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10 May 2015
Tricky matches lined up in Debswana FDN
Miscellaneous have already been promoted to the Premier League, leaving four teams fighting for a second place finish that will guarantee a place in the play-offs. Green Lovers currently have a better chance to reach the play-offs, but face...
409,Chakalisa Dube,php6867.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Zebras improve FIFA Ranking
Zebras were, however, boosted by the 2-0 win over Lesotho in another friendly match. Belgium (3rd, up 1) have achieved their highest-ever position following two wins in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying and now trail only Germany and Argentina. Meanwhile,...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Golf national team optimistic ahead of Zone Six
The team comprises of eight golfers; Sipho Abueng, David Masole, Leroy Pearmain, Shane Granger Junior, Kesentseng Dube, Walter Seokemong, Nabeel Desai and Peter Podise. Ten countries will take part in the tournament that kicks off on Tuesday and...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Vengeful lady Zebras enter Banyana Banyana SA den
She declared: “We intend scoring the first goal within 20 minutes into the game. “We will continue to visit the South African defence with every chance we have so that we can get an early goal. “Our mandate stays the...
49078,Tumelo Mouwane,,2015/january/01,2015-01-01 08:56:00, 10 May 2015
Three duel for a Play-off spot
The encounter could determine which team will meet a team from the First Division North in the promotional play-offs. Kickoff is at 4pm. Actually, it is do or die for three teams: Santos, Black Forest and Fighters. They will be emptying...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Chiefs, Orapa United in titanic clash
The match promises to be a thrilling encounter, with both sides enjoying rich vein of form. Magosi are sitting at the summit of the beMOBILE Premier League table with 57 points, while The Ostriches are six points behind at position two. With...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 10 May 2015
Galane Gold approves five year mining plan
The company made the announcement in its audited annual financial statement for the year ended December 2014 released early this week. As part of its five-year plan, the gold miner has indicated that it intends to utilise its Tau underground pit...
409,Chakalisa Dube,php6867.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Who is the real criminal?
Security guards are still operating illegally Last month, we reported on a complaint that we received about the conduct of a security guard at a branch of Jet Stores in Gaborone. She told us that she had visited the store, but did not actually buy...
48722,Consumer Watchdog,,2015/january/01,2015-01-01 11:20:00, 10 May 2015
Debswana to cap output at 26m carats
Addressing the media in Gaborone yesterday, the company’s managing director Balisi Bonyongo said the company plans to produce between 23-26 million carats in the near future. “It is better to keep the goods in the ground than to just...
406,Brian Benza,phpE652.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Barclays raises P500m from bond market
In a bid to meet corporate funding requirements, Barclays listed the P2 billion bond programme in July last year before liquidity tightened in the market. In an interview with the BusinessWeek, Barclays managing director, Reinette van der Merwe said...
406,Brian Benza,phpE652.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Adjusting to the new normal
BusinessWeek: How did you manage to turnaround the bank’s fortunes in 2014? van der Merwe: It was a combination of both teamwork and implementation of a strategy that was anchored around digitalisation, improving transactional volumes and...
406,Brian Benza,phpE652.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
BOFEPUSU, GEMVAS
10 May 2015
Of dust, thunder, power and glory
Years back, cattle farmers in Ngamiland spent their leisure time racing horses. Few would have imagined that decades later, the love for the power of these beasts would annually attract enthusiasts from within and outside Botswana. The Mascom Derby...
433,Boniface Keakabetse,, 10 May 2015
Reality bites in first electrified village
The first born of government’s successful 100 Villages Electrification Project, and residents of Gakuto have always been justifiably proud of their village. Ironically, Gakuto lies in the shadow of Gaborone bright lights, in Kweneng...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Power to the people?
On Thursday, September 13, 2007, the dusty village of Gakuto in Kweneng East began its metamorphosis into the first fruit of a multi-million Pula rural electrification project. When scores of senior government and Botswana Power Corporation officials...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1604.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
KCS calls for increased water conservation efforts
The conservation body has called on citizens to contribute meaningfully towards water conservation initiatives as these can no longer be an exclusive mandate of the water authorities alone. Acting KCS chief executive officer, Baboloki...
412,Baboki Kayawe,php195E.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Botswana students mourn slain Kenyan students
Last week Thursday, heavily armed attackers stormed Garissa University in the northeastern part of Kenya, killing147 students, two security guards, and injuring 79 others. More than 500 managed to escape the massacre. This was the worst...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Obituary for Kgosi Letlole Thobega
His death spelled the end to his 76-year-old reign of Mankgodi village, and satellite villages, Fikeng, Tloaneng, Ramaphatle, Thaping and Mogonye. Kgosi Letlole Thobega was born in Mankgodi village on April 6, 1929, 1929, the first-born son of Kgosi...
