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Staff Writer 15 March 2016

Mujuru Mugabe

Mmegi Editor 15 March 2016

From Diamond City to urban cattle post

Livestock, particularly cattle, donkeys and goats, have overrun Gaborone and become commonplace on the capital’s roads, malls, office complexes and neighbourhoods. Everywhere, livestock roam freely, causing numerous accidents, some of them...

Mmegi Editor | 15 March 2016

Zebras in camp for AFCON Qualifiers

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) chief executive officer (CEO), Kitso Kemoeng told a press here yesterday that the three-day camp started on Sunday. “The camp will break on Thursday this week to allow players to go back to their clubs...

Koketso Kgoboge 15 March 2016

Premier League to review controversial award

There has been public outcry over the structure of the award where supporters pick their best player of the month. The award has seen even undeserving players walk away with the gong, sparking calls for the process to be reviewed. Segolame Boy, who...

Mqondisi Dube | 15 March 2016

Kgosietsile calls for protection of athletes against doping

He said doping in sport has taken a new turn and that there was need to arrest the trend. Kgosietsile said talent and not substance should make an athlete win. He said it has taken many years for Botswana to produce athletes who are regarded among...

Calistus Kolantsho | 15 March 2016

Nato saga drags as Chiefs lodge protest

Chiefs argue both Nato and Mandaza were improperly registered. Magosi and Gilport Lions previously lost their cases after protesting Nato’s registration. Magosi have now dragged the Mandaza registration into the saga. Both players played a...

Koketso Kgoboge 15 March 2016

Butler�s frustrations grow as Comoros loom

The coach was already facing the headache of playing Comoros without a friendly match and now will have little time to prepare his Zebras for next week’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Already, the Zebras coach has reportedly turned down an...

Mqondisi Dube | 15 March 2016

Boy Simba releases new single

In an interview with Showbiz, Boy Simba said the single is about a heart breaker. “It’s also based on both personal and observational experience,” he said. He said he wants people to understand the music that he does and how it...

Mompati Tlhankane | 15 March 2016

Damage control out of Berry Heart�s hands

Berry Heart has already tried her hand at damage control through the same the platform but most people still don’t believe her.  Berry Heart almost broke the social media on Friday when a nude photo of hers was posted on her Facebook wall....

Mompati Tlhankane | 15 March 2016

Competition Act under review

Seretse revealed this at a two-day International Competition Network (ICN) workshop recently. The workshop was hosted by the Competition Authority (CA) under the theme ‘How to make competition authorities more effective’. The annual...

Pauline Dikuelo | 15 March 2016

Protection of Intellectual Property low in Botswana

Santos said this at the ARIPO seminar that started in Gaborone yesterday and is aimed at raising awareness on the importance of the protection of Intellectual Property (IP) in particular, on the advantages of the use of ARIPO route for the protection...

Pauline Dikuelo | 15 March 2016

Ditshwanelo hosts Human Rights film festival

The opening and closing films will be screened at Maitisong Theatre. The rest of the films will be screened at the Audio-Visual (AV) Centre, Maru a Pula School. All films are free for students who produce student identity cards. The Film Festival...

Correspondent 15 March 2016

Botswana joins in Earth Hour celebrations

The event will be held under the theme “Shine a Light on Climate Change”. The public is invited to join the celebrations, which will star t with build-up activities being a march and cycling exercise from Game City at 6am to the event...

Correspondent 15 March 2016

BQA fine-tunes Learner Protection Policy

Presenting the draft policy last week, BQA acting deputy CEO, Andrew Molwane, said the policy would set minimum standards and guidelines for the protection of learners enrolled in a programme. “This is to ensure that learners enrolled in a...

Mmegi Editor 15 March 2016

BQA, SRCs move towards MoU

The two parties met on Friday to educate each other on their roles and responsibilities, structures and also to establish a working relationship. The meeting came as tertiary education learners countrywide fight their institutions, both public and...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 15 March 2016

Struggling FCC to �tax� the informal sector

Last Friday, civic leaders raised concerns after Finance and Development Committee chairperson, James Kgalajwe, presented a P184 million recurrent budget. Early this year, the FCC took a decision to lower rate charges as a way of accommodating...

Pini Bothoko | 15 March 2016

A million Batswana on land waiting list

The minister of Lands and Housing Prince Maele, told Parliament last week his ministry has a budget of P45 million to embark on land service and allocation, especially in the peri-urban areas where the demand is high. “That notwithstanding,...

Bame Piet 15 March 2016

G/North, Moshawa power struggle far from over

The aggrieved camp is due to appeal Justice Michael Leburu’s judgment, with papers set to be filed this week. The respondents include Linnet Havana, Simphiwe Mathendele and Khotso Lebatha, representing many residents including legislator...

Mpho Mokwape | 15 March 2016

DRC-bound horse and trailer burnt to ashes

At least P180,000 worth of products being transported, was destroyed. “We are investigating a fire incident case in which a horse and trailer truck with double trailer burnt to ashes after the truck’s back tyres caught fire whilst the...

Pini Bothoko | 15 March 2016

Ex-cop sues police for unwarranted termination

This came to the fore in court recently in a case in which Boitumelo Mompe is challenging his dismissal from the police service in 2015. Othusitse Gabolwelwe acting on behalf of Mompe, is seeking the court to review the decision to terminate his...

Lebogang Mosikare | 15 March 2016

Irate lover sustains burns in arson act

According to Mahalapye Police station commander, Superintendant Isaac Mamadi, the suspect and his 29-year-old girlfriend went to a friend’s baby shower before proceeding to a nearby bar where their misunderstanding started.  The woman...

Bonte Seepi 15 March 2016

BMD activists accuse Mmolotsi of meddling

Nyeku triumphed at the party primaries over the weekend trouncing Omphile Mazebedi and Lillian Griesmier. He attracted 183 votes while Griesmier managed 80 votes and Mazebedi came a distant third with 41 votes. Some members said Mmolotsi’s...

Bonte Seepi 15 March 2016

Committee finds Boko guilty of plagiarism

Before the start of business on Friday, the Deputy Speaker Kagiso Molatlhegi informed Parliament of its decision, in a matter in which Boko was accused of plagiarising government’s land policy, during his debate on the budget speech. In his...

Oarabile Mosikare 15 March 2016

Motumise appeals Khama judgment

The LSB and Motumise had sued Khama challenging his refusal to appoint Motumise, who had been recommended by the Commission. Motumise and the LSB argued that Khama acted irrationally by refusing to give reasons for his refusal. However, a panel of...

Oarabile Mosikare 15 March 2016

Sekoma ward bye-election, upset, what happened?

Ruling parties in democracies are obliged to serve all citizens without discrimination; how can a Cabinet Minister make such an outrageous statement contrary to the ideals his/her government professed? I meant it when I commended her arrest and...

Michael Dingake 15 March 2016

Awards for poetry legends slated for April

Moreri will on April 30 host the inaugural Setswana Poetry Awards, which will be held at Limkokwing. He said he noticed that musicians and visual artists have awards, which cater specifically for them, but no poet had been given an award in the last...

Maureen Odubeng | 15 March 2016

Marina patients receive syphilis-infected blood

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) recently sent three units of blood infected with syphilis to Princess Marina Hospital, after a mix-up involving a new system at the blood bank. Correspondence leaked to Mmegi this week indicates that the...

Sharon Mathala 15 March 2016

BTCL shares sale oversubscribed

According to information released by BTCL yesterday, not only were all the shares on sale snapped up, but the uptake is likely to lead to the doubling of shareholders on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) when the company lists next month. The offer...

Brian Benza 15 March 2016