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In Friday paper

Mqondisi Dube 30 January 2015

Moloi, Koko ready for a captain�s knock

The two expressed their readiness to do duty in the top of the table Premier League duel. Both Koko and Moloi have played several high pressure matches involving the two sides and have said their teammates do not extra motivation for the...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 30 January 2015

The BDP big fall-out

The ruling party is going for an elective congress in July this year to elect the party central committee. Only three party members, Ramadeluka Seretse, Tebelelo Seretse and Biggie Butale have shown interest in contesting for the chairmanship...

Staff Writer 30 January 2015

Matambo treads budget tightrope

Stagnant public revenues and rising needs set against growing public expectations on promoting inclusive growth leave him with a plethora of urgent priority tasks which cannot be implemented simultaneously. With the new fiscal rule demanding that...

Isaac Pinielo 30 January 2015

There is an artist in every child

Hundred and six years after his death, Picasso’s words are still proving relevant to generations of artists. Like many Batswana children, especially those from the poor neighbourhoods, Ronald Kegomoditswe and his friends, made wire toy...

Chippa Legodimo 30 January 2015

Thusi�s Little Yungo to inspire children to read

While some local authors such as Lauri Kubuitsile have written children’s books, one young man who goes by the name, Hani Thusi, stands out. At the age of 18, Thusi wrote an impressive children’s book titled Little Yungo; The Village...

Maureen Odubeng | 30 January 2015

He�ll destroy you from miles away

The heat just keeps on coming, as this is another box office blockbuster after last week’s Taken 3.  This one is already regarded as movie of the year as American Sniper recently won the award at the 2015 American Film Institute...

Bakang Israel 30 January 2015

The real reason for the protectorate

A close analysis of the past will show that the establishment of the protectorate was only adopted to protect the British trade interests. As history has taught many of us, the Whites’ main interest was the route to the north, which...

Chippa Legodimo 30 January 2015

Advance inclusive growth and posterity

In the past three years, Matambo has done a good job in preserving Botswana’s much-celebrated financial prudence image with rolling budget surpluses.  The enviable trend is set to continue this year with the 2015/16 Budget Strategy Paper...

Mmegi Editor | 30 January 2015

Personal reflections on the efficacy of church registration regulations

I would like to add that while the process is appreciated, one wonders if another method - referendum - could not have yielded more precise results as to what the general Christian fraternity would have desired. Nevertheless, the process is...

Correspondent 30 January 2015

Budget Speech: What is up Matambo�s sleeve?

This week starting Tuesday the 30th, Parliament held a workshop for Members of Parliament (MPs) on the analysis of the 2015/2016 Botswana National Budget at the Gaborone International Conference Center. Officially opened by the Speaker of the...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 30 January 2015

Abram breaking male fashion dominance

Botswana’s budding fashion designer, Glenda Abram, admits it is a strange affair. She knows fashion is a passion for women, revealing that the vast majority of her Fashion Design classmates at Limkokwing University were women....

Thato Kala 30 January 2015

Haskins Win � A - Hilux Prize Giving

Today, 5 generations later, the name Haskins is common in all tongues across the country now Botswana. When James Haskins died in 1928 his sons took over to run the company that was then J. Haskins and sons as his sons had joined in on the business...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 30 January 2015

Feel beautiful, but remember the beholder!

This week on social media, the nation, especially its womenfolk, has been up in arms over the highly circulated ‘Most Beautiful Women in Botswana’ list. Beauty has been the buzz. Post after post, tweet and retweet, Batswana debated the...

Baboki Kayawe 30 January 2015

Survivors of the information superhighway

In the mid-1980s, Mogale was working at Air Botswana when he had the novel idea of starting a newsstand. When he started, he used the income from the newspaper sales to augment his salary, which he describes as ‘meagre’. “I later...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 30 January 2015

The missing piece in the health puzzle

Some years ago, a local traditional healer, Lesegolame Semathu, referred one of his patients to Princess Marina Hospital for assistance. Semathu, who is the Ngaka Association chairman and a member of the Traditional Doctors Association, had tried all...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 30 January 2015

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Lekopanye Mooketsi 30 January 2015

Marina�s colourful history

The hospital was established in 1966, when the country gained independence, and began operating on April 4, 1967. At that time it also doubled as the maternity clinic. At the time, PMH was the biggest building in Gaborone which only constituted a...

Staff Writer 30 January 2015

Fear and loathing at the labour office

Kabo Nkoloso says he will never lose hope.  The struggling house-kwasa musician is among a throng of people at the Selebi Phikwe labour office.  He reveals that he is hoping to secure a part-time job, as music is still his first...

Esaleone Molaodi 30 January 2015

A Princess decrowned, a glory faded

From its establishment as one of the first landmarks in the fledgling capital, Princess Marina Hospital has watched as the city burgeoned around it. From a population of 5,000 people at Independence, the city now has more than 300,000 residents with...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 30 January 2015

Fresh optimism or another damp squib

Three years ago, government announced that public servants salary adjustments would no longer be announced in the budget speech. However, Oratile Modisane, a self-employed street vendor is hopeful that a salary increment will be in this year’s...

