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Staff Writer 13 February 2017
Angola stadium stampede in Uige kills 17
Hundreds more were reported to have been injured when supporters stormed the gates after failing to gain entry. Some of those who fell became trapped and suffocated at the venue on Friday, a medical official said. Witnesses said the crowd trying to...
BBC.COM 13 February 2017
BDP Wins Rasesa Ward
It is alleged that Buisanyang owes many people in the village and some party members, which could have contributed to his loss. Although he reduced the 2014 margin from 376 to over 100, it is said that some people rejected him because of this...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 13 February 2017
Jaguars Give SA Side Run For Money
Jaguars manager, Feddy Mutenheri told Monitor Sport after the match his charges proved their mettle. He said they identified a lot of things that they should work on such as ball retention. He said players were losing their balls during crucial...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 13 February 2017
Bobonong JSS Dominate Sports View Meet
Not to be outdone, Matshekge Senior Secondary School from the same village also showed character in the junior women and men categories. Speaking to Monitor Sport after the marathon, Bobonong JSS coach, Phethi Mabelebele said they prepared for the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 13 February 2017
Chaotic Start To Pingpong Tourney
The tournament also featured the mixed teams on Sunday. Ramahobo said some of his club’s executive members who organised the two-day event, came up with all sorts of excuses ahead of the tournament. “It is really disappointing because we...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 13 February 2017
PMR Africa Honours Security Systems
At the PMR Africa Excellence Awards ceremony held in Gaborone recently, Security Systems scooped the Diamond Arrow Award. It is not the first time that Security Systems has received PMR awards, after it received the Diamond Arrow Award under the...
Zolani Kraai 13 February 2017
Five Star Chiefs Run Riot
New arrivals, Jerome Ramatlhakwana and Tendai Nyamadzawo maintained their good form and grabbed two goals each with the other goal coming from attacking midfielder, Dirang Moloi. Chiefs, who have been struggling upfront since the beginning of the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 13 February 2017
Wheels Off As BDF XI Down Systems
Systems started the better team but the army side settled down midway through the first stanza. It was a bad day for Systems’ Thulani Gumede as he missed a glaring opportunity failing to connect Molebeledi Gabofiwe’s set piece when...
Tumelo Mouwane 13 February 2017
Zapata Slams �Small Team� Sankoyo After Draw
GU coach, Rodolfo Zapata immediately slammed his opponents, accusing them of having a ‘small team mentality’. The Reds came into the game beaming with confidence as they beat their opponents 3-1 in the first round tie played in Maun....
Kabelo Boranabi
| 13 February 2017
Jwaneng Women Turn To Cooperatives
In Jwaneng, women have turned to cooperatives where they empower each other with business skills. The programme, referred to as Community Women in Cooperative (CWiC), a brainchild of the Member of Parliament for Jwaneng/ Mabutsane Shawn Ntlhaile, has...
Lebogang Baingapi 13 February 2017
Consortium penetrates cleaning chemicals business
Trading under the name Elite Chemicals (PTY) Ltd, the business manufactures and supplies cleaning chemicals and offers broad spectrum of other products. The business is located at the Francistown Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) incubators Unit...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 13 February 2017
Soaring Swallows Stun Ostriches
The two teams produced an absorbing and breathless opening 10 minutes, without a blood of respect for each other. They both kneaded their attack well but the last punch was elusive. The visitors created the first chance in the second minute with Tony...
Koketso Kgoboge 13 February 2017
Boma brings safari to the city
The resort area, which is located at the back part of the Grand Palm hotel is mainly used for weddings, conferences, showcases and corporate events. It is a property of Peermont Botswana. Located next to a small dam, the Boma has been barricaded it...
Dumisani Ncube 13 February 2017
Six journalists arrested over 'false news' in Ivory Coast
The move came after elite forces became the latest troops to protest over pay in recent weeks in the West African nation, firing into the air in the army barracks town of Adiake. "Regarding recent action taken by the military... we have come to...
Jeff Ramsay 13 February 2017
Local Record Label To Promote Local Talent
Speaking at the record label’s official launch and press conference on Saturday, BlxckMail CEO Nqobizitha Ben said being a record label that consists of many artists of different music genres, poetry, photography and fashion industry, they...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 13 February 2017
BOFEPUSU Seeks Clarity On Scope Of PSBC
The federation wants the court to set aside the decision of government, which it argues was a breach as it is not a product of the bargaining council process and is also seeking a clarification of the court of the scope of the Public Service...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 13 February 2017
Modenga Implicated In FCC Illegal Land Sale Scandal
Before the dust has hardly settled down in Modenga’s brushes with the law, he was dragged before the Chief Magistrate Gaedupe Makgatho on Friday albeit in absentia to face a count of using his position to swindle a person out of her money under...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 13 February 2017
BLLAHWU Country Tour Successful
According to BLLAHWU secretary general Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, the team has been to Tsabong, Mabutsane, Hukuntsi, Charleshill, Gantsi, Gumare and Maun. He explained that the purpose of the tour was to disseminate latest information to structures...
