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In Friday paper

Pini Bothoko 30 October 2015

China ends one-child policy after 35 years

The announcement followed a four-day Communist party summit in Beijing where China’s top leaders debated financial reforms and how to maintain growth at a time of heightened concerns about the economy. China will “fully implement a...

Correspondent 30 October 2015

P50,000 up for grabs in snooker final

The second prize is P16,000 and the player who finishes third will pocket P10,000. The competition is organised by an events company, Earth Life Africa. The tournament organiser, Marang Morolong, said they are excited about the finale and the stage...

Calistus Kolantsho | 30 October 2015

BDF VI target league title

BDF coach, Selebatso Mabutho said they intend to win all their remaining games. “We normally provide players with counselling before any match as a way of avoiding mistakes. Our camp has been hit by injuries, but the squad that is travelling to...

Calistus Kolantsho | 30 October 2015

Electronic registration worries First Division North

The e-registration system is a requirement for all teams affiliated to FIFA and it provides a database for all the players, for easy access and tracking of player movements. The regional secretary general, Rapula Gaotlhobogwe said the system...

Koketso Kgoboge 30 October 2015

David versus Goliath encounters in women�s league

Meat Girls are at the peak of the log standings with 13 points from five games while Legends are on 11th position having lost all of their games. The fixture look more like a walk in the park for the log leaders. However, Meat Girls’ coach,...

Kabelo Boranabi | 30 October 2015

BNSC concerned about hockey development

The championship is a Rio Olympic Games qualifier event and comes to an end on Sunday. Botswana men’s team was beaten 30-0 by South Africa and 19-0 to Zimbabwe. The side went to on be hammered 27-0 by Ghana and suffered a 5-0 loss to Namibia....

Calistus Kolantsho | 30 October 2015

A year after the Botswana 2014

What immediately struck me was the long queue of citizens, women and men, from all social backgrounds and ages, patiently waiting to act on their electoral right. All were smartly dressed and waiting patiently, chatting away to each other. Once they...

Correspondent 30 October 2015

Reckless Kgathi must apologise

He said this a day after the players had run away from their hotel in Francistown to seek refuge at Kutlwano police station after their world cup qualifier game against Zebras. The players later won a temporary reprieve thanks to the gutsy...

Mmegi Editor | 30 October 2015

Blatter was more like a black person dressed in a white colour

The majority of these men I must say were either cowards or they only saw Blatter as a colossus than one they could not challenge. The majority I must think had strong confidence and conviction in his leadership. For the less developed countries,...

Dennis Keagile 30 October 2015

Will the real Moses kindly step forward? (Part 3)

Therein, I showed that Moses was based in Lower Egypt (the north), from where he “worked” Thothmoses III, the pharaoh of all Egypt, while Joseph was busy working the Royal House of Upper Egypt (the south) – close relatives of the...

L M Leteane 30 October 2015

21st century fascism

Under advanced capitalism, Phillips rightly observed, the structural demands for a return on investment require an unending expansion of centralised capital in the hands of fewer and fewer people. The financial center of global capitalism is so...

Correspondent 30 October 2015

Reinforcing the need for a military doctrine

In doing so I will do my very best to not leave the un-militarised reader behind in sharing my viewpoint.  In my persuasive approach, I am trying to convince both the learned and the layman with my viewpoints on the issue of military doctrine....

Richard Moleofe 30 October 2015

Is Botswana ready for the backpackers?

Botswana has made it to the top spot on Lonely Planet’s Best Country To Visit in 2016 list.  The Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) seems to be happy with the listing as evident from the press statement they issued on Wednesday after the...

Thalefang Charles | 30 October 2015

Botswana�s National Monuments

Lentswe la Baratani Hill There are many legends surround Baratani, but the best known is about two young lovers who were denied permission to marry. Despondent, they tragically both flung themselves off the cliff to their deaths. Or, most likely,...

Correspondent 30 October 2015

Every hour is rush hour in Kampala

Setting foot on the streets of Kampala, one is met by an army of motorbikes locally known as boda-bodas travelling at lightning speed.  It is quite a scene to behold: women with bowls full of bananas on their heads, children selling edibles...

Baboki Kayawe 30 October 2015

Parliament should fight government�s xenophobia

This is after an embarrassing statement by the Minister of Justice, Defence and Security that no consideration would be given for the players plea for political asylum.  The statement by the Minister and his other actions lately on asylum issues...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 30 October 2015

GU start Mascom Top 8 defence

The defending champions will be playing their second game under new coach, Dragojlo Stanojlovic after parting ways with Rahman Gumbo last week. They have been blowing hot and cold this season, but registered a victory against Jwaneng Galaxy last...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 30 October 2015

The plight of an unsound mind

In the past, it was believed that mentally ill people had demons.  According to Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital senior consultant psychiatrist, Namendwa Kuboka Leech, mental health patients were subjected to all forms of torture and abuse in the...

Tumelo Mouwane 30 October 2015

Botswana students in SA advised against using campus libraries

This comes on the backdrop of the ongoing students’ protests against increasing tuition fees in South African universities. Although the authorities are still grappling to figure out the exact number of Botswana students studying in South...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 30 October 2015

The Metrophones to combine music and theatre

The show director, Gaosi Raditholo, told the media on Wednesday that the show would be entitled The heart of music rebirth. “The reason for all this is to re-launch the band and mark our five years of existence,” she said. Raditholo said...

Mompati Tlhankane | 30 October 2015

Cooking from the heart

Chefs are also classified as foodies. Burnt is a remarkably funny and emotional story about the love for food, the love between two people, and the power of second chances. Hangover funny man and American Sniper star Bradley Cooper (Adam Jones) is a...

