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Staff Writer 21 July 2017
BMD
Mmegi Editor 21 July 2017
Opposition cannot do away with cooperation
Batswana learnt from the four leaders that cooperation talks were concluded and the launch is scheduled for winter this year. This bold step by the opposition parties did not please everybody in the opposition bloc. It became clear that a certain...
Mmegi Editor
| 21 July 2017
Netball World Cup affects BNSC awards
‘The night of the stars’ was pushed to August, but the event might be postponed again to September. BNSC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the awards had to be postponed because the country was hosting the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 21 July 2017
Rough terrain for hobbling Jaguars
BDF Cheetahs lead the pack with 21 points followed by UB Rhinos with 12 points while Gaborone Hogs have nine. Jaguars have conceded 95 tries against the 60 that they scored. Jaguars were a force to reckon with a few years ago when they were promoted...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 21 July 2017
Kokotsha horse race attracts top riders
Voice Recorder, a Tswana breed from Kokotsha made its presence felt in the 400m race, leaving spectators screaming with joy. Another local Tswana breed Jealous won the 1,400m and 2,000m to continue a fruitful day for the hosts. Crowd favourite,...
Lebogang Baingapi 21 July 2017
No visa glitches for athletics team
The Nigerian media had reported that Botswana faced visa glitches and was stranded at a Nigerian airport on Tuesday. One of the athletes, Xholani Talane dismissed the reports in an interview with Mmegi Sport. He said they did not have any challenges...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 21 July 2017
Botswana netball umpire fails to get game time
The Botswana Netball Association (BONA) said it could not comment on the issue as it fell under the International Netball Federation (INF). Chetelo was the only umpire from Botswana, but was surprisingly absent from action as the nine-day...
Naledi Lemogang 21 July 2017
Royal treatment rolled out for Best Brew team
When six young men passionate about football walked into a pub at Broadhurst and purchased their favourite drink, Castle Lager, little did they know they had just moved a step closer to a dream trip to the Best Brew finals held in Rustenburg, South...
Mqondisi Dube
| 21 July 2017
Is the Zebras� future Bright?
The challenges that his predecessor, Peter Butler faced are hovering above menacingly, with the Botswana Football Association (BFA), still the same association he left behind when he sought new pastures in South Africa nearly a decade ago. In fact,...
Mqondisi Dube
| 21 July 2017
Rollers eye quick revenge over Amakhosi
The two giants meet for the second time in a space of a week after the locals went down 2-0 to Chiefs in the semi finals of the Bokone Bophirima Maize Cup played at the James Motlatsi Stadium in Orkney near Klerksdorp, South Africa last...
Koketso Kgoboge 21 July 2017
Makwala, Thebe face van Niekerk in Monaco showdown
He, together with the sprightly Baboloki Thebe will take part in the Diamond League race at 8:25pm local time. Makwala was in ominous form in Madrid last Thursday as he smashed a long standing 200m record and did sub 20 for only the second time in...
Mqondisi Dube
| 21 July 2017
BFA gives Oris raw deal
David Bright took over as Zebras coach a fortnight ago, replacing Peter Butler who quit in a huff. Radipotsane, who was Butler’s assistant, had been asked to hold fort while the Botswana Football Association (BFA) was searching for a...
Mqondisi Dube
| 21 July 2017
President�s Day Fashion Show participants show potential
The Fashion Show had a number of categories such as hairdressing, modelling, dressmaking and fashion design. In all the categories different players proved to have potential in their respective crafts, especially those who competed in the finals, but...
Dumisani Ncube 21 July 2017
Another Russian Ballet comes to Gaborone
The Stars of the Ballet Russia will perform a tribute to Rudolf Nureyev, who was slated as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. There will be a short film about the life of Rudolf Nureyev followed by the performance...
Staff Writer 21 July 2017
Change beckons at COSBOTS
After the previous board was accused of corruption and maladministration, various teams have assembled candidates who will seek to turn things around at COSBOTS. Among the teams who are scheduled to contest is Team Real Change, which comprises of...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 21 July 2017
BNF solidarity message to BCP
1. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has ruled this country for more than 50 years now and yet the majority of Batswana live in dehumanising poverty. The country has a small population of two million people and enough wealth for prosperity for...
Correspondent 21 July 2017
Botswana should not bow to Chinese pressure over Dalai Lama
Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, as a dangerous separationist campaigning for Tibetan independence and consistently condemns foreign leaders who meet with him. The Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, says he...
Correspondent 21 July 2017
It�s time to evaluate the President�s Day Competitions
What I remember, though, from that meeting was a woman saying that the President’s Day Competitions would not grow the arts in any way. She said that it was just the paying out of money to people, nothing more. She felt the government was going...
