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Mpho Mokwape 08 July 2016

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Mmegi Editor 08 July 2016

Matlo go sha mabapi

In one form or another, political, economic and social distress has dogged the Zimbabwean economy, due to a confluence of factors, including a disastrous land reform programme, entrenchment of the ruling political elite and collapse of the rule of...

Mmegi Editor | 08 July 2016

�Menacing� Tshose thrives in England

“He is a lovely lad. He played his first games last weekend and was a real asset to the side.  His fielding impressed and he bowled with some real pace and menace,” Griffiths told Mmegi Sport. He said they are working on adjusting...

Mqondisi Dube | 08 July 2016

BMS seeks funds for Dakar-bound Crosbie

Crosbie gained access to one of the world’s biggest motorsport events, but faces a mammoth task to raise over P150,000 for entry fee. “Vincent approached us about his intentions to go to Dakar.  He is an ambitious rider and we...

Kabelo Boranabi | 08 July 2016

Sejewe, Gasekgonwe�s absence takes shine off top clash

Kutlwano come into the match without their captain, Sejewe who was injured during the national team’s Olympic Games qualifiers held in Cameroon early this year. The national team skipper is expected to be in the sidelines for nine...

Calistus Kolantsho | 08 July 2016

Mathiba JSS win table tennis tourney

The South region champions, under the guidance of experienced Godirileone Bagwasi, kicked off on a high note collecting gold medals in the boys’ team event and the mixed doubles on the first day of the competition.  The team went on to...

Kabelo Boranabi | 08 July 2016

Marang clinch Copa Coca - Cola gold

Attacking midfielder, Kagiso Disang scored a stunning winner from outside the box in the second half after his teammate, Botshelo Ledibogo had put them back in the game with an equaliser before the two sides went into a break. Ntebogang had initially...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 08 July 2016

BNSC approves BAA secretariat request

BNSC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng said they have approved the request. “We have approved their request.  We are now left with finding resources for the secretariat.  The structure is already in place and the minister (of youth,...

Calistus Kolantsho | 08 July 2016

Zakhem back at GU

Although club chairperson, Rapula Okaile refused to discuss the matter, the property developer confirmed to Mmegi Sport he will sponsor the club although he did not reveal the figure. “I will be assisting them as part sponsor, as for the...

Mqondisi Dube | 08 July 2016

Sebego pays tribute to Koufie

Koufie is credited for laying the foundation for a successful Zebras, which excelled under Jelusic Veselin before a first-ever Africa Cup of Nations qualifier was achieved in 2012. “Ben Koufie is the father of modern football in...

Mqondisi Dube | 08 July 2016

Ngele hands transfer request at Sundowns

He joined them at the beginning of last season, but has seen limited game time there compared to his previous club, Platinum Stars. His agent, Tim Sukazi has been quoted in the South African media confirming they have written a formal request to the...

Staff Writer 08 July 2016

BFA asks for P50m, gets only P5.4m

“We have been allocated P5.4 million and that is not enough for the national team alone. Our budget is at P59 million and we are being conservative,” BFA chief executive officer, Kitso Kemoeng said. BFA regularly exhausts its budget and...

Mqondisi Dube | 08 July 2016

Broke BPL in P3m debt

The debt arises from unpaid suppliers who ironically include sponsor, beMOBILE’s parent company, Botswana Telecommunications Limited (BTCL), over a telephone bill.  Others include Emergency Assist, club grants, car hire and accommodation...

Mqondisi Dube | 08 July 2016

Police on being �nuisances� on the road

Whilst it is not in our nature to respond to every article especially opinions about Police operations, we strongly feel that failure to react to such damaging insinuations will mislead the general public. Mr Moleofe, who claims to have the know-how...

Correspondent 08 July 2016

Lekhubu Island becomes a �City� for Race For Rhinos

Lekhubu Island has never been like this before. Lekhubu (sometimes referred to as Kubu) is in the heart of a dead ancient lake that dried into the empty vast Makgadikgadi Pans – the size of Portugal, that keeps inspiring outrageous...

