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Victoria Seiketso Sethibe 06 November 2015
BVF, Capital Motors to discuss new deal
BVF president, Daniel Molaodi said the BVF would go back to the sponsor with a view to renew the partnership for next year’s edition. The Capital Motors tournament is the biggest event in the BVF calendar and brings out the best from teams and...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 06 November 2015
Glory beckons for Selebi-Phikwe bowls club
The hosts are within reach of a sixth crown in nine years. Botsogo Health Plan is the main sponsor of the tournament with a total sum of P20 000. The tournament is one of the major ones in the bowling calendar and would be used to determine the...
Ivy Matlho 06 November 2015
Itekeng, Orapa United’s unassuming fortress
It sits calmly in the heart of Orapa, just a stone’s throw away from the bristle mining activity where the precious diamond is extracted. The stadium does not have the glitter of a diamond, but holds an enduring statistic. The home team,...
Mqondisi Dube
| 06 November 2015
Race intensifies for basketball slots
Third-placed Spartans face log leaders, Dolphins at the UB Courts tomorrow night. The match starts at 8 pm. Spartans face a rather tough assignment against a team that has not lost in the league this season. Dolphins have won all their eleven games;...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 06 November 2015
Funds throw spanners in Zebras’ works
Zebras’ coach, Peter Butler said they had wanted to play a friendly match before the crunch encounter against their bogey side. The national team was forced to shelve a planned training camp due to the Botswana Football...
Mqondisi Dube
| 06 November 2015
Sithole’s job ‘safe’ despite Paul’s arrival
The club’s communications manager, Clifford Mogomotsi confirmed the arrival of Paul who will replace Sithole’s former assistant Zaahid Jalal who has since taken the role of the team manager. Paul parted ways with Extension Gunners early...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 06 November 2015
Lovers search Itekeng history
Lovers have proved a hard nut to crack in their debut season and particularly rise to the occasion in big matches.The Ostriches on the other hand are a tough nut to crack with their last home defeat coming way back in August 2014, meaning the Itekeng...
Koketso Kgoboge 06 November 2015
Battle of allies as BDF XI, Chiefs clash
The two sides lock horns at the National Stadium at 7 pm in what is likely to be a highly tactical game. Sithole was the first to arrive in Botswana as a Chiefs coach and led them to number two position on the log in 2006 behind ECCO City Greens....
Koketso Kgoboge 06 November 2015
Horrifying weekend
From childhood we often read of stories of monsters and other supernatural creatures against humans, but last weekend Goosebumps added a little extra twist to those fairytales and myths. Like the name itself, Goosebumps is a special type of...
Bakang Ntshingane 06 November 2015
Young writer warns against straying from the right path
Some students in junior and senior secondary schools have fallen in the trap of abusing alcohol and drugs, and some seem to see school as a waste of time. A young man from Maun, Tumo Kenosi, has written a book, which is in a play form, addressing...
Maureen Odubeng
| 06 November 2015
Drawn to the art of batik
Before the year 2010, Rebecca Lekgaba Hilton was not always an artist. It never occurred to her that one day she would make a living out her then hidden creative skill. Five years ago while she was staying in Ghana, Lekgaba Hilton came across...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 06 November 2015
In SONA we are hopeful
The President will be facing an anxious nation that has spent the last six months with the pain of dry taps due to water rationing and the constant breakdown of the North-South water carrier. Anxiety will also be over how to resolve the water and...
Mmegi Editor
| 06 November 2015
BMD
Mmegi Editor 06 November 2015
Fallacy about war on islamic extremism
I think you’d agree that a doctor acting in this way is either deeply incompetent or flat out crazy. Either that, or she has bigger plans on her mind than actually curing you, like say, pumping up the profits at a cardiology practice where she...
Solly Rakgomo 06 November 2015
‘What is Consumer Watchdog?’
What is Consumer Watchdog? Consumer Watchdog is a division of its privately owned parent company. We’re not registered as a society, a charity, a NGO or even a church, we’re a private company. Who funds Consumer...
Consumer Watchdog 06 November 2015
SPEDU looks to curtail project failures
Members of Ntlo ya Dikgosi, who visited the agency this week, were curious to know the plans that have been put in place to ensure that the projects being implementing do not turn into white elephants. Previously, projects that were meant to improve...
Onalenna Kelebeile 06 November 2015
Trade deficit widens on softer diamond exports
Trade data released by Statistics Botswana this week shows that while imports remained relatively flat, the deficit was driven by a significant 34% decline in exports from P4.6 billion to P3.03 billion. An analysis of the data shows that the...
Brian Benza 06 November 2015
Cupric seeks P3.5bn to build new copper mine
The construction of the mine is set to start in late 2016 with the first copper shipment to the markets expected in 2018. In an interview with BusinessWeek, Cupric Canyon Africa Chief Executive Officer, Sam Rasmussen said the mine will produce...
