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In Wednesday paper

Kennedy Ramokone 21 October 2015

Masire and Mogae

Mmegi Editor 21 October 2015

Lovers, Miscellaneous in battle of Serowe

Only three points separate the two teams; with Miscellaneous having 15 points, while Green Lovers have 12. The two teams are fresh from weekend defeats at the hands of giants, Township Rollers and Mochudi Centre Chiefs. Lovers lost 1-0 to Chiefs...

Bonte Seepi 21 October 2015

Gunners eye changes against Rollers

Gunners are playing their second game under Daniel Nare, who replaced Pio Paul as the head coach last week. His first assignment was a 2-0 loss to high-riding BDF XI last Saturday. Matches between the two sides have always been tricky although...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 21 October 2015

Hapless Motlakase vow to stay put

Motlakase, before last night’s tough encounter against Orapa United, were still searching for their first win of the season.  Before the league resumed, Chouka fired coach Dominic Changwe over payment issues and Pule Mogotsi has been in...

Bonte Seepi 21 October 2015

Amantle excited by multiple nominations

She has five nominations from Botswana Music Union (BOMU) awards for Best Female, Best Newcomer, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best RnB. She also has one nomination from Yarona FM awards (YAMAs) for the Best Single in the female category. She...

Dumisani Ncube 21 October 2015

Sereetsi and the Natives promise exciting performance

Music lovers have received the genius work of art, with open arms, enjoying not only the beats, but also the lyrical creativity, in capturing topical issues affecting society.  Come November 6, fans will get an opportunity to see the ensemble...

Maureen Odubeng | 21 October 2015

Huawei bridges skills gap in ICT sector

Ntwaetsile said: “We realised there was a gap between the theory the students are taught in schools and what the industry demands. In this programme, which we have already implemented in other African countries, Huawei will this year pilot the...

Staff Writer 21 October 2015

Stimulus package rollout starts next month

Giving a keynote address on Monday at the inaugural Botswana jobs summit in Gaborone, Masisi said the ESP was meant to diversify the economy and create jobs. He said the programme was open to everyone who might want to give ideas and suggestions....

Isaac Pinielo 21 October 2015

Climate change is unavoidable

As Batswana look to the sky for the much needed rains, they are greeted by dry heat and winds, with no sign of moisture. This is a very sad reality, which is expected to worsen especially in southern Botswana as authorities brace for driest season...

Mmegi Editor | 21 October 2015

BQA calls for recognition of indigenous skills

Indigenous skills include; pottery, leatherworks, beadwork, basketry, knitting, sewing, traditional dance among others. Speaking at the first job summit yesterday, director of national credit and qualifications framework at BQA, Andrew Molwane said...

Pauline Dikuelo | 21 October 2015

Russia invites partners to fight terrorism in Syria

Priorities of Russia’s policy in Syria are: firstly, strengthening Syrian state institutions, and secondly, organising a joint fight against terrorists by forming a united front with anti-terrorist forces in Syria and all those who are...

Correspondent 21 October 2015

Borolong welcomes ESP

The residents said this during a kgotla meeting Monday, to update them on the ESP by their area Member of Parliament, Fidelis Molao who is also the Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development. Giving the Village Development Committee...

Pini Bothoko | 21 October 2015

Uneasy reaction to paid circumcisions

The campaign, as reported in The Monitor earlier this week, is being carried out on behalf of the Centre for Disease Control (CDC. In a snap survey conducted by Mmegi yesterday, some people questioned the wisdom of the initiative, saying it was...

Lindiwe Mozola 21 October 2015

Ga se go rumolana

Nako nngwe motho a tseye kgamelo a re o ya go ga golo gongwe  kwa a go itseng mme a fitlhele go se na sepe. Mo go tse dingwe go tswedisiwe mme le gone e ntse e se ga sepe. Ka Motswana a re tsholofelo ga e tlhabise ditlhong, batho ba se ka ba...

Sebofo Motshwane 21 October 2015

The paper hat manufacturer

Local business initiatives were though, as far as I am aware, few and far between. The Protectorate Administration discriminated in favour of white businesses and generally discouraged both locals and Asian traders. The Dikgosi were not much...

Sandy Grant 21 October 2015

Ba mabole ba leboga BoBA, Debswana

Se jaanong go lebega se ntse se fetoga boammaaruri ka erile bosheng kompone ya teemane ya Debswana ya oketsa thata madi a e ntseng e rotloetsa mabole ka one, se bagolo ba mabole ba se lebogelang. Morago ga go rolwa madi a thotloetso ya kabo-dietsele...

Teichler Rankoa 21 October 2015

Balatedi ba lwela Dipitse

Lebala le lesha la kwa Bokone, mo toropongkgolo ya Francistown le setse le amogetse metshameko e le mebedi e megolo go timolola baagi ba kgaolo e lenyora la Dipitse le le ntseng le ba tlhasetse dingwaga di feta masome matlhano.  Motshameko wa...

Teichler Rankoa 21 October 2015

�White Collar Boxing� - Mabole A Itshidilo

Ka jalo magareng ga methale e le mentsi e motho a ka itshidilang ka one gona le wa go inaakanya le mabole. Go ya ka ramabole wa pele ebile ele morotloetsi wa mabole mono gae, Bond Ngubula, batho ba ka inaakanya le mabole go itshidila. Fela, Ngubula...

