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In this week paper

Correspondent 23 February 2015

BOPEU to decide membership of BOFEPUSU

According to BOPEU Gaborone branch chairperson, Oaitse Diane Patle the decision to pull out or not out of the federation would be taken by the membership during a special congress very soon. Patle said following the BOFEPUSU...

Oarabile Mosikare 23 February 2015

Major Upsets At The Boxing Tournament

The upsets started on Saturday during the preliminaries with Khumoyame Basupeng of Ghanzi Club humiliating light fly weight national champion, Tefo Rammpudu of Tsholofelo.  In another upset, this time in the bantam weight division, Oarabile...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 23 February 2015

Kazungula Humble GNT

Kazungula’s right-winger Cyprian Masule  scored before Micheal Kefetogile grabbed a brace. Lesego Malikoko scored the other as the rejuvenated side claimed a victory over the struggling Francistown side. The home side found the back of the...

Shingirai Madondo 23 February 2015

Galaxy continues with dominance

Galaxy found the back of the net through Goareng Bagale and Tshepo Borake.  Galaxy started the game on a high  and had an attempt at goal as early as the fifth minute.  Galaxy continued to pile pressure and had a good chance in the...

Calistus Kolantsho | 23 February 2015

Makgantai Secures Away Goal For Nico

GU welcomed back  first choice goalkeeper Goitseone Phoko, who has been out of action due to injury. Midfielder Alphonse Modisaotsile also returned  while attacker Ronald Chikomo and Jackie Mothathego started on the bench. Edwin Mokibe...

Kabelo Boranabi | 23 February 2015

Modipe Club Roars Back Into Live

Located less than a kilometer south of Modipane, the club provides a perfect chilling spot for those who are looking to escape the busy city life and enjoy music in a relaxed atmosphere. On Friday, house outfit Crowd Capella, Darkboy Masey and...

Chippa Legodimo 23 February 2015

New Fun Spot Opens In Gabs

The restaurant, bar, which started operating in November last year, is located where it used to be the popular Khwest restaurant by Mebala Centre in the Main Mall. The venue has now been revamped with beautifully designed décor. According to...

Ulla Setswalo 23 February 2015

IPRO opens window for small investors

With the launch of the Ponelopele Fund, the local asset management firm says it is committed to empowering Batswana through investment and savings. Managed by IPRO Botswana, Ponelopele Fund is Botswana’s first Botswana and Africa-focused Multi...

Staff Writer 23 February 2015

My honest response to the spook at BDF HQ

I had decided to ignore this attack because to me it is like a dog barking at a four tonne Simmental bull. Or in military terms that the spook would understand better, it is like firing on an A1- Abrams tank with small arms fire. It does not cause a...

Richard Moleofe 23 February 2015

Gaborone To Host Conference On Cyber Security

Themed “is Botswana ready for cyber attacks”, the conference will look at how Botswana sees the digital space and security and cyber threats as well as providing solutions. Briefing the media on Friday, Metrotech marketing and sales...

Keikantse Lesemela 23 February 2015

FNB Launches Affiliation With Nthula Lounge

The lounge has a sitting capacity of 25 and open everyday from 6am to 9pm. Nthula Lounge amenities tie into a variety of travel based value-adds that the bank offers its clients and is expected to make a difference to the way customers spend and...

Pauline Dikuelo | 23 February 2015

The public need full information about 4G LTE

While this is highly welcome, the ordinary man out there needs to be educated on what 4G LTE technology is, how he can access it; which phones and features of the phones work better for the 4G experience. Apparently, like HD, or 3D experience ...

Monitor Editor 23 February 2015

DCEC, DPP AND OP

Monitor Editor 23 February 2015

Botswana Society Preps Cultural Heritage Diploma

The course will enable young people to create, design and market tours, where they will be able to lead local and foreign tourists on heritage sites of their choice. The Society has also pledged to provide its website (www.botswanabeckons.com) for...

Mbongeni Mguni | 23 February 2015

Trouble Brewing At Barloworld

“This is the second time she fails to honour her agreement and we are not surprised as it is always her way of delaying this.” said an angry employee. Two weeks ago, Barloworld agreed with the Botswana Mine Workers Union Branch...

Pauline Dikuelo | 23 February 2015

On the eve of Letshego strong results

This Friday Letshego, a Botswana stock exchange listed entity with a market capitalisation of P5.5 billion, is expected to announce that dividends have doubled from the past year, but a leak alleging cooking of accounts, corruption and...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 23 February 2015

Mathokgwane�s Motion On Statistics Botswana Pass

The motion that was tabled by MP for Goodhope/Mabule James Mathokgwane got support from both opposition and some ruling party legislators. “The motion is about remedying mistakes of the past and building a better future at Statistics Botswana....

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 23 February 2015

Violent and Intrusive Crime Subsiding At Monarch

In an interview with The Monitor, Monarch Customary Court President Moses Gunny said in the past, the area used to be crime-infested. Gunny said crimes like murder, rape, common nuisance, defilement, house breaking and burglary used to give ...

