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Bame Piet 10 July 2015

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Correspondent 10 July 2015

Firestone finds P80m buyer for BK11 Mine

Promoters of the mine, Firestone Diamonds announced this week that they have entered into a conditional agreement for the disposal of BK11 to a Canadian firm, Tango Mining for a total consideration of $8 million (P80 million). In a statement...

Brian Benza 10 July 2015

GU, Gunners hold crucial meetings

Gunners have scheduled their meeting for tomorrow in Lobatse, while GU supporters will converge at the University of Botswana in Gaborone on the same day.  Gunners’ meeting follows reports that divisions within the management are rife. GU...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 10 July 2015

There is no support � Makwala

Effectively, Makwala believes athletics will continue to play second fiddle to football, which receives millions of Pula in government grants and sponsorships from the private sector. The Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) has a five-tier...

Mqondisi Dube | 10 July 2015

BAA calls for increased funding

BAA vice president Glody Dube argues the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) should distribute government grants based on performance and not just popularity. Dube is adamant that the criteria used to reward the BNSC grant is more...

Kabelo Boranabi | 10 July 2015

Zebras continue to slide in FIFA rankings

The latest ranking shows the Zebras are in position  120 in the world and 35th in Africa. Zebras have been struggling to get good results with their last victory being against South Africa in the quarterfinals of the COSAFA Senior Challenge in...

Staff Writer 10 July 2015

Excelling BAA to get CEO

The Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng said plans to appoint a CEO at the athletics body are at an advanced stage.  “We are in discussion with the BAA to hire a CEO. The BAA president (Moses Bantsi)...

Mqondisi Dube | 10 July 2015

�Be careful of what you eat�

The problem is not just poor food hygiene, it is also an area full of charlatans. I have been told in the past that things would be better if we all ate a more traditional, perhaps even organic diet. But that is simply not true. The danger from food...

Consumer Watchdog 10 July 2015

Makwala pockets P20, 000 for record breaking feat

Makwala was the holder of the African record after running 44.01 in 2014,  but the mark was eclipsed by South African, Wayde van Niekerk, who lost on Saturday. Makwala reclaimed his record on Sunday with a blistering 43:72. The Director of...

Calistus Kolantsho | 10 July 2015

Sereetsi & The Natives billed for Durban, SA

This will be Sereetsi & the Natives’s first international performance since the act set the local airwaves alight with refreshing hits such as Thaa Kokome, Robete and Ke Boletsa Mongwe, which are on heavy rotation across the country’s...

Staff Writer 10 July 2015

Food, empire and colonialism

In return for receiving aid money and corporate investment, African countries have to change their laws, making it easier for corporations to acquire farmland, control seed supplies and export produce. Last year, Director of the Global Justice Now...

Correspondent 10 July 2015

Political funding key to nurturing democracy

“We did not have a helicopter to assist our travels around the country…” These were the expressions of some of the candidates who lost in the contest for various positions in the Botswana Democratic Party congress held last...

Mmegi Editor | 10 July 2015

SMMEs urged to take branding seriously

Matumba was one of the speakers at the KDM Global Luncheon Business Forum held at Tati River Lodge recently. She said strong branding is the backbone of every business and once one gets it wrong the whole business could go down with chances of its...

Lindiwe Mozola 10 July 2015

KK is the right man for the job

I say ‘at home’ because sport is his passion and has been his bread and butter his entire life. Above all, KK is a football fanatic par excellence. What an irony how this has turned out because he once worked with the BFA president Tebogo...

Dennis Keagile 10 July 2015

Inside Discovery Metals� troubled Botswana stay [Special Report]

With scores in attendance under white tents pitched on dusty sands on September 7, 2012, President Ian Khama officially launched the first of many mines on Botswana’s section of the 800-kilometre-long Kalahari Copperbelt. “I wish to...

Mbongeni Mguni | 10 July 2015

The painful plight of a landless farmer

It has now become a ritual for Iue Tjitemisa, 42, to wake up every morning and look towards this abandoned mining structure in the distance and curse. He will curse until he has had enough for the day. There is now complete silence where, just a few...

Ntibinyane Ntibinyane 10 July 2015

Bigger vision or nightmare

For years, residents of Botlhatlogo, Sehithwa and Toteng, were among the poorest in Botswana; in 2014, according to the government-run Statistics Botswana, found that 46.2% of the district’s residents lived in abject poverty. But the 2010...

Ntibinyane Ntibinyane 10 July 2015

Power imports decrease due to Eskom shortages

According to figures released by Statistics Botswana (SB) yesterday, the volume of imported electricity amounted to 451,092 Megawatt-Hour (MWH), when compared to 616,206MWH recorded during the first quarter of 2014. The shortages led the BPC to...

Isaac Pinielo 10 July 2015

Botswana�s statistical capacity declining

In a Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) report released recently, the World Bank says one reason for the declining performance may be the transition of Statistics Botswana (SB), which became an independent agency in 2010. “At the moment,...

Brian Benza 10 July 2015

Records Management key to economic planning

Speaking at the Information and Record Management Symposium, the Dean of Humanities at University of Botswana, Professor Andy Chabanne said filing is important as it saves information that could be used in making economic...

