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In Wednesday Paper

Michael Dingake 22 February 2017

Heavy rains flood southern Botswana

From Sunday to Monday, incessant rains literally drenched Ramotswa, Otse, Mogobane and surrounding areas, in the process destroying a bridge between Lobatse and Otse, sweeping away some roads and leaving people’s homes submerged in...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 22 February 2017

Dikgosana di tlaa tiya moko

Mo pegong ya kwa palamenteng go ne ga hakgamatsa ba le bantsi go utlwa Rre Tsogwane a re, dipalo tsa dikgosi tsa tetlano, tse di sa duelweng, di makgolo matlhano le masome a mane (540) lefatshe leno lotlhe. Ruri go ngomola pelo go utlwa fa e setse e...

Staff Writer 22 February 2017

A ke dikgomo le ditau?

Ba ne ba kile ba tsena kwa ga Mma Ditshenyegelo mme ba fitlhela go se na sepe. Fela ba se ka ba itlhoboga, ba gakologelwa gore go na le Segaolane mme ba fetela teng. Fa ba tsena, ba bo fitlhela bo phophoma. Ba bona gore, le fa gongwe bo sa tshwane...

Sebofo Motshwane 22 February 2017

Destructive tail of Dineo

Tsele Tsebetsame 22 February 2017

Rebels e bontshitse Yankees bontsho

Motshameko o, ke mongwe wa ya liki ya bokone e e rotloediwang ke kompone ya BoFiNet. Ditlhopha dile tlhano tsa Yankees, Rebels, Scramblers, Phikwe Comets le Carats, tsa bomme di akareditswe le tsone, go gwetlha ketapele mo metshamekong e. Mo...

Koketso Kgoboge 22 February 2017

Babereki ba lekalana la dipatlisiso ba duetswe � Ralotsia

Ralotsia, yo gape eleng Mopalamente wa Kanye-Bokone, a re kgatelopele e ne ya diriwa go romela madi mo letloleng la lekalana la dipatlisiso tsa temothuo la lephata la gagwe kwa Sebele go duela babereki.  Tona Ralotsia, buile jaana kwa...

Francinah Ngoma 22 February 2017

Mchacho e tlaa goroga � Olebile

Tshameko ya sone monongwaga e botoka thata, mo mokatisi wa sone, Nelson Olebile, a reng o bona maiteko a gagwe a go se thusa go tshameka botoka, a na le tema. Olebile a re go tokafala ga setlhopha sa gagwe go itshupile thata bosheng fa sene se...

Teichler Rankoa 22 February 2017

Dilalome tsa Facebook di tlhasela Mahalapye

Kgakololo e e dirilwe ke Mookamela mapodise a Mahalapye, Suprintendent Isaac Mamadi, mo potsolotsong le Naledi bosheng.  A re go ikgatholosa dikgakololo tsa bone ka Batswana bangwe, go setse go ba baketse matlhotlhapelo, ka e rile bosheng basadi...

Bonte Seepi 22 February 2017

Swimmers excel at Zone IV competition

James Freeman was the toast of the competition, which attracted over 400 swimmers from 13 countries, after bagging nine medals in a record breaking performance.  According to Botswana Swimming Sport Association (BSSA) communications and...

Staff Writer 22 February 2017

Zapata hints at GU exit

Zapata arrived at GU in January 2016, replacing Rahman Gumbo who left the club following a string of poor results. The Argentinian was seen as the man to pull the team out of the red as he was tasked with winning some silverware for a side that last...

Kabelo Boranabi | 22 February 2017

World Netball Youth Cup LOC duo quits

Information reaching Mmegi Sport is that the Netball World Youth Cup head of marketing and brand, Stephanie Stoneham together with public relations and marketing officer, Kelebogile Seitei have left. Although Netball World Youth Cup general manager,...

Calistus Kolantsho | 22 February 2017

Letshwiti snubs Harare invitation

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino will be the guest speaker, where several other Football Association (FA) presidents have been invited. According to BFA public relations officer, Tumo Mpatane, Letshwiti had prior engagements which clash with the...

Mqondisi Dube | 22 February 2017

Nomina taps into Botswana market

The artist who was born in Zimbabwe and raised in Gaborone gained recognition through her debut music video Mamaland, which was a hit with over 2 million views. Her latest video Don’t Cry Africa was shot in Mogobane and features Mafitlhakgosi...

Mompati Tlhankane | 22 February 2017

Leshie Lovesong to perform at Naked Soul Sessions

Naked Soul Session is an event that focuses on live music performances and different artists are featured every month and Leshie Lovesong will be the guest at the event for the very first time. Songbird Mpho Sebina spearheads the event in a bid to...

