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In Thursday's paper

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey

Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service

A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Jupiter Ascending

In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by a ruthless son of a powerful family that live on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the planet in order to stop his...

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey

Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

The Wedding Ringer

Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for grooms in need.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Selma

A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

SpongeBob goes on a quest to discover a stolen recipe that takes him to our dimension, our world, where he tangles with a pirate.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service

A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

The Wedding Ringer

Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for grooms in need.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Jupiter Ascending

In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by a ruthless son of a powerful family that live on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the planet in order to stop his...

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service

A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

SpongeBob goes on a quest to discover a stolen recipe that takes him to our dimension, our world, where he tangles with a pirate.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey

Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Jupiter Ascending

In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by a ruthless son of a powerful family that live on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the planet in order to stop his...

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

The Wedding Ringer

Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for grooms in need.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Annie

A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Taylor releases uplifting album

The album features songs by various artists signed under the label, including Taylor himself, Juicy Black, Sabina Valentino, Phol D, Slima, Prez Millz and Nicole Martinez. The album boats 12-tracks like Let’s Go Wild Now and Vanilla Sky. Other...

Lerato Maleke 12 February 2015

BGU needs P50 million for new F/town golf club

He told Mmegi Sport that BGU has been allocated a plot near the new Francistown Stadium, but they need P144,000 annually to pay Francistown City Council (FCC) in rates. Kelosiwang revealed that they have approached Botswana National Sports Council...

Calistus Kolantsho | 12 February 2015

Hirschfeld hails Bojo Mujo�s contribution to local music

Hirschfeld was one of the locals who were accorded a slot to speak at Bojo Mujo’s memorial service, which was held at Eskia Mphahlele Library Hall in Pretoria last Friday. She spoke highly of Bojo Mujo, saying his interest in Botswana’s...

Maureen Odubeng | 12 February 2015

Botswana transgender activist wins Writivism Mentee

The Kampala, Uganda based initiative aims to promote literature from the African continent and has hosted a number of notable Batswana writers in the past. Fresh from a solo performance showcase in Johannesburg, at POPArt Theatre, Kol-Kes said she...

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Lifeline for Boseto Mine workers

The Australian company is due to close its  ‘unprofitable’ open pit operations in the first half of this year with only 42 of the 422 workers earmarked to retain their jobs under the care and maintenance period. Discovery Metals...

Brian Benza 12 February 2015

Tribute to Log

Gasebalwe Seretse 12 February 2015

Vantage surveys property market

Managing Director of Vantage, Sethebe Manake said the surveys are conducted on different stakeholders for the report. “Because we want the next report to be reflecting the status of the market in current times, it is important for us to carry...

Isaac Pinielo 12 February 2015

In Wednesday's Parliamentary questions

Question: Noah Salakae (Ghanzi North) Asked the Minister of Agriculture to state countries in the world other than Botswana which have a ban on live cattle exports and any state-owned abattoir that is enjoying the monopoly of beef export. Response:...

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Job loses as transport companies merge

“The Authority determined to conditionally authorise the proposed transaction. Firstly, the analysis of the facts of the merger assessments showed that there were no substantial competition concerns that will arise in the market for...

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Guma calls for review of salaries for all

The legislator made the call in response to budget proposals by the ministry of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Minister, Eric Molale’s in Parliament on Tuesday. “It is not only MPs who are not well-paid. I am requesting...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 12 February 2015

Abbie receiving treatment in UK, donations continue

The young Motswana girl’s uncle, Machel Ntshabele told Mmegi that they have high hopes for Abbie’s healing as they are desperately waiting for the operation. “The doctors have assured us that she will recover. They are currently...

Keikantse Lesemela 12 February 2015

Armed, dangerous Kanye robbers still at large

The suspects believed to be Zimbabweans are reported to be armed and dangerous. Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner Christopher Mbulawa said that they have not been successful in their quest to apprehend the suspects. He however...

Mpho Mokwape | 12 February 2015

Accommodation chaos at BIUST

Mmegi leant that undergraduate students were moving door-to-door in search of accommodation in the village. Since some students had nowhere to sleep, they were desperately forced to sleep in the university’s common rooms, something seen as an...

Bonte Seepi 12 February 2015

Hairdresser charged for defiling five-year-old

The accused, Taita Gaopotake, a hairdresser, allegedly molested the girl on February 6 at Somerset location. The state prosecutor Alexander Phale applied for plea to be reserved in the matter because investigations are still at the preliminary...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 12 February 2015

BIUST evacuated after bomb scare

In a press release sent by BIUST’s acting director, communications and public telations, Keoagile Rafifing, said that on Tuesday afternoon, they received a message from an anonymous source that there was a bomb at the university...

Bonte Seepi 12 February 2015

BDP reviews Bulela Ditswe

Led by former minister of Local Government Peter Siele, the team is expected to start working on February 21.  The chairman for the communication sub committee Shaw Kgathirevealed this yesterday, at a press briefing. “The commission will...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 12 February 2015

MoPAPA cuts budget by 11%

The figure is 11 percent less that what the ministry got the previous year. Out of the amount, the Directorate on Intelligence Service (DIS) will take the largest share of P244 million followed by the National Aids Coordinating Agency (NACA) at P195...

Bame Piet 12 February 2015

WUC hinders economic growth � Mzwinila

Responding to a budget proposal for the Ministry of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration (MoPAPA), Mzwinila said despite its proximity to the country’s third largest dam, Mmadinare village is not spared from thirst and pipes go for...

Bame Piet 12 February 2015

MP'S widow secretly gets P1 million from govt

In his  2013-2014 annual report, the Auditor General complained that no explanation was given to justify the amount, nor was there any law that prescribed such compensation. “In this particular case, despite persistent inquiries with...

Staff Writer 12 February 2015

Contaminated Choppies water recalled

Assistant Public Relations Officer at the MoH, Mompoloki Lekoto told Mmegi Business yesterday that the ministry’s National Food Laboratory noticed the contamination after testing samples. The bottled water is packaged by a company called...

Pauline Dikuelo | 12 February 2015

B-Block celebrates women

The single will be launched in Francistown and Gaborone on dates yet to be announced. The video will also be shot soon.  The rapper-cum-producer who hails from Francistown said the single, which comes with a parental advisory label, celebrates...

Gasebalwe Seretse 12 February 2015

Letlapeng turn to Moyo for redemption

The team is currently languishing at the bottom of the Premier League table, having collected only eight points from 19 games in their debut season. Letlapeng have entered into an open-ended agreement with Moyo, which will be reviewed at the end of...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 12 February 2015