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Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 25 July 2017

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Mmegi Editor 25 July 2017

Figures soar despite huge anti-poaching resource

Additional areas are parts of the North East District, Okavango, Bobirwa, Tuli Block and even the Central District. Latest reports indicate that elephants have reached the southern part of the country, and were recently spotted in regions such as...

Mmegi Editor | 25 July 2017

Mahalapye, Radisele clinch gold in Copa Coca-Cola

Their victory follows an intensive weekend full of action since Friday when the battle for supremacy started. They went home with gold medals and a trophy. In the girls category, Radisele JSS were also victorious in the final after thrashing Sesolo...

Naledi Lemogang 25 July 2017

Choppies splash P500,000 on GC Mayor�s marathon

Speaking at a press briefing yesterday in Gaborone, Mayor Kagiso Thutwe said the city council has partnered with Choppies who have come in as a Gold Sponsor with the value of P500,000. He said the money would cover the prize money and key operational...

Kabelo Boranabi | 25 July 2017

BISA pleased with competitive games

The national ball sport contests from football, table tennis, netball, softball, volleyball, and basketball amongst others started on Friday in the group stages.  The following day, the teams faced off in the semi finals before the exciting...

Naledi Lemogang 25 July 2017

Swimming makes Commonwealth Games history

It was the first time swimming won a medal at the Commonwealth Games for both junior and senior competitions.  Botswana Swimming Sport Association (BSSA) president, Ruth Van Der Merwe told Mmegi Sport that winning a medal at such a stage meant a...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 July 2017

BAA threatens to unfriend doping athletes

Ramatshaba was responding to the weekend comments made by IAAF president, Sebastian Coe, who stated that he cannot guarantee a drug-free World Championships. Coe was speaking on BBC One’s Andrew Marr television show. Despite this, Coe was...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 July 2017

Pauchoco Designs opts to be unique

Speaking to Showbiz, Phillips said that Pauchoco Designs is a T-shirt brand that uses hand drawn artwork to produce graphical output for T-shirt print outs.  The brand offers a variety of styles and designs to reach out to the general...

Oleosi Kgosi 25 July 2017

Sungura outfit puts work into Afro-pop album

The band has already released two singles from their upcoming fifth album titled Dineo, which will be a seven-track Afro-pop music project. The band has also been known as Tears of Africa or Flames of Africa.  “The Afro-pop album came as...

Dumisani Ncube 25 July 2017

Resourceful teenager capitalises on docu-photos

At such a young age Tembo has already worked on two documentary photography projects, Colourism: Shades of Africa, which focused on people of different races uniting released in 2016 and Man Up: A Boy’s Battle for Male Sensitivity, which...

Dumisani Ncube 25 July 2017

Maswe apology track overshadows Beauty Queens album

Unfortunately the track that is carried in his dancers (The Beauty Queens and Kings) album named Tshutshu overshadowed the entire project.  In the past edition of Toropo ya Muka Maswe was involved in an altercation with Leungo ‘King...

Koketso Kgoboge 25 July 2017

Pula Medical Aid endures sluggish economy

Addressing the media last week, Pula principal officer, Thato Moumakwa said of late, Botswana’s economy has been under a lot of pressure, experiencing a number of setbacks due to the financial crunch that has resulted in the closure of a number...

Isaac Pinielo 25 July 2017

Trade deficit widens on lower diamond exports

An analysis of the data shows that the decline in exports was mainly due to a drop of 7.4% in diamond exports, from P3.81 billion in March 2017 to P3.53 billion in the month under review. The total exports value for April 2017, compared to that of...

Isaac Pinielo 25 July 2017

BSA worried about ill-mannered students

He revealed this during the closing ceremony of the Botswana Scouts Association (BSA) national jamborally, which was held at the Central Park here last week Friday. When giving the camp overview, Seretse said both parents and teachers have shifted...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 25 July 2017

Wilderness Safaris and AWF announce conservation partnership

 Volcanoes National Park represents a remarkable story of recovery for Critically Endangered mountain gorillas, with the Park receiving ongoing support from government and the Rwandan Development Board (RDB). With the recent launch of Wilderness...

Correspondent 25 July 2017

LLB partners with the Desert Bushwalk Winter 2017

The partnership will see facilitation in the development of rural communities in and around the Jwaneng Area. Liberty Life, through the Annual 30km Charitable Walk shall be providing the necessary resources to make a difference in the lives of people...

