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Staff Writer 07 November 2014
Modise wary of India threat
The all rounder said Botswana is ready to display top class and solid play as they bid to wrestle the log leadership from the Indians. Both sides are unbeaten going into what should be a fiercely contested affair. The heavily built Modise said the...
Dumisani Ncube 07 November 2014
Ndoro suspended ahead of Police XI tie
The club suspended the Zimbabwean goalkeeper indefinitely effecting yesterday for indiscipline. Ndoro will remain suspended awaiting the conclusion of the investigations. He was instrumental when BDF XI won the competition last season, saving Gofaone...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 07 November 2014
Bagwasi siblings target Rio 2016
But national boxing team assistant coach, Thebe Setlalekgosi is convinced the Bagwasi brothers have what it takes to make Rio 2016. The two are presently on an off-season break. They go back to compete in the ring in January next year. Setlalekgosi...
Thato Kala 07 November 2014
Inaugural be MOBILE marathon launched
The marathon is meant to be an annual event with the first edition billed for February 15, 2015 under the theme ‘City Comes Alive’. The Local Organising Committee chairman, Ben Tobedza flanked by the committee’s director Stellan...
Chakalisa Dube
| 07 November 2014
TAFIC, GNT lock horns in derby
TAFIC have had mixed fortunes in the competition with two wins, two losses and two draws in six outings. TAFIC however go into the match with confidence after a 1-0 victory against Green Lovers in Serowe last weekend. Normalcy has been restored in...
Chakalisa Dube
| 07 November 2014
Firm sets up edible oil refinery in Francistown
Through an equity partnership with local consortium, URL is setting up a cooking oil plant that has the capacity to produce 1,500 metric tonnes per month. “This will be a refinery serving the Botswana market. Eventually when there is enough...
Brian Benza 07 November 2014
Sechaba foresees gloomy future
This week, Sechaba in its 2014 annual report stated that last year the regulatory environment continued to present challenges to the beverages giant. “The alcohol levy was increased to 50 percent in December 2013, compelling KBL to raise...
Isaac Pinielo 07 November 2014
�Danger to our health�
It began with a comment from someone calling himself “MajorProphet Richard Watatua”. His comment was simple but remarkable: “TESTIMONY............3 PEOPLE ARE REPORTING TO BE HEALED H.I.V AIDS YESTERDY AFTER MY MEETING WITH...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo 07 November 2014
Doping tests for boxers in season ender
BoBA spokesperson, Kenny Maragana said the anti-doping team will be on duty and all boxers would be tested. Tomorrow’s tournament is open to all the 19 BoBA affiliated clubs and is organised and sponsored by the association. Maragana said they...
Teichler Rankoa 07 November 2014
Mpete, dynamite in a small package
Mpete started playing soccer at Seingwaeng Primary School and continuing his passion at Linchwe II Secondary School in Mochudi. When at Linchwe, the young Mpete joined Mochudi Big 15 football club ere he stayed for a short period of time before...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 07 November 2014
Turnabout sweeps through banking sector
The volte-face, which has gradually developed over the past three years, also looks set to reverse the role of the central bank in open market operations from liquidity absorption to provision. Before 2010, the banking sector had been characterised...
Brian Benza 07 November 2014
High-end residential rentals stagnate
Maria De Angelis, an estate agent at Seeff Properties Botswana explained that for the past year, the company has not experienced a growth in rental demand across all property types. However there is still high demand for low cost rental while the...
Isaac Pinielo 07 November 2014
Mandela�s legacy lives on
When tourists visit Johannesburg, a trip to Mandela’s Houghton home is among the ‘top places’ to on the tour as recommended by Gauteng Tourism. Tourists worldwide frequently visit the Houghton residence and take pictures while...
Mpho Tlale 07 November 2014
Lukewarm third quarter on BSE
There were about 126.1million shares worth P551.7 million that exchanged hands during the third quarter as compared to 125.8 million shares, which were valued at P394.4 million during the second quarter. According to a market report from...
Staff Writer 07 November 2014
Turnabout sweeps through banking sector
The volte-face, which has gradually developed over the past three years, also looks set to reverse the role of the central bank in open market operations from liquidity absorption to provision. Before 2010, the banking sector had been characterised...
Brian Benza 07 November 2014
Kuaho�s illustrious fashion odyssey thus far
“Ever since winning Redds African Fashion Award, I haven’t entered another fashion competition as I have realized that now I have a duty to groom up and coming fashion designers in Botswana behind the scenes,” said the fashion...
Gasebalwe Seretse 07 November 2014
Where have our traditional games gone?
Due to new technologies, change of lifestyle and transformation, traditional games adopted from earlier generations have disappeared as their progeny spend most of their time watching television sets, playing with factory-line dolls, video games,...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 07 November 2014
Giant diamonds lure investor cash to Gaborone
“People that buy big stones are invested in their value,” said Parag, a director at Karp Group, an Indian diamond manufacturer and retailer. He says about half the large stones he sells end up in the vaults of wealthy customers who see...
