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Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Central region teams dominate promotion charge
Eight clubs have completed their 11 first round matches while four teams have played 10 matches each. All top five teams in the league are from the central region. Serowe side, Miscellaneous lead the pack with 24 points from ten...
Chakalisa Dube
| 10 December 2014
Triple boxing gold beckons Botswana
The hopes of a gold medal haul have been raised after three out of the country’s four boxers progressed to today’s finals. Atang Mosenke, Mohammed Otukile and Kutlwano Ogaketse all put up stellar pefromances to book places in the...
Thato Kala 10 December 2014
Selebi-Phikwe starts Under-15 soccer league
The newly appointed regional football committee chairman, Barulaganye Moloi said the Botswana Football Association (BFA) has mandated regional committees to establish youth teams to develop football from grassroots. He noted that the Under-15...
Onalenna Kelebeile 10 December 2014
BDF XI hunts for Chikwanda�s replacement
The Mascom Top 8 champions parted ways with Chikwanda last week following a string of poor results. Chikwanda arrived at BDF XI after the departure of Kgengwenyane who had gone for studies in the middle of last season. He went on to lead BDF XI to...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 10 December 2014
Gee 4�s Tika Makwete hits the shelves
Tika Makwete is a mixture of hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and house kwasa all conjured into a soothing urban sound. Chicks Are Tricky is a track in which the Hip Hop artist burst into the microphone to pour his heart out about how some young women...
Chippa Legodimo 10 December 2014
Kanda Bongo Man is in town
The King of Kwasakwasa, famous for his 1990s hits Lela Lela and Monie has promised bumper shows at the weekend. Bongo Man said he would use the two shows as a dress rehearsal for the big show in Gaborone next April. “I do not want to steal...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 December 2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Love, Rosie
Rosie and Alex have been best friends since they were 5, so they couldn't possibly be right for one another...or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Walking on Sunshine
Set to the music of popular hit songs from the 1980s. A beautiful coastal village, present day Italy. After a whirlwind romance, Maddie is preparing to marry gorgeous Italian Raf, and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding. Unbeknownst to...
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Penguins of Madagascar
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Maxy condemns bonyatsi, abuse in relationships
The seasoned musician in her trademark silky voice lures the listener to her song that delivers a sensible message of reform in the track Bonyatsi. The opening lyrics of the track suggest, “A re latlheng bonyatsi wee / Ke lerato la diphifi / Ke...
Chippa Legodimo 10 December 2014
No Good Deed
An unstable escaped convict terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Gaborone - never a Garden City!
Whether it was, or it was not is perhaps a question which will interest or even bother only a small number of people – the majority, very understandably, having little idea about those British Garden Cities, when they were established and what...
Sandy Grant 10 December 2014
The return of the passenger train is welcome
Although the timeframe has not yet been revealed, we are hopeful that the whole process will be concluded in the first quarter of 2015, and the train will be in service at least by June or July the same year. This year marks five years after...
Mmegi Editor
| 10 December 2014
Its only in Africa that you can get worshipped for running a country aground
Mmegi Editor 10 December 2014
LEA emphasises importance of SMEs
He was speaking during the Entrepreneurship Awareness Workshop at Camp Hill yesterday. When addressing the participants, Mokalake said after being approached by Motse Wa Badiri Training Centre last year with the idea of collaborating and undertaking...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 December 2014
Sefalana appoints Kedikilwe to board
Dr Kedikilwe assumed these roles since the beginning of this month, according to Sefalana group finance director, Mohamed Osman. The former vice president is expected to bring to the board a wealth of experience and expertise, which will assist in...
Isaac Pinielo 10 December 2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
When Katniss destroys the games, she goes to District 13 after District 12 is destroyed. She meets President Coin who convinces her to be the symbol of rebellion, while trying to save Peeta from the Capitol.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Lucara aims to process 2.5 million tonnes of diamond ore
The company expects to spend about eight million US dollars on exploration work to be conducted on its two prospecting licences awarded in 2014. Operating cash costs are expected to be between 33 and 36 dollars per tonne treated as compared to 2014...
