals
According to SPEDU’s marketing and communications manager, Kenneth Boikhutshwane, the two investors have reached an agreement with anchor-tenants. He said the proposals are good and each depicts unique elements. He appeared positive that...
Onalenna Kelebeile 26 September 2014
No fingerprints from crime scene
During cross-examination, detective Inspector Mmilili Mashabile admitted that the crucial investigation element of extraction of fingerprints was missing. Ngakayagae also questioned Mashabile as to why in all the statements recorded from the...
Sharon Mathala 26 September 2014
Can we trust politicians?
March 2010 Disgruntled members of Botswana Democratic Party gather in Mogoditshane to establish the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). There is excitement at the newborn baby who is first born of the BDP at the age of 44-years-old. In less than...
Staff Writer 26 September 2014
Government overtime allowance shocker
Non-commuted employees are those whose nature of work does not always require them to work outside normal-working hours as happens with soldiers, wildlife wardens and the police. A leaked Cabinet memo, however, indicates that as of April 1, 2015...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 26 September 2014
Let MPs stay in rented houses � Nasha
According to a leaked Cabinet memo, President Ian Khama recently extended a special dispensation to allow former MPs to remain in rented accommodation following the dissolution of Parliament. In an interview with Mmegi, Nasha said while this is an...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 26 September 2014
Mozambique tourism benchmarks on Botswana
Mozambique’s Jeremias Manussa the marketing manager at the Mozambique Tourism Authority (MTA) made the remarks in an interview with Business Week over the weekend in Maputo. “Botswana is one of the countries that have made strides when...
Chakalisa Dube
| 26 September 2014
Govt pays P1 million on former MPs accommodation
Government will fork over P1 million in accommodation payments for all 45 ordinary former Members of Parliament (MPs), two months after the dissolution of the house, Mmegi has established. According to a confidential presidential directive CAB...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 26 September 2014
�I don�t like Luddites�
Their resistance to the new technologies they saw was so profound that they gave their name to anyone who objects to progress. I’m sure we all know some Luddites. They aren’t just people who are a little behind the times, they’re...
Correspondent 26 September 2014
Letshego loan book reaches P5bn
Letshego managing director, Chris Low, said the most contributions to the growth in advances are Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia. Letshego operates in 10 southern and east African countries including Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda,...
Keikantse Lesemela 26 September 2014
Competition Commission lifts Hukuntsi tender suspension
The tender, which was awarded to K-Build Hardware and Ambica Trading, was suspended to allow the body to complete its investigations, following allegations of bid rigging. The authority alleged that companies that won the tender colluded in...
Isaac Pinielo 26 September 2014
Spadework for new coal mine at Morupule
This is within its lease area to feed into the envisaged 300MW second phase of Morupule B power plant. The open cast mine, which will be built adjacent to the existing underground operations, is projected to be complete by 2017. Responding to...
Brian Benza 26 September 2014
Who is fooling who at the Tati Nickel Mining Company?
The death of the young miner, Warona Khutsafalo who hails from the rural Tswapong village of Mogapinyana over the weekend, became a serious subject of debate. Trade unionists seriously questioned safety measures at the copper/nickel mining...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 26 September 2014
Govt fails to relocate Kwa Seteneng squatters
“Please be advised that failure to do so within the stipulated time will result in engaging the Attorney General to lawfully evict you,” read the letter dated July 26, 2013 from the department to the squatters. The squatters were allowed...
Oarabile Mosikare 26 September 2014
Mmegi Group restructures
BusinessWeek: Is it true that the company is retrenching staff? Mbuya: The company is not retrenching staff. The company is undergoing a restructuring exercise that might result in job losses. In the event there are job losses, in consultation...
Staff Writer 26 September 2014
Legends, novices showcase at Main, Octagon galleries
The exhibitions, categorised into works of legends and children’s, opened on September 12 and are scheduled to run until October 12. Artworks by legends on display at the Museum’s Main Gallery show a lot of maturity. This owing to...
Staff Writer 26 September 2014
Only P350 in royalties for Ratshega
It is shocking to learn that the track, which ignited much debate on its ‘real meaning’, could only accumulate P350 in royalties. This after it also failed to clinch the famous musician song of the year at the Botswana Musicians Union...
Chippa Legodimo 26 September 2014
The Giver does not deliver
Movie: The Giver Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi Age Restriction: 13 Release Date: 12 September Director: Phillip Noyce Main Cast: Jeff Bridges (The Giver), Meryl Streep (Chief Elder), Brenton Thwaites (Jonas-The...
Correspondent 26 September 2014
Acting is my comfort zone - Molosi
Historian Sandy Grant writes in his book, Botswana And Its National Heritage, “In the years between 1885 and 1966, when Botswana was a British Protectorate there were two major events, which were etched into its popular consciousness. The first...
Thalefang Charles
| 26 September 2014
Moz leaves me longing for more
My road journey to Maputo through South Africa took over 10 hours on Friday beginning in the morning. The main purpose of my visit together with 11 Botswana Travel agents was to tour various hotels and tourism sites in Maputo in order to sell them to...
Chakalisa Dube
| 26 September 2014
The President�s shoes
There they were. President Ian Khama’s black formal shoes with laces. They looked too simple for me to be able to place them under any particular price tag. Not the usual over the top type of shoes you see the pompous Gaborone...
Mpho Tlale 26 September 2014
Why BDP is buying Facebook likes
The Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) social media strategy was infiltrated and leaked to the enemies. When Mokgweetsi Masisi delivered the pompous war speech inside a closed hall of the red army, a brave ‘inward’ spy had...
Thalefang Charles
| 26 September 2014
Francistown councillors: How they fared
The councillors are awarded stars on a scale of one to 10 in relation to their effectiveness during that period. Shadrack Nyeku**** Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), Phillip Matante East Ward During his stint as mayor, before paving way for...
Chakalisa Dube
| 26 September 2014
Botswana�s increasing state ownership in the mining sector
The report was important and as I calmed myself I thought ...how pathetic, only an economist can wake up sweating at 3 am over the results of a mining taxation report. But the report has enormous implications for Botswana and all of Africa. It was...
Roman Grynberg 26 September 2014
Can suicide be prevented?
Some time ago, I received an informative email from Sbrana Psychiatrist Hospital superintendent, Dr Mpho Thula, about World Suicide Prevention Day, which is commemorated on September 10. Before then, I had given suicide little thought. It was only...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 26 September 2014
Payment online
They have seen the ups and downs and the turn arounds of this management of a tavern. Infact, a good many have been directly responsible for the fortunes and misfortunes of the taverna Nitty Gritty either by payment or non-payment of their...
Barolong Seboni 26 September 2014
BDF�s Pamphlet No1 (not BNF)
This is the Company Commander’s course at Force Training Establishment (FTE) at Sir Seretse Khama Barracks. With his usual smile, he poses a question to the class and says; “who knows what Pamphlet No1 is?” Most hands went up,...
Richard Moleofe 26 September 2014
One cannot serve two unalike masters�
‘OE’), which in turn ostensibly originated from Latin: magus (great, all-encompassing [one]). In my own Protolanguage Dictionary, mo-aka (aka being as in aka-retsa: ‘encompass’) – later, mogaka – is indeed cognate...
L M Leteane 26 September 2014
Ke ta go
L M Leteane 26 September 2014
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