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Boniface Keakabetse 27 March 2017
Botswana Railways
Letting down the engine driver...
Monitor Editor 27 March 2017
Potholes Are Costly To Motorists
However, the rains have left many broken hearts in terms of the inconvenience caused due to the damage caused to property. The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has announced the disturbing figures of families affected by the floods, and...
Monitor Editor 27 March 2017
LKC fosters entrepreneurship in students
Recently at an Entrepreneurs’ Fair held at the college, the students in the Business Department showcased a variety of businesses that they have established through funds they raised from relatives and friends. One such business goes by the...
Gaone Marumoloa 27 March 2017
Jaguars Outpace Cheetahs To Win Cup
The two sides started the match on a high note, showing no respect for each other. It was Jaguars who finished the first half ahead with six points after scoring two penalties. Cheetahs came back a changed side, forcing action mostly in Jaguars half....
Calistus Kolantsho
| 27 March 2017
Score Line Was Flattering � Butler
Goals either side of the half from Tanzania’s Mbana Samatta condemned the battling Zebras to a defeat. But Butler refused to be downbeat after the Dar es Salam reversal. He said after a sloppy start, his charges picked the tempo as the game...
Mqondisi Dube
| 27 March 2017
Rebatenne Soars As Mabote Falters
The tournament, reserved for players who are in the Botswana Table Tennis Association’s (BTTA)top 16 rankings, did not disappoint as it dished out the expected excitement. In the women’s section, Rebatenne and Butale had a rather...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 27 March 2017
Rollers� Women Side Conquer GU
Popa won the cup and P20,000 while GU were consoled with P10,000. GU were the better team in the opening exchanges, but the Blues warmed up as the match wore. The Reds’ clear cut opportunity arrived after 20 minutes following a mix-up between...
Naledi Lemogang 27 March 2017
Moatlhaping-Inspired Sharps Inch Closer
Former Zebras striker, Moemedi ‘Jomo’ Moatlhaping once again inspired the Old Naledi-based side when he opened the scoring with a free kick in the first half. Thoto Ntsie then headed into his own net trying to defend a cross. Moatlhaping...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 27 March 2017
Fringe Players Impress Mpote As Shilongo Strikes
First half goals from Khulekani Madondo and former Gaborone United striker, Benson Shilongo gave the visitors the win while Pape Ndaw got a consolation goal for the home side in a game that was used to advocate gender equality in sport. Mpote used...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 27 March 2017
GU Fans Bag Round One
The supporters are challenging the legitimacy of the current executive committee led by chairperson, Rapula Okaile. Their argument is that the decisions of the 2014 annual general meeting be declared null and void since the meeting did not form a...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 27 March 2017
Poor Attendance At The Rookie Yarona FM Jamboree
Most performances did not start until later and the few people who were there were scattered around the place which was filled up by Vee last December. It was no surprise to see many people not pitching up to the festival because the HeForShe game...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 27 March 2017
Charma Gal�s Mmokolodi invades Duma FM grounds
What is for certain for the fans is that Charma Gal’s new song, Mmokolodi, currently trending on Twitter and Facebook, has ignited a lot of curiosity about the whole album. Mmokolodi, which has got fans talking, is one of the songs in Charma...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 27 March 2017
Culture-Mad Kobe Carves Niche In Tanning Business
But for Gaolathe Kobe, there is more to culture and this motivated him to start his thriving leather tanning and beading business. The Molepolole-born 32-year-old discovered his love for arts at an early age when he was involved in traditional...
Lindiwe Mozola 27 March 2017
Quantity Surveyors Urged To Be Professional
During a stakeholder engagement session held in Gaborone last week, she said as quantity surveyors they should act in a manner consistent with their reputation. “A quantity surveyor should not make business decisions based on personal...
Gaone Marumoloa 27 March 2017
Misinformation Regarding Ministry Aircraft
l The Ministry does not own a jet, nor has it ever owned one. The Ministry does have several aircraft which include fixed wing and a helicopter, we suppose it is one of these which is being referred to as a ‘luxurious jet’. Referring to...
Correspondent 27 March 2017
Tshekedi Khama Sounds And Looks Like A Militia
Tshekedi Khama behaves exactly the way Batswana perceive the entitlement that he harbours. There is paranoia in his conduct. Though Tshekedi Khama was not directly referring to the Botswana Defence Force (BDF), I am left with no option but to...