Mompati Tlhankane | 22 February 2017

BDP and Masisi

Tobokani Baratang 22 February 2017

Poetry, Moyonda�s daily bread

Moyonda, as she prefers to be called, said she developed the love for poetry at a young age. She started performing at the national stage in 2008 after she gained exposure during the presidential art competitions. “I developed interest in...

Tumelo Mouwane 22 February 2017

PPADB faces procurement challenges

Addressing the media in Gaborone recently, PPADB executive chairperson, Bridget John said the Board is faced with a lack of procurement capacity at its procuring entities, which results in late initiation of procurement, evaluation of tenders, and...

Isaac Pinielo 22 February 2017

Minister defends mobile phone charges

Responding to a question in Parliament, the minister said the reality is that phone charges are not expensive, but that what is expensive is data, noting that the data charges are very high. “The reason advanced for this is because of the...

Gaone Marumoloa 22 February 2017

Ba Sebele ba tlaa ja sengwe

Kwerepe o buile jaana kwa palamenteng bosheng, a bolela fa go sa sologelweng molemo ga banni ke lenaneo le, go sa reye gore ba rontshitswe tshwanelo e Batswana ba bangwe ba e bonyeng. O boletse fa e rile ngogola, kgwedi ya Phukwi e le masome mabedi...

Tobokani Baratang 22 February 2017

BURS efforts most commended

A few years after introducing scanners at several of the bordergates to detect illicit goods coming into the country, the innovation seems to be bearing fruit.  Officers at our borders have been able to detect smuggled goods, drugs, and possibly...

Mmegi Editor | 22 February 2017

Khama concedes defeat to Motshwarakgole

In a landmark judgement, Justice Abednigo Tafa ordered that the appointment of Isaac Lesetedi, Monametsi Gaongalelwe, John Foxcroft, John Cameron, Arthur Hamilton and Craig Howie was invalid in that the President had no right to reappoint them to the...

Baboki Kayawe 22 February 2017

Moahi takes over at UB

Moahi will be acting in the position until a substantive VC has been found, Mmegi has learnt. “The two professors who had been recommended by the UB council are said to have been rejected on the basis that they were not fit for the post. The...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 22 February 2017

UB academics want to appoint VC

This is in the wake of Professor Thabo Fako resigning his vice-chancellorship seat last Sunday. The union expressed in a communiqué circulated to the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science and Technology,...

Baboki Kayawe 22 February 2017

Heavy down pours lead to roads closure

District No. 4 commander, senior superintendent Alakanani Makobo said the Lobatse-Gaborone road was closed following a bridge collapse near Nnywane Dam. He advised motorists to use the Mogobane-Kanye-Molapowabojang road to reach Lobatse and...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 22 February 2017

�Stubborn� Gaborone Dam nears halfway point

At the same time last year, the dam had failed and was recorded at 1.7%, leaving the Greater Gaborone totally dependent on supplies from dams in the north, through the North South Water Carrier. At its latest levels, Gaborone Dam can supply the...

Staff Writer 22 February 2017

Mamelodi charged with misconduct as hearing starts

This follows Mamelodi’s unsuccessful effort to stop the hearing at the High Court on Monday. He faces charges of gross misconduct.  Justice Lakvinder Walia had ruled against Mamelodi who had applied to the High Court seeking interdiction...

Mqondisi Dube | 22 February 2017

Amantle Brown focus on Naija music

The track titled Follo is her first new project to be released this year featuring Juju Boy. Its beat, composition and lyrics carries the Naija music funk, and could easily be mistaken for a Nigerian track until you hear some Setswana...

Dumisani Ncube 22 February 2017

Khama extends Dibotelo�s contract

“Dibotelo is due for retirement on October 31, 2017 when he reaches 70 years. I am told that it could be up to March 31, 2018, the day HE leaves office. [It] makes sense because CJ can’t cause a mess and leave his principal with...

Oarabile Mosikare 22 February 2017

CAAB takes stock of itself

CAAB chief executive officer, Geoffrey Moshabesha said the main focus of the forum was to allow stakeholders to draw on diverse and broad ranges of experience to find lasting solutions and growth opportunities for the Authority. “We are...

Kagiso Onkatswitse 22 February 2017

Justice Tafa�s groundbreaking decision; Is it worth celebrating in light of an executive that overpowers the legislature?

Judge President Ian Kirby began the year by introducing us on the role of the Court of Appeal (CoA) and admonished those who dared him for labelling some Judges as executive-minded. The chairperson of the Law Society responded in similar tone and...

Owen Nsala 22 February 2017

Reigners and Rain Makers

There are the long term reigners, the life Presidents, and there are the rain makers of one kind or another.  In theory, they are, I suppose, one and the same thing. The Chief in drier parts of the continent is traditionally the bringer or maker...

Sandy Grant 22 February 2017