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South Africa court to rule on Sudan's Omar al-Bashir arrest
The Pretoria High Court will rule on whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) who have charged him with the crimes. President Bashir is in Johannesburg for an African Union (AU) summit. He is accused of committing...
Correspondent 15 June 2015
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Richard Moleofe 15 June 2015
Prisons coach promises wonders for next season
Since its eviction from the Premier League, the team has struggled to prove their mettle in the lower division and failed to make a quick return to the elite league. Dintweng said that is about to change and promised a return to the top...
Tumelo Mouwane 15 June 2015
Tswelelopele brigade dominates sub-zonal tourney
The eight men and women sides battled it out for the four places in the zonal championships. The young men from Tswelelopele Brigade registered their first three points by beating Lobatse Brigade 3-1 on Friday. The hunger for a place in the zonal...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 15 June 2015
Prisons XI retain first division status
The match got off to a lively start with both teams exhibiting some urgency and aggression in the first half. The first ten minutes of the game were characterised by a number of injuries as both teams tussled hard for an early lead. Thabang...
Tumelo Mouwane 15 June 2015
Musicians wrestle over Kea Gana hit
The jazz musician is suing Bapaki Mmoloki popularly known as Tarz-B for copyright infringement, accusing him of copyinh Kea gana melody and used it in the song called BUIST. Garogwe told Showtime on Friday that before taking the legal route he had...
Sharon Mathala 15 June 2015
The establishment of the protectorate (part 4) � �Warren at Molepolole�
Shippard, who became known to Batswana as “Morena Maaka” (“Lord of Lies”), was then appointed as Bechuanaland’s Administrator. The Colonial Office foreclosed the possibility of a linkup between German South-West Africa...
Jeff Ramsay
| 15 June 2015
�Branding, key to successful businesses�
When officially launching Onyx Digital Botswana recently, she emphasised the importance of branding, noting that it highly contributes to the success of the company. “Brand positioning is very important. These days businesses do not have to...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 15 June 2015
Not much traffic expected at Selebi �Phikwe airport
SPEDU’s Business Executive (Infrastructure) Kefilwe Leepile touched on the issue during a recent tour of the airport by the Minister of Infrastructure Science and Technology Nonofo Molefhi. He indicated that the feasibility study that was...
Correspondent 15 June 2015
BDP Chairmanship
Monitor Editor 15 June 2015
When women embrace polygamy
They showered the practice with all the wonderful phrases they could find. The women’s pro-polygamy stance may be seen to be embarrassing to Botswana, a country whiich is generally seen as a progressive democracy in terms of gender...
Monitor Editor 15 June 2015
Stanbic donates P120 000 towards the vulnerable
The P120,000.00 donation will further enable the provision of community-based care for children and youth. The programme is delivered through the Botswana College of Distance and Open Learning (BOCCODOL) and comprises of formal training for...
Staff Writer 15 June 2015
Gaerolwe Kwerepe: The MP who paid teachers from his pocket
I drove all the way from Gaborone to Maun to meet Gaerolwe Kwerepe and appreciate the positive role he played during his heydays as a member of parliament. His grand-daughter had told me, “Just go to Maun and you’ll find him relaxing at...
Sonny Serite 15 June 2015
SOMAG donates P6,000 to Botshabelo orphans
SOMAG is an event organising company founded in Selebi -Phikwe in 2012. The donation was inspired by a cry from Botshabelo social workers who asked for assistance from SOMAG as they lacked funds to buy winter clothes for their orphans. In response,...
Correspondent 15 June 2015
Syndicate members in court overpiece of land
The Kweneng Land Board allocated the farm, which is at Moretshwane, to the eight-member Baitiki Syndicate in 1981 and it is now at the centre of court battle. The applicants, Ntwaetsile Tiro, Charles Mapitse, Andrew Kolobe, and Oratile Tau have...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 15 June 2015
Land corruption project takes off
The five-year project, funded by the German Federation, is expected to help scrutinise existing laws, identify loopholes and address them. The project will cover countries such as Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Uganda, Cameroon, Kenya,...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 15 June 2015
Palapye women also want polygamy back
The main reasons that women decried was that of avoiding issues of multiple concurrent partners which lead to HIV/AIDS and divorce. They stood by their view reasoning that polygamy is legal in many African countries and they said divorces in...
