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In this week's paper

L M Leteane 03 August 2015

Magwele nge Ikalanga

Bakalanga bana ludo gwe kuti tjisi fe, ndinakuti nditi tjibaka nge tjibaka ndi shake ku kayila mwe nkalanga bugwele nge ikalanga ndisinga shingise tjijawobe. Mangoni anobe yapo hapa nshaka jalo nowana ili kuti nda kaya ne zina le Ikalanga laasaka...

Correspondent 03 August 2015

F/town Utd Grab All Awards

All award recipients were given certificates and various gifts sets, which were all sealed. United were crowned the women’s league champions in the 2014/15 season. The club also dominated the league awards as none of the players from their...

Faith Siako 03 August 2015

MP Warns Tafic Bosses Against Greediness

Speaking at the club’s fund raising dinner held at Adansonia Hotel on Friday, Billy said lack of professionalism and greediness among some senior officials are the reasons the club has failed to maintain the good performance it was known for in...

Chakalisa Dube | 03 August 2015

Gunners defend Regent Matebejana cup

Second half goals from new signings Deco Kgaodi and Tshegofatso Chimuku ensured that the Lobatse based side win their second Matebejana Cup. The first half game way characterised by tough tackles and a number of fouls with both teams looking to have...

Kabelo Boranabi | 03 August 2015

BFA Confirm Babitseng�s Sacking

Babitseng was elected as the vice president administration at last year’s general assembly. “Following the national team trip to Guinea Bissau, the BNSC found financial inconsistencies and mismanagement of the funds in respect of the...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 03 August 2015

Miss Africa Unveils Top Models

The models were unveiled last Friday at Rail Park mall before a large audience. After scouting for models in 10 cities, towns and villages around the country, the Miss Africa team finally found the talent and material they have been scouting...

Dumisani Ncube 03 August 2015

BTCL hosts top executives

Some of the executives at the stakeholder engagement briefing appreciated efforts by the corporation towards improving   service delivery by building a high performance culture. They urged BTCL, as the foremost provider of...

Correspondent 03 August 2015

Trim Fat, Analysts Tell Barclays Africa

Its stock fell 1.94 percent  to R183.28. The JSE’s other banks all rose, pushing the banking index 1.67 percent  higher. “It was a reasonably good result in the current environment. I think it’s pretty much what the...

Correspondent 03 August 2015

Women Urged To Discard Dependence Syndrome

She said this when giving the keynote address during the official opening of the third Northern women’s exposition held at Adansonia Hotel last Thursday. Masima said she has established a recurring trend whereby beneficiaries of...

Pini Bothoko | 03 August 2015

HATAB, BTO Partners With SA�s North West Province

The North West chief director of tourism planning Ishmael Kgokong during their regional marketing campaign in Botswana last week said this. In an interview with Monitor Business, HATAB Chief Executive Officer Lily Rakorong, he said that this...

Pauline Dikuelo | 03 August 2015

Safety At BCL Mine A Concern

The lives of Andrew Ofentse, Obonetse Jim and Tebogo Josiah cannot be replaced by any form of compensation. What is even more disturbing is the fact that this incident follows hardly five months after another that claimed the lives of two miners at...

Correspondent 03 August 2015

Local Musicians Deserve Better Pay

The music industry has had its own challenges in the past, and it still has challenges, mainly because it is a growing industry, with very little support and training. Of late reports from different media houses, show a shift, where locals outdo...

Monitor Editor 03 August 2015

Khama and JSC

Monitor Editor 03 August 2015

Metropolitan Bots Celebrates 34% Despite Economic Down Turn

Speaking at an event to recognise excellence in his company at the GICC, Augustin noted that four years ago their business retention was 56 percent , but today it is  82 percent . He paid tribute to his workers who continued to take clients...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 03 August 2015

IDM welcomes new students

Today the IDM University country director   Faith Tombale is scheduled to officiate at the Day one session, the official welcome, where various IDM departments are also scheduled to make presentations to the new students as they are...

Correspondent 03 August 2015

Bayport Donates Home In Moshupa

The four-roomed house was built for an elderly mother Neelo Kgosikwena Jobane who lost her house, which was burnt in 2012 and resulted in the death of two children. Speaking during the handover ceremony of the house  Vice  President...

