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BBC.COM 04 September 2015

�Scammers are still there�

The truth is simple. Scams are not going away and people are still falling for them. I know this and I have evidence for it. Firstly ask yourself this question. Why would a business still market products that nobody wants to buy? That would be a...

Consumer Watchdog 04 September 2015

Local basketball referee to officiate SA finals

Phokoje, who started officiating in the basketball league earlier this year, will officiate the three-game play-off as the Egoli Magic and Duzi Royals wrestle each other for rights to the throne. Phokoje told Mmegi Sport that he was invited by the...

Mompati Tlhankane | 04 September 2015

The Stallions jet in

Hordes of supporters lined up to welcome the team. The supporters arrived just moments before lunchtime to welcome the team. Even when it was announced that the team would not arrive on scheduled time, the fans remained patient. The team was...

Mompati Tlhankane 04 September 2015

Francistown catches Zebras fever

Freedom Bowane (49) “It gives us dignity. At last we get the recognition we deserve. All things were being done in Gaborone. More so our talented sportsmen and women, performing artists have moved there. We are sure they will move back home...

Lindiwe Mozola 04 September 2015

Lessons from Premiership�s opening four weeks

Premiership unpredictable As much as anything is possible in football, the past four weeks have produced shocking but interesting performances and results. While many expected both Township Rollers and Mochudi Centre Chiefs to dominate right from...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 04 September 2015

First Division South season kicks-off

Mogoditshane Fighters is expected to get off the blocks quicker after failing to win promotion to beMOBILE Premier League because of its loss to Green Lovers in the play-offs. The first assignment for Fighters is against Tsabong Black Rangers....

Calistus Kolantsho | 04 September 2015

Strife torn Rollers call special meeting

Township Rollers have called a special general meeting in a bid to restore peace at the strife torn club, which has seen a three-year boardroom tussle reach crisis levels. The date for the meeting has not been set, but the two factions fighting for...

Kabelo Boranabi | 04 September 2015

Dqae Qare Lodge: The marvel of D�Kar

There, wooden curved signs direct one to the reception. On the opposite is a garden thatched roof balcony that, according to the management, is used as a serving point for refreshments and meals.  The lawn beautifies the front view of the...

Zolani Kraai 04 September 2015

Dithubaruba to honour Kgosi Sechele I

The festival themed ‘Botswana Pele; Maropeng go a Boelwa’ will celebrate and recognise the role played by Kgosi Sechele I of Bakwena in the foundation of the nation as it is known today. The festival will also celebrate Borankana ja...

Staff Writer 04 September 2015

Master of disguises and pranks

Movie Concept and Cast South Africa’s naughtiest man is back to his funny antics again, tricking people and causing mayhem. Leon Schuster’s pranks and disguises make simple conversations with strangers you meet in public seem dangerous,...

Bakang Israel 04 September 2015

Govt drives uptake of science and technology

This development follows the SADC agreement that resolved that its members should commemorate STI after they observed that awareness in science and technology across the region was low and had resulted with investment in research and development...

Pauline Dikuelo | 04 September 2015

Phikwe safe as Letsibogo diverts to GC

It will continue to be insulated even when supplies from Letsibogo Dam are diverted to Gaborone, Mmegi has established. Letsibogo Dam, with a capacity of 100 million cubic metres, is presently at 41 percent,  having been drained from 77.5...

Onalenna Kelebeile 04 September 2015

Goodhope Senior wilts in the southern sun

For all the glory at its establishment in February 2008, the grand structures are now a testament to the futility of inescapable aridity. Even though water has always been a problem at Goodhope Senior, acting deputy school head, Kabelo Mogopodi,...

Tumelo Mouwane 04 September 2015

Of diarrhoea, health and the water crisis

During a briefing on the recent outbreak in Ramotswa recently, the ministry’s head of communication and public relations, Doreen Motshegwa said that even if the water situation could not directly be identified as the cause of the disease,...

Baboki Kayawe 04 September 2015

�Thirst for learning� turns too real

Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Kitso Mokaila uttered these words yesterday in his first public briefing as the maelstrom around recent water shortages in the country’s south darkened. Public schools are open in the face of...

Baboki Kayawe 04 September 2015

E-payments takeover as �swiping� transactions rise 150%

The Bank of Botswana (BoB) statistics show that from 2010 to 2014, the number of transactions through the use of EFTPOS increased from 8.7 million worth P3.1 billion to 22 million worth P4.9 billion. This has also resulted in reduction of the use of...

Isaac Pinielo 04 September 2015

BMC sees light at end of the tunnel

With the parastatal having been at, or near the bottom, in the past three years, there are already signs that the turnaround strategy is starting to deliver results. By the end of 2014, BMC recorded revenue of P1.16 billion from 144,000 cattle that...

Isaac Pinielo 04 September 2015

Small businesses bear the brunt

Street catering and car washes are the most common small businesses whose day-to-day operations rely on steady water supply.  The food catering business, which has become wildly popular over the years, and is mostly carried out at the...

Mpho Mokwape | 04 September 2015

Khama�s three musketeers

The government spokesperson Jeff Ramsay said Khama, in accordance with Section 97 of the Constitution of Botswana, appointed the tribunal to inquire into the conduct of four judges of the High Court. The suspended judges are Key Dingake, Mercy...

Staff Writer 04 September 2015

Teachers� Unions wary of looming BEC Act

Government is taking the bill amending the Act to Parliament in November. The existing law places the responsibility for invigilation on the BEC, not on the teachers. “We are yet to meet with the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) to discuss the...

