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Staff Writer 19 June 2015
Stanchart boosts women�s business fund
Through this partnership the bank has also committed to offer financial literacy workshops to WFHB clients and provide institutional support through their professional expertise and mentoring services to the organisation. WFHB, which has been in...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 19 June 2015
Predator alert! It�s reptile season
It goes as far back as the biblical times when the first reptile, a snake, deceived Eve into eating a forbidden fruit. This spoiled the relationship of man and the creator and ever since then man and reptiles have been fierce enemies regardless...
Bakang Israel 19 June 2015
Phikwe cultural group hosts Culture Festival
Selebi- Phikwe cultural group is a traditional group that was formed in 2007 by unemployed youth with the intention of reviving cultural dance. The group, which performs cultural dances such as tsutsube, setapa, phathise and hosanna, has previously...
Correspondent 19 June 2015
Chess president intends to continue despite opposition
His critics argue he has not done enough to develop the sport. Among other accusations, some affiliates feel certain players do not deserve their places in the national team. But Maruatona who is in his second year, said he intends to finish his...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 June 2015
Notwane�s move to shrubs could be what the doctor ordered
And so the Botswana Premier League (BPL) curtains finally came down as we witnessed the Botswana’s number one ‘Houdini’ football club and beneficiary of some of BPL’s boardroom shenanigans, eventually bowing out to the...
Lesang Maswabi 19 June 2015
Nippon Motors donates vehicle to BOPSSA
BOPSSA president, Busani Segweni welcomed the gesture saying it would assist the growth of sports at grassroots level. “It has been a fruitful year for BOPSSA despite challenges like transport,” he said. Segweni credited the Botswana...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 19 June 2015
Nato to return to Atl�tico de Kolkata
Gaborone United secretary general, Herbert Letsebe confirmed their contract with Nato ends this month. “He will rejoin his Indian club as agreed because he was only here for six months,” he said. Letsebe said they could not renew the...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 19 June 2015
Harrison ready to lay down the Mark
Mmegi Sport: Briefly tell us about yourself? Harrison: I am British and I have been involved in the professional game for 38years now since the age of 16 when I started playing. I have played in the UK and South Africa. I have coached in the UK,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 June 2015
Orapa United retains committee
The club held its bi-annual general meeting on Wednesday to vote for new leadership that will lead the club for the next two years. The club’s spokesperson, Tebatso Hule told Mmegi Sport that Thatayaone Sithole has been retained as...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 19 June 2015
The poet with a silver tongue
Suddenly people look around, struck by the beautiful words hallowing from the distance. The trepidation breaks into ululations of approval from a contingent of women in the gathered crowd at the Bakwena main kgotla as the little figure...
Chippa Legodimo 19 June 2015
Protect police image
In the past week, the BPS bosses were in the dock at the High Court facing the family of Olefile Momphitlhi, who went missing while in police custody. There is still no clear indication on whether the man escaped from the police, as the police claim,...
Mmegi Editor
| 19 June 2015
I am not Al- Bashir"?
Mmegi Editor 19 June 2015
African Youth and Capitalism
This explains why the very same victims of the system see it as okay even though reality is in the contrary. The 2013 Human Development Report which presents Human Development Index (HDI) values and ranks for 187 countries and UN-recognised...
Correspondent 19 June 2015
The delinquents of Mmadinare run amok
A wave of juvenile delinquency has laid Mmadinare village under siege, manifested in declining academic performances, set against rising pregnancy-related dropouts. Police here have sounded the alarm over rising cases of rape and attempted rape, as...
Onalenna Kelebeile 19 June 2015
My big, fat, delicious experience
The annual DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival took place recently in Johannesburg. While I am not a ‘foodie’ MultiChoice Botswana saw it fit to invite me to one of Africa’s prime food and music events. Along...
Sharon Mathala 19 June 2015
�She used a shotgun to abort and died�
Local healthcare workers have seen it all. When young women find themselves pregnant, anything can happen. It can be a moment of unparalled joy, the promise of a new chapter in one’s life and the pitter-patter of little feet. Or it could be...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 19 June 2015
�Don�t panic!�
Instead, you react as calmly as possible, remember your training and do what you were taught to do. Over the last weeks there have been various stories going around the Internet and on Facebook that caused some panic. One particular popular story...
Consumer Watchdog 19 June 2015
Khama will pay an Official Visit to France next week - Press Release
During the visit, Khama will have meetings with Hollande and Senior Government Officials of the French Republic responsible for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, Foreign Affairs, and Defence and Security. Botswana's diplomatic relations...
Baboki Kayawe 19 June 2015
DHL to rollout SME training programme
This programme, which will be open to all existing local businesses, will be free and is expected to train entrepreneurs on ways to access international markets as well as how to ship their products. In an interview with BusinessWeek, the managing...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 19 June 2015
Okavango Delta listed among top ten safari destinations
The Okavango was placed the third best place, just below Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and MalaMala Game Reserve in South Africa, which took the first and second positions respectively. Commenting on the rankings, Botswana Tourism Organisation...
