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Nnasaretha Kgamanyane 31 August 2016

Khama attends Swazi Reed Dance

Correspondent 31 August 2016

Electronic voting

Mmegi Editor 31 August 2016

MoH should put its house in order

The minister took the blame and full responsibility for the syphilis-infected blood saga.  She said an error in the blood samples was detected and the ministry worked around the clock to rectify the situation.  During the verification of...

Mmegi Editor | 31 August 2016

Francistown soothes Rio athletes

Nijel Amos, who was at the centre of storm, said he is overwhelmed to finally receive a meaningful welcome. He said he is encouraged by the youth who still see him as an idol. “Finally I feel at home,” he said. “Francistown is my...

Koketso Kgoboge 31 August 2016

Ngele a doubt for Zebras trip

Peter Butler’s charges can only finish on nine points, as they lie third behind Uganda and group leaders, Burkina Faso. Competition is between the top two countries for a slot at next year’s AFCON tournament in Gabon. Butler said Ngele...

Mqondisi Dube | 31 August 2016

Chess team ready for Olympiad

Botswana has sent a 10-member team (five women and five men). For the first time in the history of the national team, the Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) introduced a new selection criterion at the beginning of the year where players were selected...

Calistus Kolantsho | 31 August 2016

Post-Rio tour costs P300,000, little for athletes

BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said they had left a budget for the post Olympic Games tours, and they would spend P300,000. He said if the team had won medals, the budget would have been bigger, but they have to keep it at P300,000...

Mqondisi Dube | 31 August 2016

Touring Sibanda misses Diamond League

BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho told Mmegi Sport that the invitation for the Diamond League came late. “The invitation came to my office on Thursday afternoon. We tried to process the Visa for Sibanda on Friday. We were informed...

Calistus Kolantsho | 31 August 2016

Slizer disappoints Bobirwa fans

Slizer kickstarted the show on a low note performing only one song leaving her fans unsatisfied with the hope that she would come back in better form. The Bazooka hitmaker seemed to be struggling with entertaining the revellers as her other two...

Imi Mokgethi 31 August 2016

Jazz maestro Citie Seetso makes impressive comeback

“This is my comeback album after being quiet for a few years.  It has 10 original compositions that were all done by me.  Unlike in my past debut album, I have introduced singing in The City Is Mine,” he said proudly. Although...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 31 August 2016

Botswana Colour Run pulls in masses

The event started with a five-kilometre walk, which was as a race with no takers. In other words, everyone was a winner as long as they got to the finish line. The participants began the race dressed in pristine white T-shirts they were provided...

Sharon Mathala 31 August 2016

Lesolobe, beauty queen with purpose

Lesolobe told Showbiz that she decided to join the pageant to focus on young girls.  Lesolobe said she was not interested in the beauty pageant before, but felt the need to pass on the knowledge that she has to other young girls. Lesolobe said...

Mompati Tlhankane | 31 August 2016

Poor documentation stifle women businesses

The judge, Mmala Oefile, said after assessing all 159 stalls they realised that record keeping is a major hurdle faced by women-owned businesses. “We have realised that majority of women entrepreneurs are busy with other business factors and...

Pini Bothoko | 31 August 2016

Deadline for BK11 Mine sale extended again

In a statement released yesterday, Firestone said Tango Mining now has until the revised date of September 9, 2016 to settle all the conditions under the Conditional Sale Agreement (CSA). Firestone said the agreement to extend the due date allows...

Staff Writer 31 August 2016

Ramsay remarks at Nama Cultural Festival at Lokgwabe

No community suffered more during the last century from the racist ideology of imperialism than the Nama.  By the same token no community, in this region or elsewhere, put up a stouter resistance. This is a history of extreme suffering an...

Jeff Ramsay | 31 August 2016

TVET�s answer to unemployment

Botswana is in a partnership with Germany, which focuses on vocational training and has been running for two years under the title, ‘Strengthening Employment – Relevant Vocational Training in Botswana’. “The focus of our...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 31 August 2016

Ralotsia dismisses Daily News report

A report in the state owned Daily News indicated that the ministry, through the department of animal production has decided to procure close to 400 goats from Namibia because it is faced with supply challenges.  However, Ralotsia has dismissed...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 31 August 2016

Bamaletete Land Board allocates 200 plots

“I am informed that Malete Land Board is currently engaged in the allocation of residential plots through maintaining of the waiting list.  This is a newly introduced method substituting the previous one of advertising residential plots...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 31 August 2016

Former headman appeals incest case

The applicant, who was 60-years-old when he defiled his 12-year-old daughter at Newstands, appeared in the Fraincistown High Court yesterday. The accused’s attorney Morgan Moseki told the court that some pages from the record of proceedings...

Lebogang Baingapi 31 August 2016

No charges laid against security guard

“He has not been charged with anything,” he said. The station commander further explained: “These men (alleged robbers) attacked the poor guard whilst he was on duty at the guardroom. There were three of them and he was...

Sharon Mathala 31 August 2016

Police assaulter lashed four strokes

Tshikantwa was convicted of assault common where it was noted that he assaulted Kalakane after a drinking spree in Jwaneng. Kalakane was in the company of another state witness Amantle Mosega and a driver only referred as Peace. It emerged that after...

Lebogang Baingapi 31 August 2016

Manatetshapuo a dikarolo tse dingwe

E a re a natetsha/natefisa Setwana, Motswana a re, go na le go baba lonao; a re motho o baba lonao.  E le eng motho a baba lonao?  Motho go a twe o baba lonao fa e le motho yo o tsamayang bobe.  Batho bangwe ga ba ikutlwe go tlhola mo...

