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Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 28 July 2017
Constitution Review
HA! HA! HA! Ridiculous! This Constitution has served us well.
Mmegi Editor 28 July 2017
Tougher stance against drugs needed
What used to be consumed in private is now used in public and that is the reality of drug abuse in Botswana. Young people in their 20s no longer hide from the public and they inhale their staff wherever they are – at the braai stand,...
Mmegi Editor
| 28 July 2017
Trio to stick with TASC after impressive World Cup
Amantle Never, Cheludo David and Kgomotso Matibini caught the eyes of netball giants both locally and internationally, but the trio said they would only leave TASC for an opportunity abroad. Never (16) said she has been approached by BDF Cats...
Koketso Kgoboge 28 July 2017
Titans eye Women European Softball Cup in Italy
She said the tournament is organised by ASD Montegranaro, which is the governing body of the Women European Softball Cup. She said this was due to the team performance locally and internationally. “Being a new team and having won a bronze...
Olefile Serokolo 28 July 2017
Female Zebras� COSAFA trip in doubt
Speaking to Mmegi Sport yesterday, the BFA chief executive officer, Ookeditse Malesu said the association is yet to confirm the team’s participation. “The wish is to go and participate at the competition but the question is if we can,...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 28 July 2017
New chess trust invites UK Grandmaster
Short will be in Botswana from September 5 to 11. The Trust coordinator, Kenneth Boikhutshwane said there is always talk that there is need to produce local grand and international masters. He said it is difficult for someone to teach one on how to...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 28 July 2017
Heroic welcome for Commonwealth Youth Games team
Brian Galelemogwe won bronze for boxing in a bout where he faced an opponent from Bahamas. A mixed relay team that comprised Phodiso Rampa, Rose Sanane, Mothusi Boitshwarelo and Oarabile Tshosa bagged a bronze in the 4x200m race while James Freeman...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 28 July 2017
Giants in contrasting preps for new campaign
Club: Mochudi Centre Chiefs Established: 1972 Position last season: 7 Players to watch: Noah Maposa, Thato Ogopotse Home colours: Black and white stripes Away colours: White Home ground: National Stadium Capacity: 25,000 Coach: Bongani...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 28 July 2017
Super Power Cup on despite dates clash
TAFIC are scheduled to play Township Rollers at the National Stadium and Chiefs face Jwaneng Galaxy in Molepolole on the same date as the Super Power Cup. Despite the clash, Cup organiser, Joy Setshedi confirmed their date still stands. She said she...
Koketso Kgoboge 28 July 2017
Freeman makes huge swimming plunge
The bronze medallist was born in Gaborone in 2001 and when he was three years old, he jumped into the pool for the first time. Freeman says he has always had a dream of going to the Olympics and that dream is not far off. He says things will come...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 28 July 2017
Rapper recalls drug abuse days and recovery
The 37-year-old rapper was part of the 1990s and early millennium rap/kwaito outfit Able Bodied, which was established in 1995. “In my early days of rapping its’ when I was introduced to ecstasy, which I enjoyed more than marijuana....
Dumisani Ncube 28 July 2017
Unlocking private sector financing for job creating economic growth
A number of years ago it was reported that six of the 10 fasted growing economies in the world were African states. Despite the reported and impressive economic growth record, African states face many challenges on their way to arriving as the new...
Correspondent 28 July 2017
What will be the Dalai Lama effect on Botswana?
It has been reported that Chinese Embassy officials in Botswana have been “scrambling to stop Botswana from opening its doors to the Dalai Lama.” Beijing has indicated that allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Botswana would set back...
Nchidzi Smarts 28 July 2017
Dinaletsana cry foul over allowances, kit
Some players told Mmegi Sport they had been forced to return the kit, which was used during the tournament. The players, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the challenges started before the tournament when allowances were paid late. There were...
Naledi Lemogang 28 July 2017
Gov�t eyes beef exports to USA
The analysis is being conducted as part of the implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) National Response Strategy in which the ministry has prioritised the export potential for Botswana beef and its products. The study, which...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 28 July 2017
Why it�s time for an Arts Council
The arts have a far more important role to play in society. The arts help to define our national identity, our national psyche. Not just crafts and traditional dance, as some people simplistically accept, but all dance, theatre, music, literature,...
Lauri Kubuitsile 28 July 2017
Gov�t to set up fish market at Lake Ngami
This follows findings of a study undertaken by the Okavango Research Institute on Lake Ngami fish stocks, which proved that the lake has a healthy fish population. Khama told BusinessWeek that the study has revealed that the Lake Ngami has a healthy...
Boniface Keakabetse 28 July 2017
BSE calls on treasury to issue more bonds
There are currently 43 bonds listed on the local bourse, from which only government has issued five. In a second quarter market update, the BSE said the absence of adequate government bonds as well as the wide gaps between their maturity dates have...
