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Pauline Dikuelo 09 April 2015
UCT votes to remove Rhodes statue
The monument will be taken down from the campus on Thursday and stored for "safe keeping", UCT's council said. Students have been campaigning for the removal of the statue of the 19th century figure, unveiled in 1934. It was smeared with excrement...
Correspondent 09 April 2015
Shop assistants form union
The union was registered with the Registrar of Trade Unions and Employers’ Organisation last year, and is led by president Opelo Baleseng. According to the Government Gazette, the union was formed on July 22, 2014, and will be operating from...
Oarabile Mosikare 09 April 2015
BR Highlanders not thinking about Top 8
Now, when they take on Nico United in Selebi Phikwe next weekend, uppermost in the mind of BR Highlanders coach, Tebogo Mokute and his charges will be to keep head above the water. Highlanders have collected nine points out of a possible 12 in the...
Bonte Seepi 09 April 2015
Botswana sails through to ICC WCL Division six
Botswana went into the match as the underdogs after suffering four T20 losses to Ghana and three defeats to Kenya, Namibia and Uganda during an ACA Division one tournament. Ghana closed the first innings with 143 runs, which Botswana found easy to...
Dumisani Ncube 09 April 2015
Namibians blame inexperience for poor race
He said unlike last year, they brought inexperienced horses and hoped that by next year’s event, the horses would be familiar with the competition and hence acquit themselves well. They brought a total of seven horses, which were chosen from...
Boniface Keakabetse 09 April 2015
Efigy Productions to host mother-of-all fashion shows
The fashion show themed ‘Crazy and Unconditional’ will be held in the city’s hottest and classiest place, Sky Lounge in Gaborone on April 25, 2015. The show will commence at 7pm and tickets for the event will be sold at Computicket...
Amanda Dichabe 09 April 2015
Naak Musiq advises local musicians
It is commonplace that South African acts share the spotlight with local artists, and even headline most live performances in the country. But it is almost unheard of for Botswana artists to command the same level of respect and pull in the...
Dumisani Ncube 09 April 2015
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Dumisani Ncube 09 April 2015
The pain of tariff hikes
The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) received yet another tariff increase, with households set to pay between 7.5 and 10 percent more for electricity, a commodity that has become as scarce as it is costly. Over the years, electricity tariffs for...
Mmegi Editor
| 09 April 2015
RPC invests P1.5million into skills development programme
In an interview this week, Poll said the investment was meant to benefit interns engaged through the Department of National Internship Programme (DNIP). He explained that his company has developed an initiative they regard as a critical component...
Zolani Kraai 09 April 2015
Huawei to launch its latest mobile gadget next week
The Chinese manufacturer has invited world tech media to the launch. The invitation to the event teases with a poster only stating, “It’s coming...” with the company logo and press conference details. One poster features the...
Thalefang Charles
| 09 April 2015
Woman beats ex-boyfriend, causes serious injuries
The police say the attack happened over the Easter holidays. Inspector Molebatsi Chingabe of Moshupa Police said the incident happened when the victim went to harass the 28-year-old suspect at her home. He said the suspect called the police...
Lebogang Baingapi 09 April 2015
Convicted Zim pastor awaits deportation
After admitting to have entered Botswana through an ungazetted point at Matsiloje on October 25, 2013, the Principal Magistrate Sijabuliso Siziba found Shadreck Lovedale, 36, guilty on Tuesday. The sentence was suspended for one year on condition...
Lebogang Baingapi 09 April 2015
Choppies break-in suspects denied bail
The state alleges that on March 25, Mathiba Ncube, 27, and Nkululeko Dube, 32, broke through the roof of the store to commit offence. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. Inspector Alexander Phale applied for the accused to be remanded in...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 09 April 2015
Three months relief for death-row inmate
Appearing before justices Isaac Lesetedi, Elijah Legwaila and Monametsi Gaongalelwe yesterday, Dingake sought postponement on grounds that he was not aware that the matter was scheduled for the day. “I was not aware that this matter was to be...
Sharon Mathala 09 April 2015
MPs call for protection of insurance policy holders
During the debate on the Insurance Industry Bill on Tuesday, the MP for Palapye and Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development, Moiseraela Goya said there is need for insurance companies to educate people about policies they signed...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 09 April 2015
Twelve die during Easter
Last year during the same period the police registered five fatalities from three road accidents. In addition, five people were murdered in separate incidents as compared to six in 2014 while two people committed suicide as compared to four last...
Staff Writer 09 April 2015
Ebola restrictions remain in place
MoH chief public relations officer, Doreen Motshegwa told Mmegi yesterday that the ministry retains entry restrictions that were imposed last August. She said while the situation has stabilised, it does not mean that the country is off the danger...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 09 April 2015
BMC in the red
The acting minister of Agriculture, Patrick Ralotsia, however, told Parliament this week that the commission is not insolvent, only facing cash follow challenges. Last year the National Assembly approved that the government guarantee P300 million...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 09 April 2015
Govt says providing ARVs to foreign inmates costly
In a case in which the government want Justice Terrence Rannowane to stay the execution of provision of ARVs to foreign inmates, Attorney General lawyer, Neo Sharp, appearing with Yarona Sharp, told the Gaborone High Court the undertaking is not...
Mpho Mokwape
| 09 April 2015
Govt tightens screws on insurers
Presenting the Insurance Industry Bill before parliament this week, the Minister of Finance and Development Planning Kenneth Matambo said that the bill will protect insurance policy holders, insurance agents, regulatory issues and national...
Bame Piet 09 April 2015
Mmamabula project acquisition gets nod
Through a special purpose vehicle (spv) specifically created for the transaction, Jindal will offload 74 percent in what is potentially Botswana’s largest coal energy and mine project to South Africa’s Glendal Trading. In a statement...
Brian Benza 09 April 2015
Katata, Radinoga spark excitement in Molapowabojang
Kapenda Katuta, a seasoned guitarist whose magic touch has shot many local musicians to instant stardom and saxophonist, Masilonyana Radinoga. Few people might be aware of it, but Masilonyana has been in the music industry for decades. However, the...
Chippa Legodimo 09 April 2015
Frustrated BDP youth question silly schemes
BDP youth wing chairman Andy Boatile told Mmegi that they will meet with the minister over weekend, to discuss the scheme, which will target unemployed graduates youth not in the Internship programme. The programme will see young graduates...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 09 April 2015
Mauritian financial scandal shakes Bramer Life
The Authority’s decision came after it emerged that the Mauritian parent company, BAI Co was being liquidated after a P6.7 billion financial scandal was unearthed at its sister company. BAI Co, which owns 80 percent of Bramer Life, was...
Brian Benza 09 April 2015
Zebras avoid big guns in AFCON qualifiers
The senior national soccer team are in Group D alongside Burkina Faso, Comoros and Uganda. Despite facing the 2014 AFCON finalists, Burkina Faso, Zebras have this time managed to avoid the group with big guns like Egypt, Tunisia and Ivory Coast. On...
Staff Writer 09 April 2015
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