Correspondent 27 March 2017
Kgosi Gaborone appointed the chairperson of BOCFA
BOCFA has been in existence for eight years now after it was established in 2009. Officially opening the inauguration ceremony the executive chairman of BOCFA, Miles Nan hailed the cooperation of both nations that has brought great achievements to...
Pini Bothoko
| 27 March 2017
BOSETU To Hold First Symposium
The Symposium is meant to facilitate research on issues of great concern geared towards helping the union in influencing policy formulation and direction in the Education Sector and labour issues in general. Research is also meant to help the union...
Correspondent 27 March 2017
US ambassador cautions against discrimination
He said the discrimination against sex workers and the lesbian, gay, and transgender community has affected the communities’ practice of botho, which undergirds Botswana’s Vision 2016 pillars. Miller was officiating during a New...
Boniface Keakabetse 27 March 2017
Owner Counts Losses After Fire Razes Hotel
The police say they received a report around 9am after the lodge staff spotted the blaze on the roof of the building. Detective constable, Innocent Aron of Thamaga police said when they arrived at the scene they found that the fire had already been...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 27 March 2017
Botho University Preaches Reconciliation
The university’s communications agent Kelly Obeilwe, of Native Impressions, echoed the reconciliation efforts. The university was closed after students expressed concern over unaccredited courses, lack of resources, among other...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 27 March 2017
Mortuary Attendants Cry For Help
They have to take care of these different corpses regardless of how they died but because the dead deserves our respect before and after they are buried. There is a lot of stigma surrounding the job of mortuary attendants, as this reporter learnt...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 27 March 2017
Ke Motswana Tota � Simbi Phiri
This is Simbi Phiri, clean and fresh from his Court victory that found him squeaky clean against the allegations brought by the crime busters. Now vindicated Phiri tells The Monitor that the allegations did not shock him but made him angry because...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 27 March 2017
Fake Moneymakers Appeal Conviction, Sentence
In the past, when convicting the trio of Moabi Sebiletso and Moses Maphika, Principal Magistrate Dumisane Basupi said there was overwhelming evidence against them. Sebiletso and Maphika were sentenced to five and four years behind bars respectively...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 27 March 2017
Khama Begs warring members: Please Compromise
He said this will promote party unity and cohesion. When giving a keynote address at the party’s 55th National Council meeting at the Travel Lodge in Gaborone, he said the party is at a delicate stage where damaging divisions in...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 27 March 2017
Scottish Hospital Employees Decry Poor Work Conditions
Fingered was hospital manager, Abednigo Mafoko, who the workers accused of given them his back when they complain of things happening under his nose. Mafoko, however vehemently shrugged off some of the accusations when The Monitor contacted...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 27 March 2017
Delay In Land Allocation Hinders Economic Development
Addressing members of the 15 Sub Land Boards that fall under her jurisdiction at the on-going strategy formulation retreat in here, Mothobi noted that effective land distribution and management would realise the ideals of the pillars of the new 2036...
Tapela Morapedi 27 March 2017
Adults behaving badly..
You know that feeling when someone makes a very bad speech and you grind your teeth because it feels like you are the one doing that, and you are silently praying that they stop? It felt like that. The clip ended after what felt like eternity, but...
Tumie Modise 27 March 2017
The Gun Runners
Most were initially unaware of either the physical hardships of the trek or the ability of rulers like Letsholathebe, Sechele, and Sekgoma, joined from 1850 by the venerable Sebetwane, to regulate their movements. While a few of the more talented...
Jeff Ramsay
| 27 March 2017
Variety Of Talent At Colours TV Drama Auditions
The auditions took place last weekend at Cresta President Hotel. Colours is a new TV drama produced by Swanky Arrys set to be aired on national television, Btv, during the course of the year. The actors were equipped with scripts that they read...
Dumisani Ncube 27 March 2017
Licence Selling Probe Nets 29 Buyers
This comes a few days after five examiners were arrested for allegedly selling drivers’ licences. Last week The Monitor sister newspaper, Mmegi reported that five examiners from the DRTS offices in Gaborone, Molepolole and Mahalapye have been...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 27 March 2017
Inspiration Drives Guesthouse Owner
According to Matseka, she got the inspiration from the South African Hospitality industry where she found that one could turn their own homes into lodges and generate income. “My love for serving people also contributed to the establishment of...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 27 March 2017
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