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Mmegi Editor 20 March 2015

Committee of supply: another Parliament talk show

For instance MPs can talk about issues of general economic indicators, issues of unemployment, poverty, inequalities and access to economic and business opportunities without delving into specific issues of the budget or individual ministries budget....

Dithapelo Keorapetse 20 March 2015

Local riders� fears allayed

There were fears that local riders that include Motsomi Lekone, Tiro Otlogetswe and Kevin Tyrer, would not take part at the event because the association had not provided the letters by press time. “We do not know what is happening. We have...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 20 March 2015

Kit, branding chaos in First Division

FDN chairperson, Eatametse Olopeng said they are aware that teams use old kits from the 2013 season, when Debswana started sponsoring the league.  “We are looking into the issue with the Botswana Football Association (BFA). At the moment,...

Chakalisa Dube | 20 March 2015

Motlakase await Satmos in �six-pointer�

Kick-off is at 4pm. Motlakase is bolstered by their hard-fought 1-1 draw against BDF XI a fortnight ago. Bolofete said preparations are on course and the players are fully fit.  “Our preparations are going on as usual. We prepare for...

Koketso Kgoboge 20 March 2015

Record turnout for Diacore marathon

The bank is sponsoring the race, which takes place this Sunday, for a third year running.  “We are excited to partner with the marathon for the third year in a row and to grow this relationship even further.  “Our focus this...

Calistus Kolantsho | 20 March 2015

Satmos suspend Stopper, Tshelametsi

The two seasoned players are accused of not showing enough commitment to the team. They have not played since January and the two are reportedly on their way out. Mpezeni Sambandawe, the club spokesperson confirmed the suspension of the two players....

Shingirai Madondo 20 March 2015

Rollercoaster run re-defines derby final

BR Highlanders served Township Rollers an unwanted reminder that the first half of the season is long past. That time, when Rollers harassed and harangued opponents, big and small, flew away with 2014. Rollers’ title destiny is no longer...

Mqondisi Dube | 20 March 2015

Relentless Magosi raring to extend lead

The Kgatleng giants lead the log with 50 points, six points ahead of second placed Orapa United (OU). Magosi have been in a superb form, winning four of the last five league games, in the process scoring 10 goals while conceding five. The team is...

Kabelo Boranabi | 20 March 2015

Comic illustrations depict Botswana

The duo of Zwelithini Masuku and Tshepo Kraai, both 22, have been working on a number of comic illustration books that have not yet been published for the past five years.  Masuku said the passionate duo’s work has an indigenous flavour...

Dumisani Ncube 20 March 2015

He is back, even more tricky

If you enjoyed Mark Wahlberg’s Italian Job 2 or Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s Ocean’s Thirteen then Will Smith’s Focus is also definitely one not to miss if you are a huge fan of organised crime flicks. It is a 2015 American...

Bakang Israel 20 March 2015

An obituary of Vee�s Kwaito

I watched the preaching video that you released a few days ago and I did not know whether to laugh, cry or shout ‘fire’ or ‘seven’ because of the attire and the mumbo-jumbo you kept uttering. In the video you were handed the...

Thalefang Charles | 20 March 2015

Educate Batswana on good laws

The new policy will enable the country to align itself with international and regional protocols in addressing developments, as well as gender issues. This is a positive move for the country especially that this is a call that the authorities took...

Mmegi Editor | 20 March 2015

Khotso ha e ate

Mmegi Editor 20 March 2015

High emotions over churches' Bill

On Wednesday, Francistown West MP Ignatius Moswaane broke his glasses in protest against the Amendment Bill. Minister of Health Dorcus Makgato threatened to strip naked if the amendment was not passed while Assistant Minister of Local Government,...

