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Tefo Pheage 19 October 2015
Eritrean 10 here to stay
“The respondents shall not remove from the jurisdiction of Botswana certain Eritrean nationals, all members of the Eritrean national football team, 10 in number, who on or about October 14, 2015 presented themselves to the Botswana government...
Oarabile Mosikare 19 October 2015
Troubled Fighters Hold Prisons XI
Fighters have not been training for a week and the players only met at the match venue. The two sides started the match in high tempo with Fighters getting a set piece after Kutlwano Sentsho was brought down in the 20th minute. The resultant kick...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 October 2015
Orapa Dominates Powerlifting Championships
The team from the mining town scooped; best lightweight, light heavyweight and the overall best winner awards, missing out only on two. Orapa’s Lelana Mphetolang won the overall best in the lightweight category followed by Francistown’s...
Koketso Kgoboge 19 October 2015
Rollers End Miscellaneous� Unbeaten Run
Rollers, who fielded a largely changed side after opting to rest their national team players, stay top. The game started in a frenetic attacking pace but both sides missed early opportunities, which meant it was deadlocked at halftime. A few minutes...
Bonte Seepi 19 October 2015
Heavy Beef
Kabo Mpaetona 19 October 2015
Rampaging Nico Humiliate GU
The game began slowly, but picked tempo towards half-time with GU enjoying the larger share of the possession. Kgololo Kgogobi and Thato Ogopotse had chances to give the visitors the lead, but fluffed. Nico United’s key player,...
Ivy Matlho 19 October 2015
Chiefs Edge Green Lovers
A second half goal from substitute, Senatla Molefe, gave Chiefs the three points in a game which was characterised by a number of missed chances. Chiefs made intentions clear when Lemponye Tshireletso made a good run down the left in the 10th...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 19 October 2015
Serumola Ready To Raise Botswana Flag in Mexico
After beating 11 other contestants in the national pageant, she will now compete against other contestants in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico from October 17-25. Serumola, who was crowned in March, has been working with SOS children. “I...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 19 October 2015
Triple Bill Dance Show Launches Today
The talented dance masters will also showcase a snippet of one of the dance stories that will be told during the Triple Bill Show. Mascom Chief Communications Officer, Tebogo Lebotse-Sebego will be the guest speaker at the event. The theme,...
Staff Writer 19 October 2015
BIHL Buys Stake In Malawi Firm
In a notification to the Botswana Stock Exchange, BIHL said the opportunity presented to buy 261,760,272 shares representing 25.1% issued share capital in Nico is attractive because Nico’s business is well diversified into a number of financial...
Staff Writer 19 October 2015
Passion Drives Kufigwa To Excel In Photography
Kufigwa is a 25-year-old man from Mapoka village who owns photography, film and graphics media company that has branches in Francistown and Gaborone. “The name of my company is Troy Icon Media and it started operating five years ago,” he...
Faith Siako 19 October 2015
SSKIA To Be Transformed Into An Airport City
Khama said this last week when he was officially opened the airport, which has been going through some expansion. According to Khama, government has decided to invest in the development of the airport and transform it into an airport city where all...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 19 October 2015
Botswana, Angola Strengthening Of Ties Ideal
Khama was given the honour of addressing the Angolan Parliament, which had been specially convened for the occasion. The visit was the first by a Botswana President to Angola. Dos Santos visited Gaborone more than a decade ago to cement ties with...
Monitor Editor 19 October 2015
Old Mugabe
Monitor Editor 19 October 2015
UPR Press Statement On Eritrean Asylum Seekers
On Tuesday October 13, 2015, the Eritrean national team played a World Cup qualifying match with the Botswana National Football Team. On Wednesday October 14, 2015, the players refused to board their plane home and were detained by...
Correspondent 19 October 2015
BDF To Attend Large Scale AU Military Exercise
According to Times Live, South Africa will host a large-scale military exercise featuring several African nations from October 19 to November 7‚ Lieutenant-General Derrick Mgwebi‚ the South African Defence Force’s Chief of Joint...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 19 October 2015
Back 4d Future: The Establishment Of The Protectorate (Part 20) � �The Dikgosi Meet Rhodes�
On the day of their arrival at the Cape, the three received by telegraph news that the heir to the Barolong booRatshidi throne, Besele, accompanied by Stephen Lefenya, was on his way and expected to catch up with them the next day. Although the pair...
Jeff Ramsay
| 19 October 2015
When Low Self-Esteem Beats You!
In textbook terms, self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself — how you feel about your abilities and limitations. When you have a healthy self-esteem, you feel good about yourself and see yourself as deserving the respect of others. On...
Tumie Modise 19 October 2015
Old Ways or New? Same or Different?
Different words for more or less the same thing i.e. Accelerated/Stimulus, Rural/Economic and Programme/Package. The government’s preference for the word ‘economic’ instead of ‘rural’ is worth chewing on. ARDP is, of...
