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In Friday's paper

Bame Piet 27 March 2015

Germanwings plane disaster: German police probe co-pilot

They said they had found a significant clue, according to media reports. Data from the plane's voice recorder suggest Mr Lubitz had deliberately started a descent while the pilot was locked out of the cockpit. The Barcelona-Duesseldorf flight...

Correspondent 27 March 2015

Sizzling Njobvu blazes the Premier League trail

So much is expected and the usually impatient supporters rarely give foreign players enough time to adapt. Many players came into the Botswana Premier League with big reputations, but failed to prove themselves.  Others, on the other hand,...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 27 March 2015

Angara aims high in T20 championships

Botswana play five T20 matches against Kenya, Namibia, Uganda, Ghana and Tanzania including a one 50 over duel against Ghana.The top two teams in the T20 tourney will make it to the next round of the qualifiers and the winner of the 50 over match...

Dumisani Ncube 27 March 2015

The key behind Orapa United�s dizzying run

With 47 points in the league so far, the team is just three points from reaching its season’s target of 50. In fact, Orapa United have already reached their target of finishing in the top eight without a hassle with seven games to go. Their...

Chakalisa Dube | 27 March 2015

Police statement on the arrest of journalist Daniel Kenosi

Police Arrest Suspect of Cybercrime It is not our normal practice to discuss cases that are still under investigations, let alone to share details of suspects before they appear before court for mention. However, we have been inundated with...

Correspondent 27 March 2015

Local youngsters become part Voices Around The World project

The youngsters, with the help of the Voices Around The World, project director Laurie Lewin, completed their recording on Monday. Lewin said the charitable project, which is in its fourth year, links voices of young people around the world through...

Maureen Odubeng | 27 March 2015

The struggle continues

In addition, the whole cast has reprised their roles including the two mentioned main characters as well the villain (Jeanine) played by Oscar award winner Kate Winslet (Rose in Titanic, 1997). This film franchise has become one of the more enjoyed...

Bakang Israel 27 March 2015

UB Council

Chippa Legodimo 27 March 2015

Reading for a Masters� degree at UB can be hell on Earth

For starters, the UB came up with a very welcome development of offering Masters’ degrees on part time basis for those of us who could not attend full time. This was a welcome development in that, apart from offering study opportunities for...

Correspondent 27 March 2015

Letter from North West Province

Probably it is Russia’s Crimea annexation that is continuously on my mind. But as we go further into the North West I discover deep connections with Botswana and realise that we share the same heritage. Maybe if we had a Putin kind of...

Thalefang Charles | 27 March 2015

Stitch in time for education

The initial goals of this investment, as outlined by the founding president, were to ensure that Batswana are given the skills required to run the country once the colonial authorities had left office. In Seretse Khama’s own words: “The...

Mmegi Editor | 27 March 2015

The exorbitant price of marriage in our society

In Botswana, and in African societies generally, a culture has slowly developed which views weddings as opportunities for unparalleled splurging. The template for these types of weddings is that there must be mountains of food, oceans of hard and...

Baboki Kayawe 27 March 2015

Brass band gives boys a lease of life

Yet after the entire rough patch, you are invited to perform as part of a marching band in front of multitudes in America; it sounds too good to be true, isn’t it? But this is the account of five boys from low-income Tlokweng whose footsteps...

Correspondent 27 March 2015

The Okavango Delta�s last cowboy

MAUN: In Tjikaka ‘Mokobawatau’ Blackie’s words nothing will ever equal the halcyon old days when pastoralism put food on the table. Mokobawatau, as Blackie is affectionately known, says he was known for three things; his love for...

Boniface Keakabetse 27 March 2015

Still waiting on the Japanese tourist

When former President Festus Mogae visited Japan in July 2006, with an entourage of not less than five ministers and countless senior government officials, hopes were high that the visit would change Botswana’s fortunes. In fact, the main...

Bame Piet 27 March 2015

Xenophobia among Batswana must go now

It is no wonder that in 1905 there were 1,000 Batswana in primary and secondary school according to Professor Lone Ketsitlile, a BIUST Professor and Mogae Institute research associate. It is no wonder that literacy and the globalism it encouraged was...

Correspondent 27 March 2015

To catch a falling mineworker

More than a thousand workers in the mining industry have lost their jobs this year, as companies wrestle against the vicissitudes of the market economics in the sector. Early in February, Teemane Manufacturing Company – a 20-year-old landmark...

Lerato Maleke 27 March 2015

�The clues are there�

The biggest clue that it is time to be skeptical is any offer, invitation or suggestion that appears out of the blue from a total stranger. Real business opportunities, real investments, real job offers do not just arrive in your inbox, as if my...

Consumer Watchdog 27 March 2015

Govt bans packaged salt imports

In an interview with BusinessWeek, the Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Trade and Industry, Peggy Serame said that they have imposed restrictions on the import of pre-packed salt through the Control of Goods, Prices and other Charges Act and Trade...

Pauline Dikuelo | 27 March 2015

Molefhi acknowledges challenges faced by engineers

Speaking at ACEB’s general meeting held in Gaborone yesterday,  Molefhi said the construction industry has been faced with all types of challenges relating to poor execution, late delivery of projects, cost overruns, and corruption with...

