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Let football be tomorrow�s winner

After acrimonious wars or personality clashes in public, we plead with the contenders to display maturity and maintain cool heads.  The contenders should go into this weekend’s elections bearing in mind that there will be winners and...

Mmegi Editor | 12 August 2016

In Friday paper

BBC.COM 12 August 2016

50to50

Kennedy Ramokone | 12 August 2016

Police dismisses Survival International claims - statement

For the record we wish to affirm that the allegation that people were shot at from a police helicopter is without any foundation whatsoever. There has in fact never been any occasion in which Botswana Police have ever shot at people from a helicopter...

Correspondent 12 August 2016

Ministry shuts down Formula One motors

“The ministry, therefore accordingly advises members of the public who are still having their vehicles with the company to make necessary arrangements towards removing or safeguarding their vehicles with immediate effect,” a statement...

Staff Writer 12 August 2016

BoB Cuts Bank Rate To 5.5%

The Central Bank lowered its main lending rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 percent today, following another reduction last year. According to the bank, the current state of the economy and both the domestic and external economic outlook as well as the...

Staff Writer 12 August 2016

Unpaid Sankoyo players want leadership out

According to one player, who chose to remain anonymous for fear of victimisation, the club has not paid them for six months. “We live on constant promises,” he said. “We have not been paid for the past six months and we are told a...

Koketso Kgoboge 12 August 2016

Handball pushes for BISA inclusion

Handball is relatively new in the country and is still battling for popularity. National team coach, Harvinder Singh Dhalwal said the HAB executive committee is working around the clock to finalise a proposal to BISA to be included in their...

Kabelo Boranabi | 12 August 2016

Testing Olympic heats for Amos, Masilo

Amos, who won the country’s first ever Olympic medal at the London Games four years ago, will battle it out with Algeria’s Taoufile Makhloufi (Algeria) in the fifth heat. Makhloufi won gold at the London games in 2012 in the 1,500m race...

Kabelo Boranabi | 12 August 2016

Tshireletso

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 12 August 2016

Assembly to discuss only two motions

Delegates are expected to debate Kgalagadi South’s motion which seeks to have office bearers in office for four years instead of two. The other motion from the Nhabe region wants the independent election of the Botswana Premier League...

Mqondisi Dube | 12 August 2016

A campaign like no other

It has been a campaign that had the nation on the edge of the seat, even eclipsing attention on the world biggest sporting competition, the Olympics. While three men are in the hat for the presidential post, it is widely viewed as a two-horse race...

Mqondisi Dube | 12 August 2016

Rollers rout Chiefs to wrap title

Although they had said they have only 11 players ahead of the game, Chiefs managed to raise the adequate number of players including the substitutes.  Lesego Molemogi whose contract had elapsed started in the middle together with Arnold Mampori...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 12 August 2016

First Division chair denies wrongdoing

Sambandawe and his secretary general, Rapula Gaotlhobogwe were accused of unlawfully altering the names of delegates when they replaced Keitumetse Dijeng with treasurer, Mompati Ketlogetswe. Sambandawe said they acted according to the constitution...

Koketso Kgoboge 12 August 2016

Hopeful Notwane keep fingers crossed

Notwane were recently slapped with a two-year suspension from all football activities for taking football matters to court. The other year was suspended provided the team does not repeat the same offence. Speaking to Mmegi Sport this week, Notwane...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 12 August 2016

Ceramics impress at Thapong show

The exhibits include drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic design, video and ceramics.  Their expert handling of the materials and the conceptual interpretations, especially in ceramics works, which stand out, are perhaps a strong testimony of...

Correspondent 12 August 2016

Pick one now!

Incumbent, Tebogo Sebego faces Maclean Letshwiti and Solomon Mantswe for the presidency, while all other executive committee positions are up for grabs in line with the new BFA constitution. It has been difficult to predict which way the pendulum...

