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Calistus Kolantsho 01 December 2017
Letshwiti throws stones from a glass house
Maclean Letshwiti comes across as an abrasive leader who does not mince his words. He is a straight talker, who in the process, has irked some. Since assuming office, he has unflinchingly paraded himself as ‘Mr Fix-It’. He rode on a...
Mqondisi Dube
| 01 December 2017
Retshabile proves her mettle as best blocker
Tsholo has moved on to become one of the game’s brightest players, and maintained a close relationship with the volleyball court. She told Mmegi Sport this week that Lekula saw her potential from the beginning and believed she had the potential...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 01 December 2017
Codes intensify Botswana Games� preps
The paralympics team will go into a training camp at Lentswe Junior Secondary School in Mochudi today. The camp ends on December 8 when the team travels to Gaborone for the competition, which starts on December 10. The team is made up of visually...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 01 December 2017
Close battles expected at BOKA awards
The categories likely to attract more attention are the senior male karateka, senior female karateka, coach and federation of the year awards. The senior male karateka of the year pits Ofentse Bakwadi, Oratile Caiphus and Lemogang Koolopile. The...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 01 December 2017
Two F/town officials face fraud charges
Secretary, Isaac Mabutha and treasurer, Gaolapelwe Western were suspended late last month. The two immediately dismissed the charges as politically motivated smear campaigns. The two did not submit financial statements to the committee, and they...
Koketso Kgoboge 01 December 2017
Young vs the old in GC derby
On Sunday afternoon when the capital city comes to a standstill as giants, Township Rollers and Gaborone United (GU) clash at the UB stadium, eyes would be on the two teams’ marksmen, Roller’s Jerome Ramatlhakwana and Tumisang Orebonye of...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 01 December 2017
SA Under-17 players denied entry
Basetsana might miss six players as they were denied entry into the country as they were without the necessary travelling documents. Mmegi Sport is informed that Basetsana assembled for camp this week as the majority of their players were engaged in...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 01 December 2017
Analysts optimistic about Choppies Zim prospects
According to Donald Motsomi, research analyst at Stockbrokers Botswana, Zimbabwe is rife with euphoria and optimism, especially given the new administration’s positive rhetoric towards resuscitating the country’s battered...
Isaac Pinielo 01 December 2017
Clap Your Hands gathers in Palapye
The euphoria has been simmering and with the countdown to the festivities well underway the cloud of the coveted festival is gathering. Seven years down the line December 24 for Palapye has been marked on the calendar as the one-day-only...
Koketso Kgoboge 01 December 2017
GU fans offered last AGM chance
The Reds have failed to hold their annual general meeting (AGM) twice this year, as members did not form a quorum. After the postponements, the GU executive committee will on Monday meet to decide the date for the final meeting. The meeting was...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 01 December 2017
Four youngsters pen a book
The 165-page book consists of writing by the different authors and were combined to make Young Conversations talk of their persona. “Navigating youth years is a double-edged sword that slices immaturity to make way for destiny. This book...
Dumisani Ncube 01 December 2017
Botswana�s fertile farmland lying idle
He said total unutilised land accounts for 45% of land available for agriculture, posing a threat to the country’s food security. He said there are vast areas of allocated agricultural land which is not wholly used or underutilised, adding that...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 01 December 2017
Government, Bargaining council
Pauline Dikuelo 01 December 2017
African states are worst violators of human rights � Part 2
Contribution to international human rights law Despite the weaknesses identified above it is generally agreed that the African Charter has been pivotal in influencing the development of regional standards on human rights on the...
Correspondent 01 December 2017
Strengthening financial stability through deposit insurance scheme
In the current regulatory environment, are depositors’ funds guaranteed in the likely event that a particular bank goes bust? Do regulators have unambiguous resolution framework that provides for reimbursement of depositors in the event of a...
Correspondent 01 December 2017
Let�s help the police rid us of monsters
The police are overstretched and overworked because criminals keep them busy. In some cases there are shoot out incidents between law enforcers and the alleged criminals. Few weeks ago a police officer lost his precious life when a suspect shot him...
Mmegi Editor
| 01 December 2017
Stigmatisation fades away, but the scars remain
In the early years, where there were no treatment options for HIV and where the disease was poorly understood, those infected with the virus were virtual social outcasts. Families hid their sick and at the funerals, all manner of excuses were made...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 01 December 2017
Seeking a way out of HIV donor fatigue
At the brink of a population wipe out due to what had become the scourge, the country saw funding pouring in for the HIV/AIDS cause. Donor funding was at its highest levels ever globally, in terms of both domestic and international...
