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In the Friday paper

Keletso Thobega 06 February 2015

BIC retains top rating

GCR is headquartered in Johannesburg, and has several African and sub-regional offices globally. Botswana Insurance Company Limited (BIC) is pleased to announce that GCR has reaffirmed BIC’s national scale claims paying ability rating at...

Correspondent 06 February 2015

Barrows ruled out of Maputo tie

The former Dolphins shooting guard will also not be available for the return leg in Gaborone. Barrows is scheduled to leave for his new base Malta where he will turn out for Hibernians in the south European island nation before the Valentine’s...

Thato Kala 06 February 2015

Walker overcomes knee injury

He recently moved from position 25 to 21 in the January World Squash rankings.  Walker took part in his first competition since picking the injury in Doha last year and succumbed to a loss at the hands of England’s Charles...

Thato Kala 06 February 2015

Mosweu to lead the U-19 team

Mosweu was selected to lead the youthful side during the team selection that took place during the week at Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) Oval. The technical team that comprises head coach Obert Musiyamhanje and other development officers such...

Dumisani Ncube 06 February 2015

Giants upbeat ahead of Galaxy clash

Galaxy go into the game perched at the top of the log with 24 points while Giants are in fifth position with 19. Giants will be pushing to improve their log standings while Galaxy want to cement their grip on the top spot. Giants coach, Kingsley...

Calistus Kolantsho | 06 February 2015

Healed ex- ECCO midfielder joins Tonota FC

“I am back to the playing fields. I am currently playing for Tonota FC in the First Division North League,” he said. Back in 2011, Keletso and his friends were involved in a car accident that left him with a career threatening injury. By...

Pini Bothoko | 06 February 2015

Sukunyetsa is back

The towering attacking midfielder had gone back to his native Zimbabwe and joined How Mine FC on a six-month deal. Under the tutelage of former Gaborone United coach, Luke Masomere, Sibanda did not get enough game time at the club. It is against...

Shingirai Madondo 06 February 2015

Stage set for BDF XI-Rollers epic clash

Both teams are champions in their own right, with BDF XI currently defending the Mascom Top 8 Cup while Rollers hold the league title.  Interestingly, BDF XI beat Rollers in the final to win the Top 8 competition and the two teams will meet...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 06 February 2015

Sithole denies rift with Molefhe

Molefhe had a perfect start to his Chiefs’ career after signing from Santos, featuring in the opening five fixtures of the season. But he has since fallen out of the pecking order to the bench.  Sources at the club claim relations between...

Thato Kala 06 February 2015

The state of Francistown football

In yester years, Francistown clubs particularly TASC and TAFIC mixed it with the giants of Botswana football, vying for elite league honours. The two clubs won the 2001 and 2002 Coke Cup. By then the two clubs were organised and whenever they played...

Chakalisa Dube | 06 February 2015

All for the bride Gaborone Bridal Expo coming soon

Phala-Goodwill, through events management company, Open World Events, will host the first ever Gaborone Bridal Expo in the first weekend of May.  As one of the brains behind the event and project manager tells Arts & Culture that if all goes...

Pamela Dube | 06 February 2015

Boteti cultural outfit celebrates diversity

The place is a home to a number of tourism attraction sites, which include Lake Xau, Boteti River and a gateway to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Makgadikgadi Pans and the Okavango Delta.  The festival celebrates the differences and...

Baboki Kayawe 06 February 2015

Fighting for the soul of the Son of the Soil

That first impression was so deep and it lasted.  It was at the Bahurutshe Cultural Village in Mankgodi where I had the most nostalgic experience ever at a cultural festival. The festival transported me to days when we used to play...

Thalefang Charles | 06 February 2015

Hard knock life for Annie

This year we rekindle that fun and laughter spark with a classic musical comedy, Annie.   This film is a 2014 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Will Gluck. Gluck is a young innovative director who is synonymous for giving us...

Bakang Israel 06 February 2015

Selefu, Mabijo exhibition thrills at National Museum

Motswetla created the legendary Mabijo, which has been a constant feature in the Daily News, Kutlwano and The Monitor publications, while Seisa’s cartoons bearing his trademark Selefu, have also featured in both the public and private...

Chippa Legodimo 06 February 2015

Whose report have we believed

Thalefang Charles 06 February 2015

Workers must be Protected

This mine, owned by Discovery Metals Limited, started operating just over two years ago and had brought hope to the Ngamiland District. The district is among the impoverished areas and has suffered from prolonged droughts and Foot and Mouth Disease...

Mmegi Editor | 06 February 2015

�How to be trusted�

The bad news is that no industry did well. The highest ranking industry, new car dealers, didn’t even reach “slightly honest”. Perhaps the most striking result of the whole survey was that of all the questions we asked, for all...