475,Correspondent,, 10 May 2015
Jacks Gym manager in court for robbery
He appeared with his co-accused, Motlhabane Beleme and Mosimanegape Magapatona, who reside in Palapye and Shoshong respectively. The three are accused of entering the premises of the Department of Immigration in Palapye in January and stealing 4x4...
45705,Bonte Seepi,, 10 May 2015
Etsha 13 man hacks grandfather to death
Superintendent John Kelebeng of Maun police said the incident happened at Dukwi ward after the two had a misunderstanding. He said the enraged young man allegedly took a mutendere axe, which is a home weapon indigenous to the Hambukushu tribe and...
433,Boniface Keakabetse,, 10 May 2015
Live-in lover arrested for girlfriends murder
The murder occurred during the Easter Monday and it is suspected that their relationship had gone sour. Superintendent Ogaufi George said the murder occurred following a misunderstanding, adding that the police are still uncertain of what was used...
45705,Bonte Seepi,, 10 May 2015
JWs assemble to Seek Peace and Pursue It
According to a spokesman of the Assembly, while individuals and families appreciate the importance of peace, for some, pursuing peace seems to be futile as it appears to be forever elusive. However, seeking peace, and taking the additional step...
399,Staff Writer,, 10 May 2015
Police officer refutes car-torching charge
Atlholang Mojanki agreed that Segolame Tshekiso was once his lover, but he was not the one who torched the car of her partner, Letsweletse Matome at Mmei Junior Secondary School in April 2012. He told a magistrate yesterday that contrary to what the...
442,Lebogang Mosikare,php369F.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
BOPEU battles Statistics Botswana over restructuring
Yesterday, Justice Virgil Vergeer said he will deliver judgement next week after the attorney representing BOPEU, Odirile Otto Itumeleng indicated that the matter was urgent. He said Statistics Botswana was busy outsourcing work after vacancies...
601,Mpho Mokwape,php5B7D.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
BMC attributes losses to measles
BMC chief executive officer, Dr Akolang Tombale told the media yesterday that measles ate between 13 and 15 percent of earnings (or P57 million) from the state meat corporation’s profits annually. He said measles cost BMC a fortune and it will...
33193,Pauline Dikuelo,phpD7C.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Khamas salary passes 50,000 mark
The salaries of MPs and parliamentary staff will go up when the National Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) Amendment Bill 2015 is signed into law. The bill was presented by Assistant Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration,...
419,Oarabile Mosikare,phpEAC0.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Moswaane at it again
Sticking out his neck for the umpteenth time, the Member of Parliament for Francistown West Ignatius Moswaane is demanding that President Khama come to parliament today to explain what he has done for Batswana this year. He (Moswaane) also wants to...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Land policy may hinder marriage Mokgware
Mokgware said if the motion were to be adopted without amendments, it would cause conflicts and raise major issues in the long term. He also said the policy was ambiguous and gender insensitive. Mokgware also said the policy did not recognise the two...
49047,Amanda Dichabe,,2015/january/01,2015-01-01 08:51:00, 10 May 2015
Repossession disempowers the poor
This policy implementation has always been questionable, with observers arguing it disadvantages the poor majority, disempower and subjects them to a circle of poverty. While the policy stipulates that commercial plots have to be...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Land shortage is an artificial creation- MPs
One parliamentarian figuratively described the status quo as an offshoot of the transition of tribal land administration from the hands of dikgosi, into the air-conditioned offices within Land Board structures. Pre- independence and shortly...
412,Baboki Kayawe,php195E.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Policy unclear on allocation routes
In some instances, the desperate landless were forced to sleep next to Land Board offices just to make to the queue to drop off an application, leading to stampedes and disorder. The recent cases that have made land crisis a talking point was...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Policy to forbid transfer of undeveloped plots
Initially tabled in 2013 but owing to time constraints the issue was not conclusively debated. It is now fermenting at the policy drawing board. The policy’s primary goals as explained by the minister of Lands and Housing, Prince Maele in...
412,Baboki Kayawe,php195E.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Furious mood at the big screen
Fast 7, which premiered on April 2, was a day before the initial scheduled date and the movie was sold out the entire weekend even on Monday and Tuesday. One had to double their efforts to get a glimpse. Our notorious gang of speed freaks...
