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In Friday Paper

Lebogang Mosikare 25 August 2017

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Mmegi Editor 25 August 2017

Domestic tourism can diversify the economy

With a few months before the beginning of the rainy season, and many of our dams still at a full capacity, it would be a good thing to try and turn some of these facilities into tourist attraction sites. Even more inspiring are reports that we are...

Mmegi Editor | 25 August 2017

BAA �clueless� on endorsements

But BAA treasurer, Brian Mosweu said while they are aware of the possibility of companies using athletes for endorsement, the athletics mother body is not well versed with the process.  “We are still learning the ropes around...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 August 2017

Project 1000 ambitious, but achievable � Bathai

The project, launched in Palapye last week, aims to have 1,000 dojos (karate facilities) around the country. Bathai told Mmegi Sport yesterday that Project 1000 is ambitious, but doable.  He said the dojos would be fully operated by BOKA-...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 August 2017

Police V prepare for club championships

Police V took part in neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland. They have also received invitations to participate in international tournaments.  “We are preparing for the club championships by playing...

Dumisani Ncube 25 August 2017

Statistics justify why Makwala deserves Presidential award

Other than Nijel Amos and Amantle Montsho, statistically, Botswana has never had a better athlete than Isaac Makwala. Amos and Montsho have already been honoured, and therefore there is nothing amiss about honouring the next obvious choice, Makwala,...

Mqondisi Dube | 25 August 2017

�Ronaldo� yearns for friendly ahead of COSAFA trip

Ronaldo would lead the team for the first time in over a year after they crashed out of the African Women Championships qualifications with 5-0 aggregate loss at the hands of South Africa in April last year.  Speaking to Mmegi Sport yesterday,...

Kabelo Boranabi | 25 August 2017

Bright turns to old guard

Some of the players called up were part of the history-making team, which qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first and thus far, only time. He announced his squad for the Independence celebrations friendly match billed for...

Staff Writer 25 August 2017

Club licensing results out today

The committee led by Mfolo Mfolo is today expected to start issuing out reports with regard to the applications.  “We are adjudicating today.  We will start giving teams their results tomorrow (Friday),” Mfolo said...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 25 August 2017

Stumbling start for Butler in SA

Butler left the Zebras at the end of June, bringing to an end, a tumultuous three-year relationship.  The Englishman immediately signed a two-year deal with Stars, but it has been an early baptism of fire.  Ajax Cape Town beat Stars 1-0 in...

Mqondisi Dube | 25 August 2017

Banned rugby players took a dangerous substance � Expert

The two players, Lesedi Cherry and Emmanuel Ntshiwa, were banned for two years with the punishment running until November this year. Cohen, a practising internist at Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville, Massachusetts, who has been following...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 August 2017

TAFIC consider suing Supa Cup organisers

Two Thursdays back, the organisers, Joy Foundation, announced the cancellation of the tournament, which was supposed to take place last Saturday. Now, TAFIC have sought legal advice on the way forward. TAFIC entered into an agreement with Joy...

Koketso Kgoboge 25 August 2017

First Setswana Animation series to be launched next week

The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC) sponsors the project.  In an interview with Showbiz, Makepe Televison series producer Oageng Lemogang said they will finally launch the series after tough years of planning...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 August 2017

Make-up artists bring Road 2 Beauty services

However, even though make-up has gained popularity amongst both genders, many lack the skills and techniques of applying it. Some of them struggle to choose colours that compliment their skin tone and in some instances some apply too much make up,...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 25 August 2017

Last chance for COSBOTS members tomorrow

The long anticipated AGM has been postponed two times already and last Saturday the available members could not form a quorum. The elections of board members handled by an independent organisation, Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organizations...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 August 2017

Veteran jazzman Katumbela to receive Presidential award

Katumbela is in the list of names released by the permanent secretary to the President Carter Morupisi recently.  The seasoned jazz DJ who promotes jazz through his radio programme and Jazz promotion company Street Horn, has contributed so much...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 August 2017

Bravery at 14,000 feet

It was my second time in the Makgadikgadi Epic after successfully performing my bitter-sweet tandem jump last year. This time I just wanted to see the adrenaline junkies fly high above the earth’s surface. When someone sees skydivers soaring...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 August 2017

Airline fails to start new Harare-Gabs flight

According to the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Isaac Moepeng, Fast Jet failed to start plying the route last year due to economic reasons as well as delayed sourcing of suitable aircraft to be used on the...

Pauline Dikuelo | 25 August 2017

BPOPF hands P1.5bn to start-up fund managers

Under its incubation programme, mooted last year, the BPOPF has identified three greenfield companies to be financed from its P55 billion kitty with two involved in private equity while the other will trade in the listed equity space. Addressing the...

Brian Benza 25 August 2017

Fresh attempt to revive AGOA exports

 From the peak of exports worth around $17 million in 2011, which were dominated by textiles, exports under the AGOA pact to the US in 2016 were at a paltry $4 million. Constraints limiting Botswana from taking advantage of this preferential...

