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Jeff Ramsay 22 November 2016
Trump halts New York Times meeting, decries 'dishonest' media
Without elaborating, the US president-elect tweeted that the newspaper had changed the terms of the meeting. He posted: "They continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!" Mr Trump has had an antagonistic relationship with the press,...
BBC.COM 22 November 2016
Paradigm shift due
She said government’s thinking was on identifying students’ strength at an early stage and honing these, rather than the current imprecise, wholesale approach that places a premium on academics over practicals. We agree with the...
Mmegi Editor
| 22 November 2016
Huawei wins 2 awards at AfricaCom 2016
The Most Significant LTE development award was awarded jointly to Huawei and MTC, the leading telecom operator in Namibia, for the introduction of LTE and 4.5G in Namibia. As a LTE pioneer in Africa, MTC launched its LTE network in 2012, partnering...
Correspondent 22 November 2016
Sloppy ECCO worries coach
Phiri was happy they bagged the three points although the performance worries him. “Despite the fact that we have won, we didn’t play well,” he said. “We are still struggling to get to our fluid best and I am afraid we still...
Koketso Kgoboge 22 November 2016
Concern over traffic congestion at Francistown stadium
Moswaane told Parliament that the situation is worse when there are high profile matches. Moswaane asked the Assistant Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Frans van der Westhuizen if his ministry would consider developing and...
Oageng Batenegi 22 November 2016
Harrison hails Gabonamong�s impact
Gabonamong missed the start of the season with an injury and returned a fortnight ago to the starting line-up in the 2-0 victory over Police XI in the second leg of the Mascom Top 8 quarter-final. He played his second game on Saturday in the 5-1...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 22 November 2016
Venson-Moitoi to debate with AU contenders in Addis
Elections are due in January 2017 to pick a successor to South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is not seeking a second term in office. An invitation from the commission says all the candidates who have expressed interest in contesting will take...
BBC.COM 22 November 2016
X Fashion show to celebrate albinism
Dubbed X Fashion, the show scheduled for Saturday will be held as an open space event at Gaborone’s Central Business District (CBD) Masa intersection. It will have albino models parading on the ramp showcasing different clothing lines by...
Dumisani Ncube 22 November 2016
Mdizo finally releases music video
Utlwa music video premiered on Btv last week and it is also available on Youtube. The video was shot in different places around Gaborone like Block 10 and Block 3. The video was by Ramark and Mdizo. Mdizo told Showbiz the whole production took...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 22 November 2016
Young Batswana to shoot movie on anti-poaching
Growing up in Botswana for some 20 years, he never appreciated the beauty of the country, especially the Okavango wetlands, until he was kilometres away from home. Sebati is the author of Memories Of Lotsane: The Chronicles Of An African Boarding...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 22 November 2016
Bankers enthused to advance careers
Close to 40 students received their Associate Diploma in Banking certificates at a graduation ceremony organised by the Botswana Institute of Bankers (BIOB). BIOB executive director, Lydia Andries expressed appreciation at the graduates choosing to...
Isaac Pinielo 22 November 2016
I am not the weak link � Mafu
Chiefs’ chairman, Ernest Molome told a local radio station that the coach has to win the next three games. “We will look at all angles to see if we have done our job to support the coach and give him what he wanted. But what I can say is...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 22 November 2016
Invest in innovation to create jobs, urges Olopeng
Speaking at last weekend’s inaugural Youth Innovators Expo, Olopeng said the future of the country’s economy lies in the hands of the youth urging them to utilise the programmes that have been availed to start and develop...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 22 November 2016
BSE lifts Stockbrokers suspension
SBB, which is one of the country’s oldest and leading brokerage firms, was suspended in August after being found to have breached the bourse’s rules and regulations. BSE’s market development manager, Thapelo Moribame said the...
Isaac Pinielo 22 November 2016
UPR NGO Working Group Press Statement on Universal Periodic Review NGO Workshop
The UPR process is an opportunity for every State to declare which actions it has taken to improve human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations. The United Nations Member States review every countryís...
Correspondent 22 November 2016
Disabled persons speak out on Marrakech Treaty
SAFOD is a leading Southern African disability-focused network engaged in the coordination of activities of organizations of persons with disabilities in the Southern Africa region. The organisation was formed in Zimbabwe in 1986 as a federation of...