46405,Bakang Israel,, 10 May 2015
Jackson imparts a wealth of experience
The street smart Jackson has been in the music scene for over three decades and his invaluable experience has greatly benefited those who have come into contact with him musically. The meticulous guitarist, who broke into the scene with Kgwanyape in...
413,Chippa Legodimo,phpD5D.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Portuguese muso Luisa Sobral to add spice Maitisong line-up
The public, during the week of festivities, will be spoiled for choice as there will be a variety of shows from poetry, drama, dance, and music just to mention a few. Sobral will perform at Thapong Visual Arts Centre on April 23. The free live...
399,Staff Writer,, 10 May 2015
BPCs Lesedi project liquidated
In an interview with BusinessWeek, the BPC Director Customs Services and Supplies, Gordon Molefe said they are currently re-vamping the whole of the BPC Lesedi, after realising that the model was not effective. “We revised the model to devise...
33193,Pauline Dikuelo,phpD7C.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Economy grows at slowest pace since recession
According to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) statistics, the 4.4 percent growth is less than half the revised growth rate of 9.3 percent registered in 2013. The country’s economic back bone, mining, slowed down sharply to register a growth...
406,Brian Benza,phpE652.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Dealing with the past
In recent years we have seen, around the world, any number of statues toppled - of Saddam Hussein, of Lenin and Stalin - as there are major shifts in the political scene. Statues of military heroes, invariably on horseback, and political...
2709,Sandy Grant,php13A2.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Police XI Overcome Jwaneng Galaxy
From the word go, both teams were showing enormous level of preparedness to compete in the recently kick-started beMOBILE League. In their first game this season, both teams came into the battle with a notable level of fitness and mental...
49078,Tumelo Mouwane,, 10 May 2015
Chiefs Demolish Hapless Highlanders
Jackie Mothathego and Moamogedi Thatogo made competitive debuts for Chiefs and Highlanders respectively while last season top goal scorer Lemponye Tshireletso started on the bench. The game started with Chiefs controlling the ball possession in the...
49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 10 May 2015
Special Olympics Call For Govt Support
Speaking at a welcome dinner for the Special Olympics team, Tebele said the committee deserves to be assisted with funding just like its counterparts at Botswana Primary Schools Sports Association (BOPPSA) and Botswana Integrated Sports Association...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Rollers Too Strong For BDF XI
Kabelo Dambe was making a return to Botswana’s top-flight league after a three-year absence while Mogogi Gabonamong was also returning to the beMOBILE Premiership since leaving for PSL in 2006. The game started on a high with Rollers looking...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,, 10 May 2015
Positive Start For Green Lovers
The game started with both teams failing to string passes let alone threaten the 18 yard area until past the first quarter when Green Lovers in their 4-3-3 formation took the initiative and started taking the game to their opponents. On the 19th...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 10 May 2015
Mogae Lashes Out At Players
They allowed the host to come at us. They just did not play. I feel let down,” said Mogae, who posited a frustrated figure for most of the proceedings. Mogae said that lack of match fitness might have been the reason his charges as they failed...
409,Chakalisa Dube,php6867.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Retired Bishop Setlalekgosi Still Preaching
He even serves as some kind of research officer for his successor, Bishop Valentine Seane, who asks him from time to time to do research work for him. That is the picture that came out as I met the retired bishop at his retirement home at Kgale...
50929,Sonny Serite,, 10 May 2015
WayGard Launch First Security Training Institute
Despite the huge numbers they employ security companies have been dogged by unprofessionalism largely due to the fact that only physical fitness has been used to employ security guards. Thanks to the newly accredited security institute at WayGard,...
399,Staff Writer,, 10 May 2015
Ex-Cop Charged For Violating Traffic Laws
On the first count the state alleges that Matlhogonolo Marumoagae was drunk driving on January 27, 2008 at Damuchujenaa. The state also alleges that Maruamoagae failed to provide his breath specimen at Serule Police Station. He is also charged...
442,Lebogang Mosikare,php369F.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Khama awards excelling cops
Commemorating its 131 years since inception the police service has been seen by many as a contributing factor towards Botswana’s widely acknowledged diplomatic and passive nature. Khama recognised through an award ceremony the officers behind...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
Madigele admits to uniform challenges in hospitals
The Assistant Minister of Health, Alfred Madigele made this admission in Parliament last week. “I am, however, aware that some facilities ran out of stock of protective clothing such as gowns, cloaks, boots and aprons. My ministry is...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 10 May 2015
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