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Kennedy Ramokone 30 June 2016
Lesedi La Rona fails to sell at auction
Bids for the 1,109-carat, tennis ball-sized stone topped out at $61 million - an amount that fell short of the undisclosed minimum reserve price. Sotheby's had estimated that the diamond, found last November at Lucara's mine in Botswana, would...
Reuters 30 June 2016
The BFG
A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Independence Day: Resurgence
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Central Intelligence
After he reunites with an old school pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
The Conjuring 2
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
After facing Shredder, who has joined forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to take over the world, the Turtles must confront an even greater nemesis: the notorious Krang.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
The BFG
A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
After facing Shredder, who has joined forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to take over the world, the Turtles must confront an even greater nemesis: the notorious Krang.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Independence Day: Resurgence
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Central Intelligence
After he reunites with an old school pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
The BFG
A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
After facing Shredder, who has joined forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to take over the world, the Turtles must confront an even greater nemesis: the notorious Krang.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Central Intelligence
After he reunites with an old school pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Independence Day: Resurgence
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Finding Dory
The friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish reunites with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
BMD Gaolathe
Mmegi Editor 30 June 2016
Now You See Me 2
The Four Horsemen resurface and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
Empower Govt PROs to project positivity
The Botswana government chief spokesperson Jeff Ramsay recently held a capacity building workshop PROs of public institutions, and from them he demanded a highly responsive and competent team. We agree, as PR professionals extends far beyond...
Mmegi Editor
| 30 June 2016
Foundation laid for judo centre
The facility is the result of a grant of close to P970,000 from the Japanese government through their embassy in Botswana. She said the dojo is ideal in the build up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. “I am pleased that the design of the centre...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 30 June 2016
Deltas ready for softball eliminators
The main tournament will take place in Selebi-Phikwe over the President’s Day holidays with men and women’s defending champions, BDF IX and Dinare qualifying automatically alongside hosts, Phikwe Comets. The hosts for the eliminators,...
Koketso Kgoboge 30 June 2016
Man. United and the desperate hiring of Mourinho
Second, it is another rude reminder of the desperation and panic stations that obtain at the once hallowed Theatre of Dreams in the post-Alex Ferguson era. Third, the slow-motion arrival of the Special One is evidence of how far and hard Manchester...
Correspondent 30 June 2016
Mantswe goes for multi-pronged approach
I wish to announce my candidacy for the position of the Botswana Football Association (BFA) presidency and to introduce my team who shall compete for positions in the national executive committee (NEC). Our task will be to improve on what has been...
Correspondent 30 June 2016
Dlala to sponsor Hotspurs
Club chairperson, Loeto Dithebe told Mmegi Sport a contract was signed on May 30 as the Mahalapye side prepares to make their debut in the elite league. However, Dithebe said the two still have to tie some loose ends with the finer details to be...
Oageng Batenegi 30 June 2016
BNSC affiliates cry foul over grant cut
BONA has received P720,000 a decline from last year’s P800,000 last year. BONA president, Tebogo Lebotse-Sebego said yesterday that they are disappointed considering that they will be hosting the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup and its...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 30 June 2016
Struggling Gunners lose key players
The two parties are said to have agreed to terminate his contract after the club failed to honour their contractual obligation. He is currently training with Township Rollers who are reportedly looking for a striker. He was linked with a move to...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 30 June 2016
End of the road for Butler?
“It appears there are relationship issues with his employer and therefore I doubt if he will be given an extension. He has done well with the team but other factors have to be considered,” the source said. Butler refused to reveal much...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 June 2016
Feeling like a black rock star in China
In my case I technically drove into China, well not from Africa, but from that Chinese-British island of Hong Kong. After 13 hours of flying direct from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, the Hong Kong International Airport offers...
Thalefang Charles
| 30 June 2016
British teen tourist: I was raped in Kasane
Regrettably the amazing trip ended as her worst nightmare and the total opposite of her expectations. Now at 24 the young woman has gained courage to share her alleged rape ordeal. According to the woman (name known to this publication) she...
Mpho Mokwape
| 30 June 2016
Through the eyes of Basotho wives
The slain former Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Maaparankoe Mohao, Mamphanya, may have lost a husband at the hands of his former colleagues in the army, but she is nowhere near giving up the fight for justice. She is determined...
Bame Piet 30 June 2016
Brexit! Escape from neoliberal prison
The narrow victory, which caught the prognosticators by surprise, is the strongest sign yet that working people across the continent are awakening to economic and political disaster that has been created in the name of European integration. Not only...
Solly Rakgomo 30 June 2016
Fireworks in Parly winter session
The motion was calling for the House to resolve to obliterate the Leader of Opposition (LOO) statement on Botswana-China relations from the Hansard. The government side, supported by the Leader of the House (LOH), agreed that the matter was not only...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 30 June 2016
The police must stop being a nuisance on our roads
When I was still an officer at BDF, going on duty for one week on police patrols was always a form of torture. They always have their hands full. The level of crime in this country is always under-reported and therefore under-estimated. In their...