Dumisani Ncube 03 August 2015

The Establishment Of The Protectorate (Part 10) � �Khama And Rhodes�

These same sovereign powers are echoed today in our country’s Constitution, which in paragraph 86 defines Parliament’s authority as follows: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament shall have power to make laws...

Jeff Ramsay | 03 August 2015

In solidarity with BURS workers

Customs and Exercise as a sector alone contributed P15.97 billion or 31.8 percent to the total revenue and grants in 2014/15 and projected to contribute 29.5 percent or P15.3 billion in 2015/16. Second only after minerals sector projected to...

Correspondent 03 August 2015

Jennifer Kobuoa Is Millionaire Sales Agent

She is hailed as the first ever salesperson  to reach that target at Metropolitan Botswana. For her feat Metropolitan Botswana recently sent her on  sponsored holiday trips for two to Russia and Dubai. On the glittering night of music,...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 03 August 2015

Who wears the pants?

‘Midlife crisis’ is a word we often throw loosely, even carelessly around. The only time I ever use the word is when I am disappointed with myself or with the other person, either way, it is never meant in a pleasant way.  Midlife...

Tumie Modise 03 August 2015

BA ISAGO takes first step into research

The forum saw academic and non-academic staff showcasing talent in research and contributing towards the mandate of the university. Dean of Faculty of Commerce, Oscar Chiwira said in a statement that the event was expected to grow and draw interest...

Staff Writer 03 August 2015

Orange Launch 4G and 3G Internet For Homes And Businesses

The move will allow Batswana to benefit from Orange’s highly innovative 4G network that is available in Gaborone, Francistown, Maun, Palapye and the 3G and 2G network in the rest of the country. “Konnecta” is a high-speed broadband...

Correspondent 03 August 2015

Eric Molale parades UDC activists

“We are encouraged by the fact that there is some unhappiness in our rival’s camp, and some of the people who defected to us are their former council candidates who did very well in the 2014 General elections; they did not win but one...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 03 August 2015

The life of a blind musician

In one special day recently, the villagers gathered at their kgotla for  blankets donations from a church. The chilly weather did not deter their attendance. Here we find one of the residents. Kethusegile Solomon  who is visually impaired...

Lebogang Baingapi 03 August 2015

BURS threatens strikers

In a memorandum addressed to the employees recently, the commissioner general of BURS Keneilwe Morris indicated that the employees were not eligible to participate in the current industrial action. “Employees whose salaries have been adjusted...

Mompati Tlhankane | 03 August 2015

Foreigners make 1.2 percent of Civil Service

Health has engaged 990, followed by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development with 302 serving expatriate officers. This is out of a total public service establishment of 108, 784. The Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public...

Baboki Kayawe 03 August 2015

No Past, No Future, No Hope and No Soul

Or perhaps it was a recent e mail from an émigré friend in the US which she ended with that famous, familiar quote of Seretse’s, “A Nation without a Past is a lost Nation, a People without a Future is a People without...

Sandy Grant 03 August 2015

Lotlamoreng Knows Barolong More Than Molale � Sebele

He said it is time for tribal leaders to contest for influential positions in the society. “We need our tribes to stand with us since the government of today has made Bogosi to be irrelevant. What Lotlamoreng has done is not surprising at all....

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 03 August 2015

Idris Fails To Crack The Rib

The Tanzanian was in the country as per his promise to tour all African countries that were represented in last year’s BBA show. In a previous interview with Showtime, Sultan revealed he has a foundation going on now, “which basically...

Sharon Mathala 03 August 2015

Kutlwano humbles Mafolofolo

It was not a walk in the park though for the Big House, as they had to come from behind in several instances to wrap up the first round of the league against their rivals. It was clear Mafolofolo came to Lobatse with a plan to revenge against Big...

Calistus Kolantsho | 03 August 2015

Confidential govt files stolen

Mystery surrounds a burglary that occurred recently when intruders broke into the offices of the RAC and stole nothing. They did such a clean job that officials who reported for work in the morning were stunned into complete inaction. What shocked...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 03 August 2015

Entrepreneur Finds Niche In Radio Communications

Merapelo told Monitor Business that a two-way radio is a transceiver, which can transmit and receive information mostly among employees within the same organisation but in different departments or areas.  “These are available in mobile,...

Pini Bothoko | 03 August 2015