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In Friday paper

Thalefang Charles 29 January 2016

UDC

Pauline Dikuelo 29 January 2016

Rollers� massive opportunity

Tomorrow, hundreds of supporters, with thousand others following across the country and beyond, converge in Gaborone West in what could be a watershed moment, not just for the club’s history, but football in general. Rollers, being torn apart...

Mmegi Editor | 29 January 2016

Confusion over BOKA committee�s term

Others argue the committee was never given a mandate to stay in office for the full two years, but to complete the previous leadership’s term. The previous committee quit before their time in office elapsed. Other affiliates say the committee...

Calistus Kolantsho | 29 January 2016

Airfficiency tourney kicks off chess calendar

BCF spokesperson, Neoyame Katisenge said players from other countries have registered to compete in the annual event. She said some of the players who have put up their names for the competition include Spencer Masango (Zimbabwe), Clive Mphambela...

Calistus Kolantsho | 29 January 2016

Super weekend for First Division North

Table toppers, Mahalapye Hotspurs visit second- placed Sua Flamingoes on Saturday at the Sua Stadium, while Maun witnesses a derby between Maun Tigers and Kazungula FC. On Sunday, Francistown roads lead to the Old Francistown Stadium where ECCO City...

Koketso Kgoboge 29 January 2016

A fatal choice Rollers can ill afford

Once upon a time, there was a thriving economy, with a robust agriculture sector as its bedrock. Pressed by a growing need to re-distribute the land out of pre-independence promises, there was a haphazard agrarian programme just to satisfy the...

Mqondisi Dube | 29 January 2016

Business as usual for Highlanders after Rollers heroics

“We need to collect as many points as possible to avoid relegation,” he told Mmegi Sport.  “My main worry now is to be consistent. But I am confident we will avoid relegation,” he added. Ratlou applauded the players for...

Oageng Batenegi 29 January 2016

Seakanyeng ready to play again

Mmegi Sport met Seakanyeng at the first edition of the BTCL IPO roadshows in Mahalapye and he said he is serving a three-month notice after his resignation from the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). “But I am ready to play again,” he said....

Oageng Batenegi 29 January 2016

Rollers beef-up security ahead of AGM

The make-or-break meeting follows years of internal squabbles over the issue of privatising the club.  The club co-chairperson, Walter Kgabung said they have beefed up security for the meeting following unrest that took place between club...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 29 January 2016

The effect of Piracy in Botswana

Piracy is defined as illegally reproducing any copyrighted work. It refers to copying, distributing, selling, and lending  of the works without the permission of the owner. Many people in Botswana are guilty of copyright infringement or piracy...

Correspondent 29 January 2016

What is up Matambo�s sleeve?

Parliament supposedly has to examine this budget carefully to determine how it will affect the country’s economy. The Minister of Finance and Development Planning Kenneth Matambo will present the budget speech on behalf of government and...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 29 January 2016

Is BDF ready for a biological attack?

Saddam did not just throw out an empty threat, but there was going to be a point when he could use his biological and chemical weapons. To buttress that his threats were not devoid of action, he had earlier used mustard gas on the village of Faluja...

Richard Moleofe 29 January 2016

The ancient confluence of Mayan and Tswana terms

Historically, the Olmecs are widely credited with having established the first great civilisation in Mesoamerica (a region made up mainly of Mexico), while the Aztecs and Mayans – who succeeded the Olmecs – are still fixated on the return...

L M Leteane 29 January 2016

�Banks Listen!�

Even people who aren’t your customers can offer you fantastic information on what you should do to attract them. Why don’t they come to your bank. Is it the location? Is it your charges? Is it your miserable staff? Is it you? You...

Consumer Watchdog 29 January 2016

BSE fine-tunes tracking of shares performance

Effective Monday (February, 01), the BSE says it will discontinue the computation and reporting of a metric called “ Weighted Price”. The weighted price, which is calculated by computing the volume weighted average price of stocks using...

Brian Benza 29 January 2016

Botash target doubling earnings to P300m

Botash, which is a 50 percent joint partnership between government and a South African company Chlor Alkali Holdings (CAH) group, currently produces about 300, 000 tonnes of Soda Ash per annum and about 530, 000 tonnes of salt per annum. “We...

Pauline Dikuelo | 29 January 2016

Low uptake of BHC�s sitting tenants campaign

The sitting tenants campaign was launched two years ago to promote home ownership among Batswana and to increase the corporation’s sales from old stock. The campaign, which was supposed to come to an end last year, will be extended to the next...

Pauline Dikuelo | 29 January 2016

It�s a fight of savages, wild animals and natural conditions

The film transformed cinemas into a jungle over the weekend, with the sounds of the wilderness from native Americans, flowing waters, grizzly bears and hunting spears smashing against flash and trees. The characters look barbaric and filthy, which is...