Thalefang Charles | 08 July 2016

Botswana�s poorest village cries out

Between Keng and Khakhea villages along the Tsabong road, a turn to the right and a seven-kilometre gravel road will take you to Kutuku, officially the country’s poorest settlement or village. According to the 2015 study, of the 166 residents...

Lebogang Baingapi 08 July 2016

The death of democracy

Hell on Earth is to be our common fate, and we might have already reached a point of no return. The corporate hyenas and political vultures that generally constitute the global elite are joyfully feeding on the carcasses of justice and morality;...

Solly Rakgomo 08 July 2016

ABOSPA to nurture students� talents in performing arts

The festival attracted schools across all levels, from primary, junior and senior secondary to tertiary. Setsiba said the association’s wish is to see students talented in performing arts being able to survive through their talent. He said...

Pini Bothoko | 08 July 2016

Wheels fall off: Speaker reads Riot Act

The government through The Leader of the House (LOH) has communicated a list of prioritised Bills for the winter meeting and these include the aforesaid Trade Dispute Bill, Companies (Amendment) Bill 2016, Societies (Amendment) Bill 2016,...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 08 July 2016

He sent me a friend request

Some requests are from stalkers, some fake whilst others trouble written or criminal. Central Intelligence comedy takes us on this journey of some of such unlikeliest of friendships.  This movie is a 2016 action comedy starring action icon...

Bakang Israel 08 July 2016

Artistic genes in the Ratlhale family

History shows that artistic genes ran in the family of many iconic artists such as French painter Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806). He went on to train his son, Alexandre Fragonard (1780 - 1850) who became a successful painter, sculptor and...

Mompati Tlhankane | 08 July 2016

Failure to implement hampers regional integration

The 15-point action matrix focuses on the review of rules of origin, completion of tariff phase downs, removal of non-tariff barriers, and facilitation or development of a mechanism to assist those member states that are not yet in the Free Trade...

Isaac Pinielo 08 July 2016

Field Marshal Idi Amin must have turned in his grave

This week’s visit to Uganda by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his entourage has brought to life the memories of that event which took place 40 years ago. The visit was so deliberate and direct by Netanyahu who himself comes...

Richard Moleofe 08 July 2016

Tracing the linguistic roots of terms �dombo� and �shaba�

Kalanga, a language spoken principally by the Bakalanga people of southern Africa, is what we will be showcasing this week in light of two principal proto-terms, dombo and shaba. A proto-term, according to my still-expanding, not-yet-published...

L M Leteane 08 July 2016

�Search or molest?�

“On Saturday I went to store XXX in Francistown. There is a writing by the door which you will not see when not careful which reads something like “we have the right to search any bag or luggage that gets in or out of these...

Consumer Watchdog 08 July 2016

Editing your own writing

1. Leave writing to rest Sometimes you have a tight deadline and you don’t have days to leave your writing, then give it an hour. Walk away. Go eat lunch.  Then come back to it. You’ll be surprised how important that break is,...

Lauri Kubuitsile 08 July 2016

Companies defy annual returns deadline

Earlier this year, CIPA announced  they had decided to take action against companies that have been failing to comply for the past five years by giving them until April to submit their annual fees and penalties. In an interview with...

Pauline Dikuelo | 08 July 2016

Services sector anchors economic rebound

The 2.8% first quarter growth rate, which is equal to that of the same period last year, represents a recovery from the consecutive negative growth rates recorded in the third and fourth quarters of 2015. Data released by Statistics Botswana (SB)...

Brian Benza 08 July 2016

BSE in the red as blue chips soften

Garry Juma of Motswedi Securities indicated that this is in sharp contrast to the 11.6% gain during the same period in 2015. He revealed that four of the large cap counters; Letshego, Choppies, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) and Standard...

Isaac Pinielo 08 July 2016

BotswanaPost�s social benefits contract extended

This comes after the government through the Department of Social Services gave BotswanaPost an extension of two months to continue with the disbursement after it surfaced that a private company, Sandulela Telecom Botswana which won the tender was not...

