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Boniface Keakabetse 14 March 2017
Tlokwen By-Election Writ
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Mmegi Editor 14 March 2017
Franco, Dr Vom in boxing match
Most of us were excited when it was announced that American singer Chris Brown was going to square off in the ring against rapper Soulja Boy in an celebrity boxing match. We were even awed when Vuyo Dabula (Gadaffi from Generations The Legacy) and...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 14 March 2017
Parley did well on BIUST
The motion was a response to the recent closure of the BCL Mine, which resulted in over 5,000 jobs being lost. The motion was supported by members from both sides of the floor, among them Cabinet ministers. It is sad that when this University...
Mmegi Editor
| 14 March 2017
GBC wins Francistown bowling Major
The fours team included skip Balendra Balasignham, Marea Modutlwa, Andy Ashbridge and Warren Stuart. The team played three rounds with the first two rounds played on Saturday and the last round played on Sunday morning and they won all rounds to...
Koketso Kgoboge 14 March 2017
Softball teams brace for eliminators
The men’s top 12 teams have seven sides from the Southern Zone and five from the Northern Zone while the women’s top 10 has six from the south and four from the north. BDF IX finished the first round at the top of the men’s...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 March 2017
Mafu blames slump on lack of preparation
Chiefs looked formidable at the start of the year as they collected 12 points out of a possible 18 before they succumbed to the Jungle Kings defeat. On Saturday, rookies Black Forest continued their impressive run against the Kgatleng giants as they...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 14 March 2017
Angola loses CUCSA hosting rights
Angola was awarded the hosting rights four years ago, but kept the CUCSA executive committee in the dark as they could not commit to hosting the next year’s spectacle. Botswana Tertiary Student Sport Association (BOTESSA) public relations...
Naledi Lemogang 14 March 2017
Ramatlhakwana rules out Zebras return
Ramatlhakwana joined Magosi at the beginning of the season, but only managed to start playing in January following a registration hiccup. Despite sitting almost four months on the sidelines, Ramatlhakwana started his Chiefs’ career with a bang...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 14 March 2017
Francistown Jazz pledges 25% to charity
The festival brought by Streethorn music promotions will be held at the Francistown old stadium on April 8. The first ever Jazz festival of its magnitude to be held in the second city boost of a robust line up sure to enthrall the jazz lovers. The...
Koketso Kgoboge 14 March 2017
Maun Rocks Music assembles 100% local lineup
The event organised by Medumo Entertainment will assemble a 100% local lineup which includes Dramaboi, La Timmy, Ban T, Slizer, Izzy, Gaone, DJ Chabo, DJ Chrispin, Mosako, DJ Gouveia, DJ Fondo Fire, Dr Tawanda, DJ Robbie Rob, Chris Manto 7, Chris...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 14 March 2017
Kgalagadi Soul to perform at Maitisong
In their two days stay in the country, Kgalagadi Soul will host a workshop on April 3, 2017, and stage a performance the next day at Maitisong Festival 2017 Official Opening Show. This will be part of their SADC tour, which will kick start on March...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 14 March 2017
Air Botswana concludes job cuts exercise
About 52 jobs were cut in the first phase that ended last December. Addressing the media recently, the Minister said the airline has been having operational challenges due to losses incurred on the less profitable routes as well as running with an...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 14 March 2017
Botswana Railways next in privatisation drive
Addressing the media recently, Mokaila emphasised the importance of privatising the parastatals noting that government has tried its best to keep them afloat and it was now time to give private investors a chance. “It is important to privatise...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 14 March 2017
BDP nominate another councilor
Ditiro Burunyana Rantalajwe stepped in on February to fill in the vacant post at Mabutsane Sub-Council and he is expected to be sworn at the Southern District full council meeting billed for March 20. Rantalajwe has been a staunch member of the...
