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Staff Writer 18 August 2017
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Mmegi Editor 18 August 2017
Justice Letsididi judgement is commendable
If voting in a primary election is to be accepted as a proper interpretation of being an ‘active’ member under the provisions of this section, simply registering as a member or being a supporter without membership would also by the same...
Mmegi Editor
| 18 August 2017
BRU Super Rugby race wide open
The shock victory follows another surprise result after Gaborone Hogs beat title favourites, BDF Cheetahs last weekend. The BRU introduced the Super Rugby last season with four top teams competing. This season saw the BRU alter the format where...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 18 August 2017
Bleskit�s tennis star on the rise
Young Bleskit said the performance during the Botswana Tennis Association (BTA) organised tournament has given him hope to keep up the hard work. He said his goal is to balance sport and his education so that he excels in both fields. He said...
Naledi Lemogang 18 August 2017
Inside the judgement that shook local rugby
Ntshiwe and Cherry appeared before the WRB judicial committee accompanied by their coach, Sean Irish in April 2016. The players were alleged to have committed separate anti-doping rule violations as a result of analytical findings for the presence of...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 18 August 2017
Mafu �stranded� in Zimbabwe
Mafu was appointed Chiefs coach at the beginning of last season on a two-year contract, but he has to enjoy an extended holiday in his native Zimbabwe due to financial struggles at the Mochudi club. Mafu has been one of the first casualties of...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 18 August 2017
Further delays to BTC Premiership start
However, with the Botswana Football Association (BFA) general assembly held last week, the constitution dictated that the start of the season be scheduled two weeks after the assembly. The BPL has since stated that the season will no longer commence...
Staff Writer 18 August 2017
Selebi-Phikwe region promises to pay referees
Referees were not paid in the second half of last season, which Moloi attributed to the newly introduced youth league for exhausting their budget. “As a region it is our responsibility to make sure that referees are paid, but it differs with...
Olefile Serokolo 18 August 2017
Supa Cup cancelled over money
Highlanders had earlier yesterday pulled out after organisers, Joy Foundation, reportedly failed to deposit the agreed appearance fee. Joy Foundation had promised to pay each participating member of the four teams P5,000 as appearance fees. The...
Mqondisi Dube
| 18 August 2017
BFA kitchen �too hot� for Malesu
The former Botswana National Sport Council (BNSC) board member has been under the spotlight since his appointment in March to replace Kitso Kemoeng who left in December. The BFA CEO’s position has proved to be a poisoned chalice, with a high...
Mqondisi Dube
| 18 August 2017
Kgosi Nkosiyabo inaugurated
In order for him to succeed in uplifting their lives and furthering the village developments he would need their support, Kgosi Kebinatshwene Mosielele of Bahurutshe Boo-Manyane said. Kgosi Kebinatshwene was speaking at the initiation ceremony of...
Zolani Kraai 18 August 2017
Chweneyagae on local collaborations, theatre
“In my previous visit in the country I was impressed by my experience and I spoke to Tefo on a possible collaboration because I felt it was important to be part of the development of the arts in Botswana,” Chweneyagae, who will be...
Dumisani Ncube 18 August 2017
Indian community celebrates culture
The celebration kickstarted with beautiful performances from Somadas Paicattu and Group. The crew treated the chanting audience to patriotic songs. The Indian children followed with a drama performance titled Tiranga Hamara, the myriad of...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 18 August 2017
Send your writing out � markets!
l Penguin Random House South Africa Penguin Random House South Africa is a merging of lots of different book publishing imprints. They are made up of the imprints: Penguin Books South Africa, Struik Kinders, Struik Lifestyle, Struik Nature, Struik...
Lauri Kubuitsile 18 August 2017
Gov�t freezes environ filming permits
The suspension, which also applies to renewal of any existing or expired permits, has been effected to clean up the industry of unscrupulous activities while also trying to involve more Batswana in the independent research projects and films...