Pauline Dikuelo | 08 July 2016

ODC sales jump 35% on market recovery

ODC Managing Director, Toby Frears told BusinessWeek that compared to the same period in 2015, the amount of carats sold in the first half of the year were 35% higher at 1,75 million carats. In terms of revenue, ODC’s total value of goods sold...

Brian Benza 08 July 2016

Where do we come from, where are we heading?

I must confess, however, that when I saw that I was asked to speak about - “the journey of Botswana, where we come from; where we are, who we are, and where we are heading” - I wondered where does one begin? It struck me as a topic that...

Sir Ketumile Masire 08 July 2016

Reflections on the slain Lesotho commander

By means I cannot now remember, I came to know he was some fellow who had forgone to go to University in 1977 in order to work and raise school fees for his siblings. As human beings, we tend to admire this selflessness in others; and we tend to...

Correspondent 08 July 2016

Balete to decide on land stand-off

The South East District Council (SEDC) and the Balete Bogosi are in disagreement over the Ramotswa Village Development plans.  While the bogosi want a stadium, the council proposed a Central Business District (CBD) and a bus rank. During the...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 08 July 2016

Young leaders decry exploitation

Discussing the highly debated phenomena at the ongoing Fourth Friedrich Ebert Foundation Leadership Training Programme, some young leaders decried that companies take advantage of unemployed youths by exploiting their services. One of the attendees,...

Tumelo Mouwane 08 July 2016

Death row �hit men� plead for justice

In an emotionally charged court appearance yesterday the duo, Daniel Semi (30) and Gaolatlhe Thusang (35) through their respective lawyers called on the bench to consider the circumstances leading to the killing of one Motlhanka Motukwa in what was...

Mpho Mokwape | 08 July 2016

Zimbabwe unrest affects local enterprises

Simply put: when one country catches a cold, the rest will cough. The disputed 2008 general elections in Zimbabwe is a telling example of how the economies of most Southern African countries are closely interdependent in various ways. After the...

Lebogang Mosikare | 08 July 2016

SADC called to act on Zimbabwe

Political and social commentator, Anthony Ndulamo Morima feels SADC, under the chairmanship of President Ian Khama, should come out and urgently engage the Zimbabwean government in a bid to solve the current unrest in the country before the situation...

Chakalisa Dube | 08 July 2016

Zim civil strife hits Francistown hard

Mmegi/The Monitor office is perched on the second floor of Ngilichi House, which gives wide exposure to the daily activities on this street of hope.  People of different backgrounds and interests meet daily on this street to ply their trad,...

Chakalisa Dube | 08 July 2016

�They want to tame us�-BOFEPUSU

BOFEPUSU secretary general, Tobokani Rari wrote to Directorate of Public Service Management  (DPSM) boss Ruth Maphorisa, seeking reasons for wanting to depart from having the selection of the secretary of the council being a joint responsibility...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 08 July 2016

BDP audits youth programmes

This follows the recent youth council, where the ruling party youth admitted that some of the programmes have had very minimal impact in young people’s lives. The BDP youth chairperson Andy Boatile told Mmegi yesterday that the commission...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 08 July 2016

Shortage of classrooms is artificial � Tshireletso

Assistant minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Botlogile Tshireletso, told Parliament that over subscription of these facilities presented an artificial scarcity manifesting from parents’ preference of some facilities over the...

Baboki Kayawe 08 July 2016

INK Centre for Journalism: snout in CIA feeding trough

INK Centre for Investigative Journalism (INK), a Gaborone based “investigative” journalists organization, is an operation of the American ubiquitous spy organization, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). INK’s main sponsor locally...

Titus Mbuya | 08 July 2016

BDF fight over US army uniform

The matter is so serious that BDF’s management recently took a taxing and unpopular decision to recall the uniform from members without disclosing to them why the uniform was being recalled. The camouflage uniform which comprised of bags,...

Tefo Pheage 08 July 2016

Govt greenlights 100MW CBM power tender

In a statement released recently, the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR) announced that it had received an approval from the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) to shortlist Tlou Energy and Sekaname Pvt Limited...

Brian Benza 08 July 2016