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Mpho Mokwape 17 June 2016
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Mmegi Editor 17 June 2016
Teaching Service Act is a must
We all know that it is impossible for security guards to man the whole school premises because of the size of the school, and the requirement is that the guard should be at the gate all the time to see who is coming in and going out. It is therefore...
Mmegi Editor
| 17 June 2016
Zakhem shifts focus to volleyball
“I am tired of what is happening in our football. The crisis that has enveloped our football is worrisome. That is why I divorced GU after 10 years of marriage,” he said. Zakhem said young clubs like Dynamites are the future of sport in...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 June 2016
New volleyball club ready to walk after crawling
That dream was realised when, together with other teachers in surrounding villages of Tobane, Mmadinare and Sefophe, the Phikwe Volleyball Club was formed last year. The club made its debut in the Mascom League this season. “I hold Level One...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 June 2016
Motorsport president denies resignation reports
The committee has been accused of abuse of office, failing to call for an Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was supposed to have been held in August last year. “I don’t know where the confusion came from. What I know is that am still...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 17 June 2016
The scandals that shook Botswana football
1. Ofentse Nato saga The issue, which started off just as a normal protest over the registration of the Zebras captain, has now spiralled into a national crisis. Nato joined Rollers in February as a free agent following the expiry of his contract...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 17 June 2016
Cornered Sebego says he won�t quit
The mounting football problems could have floored the feeble. Sebego has received probably the harshest criticism in his brief tenure at the helm of the football mother body. His rival for football’s biggest job, Maclean Letshwiti has wasted...
Mqondisi Dube
| 17 June 2016
Improved prize money for softball extravaganza
The champions from both sections will pocket P75,000 up from last year’s P60,000. The runners-up will receive P40,000, an increase of P10,000. Teams that finish third will get P28,000 up from P25,000 while number four receives P23,000,...
Koketso Kgoboge 17 June 2016
Young Motswana cricketer prepares to rock England
Next week Friday, Tshose will board the long flight to a warmer England where he faces a daunting, but exciting prospect of leaving an indelible mark on English cricket. Although joining a third division side, Tshose has made history by becoming the...
Mqondisi Dube
| 17 June 2016
BNSC intervening not interfering- Reikeletseng
Reikeletseng was reacting to the Botswana Football Association’s (BFA) assertion that the BNSC was interfering in its affairs. “Our decision to ask the BFA to postpone the game was not a matter of interference, but intervention. What...
Mqondisi Dube
| 17 June 2016
Statisticians urged to produce credible data
“Statisticians are maligned because some people speak about them and their product in a spitefully, critical manner. In fact, some people will frankly admit they do not believe in statistics,” he said. He noted that the media has...
Isaac Pinielo 17 June 2016
�Regular visitors�
She said: “I just got off the phone with some South African trying to sell me a travel and hotel discount credit card. I’m not sure of the company name... Travel hotel express something... I was on the phone with him for 16 minutes and he...
Consumer Watchdog 17 June 2016
Lesedi La Rona seen fetching P900m at London auction
Speaking at a mining conference held in Gaborone this week, Lucara chief operating officer, Paul Day said basing on figures of $77,000 per carat fetched by a 813-carat stone they sold in May, they expect Lesedi La Rona to attract a price of more...
Brian Benza 17 June 2016
The plight of Africa�s children
The drumbeats, poems, songs, drama, sporting activities, musical festivities that characterised the somewhat carnival atmosphere masked the deep underlying structural challenges that innocent African children face in their daily lives. Without any...
Solly Rakgomo 17 June 2016
SADC-PF a regional talkshow?
Whilst still faced with numerous legal and institutional challenges, other regions, namely East Africa with the East African Legislative Assembly and West African region with the Economic Community of West African States Parliament, are a bit...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 17 June 2016
The military�s fear of the news media
My media and military experiences are unique to both industries and I believe I have a big role to help bridge the existing divide. Both institutions are very critical for the existence and sustenance of democracy. The state has the absolute monopoly...
Richard Moleofe 17 June 2016
The ancient etymologies of calmness and agitation
Its base (proto) term is lulama (become quiet, serene: which relates to llama – a docile, camel-like Peruvian animal). The term lulama is made up of lala (lie flat) + ma (a suffix meaning ‘become’, as in ana-ma (become spread-out;...
L M Leteane 17 June 2016
Development of Qhoree copper mine on track
In an interview with BusinessWeek, Cupric Africa chief executive officer, Sam Rasmussen said they estimate to spend about $350 million (P3.7 billion) to build the underground copper and silver mine and start mining with the first concentrate expected...
Brian Benza 17 June 2016
EPA: A window for Botswana to boost exports
The EPA has been under negotiations since 2004, focusing on trade in goods and services. The discussions for the goods chapter between the EU and the SADC EPA countries were concluded in July 2014. The trade agreement includes Botswana,...
Isaac Pinielo 17 June 2016
Grain prices double on drought effects
He said the maize prices have more than doubled from the previous year, which will ultimately lead to the rise in food prices. “Food prices will also rise as a result of these rising grain prices. The final consumer will find it more expensive...
Isaac Pinielo 17 June 2016
My diabetic son, my inspiration
I didn’t know what type 1 diabetes was nor did I know what BG and insulin were. What I knew was when your child gets sick, you give them medicine and rest and they get better. This time, I could not make the condition go away; it...
