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Parly should be careful on corruption probe

The motion, tabled by Francistown West MP Ignatius Moswaane was prompted by retrenchments at this institution, which is fully funded by the taxpayer.  The BNYC, which was established in 1974, has never been in the news for good reasons, ever...

Mmegi Editor | 13 March 2015

In Friday's paper

Oarabile Mosikare 13 March 2015

An update on Tokafala � a response to Mmegi

We are writing to provide an update on the programme, which has already seen encouraging results in its first year. Tokafala is a collaborative effort by the Government of the Republic of Botswana, De Beers, Debswana and Anglo American, to promote...

Correspondent 13 March 2015

Softball battle for P100,000 intensifies

The teams- both men and women- would be trimmed to the last four, who will then proceed to contest the finals next month. In the men’s teams, only two are from the north, Rail Giants of Mahalapye and Selebi-Phikwe side, Comets made it to the...

Lekopanye Mooketsi 13 March 2015

Miscellaneous two wins away from Premier League

Miscellaneous would be crowned champions if they win their next two-league game, which is almost inevitable, based on their current hot form. Two wins will give them an unassailable lead of 46 points. The Serowe outfit has 40 points, 10 clear of...

Chakalisa Dube | 13 March 2015

Daunting Rollers task await BDF XI

The two giants clash at the National Stadium at 8pm in what is expected to be a highly contested match. BDF XI allowed Rollers to score two away goals and therefore will be forced to score at least two goals or face exit from the...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 13 March 2015

Nico target fragile GU lead

The two meet in the second leg of semi final on Sunday. Kick-off is at 3pm.  Nico who are 13th in the league would want to put their poor league form behind as they eye a first ever final appearance in the ‘Tse di Tona’ Top 8...

Kabelo Boranabi | 13 March 2015

Giants� fight for league survival

Killer Giants is in position nine and has accumulated 22 points.  In their last match, Giants lost 2-1 to Mogoditshane Fighters. Makgolela told Mmegi Sport yesterday they have to fight to survive. He said since the beginning of the second...

Calistus Kolantsho | 13 March 2015

Little Miss Universe pageant comes to Botswana

Thanks to Tebogo Lebanna, who has been given a licence to host the pageant by The Kingdom of Universal Production, will be hosting its 10th anniversary.  The anniversary is of Children’s International Festival of Culture, Style and Arts at...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 13 March 2015

Molebtsi: The Bakgatla royal poet

Before Kgafela left the country, Molebatsi was selected by the royal family member Bana Sekai to be his official poet both in Mochudi and Moruleng. He was chosen after impressing during his initiation (bogwera) in 2011.  Molebatsi is a member...

Lerato Maleke 13 March 2015

Investigative journalism: The darker side

This film comes from the same film writer who gave us hit movies Real Steel (2011), The Bourne Legacy (2012), Dan Gilroy.  This time he makes his directing debut with this 2014 American neo-noir crime thriller. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as...

Bakang Israel 13 March 2015

Legislators want more entertainment facilities

The members said this when they were debating the recurrent budget for the ministry last week. Francistown East MP Buti Billy said some youth end up going to the bars because of lack of entertainment facilities. “There is high employment rate...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 March 2015

Marriage on the sick bed

‘Marriage on the sick bed’ by Mpho Rantsudu has already hit the bookshelves of stores and libraries across the country. The author Rantsudu says succinctly that his offering seeks to address this social ill. “The tempo of divorce...

Chippa Legodimo 13 March 2015

Tribute to the unsung heroines of BNF

I pen this opinion piece, consumed by frustration and disappointment that my country has up to date refused to bind itself to the famous SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. It is indeed a missed opportunity for the heroines of our country who...

Correspondent 13 March 2015

Sad farewell to the legendary ndorondoro

The era of the ndorondoro has come to an end. The articulated buses – notable for their horse and uplifted trailer – were a daily sight on local roads here for decades and had become part of the town’s daily lifestyle. For many...

