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Chakalisa Dube 17 March 2017
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Mmegi Editor 17 March 2017
Civil participation vital
Lately we have witnessed a resurgence of civil society movements making their views known to the public. Trade Unions such as Botswana Federation of Public Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU), Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU), Botswana Mine Workers Union...
Mmegi Editor
| 17 March 2017
Frail constitution blamed for BMS fights
The interim committee, made up of John Carr-Hartley, Dr Pearl Labatha, Ivorene Wheeler, Tunku Motsumi and Peter Moakofi was appointed in January, and has been tasked with settling the dust at the unsettled association. Speaking to Mmegi Sport...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 17 March 2017
Tiango makes strides in athletics
Tiango stamped her authority last weekend to make sure that her prowess is felt across the breath and length of this country when she won the Gaborone half marathon (21.1km). Tiango has had a good start this year winning the Botswana Athletics...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 March 2017
Debswana bankrolls Under-21 netball team
The sponsorship was launched yesterday in Gaborone where Debswana also revealed they will continue with their sponsorship for the development programme, Re Ba Bona Ha. Speaking at the official launch, the Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture...
Naledi Lemogang 17 March 2017
Sport lovers spoilt for choice
The race for national champion title continues this weekend when the Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) hosts the second Metropolitan national championships qualifiers. The qualifiers kick off tomorrow ending on Sunday at Northside Primary...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 March 2017
Mayor calls for effective football administration
Mojuta said effective administration has all the hallmarks of a successful football team. The mayor was giving a keynote address at the closing ceremony of the Premier Skills Community Coach training session held here this week. The mayor does not...
Tapela Morapedi 17 March 2017
TAFIC legend expresses hope despite slump
He said the change of guard at the club has begun to impinge on the fluency of the squad and the tough challenge posed by the unrelenting opponents at the top adds salt. He said the whole quagmire is giving the TAFIC faithful sleepless...
Koketso Kgoboge 17 March 2017
Green Lovers not threatened by their position
Speaking to Mmegi Sport, Lovers coach Onthusitse Kootswele said his side mathematically still stands a chance to stay in the upper league, should they play well in their remaining games. He said though many people have already written them off, they...
Bonte Seepi 17 March 2017
Nico United fire coach
His suspension followed a series of poor results that left the Selebi-Phikwe side in a precarious situation in the league. He was on the sidelines when Nico played Miscellaneous and Green Lovers. Peter Muchina and Monametsi Kelebale were in charge...
Tapela Morapedi 17 March 2017
A date with the Kung Fu Master
Jackie Chan, born Kong-sang Chan, is no stranger to everyone here and back home in Botswana. During the era of videocassettes, many grew up watching his action films. Even to date the new generation is still enjoying his ‘kung fu’ moves,...
Mpho Mokwape
| 17 March 2017
Gunners, Nare part ways ahead of Rollers tie
Nare’s mobile phones were unreachable, but his resignation did not come as a surprise following his touching speech at the club’s former chairperson, Phenyo Gothaang’s funeral a fortnight ago. Nare hinted at the funeral that...
Tumelo Mouwane 17 March 2017
Ahmad elected African football chief
Ahmad, head of Madagascar’s football federation, won the election in the Ethiopian capital by 34 votes to Hayatou’s 20, official results showed. Delegates cheered and pumped their fists in the plenary hall after the announcement of the...
Correspondent 17 March 2017
Segone, school drop out who turned the corner
Today a good education and gainful employment are merely significant. Qualifications are no longer a proven formula for wealth and success. Education certainly has its place, and it is not completely without merit, but it also is not necessary all of...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 17 March 2017
Marvel�s supernatural
After 2016’s X-MEN APOCALYPSE, Marvel is at it again with yet another mutant flavoured blockbuster. The Wolverine story took yet another twist as the marvel comics released Logan this past weekend and fans of the Marvel supernaturals flocked...