Staff Writer 18 August 2017
Millers look to discontinue grain imports
Currently, the millers consume a total of 120,000 tonnes of white maize per annum, of which the majority is imported from South Africa (SA) and other global suppliers such as the United States (US), Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. According to the...
Isaac Pinielo 18 August 2017
When numbers don�t make sense
While some people see this as a welcome development to the country, whose unemployment rate once hit a record high of 26.2% in 2008, others question the figure or its significance, saying it might not reflect the realities of Botswana’s job...
Isaac Pinielo 18 August 2017
The Bishop scandal-The other side
It often takes a lifetime to build a reputation and a moment to have it all come crumbing down. Sexual scandals, in particular, make interesting reading but behind each, there is a hurting human being who may very well be totally innocent. When news...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 18 August 2017
Okavango lions ate my camera
About 10 minutes later I got into the tent to paint it with light so that it could be visibly lit in the picture. After few minutes I heard the camera fall down, initially I thought it was the wind, so I got off and checked. And that’s when I...
Thalefang Charles
| 18 August 2017
Dispatch from the Delta: �Re ja ngashi Mister�
Navigating the Okavango Delta waterways with a mokoro is an advanced skill and only few men alive possess that skill. These waterways transform everyday because of the stomping elephants and hippos. Both of these animals that have found a sanctuary...
Thalefang Charles
| 18 August 2017
Morupule B aftertaste sours China�s new push into African energy (Pt I)
In recent weeks, the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), the state-owned electricity utility, has been at the centre of activity in the procurement sector, with the release of two eagerly awaited Requests for Expressions of Interest (REOI). The first,...
Baboki Kayawe 18 August 2017
Only a fresh congress can resolve BMD mess
Unlike sport, in politics, your supporter can become your challenger in a blink of an eye. While in sport one is assured of no competition from the man or woman who hugs and hoists him in celebrating a victory, in politics it is not always...
Bame Piet 18 August 2017
Ratholo residents petition Palapye Sub-Land Board
Last week Friday a delegation delivered a letter of demand, inviting the Board Secretary to their village and to review the Board’s decision. The issue emanated from 2014 when a decision was taken in a Kgotla meeting to allow the company to...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 18 August 2017
Masisi to field MPs questions
Parliamentarians yesterday welcomed the proposed amendments to the Parliament standing orders presented by chairperson of the Standing Orders and Reforms Committee Samson Moyo Guma. Among the proposed amendments to the standing orders, which Guma...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 18 August 2017
Moseki�s little contribution to humanity
Moseki has won six asylum seekers cases that the latter instituted against the state. Various Justices of the High Court here heard the cases. As a human rights lawyer by training, Moseki would like the law to apply to citizens of Botswana and...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 18 August 2017
Sleep well my brother Eddie Kuhlmann
I am talking about our formative years, both as journalists and media houses, which were also still in their formative stages. Those were truly humble beginnings when newspapers that I found running were The Botswana Gazette, Mmegi and The Botswana...
Galebolae Ngakane 18 August 2017
Mfa, wife in legal hot
Pizza House had instituted summons against the former legislator and his wife "seeking specific performance of the said written agreement by the tasking of the defendants of such steps and the signing of all such documents as may be necessary for...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 18 August 2017
Khama doubles-down on Beijing attacks
In recent months, China and Gaborone have exchanged veiled, direct attacks and counter-attacks, as the Oriental giant has accused Botswana of violating a policy in which China views the Dalai Lama’s activities as secessionist. Botswana has,...
Staff Writer 18 August 2017
Khama in campsites controversy
Sources in the DWNP claim that Sean Sebele of Inter Tourism Group was un-procedurally granted a lease to run the campsites, which were previously run by the department, without a tender. “The company was given the campsites without any...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 18 August 2017
Gov�t faces P4bn suit over new Morupule B contract
Industry sources with knowledge of the contract between the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) and the Japan’s Marubeni and South Korea’s Posco Energy say it contains a $400 million (P4 billion) breach of contract clause....
Staff Writer 18 August 2017
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