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Sharon Mathala 19 January 2016

SADC to suspend Lesotho

As he walked out of the meeting to head to the airport back to Lesotho, Mosisili looked angry, something that raised greater interest among the information-starved contingent of local and international media outside the meeting room. President Ian...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 19 January 2016

Lesotho

Sharon Mathala 19 January 2016

Twitter network down for many users after technical fault

Some mobile users are also unable to read or post tweets to the network, which has over 300 million active members. Twitter chose to communicate the problem via a tweet, in which the firm said it was aware of the problem. A spokesman for Twitter...

BBC.COM 19 January 2016

Defiant Sankoyo eye more signings

The two strikers were expected to be in Maun on Monday, with the club also eyeing two to three players in the premiership. Tiiso said he told the committee to let go those players who have expressed desire to leave. “I am not worried about the...

Tumelo Mouwane 19 January 2016

Praise for outgoing Olopeng

Olopeng announced his resignation at a First Division North meeting held at Kutlwano Police over the weekend. He has been at the helm for six years and is tipped to stand for a post at the forthcoming Botswana Football Association (BFA) general...

Koketso Kgoboge 19 January 2016

Ground-less BRU pays Hogs over P100,000

The national team uses Wharic Park for training and that comes at a cost. A source said Hogs is the dominant team as evidenced by the composition of the BRU committee. The BRU president, Elijah Jones, is a Hogs member. The source said companies...

Calistus Kolantsho | 19 January 2016

National Stadium upgrade to finish in August

The Minister of Infrastructure, Science and Technology, Nonofo Molefhi told Mmegi Sport yesterday the contractor has been told the stadium renovations should be finished by August. There are concerns over delays in completing national projects, but...

Mqondisi Dube | 19 January 2016

Obligato releases debut album

Obligato also features Original Stars from Gantsi in their new album. Madumane said they named the album Lefufa, because they want people avoid jealousy as it is the cause of conflicts and misunderstandings. He said it was not an easy task to record...

Leinanyana Tsiane 19 January 2016

Cash-strapped Supa Ngwao Museum closes

The museum started operating in 1992 as one of the historic buildings, which used to be a holding cell for prisoners in the past. In addition, Supa Ngwao Museum has been proving to be one of the few places whose core business was not to collect...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 19 January 2016

Nicole Martinez aspires to be the best

“I want to become the best female musician in Africa within the next five years,” she said. The songstress has recently released a house single called Kwenzenjani. “It's Zulu for ‘what's happening' and it's about a woman who...

Mompati Tlhankane | 19 January 2016

Book on Botswana�s economic success to launch

The book will be published as part of Botswana’s 50th Independence anniversary celebrations outlining the country’s economic and business success since 1966. It is also to provide an opportune platform to showcase current businesses and...

Staff Writer 19 January 2016

Boitekanelo College Donate Wheelchairs

The institution’s founding Managing Director, Dr Tiro Mampane said they have a commitment towards making the community a much better place for the disadvantaged. “In our quest to expand the scope of our relationship to include more...

Staff Writer 19 January 2016

Joyce Andersen: My Mother, My Mentor

I then went into a guilt trip, that of failed promises to visit her at her new place of abode, Kasane. Once in a while, I would call her, and lie through my teeth that “definitely Ausi Joyce, ntla etitaya ka thupana ke tle koo.” She knew...

Pamela Dube | 19 January 2016

Lets brace ourselves for the worst

Gaborone Dam has now become a ‘desert’. This part of the country is going through the worst drought in decades, which has not only affected water supply, but food production as well. The last harvest was the lowest and the prospects of a...

Mmegi Editor | 19 January 2016

Matsitama villagers conserve natural resources

This idea is the brainchild of the youthful village councillor Moipidi Molobeng who told Mmegi that there was a need for the village to benefit from its natural resources. Phillip Makale, the chairperson of the committee, said in an interview that...

Pini Bothoko | 19 January 2016

FCC to construct roads with storm water drains

The Mayor, Sylvia Muzila, told Mmegi that the council intended to upgrade some roads to dual carriageways, and with storm water drainage system. The roads include Marang Road, Guy Street Road, Boipuso Road, Kazungula Road, Gemme Drive and New Bridge...