Kabelo Boranabi | 27 March 2015

Businesses urged to wash up supply chain inefficiencies

Chief executive officer of Bramer Life Insurance, Regina Sikalesele-Vaka said businesses should evolve their management styles to focus on the supply chain management in order to stimulate competition. Giving a keynote address at the fourth national...

Brian Benza 27 March 2015

Food prices edge up on SA drought

This comes on the back of drought in South Africa that has shrunk the SA crop by almost a third, leading to an increase in maize meal prices.  Botswana imports about 95 percent of its white maize from South Africa. It was reported that maize...

Isaac Pinielo 27 March 2015

Tourism to inject P6.5bn into economy

According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) 2015 report, the direct contribution of travel and tourism to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014 was P6.2 billion up from P5.2 billion in 2013. “This is forecast to rise by five...

Brian Benza 27 March 2015

Phase 4 residents threaten to stop paying rates

The residents wrote a letter to the city council threatening legal action if their demands for better service delivery were not met by end of this month. Should this matter end up in court, it would be the first time in the country that residents...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 27 March 2015

Wildlife trafficking fuels corruption � Khama

Addressing the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in Kasane on Wednesday, Khama said wildlife trafficking undermined the rule of law and fuels corruption. He said wildlife rangers fighting poaching often lose their lives trying to protect their...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 27 March 2015

Job market shuns technical college graduates

Unyepo Chiparo, an officer at Gaborone Universal College of Law and Professional Studies, said the job market favours the university graduates than their colleagues from the less fancy colleges. Addressing participants at the Botswana Tertiary...

Kabelo Boranabi | 27 March 2015

Ipelegeng promotes laziness � Magang

He has lambasted his party’s administration projects as hiding behind a finger, claiming to create jobs. He said that the programme has many shortcomings and gives the impression government is prioritising on safety nets over creation of...

Bame Piet 27 March 2015

Illegal sand mining threatens farmers� livelihood

Members of the Tshukudu Farmers Association raised this concern to the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources Kitso Mokaila during the Water Pitso held in Francistown recently. They said that excessive sand mining resulted in soil erosion...

Pini Bothoko | 27 March 2015

Juvenile runs over toddler in fatal accident

The 15-year-old student caused the accident at a church service. Traffic officer at Kutlwano Police Station, Superintendent Alison Mbaiwa said the accident happened at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC). He said they have been...

Lindiwe Mozola 27 March 2015

Lehupu denied bail again

The 23-year-old murder suspect was denied bail after Gaborone High Court judge Michael Mothobi rejected his application yesterday. He awaits trial for four counts of murder, two counts of arson, two counts of attempted murder, and two counts of...

Mpho Mokwape | 27 March 2015

Prisoner boycotts court proceedings

Prosecutor Archie Makgoa told Principal Magistrate Dumisani Basupi that he was constrained to continue with his case because the accused person in the matter did not come to court over claims of ill treatment meted on them by prison officials. Mmegi...

Lebogang Mosikare | 27 March 2015

Khama appoints Kebonang to the bench

LSB had earlier this week served a statutory notice to the Attorney General after the Judicial Service Management (JSC) had recommended Kebonang to Khama for the position of acting judge, pending finalisation of a High Court case between LSB and...

Oarabile Mosikare 27 March 2015

Farmers brace for harvest of hunger

Farmers in the south have stopped craning their necks skyward for signs of rain. That type of hope is incongruent with the hectares of wilting, dying crops that lie at their feet, the precursor to a new season of hunger. Since October, instead of...

Kagiso Onkatswitse 27 March 2015

Tafa�s multiple roles: Is there a conflict of interest?

Parliament was told Collins Newman & Co, and Chibanda Makgalemele were the two law firms that offered legal services to the University. Upon the education ministry’s response, Mokgware further asked whether there was no conflict of...

Baboki Kayawe 27 March 2015

Local silos bursting despite growing drought

With preliminary local, regional and national studies pointing to the near certainty of a drought this year, particularly in the southern parts of the country, questions have arisen about the country’s food security. The last time a drought...

Mbongeni Mguni | 27 March 2015

Artist depicts destruction in Serengeti

Her solo exhibition, The Sherpard Principle, on show at the I-Towers in the Gaborone CBD, recently revealed her deep sense of conservation and how her defiance against those who try to suppress her silent voice of advocacy. The elderly artist told...

Chippa Legodimo 27 March 2015

Seretse rejects top security post

Word is rife at Government Enclave that Seretse could be appointed the inaugural head of the counter-terrorism unit. “There is that possibility that he will get the position, either as a consultant, or any such position created by the...

Bame Piet 27 March 2015

BoB unlocks P2.3bn to boost banks� liquidity

In a move aimed at augmenting funds available for lending for commercial banks, BoB governor Linah Mohohlo yesterday halved the Primary Reserve Ratio (PRR) for commercial banks from 10 to 5 percent, effective April, 2015 . Primary reserves are the...

Brian Benza 27 March 2015

Fine artists want recognition

The pair’s major works were mostly influenced by Botswana’s tradition and history with the main purpose of the exhibition being to raise awareness for Batswana to appreciate art.  Delivering his opening remarks to mark the beginning...

Chippa Legodimo 27 March 2015

FIFA matter under control- BFA

Sebego, who refused to divulge much detail about FIFA’s response, said the issue had been referred to the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. “I am constrained to talk about the matter at the moment, but what I can tell you is that the...

Mqondisi Dube | 27 March 2015