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Sebofo Motshwane 19 February 2015
BOKA, BNSC to discuss former committee fate
The interim committee chairperson, David Mathe said the former committee had not done the official handover. He said the interim committee has compiled a report, which they will discuss with BNSC. He said one of the items in the report is misuse of...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 February 2015
Rollers defend steep ticket pricing
Township Rollers Holdings managing director, Jagdish Shah said hosting the South African side would cost more than P750,000 hence the need to recover costs. The cheapest ticket sells for P75 while the grand stand seats would cost...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 19 February 2015
Trinity lands Canadian radio station gig
“I am self motivated and take time exploring my other hidden talents. I took a chance and applied like other candidates and luckily got the job,” he said, adding that he works only on weekends. Trinity started as a newsreader at...
Gasebalwe Seretse 19 February 2015
Selimathunzi to grace Botswana fashion show
South African entertainment enterprise Efigy Production in conjunction with Liban Lounge and Provision Media will present a perfect platform for local fashion trendsetters to showcase their work. The show is pencilled in for March 28 at the Liban...
Thato Kala 19 February 2015
SA�s Maponyane shocked by �stripping� incident
Maponyane, who was in the country for a Valentine’s Day event dubbed ‘Redds Singles Night Out’ as a club guest, expressed his ‘concern’ over the choice of fashion statement by the women. He described the scenario...
Sharon Mathala 19 February 2015
Cluster policing not a magic bullet
The Botswana Police Service has encouraged the formation of clusters across the country and has indeed supported these with secondments, de-briefings and back up wherever necessary. Cluster policing, or neighbourhood watches, has allowed a bottom-up...
Mmegi Editor
| 19 February 2015
Is it appropriate to administer corporal punishment in schools?
Different views regarding corporal punishment The use of corporal punishment on children has long standing history world-wide. While some people still believe in the literal ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’ principle, others...
Correspondent 19 February 2015
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Correspondent 19 February 2015
Document management firm launched
Speaking at the launch of D&O Digital proprietary LTD, this week, Boshwaen noted that an innovation had no value until an ambitious entrepreneur builds a business model, which turns it into a product or service that customers would...
Keikantse Lesemela 19 February 2015
Insurance industry forms professional body
As the insurance market in Botswana has grown significantly with more insurance companies being established, experts have noted that there is lack of skills among the citizens. Currently there are 199 insurance service providers in Botswana including...
Keikantse Lesemela 19 February 2015
Incest-charged father denies everything
Even with the evidence of a social worker and a DNA test showing he impregnated his daughter, the man charged with incest was adamant he never ever had sex with his daughter. The 60 year-old who cannot be identified, faces one count of incest at the...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 19 February 2015
In Thursday's Parliamentary questions
Question: Wynter Mmolotsi Whether she is aware that Government medical facilities in Francistown are struggling on account of shortage of doctors, nurses and medical supplies and to state the total number of doctors required for the Francistown...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 19 February 2015
Post-mortem report saves teacher from jail
The teacher was accused of causing the death of his Form One student after administering corporal punishment on students. On January 15, the teacher allegedly punished some students for not doing their assignment. A week later, one of the students,...
Boniface Keakabetse 19 February 2015
Poor results attributed to limited ECE
Assistant minister of education Unity Dow told Parliament that low access to ECE had serious implications on school performances. She was delivering a review of MoESD’s past performance and priorities for the next financial year, as part of the...
Baboki Kayawe 19 February 2015
It�s now seven for the BDP chairmanship
Diile told Mmegi that he is ready to take on other candidates - Tebelelo Seretse, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Tshekedi Khama, Biggie Butale, Ramadeluka Seretse and Dithapelo Tshotlego. Diile’s motivation for entering the highly contested number two...
Boniface Keakabetse 19 February 2015
HRDC to undertake employability study on tertiary education
The acting chief executive officer of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) Dr Patrick Molutsi said in line with its mandate, the organisation saw it fit to conduct this study to inform government on what programmes were failing to absorb...
Baboki Kayawe 19 February 2015
�System e down�
Mabeo was speaking in Parliament on behalf of his predecessor Nonofo Molefhi. He said power supply challenges accounted for most of the outages of telecommunications networks and services. Mabeo was responding to a question from the floor, on why...
Lerato Maleke 19 February 2015
Court blocks �suspicious� P12m housing tender
The High Court of Gaborone has blocked a P12 million tender awarded by Ghanzi District Council to a construction company. The tender for the proposed construction of 10 staff houses at Charleshill was awarded in 2014 to a company called BBTwelve...
Mpho Mokwape
| 19 February 2015
Interest rates sink to 25-year low
The rate cut will come as a boon for borrowers as commercial banks are expected to reduce their lending rates by a similar margin, taking the prime-lending rate down to eight percent. In the prevailing period of static real incomes, the central...
Brian Benza 19 February 2015
Beauty lights up Btv Tuesday nights
After a long day, families can now look forward to a relaxing time of non-stop laughter characterised by a comedy of errors and misunderstandings. They watch as the main character, Beauty goes from pillar to post in search of fame and...
Chippa Legodimo 19 February 2015
BFA apologises to Rollers over registrations
One of the messes led to exciting winger, Motsholetsi Sikele wearing the number nine jersey with the player’s name covered. Sikele usually wears jersey number 28. Rollers had given the association the list with players’ numbers, but...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 19 February 2015
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