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Oarabile Mosikare 11 April 2016

UDC vs BDP

Monitor Editor 11 April 2016

Rollers fans

Kagiso Onkatswitse 11 April 2016

Our Football corruption

The shocking reports allege how P6 million has disappeared even before the season had ended, with clubs unable to get their subventions.  As a result of this anomaly, the Premier League offices have been put under lock and key, managers and CEO...

Monitor Editor 11 April 2016

Obama admits Libya was a 'worst mistake'

Mr Obama was asked a series of questions on the highs and lows of his time in office on Fox News. He said, however, that intervening in Libya had been "the right thing to do". The US and others carried out air strikes designed to protect civilians...

BBC.COM 11 April 2016

My Government Is Delivering On Water

The other two are the Dikgatlhong and the Thune Dams. The Dikgatlhong and its associated infrastructure have been completed and put to beneficial use.  The Thune has been constructed and currently there are various work packages for the...

Ian Khama 11 April 2016

Setshego Bags Gaborone Karate Open

It is the third year, Setshego has gotten the better of Reed this time around after meeting him in the national team qualifications. It was not an easy win during the finals of the national team which he won by a slim margin of 2-1. Setshego...

Calistus Kolantsho | 11 April 2016

Mafika Dominates Competitive Club Tourney

Spurred on by their new technical partnership with All Kasi kit, Mafika saw all their boxers win all their bouts. The tournament attracted 66 boxers from 10 clubs across the country. The competition also featured a single exciting women’s...

Tumelo Mouwane 11 April 2016

Titanic Clash Ends In Stalemate

It was a chaotic weekend for local football as at one stage the fixtures were in doubt following the Botswana Premier League (BPL) board meeting over clubs’ failure to comply with player qoutas. However, the Botswana National Sport Commission...

Kabelo Boranabi | 11 April 2016

Black Forest Join Elite League

Odirile ‘Nigeria’ Pitso scored for Forest in the 33rd minute to send his side straight into the elite league. Forest have now accumulated 44 points. Forest went into the match as favorites after a good result in their last match which saw...

Calistus Kolantsho | 11 April 2016

Women�s Team Go Down Fighting

The game was evenly contested right from the start with the local side giving the visiting team little respect. Captain, Bonang Otlhagile commanded the midfield and competed well against her South African opponents while Tlamelo Motlhale was solid...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 11 April 2016

Revellers Get The Jameson Experience At The Secret Party

The event managers managed to fulfil the secret location experience because everyone had no idea where they were being taken. The bus took off from Game City and headed towards the new Lobatse road. Just when everyone was still guessing the bus...

Sharon Mathala 11 April 2016

Why Should Employers Provide Their Staff With Financial Education?

* Debts * Medical Aid * Funeral Cover * Housing Allowance, and * PAYE. After all of these expenses Dimpho is left with less the one thousand pula a month.  With this remaining money she still has to cover all of her monthly expenses such as...

Correspondent 11 April 2016

Private Sector Urged To Invest In Domestic Economy

Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo made the call at a high level national symposium on sustainable finance that was held in Gaborone last week. He said the private sector as a potential source of capital, comprises of...

Isaac Pinielo 11 April 2016

Climbing The Ladder To Success

Born and raised in Francistown, Ricardo is the proud owner of a steadily growing Information, Communications and Technology firm called Bit-Bite Technology, located at Village Mall. The company services include, building networks for businesses,...

Tlamelo Matlho 11 April 2016

My response To Your Inquiry

I can confirm that I own and operate a communication consultancy that amongst other things develops and delivers communication solutions and events for various clients both locally and internationally. This consultancy has been in operation for...

Correspondent 11 April 2016

Moroka Women Start Bakery To Fight Poverty

One of the group members Mariam Sinyika, 66, told The Monitor that they are currently running a backyard bakery, which they started after presenting their idea to the social worker in the village in 2014. Sinyika said that same year they were...

