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Victoria Seiketso Sethibe 28 October 2016
TK, stop demonising politics
Politics can simply be described as the holding of different views by people belonging to the same or different settings. Sovereign states are run by politicians who are elected by people and are mandated to make decisions on behalf of their...
Mmegi Editor
| 28 October 2016
Local riders on the brink of history
The competition takes place at Glenharvie in South Africa and the local team of Ross Branch, Motsumi Lekone and Dartagnan Lobjoit, would look to cement their places on the podium. No local rider has ever won the championship, but history beckons for...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 28 October 2016
Mixed start for Botswana at Postal Games
The locals started the games on a high note winning both the women’s 100m and 200m, but failed to impress in the men’s sections as they finished second in both the 200m and 100m categories. Botswana scooped gold in the men and women...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 28 October 2016
Botswana, Pakistan eye place in cricket final
The match at the BCA Oval represents a re-match from last season when Botswana prevailed and proceeded to triumph over Zimbabwe in the final. Botswana are unbeaten and appear to be the side to beat in this year’s tournament, after sending a...
Dumisani Ncube 28 October 2016
ECCO, TAFIC derby promises fireworks
Although both sides have registered two wins and one draw, it is Matjimenyenga who looks to have shed last season’s skin and brought a refreshing side that has sent a strong statement. TAFIC had a major overhaul, from the club’s...
Koketso Kgoboge 28 October 2016
Chiefs in sixth attempt to break Top 8 jinx
Chiefs were this time paired against a tricky Jwaneng Galaxy who will be making their debut in the competition. Both sides have been struggling early on in the season. Chiefs, despite holding onto some of their experienced players, have shown signs...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 28 October 2016
Tse Nala smell blood as Ostriches start title defence
The Ostriches’ following has grown and Itekeng Stadium is likely to be in full voice for the Saturday afternoon kick-off. Ostriches start as favourites with a strong squad but with nine key players doubtful, Tse Nala may smell the blood and go...
Koketso Kgoboge 28 October 2016
Police look to arrest slide against Rollers
Police XI anchor the log while Rollers are at the opposite end, but cup games are difficult to judge. Popa hold the upper hand on paper, but a meeting against the law enforcers never lacks spark. The two teams met at the same stage of last...
Koketso Kgoboge 28 October 2016
GU, BDF XI face-off in Mascom Top 8
GU remain the most successful side in the knockout competition having won it twice. BDF XI on the other hand have managed to win it once. At the time they were under the tutelage of Elijah Chikwanda. All eyes will be on GU’s speedy winger,...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 28 October 2016
Livid affiliates want tennis president out
The executive committee and affiliates are divided, with demands for BTA president Nelson Amanze and his secretary general, Boikobo Gaolebalwe to vacate the office. Amanze has been in the BTA committee for almost 17 years. BTA annual general...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 28 October 2016
CAF licence scam hits BFA
But BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti said he was unaware of the matter. “If somebody comes forward, then we will investigate,” Letshwiti said. It is said the concerned individual was awarded one of the highest coaching badge on the...
Mqondisi Dube
| 28 October 2016
International Criminal Court
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Mmegi Editor 28 October 2016
El Nino is a crisis, but it didn�t have to be
To further complicate matters, El Niño is now also interacting with climate change in ways that we do not fully understand. But when you look a mother in the eye as she tells you that she can’t feed her baby due to the drought, El...
Correspondent 28 October 2016
When scribes become vultures
Following the abrupt closure of the BCL Mine and its Tati Nickel Mining Company’s Phoenix mine, all the media houses literally camped closer to their story and for the past two weeks, the mine story dominated the news headlines. Almost all the...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 28 October 2016
The cruelty of liquidation
The vehicles weigh up to 16 tonnes and the incident left him hardly able to walk. Mmele struggles on crutches to support a right leg that is heavily plastered, supported by heavy metal rods that cover the whole shin area. Now he cannot secure much...
Onalenna Kelebeile 28 October 2016
The bright star that turned BCL�s wine into water
From his first day in office, Mahupela stepped into big shoes. From 2003 to 2010, his predecessor, Montwedi ‘Monty’ Mphathi had heroically steered the ship away from the rocks, keeping BCL afloat through turbulent periods that included...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 28 October 2016
Barbarism in us imperial wars
“What Russia is sponsoring and doing [in Syria] is not counter-terrorism. It is barbarism,” ranted Samantha Power, US Representative to the United Nations (UN). The US representative to the UN, Ambassador ‘Ranting Sam’...
Solly Rakgomo 28 October 2016
NDP 11: same old same old...
The NDP 11 session is a special one because the development plan wasn’t discussed during the Winter Parliament. It wasn’t unanticipated by many, but it didn’t come as a surprise. At the end of the discussions predicted to be...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 28 October 2016
BDF soldiers should avoid BDP
When this system came into place we were told that it was good enough to accommodate up to 50 million vehicles. That’s an astronomically huge number that will only be reached after the next 100 years from today. Batswana have very interesting...
Richard Moleofe 28 October 2016
Song of the Hoe: the angrily accusing laye
Although I have shown it to be Setswana-like in both grammar and words, the puns and double-entendres its scribes employ far exceed the capabilities of modern Setswana scribes. For example, they could pack several layers of meaning in one poem or...
L M Leteane 28 October 2016
Businesses wilt in the slipstream of BCL�s closure
The town has been robbed of the P60 million BCL mine workers were paid every month and spent on the various businesses. The mine itself single-handedly supported the north-eastern town with supply contracts and purchases, over the years. Workers at...
