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Calistus Kolantsho 08 December 2017
Stage set for Botswana Games
The participating 16 districts arrive tomorrow for the biennial tournament, the last being held in defending champions’ turf, Francistown. The Games Organising Committee chairperson, Bobby Gaseitsiwe told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the teams...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 08 December 2017
G-West JSS churns out crack talent
Botsile Sakana (16) Sakana developed interest at a young age of six. He used to play football on the streets with his peers. At 10, he joined Re Ba Bona Ha development programme in Kanye under the tutelage of coach, Khumile Ramotshegare. He then...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 08 December 2017
Systems target vulnerable Ostriches
Despite a recent poor string of results that saw the ousting of the Zimbabwean coach Madinda Ndlovu, the Ostriches are still a side to send a chill down the spine of any opponent. The Ostrich blood has spilled twice this season at their...
Koketso Kgoboge 08 December 2017
Two stunning strikes re-define derby
Forget the 10-point gap between BTC Premiership log leaders, Township Rollers and city rivals, Gaborone United (GU), the recent clash between the two has left a lasting impression. Apart from breathtaking moves and tactical displays on the day, the...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 08 December 2017
Mental strength key in delicate Chiefs, Galaxy tie
The tie is delicately poised after Magosi registered a 2-1 victory at home in the first leg played at Lobatse Sports Complex a fortnight ago. Goals from Khumoetsile Kufigwa and Lesego Galenamotlhale in the second half cancelled out Patrick...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 08 December 2017
But why?
Local football is hovering perilously close to a ticking time bomb. While most clubs are already battling to stay afloat amid crippling financial challenges, a fresh dilemma has emerged; fans are no longer interested in going to the stadiums to watch...
Mqondisi Dube
| 08 December 2017
Upbeat GU look to finish off Gunners
The clash will be staged at the Francistown Sports Complex, a venue that has often produced a great atmosphere for a soccer match. United go into the second round match carrying a healthy lead having won the first leg 3-0. If the history of the...
Chakalisa Dube
| 08 December 2017
Maranyane: the rounded artist
Emang ‘LadyArtist’ Maranyane has been building her artistic reputation in the last few years and recently told Arts & Culture in an interview that she has registered her creative company called Gemani Arts. She said she will launch...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 08 December 2017
Batswana skeptical of Bitcoin
While other Southern African countries such as neighbouring South Africa and Zimbabwe have embraced Bitcoin, in Botswana people still have reservations about this technology. As Bitcoin has a reputation for being unpredictable, unsafe and volatile,...
Isaac Pinielo 08 December 2017
Talented Tati Siding man makes use of old tyres
The young man recycles tyres making different and elegant products from tyre chairs to flower pots and lounge tables. In an interview with Arts & Culture, Moatlhodi said he started his business this year. He was inspired by all the tyres that are...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 08 December 2017
Horticultural market mothballed
According to the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security’s chief information and public relations officer, Boikhutso Rabasha, the board of BHM has taken the decision to mothball the operations of the market, following its...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 08 December 2017
IFC issues P260m bond to fund Botswana firms
The bond would be the first listing by a multilateral institution on the local bourse. “The issuer seeks to bring together domestic and foreign private capital and experienced management and thereby create conditions conducive to the flow of...
Brian Benza 08 December 2017
GBV remains grave concern
* Kedibonye Molebatsi, a mother of two met her husband when they were still in high school. The two were inseparable. Theirs was a love admired by many, who described it as the kind pf love only seen on film. Life was perfect. The couple gave...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 08 December 2017
Mid-term national budget in surplus
The Botswana Financial Statistics (BFS) report for October reveals that at the end of the half-year period to September 2017, the budget posted a surplus of P107 million. At this point last year, the budget showed a cumulative deficit of P1.7 billion...
Brian Benza 08 December 2017
Karowe Mine revenues seen rising to P2.1bn
In a statement released this week, Lucara said revenue should be between $170 million and $200 million (P2.1 billion) in 2018, compared with the $165 million to $175 million (P1.8 billion) that the company expects to bring in this...
Staff Writer 08 December 2017
Dingake appointed to Papua New Guinea High Court
Justice Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake is among six national judges and four acting judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission to the Supreme and National Courts. The judges appointed are Dingake, from Bobonong in Botswana, and Jim...
Alfred Mulenga 08 December 2017
Fuel prices increase by 30t on Monday
The Ministry is making the following price adjustments: 1. Retail prices for unleaded petrol 93 be increased by 30thebe per litre 2. Retail prices for unleaded petrol 95 be increased by 30thebe per litre 3. Retail prices for diesel 500ppm be...
Correspondent 08 December 2017
P326 million: biggest financial scandal in Botswana
Seretse, Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang were this week remanded in custody after appearing before the Regional Magistrate’s Court facing money-laundering charges in their personal capacities. They will appear for mention today....
Staff Writer 08 December 2017
Saleshando�s anti-unity �scars� a lesson to BOPEU
Giving a solidarity message during a congress that ended on Wednesday, Saleshando said he carries the scars of not allowing unity of opposition to run its course in the past. “There is strength in unity. My position had always been resolute but...
Onalenna Kelebeile 08 December 2017
Welcome to the Big Apple
So what can be new? Well, I am new here and I am right in the heart of it so this is what is going through my mind. I am at Time Square – ‘the Centre of the Universe’ as the New Yorkers brag sometimes. On the corner of...
Thalefang Charles
| 08 December 2017
America through Water�s eyes
“My people never imagined they could travel this far,” says Tumeletso Setlabosha, the man widely known only as ‘Water’. He is referring to the people of Jao - a small village island in the heart of the Okavango Delta where he...
Thalefang Charles
| 08 December 2017
Kgang, Mabaila throttle one another
One of the hopefuls, Kgang Kgang, has written a letter of complaint to the party secretary general, Mpho Balopi pleading that another candidate, Tshephang Mabaila be reprimanded for ‘playing dirty’. Kgang accuses Mabaila of sponsoring a...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 08 December 2017
David�s former employee challenges his dismissal
Tau was fired from office at Davids’ Mochudi East constituency office in December 2016. He had been in the position since December 2014, until clerk of the National Assembly Barbara Dithapo dismissed him when his relationship with Davids had...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 08 December 2017
Bahurutshe take government to court on their bogosi
This follows the dispute that arose between the Bahurutshe boo-Manyana and government back in August when government confiscated leopard and lion skins that were to drape Kgosi Kebinatshwene I on the eve of his inauguration. In their statutory...
Pini Bothoko
| 08 December 2017
Tshekedi calls for more transparency in tourism sector
Addressing journalists on the sidelines of tourism symposium here, Tshekedi said the current arrangement where the government does not have any specific figures on the money collected by tourist centres such as hotels, lodges and safari camps in...
Bame Piet 08 December 2017
Mma Atsile: The impending First Lady
FRANCISTOWN: First Ladies in history of Botswana and globally are known for playing various important roles in society, leaving the political route totally to their husbands. It is common cause that for a First Lady to be effective in serving the...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 08 December 2017
UB professor cautions members against selfish union leaders
Speaking during the Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) Central Executive Committee meeting recently, Jotia said this is necessary to ensure that leaders are not there for selfish interests at the expense of workers who are entrenched in poverty....
Onalenna Kelebeile 08 December 2017
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