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Staff Writer 14 November 2014
Modise eyes Most Valuable Player award
Khan has overall rating points of 89.42 while Modise is at 77.25 points and third placed Sri Lankan, Namal Bandara in third with 74.37 points. Modise is having a good tournament and showd his worth last weekend in a losing cause to leaders...
Dumisani Ncube 14 November 2014
Orange Classic 2014 Golf Championship launched
Sponsorship coordinator at Orange Botswana, Mosarwa Molema told a press briefing that the tournament would be played at the Phakalane Golf Club from November 29-30. He said the aim of the tournament is to improve golf in the country and spread...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 November 2014
P100, 000 prize money galvanises softball teams
The league, sponsored for a record P1million kicked off a fortnight ago in Orapa for clubs in the north. For clubs in the south, competition began last month. Of the P1million, P649, 000 will go towards prize money, a sure ingredient for fierce...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 November 2014
Babitseng claims plot to oust him
Mmegi Sport: Please tell us about your latest suspension? Tariq Babitseng: It has been very, very clear from the onset the whole issue is riddled with malice and perception. I have been waiting for this in order to clear my name. There are people...
Mqondisi Dube
| 14 November 2014
Kgomela, Babitseng wrong choices
This follows allegations that he did not fully account for the funds for the preliminary CAF qualifying games against Guinea –Bissau. Babitseng is not new to controversy as he was once suspended last year. For the good of the BFA executive and...
Dennis Keagile 14 November 2014
Will the Babitseng bond unstick Sebego?
It has been a bond that thrust Tebogo Sebego into the hot seat. Their criss-crossing of the country had convinced Botswana Football Association (BFA) affiliates that the game’s future lies with the ‘Friends of Football’. David Fani...
Mqondisi Dube
| 14 November 2014
Tight AFCON race in Group G
Only the two top teams in each of the seven groups qualify for the continental showpiece with one spot reserved for a team that finishes as the best third placed side. Group G, which features Zebras, Tunisia and Egypt has been highly contested....
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 14 November 2014
Women�s league still without sponsorship
During the Francistown Regional Football Association (FRAFA) annual general meeting in July, the committee running the league announced it was close to sealing a sponsorship deal. However nothing has bore fruit. Botswana Football Association (BFA)...
Chakalisa Dube
| 14 November 2014
Butler to attack Tunisia
Butler’s charges have been put to the sword by continental giants, Egypt, Senegal and Tunisia, losing all four matches thus far. But tonight, fans are expected to see a much more offensive Zebras side on the hunt for a first victory.“It...
Mqondisi Dube 14 November 2014
I am not a criminal � Babitseng
This the second time Babitseng has been suspended this year over such allegations. But in an exclusive interview with Mmegi Sport yesterday, he said his name is unnecessarily being dragged in the mud by his detractors. “The media has been fed...
Mqondisi Dube
| 14 November 2014
�Christmas is coming�
The result is that we overspend as well as over-eat and over-drink and we end up paying the price in the New Year, often for most of the following year. However, unlike the inevitable weight gain, the financial burdens can’t easily be removed...
Mqondisi Dube 14 November 2014
Karowe output falls
According to Lucara diamonds, although the carat output declined in the period, ore recovery was better than expected and that it achieved a higher average grade of 20.8 carats per hundred tonnes (cpht), compared to 17.6 cpht a year earlier. In a...
Mqondisi Dube 14 November 2014
Barclays travellers� service
The new service allows Barclays Premier Banking clients to venture almost anywhere in the country to experience the ultimate combination of travel, nature, wildlife, culture, adventure, heritage and entertainment. This service is tailored for Premier...
Mqondisi Dube 14 November 2014
Businesses credit growth jumps
According to figures released by Bank of Botswana this week, business credit growth rose from 10.4 percent to 17 percent in August driven by resident businesses, which went up by P591 million. In the period, household credit growth declined to 12.5...
Mqondisi Dube 14 November 2014
Pula trades in the mixed
Figures released by the central bank show that the pula depreciated against the rand (1.8 percent) while appreciating against the pound (3.2 percent), yen (2.8 percent), euro (2.5 percent) and the US dollar (1.7 percent) in October. On an annual...
Mqondisi Dube 14 November 2014
Exports outweigh imports
According to figures released by Statistics Botswana, total imports were valued at P4.6 billion, showing an increase of 26.0 percent (P950.9 million) from the revised June 2014 value of P3,657.7 million. When annualising total import figures, July...
Mqondisi Dube 14 November 2014
Still sparkling, forty-five years on
The romance of the story derives its setting in 1955 when Central African Selection Trust prospectors, lead by Gavin Lamont, uncovered an alluvial deposit of diamonds on the banks of Motloutse River, 250 km east of Orapa Town. This was a year after...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 14 November 2014
�Epidemic of ignorance� hits tourism industry
According to tour operators in the Okavango Delta, arrivals have taken a knock in the second half of the year, while bookings for next year are estimated to have sunk by a sector average of between 30-50 percent. With the tourism industry being a...
Brian Benza 14 November 2014
Japanese Film Festival at Riverwalk
The festival will feature four Japanese films, Fly Dakota Fly, Leaving on the 15th Spring, Akko-Chan; the Movie, and Always-Sunset on Third Street ’64. Embassy of Japan in Botswana Second Secretary, Asami Nakabai, told Arts & Culture that...
