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BBC.COM 22 July 2016
Zimbabwe war veterans end backing for Mugabe
It accuses Mr Mugabe of dictatorial tendencies, egocentrism and misrule. It was not immediately clear if all of the war veterans agreed with the text. Pressure on Mr Mugabe, 92, is growing, with factions in the governing Zanu-PF party openly...
BBC.COM 22 July 2016
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Mmegi Editor 22 July 2016
BFA intervention late, but welcome
On Wednesday, the BFA National Executive Committee (NEC) suspended the Botswana Premier League (BPL) board over acts of misconduct. The BPL, an organ of the BFA, had taken the mother body to court challenging a recent order to reinstate chief...
Mmegi Editor
| 22 July 2016
Netball qualifiers to test Botswana�s readiness
The participating countries include African netball powerhouses Malawi and South Africa, minnows Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The games will be played at the University Of Botswana (UB) Indoor Sports Centre. The Botswana...
Correspondent 22 July 2016
Rugby enters crucial Super League stage
The two meet under the first ever Super League which was introduced this season by the Botswana Rugby Union (BRU). The Super League stage starts tomorrow and runs for the next six weeks with teams looking to accumulate points. The four...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 22 July 2016
Olopeng to announce Olympics team
The main item for the day is the minister of youth, sport and culture, Thapelo Olopeng’s announcement of the Rio 2016 Olympic team. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, Botswana is sending a large contingent to be accompanied by...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 22 July 2016
O roma mang?
Tebogo Sebego (incumbent) A lawyer by profession, Tebogo Sebego powered into football’s top seat after ousting another legal mind, David Fani in what was predicted as a close contest but proved to be a landslide in 2012. He is a Notwane fan...
Mqondisi Dube
| 22 July 2016
Top ranked Muzola-Pelonomi living squash dream
“I am someone who likes fighting for myself that is why I did not want a team sport. I do not want a situation whereby my dream is diminished because of a team mate,” the 17-year-old said with confidence. Born in Jwaneng, the youngster...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 22 July 2016
Basketball season pushed to August
The season normally starts in March and most of the matches were played at the University of Botswana basketball courts and Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC) courts. “We are exploring a new structure whereby we start in August and end the...
Dumisani Ncube 22 July 2016
Disciplinary body�s snail pace worries BFA
The committee is chaired by lawyer, Mmoloki Keganne and has Billy Sekgororoane, Dumi Mmualefhe and Bomolemo Selaledi as members. Sources said the BFA top hierarchy is not amused with the pace of the NDC with some written judgements still...
Mqondisi Dube
| 22 July 2016
Assembly to decide BPL board fate
The board’s decision to take the BFA to court over the reinstatement of BPL chief executive officer, Bennett Mamelodi appears to have been the straw that broke the camel’s back. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Sebego said it was...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 22 July 2016
Heart condition forces Motsepe to retire
Motsepe joined the Ostriches from BDF XI two seasons ago and played a pivotal role in the Ostriches’ campaign as the Orapa side walked to a historic Mascom Top 8 silverware and a third place league finish in the past season. In the season, the...
Koketso Kgoboge 22 July 2016
Play-off on despite Chiefs� plea
The match, although expected to decide this season’s league champions, has received little support from both the public and the football pundits. League sponsors, beMOBILE have already stated they will not be part of the proceedings tomorrow in...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 22 July 2016
Brexit: What it means
It has been a month since the British voted on a referendum to exit the EU, a bloc that has been in existence since the early 1970s, established just 25 years after the end of World War II. The debate about Britain exiting the EU has dominated the...
Bame Piet 22 July 2016
The Trouble with Botswana: A Poet speaks (Part 2)
The other problem is many people feel Botswana has surrendered its sovereignty over far too many things-culture, politics, the environment, education and business life, all these in less than 50 years after the coming of freedom. They consider...
Correspondent 22 July 2016
De-recognise military regimes
Establishment of such principles, and the creation of the legal mechanisms for applying them, would foster democracy throughout the world. The circumstances in Turkey mimic several similar situations in recent history: the coming to power of...
Solly Rakgomo 22 July 2016
Celebrating over 100 years of Tarzan
However though with this latest depiction of original author Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fictional character (Tarzan), the franchise celebrates a century in existence milestone from 1912. Yates’s new film is a reboot following the 2013 3D...
Bakang Israel 22 July 2016
Underground fashion designers and dressmakers show creativity
This time around the fashion designers and dressmakers did not limit their creativity as they went all out utilising every idea and local materials such as crochets, leather, clothes and plants to come up with various designs. Just like every year,...
Dumisani Ncube 22 July 2016
Blame Khama for Venson-Moitoi�s failed AU bid
During the first round, Botswana candidate garnered 16 votes, Equitorial Guinea 12 votes and Uganda’s envoy got 11 votes. In the third and final round, Venson-Moitoi got 23 votes, 13 short of the required 36 or two thirds majority because 28...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 22 July 2016
Accidents are bound to happen in most military settings
As most Botswana National Front (BNF)comrades were heading north in their thousands to attend their congress in Francistown, Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldiers were streaming to the south after a highly attended funeral in Tonota. There is a...
