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Staff Writer 18 March 2016

Kgathi Namibian Refugees

Mmegi Editor 18 March 2016

Human rights win the day

CoA Judge President Ian Kirby found it is acceptable by both parties that the provisions of the act are unobjectionable in constitutional terms. The ruling came four years after members of LEGABIBO filed an application for the registration of the...

Mmegi Editor | 18 March 2016

Bamangwato Toyota sponsor hockey team

Speaking at the handover of a kit to the Under-21 women’s hockey team recently, Visser said most of the times teams do not perform to their level best because they are not motivated. He urged different companies to come forward and help in the...

Ivy Matlho 18 March 2016

Jaguars, the new threat in the rugby league

The Gaborone-based club was unstoppable when they demolished Botho Ryders 93-0 last weekend in their first league match. Tomorrow, Jaguars lie in wait for Mochudi rugby club at LKC ground in Block 8. Kick-off is at 4pm. Jaguars manager, Feddy...

Calistus Kolantsho | 18 March 2016

Concerns over inflated Zebras ticket prices

Addressing journalists here this week, Olopeng said fans are forced to purchase tickets at higher prices at the stadium. As a result, he said, some supporters without tickets resort to gaining illegal entry into the stadium. “We do have the...

Koketso Kgoboge 18 March 2016

GU internal wars reach courts

Dambe also presided over the issues that surrounded the privatisation of GU’s city rivals, Township Rollers. In the latest episode, some members of the GU led by Molatedi Diole want the court to nullify the outcome of last year’s annual...

Koketso Kgoboge 18 March 2016

Chiefs, Rollers face banana skins

The race intensified this week following another title contender, Orapa United’s 3-0 win over BR Highlanders on Tuesday.  The victory saw Orapa United draw level with Chiefs on points although Magosi have a superior goal difference. They...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 18 March 2016

Rains force Letlapeng to seek postponement

Letlapeng coach, Enos Mmesi said the rain disrupted their preparations for the game. Mmesi told Mmegi Sport yesterday that their ground is not in a useable condition and there was no way they could train. Boys, who are on 32 points, are pushing to...

Calistus Kolantsho | 18 March 2016

Satmos lament �man-made� relegation

They will be this season’s beMOBILE Premiership’s first casualty tomorrow if they register anything less than a win when they take on Nico United in the Selebi-Phikwe derby. Their victory will still be a dead rubber if Green Lovers, who...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 18 March 2016

Local companies pocket P1.6m from Francistown matches

He was answering a question on behalf of the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture (MYSC), Thapelo Olopeng. Maele said MYSC is committed to empowering local entrepreneurs based in Francistown and the surrounding areas. He said it will therefore...

Oageng Batenegi 18 March 2016

Tragic Libyan NATO agenda exposed

Libya was relegated to the back burner by the State Department, “as the country dissolved into chaos, leading to a civil war that would destabilise the region, fueling the refugee crisis in Europe and allowing the Islamic State to establish a...

Correspondent 18 March 2016

Treacherous gestapo agent�s behavior of bllahwu leadership

First of all let me state that I am very match nostalgic about BULGSA before it metamorphosed into what it is today. During our days in BULGSA the voice of the members where taken into serious consideration more than anything else unlike now. We...

Correspondent 18 March 2016

The �rent-an-investor� system unsustainable

Petty talk and factionalism which are common at clubs like Extension Gunners, Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers were rarely heard and credit was given to none other than Lebanese-born Nicholas Zakhem of Zack Construction. Zakhem and the GU...

Dennis Keagile 18 March 2016

Mxem! What plagiarism?

The announcement deliberately left out details of what really transpired at the meeting. It is important therefore to reveal further details for better appreciation of what the issue really is. When debating the 2016/7 budget, the LOO, among other...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 18 March 2016

General Fisher�s X-factor is coming

I chose to bring in my opinion on this matter because Major General (Retired) Pius Mokgware who is now a member of parliament is pursuing a motion on the same issue. The debate here brings us into focus with what Lieutenant General (Retired)...

Richard Moleofe 18 March 2016

Atlas Mara ties up P2.2bn facility for BancABC

Through the agreement that was between Atlas Mara and ExWorks, African businesses are supposed to buy goods made in the US while accelerating Atlas Mara’s growth strategy and capacity to contribute meaningfully to the communities they operate...

Pauline Dikuelo | 18 March 2016

Botswana Oil paves way for citizens in oil industry

The Industry is currently dominated by five multinationals with limited participation by Batswana. Presenting during a media roundtable held in Gaborone recently, BOL business development manager, Bruce Buno said the policy would guide BOL to create...

Zolani Kraai 18 March 2016

Delving into the ancient etymology of �oba�

On the contrary, I have steadily unearthed vestiges of a fabled, now-lost universal mother language spoken of in the Tower of Babel incident of Genesis 11, whereby God deliberately scrambled the language so that nations would not understand each...

L M Leteane 18 March 2016

�Scams Yes, again.�

But it’s not true. There are still plenty of people out there who don’t understand, who still fall for what many of us would think are obvious scams. The gullible are still with us. And guess what? It could be you or if it isn’t you...

Consumer Watchdog 18 March 2016

Afinitas to invest P28.6m in Ethiopia

Afinitas executive director, Leutlwetse Tumelo told BusinessWeek that his company is an Africa-focused investment company, noting that creating an Ethiopia-focused holding company falls within their objective of investing in various sectors and...

