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Thalefang Charles 06 June 2016
Zuckerberg's social media accounts targeted by hackers
The Facebook founder's accounts on sites including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest appear to have been briefly compromised on Sunday. A hacker group called Ourmine, which has more than 40,000 Twitter followers, claimed...
BBC.COM 06 June 2016
Anti-smoking Tobacco Packaging Campaigns
Correspondent 06 June 2016
Big Up To Earlier HIV Treatment
What this means is that all Batswana diagnosed HIV positive will receive antiretrovirals earlier than reaching the 350 CD4 count, which used to be the starting point for treatment. This approach will see approximately 100,000 more people...
Monitor Editor 06 June 2016
Dintwe, Matlapeng Win Kgale Hill Challenge
Matlapeng told Monitor Sport that he has been preparing for the race since January through the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) cross country competitions, adding the events are the same. “I perform well in a course that has obstacles. A...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 06 June 2016
BDF VI Thrash Mafolofolo
The army side completely dominated the encounter leaving no room for Mafolofolo to respond as they won the first set 25-13. The technically-organised team continued to lay siege in the second set winning 25-22. The third set was more interesting as...
Tumelo Mouwane 06 June 2016
Cranes Soar Above Zebras
Uganda’s win also ended the Zebras’ hopes of qualifying for the 2017 AFCON showpiece billed for Gabon. It was the Zebras’ first loss at the Francistown stadium since the facility was officially opened last September. The encounter...
Koketso Kgoboge 06 June 2016
Mamelodi In Court Today
Their suspension also saw Walter Kgabung and Solomon Mantswe both being recalled as the chairperson and vice chairperson respectively. Rapula Okaile took reins as the interim chairperson while Botswana Football Association (BFA) CEO, Kitso Kemoeng...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 06 June 2016
Butler Disappointed After AFCON Failure
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) had asked Butler to qualify for next year’s AFCON finals and last year’s African Championships (CHAN) as well as reach the semi finals of the COSAFA Cup, which he achieved last year. Butler saw his...
Mqondisi Dube
| 06 June 2016
Hundreds Of Meat Lovers Brave The Cold For LIBF
This year’s beef festival was a success as the attendees enjoyed varieties of meat dishes, entertainment, games and drinks. The camp chair and cooler box affair saw 11 artistes sharing the stage in the fully packed Amphitheatre. As usual,...
Tumelo Mouwane 06 June 2016
A Maftown Boy Calms The Earthquake
Car spinning in Botswana will never be the same again and the event got off to a big start with the Vice President, Mokgweetsi Masisi opening the Earthquake in style. ‘Sissy Boy’ as he is also known, said he was impressed by the way the...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 06 June 2016
Youth Entrepreneurs Advised To Market Through Social Media
Phele was speaking at the recent Youth Business Expo at the Fairgrounds organised by the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture. Phele said social media is one of those platforms that are highly populated. She said billions of people in the world...
Oageng Batenegi 06 June 2016
Last Gasp Efforts To Keep KFC Open
The liquidator, Nigel Dixon-Warren, who is a partner with KPMG in Botswana said that they are going to make sure that the stores remain open with support from KFC Africa. He noted that VPB Propco, the company that owns the local KFC franchise, had...
Isaac Pinielo 06 June 2016
Botswana Ups Ante In HIV Treatment
Our relentless efforts to contain an epidemic that threatened to cause deaths in over a third of our population required unprecedented political, scientific and development partner support. The epidemic has also placed unrelenting demands on our...
Ian Khama 06 June 2016
At Last, Hope For The Children
They took it to the streets, activists from all corners of the country joined the ear-piercing cry of the innocent, gao tsholetswe mo lekeishaneng o tla itse gore street fight go tewa eng (if you are born in the township, you will know what is meant...
Correspondent 06 June 2016
Tsodilo�s Relocated Farmers Thank Diamond Trust
This comes as the Diamond Trust last week Tuesday renewed its working relationship with the Tsodilo community with a three-year agreement which will see beneficiaries in the area across demographics reap significant mainstream and spill over...
