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In Thursday Paper

Tobokani Baratang 27 April 2017

BOPEU, BOFEPUSU

BOPEU, BOFEPUSU

Mmegi Editor 27 April 2017

Mayor Thutlwe, we need developments

When he retained the seat, the youthful councillor of the Botswana National Front bloc of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) ensured that he continued the journey he started in 2014, to the next general elections of 2019. The mayoral election...

Mmegi Editor | 27 April 2017

Chouka determined to return to the Premiership

First Division North lived up to expectations and produced an intriguing campaign that saw the league decided at the last blow of the whistle. TAFIC gained promotion and Motlakase were left to battle in the promotional play-offs. The Palapye outfit...

Koketso Kgoboge 27 April 2017

Badminton umpires acquire international badges

The two passed a test during the Badminton All Africa Championship in Pretoria, which now means they can handle international assignments. Mekgwe, a teacher at Thamaga Junior Secondary School and Modigela, who is at Madiba Senior Secondary School,...

Naledi Lemogang 27 April 2017

Toyota Cycle Your City draws impressive turn out

Speaking at the TCYC 2017 awareness ride, Mokaila said he is proud of the rising interest in cycling in Botswana, adding, more people are opting for cycling as their activity of choice. He urged motorists and cyclists to share the road. Mokaila said...

Naledi Lemogang 27 April 2017

Tarz B makes a comeback

In the album there is a song called I am not a blesser featuring Charma Gal. “I can just give someone money but I am not a blesser so that is the message,” he told Showbiz in an interview. He said Charma Gal added a romantic element to...

Mompati Tlhankane | 27 April 2017

Masuku threatens to dump Nico

The Zimbabwean, who joined Majombolo after being released from Mochudi Centre Chiefs in January, had signed a brief six-month contract with the Selebi-Phikwe club. Masuku said the team is failing to pay him and they are not promising to do as per the...

Olefile Serokolo 27 April 2017

Police nab fourth suspect in Rollers robbery

Police suspect six people were involved in the robbery, which took place a fortnight ago soon after the Rollers/Mochudi Centre Chiefs match. Three suspects have already appeared in court. They are accused of robbing Rollers official, Minkie...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 27 April 2017

Summer Never Ends Festival brings life to Letlhakane

The event dubbed Summer Never Ends is expected to bring life to the dull village. In an interview with Showbiz, Eco Express Event director, Kutlwano Tlotleng said realising that Letlhakane and the whole of Boteti area lacked entertainment or...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 27 April 2017

Apollo D to release new album

The rapper who has not released an album since 2012, when he released Good And Evil, told this publication that he has completed recording his latest album. “My album is a mix of traditional and new age hip-hop. On one hand is the traditional...

Dumisani Ncube 27 April 2017

Francistown Jazz announces new date

According to the festival organisers, Streethorn, the festival was postponed because they failed to find cash sponsorship to fully cover the costs of artists and other logistics. The festival director, Soares Katumbela revealed that alongside their...

Koketso Kgoboge 27 April 2017

Charma Gal too expensive for Tlatsa Lebala

Kast told Showbiz in an interview that he would have liked to include the Sekuta singer but the cost of her performance hindered that effort. Alongside Vee, Charma Gal is one of the artists whose performance costs more than P25,000. While Vee...

Mompati Tlhankane | 27 April 2017

Jail time for those refusing to help fight fires

Senior Forest and Ranch Resources officer for Kanye, Johannes Seema told cattle ranchers during a fire management workshop that the law essentially treats those who refuse to help put out fires, the same as those who actually start fires. In the...

Lebogang Baingapi 27 April 2017

BURS to snuff out cigarette, alcohol smuggling

Track and trace systems involve the introduction of technology, including databases and systems to determining the current and past locations of goods on the move. The BURS is already procuring for the initiative and hopes when used in conjunction...

Pini Bothoko | 27 April 2017

Local Ombudsman battles to emerge from Madonsela�s shadow

Until recently, Madonsela was the Public Protector in South Africa, who elevated the office from an obscure agency, to a formidable and widely known enforcer of the Constitution, through damaging exposes on various public rot. Madonsela and the...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 27 April 2017

Imported foods driving spread of NCDs, Makgato says

The Minister said she recently banned the sale of some of these food items after studies showed them to be unhealthy and risky when consumed. Speaking at a public lecture at the University of Botswana, Makgato said NCDs had surpassed HIV/AIDS as the...