Correspondent 07 November 2014
For the people, by the people
The case in which the Attorney General, inspired by a complaint by President Khama and his party, has challenged parties in Parliament over the amendment of Standing Orders, has indeed brought democracy closer to ordinary Batswana. While the...
Mmegi Editor
| 07 November 2014
Aluta continua.
Mmegi Editor 07 November 2014
The University of Botswana went to sleep in this election
Indeed, the last national election was quite infectious and full of very many interesting aspects of political interest. One of these is how the predictions were made. None of these foretellers ever entertained the thought that Daniel Kwelagobe and...
Richard Moleofe 07 November 2014
The commandments for new MPs
“Yeah, man! All this bloody noise of battery-powered speakers blaring the whole night. It’s all a lot of empty noise ‘cause you can’t hear what the dude is saying, ‘cause there’s another dude around the corner...
Barolong Seboni 07 November 2014
To whom does Israel really belong? Part 2
As we saw, it was all about shems (sha-im: “Fiery Ones” in Hebrew) – the rockets the ‘gods’ hid in silos carved inside three key mountains (Mt. Sinai, Mt. Moriah, and Mt. Lebanon) that enclosed Canaan, the Promised Land...
L M Leteane 07 November 2014
The tswii that sustains Maun gatherers
Risky and dangerous it may be, she has to do it in order to fend for her three children. The hardships of life and being jobless forced her to go into the trade. Tswii is a delicacy that is indeginous to Maun and its surrounding areas. It looks like...
Leinanyana Tsiane 07 November 2014
Botswana�s code-talker paradox
Based on their ethnicity, culture, country and age they tend to develop jargon that outside their peer group, is unintelligible. This type of situation is called the Code-talker Paradox, a term coined by Mark Baker in 2011 to describe the Navajo...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 07 November 2014
Hukuntsi, Kang forgotten era Bogosi disputes still rage on
The disputes, which have their roots in the colonial era of the 1930s, have recently been going back and forth between the offices of the responsible minister and the respective kgotlas of the two villages. With the Hukuntsi Bogosi, former Minister...
Zolani Kraai 07 November 2014
Khama discusses economic strategies
Let me from the outset welcome you all to this 37th meeting of the High Level Consultative Council. Allow me to take this opportunity to welcome new Cabinet Ministers to this forum. I also extend a special welcome to the Vice Chairman of the...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane 07 November 2014
Govt delays Pilikwe radiation case, again
On Wednesday, residents had their hopes dashed when the case was pushed further by five more months due to government’s failure to file papers on time. The case will be heard on May 13, 2015. Government lawyer Thobo Ditlhobolo said they needed...
Mpho Mokwape
| 07 November 2014
Botswana�s new fund for future generations
They say that the best kept secrets are always in plain sight, especially for those who look, but never read. So it is with the most profound change in Botswana’s economic policy for decades. No-one really noticed or perhaps didn’t even...
Roman Grynberg 07 November 2014
New crop of opposition MPs raise hopes of robust Parliament
However, the fact that the ruling party has 41 MPs, more than twice the opposition number of 20 may make it another rubber stamp Parliament. BDP legislators have always used their strength in numbers to frustrate the opposition. However, this has...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 07 November 2014
Palapye new bus rank to be ready by end of November
The Central District Council Senior Public Relations Officer, Keothaile Tau, confirmed this. When responding to a questionnaire from Mmegi this week, Tau confirmed that only finishing touches now remain for the bus rank that has been under...
Bonte Seepi 07 November 2014
Botswana should overhaul its curriculum � American professor
Professor Beverly Davenport, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Cincinnati, suggested that a curriculum used by American universities could be implemented by local tertiary schools to address problems of poor...
Chakalisa Dube
| 07 November 2014
Is Khama preparing Seretse for BDP leadership?
It is said Khama has recalled Seretse in an effort to rebuild the party after it emerged badly from the just ended general elections. In the polls, the ruling party lost ground to the opposition, receiving 46.7 percent in the popular vote. The...
Staff Writer 07 November 2014
Masunga student barred from BGCSE exam
A source close to the matter said the chief invigilator who is also a teacher at the school, refused the girl entry into the hall because she did not have a name tag. The female student whose names are known to this publication reportedly hails from...
Pini Bothoko
| 07 November 2014
In the matter between...
During the days leading to October 29 – when the Attorney General’s suit first appeared in the High Court – the court’s automated case management system allocated the matter to Leburu. High Court matters are usually presided...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 07 November 2014
Opposition legal brains form united front
Like the BCP and UDC, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is a respondent in the case. However, the BDP has implicitly ganged up with the Attorney General and behaves like the plaintiff. To compound matters, the BDP has said it will launch its...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 07 November 2014
Nasha steals the show
As soon as Nasha entered the packed courtroom after lunch, the huge crowd in the gallery greeted her with cheers. They called her ‘comrade’ a term frequently used by opposition politicians to address their associates. “Motho ke ene...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 07 November 2014
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