Correspondent 06 June 2016
Khama To Open AAS 10th General Assembly
” The AAS is jointly organised with the Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) and the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST). The 120 scientists gathering for the event will discuss how...
Correspondent 06 June 2016
UN Commends Novel HIV Treatment
This approach will see approximately 100,000 more people enrolling in the Anti-Retroviral Therapy this month. UN resident coordinator, Anders Pedersen said the country has over the years shown commitment in the war against HIV/AIDS. A joint...
Staff Writer 06 June 2016
Botswana Adopts Treat All Strategy
Makgato said scientific findings at the International AIDS Society Conference in Vancouver in July 2015, showed that early initiation of HIV treatment was significant in reducing HIV infections and a turning point in Botswana HIV prevention and...
Zolani Kraai 06 June 2016
Unconcerned That It Should Be Working Against Itself
Take the rumour that has long been doing the rounds that the land on which State House is built was owned by Seretse and that rent is even now being paid to, what are coyly described as, his descendants. Personally, I found the idea far-fetched not...
Correspondent 06 June 2016
The baby mama struggle is real
If they do have children and find the mother difficult to deal with, they should not disappear from the child’s life, because in the end it is better for the child to see you try immensely than to know that you gave up and walked away. It is...
Tumie Modise 06 June 2016
The Orphan and the Ants Part 9 - The Batawana Breakaway
The final split between the two factions was touched off when Tawana travelled with a group of supporters to Sokwane to consult with the by then aging, but nonetheless active, Bakwena Kgosi Motswasele I. While surviving traditions are at some...
Jeff Ramsay
| 06 June 2016
Overstretched BQA Launches One-Stop Centre
To be manned by a customer service manager, Selwana Koppenhaver along with six stakeholder relations officers, the one stop centre is located on the ground floor of BQA headquarters and will help clients on the spot. The centre is a spacious...
Correspondent 06 June 2016
Unyielding Poverty Projects Worry FCC
Years back the government introduced few initiatives like poverty eradication to diversify the economy away from the capital-intensive mining industry. The government wanted to focus on private business and local enterprise, where more and varied...
Pini Bothoko
| 06 June 2016
DCEC Sniff Corruption In ESP
The Deputy Director General at DCEC Gaofenngwe Wasetso said they are already receiving overwhelming complaints that some tenders are not well advertised and he urged public servants to thoroughly circulate adverts for tendering in all areas to allow...
Lebogang Baingapi 06 June 2016
UB Wants Tender Cancellation Withheld
This follows the catering company, Boitekanelo having filed an urgent application seeking the High Court to review and set aside the UB Finance Committee’s decision to invalidate the award for provision of catering services to them. Through...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 06 June 2016
IEC Denies Voter Trafficking
“We have heard politicians saying that there is lot of voter-trafficking in their constituencies, but we treat such as a rumour because our office has not registered any case of voter-trafficking. It should be understood that voter-trafficking...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 06 June 2016
Chinese Commnunity Join Hands With MoESD
The donations are a result of the partnership between the CACB, Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) and the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) to provide out of school children with basic education. Old Naledi is considered one of...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 06 June 2016
Ratha Yatra debuts in Botswana
The International Society organised the religious and cultural festival for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON Botswana). The event is hosted in over 500 countries in the world. Locally, it was held in Gaborone. The Ratha Yatra, which was well attended by...
Dumisani Ncube 06 June 2016
Moruleng Vows To End Kgafela�s Shenanigans
This untenable behaviour can neither be tolerated nor allowed to continue.” “We intend taking the necessary legal remedial action with relevant organs of state to stop Kgafela’s shenanigans. The gloves are now off”. “We...
Staff Writer 06 June 2016
Govt Subsidy Chokes YDF Beneficiary�s Business
The 30-year-old resident of Maokane, who was funded to start a stock feed centre in his home village, has been disadvantaged by the 50% government subsidy for livestock feeds, which he was excluded from. This means he was forced to compete...
Lebogang Baingapi 06 June 2016
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