Brian Benza 06 November 2015
Ruling to dissolve Matshelagabedi plant partnership upheld
The companies, Runicta Engineering and Garrick Operations, appeared before the Court of Appeal as a result of an appeal made by Garrick Operations requesting that the High Court ruling be overturned. The High Court had ordered that the partnership...
Isaac Pinielo 06 November 2015
Cattle farmers decry ‘impoverishing’ new tax
With the new Income Tax (Amendment) Act of 2015, government has exempted the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) from the 15% taxation and replaced it with four percent tax on money paid to farmers for the supply of cattle deducted as withholding...
Isaac Pinielo 06 November 2015
Who is the greatest Botswana president of all time?
As it is common knowledge, the sitting president is Botswana‘s fourth since the former British colony attained its sovereignty 49 years ago. Although President Khama’s term in office is yet to expire, the time he has spent in office is...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 06 November 2015
Masire takes the crown
“For me, without doubt, Sir Ketumile is Botswana’s greatest president,” declares Moeti in his response to Mmegi enquiries. As Botswana’s first finance minister, Moeti is forthright that Masire has laid the foundation and...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 06 November 2015
Moroka finally in court
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae represents Moroka whilst Letlhogonolo Makgane will represent Danster. The case is before Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa at the Lobatse High Court. According to papers filed with the High Court, the two will argue whether Moroka has a...
Sharon Mathala 06 November 2015
Sechele’s death haunts DPP in Rabana case
The late DPP boss was a key player in the case. His significance in the case was that he was the Gaborone Chief Magistrate at the beginning of the case before joining DPP as director whilst current Lobatse High Court judge, Leatile Dambe,...
Tefo Pheage 06 November 2015
Botswana’s National Monuments and Protected Areas
Otse Manyelanong Educational Game Reserve The 300-hectare Manyelanong Game Reserve, situated outside Otse village, approximately 50 kilometres south of central Gaborone, was established in June, 1985 to protect the Cape vulture colony living...
Correspondent 06 November 2015
BDP MPs plan rejecting Molale
Molale, who was specially nominated after last year’s general elections, resigned and stood as the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) candidate in the Goodhope-Mabule by-election in August. He lost to Umbrella for Democratic Change’s Kgosi...
Tefo Pheage 06 November 2015
Batswana losing hope in the President’s Address
Linda Manokora, a 60-year-old from Nlapkhwane village is one of those not expecting much from the speech. “We pretty much have an idea that the President is going to feed us the usual stuff and this does not impress us anymore because we want...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 06 November 2015
No excitement at the SONA
Nnana Gaditshwane, said she expects the President to tell Batswana long-term measures that will be implemented to uplift lives and create employment opportunities. She said that Selebi-Phikwe as a mining town should have more job...
Ivy Matlho 06 November 2015
Excerpts from last SONA
Economic growth and Job creation “Economic growth has been accompanied by a net expansion in job numbers; albeit not enough to absorb all those seeking employment. As of 2012 unemployment (18 and over) stood at 17.5%, down from 23.5% at...
Staff Writer 06 November 2015
Ugandan refugees secretly deported
A senior government attorney Morulaganyi Chamme confirmed the deportation in his affidavit filed in court on November 2, 2015. The Attorney General filed a notice to defend Commissioners of Police and Prisons, Keabetswe Makgophe and Silas...
Oarabile Mosikare 06 November 2015
UNHCR breaks silence on Eritrean refugees
This was after Mmegi made an effort to hear the UNHCR side of the story on the contentious issue of refugees in Botswana, particularly the Eritrean players’ case. In a response to Mmegi UNHCR said they are not aware of any intentions by...
Tefo Pheage 06 November 2015
Circumcision: Pleasure versus infection
Globally, circumcision was performed or is still performed for cultural or religious reasons and it is respected and valued. In Botswana, circumcision grew in popularity in recent years, as it was introduced as an alternative method of combating the...
Correspondent 06 November 2015
Calls for decriminalised abortion grow louder
Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) sampled views in areas such as Maun, Francistown, Mochudi, Kanye, Gaborone, Kasane and others. And the verdict is: Batswana want abortion legalised, but discouraged. The tour included debates and dialogue...
Sharon Mathala 06 November 2015
Gov't defies court
Musa Isabirye and Timothy Yamin were deported on October 25 following a prolonged scuffle with government over what the two termed the fight for refugee rights. Justice Lot Moroka of the Francistown High Court issued an order on October 23 that the...
Tefo Pheage 06 November 2015
Stimulus frenzy triggers company registration rush
Since the pronouncement of the ESP last month, the CIPA says it has recorded a significant increase in number of people registering companies. In addition, it has also been brisk business for company registration consultancy firms, with some...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 06 November 2015
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