Bakang Israel 17 March 2017
#ilovebotswana ensemble makes it rain in Berlin
I have watched traditional dance all my life. But two hours later I realised that had I missed this show, it would have been the biggest mistake of my travelling career because it turned out to be the greatest Botswana production ever staged anywhere...
Thalefang Charles
| 17 March 2017
BNPC CEO urges entrepreneurs to be competitive
He said this during a seminar organised by BNPC on the Botswana’s international competitiveness updates and the business environment status. The breakfast seminar was held on Tuesday at the Cresta Thapama Hotel. Giving a presentation on the...
Lesang Maswabi 17 March 2017
Botswana nears self-sufficiency in power supply
Data from Statistics Botswana (SB) shows that during the last quarter of 2016, electricity generation increased by 11.1% while power imports dropped by 32%. The physical volume of electricity generated during that period stood at 783,141...
Isaac Pinielo 17 March 2017
A liar or a fool?
They’re deliberately lying, they’re foolishly talking on a subject about which they know little or nothing or they’ve just repeating a falsehood that someone else told them. The nature of working with consumer rights is that we...
Consumer Watchdog 17 March 2017
Reservation policy has empowered citizens � Seretse
The policy came as a result of government’s initiatives aimed at Citizen Economic Empowerment (CEE). Businesses that were reserved for Batswana are premised on the fact that they were easy to operate and do not need technical expertise,...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 17 March 2017
How do you start a rough draft?
Cheryl Ntumy: I do everything on the computer, including notes, outlines, etc. I find that ideas flow better, it saves time and it helps me get straight into work mode so I never find myself waiting for inspiration. It’s also convenient because...
Lauri Kubuitsile 17 March 2017
Mineral revenues jump 63% as diamonds recover
Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security minister, Sadique Kebonang said this when presenting his Committee of Supply speech to Parliament this week. He noted that the mining industry experienced a global commodity price turndown over...
Isaac Pinielo 17 March 2017
Gem Diamonds profits drop 47% on Ghaghoo woes
The company recorded an impairment provision of $176.5 million (P1.8 billion) after its move last month to place the mine under care and maintenance with immediate effect. Gem Diamonds, which mines diamonds from the Letseng Mine in Lesotho and the...
Staff Writer 17 March 2017
Hilton Hotel to open in 2018
The 148-roomed hotel is being built by Group Five, a citizen-owned company, as the main contractor. There are 12 other domestic sub-contractors, nine of which are citizen-owned while three are Botswana-based companies owned by foreigners. The...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 17 March 2017
Africa celebrating the dark legacy of colonialism
The “shared history, mutual cooperation and understanding” are the controversial and deceptive words of the Queen of Britain in her address some few years back to mark this annual occasion which has continued to be celebrated. Let me...
Solly Rakgomo 17 March 2017
Our public schools are discriminatory
For a country that prides itself with "education for all", we expect that the national public schools, in particular, must be deliberately inclusive of the disadvantaged members of our societies. Our public schools are not accommodative and friendly...
Correspondent 17 March 2017
Berlin in five days
That is why I did not want to sleep in Berlin. I was part of the Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) entourage at ITB Berlin last week. Since it was my inaugural visit to Germany I wanted to squeeze as many German experiences as possible in...
Thalefang Charles
| 17 March 2017
Parliament agrees to BIUST Phikwe campus, But�
BIUST has three colleges and at least 15 departments; the motion called for relocation of one department. MPs from both sides of the aisle supported the motion which was first negated by the Minister responsible for tertiary education before it was...
Dithapelo Keorapetse 17 March 2017
Legend of Baloi: the esoteric level (3)
To briefly recap, at the exoteric level, i.e. at the visible, discernible level (which level is not well-understood either, by-and-large) we determined that baloi are extremely ancient, pale-skinned flesh-and-blood humanoids who had the technology to...
