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Goitsemodimo Kaelo 10 March 2017
Court Of Appeal Amendment Bill
You call that a knife? This is a knife
Mmegi Editor 10 March 2017
Shocking degree of hypocrisy from the top
From a distance he still has a lot of energy, thanks to his many years in the military, which requires a lot of physical activity. In 2009, he made a shocking and rude statement that he does not want to work with old people, and that old people...
Mmegi Editor
| 10 March 2017
Kong: Skull Island
A team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers unites to explore an uncharted island in the Pacific. Cut off from everything they know, the team ventures into the domain of the mighty Kong. As their mission becomes one of survival, they must fight to...
Staff Writer 10 March 2017
Moonlight
A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young black man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Staff Writer 10 March 2017
Logan
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
Staff Writer 10 March 2017
Rock Dog
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
Staff Writer 10 March 2017
Diacore marathon targets more international runners
The organisers are targeting more than 6,000 runners including athletes from outside the borders. Makgato said registration was extended from last November to March 18 due to growing interest. “Our principal focus this year was to...
Naledi Lemogang 10 March 2017
Police VI prepare for Africa
The team qualified for the Africa Club Championship after winning Zone VI title in Namibia. As part of preparations for the continental competition, Police VI have organised training matches against Botswana All Stars and Namibia Police club at the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 March 2017
Kick in the teeth for women in sports
A line appears to be drawn in the sand as men continue to get the nod over their female counterparts. International Working Group on Women in Sport secretary general, Game Mothibi carries the hopes of many of her colleagues to turnaround the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 March 2017
Miscellaneous fight back to beat Nico
Miscellaneous trailed after Remmington Masuku gave the hosts an early lead. However, the lead lasted just 14 minutes before Moodley Njeleza levelled matters from a header after the Nico goalkeeper needlessly conceded a corner kick. The boys...
Tapela Morapedi 10 March 2017
TAFIC fire Moyo
The Zimbabwean joined TAFIC in the off-season on a two-year contract, but despite leading the team to the top of the log, he was suspended following a breakdown in relationship with some players. Club manager, Carlos Motaung confirmed the...
Koketso Kgoboge 10 March 2017
Hell hath no fury like Rollers scorned
They last failed to collect maximum points in a 0-0 stalemate against Miscellaneous back in December. Under Teenage Mpote, Rollers have not only beaten Gilport Lions twice, but also dismissed traditional rivals, Gaborone United (GU). Mpote...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 10 March 2017
�Special case� Gantsi teams want increased grants
Black Rangers came, but are gone, while Skoon Boys are on their way out as they anchor the log after a winless stay. Gantsi region chairperson, Goemeone Letebele told Mmegi Sport he believes distance is his regional teams’...
Naledi Lemogang 10 March 2017
Orapa blame fixture congestion for poor run
Kick-off is 4pm. Ostriches assistant, Zacharia Muzadzi blamed their appalling form on fixture congestion. “It’s not that our focus is on the Mascom Top 8 only as other people may think. We approach all our games with a winning mentality,...
Koketso Kgoboge 10 March 2017
Judge hits out at absent Rollers lawyer
The two groups appeared before the court yesterday, as the group led by former club chairman, Mookodi Seisa challenged the executive committee and directors of Township Holdings, Somerset Gobuiwang and Jagdish Shah for contempt of...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 March 2017
Corruption claims hang over BNOC
BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho declined to comment on the matter. “Check the ministry, it would be their issue,” that is all Serufho said when contacted for comment yesterday. MYESCD chief public relations officer, Thobo...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 March 2017
China: More than a �Fong Kong� nation
China, the most populated country behind India is positioning itself as the new dream, the emergence of the ‘Chinese Dream’. This is the dream that no one saw coming because for decades America had been holding the golden medal as the...