Lindiwe Mozola 23 February 2015

Vanished Without Trace

He last saw saw them during the December of 2013 when they left for Tsabong to prepare for their wedding. The heartbroken Mochudi man, Pac Letlhogonolo Monau, said he last saw his girlfriend, Amanda Thebolo and their two sons, who were aged four and...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 23 February 2015

Butale Abandons Motswaledi Motion

When he first presented the motion in Parliament two Fridays ago, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) legislator said the country needed to recognise and honour Motswaledi for his immense contribution in music and politics. MP  Butale ...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 23 February 2015

Double amputee accuse lawyer of neglect

“I am in the dark as to what is going on. I don’t know if there is any progression in my case. I don’t know what is happening or if my former employer had been going for mentions or not. I Am completely clueless and wonder when...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 23 February 2015

Woman Returns From Overseas To Lodge Rape Case � Eight Years Later

The complainant reportedly visited Botswana as a tourist (country of origin unmentioned) that year and has only recently learnt that her daughter who had accompanied her on the trip was raped here during their stay.  According to a source, the...

Mpho Mokwape | 23 February 2015

Funds sourced for headmen of arbitration

He told Parliament last week that his ministry had been failing to pay those dikgosi due to funding constraints. Now the funds have been secured, he said, but did not disclose how much was sourced.  “This we believe will go a long way in...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 23 February 2015

UB Teaching Hospital Earmarked For Medical Tourism

UB management envisages exploiting this untapped field through its state of the art medical hospital designed at the tune of P1.3 billion, The Monitor has learnt.  The facility, whose completion was expected by mid 2013, would also service the...

Baboki Kayawe 23 February 2015

Man found decomposed in one-roomed house

The body was in such a bad state that the police decided it would be best if tests were conducted on site before he was buried immediately. The Monitor visited the scene on Saturday hours after the body was discovered by the owner of the yard and...

Chippa Legodimo 23 February 2015

Orange announce affordable 4G smartphone

At P1500, the Roya, the cheapest of the 4G compatible smartphones, has a front camera to enable video calling, Skype calls, among others. Orange said they have spent P200 million to upgrade their infrastructure, which included the launching of the...

Staff Writer 23 February 2015

Greater Gaborone yet to taste water from Dikgathong dam

In fact the Greater Gaborone will have to wait for a further five years before they could receive the first drops from the country’  largest dam. According to a document Kitso Mokaila the Minister responsible for water resources passed to...

Staff Writer 23 February 2015

Are we giving birth to dull kids?

Just like the previous year, the results were bad, with fewer than five students attaining merit passes. No one seems to have any immediate solution, the students themselves are clueless. A week ago I met with one of them who lives up my street. The...

Tumie Modise 23 February 2015

Enlarging Phikwe and downsizing Gaborone

Was this a genuine advert or a means of re-engaging the old staff? But yes, SPEDU, you know the Selibe Phikwe Regional Development Agency which claims to embrace ideas and shape the future.  Brave claims indeed. But don’t feel bad if you...

Sandy Grant 23 February 2015

Of the mushrooming of churches in Botswana

I have had opportunities to engage on the subject at a public level on Botswana Television with Pastor Biggie Butale before he turned to active party politics, that is, before he contested for a Parliamentary seat and won it. While, like some, I was...

Dumi Mmualefe 23 February 2015

The Spy Cables: A glimpse into the world of espionage

A digital leak to Al Jazeera of hundreds of secret intelligence documents from the world's spy agencies has offered an unprecedented insight into operational dealings of the shadowy and highly politicised realm of global espionage. Over...

Correspondent 23 February 2015

Your Reporter Got It Wrong

First we would like to thank you for showing interest in issues of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). This is a commendable effort on your part as we need media partners to help raise awareness about the importance of ICH. However, we would like to...

Correspondent 23 February 2015

Rollers Edge BDF XI

It was Rollers’ second victory in seven games played this year. They lost five of those matches, four consecutively. Both teams went into the game under immense pressure after losing their midweek games. BDF XI being the defending...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 23 February 2015

Fashion Swap Charity Event A Success

The event took place on Saturday at ‘Kwa ga Ncinci’ s place by Village in Gaborone. It started at 10 am. The place was designed like a shop with beautiful designer’s clothes, and tables had clothes to be swapped. People started...

Ulla Setswalo 23 February 2015

Nopa: Sexual Frustration

Nopa: is a common word used in Botswana to denote a debilitating state of sexual frustration, where the man or woman rarely gets satisfied with sex from their partners. That frustration makes people moody, grumpy and unnecessarily antagonistic; with...

Correspondent 23 February 2015

BOBS drafts vegetable grading standards

The standard will be called GOOD Agricultural Production (GAP). BOBS fruits and vegetable technical committee chairperson, Otsoseng Oagile, told Business Monitor that fruits and vegetables on the market are not graded under any regulating body. He...

Keikantse Lesemela 23 February 2015