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In Wednesday Paper

Michael Dingake 26 October 2016

Govt tightens noose on refugees, migrants

The government has of late been at loggerheads with asylum seekers and their representative agency, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which often complained of ill-treatment of asylum seekers in Botswana. There are...

Tefo Pheage 26 October 2016

The Gambia joins African queue to leave ICC

The small West African nation joins South Africa and Burundi in withdrawing from the court. The ICC was set up to try the world's worst crimes but has been accused of unfairly targeting African leaders. Gambian Information Minister Sheriff Bojang...

BBC.COM 26 October 2016

Morupule Wanderers e nyoretswe diphenyo

Wanderers e e neng e kuelwa thata ebile go solofetswe maduo a mantle mo go yone, ga e ya simolola liki sentle ka jaana e latlhegetswe mo metshamekong ya yone makgetho ale mabedi. Wa ntlha ene ele kgatlhanong le Chobe United le wa BR Highlanders. Ka...

Bonte Seepi 26 October 2016

Kgosi Chika III o lela ka lobala lwa Kasane

Chika o buile jaana kwa phuthegong e e satswang go wela ya Ntlo ya Dikgosi a bolela fa ese ene moemedi wa batho wa ntlha go kopela kgaolong ya Chobe lobala. A re Dikgosi tse dingwe le mapalamente ba tswa kgakala ba toula kopa e mme fela go se nko e...

Oageng Batenegi 26 October 2016

Mosola wa modi wa Ginger

Modi wa Ginger o na le ditiriso dile pedi tse di botlhokwa. Yantlha ke ya go tswakanngwa le dijo ka nako ya kapei, fa ya bobedi ele go dirisiwa jaaka motswako wa boitekanelo kana kalafi. Modi wa setlhatshana sa Ginger kana le kutu le matlhare a sone...

Tebo Maseko 26 October 2016

Fa re tlhatlhoba batshameki, re ele tlhoko ditshwanelo tsa bone

Se ke go netefatsa gore batho ba ba fenyang mo dikgaisanyong tsa metshameko ba dirile jalo ka boammaaruri eseng ka tsietso ka diritibatsi dingwe di kgona go fa batshameki maatla a a feteletseng a eseng a bone a tlholego.  Mo metshamekong mengwe...

Staff Writer 26 October 2016

Thuso ya potlako ke kgwetlho mo liking ya Debswana

Seemo se se itshupa gangwe le gape mo metshamekong e e tlwaelesegileng ka ya kwa leroleng. Bosheng jaana mo motshamekong wa Sharps le Skoon Boys molaolamotshameko mme Orebotse Kekobang le bathusi ba bagwe Ookediste Keitseope le Laone Beleng ba ne ba...

Zolani Kraai 26 October 2016

Kegane Direlang - Morotloetsi wa ipabalelo Tseleng

‘Rre Direlang’ jaaka a tlwaelesegile go bidiwa fa a leletsa mo seromamoweng bogolosegolo sa RB1,ke motho go lebega a tswa kgakala ka go kgathala ka tlhabololo ya lefatshe la gagwe segolo bogolo molaetseng wa ipabalelo tseleng. Direlang o...

Oageng Batenegi 26 October 2016

Ba Palapye ba gopola merwalela

Go ise go e gope bokgola jwa utlwala ka phefo ya bophirima motshokologong, modumo wa metsi a itaya a makhubu a noka ya Lotsane wa utlwala. Baagi ba leka jalo go itlhaganelela malwapeng bangwe ba bo ba setse ba emetse go utlwa ka maru a itaya marulelo...

Bonte Seepi 26 October 2016

Blue-sky thinking overdue for climate change solutions

United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for El Nino and Climate, Macharia Kamau, who left for Mozambique yesterday said at a media briefing that though Botswana has managed severe weather events “in a way that has not spilled...

Baboki Kayawe 26 October 2016

BVF cancels Mascom Top 8 cup

BVF vice president-technical, George Keotsene told Mmegi Sport yesterday they have decided not to hold the tournament this year. He said the decision was taken after much consideration together with the sponsor, Mascom Wireless. He said it was agreed...

Calistus Kolantsho | 26 October 2016

BAA powerless over mushrooming marathons

There has been an increasing trend where marathons are organised without BAA’s consent. In September alone, six marathons were held, when there should be at least three full marathons per season. BAA public relations officer, Roland Masalila...

Kabelo Boranabi | 26 October 2016

Postal Games kick-off

“The games would also contribute economically to the country through sports tourism as the visiting countries would be lodging in the area. The games are also meant to showcase the cultural diversity in the country. This would also encourage a...

Kabelo Boranabi | 26 October 2016

Bull �n Bush to host Tequila Halloween party

According to Bull ‘n Bush manager, Dumisane Mabula, they found it fit to celebrate the event because they have multi racial clients. He added that this event was mostly celebrated overseas as part of their cultural calendar just like Batswana...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 26 October 2016

Congested Tlhalogang JSS worries school head

Addressing the assistant minister, Moiseraela Goya during his visit to the school recently Dipatane said the school is over-subscribed with a total of 1246 students with the numbers increasing every year. He said with these high numbers students...

Pini Bothoko | 26 October 2016

Aviation bears potential as �next economic frontier�

Wilderness Air general manager, Alex Henderson said this when giving a keynote address at the recently held Aviation Pitso. “To achieve that, we need to think outside the cockpit. We must go where nobody has ever gone before,” Henderson...