Correspondent 22 November 2016
Spend wisely; the New Year awaits
During this period we often get in to the habit of ignoring the looming financial responsibilities, such as school fees, food and other bills that may come in the New Year, distracted by the more short-term excitement of Christmas shopping and...
Correspondent 22 November 2016
ACHAP targets miners in fight against TB
Speaking at a press briefing last week, ACHAP CEO, Jerome Mafeni said this is part of the organisation’s effort to enter new markets and increase its footprint across the continent. He said that this also includes entering partnerships in the...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 22 November 2016
Khama frustrates criminal lunatics
The board, which is founded under the Mental Disorders’ Act, is made up of diverse experts in the medical and psychological field. Highly placed sources told Mmegi that for the past seven years, Khama had generally been declining to act on the...
Tefo Pheage 22 November 2016
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Correspondent 22 November 2016
Live within your means - exhorts Muzila
Muzila said the majority of teachers are swimming in debt and their monthly expenditure is higher than their salaries. Addressing last week’s national secondary school heads conference held in the second city, the mayor said most teachers...
Pini Bothoko
| 22 November 2016
Five reasons why trump won!
In ‘Stupid White Men’ he goes through American society with a fine tooth comb, starting with the Bush clan, he dissects them one by one and proves how they rigged the election against Democratic Party candidate, Al Gore; he caricatures GW...
Michael Dingake 22 November 2016
Mystery Okavango rhino poaching sparks fears
A rhino was shot dead in the Delta, but not dehorned in an incident that has raised concerns that syndicates may now be targeting the ecologically safe haven. Acting director of operations in the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Moemi...
Boniface Keakabetse 22 November 2016
Man pays P500, five goats to skip rape charge
On Monday, Tau tendered his written submissions to cement his defence, adding that he did not want to add anything verbally as he was satisfied with what he had written. For the past four years, Tau has had the rape case hanging over his head in...
Lebogang Baingapi 22 November 2016
Segopolo out of Walia succession race
Another veteran lawyer Tendekani Malebeswa has replaced Segopolo. It is not clear why the secretive JSC ditched Segopolo and replaced him with Malebeswa. Currently Malebeswa is a partner at Malebeswa Matlakala Legal Consultants (MMLC) law firm in...
Oarabile Mosikare 22 November 2016
BDP women to push for quotas
The assembly will generally focus on political education as well as economic and social empowerment. Yesterday, BDP women’s wing chairperson, Dorcas Makgato told journalists that party president, Ian Khama would perform the official opening of...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 22 November 2016
Guma vows to keep stepping on toes
In what was seen as a veiled reference, during a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)victory celebration for Maun East MP, Konstantinos Markus, Guma said he did not care if any of those implicated in wrongdoing “come from a prominent family,”...
Boniface Keakabetse 22 November 2016
SA firm buys half of BA ISAGO
Two weeks ago, the Competition Authority issued a merger notice on the proposed acquisition. “The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition of 50% of the shares in BA ISAGO University (Pty) Ltd by...
Baboki Kayawe 22 November 2016
Businessman robbed from the mortuary
Bhekizwe Nkomazana and three Batswana, one of whom works at Civil and National Registry, have been charged with theft common, official corruption, obtaining by false pretences and giving false information in applying for Omang registration. His...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 22 November 2016
Meet Roy the comedian
Standing in front of a banter-hungry audience and most notably trying to make them laugh within the first five minutes has never been easy, but Roy has never turned back since his first attempt at the President’s Day Competitions in...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 22 November 2016
BPC to receive P10bn support
Last week, Sadique Kebonang told Parliament that between April 2017 and March 2020, the ministry planned to pump P10 billion into the BPC to support it in the absence of cost reflective tariffs. Kebonang was presenting his ministry’s budget...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 22 November 2016
New project to create 850 jobs in Francistown
The new jobs will breath life into the economy of the city, which recently suffered a huge setback after over 700 employees lost their jobs as a result of the closure of Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC). Sub-contractors of the mine were also forced...
Chakalisa Dube
| 22 November 2016
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