Pauline Dikuelo | 30 January 2015

Botswana to create trade information portal

Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) CEO, Letsebe Sejoe said on Wednesday that the move is meant to make sure that Botswana fulfils its World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligations. Speaking at the BITC stakeholder consultative workshop, he said...

Isaac Pinielo 30 January 2015

�Why do you trust?�

The results weren’t particularly surprising. Although there were no industries that did particularly well there were some clear winners and certainly some clear losers. Top of the list were new car dealers (who almost reached “slightly...

Correspondent 30 January 2015

Debswana full-year production jumps 7%

Figures released by parent company Anglo American on Wednesday indicate that production at Debswana was six percent down in the fourth quarter, but annual output numbers still surpassed 2013. “For the full year, Debswana’s production...

Brian Benza 30 January 2015

Mass exodus at UB?

Lecturers are allegedly dumping the faculty in droves for greener pastures. These academics, especially from FET, would later joined the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), which apparently pays more than the UB. The...

Oarabile Mosikare 30 January 2015

Francistown hopes for good tidings from budget

In recent years the budget has not given Francistown much joy in terms of infrastructure development and provision of critical services such as health, a trend attributed to the 2008 economic meltdown which exposed the fragility of Botswana’s...

Chakalisa Dube | 30 January 2015

Informal sector indicate indifference to budget speech

In a snap survey, informal traders indicated that they did not understand how the state anticipates future incomes as well as spending for the benefit of the country. Shatisani Thapelo, a street vendor in Francistown told Mmegi that she has no...

Lindiwe Mozola 30 January 2015

Kgafela pulls a no-show at Mamone Day celebrations

In two consecutive Kgotla meetings, Bakgatla were told that Kgafela, who took up residence among his subjects on the South African side following dispute with the government, would grace the Mamone Day event. Different dikgosi from South...

Bame Piet 30 January 2015

Matambo beats Parly on Fengyue probe

The report was adopted by Parliament in July 2013. Soon after, the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo approached the High Court seeking to declare the adoption of the report unlawful and invalid. He also sought an order to...

Lerato Maleke 30 January 2015

UB purges professors

First to be purged in this line was Professor Frank Youngman, the previous deputy vice chancellor, academic affairs. Others believed to be in his firing line are Dean of Humanities, Dr Kgomotso Moahi, Dean of Education Professor Richard Tabulawa and...

Oarabile Mosikare 30 January 2015

Khama and the private media: Who hates who?

Khama and his government have had skirmishes with the private media to the extent that the Office of the President (OP) previously issued a statement stating that he was prepared to fund members of his Cabinet when they sue media practitioners and...

Ryder Gabathuse | 30 January 2015

BDP in tinder hooks

A major issue that has haunted the BDP is factional fighting. Until Seretse Khama’s death in 1980 the party had not known factions and resultant instability that has become the hallmark of the BDP.  Here is a brief history of the BDP...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 30 January 2015

Did the Bathai committee fail?

Million Masumbika (May 2012-May 2014): He was the president of BOKA for two years before losing to Bathai last year. During his tenure, Masumbika was one of the two Batswana referees at the World Karate Federation (WKF) and became the first Motswana...

Calistus Kolantsho | 30 January 2015

The collapse of Khama�s inner circle

With his term coming to an end in three years Khama’s trusted associates are now working around the clock to prepare for life without their political and business ‘life support’ and point of convergence. What started as a strong...

Staff Writer 30 January 2015

Sting operation netted Masters

Inside sources say there is simmering discontent at the association with a certain group growing weary of what they perceive to be Masters’ ineptitude. “In their bid to remove him, he was carefully monitored by his colleagues who...

Mqondisi Dube | 30 January 2015

BOKA interim committee begins repair works

The committee replaced the previous leadership after a weekend special general meeting in Gaborone. Mathe told Mmegi Sport that they have been given the task of rescuing BOKA in good faith and affiliates are to draw terms of reference. He said the...

Calistus Kolantsho | 30 January 2015

From karate to �ka-rotten�

When Tshepo Bathai ousted Million Masumbika from the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) presidency, securing a 12-6 vote from the affiliates last May, it never looked like the beginning of a rough patch for the sport. But in the end, it proved to be...

Calistus Kolantsho | 30 January 2015

Gutted Nico fan vents his venom

The man, identified as John Mogosi blocked the stadium entrance, disrupting traffic after the game. Majombolo were pushed to 15th on the 16-team table and face the grim reality of relegation. The Orapa United team bus was delayed for almost 15...

Shingirai Madondo 30 January 2015

Chiefs, Rollers in blood and thunder duel

Since the be MOBILE Premier League era, meetings between the two giants have always been highly anticipated. The battle has extended off the field to the players’ transfer market. The most recent player squabble between the two has been over...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 30 January 2015

The false economy of Statistics Botswana incapacity

The Open Data Barometer (ODB) global report released recently says that Botswana has been lumped into a cluster of ‘capacity constrained’ countries that are facing challenges in establishing sustainable open data initiatives as a result...

Brian Benza 30 January 2015