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Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Fare thee well Cde Pat
But the reality is that this man belongs to the roll of honour. I had gotten an SMS from one of my mentors, Rre Metlhaetsile Leepile in the evening when I was about to retire. I recalled that when I got the news of the late Cde Same Bathobakae, it...
Moeti Mohwasa 23 June 2017
Pat van Rensburg - the quiet old man of Segogwane Way
I did not know him that closely until I was employed in 1994, by Mmegi Publishing Trust (MPT), the organization he founded back in 1988. MPT office was at the premises of Foundation for Education with Production (FEP) in Segogwane Way Maruapula in...
Motlhaleemang Ntebela 23 June 2017
Cde van Rensburg: An original thinker, activist
He conceived an alternative pedagogy, which sought to intergrade learning and work in such a way that schools would serve not just as institutions for the propagation and transmission of abstract ideas and knowledge, but as centres for socially...
Otsweletse Moupo 23 June 2017
Cde Pat - an educationist par-excellence � BNF
Van Rensburg was born in South Africa, Durban on the 3rd December 1931 and died on the 23rd May 2017 in Botswana, Serowe. A man of social justice and an anti-apartheid activist, he fled from the apartheid regime and settled in Botswana, Serowe in...
Justin Hunyepa 23 June 2017
Swaneng early years: We are given the site - late 1962
As we did so, a great golden full moon began rising from behind the larger hill, filling the sky and the land with its soft light. There was no sign of human habitation nor sound nor movement of any living creature in this primordial...
Correspondent 23 June 2017
Time Projects director honours PvR
The director of Time Projects says whilst he shares the same university heritage with PvR and had known of him from those early days, they both found themselves in Botswana for different reasons and hopefully have helped to “make a difference...
Correspondent 23 June 2017
Van Rensburg's path to Botswana
From an early age issues of his own identity in a divided and unjust society surrounded him. He was born in Durban in December 1931. His parents separated when he was young and he was raised by his grandmother, an Afrikaner who had married a...
Jeff Ramsay
| 23 June 2017
The PvR I know
As I pondered over the bad news I immediately had a flashback of many good moments I had with Pat over a span of the 28 years I have known him. I remembered Pat the teacher, writer, idealist and philosopher king. It was one of those...
Titus Mbuya
| 23 June 2017
Pat the Editor
This grew out of our initial contacts when I was producing press releases on behalf of the Gaborone TV Owners Association, which was then seeking to move beyond pirate relays to establish what would become GBC TV. Since its 1984 re-launch Mmegi has...
Jeff Ramsay
| 23 June 2017
Returning to Pat�s legacy
It was just after the release of the 2008 BGCSE examination results. Swaneng Hill School had once again recorded the worst results with an awful 19.68% pass that condemned it as the hopelessly flunking school in the whole country. It was then...
Thalefang Charles
| 23 June 2017
Everything, Everything
A teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Rough Night
Things go terribly wrong for a group of girlfriends who hire a male stripper for a bachelorette party in Miami.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Cars 3
Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best race car in the world.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Rough Night
Things go terribly wrong for a group of girlfriends who hire a male stripper for a bachelorette party in Miami.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Everything, Everything
A teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Cars 3
Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best race car in the world.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Everything, Everything
A teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Rough Night
Things go terribly wrong for a group of girlfriends who hire a male stripper for a bachelorette party in Miami.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Cars 3
Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best race car in the world.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
The Mummy
An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Wonder Woman
Before she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war to end all wars, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Masire passes on
“He died peacefully at Bokamoso Private Hospital surrounded by his family at 2210hrs on 22 June 2017,” the family said in a statement. Masire was hospitalized on June 15 in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Bokamoso Hospital. On June 16, 2017...
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Masire: Khama declares 3 days of mourning
In remembrance of Sir Ketumile we shall as of today, Friday the 23rd June 2017, begin a three day period of mourning, which shall run through to Sunday the 25th of June 2017, during which flags shall fly at half mast, as they will also do on the day...
Ian Khama 23 June 2017
Close Al-Jazeera: Arab states send list of steep demands to Qatar
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are asking the Gulf state to shut down its broadcaster, Al Jazeera. They are also asking Qatar to reduce ties with Iran and close a Turkish military base - all within 10 days. Qatar, which...
BBC.COM 23 June 2017
BFTU, BOFEPUSU
I stand for worker's right. Liar! I stand for worker's rights.
Mmegi Editor 23 June 2017
Van Rensburg: Southern African educator, social activist
His biological parents never married and his mother left the country soon after his birth. He was brought up a Catholic and enthusiastically attended mass every Sunday during his youth. The home language was a mixture of English, French,...
Tom Holzinger 23 June 2017
Public must take Khama head-on again
The asset, being the national airline carrier, saw President Ian Khama release a Directive Cab 12 (A) 2017 ordering his Cabinet to deliver Air Botswana to Wilderness Safaris Holdings, as it was revealed. Khama, who has shares in one of...
