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Staff Writer 08 September 2017
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Mmegi Editor 08 September 2017
Lessons from Kenya
The decision is the first time presidential elections in Africa have ever been nullified and even globally, the ruling is among a few similar decisions globally. There are very sound reasons why such decisions are not common globally and...
Mmegi Editor
| 08 September 2017
Phiri No Money Launderer - High Court
Handing down judgment on Thursday in the long running case against Phiri by the DCEC, who froze his various accounts at Stanbic with P25 million worth of foreign currency last year suspecting money laundering, High Court judge justice Michael Leburu...
Staff Writer 08 September 2017
Botswana�s battle against wildlife crime boosted with new legal guide
In partnership with the Tlhokomela Trust, Space for Giants, an international conservation organisation, worked closely with Botswana’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the country’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife...
Correspondent 08 September 2017
BPC and Liquid Telecom joint venture declared illegal
At a public hearing held this week at the Parliament buildings, the committee, headed by Ramotswa legislator, Samuel Rantuana, questioned the logic behind the joint venture, which allows Liquid Telecom to be granted the use of BPC’s...
Isaac Pinielo 08 September 2017
BOCRA says 4G network covers 45% of population
Presenting before the Parliamentarians recently, the Authority’s acting chief executive officer Tshoganetso Kepaletswe said the third generation (3G) systems cover 57% of the population with more than 640 radio base stations. “Mobile...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 08 September 2017
Lobatse Leather Park to create 10,000 jobs
Lobatse Town Council (LTC) deputy town clerk, Oganne Gontse said in an interview that the jobs will only be available when the project is fully operational. He said the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been successfully completed and the...
Tumelo Mouwane 08 September 2017
Minergy CEO optimistic about coal exports
His confidence became noticeable this week when presenting Minergy’s financial results and business update for the year ended June 30, 2017. He highlighted the vast potential and opportunities that Botswana has to become one of the leading...
Isaac Pinielo 08 September 2017
Rugby leagues down to the wire
The women’s semifinals get proceedings underway with a clash between BDF Cheetahs and BAC North, before UB Rhinos and Canon Jaguars face-off. The second action of the day features teams in the reserve league with Cheetahs playing BUAN while...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 08 September 2017
Bowls team targets medals at AST tourney
Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe will also take part. However, Swaziland and Malawi women’s teams will not take part in the tournament. The AST is played in four disciplines, the singles, pairs, triples and...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 08 September 2017
AUSC inspects Botswana facilities
Gaborone hosts the eighth edition of the AUSC Games in December next year. The regional organising committee, delegates and the local organising committee, this week, toured proposed venues for next year’s tournament. The tour also included...
Naledi Lemogang 08 September 2017
Bright says Zebras on the right path
In his first game, Bright lost 2-0 to South Africa in the first round of the Africa Nations Championships before the reverse fixture ended 1-0 in favour of Bafana Bafana. The next match was against Tanzania on Saturday and Simon Msuva’s brace...
Staff Writer 08 September 2017
Female Zebras out to break COSAFA Cup hoodoo
The women’s team featured in the inaugural tournament in 2002, and then again in 2008 and 2011, but had failed to secure a single victory. Their first match in the regional showpiece competition in 2002 ended in an embarrassing 14-0 loss to...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 08 September 2017
GC Mayor�s Marathon seek IAAF recognition
Speaking at a press briefing in Gaborone this week, BNSC chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng said the Commission has advised the organisers to engage the BAA to ensure that the event is of required standards so it could be added to the IAAF calendar of...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 08 September 2017
2017/2018 BTC Premiership preview (III)
Club: Miscellaneous Established: 1962 Position last season: 11 Players to watch: Pako Gaofose, Bonolo Fraizer Home colours: Red and white Away colours: White Home ground: Serowe Sports Complex Coach: Daniel Nare Two weeks before the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 08 September 2017
Record number of women in BNOC race
The elections are scheduled for October 7 at Cresta Lodge in Gaborone. For the first time in the history of BNOC, a woman has thrown her name in the race for presidency. Botswana Netball Association (BONA) president, Tebogo Lebotse-Sebego faces...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 08 September 2017
Satmos still dream of premiership return
Club manager, Tshwaragano Moswela said they are building a youthful team to play in the Premiership in future. “With the team that we are developing, I can assure our supporters and well-wishers that we will be back to where we belong in the...
Olefile Serokolo 08 September 2017
Fresh Chillas to invade Jwaneng
Speaking to Showbiz the event manager, Kabo Komanyane from Crispy 360 Event Company said that he came up with the concept after being inspired by the growth of outdoor events happening in Gaborone. He said that he realised that Jwaneng lacks fresh...
Naledi Lemogang 08 September 2017
Mmakgosi Live tonight
Mmakgosi Live, is an event coined to sensitise people on mental health issues, raising awareness and bringing forth an element of healing through poetry and song. It is an enlightening event that aims to inspire the audience and leave an...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 08 September 2017
TD Jakes is finally here
This is a man whose sermons, books, music, plays, movies, conferences and festivals have ignited the hearts of many and inspired more. Pastor BF Ramogapi of Royal Assembly Ministries will support TD Jakes in the three-hour event that will start at...
Staff Writer 08 September 2017
Sereetsi�s Goldies Festival returns with hot line-up
The live music show will be held at Cresta Botsalo Hotel in Palapye on New Year’s Eve. Tomeletso Sereetsi of Sereetsi and The Natives told Showbiz that they are doing it bigger this year, which is no wonder they have gone...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 08 September 2017
What ate comrade Andrew Motsamai remains within BOPEU ďż˝ another view
Unfortunately, many of those who judge Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) are outsiders, who do not know the subject, who do not realise that today the idea of an organisation of professional revolutionaries has already scored a complete...