Pini Bothoko | 11 April 2016

Public Servants Serenade Jwaneng

Choral music was the cream of the day as Jwaneng Town Council (JTC) and Dithuso house choirs (central government) dished out marabi and theme songs that will be used in this year’s district public service day billed for April 21. JTC choir,...

Lebogang Baingapi 11 April 2016

Letshego Gives Away A Moraka In A Cultural Style

Kediretswe grounds in Palapye will be a scene of a traditional festivities with members of the community participating to prepare traditional pots, among them slaughtered live cattle, as the company awards the lucky winner a...

Staff Writer 11 April 2016

Notification For Contributions And Benefits-Legal Aid Botswana

1. Contributions Legal Aid Applicants whose Calculated Monthly Income (which is the total of all sources of income and reasonable return on all valuable assets) shall be required to make a contribution to Legal Aid Botswana, in order to be assisted....

Correspondent 11 April 2016

The New Train - Meeting a Need. But Which Need?

All I could find was its schedule, its charges, that it has three classes, and a buffet and that’s about it. Call that aggressive marketing if you wish, but there is so  much more that competent marketing people should wish to make...

Sandy Grant 11 April 2016

In-laws from hell

Radio talk shows tiptoe around this issue and would rather discuss politics all day long than discuss this one issue. In-laws have been around since the first marriage (or the second nuptials since  either Adam nor Eve had one when they tied the...

Tumie Modise 11 April 2016

The Orphan And The Ants � Part 1 The Sons Of Matsieng

There is an old Setswana phrase: “BaKwena ba ga se bolaya kgosi”, that is “the BaKwena of one who kills the king”. Over the decades these words have been said with pride, shame and resignation, as a praise and a curse, about...

Jeff Ramsay | 11 April 2016

BOPEU Sees 3% Salary Increase As Bonus

BOPEU leadership met in Jwaneng over the weekend including all its 15 regional leadership, trustees, and the NAB. According to BOPEU General Secretary Topius Marenga, the leadership resolved that the 3% salary increase is just a bonus and that after...

Staff Writer 11 April 2016

Forty Years For Rape, But Only 10 Years To Serve

When sentencing him, Principal Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalu ruled the sentences to run concurrently, meaning that the convict will serve an effective 10 years only. Garetshele committed the offences between 2013 and 2014 at Lekobeng cattle post near...

Onneile Zibani 11 April 2016

Axe Murderer Gets 20 Years For Killing Girlfriend

Passing sentence, Makhwade said he took into consideration that Nsiwa pleaded guilty to the charge and did not waste the court’s precious time. “I find that there were extenuating circumstances that led the accused to commit the offence....

Lebogang Mosikare | 11 April 2016

Maun On A 2.5 Million Condoms Distribution Drive

The project, funded by the National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA) and coordinated by Ngamiland Council for Non-Governmental Organisations) (NCONGO) and Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA), will be implemented over a seven months...

Boniface Keakabetse 11 April 2016

CKGR �Poachers� Fail To Question Witnesses

The accused  were on trial on Thursday before Magistrate Keneilwe Koobake in a case that was prosecuted by Sub-Inspector Buti Matema of Rakops Police station. State alleges that on   March 7, 2015, the accused, acting jointly and in...

Edward Pekenene 11 April 2016

MAP Drama Group Adapts Frankenstein

The play is about a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, played by Ramin Sabet who was on a quest to impart life on non-living matter, which leads him to trying to wake up the dead. The dead wake up as zombies and end up terrifying the...

Dumisani Ncube 11 April 2016

BONELA Rescues 3-Year Old From Abusive Home

Last week, through its Save The Children project, BONELA won an urgent application for the court to order an immediate removal of the child from the custody of its mother for failing to protect her from incessant physical abuse by the...

Correspondent 11 April 2016

History Made: BTCL Lists 1BN Shares

The listing followed an oversubscribed Initial Public Offer in which applications received were for a total of 776.3 million shares against the 462 million shares on offer. The IPO offered citizen applicants a 44 percent stake in the BTCL, with...

Mbongeni Mguni | 11 April 2016