Maureen Odubeng
| 14 November 2014
Stylist Nkwe won�t give up
The young man is a hard worker, as he has not allowed challenges he came across in his line of work discourage him from aiming high and reaching for the stars. As a stylist he has been invited to assist at a number of events. Nkwe started off...
Maureen Odubeng
| 14 November 2014
A hunt for serial killers on the rampage
As it is often said about wine, the older it gets the better it tastes there seems to be such actors who are also getting better as they age. Such notable examples are Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington as well as Liam Neeson. All these actors...
Bakang Israel 14 November 2014
Boogie immortalises Motswaledi
Boogie, an artist from Kanye, recently put the finishing touches to a mural of, Gomolemo Motswaledi, the late opposition leader, who died in a car accident a few months ago. The passionate artist was not commissioned by anyone to do the piece,...
Thato Kala 14 November 2014
BDP youth voted for UDC
Madam speaker’s loss was for me a painful reminder of how cruel politics can be if you do not understand the balances of power as well as the conditions for victory. I believe that the majority of the population wanted her to win, and she must...
Thato Kala 14 November 2014
To whom does Israel really belong? Part 3
We produced compelling evidence (mainly the uncanny similarity in names and sequence with the Egyptian Kings List) that confirmed that they were actually well-known pharaohs of Egypt, which is why archaeologists were unable to find any trace of them...
L M Leteane 14 November 2014
An epidemic of ignorance
Tour operators in the World Heritage Site, the Okavango Delta, are reporting that their bookings for next year have dropped by between 30 and 50 percent. The peak tourism period, between May and September, was a damp squib for many operators who...
Mmegi Editor
| 14 November 2014
All bring blessings to this house. Others by coming, others by going away.
Mmegi Editor 14 November 2014
Last flight of an industrious scavenger
Not many people lie awake at night and think about the plight of Botswana’s vultures. In fact, for many people, vultures are an odious creature that literally feeds off the dead. It is an unwelcome and ungainly sight linked forever with the...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 14 November 2014
Chobe�s headaches with the Eastern Caprivi
From a distance, this mighty river separating Botswana and Namibia has on the south side, plenty of wildlife. There are large herds of elephants splashing on the riverbank and hippos, yawning and dipping in and out of the water. Warthogs run around...
Thalefang Charles
| 14 November 2014
The BDP owes BCP great gratitude
The candidates were wishing the day could hasten because of their levels of fatigue, as well as anticipation. For the electorates, it was a matter of being intimidated and taunted by the blurring noises from the loud speakers of all kinds of aspiring...
Richard Moleofe 14 November 2014
�Sharia�, �Boko Haram� besiege Palapye
PALAPYE: The advent of development in Palapye continues to attract multitudes from all walks of life in search of opportunities, especially in the mushrooming construction sector. The Botswana International University of Science and Technology...
Bonte Seepi 14 November 2014
The man behind the voice on radio
Soft-spoken Dithatho has earned many fans across the country through his loyal support of Radio Botswana’s various call-in programmes, being one of its most ardent listeners. Born in Tshane, Kgalagadi District 67 years ago, Dithatho of the...
Leinanyana Tsiane 14 November 2014
From Khamarite to critic
All the lobbying that she had done would amount to nothing. The democrats in Parliament that had promised her their votes were not responding to her calls. Even those that had moved mountains on her behalf had switched their allegiance. The more...
Oarabile Mosikare 14 November 2014
Segametsi: A 20-year search for answers
“Twenty years have passed, but I have heard nothing about my daughter. Not even a single police officer coming to my house or calling the other siblings,” says 65-year-old Nene Mogomotsi. Twenty years ago, her daughter, Segametsi...
Lerato Maleke 14 November 2014
BIUST acting Vice Chancellor resigns
In an interview with Mmegi yesterday, spokesperson for the university Shakie Kebaswele confirmed that Professor Siginer resigned two days ago. However Kebaswele could not divulge much information concerning reasons for Professor Siginer’s...
Mpho Mokwape
| 14 November 2014
Parliament�s amendment of the Standing Orders is constitutional! (Part II)
It is now common cause that the Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s ruling that contrary to the Attorney General and the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s argument, the Standing Orders are constitutional. In this, the final part,...
Correspondent 14 November 2014
Kgafela wants meeting with Khama
Khama established the five-man Commission last month as part of efforts to resolve a three-year impasse with the tribe, that saw the flight of the paramount chief in 2012 amidst a slew of criminal charges related to illegal floggings within the...
Lerato Maleke 14 November 2014
Why Khama did not consider other VP frontrunners
The loss by former Goodhope-Mabule legislator, Kitso Mokaila, in the general election to his UDC challenger, James Mathokgwane might have complicated President Ian Khama’s succession plan, pundits say. Those in the know are adamant that...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 14 November 2014
The rise and rise of Masisi
His elder brother, the late Francistown West MP, Tshelang Masisi consoled and encouraged him to soldier on despite losing, as politics is full of ups and down. The brother told him that if he was determined to win, he had to work very hard to...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 14 November 2014
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