Correspondent 17 June 2016
Battle to enforce children�s rights continues
Thousands of high school children were against a decree, which forced all black schools to use Afrikaans and English in a proportional mix as languages of instruction. Years later the battle continues from living through the barrel of a gun, to no...
Baboki Kayawe 17 June 2016
EU deal �sweetest of them all� for SADC
On May 19, 2010, having watched the trade talks with the EU drag on with little concession and mounting ‘soft threats’, Namibian president, Hage Geingob had had enough. Trade negotiations by nature involve all parties smiling to the...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 17 June 2016
Drug abuse accounts for 85% of Sbrana patients
Speaking at a hand over ceremony yesterday where a Ramotswa-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Letlhapisa Le Lengwe, donated sanitary items worth P8,000 to the hospital, outpatient psychiatric nurse, Mpho Masedi said patients at Sbrana use...
Tumelo Mouwane 17 June 2016
National blood bank still failing to meet demand
With increased road carnage, the demand for blood transfusion is escalating among accidents and emergency victims. To augment collections at the Gaborone National Blood Transfusion Centre and the Frrancistown Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, blood...
Baboki Kayawe 17 June 2016
GCC debate albino grievances
The mover of the motion councillor Sergeant Kgosietsile of Marulamantsi ward in Gaborone Bonnington South says some people still have a difficulty when dealing with albinos especially some parents who have normal skin and end up having albino...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 17 June 2016
GCC mayor saves impoverished vendors
Facing the leading global industrial company, Thomas Sekole, 54 and his partner Matshidiso Ditshwele 76, who reside in Old Naledi where they have rented out a shack for P100 per month, eke out a living from selling an assortment of ready-made...
Baboki Kayawe 17 June 2016
Seizure of Moalosi�s laptop lawful � state
The BCP activist Motlhaleemang Moalosi’s attorney Owen Nsala had approached the court on urgency to order that the seizure of his laptop by detective superintendent Sergeant Marapo of Botswana Police Service and the Attorney General (AG), cited...
Correspondent 17 June 2016
Prof dismisses envisaged tourism land bank
The professor, Joseph Mbaiwa told Mmegi that prime tourism areas taken from land boards to the Ministry of Lands and Housing (MLH) has created an impression that the bank was set up to have prime tourism concessions in the OD allocated to the ‘...
Boniface Keakabetse 17 June 2016
Chronology of the Lutheran conflict
Efforts by Kgosi Mosadi Seboko to try to intervene in order to resolve the dispute between ELCB Ramotswa branch, their pastor Thabiso Segatlhe and the ELCB church council has not borne any fruits. The meeting between them and the chief did not...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 17 June 2016
Ramotswa Lutheran church vows to fight for pastor
The root cause of the dispute is the sacking of Pastor Thabiso Segatlhe who has been with the Ramotswa congregation since 2007. According to a group of Ramotswa church council members Kealeboga Sekisang, Goodwill Tlhaselo, Joyce Sangate, Victor...
Bame Piet 17 June 2016
Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2013 in abeyance
In 2013, former Lobatse legislator Nehemiah Modubule successfully moved a bill asking Parliament to allow Members of Parliament to continue as members of the National Assembly up to and including the last day preceding a general election...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 17 June 2016
Textile outfit retrenches following Zim imports ban
The company, Puma Trading (Pty) Ltd trading as Bolex Weaving Mills, confirmed the job cuts to Mmegi last week. Following unfavourable market conditions that were mainly caused by the Zimbabwe authorities’ decision to ban textile imports in...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 17 June 2016
FCC declares departments corruption red-zones
The departments that are currently within the red-zone of corruption monitoring at the FCC include information and communications technology (ICT), transport, social and community development (S&CD) and the allocation of the Self Help Housing...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 17 June 2016
Rastafari unlocked
Arts and Culture caught up with three members of the Rastafari community who have been involved with the practice for decades. These are Ras Gothusang ‘King Blak’ Caiphus, Ras Steven ‘Jahfyah’ Diseko and Ras Samoki I....
Dumisani Ncube 17 June 2016
The horror of the stock exchange
Like the title suggests, money is the main subject of this crime drama. It takes us on a detailed depiction of stock exchange shares dealing the bad side, so is a definite watch if you are interested in investing also. You know what they say about...
Bakang Israel 17 June 2016
Somolekae�s art mimic photographic moment
In a village called Molepolole south of Gaborone, a young boy once asked his mother if it was possible to draw a person exactly the way they are. The mother told her son that it was impossible to portray an image the way a photograph does. The young...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 17 June 2016
African Writers You Should Know: Niq Mhlongo
The books deal with issues facing the people there, issues such as unemployment, xenophobia, HIV/AIDS, corruption, and racism. His books have been well received and widely reviewed, with his first book Dog Eat Dog being translated into Spanish...
Lauri Kubuitsile 17 June 2016
Management takeover at Afena Capital
In a transaction that is still before regulators, the local management team is acquiring an additional 51% in the Botswana firm from South African parent company, Afena Capital. “We are excited about the opportunities available for Afena...
Brian Benza 17 June 2016
SA to deport Botswana murderers to face death sentence
This decision by South Africa was reached last week Wednesday to amend the Treaty on Extradition Act. This comes after years of tension between the two neighbouring countries in relation to matters of extradition in murder cases. According to the...
Sharon Mathala 17 June 2016
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