Oageng Batenegi 21 October 2015

Tona Makgato o butse lebentlele kwa Malaka

Godimo ga banni ba Malaka gone gole baeng gotswa mo metseng ee gaufi le bangwe balalediwa ba tlotla ba akaretsa mopalamente wa Sefhare-Ramokgonami/Tona ya botsogo Mme Dorcus Makgato. Moletlo o ne wa simolola bosele ka ntlha ya tiegonyana mo...

Correspondent 21 October 2015

O sekela dikgobalo

Se se senogile ka Mosupologo fa Baitudi, wa kgotla ya Nkosho, a ne a  itshupa fa pele ga lekgotla la ditsheko tsa Setswana morago ga go gobatsa Cathrine Garebatho, yo eleng mookimogolo kwa kokelong ya Letlhakane. Lekgotla le boleletswe fa...

Edward Pekenene 21 October 2015

Marara a kgwa tsina ya ngwao

Go ya ka mokwaledi mogolo wa Ntlo Ya Dikgosi, Moroka Moreri, letsatsi le le diretswe go ipelela ngwao le ditso tsa Setswana ke marara a lefatshe la Botswana ka e le bone ba eteletseng Batswana go ya ka merafe ya bone ka go farologana ga yone. A re...

Teichler Rankoa 21 October 2015

Bomme ba rotloetsa kgokgontsho � Sepodisi

Mo potsolotsong le mogolwane wa mapodisi a Serowe, Assistant Superintendent Bopelo Ntatiwa Bosheng, o tlhalositse fa seemo se e setse ele selo modiro. Ntatiwa a re ba begelwa dikgannyana fela tse di tsenang mo seatleng tsa kgokgontsho, mme fela...

Bonte Seepi 21 October 2015

Ruta ngwana, boloka isago � Lekaukau

Fa a rola molaetsa wa tshimolodiso tiro e, Monnasetilo wa Botswana Post Foundation, Mme Tshisimogo Lekaukau, o supile fa ba bone go tshwanela go thusa mo tlhabolong ya thuto mo lefatsheng leno. Lekaukau a re ga se lantlha ba abela lephata la thuto le...

Oageng Batenegi 21 October 2015

Debswana clears Jwaneng�s sewage stench

Residents of the mining town have endured the odour of sewage for a long time due to perennial spills caused by faulty infrastructure and blocked lines. The existing Jwaneng Sewer Scheme, which consists of approximately 88 kilometres of sewer lines,...

Lebogang Baingapi 21 October 2015

African states rally for greater tobacco control

Uganda’s principal medical officer, who is also the tobacco control focal person in that country, Sheila Ndyanabangi, said this at the just ended Legacy Tobacco Industry Documents Training in Kampala. “We need to form a network of...

Baboki Kayawe 21 October 2015

Former clerk beats govt in theft case

Delivering judgement on Monday, Justice Lot Moroka said that the basis of the application is that there was an inordinate delay that renders the trial fair, the delay induced prejudice to her in the prosecution of her defence and that the delays in...

Lebogang Mosikare | 21 October 2015

Police could still charge BCA students

Riot police clashed with demonstrating students on Monday, with some of the learners reportedly assaulted, as the two week-old strike at the institution reached boiling point. Students are demanding changes to their food system and are also angry at...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 21 October 2015

Suspected serial robbers denied bail

The men are suspected to be behind a robbery spree that occurred in the area at the beginning of June. Public Prosecutor Sub Inspector, Tsogo Rantopa, told the court that it was appropriate that the suspects be denied bail as investigations were...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 21 October 2015

BMWU in U-turn on suspensions

Yesterday, union insiders said the move came after the five suspended members threatened to take the BMWU’s new committee to court, in yet another chapter of tensions among the mineworkers. The suspensions had been slapped on former general...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 21 October 2015

Suspect profile emerges in CEO�s murder

Impeccable sources close to the investigation told Mmegi yesterday that witnesses had spotted the man exiting Montshiwa’s residence and driving off in a red Volkswagen vehicle, shortly after shots were fired. One of Montshiwa’s...

Sharon Mathala 21 October 2015

Thuto boswa � Sebego

Letsatsi ya bo ele la go ipelela moletlo wa kabo dietsele, mme mo lalediwa wa tlotla ya bo ele moithuti wa pele wa sekolo se, Tebogo Sebego. Ya re go amoganeng molaetsa wa letsatsi le baithuti, ba ba neng ba akaretsa ba lokwalo lwa ntlha go fitlha...

Zolani Kraai 21 October 2015

American artists in Botswana for cultural exchange

The trio Peter Clouse, Jacquelyn Gleisner and Jill Galarno on Monday presented some of their works to the yearning eyes of local artists at Thapong Visual Arts. Speaking during the event, US ambassador to Botswana, Earl Miller, said the project is...

Mompati Tlhankane | 21 October 2015

Airport contract battle reaches Court of Appeal

The appeal follows a 2014 decision by Lobatse High Court Justice, Michael Leburu, which required government to pay the P43 million into a mutually held escrow account as directed by the Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB). The money was to be held into...

Mpho Mokwape | 21 October 2015

Botswana�s annual steel import bill at P775m

Officially launching the factory here yesterday, Masisi said local steel demand last year was met primarily by South Africa and China. He said steel was a basic commodity required by any developing economy for infrastructural developments, mines and...

Onalenna Kelebeile 21 October 2015