Mpho Mokwape
| 10 March 2017
Two weeks of horror on the A1
More than two weeks ago, the effects of Cyclone Dineo were felt through the South East district leaving a trail of devastating effects on communities. Ramotswa, the district capital, was shut off after its main access road was flooded over, while...
Tumelo Mouwane 10 March 2017
An open letter to all Botswana MPs
I have not yet had a clear explanation as to why you have been given this money. I mean what are you going to use it for specifically? Let me admit that I have never seen 10 million pula with my own eyes. I am not even sure if it is the kind of...
Correspondent 10 March 2017
Learners with disabilities being left behind
Mangole pointed out that the country’s education is not effective towards learners with disabilities something that needs immediate attention. He told Mmegi following the question he recently raised in Parliament on the unsatisfactory...
Pini Bothoko
| 10 March 2017
Companies show interest in Air Botswana
When addressing the media yesterday, Mokaila said following the closure of the Expression of Interest (EOI) on February 28, 2017, only 17 companies have declared their interest. “We have closed the EOI on February 28, and about 17 companies...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 March 2017
A call for Electoral Act amendment
“The amendment of the Act should be done in a way of giving the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) powers to issue the writ of elections. If the writ is issued by politicians like the Minister of Local Government and the President for...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 10 March 2017
Masitara: The dark horse in the BDP chairmanship race
Former University of Botswana don, businessman-cum-philanthropist-cum-politician, Robert Masitara has reportedly made a statement of intent to enter the BDP chairmanship race. He is pitting his strength against Vice President and incumbent...
Correspondent 10 March 2017
Botho University continues offering deferred courses
Deferred accreditation courses are given to programmes that had not met most of the minimum requirements and the identified gaps could not be closed within a year. In that instance, institutions are not allowed to enroll new learners into the...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 March 2017
Mosisili�s scramble to retain power: Lesotho�s constitutional crisis
For those outside Lesotho, the question has always been why so much happens in this small impoverished country unlike in the rest of the Southern African region? I have been trying to answer that question in the 12 months since the launch of...
Correspondent 10 March 2017
Molale augments forces AG budget
Molale said that audit visibility is a major deterrent to acts of fraud and corruption. When presenting the department’s proposed Budget in Parliament this week, the Minister said “increased audit coverage is therefore imperative in order...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 10 March 2017
BQA fingers old Act for non-accredited programmes
Though Botho University has amplified the voice of the plight, the matter has been a concern at other private institutions - Boitekanelo College, New Era College, BA ISAGO University as well as Limkokwing University Creative Technology. Learners at...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 10 March 2017
�Pula Steel can survive�
The company has been placed under Judicial management by the High Court, and all orders by creditors to attach the company’s property have been suspended. However the order came after one creditor had already attached and auctioned some trucks,...
Onalenna Kelebeile 10 March 2017
BIH to operationalise Innovation Fund
According to the Minister of Tertiary Education Research Science and Technology, Alfred Madigele, BIH is accelerating the implementation of the Fund to avail funding for the start-ups. “The Fund should be operational in the coming financial...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 March 2017
Debswana empowers LEA assisted enterprises
The initiative will entail a special dispensation whereby LEA assisted enterprises produce leather goods for Debswana mines with sales proceeds used for capacitating of incubators. The products would include leather protective gloves; spats, aprons...
Staff Writer 10 March 2017
China pledges �brotherhood� to Africa
The country that has seen its economy rise in the last years due to its holistic approach to economic models says Africa remains its priority. China’s Foreign minister Wang Yi this week said the country was Africa’s friend as such there...
Mpho Mokwape
| 10 March 2017
�Exploit Consumer Rights Day�
Although I’m not a big believer in having special days for particular issues, the theme this year is an important one. There are very few of us, probably even fewer when you consider Mmegi readers, who aren’t somehow connected to what...
Consumer Watchdog 10 March 2017
Gov�t conducts study on opening up beef sector
Speaking in Parliament recently, assistant minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Kgotla Autlwetse said the study endeavours to assess the feasibility of liberalisation of the Botswana beef export market in order to allow other...
