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Mpho Mokwape 24 June 2016
Brexit: David Cameron to quit after UK votes to leave EU
Mr Cameron made the announcement in a statement outside Downing Street after the final result was announced. He said he would attempt to "steady the ship" over the coming weeks and months. He had urged the country to vote Remain, warning of...
BBC.COM 24 June 2016
Basketball team aborts trip due to visa delays
Deeds had replaced champions, PoshRentless in the competition, which was supposed to start on June 11, but late visa applications meant the trip was aborted. “The passports were submitted less than a week before the departure date and they...
Dumisani Ncube 24 June 2016
The world�s favourite fish
It is currently the world’s favourite as it is sitting pretty at the top of box office. Well, the name of this new experience is Finding Dory and it will make you remember the 2003 animation blockbuster Finding Nemo. Thumbs up to you then...
Bakang Israel 24 June 2016
Makgadikgadi Open tees off in Sowa
The two-day tournament, meant for both men and the women, would be played over 18 holes. The competition is divided into the A Division for players with less than nine handicap, B Division (handicap 9 to 16), C Division (handicap 17 to 24) for men...
Koketso Kgoboge 24 June 2016
Double treat for chess enthusiasts
The Gaborone Open is sponsored by Kalahari Associates for P26, 000. The winner of the open section will bag P4, 000, while second placed player receives P3, 000 and the player who finishes third gets P2, 000. The women’s champion takes home P3,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 24 June 2016
Dollas, a tough tackler who shunned GU�s �dollar�
Born here at Tshingwane ward 68 years ago, Dollas started his football at Tonota Primary School in 1965 while staying with his aunt. After completing his primary education he moved back to his parents’ house in Francistown. He went to what was...
Koketso Kgoboge 24 June 2016
Alcohol ban costs Botswana COSAFA Cup
COSAFA was keen to have the Botswana Football Association (BFA) organise next year’s event. But BNSC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng told Mmegi Sport yesterday that sport cannot be sponsored through any alcohol brand. He said there is no way...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 24 June 2016
�The rights you don�t have�
We all know now (at least instinctively) that stores and suppliers are required to treat us fairly and honestly and they’re not allowed to lie, withhold the truth or cheat us. That’s obvious. But what rights don’t we have? What...
Consumer Watchdog 24 June 2016
Innovation Fund finally set for unveiling
The fund, which has been on the cards for some time now, is expected to help innovators in Botswana achieve their dreams of participating on the same level as their international peers. Local innovators have bemoaned the insufficient seed and early...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 24 June 2016
New play-off date after COSAFA Cup
The match, which was scheduled for last week Wednesday at the National Stadium, was postponed at the last minute following the intervention of the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC). The decision by the BNSC attracted mixed reactions from the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 24 June 2016
I did not expect anything-Makwala
Makwala was tipped to clinch the sportsman of the year award and ultimately grab the sportsperson of the year gong, but was pipped by boxer, Zibani Chikanda and then Karabo Sibanda who scooped the big prize. “I am just ok about the awards. I...
Mqondisi Dube
| 24 June 2016
Suspend BCL Mine operations
If the lives of the workers at the mine do come first, then safety, health and the environment have to be in the forefront of the mine’s agenda. The nation is weary of news from the copper nickel town of Selebi-Phikwe reporting of...
Mmegi Editor
| 24 June 2016
My J Cole World experience
Initially when I received the invite I was excited about travelling to the City of Gold, not necessarily to witness the man live on stage. I am not a fan, but to experience the much talked about Ticketpro Dome. I had also read politician Botsalo...
Sharon Mathala 24 June 2016
The finest grains of art
In the past, ancient cultures developed a method for separating grain from chaff called winnowing and it was never an easy job. African women used a thin layer of woven tray called leselo in Setswana to perform this task, which is called go hehera in...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 24 June 2016
Botshelo Wame Sechele - Tribute to a vivacious larger-than-life personae
How would I easily believe that someone with whom I had had a characteristic cheerful phone conversation only three days earlier had abruptly departed this life. In fact, were the news bearer not her sister I would probably have procrastinated...
Correspondent 24 June 2016
Huawei has landed
Hardly a year ago many people did not know anything about Huawei, let alone pronounce the name Huawei. Today while many still battle with the pronunciation, most people use or know someone who is using a Huawei product. Huawei says that is just the...
Thalefang Charles
| 24 June 2016
SB urged to modernise data dissemination
Programme coordinator at the PARIS21 secretariat for the Africa region, Shelton Kanyanda said data dissemination in Botswana has not been very good, as most reports were made public in formats that were not friendly to the user. “For instance,...
Isaac Pinielo 24 June 2016
�No hard feelings�
“We had to sell our house, our home. We sold it at a heavy discount just to keep Mount Burgess alive and lost money in the sale. We had to raise money.” Nigel Forrester and his wife Jan are speaking from their booth at the resource...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 24 June 2016
Climate change goes between the sheets
More efforts in the fields and less in the bedroom, is the message from a proposal by SADC responding to the poor forecasts for resources in the region. Within 34 years or by 2050, the region’s member states could be enforcing a policy that...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 24 June 2016
Tlou buoyed by 100MW gas plant proposal
The company is focused on delivering power in Botswana and Southern Africa through the development of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) projects. In a statement released on Tuesday, Tlou acting managing director, Gabaake Gabaake said as the most advanced CBM...
Brian Benza 24 June 2016
It all comes together for Zebras
A win will present a nation, already in jubilant mood, with the right 50th birthday present. Peter Butler’s charges have endured a lot in recent weeks, but responded magnificently with two victories within a week which sent them through to...
