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Thuso Palai 09 October 2015

BNSC suspends Judo VP

BSNC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng confirmed the suspension saying it was over leaked information to the media. Reikeletseng said Kim’s suspension followed an agreement reached at a BJF mediatory meeting a month ago, that members should not...

Zolani Kraai 09 October 2015

BWF hosts wrestling tournament in Selebi-Phikwe

BWF president, Moagi Sharp said the tournament is expected to help the young wrestlers monitor their performance ahead of the Gaborone competition. Sharp said 35 wrestlers from all government primary schools in the country are expected to take part...

Ivy Matlho 09 October 2015

Sedimo starts work as BNSC CEO

Sedimo, formerly the Director of Sports and Recreation (DRS), is expected to steer the commission on its new path. BNSC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng confirmed Sedimo’s appointment who began his duties on Monday. The transformation from the...

Staff Writer 09 October 2015

Cops invade Big House

Kutlwano, affectionately known as Big House, has a score to settle with the Cops. At the end of the 60 minutes, one of the two will walk away with Capital Motors Top 8 title. The battleground is Molepolole Institute of Health Sciences (IHS). A lot...

Calistus Kolantsho | 09 October 2015

Kutlwano target sixth Capital Motors title

Kutlwano have dominated the competition, winning five out of the seven editions since its inception in 2008. They have won the last two editions and stand a good chance of making it three in a row and sixth overall. Kutlwano tactician, Dopp Popo...

Calistus Kolantsho | 09 October 2015

Nthaga on the spotlight as Boys, Letlapeng clash

Nthaga led Letlapeng to the Premier League two seasons back before leaving to join Rolling Boys. It will be interesting to see how Nthaga will perform against his former side. Letlapeng have roped in experienced coach, Enos Mmesi. The coach has been...

Calistus Kolantsho | 09 October 2015

Sebego says FIFA events unfortunate

“It is very unfortunate. It is not good for the image of football and will take time for football to recover,” Sebego said yesterday. Valcke had already been put on leave by FIFA. A statement from FIFA says the duration of the bans may...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 09 October 2015

Red tape delays grant disbursement

BPL chief executive officer, Bennett Mamelodi, told Mmegi Sport that the payment process at DBS is lengthy but has since been sorted out and clubs were expected to receive their grants this week. “The process includes tax clearances amongst...

Kabelo Boranabi | 09 October 2015

Oule hitmaker Momo�s legacy lives on

While the Island Archipelago of Comoros-born artist had been in music for a long time, Oule is the song, which elevated his status as a musician. The song was a hit with people of different ages and backgrounds, and could hear people humming or...

Staff Writer 09 October 2015

Evolution of Hip Hop

Local cinemas were abuzz over the weekend as this film transformed theatres more into a hip-hop concert atmosphere banging with the sounds of hip-hop moguls Ice Cube, Dr. Dre as well as their iconic rap group Niggas With Attitude (N.W.A). By the way...

Bakang Israel 09 October 2015

Abused coaches their own worst enemies

The axe has already claimed Boyo ‘Oris’ Radipotsane at Jwaneng Galaxy, Kenneth Mogae at FC Satmos and inevitably, Pio Paul at Extension Gunners. The Gunners management seems to think that Pio’s assistant, Oupa Kowa, could do the...

Dennis Keagile 09 October 2015

Exciting poetry things happening

The October event’s line-up includes both English and Setswana acts and looks exciting, so far it includes (others are still to confirm at the time of writing): Leshie Lovesong, Gomolemo Motsamai, Sereetsi and the Natives, Moroka Moreri,...

Lauri Kubuitsile 09 October 2015

Molokomme advocates for indigenous languages

She said that it was vital for children to know their indigenous languages because it gave them the foundation to learn their culture. Molokomme was the guest speaker at the annual Domboshaba cultural festival over the weekend. This year’s...

Pini Bothoko | 09 October 2015

Domboshaba trust seeks to improve site

The area where the festival is held just lies in the vicinity of the Domboshaba ruins. The festival coordinator, Chigedze Chinyepi could not give a timeframe as to when the facility would be improved because the board was still looking for money....

Pini Bothoko | 09 October 2015

A speech may have caused all this

CJ had delivered a well-refined speech that touched a lot on the judicial independence and many believed it was the hand of Dingake who for many years, as a judge of the High Court had been vocal and advocated for judicial independence. According to...