Correspondent 08 September 2017
Team Land Rover Botswana rumbles into the CKGR
There is a camel thorn tree just outside the Khutse Game Reserve gate popularly known as ‘Setlhare sa ga Ntuane’ (Botsalo Ntuane’s tree). It is an ungazetted camp spot that I heard was notorious for epic bush parties back in the...
Thalefang Charles
| 08 September 2017
Of women writing in Botswana
The academics involved are Maitseo Bolaane, Mary Lederer, Leloba Molema and Connie Rapoo. The project was partly funded by CIPA (Companies and Intellectual Property Authority). The book includes 91 authors, with works going as far back as...
Lauri Kubuitsile 08 September 2017
IEC awaits Cabinet decision on EVM paper trail
Mmegi: Can you please explain the distinction between the use of Electronic Voting Machines used in the United States of America, Venezuela and recently in Kenya? KZ: I may not be able to tell you about EVMs used in Venezuela and US, but what...
Bame Piet 08 September 2017
The voices of Phikwe�s anguish
Brite Star, the American/Hungarian group, created ripples recently when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with government agencies for a P1.4 billion aviation project in Selebi-Phikwe, to create 3,000 jobs. On the streets here, however,...
Onalenna Kelebeile 08 September 2017
Brite Star rises on Phikwe�s horizon
Selebi Phikwe’s 50,000 or so residents are all wishing on a star. And not for the first time. Brite Star, a global aviation group also invested in hospitality and training, plans to invest more than P1.4 billion over the next five years on a...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 08 September 2017
It is time to localise the Court of Appeal
You cannot tackle these kind of issues without earning yourself an enemy or two. I was being invited to pass a verdict on the jobs of men I will in time be kneeling before praying before for justice. Imagine telling a man that your judicial system...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 08 September 2017
Tribal inequality remains a sore point
As with many African countries, tribal inequality can be traced to the colonial era. Historians note that it was during the colonial government that there was an introduction of eight major tribes in Botswana; the Bangwato, Bakgatla, Bakwena,...
Pini Bothoko
| 08 September 2017
Ex-lover turns witness in murder case
Nkonyana (57) is accused of the murder of Onthusitse Mokgwaphe, which happened on or about March 14, 2010 near Botlhapatlou village in Kweneng District. When testifying before Gaborone High Court Judge Michael Mothobi yesterday, Gaetwesepe told...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 08 September 2017
BMWU urges govt to upskill ex-BCL employees
BCL and Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC), the two mines under the BCL group, were liquidated late last year due to cash flow problems. Upskilling the former employees will ensure that they fit the profile of employees wanted by companies that set...
Chakalisa Dube
| 08 September 2017
Union wins urgency to interdict against UNITRANS
BOBOGEWU is a newly registered trade union established by employees of UNITRANS Botswana, a road freight, logistics and distribution company. In July, the union applied for recognition at the workplace but have not been responded to by the respondent...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 08 September 2017
High Court gives Phiri all his frozen money
The graft agency froze the accounts while investigating the source of Phiri’s funds, then P25 million in foreign currencies, in various accounts at Stanbic Bank. Delivering judgment, Justice Michael Leburu also ordered that the respondents...
Staff Writer 08 September 2017
Ministry to probe Aerodrome syringe incident
The ministry said it has always been concerned with reckless and indiscriminate clinical waste disposal regardless of where it is produced. Spokesperson in the ministry, Wada Motsamai advised that the pupils be taken to the nearest health facility...
Baboki Kayawe 08 September 2017
Health scare at Aerodrome Primary School unpacked
Pandemonium broke out at the school after a suspected member of the Aerodrome community disposed of clinical waste by throwing it into a large dustbin within the school compound. The suspected member of the community threw the waste from outside the...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 08 September 2017
ZCC merger backfires
The directive applied in areas where there were more than one branches. It seems the directive for a merger has bitterly divided the church to the extent that former church mates are no longer in talking terms. The rivalry as articulated by the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 08 September 2017
The besieged ZCC
Three key events matter in the life of the Zion Christian Church. These are the Easter holidays, the opening of a new year in September and the Christmas festival. It is the wish and aspiration of every Zionist, rich or poor to make it to Moria at...
Hosia Tshwarelo 08 September 2017
How BOPEU is losing millions
This is the period before and after the current suspended executive chairperson of the company Andrew Motsamai was employed. Motsamai assumed the position on February 2017. He was given 10 days leave of absence on Wednesday. This follows talks of...
Oarabile Mosikare 08 September 2017
LSB condemns Khama�s actions
The LSB says this is because it took the President four months to act in accordance with the Court of Appeal (CoA) judgement that ruled that Motumise must be appointed a High Court judge. In April this year, CoA Judge Isaac Lesetedi ruled that Khama...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 08 September 2017
Motsamai betrayal
Motsamai who is employed as Babereki Investments executive chairperson was finally slapped with 10 days suspension letter on Wednesday. This was amidst talks of rampant abuse of resources and poor business decision at the Babereki Investments, a...
Oarabile Mosikare 08 September 2017
Letsatsi Casino loses against GA
This follows after the Letsatsi Casino failed to renew its 10-year licence, which expired in February 2006. According to Justice Isaac Lesetedi, Letsatsi of the High Court, the casino should have applied for the licence renewal six months before the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 08 September 2017
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