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Correspondent 20 July 2017

BMD Congress

SILENCE! BMD CONGRESS SESSION

Mmegi Editor 20 July 2017

Ntwa kgolo...

Violent politics are not the preserve of certain African states or cultures over others and have nothing to do with race, history or even drivers such as poverty and greed. Anytime human beings are engaged in a race for power or influence, certain...

Mmegi Editor | 20 July 2017

Mmakgoroba win Moleps South tourney

The competition was sponsored by The Good Samaritan Foundation to the tune of P80,000. The tournament attracted 67 clubs from the constituency, which were divided into social and youth clubs. Mmakgoroba won the social clubs championship through a...

Calistus Kolantsho | 20 July 2017

Plans to keep gallant netball team intact

Dinaletsana, as the team is called, delivered encouraging performances during the just ended Netball World Youth Cup in Gaborone where they finished 10th out of 20 countries. They lost only two games. The technical team has considered the...

Naledi Lemogang 20 July 2017

Tse Nala appoint Nare on a �life long� contract

Miscellaneous spokesperson, Edwin Ntau said the club has tied a long-term contract with Nare who resumes duties with immediate effect. “We want him to be what Arsene Wenger is to Arsenal and what Sir Alex Ferguson was to Manchester United. We...

Koketso Kgoboge 20 July 2017

CAF wants nearly 50% of teams at AFCON finals

After FIFA introduced a 48-team World Cup starting in 2026, CAF appears keen to follow suit, but the move might prove unpopular as almost half of the teams will qualify for the AFCON finals. The increase in teams is one of the mooted new...

Mqondisi Dube | 20 July 2017

Letlole wins Beef Street tourney

Beef Street is a platform mainly designed by dancers for street dancers of all dance genres to showcase their talent. “The main intention of the Beef Street initiative is to unite dancers and help them develop their dance as well as better...

Mqondisi Dube | 20 July 2017

Zodwa Wabantu set for MKOP

Her shot to fame came through her dance moves that trended Facebook while dancing at Eyadini lounge in Durban wearing revealing outfits. She has been one of the most talked about and searched on social media after her energetic dance moves and...

Dumisani Ncube 20 July 2017

Traditional song and dance competitions mesmerises audience

The theme for this year’s President Day Celebrations was ‘Creative Industries: A Vehicle for Sustainable Development’, something that Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development deputy permanent secretary,...

Oleosi Kgosi 20 July 2017

Moody�s lends support to BDC�s new strategy

Announcing a first ever rating on BDC, Moody’s hailed the corporation’s new strategy where they intend to increase debt investments to as much as 75% of total   investments. “As part of its new strategy, BDC also intends...

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Will these schemes make you rich?

Well, the people at the top of the pyramid do but that’s all. Their own published earnings statements show that the overwhelming majority, at least 90% and many experts think more than 99%, either make nothing or even lose money from joining...

Consumer Watchdog 20 July 2017

Barclays Bank introduces fraud campaign

Chief risk officer, Jeffrey Davis said: “As Barclays Bank of Botswana, we remain committed to providing excellent and secure services, while also sensitising our customers on suspicious behaviour and bogus devices used at public service...

Correspondent 20 July 2017

Indian High Commission donates food hampers

Patrick Ralotsia, Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Security and H.E. Dr. Ketan Shukla, High Commissioner of India distributed the food hampers to Batswana in the rural villages of Ntlhantlhe and Lekgolobotlo at Kanye North. Kgosi Orekeng...

Correspondent 20 July 2017

Islamophobia and the rise of the far right

While normally many of them would not be seen in the same room with each other, these different factions were drawn together by their mutual hatred of Muslims. Nazis and right-wing Zionists, LGBTQ activists and right-wing paramilitaries, hardened...

Solly Rakgomo 20 July 2017

Albinism Society fights stigma, dehumanisation

The petition, read by the National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Kagiso Molatlhegi and signed by 54 members of the Society, asks that Botswana incorporates the Convention into the Botswana Disability Policy in order to end the violation of the rights of...

Baboki Kayawe 20 July 2017

An Old Culvert

I begin with an oddity. And thereby hangs a tale. Sometime in the 1960s I was driving from Mochudi to Pilane and was puzzled to see a hole in the road. Being in a hurry I didn’t stop. On my return, however, I was curious, stopped and wondered...

