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In this week's paper

Correspondent 19 December 2016

Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF confirms Mugabe as 2018 election candidate

Mr Mugabe, who is 92, has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980. At the party's conference, the Zanu-PF youth wing even proposed that Mr Mugabe should be declared president for life. However, there have been unprecedented protests...

BBC.COM 19 December 2016

Culture Spears And Sereetsi & The Natives Light BOSETU Cultural Night

Kabelo Mogwe, who is the leader of Culture Spears, took the audience back in the day with most of the crew’s old songs such as Selonyana, Kulenyane, Selelo sa marema, Rato ke lone leo and Rrakwadiba. He also sang his latest song, Tonkana,...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 19 December 2016

Festive guide

Dec 23: Fresh House Flava Launch Venue: Absolut & Elyx Lounge at Masa Dec 31-1st- Rick Ross Live Venue: Duma FM Grouds Featuring: A.T.I, Apollo the Mayor, Drama Boi,   Francistown December 22: Simisani Mathumo Birthday Party Venue:...

Lindiwe Mozola 19 December 2016

Safeguard Against Fraud This Festive Season

During this busy time, we have so much on our minds and, very often, we tend to let the merriment of the festive season get the better part of us. What does this mean? It means one’s sense of caution and alertness is often reduced. We are more...

Staff Writer 19 December 2016

Chiefs Tame Wasteful Jungle Kings

Two late goals from Senatla Molefe and Lesego Galenamotlhale gave the Magosi fans an early Christmas present after enduring three defeats in the last three games.  Chiefs started the game on a high note looking for an early goal. In the fifth...

Kabelo Boranabi | 19 December 2016

Security Systems Register Important Away Win

The match started with Systems having an upper hand and made frequent visits to Nico’s goalposts. Just five minutes into the game, Systems’ striker, Vincent Lekorwe gave Majombolo’s goalkeeper Otsile Ben his first real test after...

Imi Mokgethi 19 December 2016

Matebejane shoot down Fighters

The visitors’ second goal of the match was scored by Cosmos Folai in the 57th minute. The match dubbed Mogoditshane derby was highly-paced from the first whistle. Fighters came into the match as log leaders and were looking to end the first...

Calistus Kolantsho | 19 December 2016

Orebonye�s Brace Haunts Hotspurs

GU came into the match with much confidence even though they lost their last game to Extension Gunners. They dominated the whole match and started the game with early attacks. In the fourth minute they were awarded a corner kick, which was taken well...

Bonte Seepi 19 December 2016

Njobvu Hattrick Sinks Lions

His goals ensured his side go into the festive break at the top of the league table. The game, which was re-scheduled for 8pm kick-off started 30 minutes later after Lions showed up late. The visitors arrived straight into the pitch and did not...

Koketso Kgoboge 19 December 2016

Mdu thrills revellers

The celebrated South African kwaito legend moved the full packed crowd with his hits from the 90s at Ke December Invasion Music Festival held at Magestic Five Hotel on Saturday. Before Mdu’s sensational performance, DJ Latimmy warmed the stage...

Lindiwe Mozola 19 December 2016

BMC Gets Clearance For Angola Exports

Speaking during a BMC Christmas Dinner at Rileys Hotel on Thursday, Ramotshwara said they hope to begin exporting to Angola next year. BMC deal to export to Angola has long been in limbo as the Namibians refused to allow beef to be transported...

Boniface Keakabetse 19 December 2016

Wedding Experience Inspires Make-up Artist

Divas Make-up Studio, aka DMS, is a brand that came as an inspiration when Makabe was doing her own make-up when she tied the knot to her husband Ernest Makabe. DMS is located in Monarch Industrial but its headquarters are in Mogoditshane. Makabe...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 19 December 2016

What A Roller-Coaster Year

We hope to garner the courage and the self-belief to wrestle and brave similar challenges and storms if they present themselves in the New Year. Naturally when faced with danger, the human race, and Batswana in particular, have brought the best out...

Monitor Editor 19 December 2016

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Monitor Editor 19 December 2016

The Glitches Of Being HIV Negative

I am of the view that a new macro trend is developing. The more people test for HIV the bigger the macro trend grows. Look, the HIV phenomenon is by nature dividing people into two groups whose existence is by default, not by design. The HIV positive...

Correspondent 19 December 2016

Dad Pushing Son To Be In Love

We normally help each other in times like that. Around 3pm, I wanted to go out and to tell the kids that I was away. My neighbour has twins, a boy and a girl. Mine is a girl. So mine plays with the twin girl and both of them are 12 years. The twin...