Onalenna Kelebeile 28 October 2016
BDP, UDC lock horns in Kalakamati
The ward is made up of the three villages of Kalakamati, Sekakangwe and Mbalambi. The BDP has fielded Zibani Mbalambi while the UDC has under its ticket, Botswana Peoples Party’s (BPP) Madumela Matebu, a former councillor for the...
Chakalisa Dube
| 28 October 2016
Lionel Shriver burns the writing world down
The festival organisers titled her speech: “Community and Belonging”, despite the fact that Shriver called it: “Fiction and Identity Politics”. The audience members who pitched up to hear about community and belonging got a...
Lauri Kubuitsile 28 October 2016
In Reatile the BDP trusts
However, Reatile’s life was not disrupted by the loss as he was immediately rewarded with the position of nominated councillor and elected chairperson of the Southern District Council, where the BDP is in the majority. Insiders believe that...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 28 October 2016
Govt ordered to compensate Sesana, fellow tribesmen
It has emerged in a recent court ruling that the government in 2009 confiscated and auctioned livestock belonging to Basarwa leader, Roy Sesana and some of his tribesmen. The livestock, which was confiscated, was found inside the Central Kalahari...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 28 October 2016
Over 400 BHC houses vacant
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Nonofo Molefhi said Gaborone has 159 vacant houses. Reacting to Francistown West Member of Parliament (MP) Ignatius Moswaane’s inquiry on why these houses were not rented out to public...
Baboki Kayawe 28 October 2016
Registrar caught in BLLAHWU wars
The Registrar was recently taken to task for allegedly committing an illegality in registering the constitution of the Union, which seeks to regulate the burial society. The burial society’s main contention is that they are a society...
Mpho Mokwape
| 28 October 2016
Zim man�s double identity revealed
Police investigations have confirmed that his real identity is Malaki Nkiwane contrary to his claim that he is Mike Graduate Mutidzwa. He appeared before magistrate Ntombizodwa Ncube of the Extension II Magistrates Court yesterday. The investigating...
Sharon Mathala 28 October 2016
Forensic audit looms at BTO
Minister for Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Tshekedi Khama and former CEO, Thabo Dithebe traded accusations against each other. Guma said this was necessitated by the fact that besides the nine months the organisation was...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 28 October 2016
Miners plead with BMWU to pay their loans
The mineworkers, who face a bleak future following closure of the mine, voiced out their concerns during a meeting that was addressed by the chairperson of the Selebi-Phikwe Savings, Credit and Cooperative Society (SACCOS), Thatayotlhe Mpule, at TNMC...
Pini Bothoko
| 28 October 2016
BMWU wants meeting with Khama
Khama's Private Secretary, George Tlhalerwa received the petition on behalf of Khama yesterday afternoon at Notwane Grounds in Gaborone. The petition was scheduled for late Thursday morning, but was delayed after the police refused to issue...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 28 October 2016
Kgabaetsile branches out
Young pencil artist, Kago Kgabaetsile, is one good victim of a professional who got bored from doing the same thing time and again and decided to challenge himself by floor crossing into other forms of art as he was getting used to doing the same...
Dumisani Ncube 28 October 2016
The hunter becomes the hunted
Yours truly recently caught off with this superstar at local box office disguised as Jack Reacher, one of the most hunted fugitives. This film is a 2016 American action thriller sequel to the 2012 Reacher flick that was inspired by Lee Child’s...
Bakang Israel 28 October 2016
The magic hand
Mpho Kgopiso has vivid images of what happened that fateful day but just like any other child of his age, his parents later told him everything about the accident. When Arts & Culture visited the 31-year-old artist from Kanye, he had just...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 28 October 2016
Gloomy future for Phikwe cooperative as BCL folds
Mine employees, who will be jobless by the end of the month, contributed P2.9 million monthly towards SACCOS. Their counterparts at Tati Nickel Mine, who are facing the same predicament, contributed over P700,000 monthly. Chairman of the Society,...
Onalenna Kelebeile 28 October 2016
�Billcoin - a digital deception�
It’s brought us facilities that twenty years ago could only have been dreamed of. Despite all their flaws, Google, Facebook and Twitter really have made our lives better. It’s also exposed us to a greater level of risk. You’ll...
Consumer Watchdog 28 October 2016
World Bank urges Botswana to invest more in infrastructure
In the latest world development indicators and macro poverty outlook, the bank said the country should establish a trade and business environment, as well as immigration policies that encourage competition. The bank stated that continued delays in...
Isaac Pinielo 28 October 2016
Jwaneng anchors output jump at Debswana
According to figures released by parent company, Anglo American, production at Jwaneng rose by 47% as a result of planned maintenance in the third quarter of 2015 being prioritised in light of trading conditions. However, the huge output rise at...
Brian Benza 28 October 2016
BSE�s drive to boost liquidity in bond market
BusinessWeek: What is the state of the Botswana Bond Market? Tsheole: The Botswana bond market has experienced steady growth over the past decade. The size of the bond market has grown from P3.8 billion to P11.6 billion over the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 28 October 2016
'Masisi tried to buy us�
The opposition councillors were by Wednesday supposed to have been welcomed into the BDP by Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi. The councillors are Tsholofelo Amos, Mankie Sekete and Tetelo Thebe along with two Francistown region Botswana...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 28 October 2016
New fiscal rule proposed under NDP11
Presenting the 11th National Development Plan (NDP11) to Parliament Wednesday, Finance minister Kenneth Matambo said the proposed rule is aimed at ensuring that revenues from non-renewable sources are largely invested in physical, financial and human...
Brian Benza 28 October 2016
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