Sebofo Motshwane 31 August 2016

The Gaborone Village Fort

Its presumed purpose was to protect the fledgling settlement and to achieve control over the ford across the river and the key roads, which splayed outwards from it.  In the event, the Fort had a short and inglorious existence.  In 1899...

Sandy Grant 31 August 2016

Alleged rustlers sue police P600,000

Their case continued at the Francistown High Court on Friday.  The applicants’ counsel Anthony Manenji said his clients are seeking damages against the Attorney General (AG) for an alleged assault they suffered at the hands of the police...

Lebogang Mosikare | 31 August 2016

Squatting haunts Jwaneng Town Council again

Early this year, the council profiled and identified the origin of each squatter in the surroundings of Jwaneng and sent them home. Trucks moved around ‘Naga-mphabatho’ and ‘Tikamolamu’ squatter camps to load items and...

Lebogang Baingapi 31 August 2016

Habitual Motswana criminal breaks into Zim bank

According to The Chronicle newspaper, members of the public apprehended the 45-year-old as he fled after setting off an alarm alongside an unidentified accomplice at the Standard Chartered Bank in Masvingo in Zimbabwe. “On May 6 at around 11pm...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 31 August 2016

Botswana/Namibia petition SA on new harsh beef laws

This include quarantine periods and pre-export health certification for all cattle, goats and sheep coming from Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Stakeholders have heavily criticised the new regulations, which were effected last month, as a...

Tefo Pheage 31 August 2016

BOSETU rubbishes Moswaane�s stance

Moswaane was recently widely quoted in the media emphasising that teachers whose pupils are doing standard one to four should be subjected to intense scrutiny and stern action if their pupils do not attain a minimum 80% pass mark. Moswaane is...

Chakalisa Dube | 31 August 2016

Botswana e loma Namibia serota

Setlhopha sa Botswana se tsene mo kgaisanyong ka maikaelelo a go romela molaetsa wa tlhagiso mo ditlhopheng tsa mafatshe a a sele. Se se ne sa se tiisa moko go fenya metshameko e le mentsi go se tsholeletsa kwa maemong a a kwa godimo. Kgaisanyo e ne...

Teichler Rankoa 31 August 2016

BOT50 will publicise audit report � Kgotlafela

Kgotlafela was quizzed on how they have been spending their P100 million budget.  She said: “I am not in a position to share that at the moment. We are currently at the implementing stage. We are busy executing the projects we set out to...

Sharon Mathala 31 August 2016

Matlhabisaditlhong � metshameko ya COSSASA

Le fa go ntse jalo, thulaganyo ya go simolodisa dikgaisanyo tseo e ne ya simolola morago ga dioura tse pedi. Serala sa manno le ditilo di ne di ise di baakanngwe fa nako ya go simolola e goroga. Dipaakanyo di dirilwe baeng ba setse ba...

Zolani Kraai 31 August 2016

Mabaka a go tenega � Kgaolo 1

A re simololeng puisanyo ka go lemoga fa kitso e le botlhokwa mo matshelong a rona, go sa kgathelesege gore a re iteilwe letsogo kana nnyaa. Re tshwanetse ra sola kitso molemo. Go dira jalo go ka re thusa go fema dilo dingwe tse di ka tsenyang...

Correspondent 31 August 2016

Metshameko ya diolimpiki

A re amogeleng maemo a ka gore re bonye ka matlho jaaka baemedi ba Botswana kwa metshamekong eo ba ntsha gatshwene go phadisanya le ba bangwe. Ga baa tsiediwa ebile ba ne ba sa itepeletse.  Ba itikile mo go neng go bonwa ke mmogedi mongwe le...

Correspondent 31 August 2016

Karabo Bosane-Lorato lwa kgaso ya metshameko

Mme yo ke Karabo Bosena yoo dirang mo lekalaneng la metshameko kwa thelebishining ya Botswana (Btv). Mme Bosena a re dingwe tsa dikeletso tsa gagwe ke go nna mme wa ntlha mono gae go gasa metshameko wa dinao le e mengwe. Miss Kay jaaka bangwe ba...

Oageng Batenegi 31 August 2016

Bosetlhogo jwa Mapodisi

Mogolwane yo wa sepodisi, e bile a le setlabosheng mo go okameleng lephata la kanamiso mafoko a sepodisi, a re ele mapodisi ga ba kganele ope go kgala sepodisi. Fela Bosija yo o tsereng marapo mo go Christopher Mbulawa, a re ba ipona ba kgotsofalela...

Oageng Batenegi 31 August 2016

Kabelo Eric, Lundi collaborate

Kabelo Eric told Showbiz that he has been admiring Lundi’s work, and dreaming to share the stage with him. Now he is happy to have worked with him on the single, which he believes will do well in the market. “Lundi is a legend on his...

Teichler Rankoa 31 August 2016

UDC Women�s League dysfunctional

The interim women’s league was ratified at the UDC special congress, which was held in Serowe to prepare for the 2014 general elections. Ivory Keekee was elected the president of the women’s league that is made up of 10 members. At the...

Chakalisa Dube | 31 August 2016

Water shortages dent Sechaba�s beer sales

Group managing director, Johan De Kok said this was mainly due to the negative growth of the traditional beer and non-alcoholic beverages categories, at -6.5% and -16.0%, respectively. However, the alcoholic fruit beverage category recorded an...

Isaac Pinielo 31 August 2016