Mqondisi Dube | 12 August 2016

Haunted by the past

 He has been on the run since 2002’s  Bourne Identity and nobody has ever managed to catch this rogue agent.   He is that good.  His 2016 blockbuster becomes the fifth film of the franchise after Bourne Identity, Bourne...

Bakang Israel 12 August 2016

Art is sharing

French Artist Edgar Degas once said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”.  It has been a decade since a group of students have come together with a mandate of sharing their creative works with the rest of...

Mompati Tlhankane | 12 August 2016

A tribute to Justice Legwaila

I was devastated beyond measure. A day earlier I had gone to Bokamoso to check on him, but on account of his apparent deterioration, I was not able to see him. Two weeks before his passing, on the 15th of July 2016, to be exact, I met my good friend...

Correspondent 12 August 2016

Vote for MacLean

I disagree, the time is now! I consider myself a player in the local opinion market place especially in sports. These are my views. They are not sponsored or edited, so help me God. I grew up in Selebi Phikwe where SATMOS was born. I mention SATMOS...

Correspondent 12 August 2016

We should�ve never left Baboon Camp

We are at a point of no return – a small riverside gate at Mbiroba Camp in Seronga. Our mekoro (dug-out canoes) are all loaded up. Ready to go.  The team makes a circle holding hands and Leshego ‘Rich’ Motswai, one of the...

Thalefang Charles | 12 August 2016

Travelling to China to eat snake

The Chinese will never starve. Unlike Africans they are not choosy. They eat almost everything. If something is poisonous, the Chinese remove the poison and enjoy the delicacy. That is why snake delicacy is not frowned upon in China. It is only the...

Oarabile Mosikare 12 August 2016

Running a 407km labour of love

The facts and figures are awe-inspiring. Twenty villages covered over six days, with 407.85 kilometres run throughout. At least 1,500 people were reached in the campaign, with 1,268 tested for diabetes, of whom seven were found positive. On some...

Mbongeni Mguni | 12 August 2016

Police did the right thing, the wrong way

Did the decision by police officers on Monday, to blow a whistle and sjambok protestors amount to ‘forceful dispersal’ or police brutality? In terms of the right to gather, the law is clear.  For three or more people to gather at an...

Sharon Mathala 12 August 2016

Hope springs eternal in Goodhope

Late last year, 32 teachers from Goodhope Senior were transferred following allegations of ‘political influence’ in the administration of the institution. Students were forced to go for months without teachers, but this was just one of...

Tumelo Mouwane 12 August 2016

Sinister signs in the sponsorship quota horizon

The ‘truism’ that tertiary institutions are producing non-market ready graduates, has been the talk of conferences and workshops held to strategise the country’s human capital development. In the past decade, institutions tasked...

Baboki Kayawe 12 August 2016

�Can you read�

Here’s an example on when someone didn’t read. A few weeks ago a consumer contacted us to complain about a hotel in Gaborone where she’d booked a room. Being a modern woman, she’d done this online, using a well-known service...

Consumer Watchdog 12 August 2016

Letshego Bank launched in Tanzania

Tanzania, a key market for the Group, remains central to this as evidenced by the launch of Letshego Bank, formerly Advans Bank Tanzania, on August 3, 2016 in Dar es Salaam. The launch of Letshego Bank comes following the 2015 Letshego Group...

Staff Writer 12 August 2016

BBS boss wants change

Kgosidiile said the change would enable it to be more sustainable as they diversify income streams and the balance sheet through the introduction of additional products and services in line with commercial bank business plan. Commenting on the...

Pauline Dikuelo | 12 August 2016

BSE strives to improve bond market

Of late, the bourse stepped up its efforts to develop the local bond market to reduce reliance on bank loans and broaden investment opportunities. According to the BSE market development manager, Thapelo Moribame the bond market plays a pivotal role...

Isaac Pinielo 12 August 2016

The two things needed for stability in BTCL shares

Never in my history of stock watching have I seen stock fall at the rate at which BTCL shares are falling. The investors will soon come to realise that they bought junk stock (no scholarly definition exist for this word), but the write up will...