Boniface Keakabetse 26 October 2016

Quilt entrepreneur scoops WIBA award

Brook who is the director of DuduBrook Quilting Loft went home with two awards after she was named WIBA Social Entrepreneur and Business Woman of the Year, walking away with a P50,000 cheque at the awards ceremony that was held at Travel Lodge in the...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 26 October 2016

Eco-Couture fashion show to expand zero waste

Those who are not intimate about fashion never really ask the most important question, ‘what are you wearing?” The world of arts and fashion has always been in touch with the world of waste. With the term Eco-Fashion being the new force...

Mompati Tlhankane | 26 October 2016

BTO

Isaac Pinielo 26 October 2016

Climate change demands fresh thinking

His thoughts, as captured in an article published elsewhere in this edition, resonate with our previous editorials where we stressed the need for responsive, dynamic thinking around climate change in the country. The ambassador says the country has a...

Mmegi Editor | 26 October 2016

The Trans-Kalahari Railway Line Project is not viable

The project was conceived in 2010 with the commissioning of the feasibility study and bilateral agreement signed in 2014.  The project is however reported to be on hold, waiting for funding from private shareholders, while the two countres will...

Correspondent 26 October 2016

Botswana responds to SA's ICC pull out

While Botswana fully respects the sovereign right of any country to become a party to, or to withdraw from any international instrument, the Government of Botswana nonetheless regrets that the Government of South Africa reached this...

Correspondent 26 October 2016

Accused calls complainant pathological liar

Principal Magistrate Dumisani Basupi had previously ruled that David had a case to answer. The court previously heard that David threatened to stab the complainant with a knife and she ended up agreeing because she was afraid of the accused. She...

Lebogang Mosikare | 26 October 2016

Police caution women: �be wary of strangers�

Mahalapye Police station commander, superintendent Isaac Mamadi told Mmegi that incidents of rape have increased at an alarming rate in his area of jurisdiction. He said two such cases were registered over the last weekend alone, as a result of women...

Bonte Seepi 26 October 2016

Slow registration of plots worrisome

Speaking at the on-going full council meeting on Monday, Ramasiagopana said progress in the exercise was slow due to other reasons such as inadequate manpower resources at Land Board offices. “Mogoditshane Sub Land Board is at 15%, while...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 26 October 2016

Opposition protest govt�s lack of consultation

The demonstrations commenced in Botshabelo and ended with a political rally at the General freedom square that was addressed by the parties’ officials including Botswana Congress Party (BCP) president Dumelang Saleshando. The protests were...

Imi Mokgethi 26 October 2016

Tributes pour in for late BCP councilor

Politicians from across the political spectrum have described Phitshane as a wonderful politician. He was a councillor for Botsalano ward between 2009 and 2014. The BCP Francistown region leader Lazarus Tlou yesterday said the death of Phitshane...

Chakalisa Dube | 26 October 2016

Khama to deliver SONA in December

In a statement issued yesterday, he said that President Ian Khama will deliver the State of the Nation Address in December. Ramsay said that the Speaker of the National Assembly Gladys Kokorwe has informed members of the media that this year’s...

Staff Writer 26 October 2016

Ex-BDF lovers await court fate

Gaborone High Court judge, Justice Zein Kebonang is expected to deliver a landmark ruling in the matter that the lovers, Thabang Tlhapisang and Kozondu Cisquo Uariua are accused of engaging in an inappropriate relationship sometime in 2012 and...

Mpho Mokwape | 26 October 2016

The miner�s wife

Putting her miner’s wife cap aside, Mmegi scribe based in Selebi-Phikwe, Onalenna Modikwa-Kelebeile used her sixth sense to pursue the breaking story of the abrupt closure of the mine.  This was her quick way of breaking the silence that...

Ryder Gabathuse | 26 October 2016

Butler wants more Under - 20 control

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has said it will announce the team’s technical team, but George Mogopodi and David Kopi are reportedly earmarked. “We will send a team to South Africa. We will make an announcement regarding the...

Mqondisi Dube | 26 October 2016

Madi Majwana calls out voice actors

The radio drama production team will be hosting auditions on Saturday and Sunday at The Moving Space in Maru-A-Pula School. “We are looking for individuals with versatile voices that are fluent in both English and Setswana. The script will be...

Dumisani Ncube 26 October 2016

FIC scraps CEO position

Early this year, reports emerged that the FCC has halted the appointment of the CEO in order to review the salary and allowances for the latter. The plan by the FCC was to have appointed the CEO early this year. Mmegi has since learnt that the...

Chakalisa Dube | 26 October 2016

Trading of bonds dips as corporates balk

A recently released quarterly report by the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) showed that the value of bonds traded in the first three quarters of 2016 was P240.8 million in comparison to P751.1 million traded over the same period in 2015. Market...

Isaac Pinielo 26 October 2016

The Universal Health Service Which Never Happened

Intrigued, I asked in the Monitor of the 12th for more information about four of these facts and in respect of the Bangwaketse initiative asked, how the scheme was financed, how it was administered and what kinds of health services were included? In...

Sandy Grant 26 October 2016

Hailstorm runs riot in Gabs

Moreri Sejakgomo | 26 October 2016