Isaac Pinielo 19 June 2015
DHL to rollout SME training programme
This programme, which will be open to all existing local businesses, will be free and is expected to train entrepreneurs on ways to access international markets as well as how to ship their products. In an interview with BusinessWeek, the managing...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 19 June 2015
Reasons to care about World Refugee Day Ambassador Earl Miller
This year, however, it takes on a particularly special meaning. According to the just-released Global Trends Report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), nearly 60 million people have fled their homes as refugees, internally displaced people or asylum...
Correspondent 19 June 2015
Formation of Special Economic Zones gathers pace
The objective of the Bill is to establish a public enterprise known as the Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZA). SEZA will be responsible for creating special economic zones that will make Botswana the most preferred location for both domestic...
Isaac Pinielo 19 June 2015
Botswana urged to embrace MDGs to SDGs transition
These are the views of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator, Helen Clark who says this would also allow the country to leap into the next phase of social and economic development. Set to be achieved by 2030, SDGs will kick...
Brian Benza 19 June 2015
BHC raises P43m from sitting tenants campaign
After a year of the campaign, about 144 Batswana managed to buy houses, which helped BHC to attain a 29 percent increase in sales of the old stock as compared to the year 2013/2014. The campaign, which was intended to run for a year only but has...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 19 June 2015
Sefalana expands manufacturing to support retail business
BusinessWeek: You recently purchased the milk producing company, Delta Dairies, just a few months after acquiring a fruit juice plant from Golden Fruit. Does this mean you are taking a deliberate focus on manufacturing? Osman: Sefalana already has a...
Isaac Pinielo 19 June 2015
Deformity at the hands of criminals
Three unknown men abruptly rained stones onto him. They hit him on the head and face. Then they beat him before leaving him for dead. Makhulu had just become a victim of a crime rampant in the streets of Francistown. As if confused...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 19 June 2015
Maun club owners express sour grapes over illegal vendors
The owner of the popular Fresh Exclusive nightclub slammed NWDC by-law officials’ for “failing to control mushrooming illegal hawkers and vendors who trade outside nightclubs.” He said club owners’ bone of contention emanated...
Boniface Keakabetse 19 June 2015
Govt approves land search for youth entrepreneurs
He said that his ministry intends to see young entrepreneurs succeed and become reputable businesspeople who can sell their products internationally. “I have presented your idea to cabinet and I am happy to inform you that it has been...
Pini Bothoko
| 19 June 2015
SADC boss calls for mainstream of regional aspirations in local government
The SADC executive secretary, Dr Stergomena Lawrence-Tax remarked yesterday that, though local governments are seen as critical players in implementation and achievement of the SADC Development Goals (SDG), this happens albeit at a snail’s...
Baboki Kayawe 19 June 2015
Molepolole family sue MoH for P1.9m
In the statutory notice of intention to sue, the family lawyer, Martin Dingake, said on 3 March, 2015 immediately after first plaintiff, a 20 year-old old mother, gave birth to third plaintiff, the nurse administered an injection for vitamin K...
Oarabile Mosikare 19 June 2015
Denial of ARVs, is denial of right to life � Justice Dingake
Justice Key Dingake of the Gaborone High Court yesterday ordered that government provide Zimbabwean inmate, Gift Brendan Mwale with the ARVs with immediate effect. Dingake’s order follows the one that was issued by Justice Bengbame Sechele in...
Mpho Mokwape
| 19 June 2015
Football mess, a ticking time bomb
The image of the game at organisational or leadership level has taken a major battering and a swift turnaround is needed. The Premier League, which is the bedrock of the game is having a leadership crisis and the sooner that is stopped the better...
Dennis Keagile 19 June 2015
Winter session of Parliament nears
It is estimated that the meeting, dubbed winter session of Parliament, will end on or around 7 August, 2015. A notice from the Clerk of the National Assembly especially encourages Members of Parliament (MPs) to forward their questions and motions to...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 19 June 2015
When Chiefs were Kings, there was no republic
Many writers, social scientists and political commentators ascribe the well built democracy to the traditions of the kgotla system which they view as the critical foundation of our current system of governance. I think in a lot of ways, the two...
Richard Moleofe 19 June 2015
The true history of the Weapon of Brilliance
In line with the gods’ stratagem that “mortals” must never be their equal (see Genesis 3:22-23), only the gods owned and operated this weapon. Ancient descriptions of the Weapon, detailed below, are sourced from Zecharia...
L M Leteane 19 June 2015
Jeweller finds home in art
If Kebakile had used her academic qualifications she would probably be working for international organisations such as the United Nations and perhaps end up as a diplomat. But she chose art and stayed home to design beautiful jewellery and...
Chippa Legodimo 19 June 2015
Candid Premier League assembly on the cards
The assembly was suspended to allow the BPL board to be briefed on some of the items on the agenda including the audited financial report. The assembly will also discuss the proposed budget and the motions. In the last assembly, former chairman...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 19 June 2015
Cllr on self- imposed exile
Lawyer Martin Dingake confirmed to Mmegi that Motlaleng, a member of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) left the country beginning of last month. Dingake said his client, who before the October general elections was reportedly kidnapped, brutally...
Oarabile Mosikare 19 June 2015
Boseto mine takeover gets creditors� nod
Pursuant to an application made by Standard Chartered Bank, Discovery Metals was early this year placed under provisional liquidation after failing to meet its financial obligations amounting to over $137 million (P1.3 billion), to various...
Brian Benza 19 June 2015
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