Mmegi Editor
| 23 June 2017
Gov�t called to review Tourism Policy
While it analyses the tourism value chain, the report says the tourism policy, developed in 1990, has been in place for over 25 years, noting that some areas are less relevant to the current tourism market. It highlighted that there are also...
Isaac Pinielo 23 June 2017
Morupule B�s P8 bn guarantee is too risky � PS
Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Solomon Sekwakwa revealed that government had re-thoughts about giving the project a guarantee as it was not...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 23 June 2017
Over 160 firms bid for 100MW solar tender
In a statement released this week, BPC said following the closure of the submissions for the Expression of Interest (EIO) on June 14, they will, over the next four weeks, select a short list of companies for the next stage of the tendering...
Brian Benza 23 June 2017
Innovation Fund coordinator finally appointed
Dingake who commenced her duties in February this year is expected to launch the Fund in the second half of the financial year. BIH public relations and communications manager, Tigele Mokobi told Mmegi BusinessWeek that they have also finalised...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 23 June 2017
Passion drives young artist
The young man who hails from Mahalapye told Arts and Culture that he worked solely with paint (acrylic and oil), charcoal and graphite. He said working with different media has been exciting. He added that he was slowly falling in love with the...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 June 2017
BMC struggling to repay gov�t loans
The PDSF was established under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as a device to ensure that government would have a source of funds to service public debt. The report on the audits of the accounts of the government for the financial...
Isaac Pinielo 23 June 2017
Stanbic taps bond market for P200m
In the first tranche, the bank seeks to raise P140 million through a subordinated unsecured floating rate note, maturing on the June 15, 2027 while the second tranche involves P 60 million. “The Botswana Stock Exchange has approved the listing...
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Khama�s final lap
When President Ian Khama ascended to the country’s highest office on April 1, 2008, many thought it was an April fool’s play. He came with countless promises amongst them the four Ds, which were later increased to five. He proclaimed the...
Tom Ketlogetswe 23 June 2017
Coach frustrated as kata team misses tourney
National team coach, Sensei Otto Tafa had expected to take the team to Maputo, but has been left disappointed. He told Mmegi Sport before departure for Maputo that he had expected the team to continue its good run. “This is painful to me as a...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 23 June 2017
Zim giants to face TAFIC, Chiefs
In a press statement, Joy Foundation said the one-day tournament would be held on July 29, 2017 in Francistown. The first match starts at 10am. “For this tournament, the supporters will be engaged directly on the selection of the starting 11...
Staff Writer 23 June 2017
Toyota guns for hat trick of �Mantshwabisi� titles
The defending champions are breathing a sigh of relief as their closet rivals, Nissan are likely to miss the event, as they would be competing in another off-road event in China. Mantshwabisi, as the event is popularly called, has been Toyota’s...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 23 June 2017
Question marks over Vultures� squad
The technical team has come under heavy criticism regarding the players in the squad. Some critics argue that some of the players do not deserve to be on the team. There is a claim that some deserving players are sidelined simply...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 23 June 2017
Paying to enter
Sometimes even, you had to include inside another envelope with your address on it, and with enough postage for it to travel back to you so that the editor could post your submission back if it got a rejection. All of that was costly to writers and...
Lauri Kubuitsile 23 June 2017
Chiefs� reconciliation: Ball now in supporters� court
The internal bickering, which was beginning to erode gains, has been extinguished for now. A transitional committee has been chosen to try and clean the way for the club to ‘return to glory days’. The committee, as agreed by the two...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 23 June 2017
Marumo returns to Zebras setup
Marumo who holds the same position at South Africa’s PSL Premiership side, Polokwane City has already begun his duties as he was spotted drilling the Zebras keepers in a training session at Lekidi Football Centre on Tuesday evening. Botswana...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 23 June 2017
Facebook! Get used to it
I don’t know for sure, but the best estimate I’ve seen suggests that about half of us in Botswana are on Facebook. Given our population’s youthfulness, that’s no surprise but us older-timers are also well represented....
Consumer Watchdog 23 June 2017
Clubs demand changes to player restrictions
The rule only allows BPL sides to register five more players if those players are under the age of 17. BPL acting chief executive officer (CEO), Thabo Ntshinogang confirmed that one of the members has thrown in a motion calling for the rule to...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 23 June 2017
What to do with repeated miscarriages
Expectedly, loss of pregnancy is a harrowing experience to any couple who would have prepared themselves psychologically, financially, socially and otherwise to receive a new member of the family. Worst still, more often, the couple may have...
Correspondent 23 June 2017
A new world opens for Batswana in Botswana
Many people in Botswana live and die without seeing the natural wonders citizens of other countries spend fortunes to experience. From the World Heritage Sites of Tsodilo Hills and the Okavango Delta, to the hundreds of historical and natural...
Boniface Keakabetse 23 June 2017
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