Richard Moleofe 30 June 2016
Tracing the linguistic roots of terms �rogo� and �tala�
Of course, the concept of a now-lost universal language is covered in Genesis 11’s account of the Tower of Babel, but what is still unknown is that Setswana is still very close to that old protolanguage, and this is what I cover in this...
L M Leteane 30 June 2016
Butler reports BFA to OP
Butler argues, in a letter written to the President’s office, that the association had reneged on a number of contractual obligations. In the letter, the coach said his salary had not been adjusted to cover cost of living expenses while some...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 June 2016
Lesotho trundles along bumpy road to ... peace?
Two countries. Both near or around the heart of southern Africa. Both bountifully blessed with pristine natural beauty. Both sparkling with diamonds. Both with populations of about two million people. Both gained independence from colonial Britain...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 30 June 2016
�Ethical variation�
If we lived in some Maoist dystopia where everyone dressed the same, carried their little red books and did exactly what they were told to do? Luckily life isn’t like that. It certainly isn’t in Botswana. We have some incredibly bright,...
Consumer Watchdog 30 June 2016
MoU seen boosting Kenya and Botswana economies
Through the Kenya-Botswana business forum, Kenya was described as a country that has seen enviable success and growth in the services, agriculture, agri-business and manufacturing sectors, which Botswana can learn a lot from as is currently on a...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 30 June 2016
Kenya-Botswana trade volumes at paltry levels
In 2010, Kenya exported commodities worth $0.53 million (P5.4 million) to Botswana, which rose to $1.6 million the following year and significantly drifted to a low of $0.46 million in 2012. The highest exports were realised in 2014 at a value of...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 30 June 2016
Top-heavy structure weighs down BotswanaPost-Audit
The findings of the audit will inform the decision making with regard to the business strategy going forward. Experts engaged to carry out the audit presented findings of the scan, which was adopted and approved by the board during this financial...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 30 June 2016
Weak prices stymie plans for pioneering metals refinery
Last year, government funded a prefeasibility study into the establishment of the refinery, which would use output from BCL, Tati Nickel, African Copper and Khoemacau mines, to produce pure metal that can be processed into final products such as...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 30 June 2016
Central Intelligence Bureau horrors
UnAfrican mainly focuses on a smart psychopath named Goldie, a serial killer dubbed as ‘The Butcher of Donga’ due to his killing techniques. This serial killer would slaughter people and leave them with pentagram symbols that he would...
Dumisani Ncube 30 June 2016
Cross Okavango Delta Expedition to inspire local artists
This year, the expedition would travel with various artists (musicians, poet, painter, photographers) in order to inspire them to create artworks based on their delta crossing experience. The artworks would form part of the celebratory artworks by...
Staff Writer 30 June 2016
How will Brexit affect Botswana?
On 24 June, the announcement of a ‘yes’ vote for Brexit sent the markets on a panic mode and saw one of the biggest falls in the FTSE’s (UK stock index) 32-year history, as the FTSE 100 index dropped by around 500 points, or more...
Correspondent 30 June 2016
BDP tightens screws on membership registration
“This will also help the party to block new members who are trafficked during Bulela Ditswe. The new system is helped by party structures where a person is allowed to register. There is no way a new member could be registered at a higher...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 30 June 2016
BOSETU warns minister Dow
This was after teachers had blamed students who are admitted to secondary schools after obtaining grade D and through the Back-to-School programme for being perpetrators in the recent uprisings in schools. A teacher at Gaborone Senior Secondary...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 30 June 2016
Pula Steel closes down
The steel manufacturing plant failed a Department of Pollutions Control inspection conducted a fortnight ago. This has resulted in the plant being closed down until it complies with the required pollution control standards to put up a pollution...
Onalenna Kelebeile 30 June 2016
Jwaneng-Mabutsane calls for stiffer electoral fines
The committee, comprising of different political parties, non-profit making organisations and other stakeholders in the electoral process, made the suggestion on Tuesday in Jwaneng at a workshop aimed at reviewing the Sekoma council by-election which...
Lebogang Baingapi 30 June 2016
IEC challenged by election protests
Speaking during the party liaison committee meeting on Tuesday, Modimoopelo said the procedures of lodging electoral protests differ between the two entities. He said this results in some electorates failing to meet registration deadlines while...
Onalenna Kelebeile 30 June 2016
Sir Ketumile supports privatisation of services
“Don’t you think that it is high time our government because we are now a developing country, relieves itself of some services by privatising them so that we don’t find the country broke without money? I believe we can adopt...
Bonte Seepi 30 June 2016
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