Sandy Grant 19 October 2015
Orange �Pompa Lebotha� all for charity
One of the beneficiaries is the Lady Khama Charitable Organisation who has fostered a relationship with the network since the beginning of the competition early this year. On Friday it was another day that Orange unveiled two more winners who walked...
Mpho Mokwape
| 19 October 2015
Facebook wants you to spend all your time on Facebook
On Friday, the company officially shared news on its video plans, saying that it's testing "new video experiences" for its mobile and desktop versions. These include features on the site that will suggest related videos, let users multitask...
Correspondent 19 October 2015
Builders� Expo On The Cards
This year’s re-branded expo has attracted three sponsors. The sponsors include Botswana Housing Corporation, PPC Cement Botswana and Builders Warehouse. As part of the re-branding, the name has been changed from last year’s Airport...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 19 October 2015
Pinkie Setlalekgosi adopts a family of eight
Setlalekgosi tells The Monitor that she got to know about the family’s needs through one of the beneficiaries’ sons who had overtime bonded with her (Setlalekgosi). “ The child first came to my home when I was looking for boys for...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 19 October 2015
Young Mothers Reluctant To Breastfeed For Cosmetic Reasons
According to research, if every child was breastfed within an hour of birth, given only breast milk for their first six months of life and breastfed up to the age of two years, 800,000 lives would be saved annually. One medical practitioner...
Lindiwe Mozola 19 October 2015
Dignified life for disabled mom of two
Last Wednesday, Seapei’s new look home stuffed with all middle class necessities, was unveiled with fanfare. Built through the President’s Housing Appeal initiative, the two-bedroom house has been given a facelift worth P100,000...
Staff Writer 19 October 2015
Fluor Opens Botswana Office
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement and construction firm that designs and builds some of the world’s most complex projects. The company creates and delivers innovative and integrated solutions for its clients...
Staff Writer 19 October 2015
Private sector rallies behind first ever nursing conference
Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) Secretary General, Ruth Mokgethi, said in an interview that the conference has received massive support from the private sector companies in the field of health care, finance, banking, insurance, transport, logistics as...
Staff Writer 19 October 2015
Klink Passes On
According to his elder brother, Steven Ludick, the Roman Catholic Church where Klink was a staunch member will host a Memorial Service today (Monday) at St Bernadette Cathedral. “e-Botswana and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology where...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 19 October 2015
Lobatse Serial Stabber In Court
The accused, Oteng Kefitlhile faces one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder and unlawful wounding. The state alleges that on September 29th, Kefitlhile stabbed to death Lobatse senior secondary school (Lobsec), form five student...
Tumelo Mouwane 19 October 2015
Thamaga gang rears its ugly head
The attacks happened hardly a year after the thugs brutally killed a 66-old woman, Montle Gaadingwe in the neighbouring ward of Kgosing. Thamaga Police confirmed the attacks to The Monitor. Acting Station Commander Otsile Gaboinewe said they...
Sharon Mathala 19 October 2015
Eritreans Asylum Seekers Can Open Tin Of Worms
They have opted that they will rather apply for asylum in Botswana. I will do my best to detach this matter from politics. I will avoid the norm attached to every matter that takes the national centre stage to be used as a political gimmick. Rre...
Correspondent 19 October 2015
Gunners players after losing 2 - 0 against BDF XI
Staff Writer 19 October 2015
Zambia holds national prayer day to hold Kwacha from record drop
All football matches in the country were called off, with bars and restaurants forbidden from accepting clients for most of the day on Sunday. The president’s call for a national day of prayer and fasting gained a wide support from...
Correspondent 19 October 2015
TNT Elevates Dance With Exodus
The Exodus theatrical dance act is a play that TNT adapted from the book of Exodus in the Bible, which depicts the life of Moses and his fight for the freedom of the children of Israel from enslavement in Egypt. It was more of a dance play action...
Dumisani Ncube 19 October 2015
BDF XI Soar As Gunners Woes Pile
Gunners under new coach, Daniel Nare were desperate to return to winning ways but nothing seemed to work for them, especially in the first half. Amos Godirwang, who partnered Kemmy Pilato, was anonymous most of the time and lost possession in the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 19 October 2015
Foreskins For Sale
The campaign has got off to a poor start with only 612 males reached so far in the region and the strategists have now devised a plan to also pay recruiters who manage to deliver a person for circumcision P100 per head, or P1,000 for any ten males...
Lindiwe Mozola 19 October 2015
Perseverance Pays For Zwenshambe Farmer
The 55-year-old farmer is a regular competitor at the national agricultural show where she always gave a good account of herself with the grand prize however always eluding her. She nonetheless did not throw in the towel; she persevered and...
James Kgosi 19 October 2015
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