Onalenna Kelebeile 13 March 2015

The hunter and the hunted

Mmegi Editor 13 March 2015

The last refuge for Batswana

Mmegi: What would you say are the main reasons behind the lack of growth and sustainability of citizen-owned businesses? Gobusamang Keebine (GK):  The lack of growth of citizen-owned companies is mainly occasioned by several issues among them...

Baboki Kayawe 13 March 2015

The infant that refuses to grow

This has been seen with countries such as England over 300 years ago, and the industrialisation boom of economies such as the US, Germany and Japan in the 19th century. Even with emerging 21st century economic powerhouses such as China, which is now...

Brian Benza 13 March 2015

Namibia overtakes Botswana as top mining destination

According to the 2014 Fraser Institute Survey released this week, Botswana has slipped two places down the rankings to position 26 while Namibia has improved to 25 from 34 in 2013. The survey, which is compiled from opinions of 4200 mining executive...

Brian Benza 13 March 2015

Letting go of a golden dream

There is a saying in the 100 percent juice business: it’s magic lies in the fact that is “juice is food, juice is better than fizzy drinks and juice is better than alcohol”. Juice’s popularity also piggybacked on the growth of...

Mbongeni Mguni | 13 March 2015

Local businesses urged to fight cyber attacks

According to Syed Abdul Junaid, who is territory manager for the Middle East and Africa, most cyber attacks are driven by data theft and commercial espionage. He implored local businesses not to underestimate the major disruption that can be caused...

Isaac Pinielo 13 March 2015

Second wind for Golden Fruit

A new awakening for Golden Fruit Pty is on the horizon, after top Botswana Stock Exchange performer, Sefalana Holdings, posted the top bid of P4.3 million at a disposal auction held in Boatle yesterday morning. Golden Fruit was mothballed in 2013...

Mbongeni Mguni | 13 March 2015

�Guard yourself�

Last week, we heard from a consumer who had visited a store but had not actually bought anything. As she left the store, a security guard approached her from behind demanding that she return to the store. The guard believed she had stolen something...

Consumer Watchdog 13 March 2015

G4S turnaround initiatives bear fruit

The group’s audited financial results show that revenue grew to P200 million for the year ended December, 31 2014 from P188 million in 2013. In the results commentary, G4S managing director, Michael Kampani stated that the growth in revenue is...

Isaac Pinielo 13 March 2015

VAT exemption: some retailers fail to cut prices

In a bid to increase affordability of basic food commodities for low income earners and encourage consumption of healthy meals, government removed the 12% VAT on items that include brown bread, vegetables, fruits, rice, samp, milk and bread flour,...

Pauline Dikuelo | 13 March 2015

No bail for Thamaga gang

The gang is charged with murder of an elderly woman late last year. State Prosecutor, Sub Inspector Moshe Karabo said two of the accused persons were juveniles have been excused from attending the case. “Two of the 10 are juveniles therefore...

Tumelo Mouwane 13 March 2015

Air Botswana ups anti-graft campaign

BusinessWeek: Tell us about the Tip-off Anonymous service. Moribame: Air Botswana’s Tip-off Anonymous service is an independently managed fraud hotline service that allows both internal (employees) and external stakeholders to report suspected...

Keikantse Lesemela 13 March 2015

Botswana ranks low in clean energy investment

Botswana is ranked low in clean energy investment, according to the Climatescope 2014 Report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Total investment in the clean energy regime was at  $6.2 million between the period 2006 and 2013, according to...

Baboki Kayawe 13 March 2015

MPs want BDF equipped anew

When debating the budget for Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security yesterday, Kanye North MP Abram Kesupile said most of the equipment used by soldiers is very old, which compromises the security of the country. “Most of the equipment,...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 March 2015

Kidney failure deaths might double in 2030

Speaking at the World Kidney Day commemorations in Gaborone yesterday, Princess Marina hospital deputy superintendent Dr Ishmael Makone said the increase of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity were a great concern in...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 13 March 2015

Art teachers applauded for commitment to work

The Regional Director for Operations in the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Oupa Masesane said this at the Northern Art Teachers Association (NATA) results analysis held at Ntshe House library on Tuesday. He said that over the...