Lauri Kubuitsile 21 July 2017
The BMD bloodbath � could it have been avoided?
Days after, the belligerents continue to trade invectives across the smoldering wreck of their once seemingly formidable political outfit. Yes, we have been down this road before. I recall how, as a young prosecutor, I was assigned a docket on the...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 21 July 2017
Debswana output jumps on market recovery
Output figures provided by parent company, Anglo American yesterday show that Debswana production increased by 14% to 5.9 million carats when compared to the same period in 2016. “Orapa’s production increased by 44% driven by the...
Brian Benza 21 July 2017
Botswana spends high on infrastructure but quality still poor � IMF
According to the latest IMF’s report on technical assistance on public investment management, Botswana scores below the most efficient countries with comparable levels of public capital stock per capita. It states that public investment...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 21 July 2017
High Court revokes suspension of Phoenix Botswana
In an order granted last Friday, Justice Leatile Dambe set aside NBFIRA’s July 06 decision to freeze Phoenix’s business, allowing the general insurance company to continue writing new business, but only on condition that all...
Staff Writer 21 July 2017
Lesedi La Rona too big to sell
It’s not the ending that William Lamb wanted for his 1,109-carat stone, named ‘Lesedi La Rona’, or ‘Our Light’ in the national language of Botswana where it was mined. “It’s only the second stone recovered...
Correspondent 21 July 2017
When politicians pelt each with stones
Friday evening, July 14, Selebi-Phikwe I am lying in bed at a small hotel 70km away from the action, scrolling through Facebook live videos gritting my teeth. There is a talk that Ndaba Gaolathe camp at Bobonong Secondary School is threatening to...
Thalefang Charles
| 21 July 2017
Pioneers of the HIV/AIDS war
The fight against HIV/AIDS in Botswana will be remembered as the fight of a lifetime, literally, because the pandemic, at one point, presented the greatest threat to the country’s existence. The battle was won through a massive public, private...
Tumelo Mouwane 21 July 2017
Richardson, Gabz FM tussle over �unfair dismissal�
Richardson through his attorney, Kennedy Piet submitted that he was fired un-procedurally because no disciplinary hearing was held before a decision to fire him was taken. Richardson said he was earning P15 000 per month when he was fired by...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 21 July 2017
BCP choir sets conference alight with anti-Khama sentiment
It was this song and dance that preceded the many speeches from across the party’s organs and fraternal organisations. The lyrics of the youthful choir communicated a message about the Khama family and its insensitivity, brutality and disregard...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 21 July 2017
[Top Secret] Operation �Tholwana-Borethe�
Project Objectives: - To neutralise Ndaba Gaolathe as the ‘centre-of-power’ in both BMD and UDC - To neutralise Ndaba Gaolathe’s political credentials - To fragment BMD into warring factions - To neutralize the UDC, which is an...
Correspondent 21 July 2017
CEDA applicant threatens to kill Makgato
Tombo was arraigned before the court on two counts of threat-to-kill. It is alleged that on July 5, 2017, he threatened to kill, and used insulting words against minister Makgato, accusing her of blocking his Citizen Entrepreneurial Development...
Pini Bothoko
| 21 July 2017
BCP women speak
BCP Women’s League president Daisy Bathusi expressed optimism that the BCP women were rising to take up their positions, as the environment was also conducive within the party. “We held a Women’s League meeting and we were excited...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 21 July 2017
BCP sets 2019 primaries date
This follows an earlier recommendation by the party president, Dumelang Saleshando in his address to the conference last Sunday, that the delegates should focus only on the party’s 17 constituencies allocated by the Umbrella for Democratic...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 21 July 2017
Boko assigns consultants for BMD fracas
It is understood that this is an independent body that does not comprise people from any political parties. The body, according to a source was expected to start its job this week. “The independent body is expected to report to UDC national...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 21 July 2017
Makgalemele distances Khama from health policy
In March this year, the Ministry of Health and Wellness introduced a health policy that removed injuries related to self-inflicted harm from government medical cover. This was contained in a savingram from the ministry’s permanent secretary...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 21 July 2017
BMD wars: A new party in the offing
The two factions, one led by Ndaba Gaolathe and the other by Nehemiah Modubule, ended up holding separate congresses in Bobonong. Each faction elected its own leadership in what many observers said was a battle to gain control of the party. Gaolathe...
Chakalisa Dube
| 21 July 2017
Mynhardts� P456m deal breaks BSE records
The deal, which ensured lucrative spin-offs in commissions for stockbrokers, constituted 94% of the P484.6 million worth of trades registered on the bourse on Wednesday. Before the deal, the Mynhardt family owned 325 million shares in NAP,...
Brian Benza 21 July 2017
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