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BBC.COM 01 April 2016

Khama proposes Moitoi for AU Commission

Ministers of foreign affairs of the SADC countries met in Gaborone last month and endorsed Venson-Moitoi as the southern African region candidate for the position of the Chairperson of the AU Commission. Three candidates from South Africa, Malawi...

Tefo Pheage 01 April 2016

Prisoners of conscience

Calistus Kolantsho 01 April 2016

Obama�s neo-imperialist arrogance on cuba

But Obama made clear that his desire to end the decades-long United States (US) economic blockade of the island is not based on the fact that it constitutes the bullying of a small country by the world’s most powerful capitalist nation, nor is...

Solly Rakgomo 01 April 2016

BFA must bring its house to order

 Not only that; suspensions are the order of the day at Lekidi. A visitor from Mars would not be far from the truth to think that mafias run football in Botswana! The administration of football in Botswana has been on sick bed for decades. What...

Mmegi Editor | 01 April 2016

Deepening Crisis

Tsele Tsebetsame 01 April 2016

UK�s Navin returns to drill netball coaches

Navin was in Botswana this week on the International Netball Federation’s (INF) assignment to mentor netball coaches. She told Mmegi Sport that her role in the INF is to develop coaches in Africa. She revealed that this was her third visit to...

Calistus Kolantsho | 01 April 2016

ECCO, Spurs in decisive clash

Football-hungry Francistowners, are backing Mamoja Diski to bring back Premiership action to the city.  The Mahalapye community has pinned its hopes in Hotspurs to retain their representation in the elite league, with current representative, BR...

Koketso Kgoboge 01 April 2016

Furious parents demand refund for hockey trip

Parents contributed P5,000 each towards the trip. The Botswana team returned last Friday after withdrawing from the competition, which ran from March 18 to 24, 2016. One of the parents said they feel cheated after paying the money and their child...

Calistus Kolantsho | 01 April 2016

BCL loses P33 per pound of nickel mined

He said the state-owned copper miner, which is struggling to ensure business continuity under the current climate, is failing to meet the operating costs of the current nickel prices. According to Mokaila, it currently costs BCL about $7 to mine a...

Pauline Dikuelo | 01 April 2016

Engen feels brunt of falling oil prices

Engen Botswana managing director, Chimweta Monga attributed the loss to the three fuel price decreases that occurred during the year, consistent with reduction in global crude oil prices. The fuel price decrease was said to be due to a general...

Isaac Pinielo 01 April 2016

Govt rebuffed offer to up stake in De Beers

In 2011, Anglo American bought the Oppenheimer family’s 40 percent stake in De Beers for $5.1 billion in cash, ending the dynasty’s 80-year ownership in the world’s largest diamond miner. The transaction increased Anglo’s...

Pauline Dikuelo | 01 April 2016

�It�s a secret�

The trouble is that some people can’t keep secrets. Either because of some psychological disorder or because they’re just blabbermouths they can’t help tell you things they’re not meant to tell you. We’ve all had an...

Consumer Watchdog 01 April 2016

Botswana to link SDG indicators to Vision 2036

Mguni was addressing local journalists last week at a press briefing organised by Statistics Botswana on the just-ended 47th United Nations Statistical Commission that was held in New York at the beginning of March. He said the statistical...

Isaac Pinielo 01 April 2016

Deciphering the ancient names of animals (Part 2)

This week, we consider the names of more animals, but mainly concentrating on domestic animals. The ancient, generic term for ‘animal’ – also reflected in Sumerian, the oldest written language – is GU. This transliterates as...

L M Leteane 01 April 2016

Meet General Kaganga; the warrior who fought Idi Amin

By all means, Idi Amin was a troublesome character during his time as president of Uganda. By the time he was overthrown, he had done enough serious damage to his own country as well as tarnishing the image of Africa as a whole. This past Good...