Pini Bothoko | 13 March 2015

Expert calls for national policy on fishing

In an interview with Mmegi this week, Mosepele said the policy would offer a framework in which fishing will be managed in Botswana. He said without any framework fishing management has been haphazard in the country. “Fishing directly affects...

Boniface Keakabetse 13 March 2015

FMD return puts beef deal in limbo

The Botswana Meat Commission Maun (BMC) abattoir plant manager, Mothobi Mothobi told Mmegi that they are on the verge of signing an agreement to export 460 tonnes of beef per week from Ngamiland to Thailand but the outbreak of FMD may scupper the...

Boniface Keakabetse 13 March 2015

Prisoner on ARV�s given chance to fight for survival

Gift Mwale from Zimbabwe yesterday made an application before Justice Key Dingake seeking reduction for his sentence or for the sentence to be completely set aside arguing he needs to be free to be able to source for his own drugs. He argued that...

Mpho Mokwape | 13 March 2015

Dikgatlhong Dam now available for Gaborone

Speaking during the commissioning of the dam on Tuesday this week, Mokaila said during the recent 30-day reliance testing of the 400 million cubic metre dam, Letsibogo Dam had been closed off and supplies from Dikgatlhong sent to Gaborone to test the...

Onalenna Kelebeile 13 March 2015

Shock as cattle die mysteriously in Zone Six

A farmer who lost 15 of his herd in January Kobamelo Rantsudu said so far close to 50 cattle have died.  He said the most surprising thing is that the affected cattle do not show any signs or symptoms of any illness but they just die in a fresh...

Onalenna Kelebeile 13 March 2015

UB dean calls for Institute of Education

Under this arrangement, private providers are synonymous with quality, while public education is mostly identified with low standards. An announcement by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron last week that he was sending his daughter Nancy to a...

Baboki Kayawe 13 March 2015

Ugandan refugee sues govt

Musa Isabirye has filed an urgent application against government after he was detained on March 9. He is currently detained at Central Police Station in Gaborone. He said he has lived in Botswana since 2000 and his many attempts to be granted...

Oarabile Mosikare 13 March 2015

Controversial P12m tender overturned

The tender for the proposed construction of 10 staff houses at Charleshill was awarded in 2014 to a company called BBTwelve Investments. A total of 13 companies had submitted the tender documents, and after the awarding of the tender, Phangastin...

Mpho Mokwape | 13 March 2015

Lone rangers for BDP elections

It has emerged that most of the candidates are likely to contest the elections at the elective congress as lone rangers. At the moment there are five leading candidates for the hotly contested position of party chairperson. The five bigwigs who have...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 March 2015

Chicken Franchise!

” He figures that he will count his losses and slaughter whatever is left in the kraal and sell them to the local butchery. Another FAP project gone down the drain due to poor management. “To think that I had gone in with an expatriate...

Barolong Seboni 13 March 2015

Major Gen Pheto paid a cow, a goat and a cock for democracy

I found Pheto in some conversation over his cellular phone. I greeted him once he was done with the call and he replied in a somewhat hoarse voice. He sits back on his camping chair and cuts a sorry figure. “My daughter just called me and told...

Richard Moleofe 13 March 2015

Soldier sues BDF commander and wins

The commander of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Gaolathe Galebotswe yesterday lost with costs a case in which a soldier had taken him to court to review and set aside the decision to remove him from the de-linking exercise, thus reducing his...

Lebogang Mosikare | 13 March 2015

Huge losses for Kingdom Bank depositors

The bank, which is currently under curatorship for 90 days, looks set to be liquidated when the temporary management period expires in May.  An inventory of the bank’s assets released by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) on Wednesday, shows that...

Brian Benza 13 March 2015

HICOFEST back with a bang

This year’s event themed “Razor Sharp comedy” is wholly sponsored by the Department of Arts and Culture, under the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. The department is bankrolling the event to the tune of P50, 000 which also to...

Amanda Dichabe 13 March 2015

BAA paints bleak future for junior athletes

The junior men’s team has been on the rise since announcing its arrival during the Africa Youth Games, a competition Botswana hosted last May. Dube who went with the team as the manager told Mmegi Sport the impasse between the government and...

Kabelo Boranabi | 13 March 2015