Bakang Israel 29 January 2016

Eric happy to be a KORA nominee

Eric has been nominated in the Best Spiritual Male category for his praise song Kabiosi. He is nominated alongside D-Naff (Namibia), Kidum (Burundi), Hatim Ammor (Morocco), Eugene Ablodevi (Togo), and Eddy Kamoso (Burundi). Eric said being nominated...

Maureen Odubeng | 29 January 2016

An Interview with Freelance Writer, Sharon Tshipa

At the end of last year, many might have heard her name for the first time as a fiction writer, when she received third place in the inaugural Poetavango Award for Short Story with her story “Reality for Sale”. Despite her busy schedule,...

Lauri Kubuitsile 29 January 2016

Swiss banks and Africa�s kleptocracy

Arguably Switzerland has one of the best banking systems in the world and this unique system has attracted to that country’s banks a chunk of global foreign financial lodgement, but unfortunately over the years, large numbers of depositors...

Correspondent 29 January 2016

Kenneth Good and his deportation

My feeling is that we should engage in politics in our home country, but in countries where we study, we should refrain from activities related to the struggle for political power. A country’s domestic politics are for its citizens....

Correspondent 29 January 2016

Kiss of life for Ngamiland zinc, silver project

The Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources yesterday ended an acrimonious three-year legal battle over mining rights that had at one point dragged in the Office of the President.The ministry re-awarded Mount Burgess, an Australian junior...

Mbongeni Mguni | 29 January 2016

Keepers of the information age

Prior to the news last week that Africa’s largest information management group, Metrofile Holdings Limited, had bought Document Bank Botswana, the local company largely flew under the radar of public attention. For many, Document Bank Botswana...

Mbongeni Mguni | 29 January 2016

Comrade Madam Speaker Sir in opposition ranks

After months of speculation, the former Speaker of the National Assembly Margaret Nasha finally joined the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) last weekend, and was immediately assigned the post of special advisor. The weight of Nasha’s...

Bame Piet 29 January 2016

Botswana least corrupt in Africa � report

The index covers perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries. Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Not one of the 168...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 29 January 2016

Unionised Grand Palm workers cry foul

The Grand Palm Hotel Casino and Convention Resort effected a salary increase of non-bargaining employees by six percent while the trade union representing The Grand Palm workers, the Botswana Hotel, Travel and Tourism Workers Union, is locked in...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 29 January 2016

�Classy� Blue train returns next month

Botswana Railways (BR), which operates the train, discontinued its operations in 2009 as it was deemed unsustainable and unsafe. After almost seven years of absence, the ‘Blue train’ makes a return in March. Speaking during his tour of...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 29 January 2016

Alleged human trafficker granted bail

Imanu Samoki Cunningham, 43, who was granted conditional bail yesterday by the Village Magistrate Court has been linked to an international human trafficking syndicate.  Cunningham was arrested at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (SSKIA)...

Mpho Mokwape | 29 January 2016

School blames Satanism for dropped PSLE results

“The students who claimed that they have been initiated explained to us how they are used to perform evil acts like causing deaths, drinking people’s blood, how and where they are called during lessons and that when they fail to take...

Bonte Seepi 29 January 2016

LSB boss likely to face off with Dibotelo

One of the thorny issues likely to be covered in Lecha’s speech is the failed Case Management System (CMS). This is because attorneys are of the view that the CMS was introduced for the courts to speedily deal with cases but this has not been...

Oarabile Mosikare 29 January 2016

Ageing BDF requires P7.5 Billion

The Draft 2016/2017 Estimates of Expenditure From The Consolidated and Development Funds states that Matambo would tell the Parliament that during the National Development Plan (NDP) 10, the BDF needs to be maintained at a highest operational...

Oarabile Mosikare 29 January 2016

Why Masisi�s presidential bid is under threat

In a recent interview with a local newspaper, Masisi presented himself as the best person for the BDP presidency. His move was viewed from some quarters as purely a confidence builder. He is almost certain to succeed Ian Khama as the next president...

Chakalisa Dube | 29 January 2016

Groomed by maturity

Twenty-one-years-old then in 2011, he decided a leave art and do something that will give him fast cash. “I started working at a carwash in Ramotswa. I was in a rush to make money and look after myself since I was now becoming an...

Dumisani Ncube 29 January 2016

Masisi in zugzwang

Outside, members of the BDP media committee were waiting for their chairman, constantly the checking time and speaking on their cellphones. After 4pm journalists were growing impatient. Many did not know the agenda for the press conference. The...

Thalefang Charles | 29 January 2016

Gov�t seen funding ESP off-budget

According to draft budget estimates for the 2016/17 financial year passed onto BusinessWeek, recurrent expenditure will be flat at around P44 billion while the development budget will be a mere P2 billion higher, largely to a P1.3 billion rise in the...

Brian Benza 29 January 2016