Correspondent 19 December 2016

What Christmas Means To Me

Christmas can be crazy and chaotic, but it is also a beautiful and meaningful time of the year. Personally, my favourite part of this period is the part where I finally get a long break from work, eat as much as I want (calories can and should wait)...

Tumie Modise 19 December 2016

Francistowners Prepare To Party

The Monitor interviewed young adults on what makes their ideal festive and they all share one important commonality, in the face of the unexpected, each putting their children first striving to be the very best parents. Sharing his life as a first...

Pini Bothoko | 19 December 2016

The Year That Was In Education Sector

Union Position on Policy and Legislative Issues  Class Size The  1994 Revised National Policy on Education (RNPE) recommended for reduction in class size to at least 30 students at senior school and to at least 35 in a Junior Schools. Our...

Correspondent 19 December 2016

Long-in-coming �spaghetti� irks Francistowners

However, Francistown  residents will have to wait a little longer and endure the ache before they can fully utilise this eagerly awaited intersection which is still trailing behind schedule. The project was awarded to China Railways Seventh...

Pini Bothoko | 19 December 2016

FCC Braces For Flash Floods

Usually after heavy downpours, the entire city experiences flooding with roads submerged in pools of water due to poor drainage. Every year around this time, the city is caught up with the same problem but this time around the situation has been...

Pini Bothoko | 19 December 2016

�Africans Taught To Despise Themselves�

Speaking at the BOSETU cultural night on Friday, Hlabano applauded the union for choosing the theme that focused on children. He noted that the theme, ‘Children: Fruit of our youth, beauty of our nation’, placed children and the youth on...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 19 December 2016

Ntsuape faces additional charges

The state alleges that the new charges happened when Ntsuape caused a Toyota Quantum to cause an accident. The vehicle was transporting prison inmates to the Francistown Centre of Illegal Immigrants (FCII) from court at the beginning of this...

Lebogang Mosikare | 19 December 2016

Fired BDF Love Birds Return To Work Today

An 11th hour letter of reinstatement written to the duo’s lawyer, Duma Boko, states that Private Kazondu Uariaua and Lieutenant Thabang Tlhapisang should report to work today. For Uariaua, however who has indicated he is no longer keen to...

Sharon Mathala 19 December 2016

BOFEPUSU to stage mass demonstrations

The federation has adopted seven new resolutions, which include holding countrywide demonstrations against government “misrule”. Delegates at the congress agreed with the decision by the central executive committee to take government to...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 19 December 2016

Choppies Fashion Line �Amazes� Customers

There was an array of clothing on display ranging from children’s wear to ladies’ and men’s clothing, which is labelled Choppies. The same applies to the store at Game City. A customer who happened to be surprised by the presence...

Isaac Pinielo 19 December 2016

Team Players or just Yes Men?

Hesitantly, therefore, very hesitantly - the times being what they are – with a Speaker given 24 hours security protection and a newspaper  owner/editor in court on a charge of sedition -  I want to pose a question. How can Minister...

Sandy Grant 19 December 2016

I am still afraid of soldiers

There are two things I fear most, more than anything in the whole world. Being permanently removed from my children when they are still this young terrifies me. If that happens, and heavens forbid, that I should die prematurely, and I know we all...

Tumie Modise 19 December 2016

The white ants

Let us now turn our attention to “white ants”, that is Europeans or white settlers, who the slain Bakwena kgosi predicted would follow in the wake of the earlier invaders. Before the 1885 imposition of colonial rule, three broad types of...

Jeff Ramsay | 19 December 2016

Festive Gospel Extravaganza Was A Thrill

Despite the event starting more than three hours late, the artists gave spectacular performances. The evening started off at a high tune as the local talent search show, My Star 2016 winner, Ontefetse embraced the audience with beautiful hymns. The...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 19 December 2016

Horrific accident claims seven lives

A Gabz Link 65-seater bus collided with an Audi A3 around 11:15am on Saturday morning. Mahalapye Police station commander, superintendent Isaac Mamadi confirmed the accident to The Monitor. He said they suspect it was a head-on collision. He further...

Bonte Seepi 19 December 2016

Virtual Hotspot Vouchers Hit Market

The application is available on Google Play and can be downloaded for free by any smart phone user. Speaking during the launch in Gaborone last week, Infinity Tech managing director, Obakeng Gabanthate said that they have decided to create an app...

Pauline Dikuelo | 19 December 2016