Consumer Watchdog 06 February 2015

High hopes for another fuel price slash

Neighbouring South Africa have effected a cumulative 30 percent price cut since the slump started, but in Botswana consumers have only enjoyed a six percent reduction effected in December last year. Speaking to BusinessWeek, Department of Energy...

Keikantse Lesemela 06 February 2015

US Ambassador tests for HIV

Addressing the media, Miller said he took the test in order to encourage the public to test for HIV/AIDS and to lead by example as it takes more than financial and technical  support. He also said his decision to test for HIV/AIDS was to help...

Amanda Dichabe 06 February 2015

Beef cluster to boost exports

This was shared at an orientation workshop held in Gaborone for farmers from the Kgatleng, Ghanzi and Western Sandveldt areas to discuss the beef cluster concept. Speaking on the sidelines at the workshop, Agricultural Hub coordinator, Edmont Moabi...

Isaac Pinielo 06 February 2015

Delayed project increases budget under-spending

In his 2015/16 Budget Speech on Monday, Matambo highlighted that during NDP 10, the development budget was under spent by an average of 17.3 percent and in 2011/2012 through to 2013/2014 due to delayed project implementation. “Even where...

Keikantse Lesemela 06 February 2015

New wine in an old bottle

In a statement released on Wednesday, Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) CEO, Maria Machailo-Ellis said the speech did not deal decisively with some transformational issues that continue to impede the business...

Isaac Pinielo 06 February 2015

PPADB ordered to reconsider Zac tender

It ruled that the tender bid for the construction of a P390 million infrastructure development for the Ministry of Lands in Metsimotlhabe Block 4 should be remitted to the PPADB for reconsideration. The tender included 52 kilometres of roads and...

Isaac Pinielo 06 February 2015

Who will win BDP Youth Wing chairmanship?

The congress comes against a backdrop of hard work accompanied by lethal friendly fires which started some months ago as the youth battled for the control of the party’s political ‘seed bed’ that has over the years produced shrewd...

Chakalisa Dube | 06 February 2015

The young and the restless and the innovative

The budget failed to address pertinent issues affecting the youth of this country, says Thamani Modie, a construction company owner. “Specifically it failed to offer tangible employment opportunities for graduates who have been roaming the...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 06 February 2015

Quiet sabre-rattling in banking sector

Like the economy, bank workers live in a perpetual cycle. Every summer, bank workers square up to their employers in a now familiar tussle over wage reviews. Ideally, both sides would want to finalise talks before the onset of the new financial year...

Mbongeni Mguni | 06 February 2015

Is Education a budget bully?

“Most important of all, the colonial government failed to recognise the need to educate and train our people so they could run their own country. Not one single secondary school was completed by the colonial government during the whole 70 years...

Baboki Kayawe 06 February 2015

Health Minister takes on SDA Hospital over contraceptives

She said that the decision by the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Hospital is unfortunate. The church-run hospital adheres to a doctrine that stipulates that people should only indulge in sex when they are married.  This suggests that, as reported...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 06 February 2015

BDP doles out P300,000 for youth wing congress

A high-ranking party insider said the funds were raised from the party structures and the hosting region, North East. The amount will fund logistics such as hiring of public address systems, footing accommodation and food bills for delegates, as well...

Chakalisa Dube | 06 February 2015

Kablay calls for partisan civil service

Kablay was contributing to the budget speech when he asserted that officers who are sympathetic to the opposition are sabotaging the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), hence the need for the selective appointments. He said if BDP does not take...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 06 February 2015

Nurses lose appeal on new promotion method

The union had appealed government’s move to externally advertise for promotional vacancies, instead of using the recommendations of heads of department, as was the case until July 2013. They argued that they were never consulted and given a...

Mpho Mokwape | 06 February 2015

BDP members question PEEC

PEEC’s primary role is to educate members about party policies, recruit people to the party, conduct and give guidance during party and national elections. The committee is also tasked with coordinating national and regional campaigns....

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 06 February 2015

Diamond savings fund deferred to 2017

The proposal contained in the 2015-2016 Budget Strategy Paper (BSP) released last September as part of a raft of changes to the fiscal rule, was initially earmarked for implementation in the coming financial year. But the proposal was conspicuously...

Brian Benza 06 February 2015

GaTsh Fros: Chasing the fashion dream

At school they spent their meagre student stipend on clothes and fashionable accessories. Fashion was, and is still their passion. One day in 2011, while they were on those [window] shopping sprees and admiring shops and wishing they could own one,...

Thalefang Charles | 06 February 2015

Coach�s resignation shocks Notwane

The South African tendered his resignation letter to the management on Tuesday after just three months with the team. He joined Notwane after the departure of Innocent Morapedi in the middle of the first round of the league.  Notwane...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 06 February 2015