Mqondisi Dube
| 24 June 2016
Selkirk adds six years to Tati Mine life
TNMC has two main assets or resources, being Phoenix and Selkirk with the former having depleted its ore and has been mothballed. TNMC head of mining, Koketso Botepe told BusinessWeek that the EIA process started February this year. A notice...
Isaac Pinielo 24 June 2016
Museum gives up hope of restoring Chapman�s tree
According to botanical records, it is the third largest tree in Africa and is believed to be 3,000 to 4,000- years-old. The tree, which is a national monument, fell to the ground in January and authorities sent botanists to assess whether it could...
Boniface Keakabetse 24 June 2016
Innovation: The missing link to a knowledge-based economy
BusinessWeek: Take us through the Innovation Hub’s journey Mokobi: Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) is an organisation that promotes technology, entrepreneurship and commercialisation on a purpose-built Science and Technology Park. Between...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 24 June 2016
FCC yet to suspend alleged corrupt officers, deputy mayor
City deputy mayor Lechedzani Modenga and an undisclosed number of the Francistown City Council (FCC) employees were recently caught by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) investigators for reportedly dealing on illegal sales of...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 24 June 2016
Sebina sex firestorm case politically motivated- Nsala
Moalosi’s attorney Owen Nsala said the seizure of Moalosi’s laptop is politically motivated in order for him to appear as a criminal before the eyes of the public, should he express interest to stand as the BCP Shashe West parliamentary...
Correspondent 24 June 2016
A week of mayhem at Kgari Sechele
Briefing emergency meeting attendants on the incident yesterday morning, the school headmaster Lapologang Kolagano said punishment of one unruly student led to the fracas that made them abandon an examination. “Last week Wednesday a student...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 24 June 2016
Riders relish home ground advantage at �Mantshwabisi�
A team of ten riders led by Ross Branch, Vincent Conlon and Motsumi Lekone who are vying for the Motorsport South Africa (MSA) national championships title, would look to use home ground to their advantage. “The time for preparations is over,...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 24 June 2016
BOSETU sues govt for scarce skills
According to BOSETU, the two have failed to implement two court orders that allowed payment of allowance to teachers in the scarce skills category. The union says it intends to take the two departments to court for failing to implement judgements of...
Mpho Mokwape
| 24 June 2016
Double murder accused alleges police harassment
Twenty-six-year-old Bakang Godisang, who appeared without her lawyer yesterday, told the Broadhurst Principal Magistrate, Monash Ndlovu that the police have been harassing her and forcing her to turn state witness. She said she was surprised that...
Mpho Mokwape
| 24 June 2016
Dikgosi call for constitutional review
Kgosi Galeakanye Modise of Tswapong region is requesting government to start the process of a constitutional review so that Batswana can be afforded an opportunity to make an input in the constitution that will be neutral, respectful and cognisant of...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 24 June 2016
BCP stops defections in Okavango
This follows the decamping to the BDP by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Okavango Bagalatia Arone and his campaign manager. At a BDP rally at Kelemogile ward, another BCP recruit to BDP, Lotty Manyapetsa stated that the ruling party would continue...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 24 June 2016
Ngamiland gives Govt ultimatum
During a heated discussion during a meeting addressed by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Wildlife, Tourism, Natural Resources and Climate Change, on Tuesday, they expressed their woes with the increased elephant population. The communities...
Boniface Keakabetse 24 June 2016
Thebe, Limko messy separation in court
Thebe sought the court’s assistance in nullifying her soon to be former employer’s restrictions. The university amongst other restrictions ordered Thebe not to travel or leave Gaborone (place of residence) without its permission. She is...
Sharon Mathala 24 June 2016
Moremi fights for inheritance
Chief’s Island, which stretches 70 kilometres long and 15 kilometres wide, is so named (Moremi) because it was once the sole hunting preserve of Kgosi Mathiba, Kgosi Tawana II’s forefather. Tawana explained that the land is his...
Staff Writer 24 June 2016
Livelihoods ruined
His proposal is that if the fence is realigned, government must deliver on promises to supply farmers with water from the river, which, once a feature of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, will be out of reach to these pastoralists. He wondered how...
Tefo Pheage 24 June 2016
The various etymologies of the ancient term loka
To show off both of these features at once, I typically trace the etymology of Indo-European words and then demonstrate their commonality with Setswana terms. This week, we look at the varied and interesting forms of the proto-term loka in light of...
L M Leteane 24 June 2016
Anti democratic politics of Trump and Hillary Clinton
Even the liberal scribes find common ground with the conservatives in denouncing Trump as a tyrant who represents a loud echo if not a strong register of a fascist past. While such condemnations contain a shred of truth, they only scratch the surface...
Solly Rakgomo 24 June 2016
State capture and commercialisation of tertiary education
There is a relatively new phenomenon, a type of political corruption at a grand scale, whereby private education companies owning fake tertiary education institutions significantly influence government's public policy decision-making processes to...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 24 June 2016
Khamas push Khumaga, Moreomaoto residents to court
Failure by the two sides to reach common ground has left the concerned populations fearing dispossession of heritage, livelihoods and land, due to what they believe to be negotiation in bad faith by government in a heated altercation emanating from...
Baboki Kayawe 24 June 2016
Economic growth target too optimistic � BoB
In the 2016/2017 budget speech presented in February, finance minister, Kenneth Matambo projected the economy to bounce back from a negative 0.3 percent growth rate in 2015 to 4.2 percent this year. But in a report highlighting the 2016 Business...
Brian Benza 24 June 2016
Is BDF ready to mobilise its reserves?
Regardless of the fact that in this standoff between the two countries there have not been any shots fired, the Ukrainian reserves were eager and ready to serve their country with pride. The fact that Russia is a nuclear power and possesses far more...
Richard Moleofe 24 June 2016
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