Sandy Grant 20 July 2017

Khama �recklessly amateur� in Dalai Lama spat, Boko says

Speaking at the party conference in Kang over the holidays, Boko accused President Ian Khama of being reckless and amateurish in his handling of the diplomatic spat over the Dalai Lama’s pending visit to Botswana. China traditionally demands...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 20 July 2017

Fellow inmates want to poison me, prisoner claims

Mogatusi has repeatedly asked the Magistrates’ Court here for bail saying his fellow inmates were threatening him with violence and death. He has been held in remand since last October, after allegedly killing his 29-year-old brother by...

Tumelo Mouwane 20 July 2017

Gov�t ordered to relocate asylum seekers

The asylum seekers, who are inclusive of rejected and awaiting asylum seekers, are currently incarcerated at the FCII and have been in detention since 2015. The High Court had previously ruled that their perpetual detention was unlawful and they...

Lebogang Mosikare | 20 July 2017

Foetus found dumped, dead in Woodhall, again

Woodhall police station commander, senior superintendent Tebogo Madisa said the foetus was found last Friday morning by a passerby who was on her way to a tuck-shop. The foetus was found dead in a sewerage line. Madisa said police were yet to track...

Tumelo Mouwane 20 July 2017

BCP condemns unilateral electoral reforms

Addressing the party’s ninth national conference at Setlalekgosi Junior Secondary School last Sunday, Saleshando said the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has maintained its culture of disregarding opposition parties by amending the electoral...

Ryder Gabathuse | 20 July 2017

Three nabbed hours after Bull & Bush armed robbery

The suspects, described by police as foreigners, were arrested after an extensive manhunt in the bushes and general area near the nightspot immediately after the crime was reported. The robbery occurred at 8am and by 5.30pm the men were nabbed, but...

Pini Bothoko | 20 July 2017

BMD e fetola Bobonong Kgaphamadi

Le fa go tlhole go na le letsomo la diphologolo, go lebega ba phathi ya BMD bone ba santse ba dumela mo tirisong ya dingwe tsa dibolai tse. Phuthego kgolo ya BMD e e sa tswang go feta ka malatsi a boitapoloso a ga tautona, e ne ya aparwa ke dipuopuo...

Teichler Rankoa 20 July 2017

BDP e gatile monwana wa kgonope?

Le fa tota bontsi jwa batho bane ba solofetse gore, kubetsano e ya go nna teng, bane ba sa dumela gore a go ka nna le dikgobalo tse di bonagetseng. Bangwe ba ne ba setse ba le bone le le kgakala, gore go tla bona yo o sebete. Mme go diragetse,...

Correspondent 20 July 2017

Kago ya kokelo ya Tsabong e tlhomamisitswe

Ka go ya kokelo e, e tla lopa puso di dikadike tsa di pula dile makgolo a mabedi le boferabobedi (P280miilion). Pego e tswelela e tlhalosa fa ditlhwatlhwa di tla sekwasekwa gape morago ga go dirwa ga moalo wa kago. Kago ya kokelo e, e tla dirwa kwa...

Tobokani Baratang 20 July 2017

Setor�p� se tla a gagamadiwa

Modukanele o boletse se mo potsolotsong le Naledi ka mokwalo gore, puso e its ka seemo se se sa itumedisang sa dikhombi tsa setshaba. A re lephata la gagwe le tsweletse ka go rerisanya le banaleseabe mo mohameng o, gore tselapedi go ka tsewa efe, go...

Zolani Kraai 20 July 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in New York City while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man when a new threat emerges.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

BMD Stones War at Bobonong

Thalefang Charles | 20 July 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

  After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own...

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in New York City while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man when a new threat emerges.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in New York City while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man when a new threat emerges.

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

  After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own...

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Stalemate at BMD after violent weekend

Yesterday, political analyst Leonard Sesa told Mmegi that the reluctance was most likely because both camps “know they are somehow wrong”. “The parties could have gotten an independent party to reconcile them and run the congress...

Staff Writer 20 July 2017

Botswana can achieve more from PPPs � IMF

The latest report, which was completed in February this year,  states that the 2009 PPP policy is comprehensive and reflects many good practices, but also has some weaknesses, mainly that it does not explicitly apply to parastatals. It states...

Pauline Dikuelo | 20 July 2017