Oarabile Mosikare 20 March 2015

Taming the wild, wild west

If the global illegal trade in wildlife can be likened to the notorious Wild West period of America’s 19th century, the sheriff with the shiny badge, gleaming spurs on the boots and glistening gun in hand would be Botswana. “The harder...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 March 2015

Disasters conspire against Ngamiland

For a long time now, these villages have witnessed disaster after disaster, sometimes man-made and other times natural. In recent weeks and months, the disasters have seemed to want to outdo each other. For the record, the Lake Ngami area is...

Boniface Keakabetse 20 March 2015

Hope for the homeless of �Mogadishu�

In 2001, Mogoditshane was measured as having a population of 32,843 being an increase from the 14,246 counted in 1991, the previous census.  By 2011 – the last census – the village had grown to 58,079 residents or by more than four...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 20 March 2015

An elusive but basic need

This is a question that we have to ask ourselves.  It is true that we tend to spend more money than we need to on things that are not really important in our lives.  We waste a lot of money on things that cannot change our lives or our...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 20 March 2015

Xenophobia among Batswana must go now

I was reminded of this several months ago  when a young Motswana professional male now in a major institution leadership role much younger than I who had just come back from a lengthy trip to America angrily told me to leave his office when I...

Correspondent 20 March 2015

My tribute to Quill Hermans

Christopher Lamb (“Quill”) Hermans was born in Cape Town in South Africa on 23rd December 1936.  During his youth, he enjoyed several holidays at his grandfather’s large cattle ranch at the Setlagoli valley outside Mafikeng,...

Correspondent 20 March 2015

�Questions and answers�

“I have been inconvenienced by a bank teller which resulted in the cheque which I wrote not going through. The guy I was paying was very angry with me and didn’t buy my story when I explained that I still have sufficient funds in my...

Consumer Watchdog 20 March 2015

Trio of forces behind Botswana coal failure

That’s according to mining consultant Peet Meyer of PC Meyer Consulting who told a Fossil Fuels Foundation conference held in Johannesburg yesterday the widely-quoted figure estimating that Botswana hosted declared coal resources totalling 212...

Correspondent 20 March 2015

Zim firm �nudged� out of oil factory deal

Officials at United Refineries Limited in Zimbabwe have indicated that they do not know why their partnership deal with United Refineries Botswana (URB) never materialised, even though they did technical preparatory groundwork with local investors....

Chakalisa Dube | 20 March 2015

Barclays sails out of choppy waters

In an environment characterised by tight liquidity, squeezed interest margins and a freeze on bank charges, Barclays Bank recorded a 16 percent rise in profit after tax to P335.9 million for the full year ended December 2014. The 16 growths...

Brian Benza 20 March 2015

BotswanaPost appoints Acting CEO

Botlhole-Mmopi has served Botswana Post before as Chief Financial Officer where she is said to have turned the Finance and Procurement Department around, until 2013 when she was appointed head of mail business. “In that role she spearheaded...

Pauline Dikuelo | 20 March 2015

Demystifying the stock market

BusinessWeek: Please give a brief profile about yourself? Segonetso: I am a Motswana male born in the late 1980s in Lobatse, but I was brought up in a farm south of Kanye village. In pursuit of better education, I then moved into Gaborone to pursue...

Isaac Pinielo 20 March 2015

Troubled BDP engages in spring cleaning

When it went into its national council meeting over weekend, the BDP went in a troubled party. Chief among issues of contention, which have also threatened to split the party was the selection of candidates. Other contentious issues were...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 20 March 2015

HDRC launches career guidance clinics

HRDC marketing communications manager, Faith Tuelo, revealed that a significant number of form five leavers attended the Botswana Tertiary Education Fair (BTEF) with the sole aim of applying for admission to higher learning. “It is evident that...

Baboki Kayawe 20 March 2015

BCL, BMWU at loggerheads again

This is despite the fact that the last wage negotiations dragged on for about six months – punctuated with threats of a strike by mine employees over the disputes. The mine and the union settled last year’s disputes on September 15 under...