Correspondent 25 July 2017

Society urged to maximise women�s participation in sciences

Mpuchane said this when delivering a public Lecture held at Botswana International University of Science & Technology (BIUST) under the theme ‘Maximising women’s participation in STEM’.  She said despite the fact that...

Lindiwe Mozola 25 July 2017

Richardson still commands respect

In Botswana, like the rest of the world, the death of a prominent member of society brings a lot of sorrow to his family and those he leaves behind including those he did not know, but who just came to know him by his good work. Last week Thursday,...

Lebogang Mosikare | 25 July 2017

Moshupa hold inaugural agriculture show

During the first ever Moshupa Agricultural Show on Friday, Masisi argued that the use of new farming methods and mechanisms would enhance food production.  He called on the farmers to benchmark from other countries to improve their way of...

Lebogang Baingapi 25 July 2017

Bus rank �bully� confesses, as court date beckons

In May, a group of men and women insulted, mocked and stripped naked a woman for wearing a miniskirt that they felt was too revealing. One member of the public recorded the event using a cellphone and later posted it on social media. Police...

Pini Bothoko | 25 July 2017

Soldier convicted of using relative�s passport

The Sir Seretse Khama Barracks-based soldier yesterday agreed to the facts of the offence before Magistrate Thekololo Letsholo after he pleaded guilty a fortnight ago.  Mogomotsi was arrested for using a relative’s passport to exit and...

Tumelo Mouwane 25 July 2017

Constitution serving the country well � BDP

Keorapetse had tabled a motion that Parliament resolve to review the Constitution of the Republic of Botswana. The country’s Constitution was drafted in 1963 prior to Botswana’s Independence and has never been holistically...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 25 July 2017

�BCL killed deliberately�

  He said this when commenting on the statement on the provisional liquidation of BCL and its subsidiaries by the Minister of Minerals Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Sadique Kebonang in Parliament yesterday. “I believe...

Pini Bothoko | 25 July 2017

Gov�t files notice to oppose asylum seekers� case

The AG representing the department of immigration and citizenship and officer commanding Botswana Prisons, FCII has filed a notice to appeal the judgement in a case in which 164 asylum seekers and their dependants are demanding to be moved from the...

Lebogang Mosikare | 25 July 2017

Gov�t promises 6,800 jobs for SPEDU region

Through SPEDU Revitalisation Strategy, government is now promising to create 6,800 jobs with no timeframe. This was said by the Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Sadique Kebonang yesterday. In the package, the...

Staff Writer 25 July 2017

Horror as abused, famished donkeys turn cannibals

Police in the area have charged a Chinese national in connection with the abuse though there are still more investigations on the incident. Thus far, the man is reportedly facing a single charge of cruelty to animals, which under the law carries a...

Baboki Kayawe 25 July 2017

Gov�t sends Ds to tertiary institutions

Assistant minister, Fidelis Molao told Parliament that the current 36 cut-off points (the limit at which government tertiary funding is granted) is not cast in stone, rather a budgetary consideration. He said government has in the past sponsored...

Staff Writer 25 July 2017

A fitting send-off for a true son of the soil!

No ostentation, no aloofness, no-airs, bi-partisan to a fault, generous with ideas and knowledge – a schoolteacher who taught eight subjects in school! Jack-of-all-trades, but master of none? No, he was master of the quintessential behaviour of...

Michael Dingake 25 July 2017

COSBOTS AGM postponed

Independent organisation, Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) will handle the electoral process to be decided by a show of hands. The 1,300 members of COSBOTS who are eligible to vote will either cast their vote in person or...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 July 2017

Boko calls for calm as two BMDs approach UDC

The UDC president, Duma Boko said yesterday; “I believe UDC will address the issue as quickly as possible. We could not act on the BMD matter because they had not invited us to do so. The reports from two camps were formally presented to UDC...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 25 July 2017

Morupule land dispute to cause P200m per month losses

MCM is locked in a dispute with six of the 166 farmers who hold land rights to the area that the company intends to build a new 1.35 million tonnes per annum coal mine to feed into the planned 300MW power station at Morupule B (Unit...

Brian Benza 25 July 2017

Dalai Dilemma: Khama unmoved after two-hour plea

International Affairs and Cooperation minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi said Chinese officials had also held one-on-one meetings with Members of Parliament and traditional leaders, including Bangwato regent, Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane in...

Staff Writer 25 July 2017