Lebogang Baingapi 14 March 2017
Doctor says deceased died of head injuries
Five men, who are all residents of Oodi in Kgatleng District, are standing trial for allegedly murdering Ramapulane and assaulting Chinese national Liu Jian Hui, on the night of August 28, 2013 at Gaborone North Farms. On the day, the former Security...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 14 March 2017
Trump is a copycat of SKI
Who said Americans can’t copy or cannot learn from Africans? They were wrong. US President Donald Trump is a true example of how some Americans envy us Africans, and he is a copycat of our very own Lieutenant General Dr Ian Khama. When he was...
Bame Piet 14 March 2017
Man faces charges of murdering his father
Gabashe who originates from Mokgomane is alleged to have on August 27, 2016 in Mokgomane village, stabbed his father, Olefile Gabashe with a knife to death following an argument and also used a tyre lever in committing the crime. In October 2016, a...
Tumelo Mouwane 14 March 2017
Three die in road accident
Acting officer commanding for No.13 and district administration officer, Paul Oketsang told Mmegi that two cars collided by the traffic lights near GIPS and three people died on the spot. “The accident took place early morning between 02:30...
Pini Bothoko
| 14 March 2017
BCP women launch education petition
The petition, which will run for a month, starting next Monday will focus on a number of issues bedevilling the education system. BCPWL president, Daisy Bathusi told the press that as mothers, they would utilise the women’s history month to...
Baboki Kayawe 14 March 2017
Sekoma divided over headman successor
Tefiso was however caught in between a heated debate last Friday on who should ascend the seat after the passing on of Sebopa Leremela. Most of the people nominated Mooketsa Bosigo. He is said to be instrumental in driving community events and...
Lebogang Baingapi 14 March 2017
BIUST could open a campus in Phikwe
This comes after Parliament Friday adopted a motion by Selebi-Phikwe West legislator, Dithapelo Keorapetse, requesting Government to consider relocating the College of Engineering and Technology to Selebi-Phikwe for the purpose of establishing a...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 14 March 2017
Transport examiners arrested for �selling� licences
The arrests of the examiners led to a shutdown of licensing services this past week at DRTS in Gaborone at Maruapula, Molepolole and Mahalapye centres, Mmegi has learnt. “Two were arrested from Maruapula centre, two in Mahalapye and one more...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 14 March 2017
Masisi warns BDP members against social media abuse
Masisi, who is also the chairman of the BDP made the stern warning on Saturday here at the southern region congress. Masisi said social media has the potential to tarnish the image of the ruling party, which has been in power since Independence. He...
Lebogang Baingapi 14 March 2017
The �SADC we want� making progress
It is my humble honour and privilege to make my brief remarks as you begin your deliberations at this unique SADC Strategic Ministerial Retreat on “The SADC We Want” here in the magnificent Kingdom of Swaziland. The Retreat provides a...
Correspondent 14 March 2017
Former soldier dumps defence attorney
Mopati Mpaesele, allegedly killed his girlfriend Gaolathe Odirile on September 4, 2013 at her workplace by stabbing her with a knife. He allegedly followed Odirile to work at Selebi-Phikwe industrial site before killing her inside her...
Lebogang Baingapi 14 March 2017
Trump�s first 100 days!
Knowing the American public to be attracted to showmanship and having noticed Trump the showman, I believed he was a winning outsider type of candidate. In spite of falling out of favour with previous Republican candidates, and the have-runs in the...
Michael Dingake 14 March 2017
Yarona FM dedicates event to local musicians
The event dubbed Summer Jamboree, which strictly hosts local musicians, is set to debut on March 25 at Stanbic Bank Piazza. The event is also meant to bid farewell to the summer season which will be unfolding in a few weeks. “We have decided...
Dumisani Ncube 14 March 2017
BDP in bloody regional congress
Popular BDP activist, Otto Masogo was brutally beaten by supporters allegedly aligned to Member of Parliament (MP) for Francistown West, Ignatius Moswaane. And he vowed under his breath: “I’ll never forgive those who attacked me...
Chakalisa Dube
| 14 March 2017
BCL liquidator asks SA court to nullify Nkomati deal
In 2014, BCL announced an agreement to buy 50% in South Africa’s Nkomati Mine from Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, a deal that only received regulatory approval from the minister, Mosebenzi Zwane last September, but never materialised as BCL was...
Brian Benza 14 March 2017
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