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In Tuesday paper

George Chingarande 02 December 2014

BHC signs compact agreement with govt

Speaking during the signing ceremony of a shareholder compact agreement with government in Gaborone yesterday, Pheko said the board accepts the responsibility to direct and guide the business of BHC in a proper manner and institute necessary...

Keikantse Lesemela 02 December 2014

Be MOBILE banners� goof in Francistown

Debswana are sponsors of the First Division League, but had no banners at the double-header that saw Palapye All Stars edge Amakhosi 3-2, while Miscellaneous thumped TAFIC.   The beMOBILE banners were reportedly left at the stadium on Saturday...

Thato Kala 02 December 2014

Wooden spoon for Sevens team

The team finished in the 10th place out of the 12 countries that took part in the tournament. South Africa (academy) won the tournament and Kenya ended in the second position after coming in as the defending champions. Botswana was beaten 33-7 by...

Calistus Kolantsho | 02 December 2014

Stuttering BDF XI fire Chikwanda

The former Nico United coach has seen results dwindle in his second season in charge as the army side fail to replicate the previous campaign’s form. BDF XI secretary, Isaac Letsholathebe confirmed Chikwanda’s departure, adding the coach...

Mqondisi Dube | 02 December 2014

Ponka shines at Tshanda�s birthday bash

Her mentor, kwasakwasa maestro, Franco, has clearly done a good job preparing Ponka for the rigours of the entertainment world and has clearly come full circle. A number of local performers had failed to win the crowd’s support, but the...

Chippa Legodimo 02 December 2014

Desensitisation: HIV/AIDS� new frontier

Not because of a decline in government and partner efforts, or significantly lesser funding and certainly not because the virus has been defeated. Rather, the loss in momentum is coming from a gradual desensitisation within a population that is weary...

Mmegi Editor | 02 December 2014

The making of Dalom Music

He and other ‘80s musicians were facing extinction by the late ‘90s when big record companies, which had been making money with their music in the past decade, were experiencing sustained competition from a new genre called Kwaito. Many...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 02 December 2014

Kanda Bongo Man is coming to town

The famed musician last played in Botswana 12 years back. The kwasa kwasa star is expected to perform at Maun’s Trekkers Club on December 12 before heading to Francistown for a show at BOCCIM Hall the following day. Promoter of the show...

Chippa Legodimo 02 December 2014

Sheillah, Goitse evicted from the Big Brother house

The two young women’s hopes of winning the USD300,000 prize money ended just a week before the grand finale. Both Goitse and Sheillah were put up for possible eviction last week, which presented a major challenge for local fans of the reality...

Staff Writer 02 December 2014

From Botswana Democracy Party (BDP) to Botswana Die- Hard Party (BDP)!

She deliberately risked being called a ‘Western stooge’ by declaring herself a multiparty democracy. By joining the existing and growing number of nations who recognised that multiparty democracy was the in-thing for the future, a model...

Michael Dingake 02 December 2014

The culprits in Botswana�s land shortage

Last week tens of thousands of people besieged Oodi Land board premises, each one of them hoping to get one of about 400 available plots in the areas of Dikwididi, Oodi and Modipane. It is easy to understand why so many people would stampede as they...

Greg Kelebonye 02 December 2014

Trade networks help boost investment � Seretse

Speaking during the Democratic Union of Africa leadership conference, which was hosted by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) over the weekend, Seretse said the networks lead to a vibrant, sustainable, and diversified economy that stimulates...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 02 December 2014

Cooperatives urged to diversify source of income

Speaking at the annual general meeting of Francistown Cooperative Society Limited on Saturday, Otlhabanye said that cooperatives are facing stiff competition from local and multinational companies, so they should diversify their sources of income in...

Lebogang Mosikare | 02 December 2014

To register such a society is an abomination against God

Greg Kelebonye 02 December 2014

Tourism Expo to boost sector competitiveness

Speaking at a Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) press briefing on the second BTTE in Kasane, Dithebe said local entrepreneurs, a European delegation, government officials as well as a BTO representative, who is currently based in Germany, Karin...

Pauline Dikuelo | 02 December 2014

Bond market grows by 300 percent

Speaking at the Botswana Pensions Society conference in Gaborone yesterday, Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) deputy chief executive officer, Thapelo Tsheole, noted that in 2010, the BSE together with market participants identified and documented several...

Isaac Pinielo 02 December 2014

BOSETU condemns children, women�s abuse

Giving a keynote speech at the commemoration of 16 days of activism against women and children in Francistown on Friday, Malemane said that abuse is a problem that affects people of all genders. “BOSETU is known for advocating for...

Lebogang Mosikare | 02 December 2014

Mpetsane is new NED council chairperson

Dikitso Mandevu was also elected, unopposed, the Vice Chairperson. The duo represent the Botswana Democratic Party that holds the majority seats in council. The BDP has 20 councillors followed by Botswana Congress Party with two councillors and one...

Pini Bothoko | 02 December 2014

Kgalajwe leaves Mayoral race, suspects betrayal by comrades

Instead, he told Mmegi that only opposition legislators were fully behind him because they had realised he was the right person to continue projects he had left unfinished because of the recent general elections. Initially, Kgalajwe had shown...

Pini Bothoko | 02 December 2014

Debswana squeezes first carats from tailings dumps

The tailings dump represents the residue of ore processed at the mine over the decades and with modern technology, more diamonds are recoverable from the years of lower efficiency production methods and equipment. Debswana expects the 37 million...

Mbongeni Mguni | 02 December 2014

UDC faces Kgatleng litmus test

Following a Friday caucus meeting, which discussed the positions of chair and deputy, some losing UDC members say they will vote along with the BDP.  “The UDC wants to take control of KDC and so far it is relying on BCP support to back...

Lerato Maleke 02 December 2014

Troubled BAC attracts deputy sheriffs

It was business as usual at the learning institution until Deputy Sheriff Joseph Kokeletso spoilt the party, attaching several computers, leaving staff members with no work to do. Mmegi news team arrived to find Kokeletso packing the computers into...

Bame Piet 02 December 2014