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Pauline Dikuelo 11 January 2016

Inaugural Matjimansha tournament hailed

The tournament attracted eight teams from the villages of Marobela, Tjizwina, Makaleng and Nshakashogwe. Tournament winners, Nshakashobgwe Young Stars, walked away with P10, 000  after edging Mafungo FC 1-0. The runners up pocketed P7, 500....

Calistus Kolantsho | 11 January 2016

BCF adopts new selection criteria for Olympiad

BCF spokesperson, Keenese Katisenge said the criterion is different from the one used last year.  Players would be selected based on rating and player activity. She said the federation has adopted an open, transparent and objective approach that...

Calistus Kolantsho | 11 January 2016

Teams prepare for final stretch

Log leaders Township Rollers were in Rustenburg, South Africa for a mid season tour which saw them lose 4-3 to Absa Premiership side, Bidvest Wits in Johannesburg. One notable absentee from the Rollers squad was attacker Kobamelo Kebaikanye who is...

Kabelo Boranabi | 11 January 2016

Motsaathebe hijacked in SA

He was hijacked behind Lanseria airport, on Malibongwe drive known as the R512 road from Randburg to Harteetsproot dam and Brits.  Motsaathebe was with two business partners when the incident happened. “The hijacking took place at...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 11 January 2016

Who�s going where this January

Township Rollers Popa’s spokesperson, Phempherethe Pheto says the log leaders have not been active on the market and will only know once the team returns from South Africa where it has been training.   Orapa United Second-placed...

Koketso Kgoboge 11 January 2016

Zebras Ready To Kick On

Since taking charge two years ago, Butler had set about dismantling the old guard and injecting fresh legs, which is beginning to bear fruit. Burkina Faso and Mali were blasted in stunning fashion while Eritrea expectedly posed little threat and got...

Mqondisi Dube | 11 January 2016

Hamptons Jazz Festival returns to Duma FM grounds

The event organisers confirmed on Friday that they have decided to move the festival back to Duma FM Grounds because of a number of factors. Speaking to Showtime, Debbie Smith of The Hamptons said: “We have decided to move back to the home of...

Thalefang Charles | 11 January 2016

Incessant job cuts at Moolmans irks BMWU

In an interview with Monitor Business, BMWU general secretary, Mbiganyi Ramokate, said they are worried by Moolmans’s decision to retrench workers while negotiations between them and the company were still ongoing. “The mine has an...

Pini Bothoko | 11 January 2016

2016 Challenges

Pauline Dikuelo 11 January 2016

Asian fruit fly a threat to food security

Asian fruit fly is here, despite efforts by the Botswana Government, and the global community to finish it off. It continues to spell doom for our struggling farmers, as it does for the nation fighting natural elements to feed itself. Last week, at...

Monitor Editor 11 January 2016

Can the internet be governed and if so by who?

ICANN will instead survive as some form of international organisation, a process which in terms of staffing and oversight, as well as operations, has already begun to a limited extent.  Heretofore, ICANN and its key department, the Internet...

Jeff Ramsay | 11 January 2016

BCP moves to empower women for leadership

On Friday, the BCP women’s league trained more than 20 women across the entire party region at Tlotlo Conference Centre, which ended Sunday. The workshop was held under the theme ‘Women’s Rights Are Human Rights’. Opening...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 11 January 2016

Fruit fly invades Botswana fruit produce

The director of crop production at the Ministry of Agriculture, Galeitsiwe Ramokapane, said this last Thursday when officiating at the end of the Asian fruit fly management project here. The project was funded by the Food and Agriculture...

Pini Bothoko | 11 January 2016

BOPEU applies to the bargaining council

The council is considering the application today, a process insiders say it is just a formality as it is generally expected to pass, after BOPEU approached three other public service trade unions to back it and boost its membership. While last night...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 11 January 2016

Police investigate corpse�s missing leg

Acting Officer Commanding No. 2 District, Superintendent Olefile Badisang, confirmed to The Monitor that they have such a case. “On the 29th of December 2015, we received a report from Roscla Funeral Services that a leg of a 75-year-old corpse...

Bonte Seepi 11 January 2016

Two Sisters Torched To Death Buried

The sisters, Tuelo Mokgalo and Kgallelo Motlogelwa were badly burnt after the house they were sleeping in was torched, allegedly by a jealous lover. One of the sisters, Mokgalo, was pregnant when the house was burned down on that fateful night during...

Sharon Mathala 11 January 2016

Government Shortchanges Matsetsenkane

The government had promised to pay Matsetsenkane P700 each, but  P50 was deducted from each member’s offer without any consultation. The more than 30 Matsetsenkane, who were taken on the controversial trip, are expected to have cost...

Tefo Pheage 11 January 2016

Heat, Power And Water

Without means of storage with water tanks, it’s hard to understand how people were able to cope. Mmopane, Gabane and Moshupa, not least, were without water for weeks on end. Why was this not declared a disaster area? Or wasn’t it...

Sandy Grant 11 January 2016

I Survived 2015

This time around personal circumstances (and my wallet) forced me to abort my planned holiday and like many Batswana, I then opted to go home to my home village instead. Owing to its close proximity to my place of work, unlike many others, I get to...

Tumie Modise 11 January 2016

1896 Was A Year Of Ecological Crisis

Local livelihoods were also affected by such parallel developments as the imposition of Hut Tax, the outbreak of 1899-1902 South African War, and the completion of the Mafikeng to Bulawayo railroad. A significant long-term outcome of all of these...

Jeff Ramsay | 11 January 2016

My Star completes best of the best selection

The selected trio of Lazarus, Anita and Obakeng will make 20 contestants for the next instalment of My Star. The audition started with Lazarus making his way back to the show since 2008.  Then Lazarus failed to secure a spot in the Top 3...

Mompati Tlhankane | 11 January 2016

Violent Prison Sex

The convict, Patrick Botlhasitse, who was slapped with a 12-year sentence by Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo of Francistown High Court in 2012,  appeared before a three-man Court of Appeal (CoA) bench on Friday. Botlhasitse said the trial had failed...

Mpho Mokwape | 11 January 2016

Author demystifies the stock market in Setswana

Rasengwatshe, works under the auspices of “Ghettoprenuer”, an urban group of young entreprenuers said to have been  inspired by the streets on which they grew up. The book, a 52 pager, entitled “Se o tlhokang go se itse pele...

Pauline Dikuelo | 11 January 2016