Richard Moleofe 01 April 2016

Motlakase react angrily over match fixing claims

Motlakase recently acquired a loan from Shah as several Premiership sides find themselves in financial despair at a crucial stage of the season. A meeting of the 16 Premiership clubs sought answers recently from the Botswana Premier League (BPL) on...

Boniface Keakabetse 01 April 2016

Okavango fishermen fret over new regulations

In 2014, the government banned fishing at Lake Ngami -- Botswana’s biggest fishery -- a move that sent hundreds of fishermen out of business. Since the closure, the helpless fishermen had watched tonnes of fish rotting and going to waste at the...

Boniface Keakabetse 01 April 2016

The ruthless monster BPL did not envisage

Local football fans returned from the Easter Holidays weekend to find football literally in chains. Premier League offices were chained-up and there was no sign of activity after a weekend boardroom storm. The BPL board had suspended its chief...

Mqondisi Dube | 01 April 2016

Choppies directors raise P200m in property firm listing

The 80 million shares comprise 40 million existing shares and another fresh issue of another 40 million shares.  According to the FPC prospectus, a share is being sold at P2.57 each. Far Property’s portfolio consists of 178 properties...

Brian Benza 01 April 2016

Shah sad, but not discouraged

Shah’s financial gesture to clubs such as Motlakase Power Dynamos, Green Lovers and Sankoyo Bush Bucks has been seen by some as compromising competition in the league. “I do feel very sorry for Botswana football. These types of...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 01 April 2016

Decolonising the Book

Last year, writer Thando Mgqolozana caused a stir when he said he would no longer participate in literary festivals since he often felt like the lone black voice in front of a crowd of white people. He was reported as saying: “The audience does...

Lauri Kubuitsile 01 April 2016

Maaramele and Lourenco to celebrate Botswana through art

The exhibition will showcase the works by the two talented artists, whose work gives emphasis to the natural beauty of Botswana. Maaramele is a renowned print artist, who started practicing art in 1994. The artist specialises in painting and print...

Maureen Odubeng | 01 April 2016

Embracing female art

Emang ‘LadyArtist’ Maranyane is a promising talent who has managed to overcome the limitations of her gender in order to excel in a field dominated by males.  She quit her studies as an accounting student at the University of...

Mompati Tlhankane | 01 April 2016

Street Art as a form of art

Locally the so-called gangsters and the youth have decided to adopt the vice of painting and spraying walls with their various monikers. One notable print found on the different walls around Gaborone is Tupac Shakur’s conceptualised term,...

Dumisani Ncube 01 April 2016

CJ may have lied, withheld information - suspended judges

The quartet, Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang, before a panel of three judges said that Dibotelo made certain untrue statements in his affidavit.  Some of the claims include Dibotelo stating that he did not know...

Mpho Mokwape | 01 April 2016

Cry the beloved Barolong farms

Over the past years, Barolong region has lost its position as the granary of Botswana. While the area used to record an average rainfall of over 500 millimetres, over the years the area’s ploughing season has been experiencing shorter raining...

Tumelo Mouwane 01 April 2016

Sama-Phaleche: An eyesore of Jwaneng

The name Sama-Phaleche literally means that one sleeps with his food inside his small room.  It is not a usual place of adobe, let alone mentioning the hygiene.  The rooms are too small to fit two beds, with no electricity and plenty of...

Lebogang Baingapi 01 April 2016

Police investigate missing log sheets at BCL

The said miners reportedly insisted that they need assurance that the cage is safe for use before they could board. As a result of this about 150 employees were issued with letters for a disciplinary hearing, which were withdrawn. BCL's public...

Onalenna Kelebeile 01 April 2016

Bogosi reverse council burial permits bye-law

This development has forced the council to call a special full council meeting next week Thursday to discuss the burning issue. The new cemetry laws gazetted on March 4, were made by the council without satisfactorily consulting the relevant...

