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Oarabile Mosikare 31 October 2014
Lekone: The footballer-turned-biker
He fell in the love with quad bikes after watching the annual 1000km Desert race while still a youngster. The route for the bikes passed through his village, Metsimotlhabe and Lekone developed interest in the sport. His love for the sport was also...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 31 October 2014
Chaka out to defend Masters Open title
Chaka told Mmegi Sport that he has been preparing well for the tournament and is ready to defend the title he won last year. Chaka plays for Poisonous Snakes Chess Club. He won last year’s tournament after accumulating 7.5 points out of a...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 31 October 2014
Dithubaruba hosts season ending tennis tourney
“While others will be fighting to be in the league next season, others will be competing to be in the top 16. That will be their passport to take part in the top 16 tournament to be held towards end of the year,” he said. The league ends...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 31 October 2014
Miscellaneous resume title charge
In other games, struggling former Premier League campaigners, TAFIC will be away to another Serowe side, Green Lovers. TAFIC have found the going tough since they were relegated to the First Division at the end of last season. The Francistown giants...
Chakalisa Dube
| 31 October 2014
Banana skins await giants in Top 8
It will be the first time Rollers talisman, Segolame Boy plays before the home crowd since his off season switch from boyhood club, Miscellaneous of Serowe. Boy is having a dream season at Rollers where he is banging crucial goals. The youngster...
Chakalisa Dube
| 31 October 2014
Chicken Licken deal gets CA nod
In a statement released this week, the competition watchdog said it had determined to unconditionally authorise the proposed transaction on the grounds that there were no substantive competition concerns that would arise in the fast food...
Staff Writer 31 October 2014
Dicey balancing act for new finance minister
With Kenneth Matambo mostly likely to bounce back after coming in as a specially elected Member of Parliament, analysts concur that new policies that promote inclusive growth should be the minister’s priority. This will add to the already...
Brian Benza 31 October 2014
A-Cap readies for uranium mining licence
In its activities report for the quarter ended 30 September 2014, which was released yesterday, the company stated that it continues to progress the feasibility studies required to submit a mining licence application for the uranium project, in the...
Isaac Pinielo 31 October 2014
Pangolin raises P4m for Tsabong project
The offering consisted of 7.13 million units at a price of 6 cents apiece. Each unit is made up of one common share and one share purchase warrant, with every warrant entitling the holder to acquire an additional share at a price of 12 cents, for a...
Staff Writer 31 October 2014
Lower savings culture in Botswana
According to the Barclays Africa Prosper report, approximately four in 10 Batswana (42 percent) said they would invest or save if they found themselves with an extra $100 (P920) at the end of the month. The Botswana score is significantly lower than...
Keikantse Lesemela 31 October 2014
The 12 post 2009 election variables
The 2011 Industrial Strike Just two years after Khama was tested at an election event for the very first time as president, the country witnessed an industrial strike which was unprecedented in the history of Botswana. The BDP had just scored a...
Richard Moleofe 31 October 2014
Uninspiring President leads unhappy nation
The governments of Botswana and United States of America (USA) recently engaged in an exchange of angry words following the arrest of the editor of the Sunday Standard last September. However, the two countries will never be at par on anything as...
Bame Piet 31 October 2014
Whoever gets to the BCP first will win next election
However, thanks to Botswana’s first-past-the-pole electoral system, Domi is back in power, having captured 37 of the 57 constituencies. “This is a clear indication the BDP is on the verge of losing power. Batswana are shifting their...
Greg Kelebonye 31 October 2014
BDP loses, as opposition gains
On the parliamentary contests, the ruling BDP has garnered a total 320,665 votes or 46.7 percent, which shows a decline in popular vote of about 6.56 percent from the 2009 general elections performance. In 2009 general elections, the BDP emerged...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 31 October 2014
The fortress of crime a no go zone
This movie is so relatable as it focuses on the lives of criminals and how society deals with them. Like other drama movies, Brick Mansions are no different. It depicts real life situations on how society deals with criminals. The movie...
Bakang Israel 31 October 2014
Kerry James Marshall: Challenging racism in art history
“When I go to the movies, I’m expected to identify with all of the characters, and most of them are white,” says the African-American artist Kerry James Marshall, sitting on the top floor of David Zwirner’s immaculate gallery...
Bakang Israel 31 October 2014
Motene: Kritya will unlock doors for Botswana
The former Generations actress, Motene, has previously pepped up Botswana poetry after seeing Ngwao Putswa perform during Heart’s Girl Power CD and book launch last year. She believes her client’s India assignment that takes place in a...
Thato Kala 31 October 2014
Mawee kills them with jokes
Within minutes, the ‘school boy’ has killed the silence, as the whole room fills with laughter. Comedian Olefile ‘Mawee’ Mokgware is in the house and while his audience is left in stitches from one of his jokes the young man...
Chippa Legodimo 31 October 2014
Was Parliament�s amendment of the Standing Orders Constitutional? (Part I)
This, after government waged a legal challenge on the amendment’s constitutionality, a process which not only delayed the swearing in of Members of Parliament (MPs), but also halted the election of the Vice President, and the Speaker and Deputy...
Ryder Gabathuse 31 October 2014
It�s 2020 for Molepolole sewerage system
According to Dedede the construction of the sewerage network will commence in January next year and is expected to end in January 2019. Defects notification period will run from January 2019 to July 2020. Currently the project is at its...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 31 October 2014
MPs sworn
The ceremony was postponed from Tuesday after the Attorney General Dr Athaliah Molokomme launched an urgent application in which she wanted declared unconstitutional, amendments to parliamentary Standing Orders that allowed for secret ballot voting...
Oarabile Mosikare 31 October 2014
Murder accused suspected to have fled back to SA
Two police officers that spoke to Mmegi on condition of anonymity yesterday, said Samotse might have once again fled to South Africa (SA) where he initially went into hiding after killing his girlfriend in Francistown, nearly three years...
Chakalisa Dube
| 31 October 2014
Paranoia and anxiety rules Khama�s world?
The short-lived standoff between Khama and Parliament was primarily caused by the president’s paranoia and acute state of insecurity, highly placed sources within the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) have revealed. At the centre of...
Ntibinyane Ntibinyane 31 October 2014
BDP parliamentary caucus won�t go easy on Khama
In their caucus, attended by President Ian Khama, the Members of Parliament (MP) told him (Khama) that they would compromise on his choice of the Vice President. They would, however, not do the same on the issue of his preferred...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 31 October 2014
Khama unveils a Cabinet of convenience?
The Cabinet excludes a Vice President who is yet to be announced as a court case is pending on how he or she will be endorsed. In an announcement yesterday afternoon, Shaw Kgathi was unexpectedly appointed the Minister of Defence, Justice and...
Oarabile Mosikare 31 October 2014
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