Pauline Dikuelo | 10 July 2015

Federations seek to address MPs

In the July 7, 2015 letter to the Speaker, the two federation secretary generals Gadzani Mhotsha and Tobokani Rari stated that,  “The purpose of this address is to seek to engage them on the trade disputes Bill, 2015  that  would...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 10 July 2015

Unravelling the mystery of the 144 000 (Part 2)

Firstly, why is the number limited to the tribes of Israel? Secondly, why is it exact and apportioned equally between them? Thirdly, why is it limited to men only since, in Revelation 14:4, they are described as “those who have not defiled...

L M Leteane 10 July 2015

Tshekedi Khama would have made a great president

“The few herds of my cattle which you saw at Mamosarwane are the result of over ten years of hard work and colossal expenditure, and it is only now that I am beginning to see the results and even then, the stock I have is nowhere near in...

Richard Moleofe 10 July 2015

Recent fracas and rules of order and decorum in the house

Pictures of an MP carried out of the chamber by the security personnel circulating on social and print media tell in part the extent of the problem in Parliament on that day. The social media is still abuzz with comments and debates on what...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 10 July 2015

Siele chuffed by UNICEF appointment

An upbeat Siele was yesterday unveiled as United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) advocacy champion. After the launch, Siele told Mmegi said his focus would be fighting teenage pregnancies and absent fathers since ‘these are depressing...

Baboki Kayawe 10 July 2015

Fraudsters benefit from ISPAAD

This observation was made by the crop production officer for Sese, Motsumi Motsumi at a farmers meeting on Tuesday. Motsumi said over the years, some farmers have been cheating the government by ploughing more than the stipulated five hectares and...

Lebogang Baingapi 10 July 2015

Court frees convicted SA drug trafficker

De Beer was early last year convicted and sentenced to a one-year wholly suspended two-year jail term for importing drug ephedrine into the country. He was also ordered to pay a P10, 000 fine. He appealed the sentence. When delivering judgment,...

Mpho Mokwape | 10 July 2015

Khama and the making of a sovereign nation (Part 2)

I mention these Setswana expressions to demonstrate that these principles are not mere imported slogans but are rooted in our social and political culture and lend themselves to vivid illustration and to interpretation quite sophisticated enough to...

Correspondent 10 July 2015

Peo University

Is it that as Batswana we are now caught up in this syndrome of ‘Botswana this, Botswana that’; Is it that we are not creative enough? Following the announcement by the ministry of agriculture that BCA is to transform into a university,...

Correspondent 10 July 2015

New BDP central committee diverse

Two words simply describe the newly elected BDP central committee: Very diverse. With the exception of Education Minister Unity Dow and businessman-cum-politician, Jagdish Shah, who are political greenhorns, the elected lot is a mixture of veteran...

Chakalisa Dube | 10 July 2015

The Khama agenda serves them an ace

The five politicians nominated by Khama include past immediate secretary general, Mpho Balopi and another former secretary general and legislator, Thato Kwerepe. The others are former Selebi-Phikwe councillor, Mmapula Phuduhudu who served in the BDP...

Chakalisa Dube | 10 July 2015

Bulela Ditswe corrupt � BDP secret report

This is one of the findings of the Siele Commission appointed by President Ian Khama to review Bulela Ditswe and to make recommendations on how the system could be improved following the 2014 general elections. The Commission was led by former...

Oarabile Mosikare 10 July 2015

Rogue operating system

If you have watched and enjoyed Lucy, Transcendence or Avengers Age of Ultron amongst others, then you better brace yourself for Terminator Genisys. Terminator Genisys is the fifth installment in the Terminator movie series, and acts as a...

Bakang Israel 10 July 2015

Confident Mariri vows to clinch Miss Universal International in US

Meet Supermodel One Mariri, who never lost patience and hope as she finally grabbed the crown that she had always wanted – the 2014 Miss Universal Petite Botswana. Next week she will be representing Botswana and Africa at the Miss Universal...

Dumisani Ncube 10 July 2015

Where are the Non-fiction Books?

Books about the trial. Books about Reeva Steenkamp’s life and her untimely end. I know for a fact at least three of these books, on which friends of mine worked, that were commissioned by publishers and were being written during the trial with...

Lauri Kubuitsile 10 July 2015

Thapong Members Exhibition impresses

On display was an array of equally stimulating and inspiring artworks by local artists of different backgrounds. The two-week long art exhibition themed ‘Thapong Members Exhibition’ opened its doors to members of the media and the public...

Lesang Maswabi 10 July 2015

Tsiane, Malesu face BNSC exit

The rejected four include treasurer, Boitshoko Tsiane and additional member, Ookeditse Malesu. Others are Irene Ntelamo and Keenese Katisenge.  Only two candidates, Daniel Molaodi and Gift Nkwe, got the thumbs up. Malesu, who has been serving as...

Mompati Tlhankane | 10 July 2015

Frozen accounts: Guma blames OP

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) late last month applied for a court order to have bank accounts belonging to Guma’s transport company frozen. In his affidavit seen...

Sharon Mathala 10 July 2015

World Bank warns Botswana...

In a Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) report released recently, the World Bank says while the reduction in reliance on diamonds, as the anchor to economic output is welcome, growth that is largely dependent on consumer spending is not maintainable...

Brian Benza 10 July 2015