Isaac Pinielo 18 March 2016

Turning investors into millionaires

While most people see Metshelo as short-term investment, with others considering it as middle-term investment, for those that have taken it as a long-term investment route and they have become millionaires. This system of working in groups...

Pauline Dikuelo | 18 March 2016

Debswana cautiously optimistic in 2016

Briefing the business community on Wednesday, managing director Balisi Bonyongo said the ingestion in the diamond pipeline that crashed demand and prices leading to a 38 percent drop in earnings for the company last year,  seems to be...

Brian Benza 18 March 2016

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Sitting left to right, Chandra Chauhan, Gulaam Husain Abdoola, Ramachandran Ottapathu and Colm Patterson. Not necessarily household names, but personalities so influential that every person in Botswana either buys from them, works for them or owes...

Mbongeni Mguni | 18 March 2016

It will be a crazy world under Trump

It is only a matter of months before the world’s biggest economy gets a new president, and it will either be Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton.  Although, the world under the leadership of Trump will be characterised by...

Bame Piet 18 March 2016

BOPEU �spits its own medicine�

These were the words of the Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) president, Andrew Motsamai, at a press conference yesterday. The union is in a jubilant mood after they were successful in their bid to disqualify BOFEPUSU from bargaining as a unit...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 18 March 2016

MPs board gravy train

Last year, there was alarm after the MPs and the President allocated themselves massive salary increases to the chagrin of the Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU). Mmegi has learnt that the bill for councillors’ salary...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 18 March 2016

What the law says about sodomy and homosexuality

It may be that engaging in homosexual activity is outlawed. But if I were to use an example of one born left-handed, if it was a crime to write with a left-hand, such a person would not be punished for being left-handed but for writing with a left...

Mpho Mokwape | 18 March 2016

Friendship above opposing political views

FRANCISTOWN: It is rare for business partners, Modiri Lucas and Gaone Lewanika, in the Francistown South constituency to have a healthy debate without the discussion degenerating into political warfare. While Lewanika is the Botswana Movement for...

Ryder Gabathuse | 18 March 2016

Promoters applaud Good Samaritan Olopeng

The Botswana Entertainment Promoters Association (BEPA) has expressed delight at the recent utterances by the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Thapelo Olopeng.  He says that he is in talks with the Ministry of Trade and Industry to advocate...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 18 March 2016

KBL paid over P760m in alcohol levy

In response to the Gaborone Central legislator, Phenyo Butale’s question on how much the brewer has had to part with since the introduction of the levy, Madigele said that the amount was not from KBL but rather from the taxation of the company...

Staff Writer 18 March 2016

Forlorn hope of a bar owner

Owner of Durban Liquor Bar and Restaurant in Oodi, Richard Letsebe, told Mmegi that the regulations have impacted negatively on his profit margins while affecting his relationship with his suppliers. He stated that before the trading hours were...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 18 March 2016

Requiem for the liquor industry

At the time of introduction, the restrictions faced stiff resistance and criticism from the industry, retailers and the general public. But the government nonetheless pushed ahead. While these regulations and restrictions were introduced by...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 18 March 2016

�Policies need review from time to time� � UB academic

In his view, University of Botswana (UB) lecturer, Keitseope Nthomang said the youth minister lobbying for change in policy might not necessarily reflect a failure of the current one. The professor said this is because policies need to be reviewed...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 18 March 2016

Crafting concepts with Bonte

Arts and Culture sat down with creative director Nick Bonte who has put a spark in a number of avenues and activities such as photography, events, film production, fashion design, artist management and publications. The 27-year-old creative has...

Dumisani Ncube 18 March 2016

UN urges gov�t to develop artists

A Special Rapporteur team, which made the recommendations, spent some time in the country recently. The team recommended that government should expand its support to non-traditional forms of cultural expressions and consider the establishment of a...

Sharon Mathala 18 March 2016

African Writers you should know: Blessing Musariri

Her writing is published around the world and translated into many languages. When I asked her what she prefers to be called since in her bios she is sometimes called a poet, other times a children’s writer. She said, “I prefer...

Lauri Kubuitsile 18 March 2016

Bona Tatso: the glint of the township taste

Located in Old Naledi in Gaborone, Bona Tatso is hard to miss while driving along the Old Lobatse road. Being the newest kid on the block, the cookery is striking from a distance and for someone who likes sightseeing, the place inspires an interest...

Mompati Tlhankane | 18 March 2016

Olopeng to engage Seretse on Liquor Act

Since the last festive season, Olopeng has been showing signs of a progressive leader when he extended entertainment hours to the delight of fun lovers countrywide. Last week he met with entertainers in Gaborone and promised them that he would engage...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 18 March 2016

Arrest of freelance journalist Sonny Serite by the state agents

Kagiso Onkatswitse 18 March 2016

Khama, the jihadist who battled alcohol

In his inauguration speech on April 1, 2008, Khama highlighted some of the social problems. “These range from alcohol abuse, reckless driving on our roads, disrespect for elders, vandalising of school property, wastage of scarce resources such...

Oarabile Mosikare 18 March 2016

Workers unsettled as Barclays restructures

BusinessWeek has learnt that two services, which include the contact centre and credit card application-processing unit, have already been relocated to the neighbouring country with three more units expected to be moved this year. Bank insiders said...

Pauline Dikuelo | 18 March 2016