Correspondent 12 August 2016

Witnesses focus on loyalty for 2016 convention series

The Conventions will begin on Friday, September 2, and end on Sunday September 4. There will be Setswana and English programmes running at the same time in the two Fairgrounds Halls.  The three-day programme will feature 49 presentations, each...

Staff Writer 12 August 2016

Tourism businesses to miss out on BOT50 windfall

Botswana will, on September 30, celebrate 50-years of independence in a grand event that has been awarded P100 million. The festivities have enticed many international visitors but small tourism operations may miss out a huge opportunity.  Last...

Boniface Keakabetse 12 August 2016

Backyard projects rubbish � beneficiaries

The beneficiaries described the scheme, one of President Ian Khama’s flagship programmes, as a “big joke” which despite its intended benefits could not eradicate poverty especially in the city where there is high shortage of land...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 12 August 2016

Ndjavera found guilty of children�s murder

However, the judge said the accused shall be confined at the pleasure of President Ian Khama because he was mentally unsound when he committed the offences. Said Nyamadzabo: “The accused shall not be called to give his defence because he was...

Lebogang Mosikare | 12 August 2016

Mogae, American biographer fallout

The book project, which Edge was doing with the assistance of some Batswana, started in 2009 immediately after Mogae left office, with extracts from the unpublished works making rounds in 2012. The Mogae autography has promised to reflect “on...

Tefo Pheage 12 August 2016

BMD special congress imminent

Some BMD structures have written to NEC requesting that the special congress be held very soon. Mmegi has established that 19 branches had written to the party seeking for special congress.   This is more than one third, which is required...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 12 August 2016

Parly adopts urgent review of MPs� salaries

The MPs challenged merits of the urgency of the bill as pushed by Makgalemele.  Opposition whip and MP for Francistown South Wynter Mmolotsi saw no reason for the urgency, adding that parliamentarians could not move to debate their salary review...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 12 August 2016

Graduates to compete for jobs

According to DPSM boss Ruth Maphorisa, given the limited opportunities in Government, future recruitment into the Public Service will be on a competitive basis, as is the practice in the private sector. Maphorisa said this would not abolish the...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 12 August 2016

BOPEU delays salary negotiations

The union has written to the council that it would not meet the July 22, 2016 date for submission of the membership figures to the council, as it needs time to audit its books. A letter dated July 13 written by BOPEU general secretary Topias Marenga...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 12 August 2016

How Setswana resolves a famous Sumerian epic

Now, after looking more closely at the text-corpus of the epics themselves – mostly from Oxford University’s collection – I just basically laugh at these. Instead, I am busy retranslating them and have already incorporated aspects...

L M Leteane 12 August 2016

Electronic voting or rigging?

The bill seeks to change the traditional method of voting through a ballot paper and ballot box to electronic voting through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The bill was brought through a certificate of urgency, something which the majority MPs...

Dithapelo Keorapetse 12 August 2016

Remembering the lost Leopard 1 tank

He arrived to announce that the country could not be allowed to have the Leopard 1 tanks which Botswana had intended to inherit from the Netherlands. As part of the military draw down at the end of the Cold War, the Dutch had decided to offload part...

Richard Moleofe 12 August 2016

911 attacks and Saudi Arabia connection

By the time the commission was created, President George W. Bush had characterised the attacks as “acts of war”, adding that “freedom and democracy are under attack”. It was therefore to be expected that anyone who was...

Solly Rakgomo 12 August 2016

Khama, MPs get 3% salary increase

This is a similar increment proposed by the employer to the public servants during the stalled salary negotiations at the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC). The public servants are yet to receive their three percent adjustment after...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 12 August 2016

Morupule plans country�s biggest coal mine

When plans were originally made public in 2014, MCM was aiming for a one million tonne open cast mine to support the 300MW expansion of Morupule B, known as “Units 5 & 6”. At its new capacity, the open cast mine will be the...

Mbongeni Mguni | 12 August 2016