Keikantse Lesemela 10 December 2014
Love, Rosie
Rosie and Alex have been best friends since they were 5, so they couldn't possibly be right for one another...or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Penguins of Madagascar
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Pregnant woman pleads guilty to string of house break-ins
The court learnt that Balemoge was arrested while breaking into a house in Unit 7, Jwaneng. When asked to make submissions, the prosecution led by Sub-Inspector, Edwin Supang, stated that they had not anticipated a guilty plea from the accused. He...
Lebogang Baingapi 10 December 2014
BancABC executives to step down after takeover
In a statement released yesterday, the bank stated that the chief executive officer, Douglas Munatsi, group chief financial officer Beki Moyo and group chief operating officer Francis Dzanya would leave the company at the end of this year to make way...
Isaac Pinielo 10 December 2014
Local HIV facilities impress SADC experts
The experts were part of a recent USAIDS/UNFPA regional meeting held over two days in Gaborone. The officials toured Otse Health Post, Mochudi Clinic One, Khudumelapye Clinic and Sesung Health Post, as part of their assessment of Botswana’s...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 December 2014
Outgoing youth leader decries slow implementation
She says this has stifled progress in resolving children’s issues. The 16-year-old said the situation was fuelled in part by inadequate resource allocation towards children’s predicaments, though there was ‘willpower’...
Baboki Kayawe 10 December 2014
Penguins of Madagascar
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Student in gang rape case
The matter was adjourned to January 22. Attorney, Karabo Pogiso, volunteered to represent the trio pro bono and sought time to consult them. “I offer to assist the accused on a pro bono basis and I apply that another mention date be set to...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 10 December 2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
When Katniss destroys the games, she goes to District 13 after District 12 is destroyed. She meets President Coin who convinces her to be the symbol of rebellion, while trying to save Peeta from the Capitol.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
�NCDs make up 37% of deaths in Botswana�
Speaking during the BCL mine’s Wellness Fair in Selebi-Phikwe over the weekend, Gaborone said that for some time now, the world has been focused on HIV/AIDS and almost neglecting non- communicable diseases in the process. He added that 18...
Onalenna Kelebeile 10 December 2014
Rival trade unions meet
Sponsored by the Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC) and Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, the study was undertaken by Dr Trywell Kalusopa and Dr Kaelo Molefhe in March. Its objective is to support the internal self-reform process of...
Oarabile Mosikare 10 December 2014
Mabeo laments Kanye�s �hell highway�
Responding to the State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Monday, Mabeo shared statistics indicating that so far this year, there have been 72 traffic accidents on the road, up from 52 for the whole of 2013. There have been 49 accidents on the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 10 December 2014
Masisi debuts with glowing defence of Khama
In his first official address to Parliament as the Vice President, Masisi used the one hour and 30 minutes he was allocated to take occasional potshots at the opposition, whom he said had overlooked or down-played the country’s economic...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 10 December 2014
Allocation of Tlokweng plots finally begins
After the raffle, the 285 plots were due to be allocated to members of the public, but the move was stopped after disgruntled Batlokwa filed a legal challenge to the process of award. Yesterday, an official from the land authority confirmed that the...
Mpho Mokwape
| 10 December 2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Police foil child traffickers
Responding to a tip-off, on Monday morning the Tati Town Police did a stop and search operation at Low-Income Bluetown location. During the search, the police uncovered a vehicle full of children, aged between three and 14 years of age. The arrested...
Chakalisa Dube
| 10 December 2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
When Katniss destroys the games, she goes to District 13 after District 12 is destroyed. She meets President Coin who convinces her to be the symbol of rebellion, while trying to save Peeta from the Capitol.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
The Equalizer
A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
Horrible Bosses 2
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Staff Writer 10 December 2014
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