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Branch�s Dakar dream receives KTM boost
The deal was signed at KTM offices in Johannesburg last week Friday. KTM is an Austrian-based motorcycle and sports car manufacturing company that has subsidiaries in all continents. The deal will see Branch become only the second Botswana rider,...
Koketso Kgoboge 10 November 2017
Double injury rules Crosbie out of Dakar rally
Crosbie ruptured his mid-aspect right lateral abdominal rectus muscle, leaving him with a retraction of 8.5mm. The rider is also nursing a broken left hand. Crosbie told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the past three weeks had been hectic. He said the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 November 2017
Rot at Botash
Besides the boardroom bitter brawls that ultimately floored Mphathi, there has been a simmering industrial relations battle launched by some staff members who incessantly accused Mphathi’s administration of corruption, nepotism and sheer...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 10 November 2017
Mourning the sudden death of Selebi-Phikwe football
SELEBI-PHIKWE: For decades, Selebi-Phikwe was home to beautiful football and boundless talent. Nico United were the dominant force before the late entrance of FC Satmos, which completely re-defined the town’s football landscape just before the...
Onalenna Kelebeile 10 November 2017
BFA to summon Chiefs over Mafu debt
The trainer is owed in the region of P200,000 and reported the matter to his country’s mother body, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) who in turn took the matter to the BFA. The BFA is now expected to call Chiefs to hear the matter....
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 November 2017
Mascom improves cycling race deal to P223,000
The race, organised by Tsela Riders Cycling Club is scheduled for December 3 at the Airport Junction Mall. Mascom previously sponsored the competition for P185,000. Speaking during the sponsorship launch, acting Mascom chief executive officer (CEO),...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 November 2017
Orapa denies axing Ndlovu
But club spokesperson, Kabo William said the Ostriches have not parted ways with Ndlovu. Instead they held a meeting with him, to give the trainer some time to reflect on the current situation which sees Orapa sixth, having already lost three games...
Koketso Kgoboge 10 November 2017
Bright decries falling standards
Speaking to journalists yesterday ahead of the Zebras’ trip to Gabon for a friendly encounter, Bright said he is not happy with the performance of Premier League sides. “The standards have gone down,” he said. He said this is a...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 10 November 2017
Clubs refuse to release Zebras players
The concerned clubs are Township Rollers, Orapa United and South African Premiership side, Baroka FC. Mosha Gaolaolwe of Rollers, Orapa duo of Thabang Mosige and Gift Moyo, and Baroka’s Mpho Kgaswane were not released for the Zebras, as they...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 10 November 2017
Mbanga follows her passion
The young woman from Nata village makes various items such as clutch bags and earings from cardboard and covers them with either African print fabrics or German print. In an interview with Arts & Culture, Mbanga said her creativity was a God...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 November 2017
�Faces of depression�
The photography project that was recently exhibited at the Botswana Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre depicts different individuals who suffer from depression and other mental illnesses during their tough times of health. To protect...
Dumisani Ncube 10 November 2017
Someone should be held accountable for BCL mess
The trade union opposed the closure of BCL on grounds that the mine had potential but that it was poorly managed. Their arguments were ignored because it was apparent that the sole shareholder in the company, Botswana government had long made the...
Mmegi Editor
| 10 November 2017
Khama and Masisi
Mmegi Editor 10 November 2017
Metropolitan honours corporate clients at 20th anniversary
The corporate clientele included the largest workers union, Johnson Motshwarakgole’s Manual Workers Union and BLAHWU, as well as asset managers, AON, and Alexander Forbes, and banking giants, FNBB, while other clients included...
Staff Writer 10 November 2017
CEDA completes Venture Fund divestments
Speaking to BusinessWeek, the agency’s chief operations officer Andrew Madeswi said they have divested from all the 10 investments under the P200 million fund. Following end of the fund lifespan in 2013, the process to divest from the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 November 2017
Gov�t discontinues Matshelagabedi power plant
Delivering the State of Nation Address this week, President Ian Khama said the refurbishment of Morupule A is ongoing and Unit 1 of the plant is currently undergoing commissioning and the refurbishment of all the remaining three units will be...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 November 2017
F/town Knitters to double production
The company manufactures school uniforms, industrial wear and sports wear amongst others. However, currently the firm, which has been in existence since 1982, has a special focus on producing school uniforms. The company currently has a turnover of...