Boniface Keakabetse 13 February 2017
F/town Academic Hospital To Create 500 Jobs
The construction of the state of the art teaching hospital will take 15 months. The teaching hospital would attract patients as well as students from across boarders especially the Southern African Development Committee (SADC) region. The...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 13 February 2017
The Day A Salesrep Missed On A Commission
For a while Ive been at risk of being disowned by family and friends for it. It’s not the safest ride out here. So today I visit a few dealerships. I get to this one and on display is some craft I think I could use. I proceed to inspect it....
Correspondent 13 February 2017
Rasesa By-Election: Voters Need More Than Just A United Opposition
Perhaps this is good as a reminder to all singers of opposition cooperation, that the cooperation or unity alone cannot guarantee Government for the united opposition come 2019. They will need more than just the mere talk of opposition...
Monitor Editor 13 February 2017
Police Dismiss Abduction Rumours
The reaction of the police comes just days after the city fell into the grip of an abduction scare. Recently social media reports emerged that there were two men driving black and white BMW sedans who were seen trying to lure children from the three...
Chakalisa Dube
| 13 February 2017
BOSETU�S Comment On Budget Proposal For The Fiscal Year 2017/18 With Particular Focus On The Education Sector
1. BOSETU as a teacher trade union and part of the wider civil society, notes with keen interest the budget proposal for the financial year 2017/18 as read out by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development to the National Assembly of Botswana...
Correspondent 13 February 2017
Opposition Give UB Rioters Homes
The University was closed with immediate effect following riots for delayed payment of their monthly allowances to some. In the University’s memorandum, the UB council stated that the closure was following the students’ disruptions...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 13 February 2017
Three Soldiers Die In Aircraft Crash
The director of protocol and public affairs, Colonel Tebo Dikole confirmed the accident in an interview with The Monitor. Dikole said the aircraft, which left Thebephatshwa Air Base for Gaborone crashed in the general area shortly after taking off...
Pini Bothoko
| 13 February 2017
The budget
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane 13 February 2017
Ninth Prison Escapee Nabbed In Zimbabwe
Another escapee, Zimbabwean, Thabani Ncube who is wanted for murder in Botswana, was also arrested in Zimbabwe last month. He is also facing a theft charge in his home country. Chaloba escaped, together with 17 others, escaped from lawful custody at...
Chakalisa Dube
| 13 February 2017
Drama In Tsabong As BDPYL Elects New Committee
After Simon Mavange Moabi emerged victorious for the top position, Thabo Autlwetse, Bruce Nkgakile and Fox Segwale teamed up against Moabi who managed to get another candidate Vuyo Yane into his team. Moabi, who has been making headlines with...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 13 February 2017
Insanity is..
His friend had all the tell-tale signs of the recently heartbroken. If I could be allowed to guess I am betting on relationship drama, boyfriend-girlfriend kind of drama, the most useless of dramas in the whole universe! I will never get this;...
Tumie Modise 13 February 2017
A Bridge and An Arms cache
My take on this is that making provision for a railway line is sensible and farsighted. It maybe that this new line may never be constructed – as with those to Namibia and Mozambique. But if, for whatever reason, a railway line to Zambia...
Sandy Grant 13 February 2017
The Surgeon (II)
The article’s opening paragraph was unconventional. Maintaining that “there is a cause for everything”, The Surgeon speculated on the possibility of a divine link between the fall of the great French Emperor, Napoleon and his...
Jeff Ramsay
| 13 February 2017
Chinese Painter Explores Malaika Story
Through this exhibition called Malaika’s Tour, the painter’s works were held at Masa Square hotel. They are part of a cultural exchange programme organised by Malaika Gemstones to get artists to network. Xiaozhou’s paintings...
Dumisani Ncube 13 February 2017
Ageing BDF Aircraft Gives Up
The latest air crash is perhaps a reminder of the ticking time bomb represented by the BDF’s ageing fleet, especially in the Airforce wing where most aircraft appear in dire need for replacement in a country where competing interests have been...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 13 February 2017
Community bricks project thrives
People should understand that to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication”. These are the words of motivation, which drive Motlaakgosi Medupi, a 43-year-old community brick...
Tumie Modise 13 February 2017
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