L M Leteane 17 March 2017
BDF can benefit greatly from the US increased defence spending
What has been outstanding in the speech is the eye-popping $54 billion increase in the defence budget. This budget certainly affects the rest of the world and Botswana included. And how can Botswana Defence Force (BDF) benefit from this great leap...
Richard Moleofe 17 March 2017
Over 2.4m Germans want to visit Botswana
Goke was speaking at the opening press conference of the ITB Berlin last week in the German capital. ITB Berlin is the World’s leading travel show. Botswana was the official Partner of the 2017 ITB Berlin. According Goke, the 2017 ITB...
Correspondent 17 March 2017
Botswana banks on fierce reputation as anti-poaching funds shrink
With 200 rhinos awaiting translocation to the safe haven and final frontier that is Botswana, Budget cuts in anti-poaching could not have come at a worse time. In the group waiting to come over are 40 black rhinos, the beasts that were declared...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 17 March 2017
Will Masisi weather the BDP storm?
The BDP chairmanship is now up for grabs. Vice President and incumbent chairperson, Mokgweetsi Masisi is back in the trenches to defend his position against fellow Cabinet colleague, Nonofo Molefhi, the Minister of Infrastructure and...
Siki Motshwari Johannes 17 March 2017
FMD saga: Farmers cry foul over low compensation
There is a Setswana is an idiom which goes, “Ka e tlhoka ka tlhoka boroko, ka e bona ka nna ka botlhoka”. (Loosely translated, it says whether bereft of it-a cow-, you lose sleep, whether you have it you lose sleep)The expression to some...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 17 March 2017
Constituency funds a headache for leaders
Some MPs say there are no proper guidelines on how the constituency fund should be used or divided amongst the wards. The MPs’ concern is that the money is going to divide people in the community because of their different needs. Each...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 17 March 2017
Land crisis continues to haunt Batlokwa
This was revealed yesterday when the Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Prince Maele addressed Batlokwa at Tlokweng main Kgotla. However the issue of land allocation for Batlokwa is a special case as they are allocated land...
Pini Bothoko
| 17 March 2017
MPs troubled by lack of law for protection of workers
The acting Minister of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development Nonofo Molefhi this week told legislators that Government has no powers to take action against companies, which did not pay their employees and dismissed others for failure...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 17 March 2017
BDP requires clean, acceptable central committee � analyst
Already the race for the chairmanship position promises to be a very fierce battle, with Vice President (VP) Mokgweetsi Masisi and Cabinet minister Nonofho Molefhi expected to tussle it out for the coveted position. Other democrats like Robert...
Chakalisa Dube
| 17 March 2017
BDP MPs cross swords over Kgathi�s Bill
Yesterday, during the general assembly, Minister Unity Dow told his colleagues that the provision is worth relooking. The debate follows Justice Abednego Tafa’s recent judgement that invalidated the appointments of some CoA Judges. Minister of...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 17 March 2017
Japan boosts cutting-edge auto-mechanics programme
Since the take over of brigades from communities, these facilities have been challenged with financial resources, an official from the Ministry of Employment, Labour Productivity, and Skills Development said when accepting the grant...
Baboki Kayawe 17 March 2017
Masogo assault case: Tip of the political iceberg
Last weekend’s BDP bloody regional congress held at the Donga Junior Secondary School brought the party’s main factions, led by Vice President and incumbent BDP chairperson, Mokgweetsi Masisi and his challenger, Cabinet minister,...
Chakalisa Dube
| 17 March 2017
Seeletso admits EVM deficiency
He said the machine comes with many challenges that include fear of being tempered with, but however they would go ahead with the purchasing of the machine to be used in the 2019 general elections. He even called on political parties to avail their...
Lebogang Baingapi 17 March 2017
IMF calls on Botswana to tighten banking laws
“Once a bank has become acutely distressed, the BoB has insufficient legal powers to resolve the bank effectively. The current powers are largely limited to the ability to issue directives to a bank, to place a bank into temporary management,...
Staff Writer 17 March 2017
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