Bakang Israel 30 October 2015

Careless driving claims more lives on roads

“Careless drivers are still the number one cause of road accidents,” Mabeo said when opening a road safety symposium. “ Other causes of road accidents are animals on the road, vehicle defects, driver fatigue and pedestrian...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 30 October 2015

Writing scary stories

Clichés are a problem because they create boring writing with no imagination behind it. These clichéd storylines can be used only if they are approached in a new and exciting way that can push the reader’s mind away from the...

Lauri Kubuitsile 30 October 2015

Sereetsi�s confessions and the renaissance of the four-string guitar

One evening, many years ago, a young boy saw an inebriated old man playing his guitar while passing by their house and followed him. The boy enjoyed the music coming from this dirty guitar old man and marched on with him. The astonished young fella...

Thalefang Charles | 30 October 2015

Barclays offers upfront fixed deposit account

An upfront-fixed deposit is a financial instrument by which a bank depositor agrees to lodge a fixed sum of funds with the bank for a fixed period at a fixed rate of interest. The money is usually fixed at the time the deposit is made. Speaking to...

Pauline Dikuelo | 30 October 2015

�Inform yourself�

Let’s start with modern technology. In the last month, I’ve been forced to remove twelve posts from our Facebook group because they appeared to be advertising pornography. In fact they weren’t linking to porn at all, they just...

Consumer Watchdog 30 October 2015

Business awards urged to broaden scope

Former vice president, Ponatshego Kedikilwe said this recently at the inaugural Private Business Growth Award where Sprint Couriers emerged as the winners. The awards were organised by Grant Thornton in collaboration with Business Botswana. The...

Pauline Dikuelo | 30 October 2015

Botswana towers over peers in trade reforms

This was said by an official of the  Switzerland-based institution at a workshop held here this week. Parliament ratified Botswana’s commitment to the TFA in June this year to become the second African state to do so and the eighth...

Brian Benza 30 October 2015

Econsult paints gloomy economic picture

The firm stated in its economic review of the third quarter of 2015 that the situation goes deeper than the current depression in commodity markets. According to Econsult, this reflects a number of longer-term problems such as unreliable supply of...

Isaac Pinielo 30 October 2015

Tempers fly as Dikgosi push for review of Bogosi Act

Kgosi Galeakanye Modise of Tswapong region had requested that the second House to ask the Government to make a holistic review of the Bogosi Act. Modise said the Act was vague and ambiguous in at least 14 sections hence the need for reviewing. He...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 30 October 2015

Market headwinds drag ODC sales down 35%

In the period January to September, ODC  sold 1.64 million carats of rough valued at $303 million.  According to ODC deputy managing director, Marcus ter Haar this represented a 35 percent drop in the value of rough stones sold in the same...

Brian Benza 30 October 2015

Modimo loses appeal with costs

The High Court had dismissed his call for a review of his charges and his guilty verdict to be set aside. The Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) found Abel Modimo of Modimo & Associates guilty of unprofessional conduct...

Mompati Tlhankane | 30 October 2015

Stimulus package could hurt economy � economists

In a recent economic review for the third quarter of 2015, analysts from Econsult Botswana, Keith Jefferis, Brandon Basele and Sethunya Sejoe argued that in some respects, the stimulus package could make things worse.  The experts indicated that...

Isaac Pinielo 30 October 2015

Selebatso acquitted of defilement

Magistrate Basetsana Keakantse noted Thursday that it is a prerequisite in a defilement case that the age of the complainant be properly established. In order to prove the age of the complainant, a birth certificate must be produced or any person who...

Lebogang Baingapi 30 October 2015

Foreign policy urgently needed � analyst

Speaking of the blunders and embarrassing utterances on international matters that the Ian Khama administration is prone to, the social and political commentator told Mmegi that only a clear foreign policy could help the situation. “The truth...

Chakalisa Dube | 30 October 2015

Africans benefit from the ICC processes � Bensuda

Addressing journalists yesterday at the Phakalane Golf Estates, Bensuda said that it is not true that the court is targeting African leaders, but helping the voiceless victims of the perpetrators. The African Union has accused the ICC of targeting...

Oarabile Mosikare 30 October 2015

Govt wins against Sinohydro

Yesterday the Court of Appeal (CoA) ruled in favour of the government following a 2014 decision by Lobatse High Court Justice, Michael Leburu, which required government to pay the P43m into a mutually held escrow account as directed by the Dispute...

Mpho Mokwape | 30 October 2015

Archeology student turns to art

Seabenyane, a multi-talented artist who has been in the industry for close to 10 years, has managed to establish her own art studio called Art of the Blue. She is into  painting, beadwork, curatorship, costume design, stage props, recycling,...

Dumisani Ncube 30 October 2015

Banna, itseng mabele a lona

Whether he is willing to admit it or not, every man for most of his life blissfully drifts about with little thought about his own mortality. Coupled with the masculine macho, both instinctive and taught socially, men are far less likely to concern...

Mbongeni Mguni | 30 October 2015

Not on my suit

Tefo Pheage 30 October 2015

NACA shutdown

The government has, amid tension and fear from stakeholders, resolved to dissolve National Aids Coordinating Agency (NACA), an iconic government organisation that has been instrumental in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Mmegi has established that...

Tefo Pheage 30 October 2015

Pioneering P42bn fuel producing plant for F/town

A joint venture private energy company, Coal Petroleum says it has commenced the development of a 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) Coal-To-Liquids co-generation and Fertiliser Project to be located in the Dumela industrial area of Francistown. The...

Brian Benza 30 October 2015