Mpho Mokwape | 09 October 2015

Sanctioned terrorism

What is left unmentioned and unrecognised in our collective psyche is the kind of terrorism that has been deliberately obfuscated: sanctioned terrorism or terrorism with a license—sanctions. The fact that scholars have identified over 100...

Solly Rakgomo 09 October 2015

The Momo I knew!

As one of the people who had met and interviewed Momo in my past life as a newspaper scribe and eventually took our relationship beyond the newsroom, I felt the urge to jot down this piece and share with you my experience with this humble but much...

Correspondent 09 October 2015

Change is good but...

Change can also be bad when not handled well. The very people it was intended to benefit, if it is poorly communicated to them, can reject it. In fact, if not properly handled, it can cause confusion and be abused by some unscrupulous characters in...

Mmegi Editor | 09 October 2015

Khama and the constitution

Mmegi Editor 09 October 2015

The �epic� is at high-altitude, but you won�t see it

These daring stuntmen and -women- are dressed in colourful wingsuits, folded parachutes snugly  secured to their backs like suckling babies to their mothers’ backs. They keep touching and checking these as in a few seconds their lives...

Thalefang Charles | 09 October 2015

To the brink and back

LOBATSE:  A sombre, emotional atmosphere recently hung over the Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital in Lobatse. Sbrana, now five-years-old, is a 300-bed modern facility, which operates as the country’s premier mental illness hospital and the...

Tumelo Mouwane 09 October 2015

Poor man�s diamond moves out of reach

It is everywhere, it looks free and if you take it, usually no one is watching or notices. And, with residential construction booming in Greater Gaborone, each load is fetching higher and higher amounts. River sand, formed by natural weathering of...

Mbongeni Mguni | 09 October 2015

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

There are about 1.38 million new cases and 458,000 deaths from breast cancer each year. Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer in women worldwide, both in the developed and developing countries. In low-and middle-income countries the...

Staff Writer 09 October 2015

�Itse mabele a gago�

October is set aside by the world community to educate the public on the prevention and control of breast cancer as well as draw attention to the burden of breast cancer. This year Botswana is commemorating this event under a very distinctive theme,...

Correspondent 09 October 2015

Farmers urged to grow more drought-resistant crops

The Ministry of Agriculture principal crops officer, Maria Tsamaase said this at the launch on Tuesday of a project called Letsema by Steve n Lesedi Farmville.  The launch brought together stakeholders in the farming community who included...

Lebogang Baingapi 09 October 2015

�The Brits are catching up with us�

For instance, goods bought by consumers in the UK must now be “of satisfactory quality”. Ok, that brings them to our level. You will remember that our Consumer Protection Regulations (enacted fourteen years ago) require suppliers to...

Consumer Watchdog 09 October 2015

Machailo-Ellis leaves Business Botswana

The Bureau for Employers’ Activities in Geneva, Switzerland is an integral member of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team that provides technical support and guidance to a particular region. A press statement from Business Botswana...

Staff Writer 09 October 2015

Going pink as cases march on

From 2003 to 2007, breast cancer was the third leading cancer-affecting women in Botswana and contributed to 15.4 percent of the total new cancer cases diagnosis. However, the Health Ministry’s chief health officer, Veronica Leburu yesterday...

Baboki Kayawe 09 October 2015

Glass manufacturing is just not viable � BDC boss

Appearing before a Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises yesterday, Gaetsaloe said the glass plant, which is under liquidation, carries too much risk and it was always going to be difficult to turn it into a commercially...

Brian Benza 09 October 2015

Talks to transform TKR into a multi-purpose corridor begin

The low oil prices have dragged down the global commodity industry thus hurting Botswana’s copper and coal industries and resultantly the viability of the $15 billion TKR. In an interview with BusinessWeek, coordinator of coal development...

Pauline Dikuelo | 09 October 2015

BURS re-engineers revenue collection

The transformation is designed to create long lasting sustainable improvement in the speed and quality of change within the revenue service. BURS is responsible for the assessment and collection of tax revenues comprising: Capital Transfer Tax,...

Isaac Pinielo 09 October 2015

BOSETU donates to �destitute� teachers

The teachers shared a house, which burnt to the ground due to a blaze allegedly caused by a faulty electric cable last month and were left with empty-handed. Handing over the furniture, BOSETU vice secretary general, Innocent Mannathoko said the...