Pini Bothoko | 19 January 2016

Botswana is a de facto Christian, though a dejure secular state!

What was the motivation? I mused that if Batswana succumbed to the idea of a Christian instead of a secular state, we would sooner have another MP suggesting that we have a Catholic/Anglican/Methodist/ZCC state. Botswana is a land of many religions...

Michael Dingake 19 January 2016

Baboons terrorise Mmadinare school

Mbulawa told Mmegi that baboons residing on a hill behind the school are causing damage at the school garden as well as posing a threat to human lives. He said the baboons had left students’ garden projects too damaged to be presented for...

Ivy Matlho 19 January 2016

BDF arsonist found guilty

The accused, Bonno Ikanyeng (33), was convicted for burning the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) barracks at Area S on January 5, 2013. Property worth more than P4.5 million, being the property of government and soldiers who lived in the barracks, was...

Lebogang Mosikare | 19 January 2016

Alleged arsonist says state confuses

Godisang made this complaint when she appeared for the second time at the Broadhurst Magistrate court yesterday. Court was crammed with relatives, friends and the general public who wanted to see for themselves the two women who had torched and...

Sharon Mathala 19 January 2016

Accident claims two lives

“We are investigating a head-on accident involving two cars, a Toyota Allex and Nissan Sunny which occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning in which both drivers lost their lives. The accident occurred 20km from Tutume near where it used...

Pini Bothoko | 19 January 2016

Dichaba explains his absence from court

The 22-year-old Dichaba stabbed a 32-year-old man at a shebeen in 2012 and has not been appearing before the Magistrate Court after his last mention in March 2015. Briefing the court on why he has not appeared in coura, Dichaba said that he has been...

Faith Siako 19 January 2016

Father of slain murder suspect alleges foul play

He wants private investigations to be conducted in order to find out what really happened on that fateful day.  He suspects that the police will protect fellow officers in the case.  He feels the police shot and killed his son when in...

Lebogang Mosikare | 19 January 2016

Contractor demands P1million from MTI

The trial court dismissed the construction company’s case on December 2011, which was instituted on May 17, 2010 against Department of Roads under the Ministry of Transport and Communication, and the Attorney General. The cause of action was...

Mpho Mokwape | 19 January 2016

Ntlo ya Dikgosi leaders to be elected after every two and half years

At the beginning of the Forth Meeting of Ntlo ya Dikgosi yesterday, the chairman, Kgosi Puso Gaborone told members that the changes would enable them to deliver effectively. Gaborone was re-elected as chairman but he was challenged by Kgosi...

Mpho Mokwape 19 January 2016

Otse man claims to know killers of missing person

The riots ensued after the man claiming to be a prophet said that he knew that the teenager who went missing earlier this month and found dead days later was killed. It is reported that the man also said he knew who had killed the deceased...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 19 January 2016

UDC Tutume rally a flop

Earlier last week the UDC through its affiliate the Botswana People’s Party (BPP) indicated that it would welcome new members to the party. Five hundred members in the Nkange constituency were expected to be welcomed but this only translated...

Chakalisa Dube | 19 January 2016

Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims

In a report into cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it found children as young as seven working in dangerous conditions. Cobalt is a vital component of lithium-ion batteries. The firms said that they had a zero tolerance policy...

BBC.COM 19 January 2016

Cassper Nyovest makes up at HCC appreciation party

HCC promoter, Bannye ‘DJ Easy B’ Sesupo confirmed that Cassper Nyovest’s camp and HCC have put their differences aside. “We sorted out our differences with him and we are now good,” DJ Easy B said. He will be supported...

Dumisani Ncube 19 January 2016

Banking sector woes to continue �Analysts

In the past three years, banks have seen; tighter liquidity, low interest rate margins as well as a freeze on banking charges eating into their profitability to levels never experienced before. According to market watchers at Motswedi Securities,...

Staff Writer 19 January 2016