Pauline Dikuelo | 25 August 2017

Why read?

From as soon as I learned to read I knew that books held thousands and thousands of lives that I could step into just by opening the covers. I have never understood a person who would choose to live a single life when they could live hundreds of...

Lauri Kubuitsile 25 August 2017

Dispatch from the Delta: You can�t be proud of what you don�t know

Phew! My third transect of the Okavango Delta with mekoro is in the bag. I am writing this from the banks of the Thamalakane River in Maun. Although I am technically out of the Okavango Delta, there are still some wild sounds here. I hear the sounds...

Thalefang Charles | 25 August 2017

Morupule B aftertaste sours China�s new push into African energy (Pt II)

Continued from last week… The path of Sino-African engagement going forward that McKinsey researchers suggest, opens the door to more Chinese firms taking up equity in sectors such as infrastructure, construction and others. McKinsey...

Baboki Kayawe 25 August 2017

Why we do what we do

It is in the lawyer’s coffee, beneath the worn gown, in the courtroom, in the silence of the office and sits upon the pages of the law books. We mourn a quintessential model of professional rectitude; an epitome of legal nobility. We would have...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 25 August 2017

CA blocks �banished� Seloko

Seloko had stood before the Commission introducing himself as representing wholesaler, Trade World, which was accused together with three other wholesalers of engaging in an anti-competitive conduct. His introduction was met with strongest...

Isaac Pinielo 25 August 2017

DCEC says Phiri�s money clean

For the first time in the ongoing legal tussle, DCEC has affirmed that the Reserve Bank of South Africa gave the thumbs up for Khato Civils to move its millions of cash into Botswana. Khato Civils, which is owned by Simbi Phiri, had its bank...

Staff Writer 25 August 2017

�Grippen war jets arguments just na�ve� � Kgathi

Addressing Bobirwa Sub Council meeting in Bobonong on Wednesday Kgathi said he has a duty to protect the nation hence he has to make sure that the army is well equipped. There had been a serious backlash on the government’s decision to procure...

Onalenna Kelebeile 25 August 2017

CIPA hold on to COSBOTS forensic report

The delay to release the report is caused by the fact that the long overdue COSBOTS annual general meeting (AGM) has been postponed so many times, of recently being the failure to form a quorum. CIPA engaged Masitara Forensic Practice to investigate...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 August 2017

AG unaware of 2019 voter registration dates

Recently, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) made an early announcement of the registration dates for the 2019 general elections. The IEC announced that it would conduct registration from September 3 to November 11, 2018 for those eligible to...

Lebogang Mosikare | 25 August 2017

BOFEPUSU/UDC relationship on the rocks

A source close to BOFEPUSU said, “the leadership of UDC is ignoring BOFEPUSU, and the Federation is now feeling unwanted by the leadership of the UDC”. The fallout between the two follows failure by the UDC leadership to respond to...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 25 August 2017

UNITRANS management and employees tussle over new union

Although authorities at the freight company have dismissed the allegations, it has emerged that the issue has reached the office of the Commissioner of Labour. The protracted battle between the workers and their employer has been ongoing for a few...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 25 August 2017

BHC loses P26 million to design flaws

The recent scandal involves BHC’s houses at Mophane at Gerald Estates here, which are currently undergoing some repair works. Some of the houses are cracking due to a number of factors. BHC’s corporate communications manager Tebogo...

Lebogang Mosikare | 25 August 2017

Power of money in BDP politics

Money indeed makes the world go round. On the flipside, it is the same money that stands accused as a source of many evils. It is because of money that politics has now become big business. Essentially, politics has become a game of men and women of...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 25 August 2017

Seeletso reappointment irks Mmadinare

Members of the community that thronged a Kgotla meeting addressed by Kgosi Mokhutshwane Sekgoma on Tuesday rejected the decision to appoint Seeletso to continue acting in the position until October next year when the rightful heir assumes his...

Onalenna Kelebeile 25 August 2017

Symphony, clients out of tune

Recently, the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) informed members of the public that Symphony has been placed under temporary closure. In the statement, NBFIRA advised that as a condition of the closure, the medical aid...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 25 August 2017

Botswana has nothing to learn from Kenya: - Kenya did not use EVMs on August 8

It is not the intention of the IEC to interfere with individual’s freedoms of expression, opinion and speech. IEC however would wish to respond to information or opinion devoid of facts and truth. In the recently held elections (August 8,...

Correspondent 25 August 2017

Bishop Seane�s troubles deepen

The former clergy, at the centre of sexual immorality controversy, has fresh accusations levelled against him, and members have escalated their concerns to the Roman Catholic authorities in Italy. The Bishop and other Priests called the stigmatines,...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 25 August 2017

Wholesale giants accused of price fixing

Documents presented to the Commission show that the Competition Authority (CA) conducted investigations last year on the four wholesalers; Trident Holdings, Metro Sefalana Cash & Carry, Trans Africa and Trade World. The investigations had been...

Isaac Pinielo 25 August 2017