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Media personality feared dead in boating accident
Botswana Defence Force (BDF) scuba divers will resume the search today after calling it off yesterday at 4pm. About 300 people, including local fishermen, gathered on the banks of Lake Ngami yesterday as the scuba divers continued their search for...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 November 2014
Businessman calls for improved sports facilities
Officiating at the Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA) north zone sports awards held at Adansonia Hotel over the weekend, businessman, Tiro Seloma, said the state of sports facilities at schools leaves a lot to be desired. He said in...
James Kgosi 04 November 2014
Ndlovu eyes elusive Top 8 trophy
Ndlovu said on Friday after witnessing his team thump a hapless Motlakase Power Dynamos 3-1 before a fully packed Serowe Sports Complex that the only competition he has not won in Botswaa is the Mascom Top 8. “I have won almost every...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 November 2014
Changwe joins Motlakase
Changwe has signed a two-year deal and is waiting for his work permit before he starts coaching. The Zambian was on the stands when Motlakase played Township Rollers in the Mascom Top 8 at the Serowe Sports Complex on Friday evening. He was initially...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 November 2014
Preparations for 2nd annual Pop Bottles Serowe underway
“Serowe Pop Bottles is an annual festival that is meant to attract fun lovers from all over the central district and show them that they can have clean fun. We cater for people from all walks of lives and different age brackets,” he...
Gasebalwe Seretse 04 November 2014
Chiefs face exit as GU, Rollers stamp authority
Rollers and GU are all but guaranteed places in the last four after convincing away victories. Rollers crushed Motlakase Power Dynamos 3-1 in Serowe on Friday night, while a Kgololo Kgogobi-inspired GU whipped a hapless Satmos 3-0 in Selebi-Phikwe...
Mqondisi Dube
| 04 November 2014
A great treat for shoppers
The festival took place in and around Sandton City, and the Oriental Plaza, which are amongst Johannesburg’s busiest shopping centres from October 30 to November 2, 2014. Though the festival was a showcase of the best the city has to offer...
Mpho Tlale 04 November 2014
Batswana still safe at BBA house
However, Sheilah narrowly survived the chop on Sunday, much to her fans’ relief. Since her stay in the house, Sheilah has proven to be a strong contender. She has shown her versatility as an actress, singer and a personality who is able to fit...
Mpho Tlale 04 November 2014
Olefile crowned Miss Botho F/town 2014/15
The 21-year-old Botho University student from Makanana ward in the cosmopolitan royal village of Serowe bagged the crown ahead of seven contestants who were vying for the same title. Charlotte Siya (24) and 20-year-old Angel Nkau were crowned first...
Shingirai Madondo 04 November 2014
iTowers developer shifts focus to residential market
The company, which is currently building the second tower, adjacent to the first one, believes the development of the second tower would boost its competitive edge in the residential property market. The company has expressed confidence that this...
Keikantse Lesemela 04 November 2014
Karowe eyes underground route to prolong lifespan
Paul Day, Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Lucara Diamonds, which is Karowe’s holding company said this on Saturday at the mine (Karowe)’s achievement of one million carats recovered to date. “Karowe has every chance of running far...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 November 2014
Botswana slips in doing business rankings
According to the World Bank’s 2015 Doing Business report released this week, from the 189 countries surveyed, Botswana is now placed at position 74 from a revised position of 66 last year. The Doing Business report sheds light on how easy or...
Brian Benza 04 November 2014
Parliament will never be the same again!
Anyways, back to Parliament. I’m unhappy that we now have even less women than in the previous years. I have concluded that Mmuso dislikes women. But that’s an issue for another day. My eyes however lit when I noticed that there...
Keletso Thobega 04 November 2014
Mma Nasha and friends are using the opposition
Mma Nasha knew she will need a vote from parliament. We hear from the legal experts that the constitution is bigger and supreme than the standing orders. If this is the case then it was unconstitutional to change the standing orders. If those who...
Brian Benza 04 November 2014
The urgency of electoral reforms
For one, Botswana is under a ‘minority’ rule, as the ruling party has for the first time in 48 years, failed to achieve more than 50% of the popular vote. With 46.7% of the popular vote the ruling party is still firmly in government...
Mmegi Editor
| 04 November 2014
THE UNPREDICTABLE VOTER
Mmegi Editor 04 November 2014
Learners receive free entrepreneurial skills
Ngwana Enterprises hosted a Standard 7 Entrepreneurship Day tour, media briefing and press roundtable on Wednesday, at Diggers Inn. The event was hosted to offer in-depth understanding of what skills drive innovation and economic...
Pini Bothoko
| 04 November 2014
A minority government to survive on specially elected?
Under the constitution of Botswana the BDP however is a lawful and legitimate government in spite of using the questionable First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system, since it was approved by our parliament. The system none-theless isn’t as...
Michael Dingake 04 November 2014
Senior soldiers adopt needy children
The beneficiaries of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) adopt-a-child initiative are two girls and a boy. Three senior army officers Major Beach Ndubo, Lieutenant Boitumelo Lehutso and Major Modiege Leepile identified these children during the...
Pini Bothoko
| 04 November 2014
MPs miss key SADC meeting
The National Assembly remains in limbo due to a pending High Court case in which the Attorney General, prompted by a complaint by President Ian Khama, wants the election of the Speaker and endorsement of the Vice President by a show of hands and not...
Pini Bothoko 04 November 2014
Fired Barclays managers awarded damages
While the High Court had ordered that Barclays reinstate Beauty Tlhaga and Sinikiwe Masalila, the Bank had appealed to the Court of Appeal (CoA), which upheld the judgement but found that payment of damages was a better solution. The CoA bench of...
Mpho Mokwape
| 04 November 2014
Woman raped while waiting for her boyfriend
Superintendent Amos Kekgathetswe of Mahalapye police said the victim, aged between 30 to 35 years, told the police that she was familiar with the features of her assailant, who by press time was still at large. “We are investigating a house...
Bonte Seepi 04 November 2014
Cops to buy more helicopters
The BPS plans to increase aviation crew and restart their sky patrols over Gaborone, which were suspended after the crash in April, due to the lack of craft. Yesterday, the director of the Air Support Branch, Arthur Johnson told Mmegi that the only...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho 04 November 2014
BCP brainstorms on electoral setbacks
He said on the agenda at the Palapye meeting, will be election evaluation but the issue of opposition cooperation is not on the agenda. BCP’s target was winning 29 constituencies and take over government. But, despite the hype and sparing no...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 04 November 2014
Perennial loser Moseki vows to stay the course
“For me politics is a vocation I have chosen. I want to believe that people of this country want a party, which must bring permanent jobs, so we are that party. They (Batswana) need a party that can turnaround the economy of this country and...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 November 2014
Third body found, victims names released
The 42-year-old, Mr Mahindi Peti from Gani in the Shakawe area was retrieved by the Botswana Police Service and Botswana Defence Force scuba divers who have been searching the lake since Sunday, November 2. Mr Peti, a local fisherman, was owner of...
Correspondent 04 November 2014
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