Zolani Kraai 01 December 2017
A heavy burden, across many rivers borne
Barely a decade after the first case was positively identified in Selebi-Phikwe in 1985, HIV had silently risen to become the single greatest existential threat to Botswana. It would also, naturally, become the public health sector’s single...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 01 December 2017
Libyan Ambassador furious with slave auction report
Hamid said that the report was false and intended to tarnish the image of Libya which is struggling to recover from 2011 uprising that resulted in the country’s bombing campaign by NATO and subsequent toppling of long time ruler and dictator...
Bame Piet 01 December 2017
Can gov�t cure self-inflicted �cancer�?
At a pub in a township just less than 20 kilometres outside Gaborone, a group of youth are enjoying their drinks on a Saturday afternoon, probably after attending a funeral or preparing for a wedding in the neighbourhood. Social events and...
Bame Piet 01 December 2017
Avani treats GC to rare, classy food fest
Widely-travelled Avani Gaborone General Manager, Riaan Van Rooyen, who has also worked in Greece, says this rare and classy festival is Avani’s special end of year treat for the people of Botswana with a memorable and unique experience, for a...
Staff Writer 01 December 2017
Is this the magic pill to end HIV?
HIV is no longer the death sentence it once was. More than 30 years ago, there was nothing that doctors and medical health practitioners could do to help patients. The little they could do was offer comforting words to patients who had been diagnosed...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 01 December 2017
The downside of social media on the youths
Posting edited pictures online, or pretending your life is a little more glamorous than it is not, in itself is a problem. The way we use social media can make the situation even harder, especially when pretending to be the person you are not....
Pini Bothoko
| 01 December 2017
BPP purges ignite factional battles
FRANCISTOWN: The BPP has cracked the whip on its ‘errant’ party chairperson, Richard Gudu and a member of the central committee, Peter Kuchwe. There is fear that the party decision to suspend the duo could backfire as the suspensions...
Chakalisa Dube
| 01 December 2017
State-of-the-art shopping mall on disputed land at Kgale
The Kgale Hill project, known as Kgale Lake City, is being driven by a partnership involving Arcswana Architects and the Roman Catholic Church, which owns the land around the landmark hill. A special purpose vehicle, K-Hill Proprietary Limited, has...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 01 December 2017
BOFEPUSU pins hope on Masisi
Masisi has an opportunity to snatch BOFEPUSU support from the opposition parties, but it surely will not be a piece of cake as they want him to ‘reverse’ Khama legacy. BOFEPUSU president, Johannes Tshukudu said they have decided to...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 01 December 2017
Battle royale erupts over Kgale Farms
The Land Board is demanding the deeds in order to negotiate through the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), which has reportedly received lucrative offers from investors across the border in South Africa. Balete, led by Kgosi Mosadi Seboko,...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 01 December 2017
How a writer becomes a terrorist
Like many people, I had to go through the Know Your Customer (KYC) exercise at my bank, First National Bank. They wanted a pay slip. Artists don’t have payslips. I don’t have a job. I earn my money from writing and the money...
Lauri Kubuitsile 01 December 2017
Enough with drunken driving
It is time to roast meat on the open fire. Time to give and to love. Time for music and dance. Gaborone, must give back to the villages what she has stolen. Village economies must blossom. No matter how broke you are, somehow you must end up...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 01 December 2017
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa gives key cabinet jobs to military figures
Mr Mnangagwa has made Sibusiso Moyo, the general who appeared on state TV after the recent military takeover, the new foreign minister. The head of Zimbabwe's air force, Perence Shiri, was named the minister of agriculture and land affairs. Mr...
BBC.COM 01 December 2017
DIS closes in on fake Tholwana Borethe author
DIS director general, Isaac Kgosi was however not forthcomng with a positive response when approached by Mmegi. Tholwana Borethe is a purported intelligence report that caused a stir among opposition circles in July this year which turned up...
Staff Writer 01 December 2017
Fresh push for review of 70/30 pension fund split
Currently, the regulations direct asset managers to hold not more than 70% offshore and the balance onshore. By March 2017, the date for which latest figures are available, local pension fund assets amounted to P77.5 billion of which 62.1% was held...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 01 December 2017
Men and testing: Oil and water
Since the emergence of HIV in Botswana in the mid-1980s, the country has made great strides towards reigning in the epidemic and ensuring a future for new generations. Today, various programmes and interventions, largely funded by government and...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 01 December 2017
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