Tefo Pheage 01 April 2016

Transport hub heralds growth for Francistown

The Ministry of Lands and Housing gave the Francistown City Council 505 hectares for transport and logistics at Gerald Estate. “The hub will be located at the Francistown-Orapa junction and the land is currently undeveloped with no...

Pini Bothoko | 01 April 2016

BCP, UDC talks on course

But, as the BCP spokesperson Dithapelo Keorapetse has indicated, the Phillip Matante East ward by-elections may force the parties to halt the talks. Both the UDC and BCP announced early this year that they would start coalition talks sometime in...

Chakalisa Dube | 01 April 2016

When technology fails, justice is the casualty

This is what emerged in court yesterday in a case in which the state alleges that two Zimbabwean men, Tendai Gwatu and Godfrey Marecha, were allegedly found in possession of P125,923.80 which is suspected to be proceeds of stolen property. The state...

Lebogang Mosikare | 01 April 2016

Naledi councillor livid about dysfunctional toilets

Commenting on the GCC mayor’s speech on Tuesday, Mosekwa said it is not true that maintenance is ongoing at Tshwaragano Primary School, contrary to what was reported. The school has over 1,000 students. “I suggest that the mayor should...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 01 April 2016

GCC pines after paid parking

The decision to operate parking bays comes after benchmarking trips to councils in other countries, in search of ways GCC can generate income for itself. Rooting for the idea, councillor for Marulamantsi, Sergeant Kgosietsile, moved a motion on...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 01 April 2016

Child rapists on rampage in Selebi-Phikwe

The police in the area attributed this sad development to the lack of parental guidance on the girl children. Apparently, parents are relaxed and do not take care of their teenage girls who are usually spotted in unsafe places during peculiar...

Onalenna Kelebeile 01 April 2016

BOFEPUSU interdicts Batshu

Last year, BOFEPUSU attempted to stop the minister from tabling the bill following a November 26, 2015 consultative meeting with the Advisory Board (LAB). The meeting, which BOFEPUSU was not invited to, was supposedly to discuss the proposed...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 01 April 2016

The day BFTU, BOFEPUSU fought together

The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU)and Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU) never agree on anything as far as labour politics are concerned. But the two federations defied the odds and shocked many when they released a...

Oarabile Mosikare 01 April 2016

Rari explains move to sue Batshu

“Sometime last year, we realised that the minister gazetted a bill on the amendment of the Trade Dispute Act. BOFEPUSU then, did not have a seat at the Labour Advisory Board (LAB), the forum provided by the available acts. However, at that...

Oarabile Mosikare 01 April 2016

BOFEPUSU lobbies MPs

BOFEPUSU is lobbying individual MPs to vote against the amendments, as anything to the contrary would see to the depletion of labour rights.  “We have regrettably learnt that the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs has tabled amendments...

Oarabile Mosikare 01 April 2016

Finds from the upper Okavango catchment area

The interview is conducted in three languages, being the local Mbundu translated into Portuguese, Angola’s official language, then translated to English (for researchers). Through the three-tier translations, it is clear that locals are...

Thalefang Charles | 01 April 2016

�Le nyatsa batho�

As he was getting expansive in his response, there was an attempt by journalists to chip in and remind the minister that the question was rather, “Why those passengers in sensitive transport modes like airplanes are allowed to freely imbibe...

Thalefang Charles | 01 April 2016

Govt�s move to curtail unionism

The Botswana Federation of Public Sector Union (BOFEPUSU) has expressed displeasure at minister Edwin Batshu’s ‘sneaky’ move to table the amendment bill in Parliament before their concerns are addressed. BOFEPUSU deputy secretary...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 01 April 2016

DPF in P170 million property buying splurge

As part of a new investment strategy, which allows the pension fund to invest upto P800 million in properties, the DPF is on the lookout for quality domestic investments. “In late 2015, the DPF Board approved the acquisition of approximately...

Brian Benza 01 April 2016