Isaac Pinielo 10 March 2017
Letshego plans to extend share buyback
The share buyback was introduced late last year as a result of a plunging share price, which saw the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)-listed company losing over 30% of its value during 2016. This led to the company proposing dipping into its capital and...
Isaac Pinielo 10 March 2017
Property market bullish in 2017
Following the release of the annual Botswana Property Report, real estate investment and development company, Vantage Properties expressed its positivity about the future. Lloyd Sungirirai, chief investment officer at Vantage Properties, said there...
Isaac Pinielo 10 March 2017
MPs decry delayed payouts of social benefits
The company won the tender to disburse social benefits cash allowances to about 20,000 beneficiaries in the area last year taking over from BotswanaPost. Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Southern District raised their concerns this week blasting...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 March 2017
Sunnyside dairy project starts production
Currently, the national milk demand is estimated at 65 million litres annually with cow productivity currently at 13 litres per cow in a day. As part of efforts to reduce dependency on imports, Government in 2015 leased the dairy farm to a South...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 March 2017
Businesses call for inclusive benefit of new incentives
Government this week unveiled a package of incentives for investors to set up shop in the region following the demise of BCL Group. The incentives, which are categorised into six packages, include fiscal incentives, government off-take, and...
Onalenna Kelebeile 10 March 2017
Classic Affair blends fashion, music and golf
This event is expected to bring together fashionistas, music lovers and the sports people particularly golfers under one roof. The local entertainment company, Eventers, coordinates this event. During an interview with one of the organisers, Bofelo...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 March 2017
The phafana that made me a warrior
Off course I have no interest in entering any lion infested forest in my lifetime but recently I felt like a brave warrior when I attended Son of the Soil (SOTS) event with my most valuable cultural asset, phafana (African calabash). Most men these...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 10 March 2017
When art becomes the paying job
Reality struck as he failed to get a job or even under the internship programme. “After failing to get a job last year I resorted to my hobby which is art. I started off by customising people’s shoes and bags artistically, with...
Dumisani Ncube 10 March 2017
Boycott Israel
The Israeli Apartheid Week is an international series of events that seeks to raise awareness of Israel’s settler colonial project and apartheid system over the Palestinian people and to build support for the growing BDS movement. Inspired by...
Solly Rakgomo 10 March 2017
Parliament should free judiciary from capture by executive
The President has refused to appoint at least four people to the bench notwithstanding recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Internal wars in the judiciary have reached the press with allegations and threats of witchcraft. Almost...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 10 March 2017
Military Intelligence � An arm of the ruling party
The question is, if there are so many gaps in the way MI functions as a critical subset of our military, what has been occupying our MI and what steps are necessary to offset this imbalance. I must say right at the beginning that BDF is by far a...
Richard Moleofe 10 March 2017
Legend of Baloi: the exoteric level (2)
In this miniseries we first explored what the term baloi really meant at the exoteric level, before we began to unearth the esoteric secrets of these much-misunderstood beings. And one question I posed was “If we one is yet to understand baloi...
L M Leteane 10 March 2017
Poetavango�s storytelling project for students
The project called My Botswana Storytelling Project 2017 started on the February 6 and will finish on the March 17. As part of the project, workshops were held in three venues: Maun, Ghanzi, and Gaborone. The project is divided into three parts...
Lauri Kubuitsile 10 March 2017
Opposition to take Kgathi to Court
This resolution was taken at the caucus on Tuesday during a meeting with representatives of the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) and National Amalgamated Local and Central Government and Parastatal Workers’ Union lawyers, Mboki Chilisa and Tshiamo...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 10 March 2017
BancABC Botswana secures P400m funding
Sourced from USA’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the loan was arranged by BancABC parent company, Atlas Mara. The funding is part of the $200 million multi-country facility that OPIC approved for Atlas Mara’s banks in...
Staff Writer 10 March 2017
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