Onalenna Kelebeile 20 March 2015

Majwe Mine workers stage demonstration

The participants of the demonstration, who marched in their tens, were the mine’s night shift workers. The workers argue that their project director does not take employee grievances seriously.  They claim that they have sought...

Lebogang Baingapi 20 March 2015

Rat race to �catch� Boseto

The Union representing the 246 mineworkers who were fired from Boseto Mine in February 2015, withdrew the case after discovering that Standard Chartered Bank had filed a petition with the court for the company liquidation. The workers had filed an...

Mpho Mokwape | 20 March 2015

Bogus DIS agents sentenced

The three were found guilty of falsely representing themselves as agents of the Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS). Alakanani Kiba, a former police officer, and third accused, Thabo Sello, were each sentenced to six years in prison while...

Lebogang Mosikare | 20 March 2015

LSB to sue Khama over Motumise rejection

The LSB and Motumise will further approach the High Court to review the decision of JSC that its role is ‘advisory’ and therefore to accept the decision of the President. This follows the reports that Khama rejected JSC’s...

Oarabile Mosikare 20 March 2015

No need to panic, says BOBS

Mmegi:  Please explain how the quality or standards of consumed food is regulated in Botswana? Letsholo: There are several food regulators in Botswana and Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) is one of them. Not all food products are regulated...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 March 2015

Food safety time bomb

Food safety experts, scientists and consumer rights’ activists say Botswana is sitting on a ticking time bomb as Batswana continue to consume toxic substances in their food, blissfully unaware of the consequences. Large volumes of unsafe...

Thalefang Charles | 20 March 2015

Chronicles of horror food safety

Learners reported that their classmates were complaining of stiff necks and general unease.  The affected students were all mysteriously nodding their heads repeatedly.  As authorities and parents became aware of the mystery, many believed...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 March 2015

Khama to attend Geingob inauguration

Dr. Hage Geingob will be sworn-in as the third President of Namibia. Botswana and Namibia have enjoyed 25 years of excellent bilateral relations anchored on pre-independence support by Botswana of Namibia's liberation struggle. The two countries...

Jeff Ramsay | 20 March 2015

China is milking Botswana dry

We first saw the Chinese enter this country at the end of the 1980’s en mass and they were exclusively in the construction industry where they showed themselves to be committed to delivery. They were willing to work long hours with very little...

Richard Moleofe 20 March 2015

BFTU position on the current wave of retrenchments and closures

We recall that last year at least two manufacturing companies, two diamond polishing companies and one mining company have closed down for various reasons. Over and above that we have a number of companies that have retrenched employees and some are...

Correspondent 20 March 2015

When is Jesus� true date of return?

Much has been misunderstood in this regard and today’s article will help clarify matters around an issue that remains the central hope of all who call themselves Christian and lived and died as such. But, to understand how and when Jesus will...

L M Leteane 20 March 2015

BDP'S P35M SPLURGE

When addressing the party’s national council in Gaborone last weekend, the BDP treasurer Satar Dada said 2014 had been one of the most difficult financial periods for the party. The campaign, he said, was also the BDP’s most...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 20 March 2015

Botswana faces P5bn drop in SACU revenues

SACU revenues, which normally contribute 30 percent to Botswana total revenues, are estimated at P16.3 billion in the 2015/16 fiscal year.  A 2015/16 budget review statement tabled in  the South African parliament by finance minster...

Brian Benza 20 March 2015

The cradle of the living African culture

The village identifies itself as an “African village that is the cradle of the living African culture.”  It boasts of a lodge, restaurant, conference facilities and traditional homesteads from various tribal African groups found in...

Thalefang Charles | 20 March 2015

High costs threaten Montsho�s appeal

It would cost Montsho US$20,000 (approx. P200, 000) to appeal to the Court of Sport Arbitration (CSA) based in Zurich, Switzerland. Montsho was banned for consuming a banned stimulant methylhexaneamine. Her attorney, Tshiamo Rantao said her client...

Mqondisi Dube | 20 March 2015