Staff Writer 28 July 2017
BDC scales down property portfolio
The corporation is selling 32 three-bedroomed apartments at the Grand Palm Sunset and 38 units at Grand Palm Mews in Gaborone. The reserve-bidding price for the apartments in Grand Palm Sunset is P38 million while for the Grand Palm Mews is P25...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 28 July 2017
On the road with Uncle John and Ausi Sonti to bury Ray Phiri( Pt1)
12 July Ray Phiri is dead. A flurry of activity follows this Wednesday morning as radio and television stations swing into action with tributes flooding in after what is a completely unforeseen demise. Only those who read South African...
Botsalo Ntuane 28 July 2017
Chinese appetite erases donkeys from F/town
The Europeans, historians add, were driven by commercial interests among others, competing to plunder the continent’s resources. Many years later and the Chinese have joined the fray. Across the continent, the Oriental giant is muscling into...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 28 July 2017
Shumba dumps tshega for priestly robes
No local artist, dead or alive, has ever achieved African fame like Shumba Ratshega. Born Moses Molapela 35 years ago, and just like the biblical Moses, he took Botswana traditional music to the Promised Land and jammed it to new African markets that...
Thalefang Charles
| 28 July 2017
The search for answers behind falling condom use
Everyone remembers the ABCs of the HIV prevention: Abstain, Be Faithful and Condomise. When the pandemic struck in the mid-1980s, those were the little weapons local public health authorities had to use in the fight against a seemingly unstoppable...
Baboki Kayawe 28 July 2017
A 27-year losing battle for recognition
While the role of traditional health practitioners is well-recognised and appreciated in many progressive countries, including China and Japan, locally dingaka have spent their lives on the terraces, trodden underfoot by modern medicine. Many...
Zolani Kraai 28 July 2017
Stats Botswana reports declining newspaper sales
“Sales started to decrease in 2011 until they reached P26 million in 2015,” says the report. The report notes wide usage of computers, intranet, and internet among private newspaper employees during 2015. Among the employees of...
Baboki Kayawe 28 July 2017
BDF Commander loses appeal
Last year , Justice Kebonang ruled in favour of the couple, Tlhapisang and Uariua, ordering the BDF Commander to reinstate them. They were dismissed in 2014 for allegedly contravening the military’s Policy on Fraternisation and Sexual...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 28 July 2017
BMD woes may cripple BNF, coalition
His views come at the wake of alleged divisions within the BNF central committee. It is understood that some of the central committee members discuss issues before the committee with party members. They are angry that the BNF and UDC president, Duma...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 28 July 2017
Ndaba /Mmolotsi faction on a countrywide tour
Yesterday, close sources said that the move is meant to counter a meeting organised by the other BMD faction led by Sidney Pilane. Both factions are claiming to be the rightful owners of the BMD. Members of a NEC led by Gaolathe’s team have...
Chakalisa Dube
| 28 July 2017
Gov�t claims no malice in asylum seekers� case
The 164 refugees want to be moved to the Dukwi Refugee Camp (DRC) ito end their incarceration at the detention centre. Justice Phadi Solomon effectively facilitated a stop to the incarceration earlier this month when she ordered that the petitioners...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 28 July 2017
Politics push Seretse out of DCEC
Probably, Seretse long felt it in her blood as events continued to unfold in her docket. It is not a good thing, but certainly not a new strategy for the ruling elite to redeploy people who seemingly fail to toe the line. Kenny Kapinga, formerly...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 28 July 2017
We can all lie, but the METADATA never lies
In a fit of excitement and perhaps impetuousness, the journalists approached NSA officials with the document to verify that indeed they had obtained an authentic document. Few hours after the scoop was published in June, NSA zeroed in on the leaker....
INK Centre 28 July 2017
Lets preserve and restore DIS credibility
We had decided to go about it as clandestinely as we could in a bid to avoid meddlesome interlopers. For the uninitiated, a meddlesome interloper is an acceptable, alternative appellation for a politician. We were at count six of an ever expanding...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 28 July 2017
Opportunity for aspiring female
The project dubbed Next Best Female DJ Competition will first have the women audition this weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Next Best DJ Academy in Broadhurst where a certain number will be shortlisted for the two-month bootcamp. The academy...
Dumisani Ncube 28 July 2017
DIS report on opposition is fake
Soon after the opposition, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) returned from a violent congress in Bobonong, the media was awash with a document - code named Tholwana Borethe - claiming to reveal a secret plot by the spy agency to disrupt the...
INK Centre 28 July 2017
RMB, Investec swoop on Choppies-related firms
The 10 companies, housed under the name Kamoso Distribution were two years ago sold by Choppies directors, Ramachandran Ottapathu and Farouk Ismail to a consortium led by Standard Chartered Private Equity (PE) in a deal worth P452 million. Under the...
Brian Benza 28 July 2017
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