Bonte Seepi 15 June 2015
Man tells court: �why i refused to give police breath specimen�
Ramotswa-born Clement Mooketsi, 26, a marketing executive, appeared before Jwaneng magistrate Segametsi Basinyi last week, to answer for one count of failure to provide breath specimen when required by a police officer to do so. First to take the...
Lebogang Baingapi 15 June 2015
Zimbabwean dies in train accident
Superintendent Bonosi Molapisi, the station Commander at the Broadhurst Police Station confirmed the incident yesterday. Molapisi however could not reveal more about the accident citing that the matter is still fresh and his office is still...
Sharon Mathala 15 June 2015
Lotlamoreng II to resign from Ntlo Ya Dikgosi
The business of the second House of Parliament resumes today, and Barolong royal who is also the deputy chairman of Ntlo ya Dikgosi, is said to plan to officially declare his departure on the last day the sitting, June 26. Though not publicly...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 15 June 2015
No lobby list for Masisi
With just two weeks to go, VP Mokgweetsi Masisi still has no lobby list or preferred running mates, ahead of his party’s Executive Committee elections where he is seeking to be elected chairman. Masisi’s campaign team says the man has...
Staff Writer 15 June 2015
Wanted Sudan leader Bashir flies out of South Africa
The Pretoria High Court was due to decide whether he should be handed over to the International Criminal Court, which has charged him with the crimes. Mr Bashir was in Johannesburg for an African Union (AU) summit. A news conference will be held in...
Correspondent 15 June 2015
Postage stamps � A major unsung success story
Yes, baskets and tourism do tend to go together but one reason for producing stamps, it is said is to promote tourism. In reality, both items, the basket and the postage stamp, are produced in order to make money, not to promote tourism. That said,...
Sandy Grant 15 June 2015
Hunt for fathers is on!
I cannot speak for other nations, but women in this country have only two major challenges in life; lack of financial security and absent fathers. While most of them accept and deal with the situation in their own way, for many, if ever there was...
Tumie Modise 15 June 2015
The establishment of the protectorate (part 4) � �Warren at Molepolole�
Shippard, who became known to Batswana as “Morena Maaka” (“Lord of Lies”), was then appointed as Bechuanaland’s Administrator. The Colonial Office foreclosed the possibility of a linkup between German South-West Africa...
Jeff Ramsay
| 15 June 2015
Bomu�s response to Winfred Winnie Rasina And Nuba: COSBOTS shenanigans!
We take this opportunity to appreciate points raised by NUBA about the reluctance and lackadaisical approach in registering other artforms into the COSBOTS fold. However, we rebut in the harshest terms any belief that BOMU is satisfied with the...
Correspondent 15 June 2015
Kurana leaves a big mark at Maitisong
The 25-member cast play was adapted from one of the famous fairy tales Cinderella, this time depicted in the ancient kingdom of Peponi in Egypt. The stage set up, costumes, lighting and music all highlighted director Clayton Ndlovu and his...
Dumisani Ncube 15 June 2015
Cranes see off Zebras
The win temporarily moved the Cranes top of Group D with three points before Burkina Faso also overcame Comoros 2-0 later that day. But it is William Kizito Luwagga who dictated proceedings at Namboole after Uganda endured a frustrating first 45...
Staff Writer 15 June 2015
Kgafela II�s gathering flops
There was no kgosi of the kgotla where the meeting was held. Instead an elderly woman, Ausi Tiny was asked to welcome the gathering, but there was no mention of the kgosi of Lesetlheng’s whereabouts. In fact not a single kgosi was announced at...
Staff Writer 15 June 2015
Shortage of accountants frustrates BICA
He was addressing stakeholders at a BICA cocktail held here recently. He said that without these skills, it makes it even more difficult for government to conduct business and to have projects completed on time and on budget. “A number of...
Lindiwe Mozola 15 June 2015
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