Tumelo Mouwane 09 October 2015

NGO council to host inaugural stakeholder forum

The forum will be held under the theme ‘strengthening strategic partnerships for development’. Briefing the media yesterday, council chairperson Bookie Kethusegile said the purpose of the upcoming forum was to discuss issues of national...

Mompati Tlhankane | 09 October 2015

Summit on job-creation imminent

The inaugural Job Summit, which is expected to be an annual event will see experts in different sectors of the economy converge to share ideas on the economy as well as come up with resolutions to create sustainable industries for job creation. This...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 09 October 2015

Former prosecutor sues DPP

Motseta, the former Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) employee filed an urgent application before Lobatse High Court last month. His notice of motion filed on August 13, 2015, states that he was dismissed from work without any reason after...

Mpho Mokwape | 09 October 2015

Botswana urged to lift judges� suspension

The appeal followed a High Court judgement this week dismissing the judges’ case to have their suspension lifted. Justices Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang were suspended on August 28, 2015 for alleged misconduct...

Oarabile Mosikare 09 October 2015

Batswana�s worst enemy is state media � panelist

During a panel discussion organised by the University of Botswana (UB) Democracy Research Project on Wednesday, Mogapi said the state media gave Batswana a one-sided story, something he argued was worse than spy agents. The theme of the debate was...

Staff Writer 09 October 2015

EU pledges support for rights of minorities

The pledge, which is geared towards activities meant for the protection of human rights of minority groups in the country, was launched yesterday at Sanitas Garden in Gaborone. The three other organisations to receive the funding include Stepping...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 09 October 2015

Suspected serial rapist faces 11 counts of rape

Chipo David, 33 was arrested early October for a string of rape incidents that allegedly started four years ago.According to charge sheet, his first rape was in April 2011 and the last one in July 2015. The court heard how, on April 21 2011 at...

Sharon Mathala 09 October 2015

BDP to ponder re-admission of mekoko

According to some delegates, topping the agenda is the issue of resolution of accepting independent candidates (mekoko) back into the party.  Also on the agenda are team-building, campaigns on positions of central committee, party performance,...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 09 October 2015

Guardroom cost raises eyebrows

Councillors, who smelled a rat, complained that the amount spent on the guardroom was too steep compared to its “small” size. The guardroom, initially budgeted for P118,000,  has a mini shower and a toilet. Councillor Oarabile...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 09 October 2015

Taking Parliament to the people initiative good but...

It is at these Kgotla meetings that the Speaker, representing the National Assembly, gets to interact with ordinary Batswana and sensitise them on what is Parliament and its role.These meetings are attended by the Speaker and her staff, notably the...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 09 October 2015

The relationship between doctrine and strategy

Unless we have a National Security Strategy which is a nationally encompassing document for all our security apparatus, the military cannot develop a sound doctrine. Doctrinal issues are founded on the NSS. In one way or the other, there is an...

Richard Moleofe 09 October 2015

Unmasking the historical identity of Nimrod

Therein, he is recorded as the son of Cush, who was the son of Ham the son of Noah; Noah being the grand patriarch whose family was the sole survivor of the Great Flood. Historically, though, the character Nimrod is difficult and elusive to identify,...

L M Leteane 09 October 2015

Ketshotseng sells dreams

Artistic painter Kenny Ketshotseng has managed to draw inspiration to work on his various paintings and artwork from dreams that take place during his sleep. “When I wake up I write down what transpired in my dreams so that I will not forget...

Dumisani Ncube 09 October 2015

Divisions thwart Rollers peace efforts

A weekend special general meeting had appeared to paper deep divisions, but it has emerged interim committee members are pulling in different directions. This comes despite presenting a united front at the Saturday meeting. Rollers members tasked...

Mqondisi Dube | 09 October 2015

The judicial fall out

The news that the Judicial Service Commission chaired by Dibotelo had reported four judges, including Dingake in July, to the police thus came as surprise. Justices Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang were named as the judges...

Bame Piet 09 October 2015

CEDA in dicey impasse with VPB

At the centre of the standoff are differing opinions between the parties over how to value some of the investments that VPB had made on behalf of the agency under the CEDA Venture Capital Fund (CVCF). Under a 10-year deal, VPB was in 2003 tasked to...

Brian Benza 09 October 2015