Pini Bothoko | 27 April 2017

Zim suspects close ranks after killing fellow countryman

The pair are said to have adopted a veil of silence and refusing to lead police to where their alleged victim is. Officer Commanding No. 10. District, Senior Superintendent Takongwa Mazwiduma said the incident happened a fortnight ago, but was not...

Tapela Morapedi 27 April 2017

Boko bodyguard�s case in limbo

Moshoke has been charged with threat-to-kill after the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) boss, Isaac Kgosi laid a complaint. However, the bodyguard, through his attorney, Dick Bayford, recently applied for the charges to be quashed....

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 27 April 2017

New twist in �thieving gardener� case

The matter, which started when Bhekizwe Nkomazana and his girlfriend Sharon Lompehu were charged with stealing P3.9 million from the elderly businessman, amongst other charges, has attracted a new charge and a more senior Magistrate. It has now been...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 27 April 2017

Ceasefire in BDP Youth Committee fails to hold

The Simon Moabi-led NYEC has not seen peace since members from different lobby lists were elected mid-February. However a meeting, in Moabi’s absence, was subsequently called where the youths announced they had resolved their differences in the...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 27 April 2017

BDP Ngami top dogs in movie-style fracas

The incident appears to be a continuation of long-running tensions allegedly between supporters of Thato Kwerepe and Jacob Nkate. Kwerepe and Nkate are believed to have had a fall-out after an acrimonious primary election battle in 2009, which Nkate...

Boniface Keakabetse 27 April 2017

F/town-West bogus petitioners go scot-free

None of those alleged to have masterminded the bogus petition will be charged according to the police. The police confirmed that they have completed their investigations in a letter written to the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and marked...

Chakalisa Dube | 27 April 2017

Uniting against malaria

But achieving that goal requires accelerating progress toward eradicating the diseases that continue to deplete our communities of their most valuable resource: healthy people. One such disease is malaria. To be sure, Africa has lately made...

Correspondent 27 April 2017

Gov�t is not shunning the private sector � Mosienyane

The author reports that I told diplomats at a UB panel discussion on Wednesday that “government’s treatment of the private sector is equivalent to shunning, which has stalled economic development and growth...” In the same article,...

Correspondent 27 April 2017

BITC facilitates investments from Mozambique

At a Botswana-Mozambique Business Forum held in Gaborone this week, the two countries updated each other on different projects that have been on the table since their previous meeting in Mozambique last October. Speaking at the event, BITC acting...

Gaone Marumoloa 27 April 2017

Reforms needed to smoothen cross-border trade � BURS

Customs general manager at the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), Buhalo Mudongo said this during a public lecture on the Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC) held at the University of Botswana conference centre this week. The TKC is a road network...

Isaac Pinielo 27 April 2017

Coming to the end of the finish line

While this column has been mainly on wellness, quite a handful of the columns I have written have been focused on encouraging learners to prepare well for the finishing lines at different school levels. Most recently, the focus shifted a bit towards...

Victoria Seiketso Sethibe 27 April 2017

St. Joseph�s College to host cultural festival

St. Joseph’s College Cultural Festival will take place at the College Grounds under the theme ‘Bana ba kgwale, ba bitsana ka melodi’. The festival coordinator, Tlamelo Letlole, explained that they decided on the theme as an effort...

Maureen Odubeng | 27 April 2017

BMD �bodyguards� assault Mangole, Modubule

The incident, following the latest public outbursts amid simmering divisions within the BMD, is said to have occurred after a National Working Committee (NWC) meeting of the party. The NWC had met in order to take a resolution regarding the youth...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 27 April 2017

Switch to dumps saves 500 jobs at Letlhakane Mine

Managing director, Balisi Bonyongo told stakeholders in Gaborone this week that the 42-year-old mine will come to the end of its lifespan this month and the company will shift production to mining dumps. “The project will provide a...

Brian Benza 27 April 2017