Chakalisa Dube
| 10 November 2017
Afinitas� pan African venture takes shape
BusinessWeek: Two years after listing, how has the company grown? Tumelo: You will remember when we listed in 2015, we didn’t have any investments under the company. Soon after listing on the BSE, we bought a 50% stake in Africa Events Limited...
Brian Benza 10 November 2017
The impossibility of selling BCL Mine
The thousands of workers axed from BCL Mine still hold out hope for a miracle. One fine day soon, they hope, an announcement will be made that a new investor has emerged, willing to buy and restart BCL Mine. In no time, they pray, notices to...
Bame Piet 10 November 2017
Who will deputise Masisi?
In the immediate period when he tests the waters at the Office of the President as the first citizen between April 1 and the 2019 general elections, Masisi needs a strong Vice President who will help revive the party that is facing dwindling popular...
Bame Piet 10 November 2017
One man�s holy war on religious commercialization
One such example of a revolutionary is Bino Mogano who has declared war on religious entrepreneurship and indoctrination saying this should be nipped in the bud. Mmegi Staffer BAME PIET sat down with the man and shares excerpts from his book The...
Bame Piet 10 November 2017
BPP suspends members over missing funds
It is alleged that DSG, Thabani Peter and treasurer Tongomani Dan have on several occasions withdrawn money from the party’s bank account without the knowledge of other party officials. The money was reportedly not used for party...
Chakalisa Dube
| 10 November 2017
Majwe Mining wins overtime case against employees
Majwe Mining Joint Venture is contracted by Debswana at the Jwaneng diamond mine Cut 8 project. The workers lost their case in which they demanded the company to pay them overtime allowances computed by utilising average hours over a three...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 10 November 2017
SA, Botswana urged to tighten border fence to curb smuggling
The Member of Parliament for Tlokweng, Kenneth Segokgo said this when interviewed on the sidelines of the ongoing Parliament session following a question he asked on Tuesday. Segokgo had asked the Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation...
Pini Bothoko
| 10 November 2017
Ahuja enraged as his Audi rots at Audi garages
Now after over two years, a frustrated Ajit Ahuja, the managing director of a powerful engineering firm in Botswana, A.S.A Enterprises, has written to local dealers of Audi, as well as South Africa and the headquarters in Germany, demanding...
Staff Writer 10 November 2017
�Water� off to USA
Born and raised in the Okavango Delta, “Water”, as he is affectionately called across the Okavango, is part of the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP) team that has been exploring the entire Okavango River basin from...
Thalefang Charles
| 10 November 2017
BDP �illegal� registrations intercepted
Mmegi has it on good authority that three books that were obtained from Tsholetsa House by someone who has no authority to do so, were used to register members. “Giving background on the agenda item, the Chairperson informed the meeting of the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 10 November 2017
SONA : Where speech writers lost the plot
When a sitting President’s speech fails to capture the mood and meet the expectations of the audience, questions are raised about the quality of the President’s speech writers. President Ian Khama’s last State of the Nation...
Siki Motshwari Johannes 10 November 2017
Saleshando on UDC, Wayeyi recognition
The former opposition hard man admits he is now living a quiet life from politics, running his cattle farm in Hainaveld farms and building his tourism campsite along the Thamalakane River. He offers his take, amongst other things, on developments in...
Boniface Keakabetse 10 November 2017
Auctions of BCL assets cleared to begin
The resolution is seen as the final nail in the coffin for BCL Mine, which went into final liquidation earlier this year and whose billions of pula in creditor and environmental liabilities make it undesirable to investors. The mine’s...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 10 November 2017
The use of force � A tricky subject
Presidential security blinked first. It happened at the cost of the President’s dignity and that of the nation. Batswana are enraged. My friends say that presidential security should have sent the South Africans home in body bags. I am sure...
10 November 2017
Famous writers and rejection
It does not matter how it comes to you - rejection from that man you have had your eye on, rejection from the boss for the report you worked on all night, or rejection of your writing - it always hurts. For me there are two things that make the...
Lauri Kubuitsile 10 November 2017
Masisi in food poison scare
Apparently for him, it could be an issue of once beaten, twice shy. Recently, allies close to Masisi said the VP was taking extra-ordinary measures to avoid poisoning, a plot he believes is afoot amongst his political enemies. “When he travels...
Staff Writer 10 November 2017
Lerala Mine dodged paying taxes � Liquidator
In a report presented to the creditors last week, provisional liquidator, Kopanang Thekiso said total liabilities of the company are P615 million, noting that as far as he has been able to establish, there are preferred and concurrent creditors only....
Isaac Pinielo 10 November 2017
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