Richard Moleofe 22 July 2016
The Makgadikgadi epic
The most horrifying tandem skydive Tandem skydiving is a type of skydiving where a rookie skydiver is connected to a tandem instructor through a strap and the instructor guides the student through the whole jump from exit through freefall to...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 22 July 2016
Tracing the linguistic sound-shifts of �h� and �g�
For Sotho-Tswana speakers, the most striking difference in pronunciation as regards these two consonants is between Sotho and Tswana. Sesotho has a partiality towards h for certain terms where Setswana prefers g (a guttural one, pronounced like the J...
L M Leteane 22 July 2016
The difference between publishing here and overseas
Overseas you need a literary agent Nearly all overseas publishers of any size will not accept submissions directly from a writer. You will first need to find a literary agent. Most well-established literary agents will have websites where they will...
Lauri Kubuitsile 22 July 2016
Businesses see potential in accounting students
Justin Kyriakou, Global Development Manager for the Association for Accounting Technicians (AAT) says there is a growing trend in Botswana organisations to invest in accounting students as a long-term strategy. “Finance impacts on almost...
Correspondent 22 July 2016
Debswana H1 output down 9%
According to figures published by Debswana parent, De Beers, on Wednesday, the diamond giant’s local mines produced 5.2 million carats in the second quarter of the year, marginally down from 5.3 million in the first quarter. “Production...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 22 July 2016
�Herbalife need your money�
They might talk about supplementing your income, adding a little extra money on the side or even that it’s a full-time, wage-earning job but it’s simply not true. Their own figures prove this. For instance, the latest data for Amway that...
Consumer Watchdog 22 July 2016
Impasse grips Pilane Mall development
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry, Peggy Serame said PrimeTime Property Holdings, developer of the 7,500 square-metre retail shopping centre, had written to request the ministry to exempt some non-citizen retail...
Isaac Pinielo 22 July 2016
BotswanaPost adds new transfer corridor
The new money order transfer corridor will accord customers from the two countries the chance to send and receive money hassle free. Effective last month, all parties were ready to accept the first transaction which has shown a progressive trend on...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 22 July 2016
At the helm of the oil industry
BusinessWeek: Can you give us a brief introduction of yourself, starting with your age, place of residence and place of birth? Mokgatlhe: A gentleman never reveals his age. I was born in Francistown and currently reside in...
Isaac Pinielo 22 July 2016
Pioneering surrogacy case tests local judiciary
With many couples struggling to conceive, the evolution of medical science has come as a Godsend, providing many options and opportunities over and above adoption. Surrogacy is the on the rise worldwide and recently the debate over the practice has...
Mpho Mokwape
| 22 July 2016
After Hell Nino, glad tidings beckon for farmers
Through the fire In December 2015, a Mmegi newscrew dispatched to the Kweneng and South-East districts met with the victims of El Niño, farmers and families hardest hit by a cruel cyclical climate phenomenon associated with heatwaves and poor...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 22 July 2016
Boko, the BNF messiah
The party went into its elective congress over the past long weekend confident that Boko should not be challenged as the party president, something that is really uncommon for the BNF. Does the latest development suggest leadership dearth in the BNF...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 22 July 2016
Mobile charger aid turns rape victim
The accused rapist Ashley Ncube, 38, allegedly raped his neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter when he found her alone at her place at Block 7 last week. Police say Ncube raped his neighbour’s daughter under the pretext that he was asking to...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 22 July 2016
Mmadinare Primary Hospital not a specialised centre
Kefentse Mzwinila (Mmadinare MP) asked the Minister of Health:- (i) If Mmadinare Primary Hospital was ever a specialised centre for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB) and Asthma. (ii) Why Mmadinare Primary Hospital has...
Correspondent 22 July 2016
Khama concerned about Turkey
Yaeli was briefing the press on the recent developments in Turkey where some members of the Turkish Armed Forces attempted to stage a coup in Ankara and Istanbul particularly. The diplomat told local press at his residence yesterday that though his...
Baboki Kayawe 22 July 2016
Mogae, Masire were specially elected MPs � Kgathi
Kgathi went on to share a long list of the specially elected members since 1965, further highlighting those who have risen to be household names like Dr Gaositwe Chiepe, George Kgoroba and Daniel Kwelagobe. He described the opposition as...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 22 July 2016
Lotlamoreng staying put - UDC
Recent political rallies held in the constituency by presidential affairs and public administration minister, Eric Molale had fuelled speculation that Lotlamoreng is on his way out and that Molale may be preparing for a possible...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 22 July 2016
Boko to source funds for opposition unity
Boko, who is also the Botswana National Front (BNF) president, laid down the UDC fund raising and resource mobilisation plans at the party’s 16th elective congress here on Saturday. The UDC, a coalition of BNF, Botswana Movement for Democracy...
Chakalisa Dube
| 22 July 2016
Whistleblowers Act excludes private media
He said while the aim of the bill is to encourage people to report possible practices of corruption, whistleblowers must be highly protected from possible victimisation. Therefore the government has no guarantee that the media will protect the...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 22 July 2016
'You can't judge us'
The judges, Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang yesterday filed a recusal application against Justices Singh Walia, Leatile Dambe and Zibani Makhwade on grounds that the panel have been biased in dealing with their matter...
Mpho Mokwape
| 22 July 2016
BCL MD dismisses allegations of mine closure
In a business update targeting over 4,000 direct staff members of the BCL mine, the mine’s managing director, Dan Mahupela has vehemently refuted allegations of the impending mine closure. “We inform you that at this session Botswana...
Onalenna Kelebeile 22 July 2016
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