Baboki Kayawe 04 September 2015

Teacher gets three years for molesting pupils

The case, which started in 2012, has been dragging before Principal Magistrate Clifford Foroma due to postponements. Ten witnesses gave evidence for the state during the trial. Passing judgement, the magistrate said that Modibedi is a disgrace to...

Boniface Keakabetse 04 September 2015

Govt loses over P3m in cigarette smuggling

Recently, the British Tobacco Botswana, in collaboration with the Botswana Police Service embarked on an intelligence led operation on the proliferation of illicit tobacco from neighbouring South Africa. Head of the operation, Deputy Sergeant Hendrik...

Sharon Mathala 04 September 2015

Don�t execute me

Through a notice of motion on September 2, 2015, Gabaakanye indicates that he wants to move an urgent application to seek an interim interdict against the President and others on the execution. According to the papers, he would challenge that the...

Mpho Mokwape | 04 September 2015

Water crisis affects manufacturers

This year manufacturers report that they are being forced to frequently stop production due to the impact of the water cuts. According to Botswana Exporters and Manufacturers Association (BEMA) president, Nkosi Mwaba, the manufacturing sector is the...

Mpho Mokwape | 04 September 2015

UDC just being childish � Mokaila

Responding to questions from journalists yesterday, Mokaila said that he was appalled at the demonstration especially that the ministry has tried to explain the current water and energy challenges. “I made a presentation to Members of...

Bame Piet 04 September 2015

African human trophies in western museums

Britain has recently revealed that it is currently negotiating with Zimbabwe over the repatriation of human remains, belonging to fighters from Zimbabwe’s struggle against British colonizers, currently displayed in the Natural History Museum of...

Correspondent 04 September 2015

How denominationalism destroyed christianity- part 1

It is not easy to convert to Christianity solely because it is confusing and frustrating to extract truth within the religion. Because you have one church over here that is teaching this practice and another church that is teaching the opposite. One...

Correspondent 04 September 2015

Expansion of Matshelagabedi plant nears completion

The expansion follows a contract that the BPC signed with APR Energy to expand the capacity of Matshelagabedi power plant from 70 MW to 105 MW. According to BPC Chief Executive Officer, Jacob Raleru the expansion of the plant will be ready for...

Pauline Dikuelo | 04 September 2015

Reforms key to unlocking manufacturing industry growth

The sector is said to be the vehicle towards rapid sustainable economic growth. Speaking at a Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) workshop held to establish manufacturing sector committees, Mabena said there is need for the introduction of a...

Isaac Pinielo 04 September 2015

Bargaining Council VS Government

Isaac Pinielo 04 September 2015

Face the press; emulate Mokaila

This shortage is likely to result in closure of some companies, job losses, relocation of investors to other countries, and even a recession. To a larger extent the government is to take blame for this mess, equally as climate change. The government...

Mmegi Editor | 04 September 2015

Setswana in the very roots of mankind (Part 4)

In any case, the following African peoples – to mention a few – have Flood stories: the Yuroba, Efik-Ibibo, and Ekoi of Nigeria; the Bakongo, Basonge and Bena-Lula of the DRC, and the Masai, Komililo-Nandi, Kwaya and Kikuyu of East...

L M Leteane 04 September 2015

BDF is sitting on an HR time bomb

The US has had such an exercise much earlier right after the fall of Communism. Their force reduction exercise was known as the drawdown. This project affected all other NATO forces because the perceived threat was now gone. The reduction of...

Richard Moleofe 04 September 2015

Reform Standing Orders of Parliament

Therefore, key to reforming Parliament in the process of democratisation is the review of not only the Constitution and the Powers no Privileges law, but also the Standing Orders. The Standing Orders of Parliament are a serious impediment to...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 04 September 2015

Kalahari killings

The book is about the killing of two British pilots, Gordon Edwards and Walter Adamson, who were training to become pilots in camps in Zimbabwe during World War II (WWII). On a routine exercise in October 1943, they got off track, ran out of fuel,...

Lauri Kubuitsile 04 September 2015

No quick relief for parched Gaborone

With another shutdown scheduled for today, and due to inflict a 75 percent deficit for the next few days, Mmegi Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, reports the words of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources minister, Kitso Mokaila who carries the...

Mbongeni Mguni | 04 September 2015

Possible UDC, BCP merger to upset BDP

With the recent winds of change blowing across the opposition bloc, there is likelihood of future upsets.  This is especially so if the sleeping giant in the  opposition, Botswana Congress Party (BCP), joins the UDC. In fact, a BDP senior...

Ryder Gabathuse | 04 September 2015

The enthralling San healing dance at Kuru

The event opened with a San healing and ritual dance that attracted hundreds of Batswana from as far as Kasane, Shakawe, Tsabong, Bokspits, Moshupa and Gaborone. On the eve of the official opening all the participating San groups from various...

Zolani Kraai 04 September 2015

It�s Zebras vs Stallions

Peter Butler’s troops started the qualifiers on a bad note, losing 2-0 to Uganda (the Cranes). A loss tomorrow will all but end their interest in the competition as only the group winners and three best place runners up make it to Gabon in...

Chakalisa Dube | 04 September 2015

Banks innovate to woo cheaper deposits

As the liquidity dearth heightened in the past year, commercial banks have found themselves paying astronomical interest rates to attract funds, a cost that is chomping into their profit figures. For the full year to June 2015, FNBB saw its interest...

Brian Benza 04 September 2015