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Calistus Kolantsho 14 December 2017

RAJA Xmas tournament celebrates 20 years

One such competition is the RAJA tournament, which has been running for the last two decades.  RAJA is an acronym for Ramokgwebana and Jackalas 1 villages. The tournament spokesperson, Modesto Madzambi said RAJA will be celebrating its 20th...

Calistus Kolantsho | 14 December 2017

Botswana to host 2018 COSSASA athletics

Francistown will be the venue for the competition to be held in May. Windhoek in Namibia will host the COSSASA ball games next year. Zimbabwe hosted the last edition’s athletics, while Lesotho organised the ball games. Botswana has twice...

Koketso Kgoboge 14 December 2017

Handball eyes basket, volleyball players

He said there are some students who are not good in basketball and volleyball who can join handball. “Recruit players from there. Some players may not make the schools basketball or volleyball teams, but you find that a person can spike very...

Calistus Kolantsho | 14 December 2017

TAFIC coach wants more firepower

He said this after watching his side lose 3-1 to Gaborone United (GU) in an emotionally charged BTC Premiership match played at the Francistown Sports Complex on Tuesday. Chinyemba and goalkeeper coach, Wrist Mmusi were shown red for using foul...

Chakalisa Dube | 14 December 2017

Ex-Gilport players demand October dues

The players through the Footballers Union of Botswana (FUB) have proposed that they be paid the remaining half of their October salaries before the end of the year. The club had proposed to pay all the outstanding payments by the end of February...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 14 December 2017

Main Mall hosts Heart of the City carnival this Saturday

Botswana Tourism Organisation is coordinating the event in partnership with African Point Solutions and Epiphany Royals. The Carnival is an annual event that happens at the end of the year to herald the Christmas season. It will be hosted in and...

Staff Writer 14 December 2017

Nono Siile hosts a pre-album launch this weekend

Douglas Mosadi, Banjo Mosele, Shanti Lo, Kearoma Rantao and Trinity Mpho will support the singer who started her career by winning My African Dream. The album, an extended play show organised by Zen Promotions, will start at 6pm. Real name,...

Staff Writer 14 December 2017

Cookout Food festival promises tasteful dishes

This comes after the outdoor event that was scheduled for November 25, 2017 was postponed to December 16, 2017, which is this Saturday. The event coordinators were forced to postpone the event due to a downpour on the date set earlier.  In this...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 14 December 2017

Touch Motswak Tswak postpones album release

The rapper had recently highly publicised that the album will be released this month on various media and social media platforms. ‘‘Despite announcing the release dates of the album with time I felt I needed to perfect a couple of things...

Dumisani Ncube 14 December 2017

Boatle to host chesa nyama session

The event, which has a strictly Motswako line up, has an endless number of events such as games, musical performances, braii and a picnic set up. Local acts on the line up are Scar, Big L Wasekai, Touch Motswak Tswak, DJ Izzy, Chrome and Eskimos to...

Dumisani Ncube 14 December 2017

ATI, Amantle Brown, Leungo impress at Mahika Mahikeng

Taking the stage first at the well-attended Mahika Mahikeng‘s Jazz festival on Sunday was Amantle Brown and her flexible dance crew who kept the audience on their toes as they watched their seductive moves. By the time she sang Follow the crowd...

Pauline Dikuelo | 14 December 2017

And that comrades is the BMD strategy. Any questions Media! Where the hell are they

Mmegi Editor 14 December 2017

BBS gets P250m funding from IFC

IFC’s support to the Building Society will promote financial inclusion and access to housing finance in the country. IFC investment in BBS comprises a senior loan equivalent to $25 million in local currency. The long-term funding will support...

Staff Writer 14 December 2017

Can I crush medicines before taking them?

Medicines in tablet, pill or capsule form come in many different shapes and sizes. Some are designed to release medicine slowly into your body over a period of time. Some have a special coating and may be difficult to crush. In some cases, these...

Correspondent 14 December 2017

The magistrate overreacted

They have to weigh the interests of society, against the interests of the victim and the interests of the accused person before coming to any conclusion. All this should be conducted in a transparent manner in the presence of all stakeholders;...

Mmegi Editor | 14 December 2017

Wilderness Safaris: Proudly driving sustainable ecotourism in Botswana since 1983

Here are a few short facts to illustrate how Wilderness Safaris Botswana positively impacts the country, its people and its wildlife:   * 1,079 staff employed, of which 1,039 are local citizens: * This makes up 43% of the entire Wilderness...

Correspondent 14 December 2017

Chaos in Tonota

Yesterday, 15 residents appeared in court to face a slew of charges relating to Sunday’s violence.  The suspects include Tumelo Motlhabi, Supelo Mpane, Gaone Jimmy, Goitsemang Keduetse, Gaothe Kedietse, Seretshegeng Reeditse, Esther...

Keneilwe Ramphopho 14 December 2017

Good, bad and ugly: Batswana bid Khama farewell

Candy Motlalen: There shall never be a well socialising president like you ever again....all the best in the future.nna neke go rata tota. Kea ipuelella Boikanyo Ayn: Thanks for destroying my youth. Pilatwe Pilatwe II: Good management Dr...The only...

Staff Writer 14 December 2017

Better rains forecast from January

Botswana’s rain season runs from October to December and January to March each year. However, increasingly, climate change experts are warning that the onset and intensity of rains is changing rapidly. Yesterday, acting deputy director of the...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 14 December 2017

Private commits suicide at Village BDF camp

Central Police station commander, Superintendent Mothusi Phadi said the incident was reported after the deceased’s colleague went to check on him and was instead shocked to find him hanging from his room’s wardrobe. “In the morning,...

Pini Bothoko | 14 December 2017

Former officer wins big after spat with Davids

Tau, a former employee under Mochudi East legislator, Isaac Davids’ constituency office, was awarded the sum by an arbitrator. The AG and the Clerk then took the fight to the Industrial Court, where Judge Annah Mathiba, on Tuesday morning...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 14 December 2017

Gantsi farm hands sent to death row

Lobatse High Court Judge, Abednego Tafa yesterday ruled that Kgalalelo, 31, and Mpe, 27, should be hung by their necks until they died for their roles in the robbery, murder and arson attack on Reinette Vorster. The sentence came after Tafa failed to...

Staff Writer 14 December 2017

Electoral Bill introduces EVM paper trail

“The Bill introduces (a) VVPAT printer to ensure that votes are supplemented by a permanent paper record of each electronic vote for purposes of auditing electronic ballots,” says the Bill presented by the Minister of Presidential Affairs...

Bame Piet 14 December 2017

Tougher military rules sail through Parly

Under the amended BDF Bill, BDF members will face jail terms for using ‘contemptuous language’ to the President, Cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament, and others. Soldiers will face jail terms for using provoking or ‘reproachful...

Pini Bothoko | 14 December 2017

Trump and the controversy of Jerusalem

He is desperate to hold onto his base, which includes so-called Christian fundamentalists, who unquestioningly support Israel, his interest in ‘the ultimate deal’ between Palestine and Israel is non-existent, he has no regard for the...

Solly Rakgomo 14 December 2017

Everything has changed

Frankly it doesn’t matter whether you approve or not, the entire customer service landscape has been overturned by an earthquake. An earthquake called Facebook. A member of our Facebook group recently commented that when consumers have a...

Consumer Watchdog 14 December 2017

Balete declare �war� over Kgale Farms

Yesterday, the tribe’s lawyer, Thebe Ramokhua told journalists gathered here that Balete had resolved to defend the suit filed by the Malete Land Board and go as far as the International Court of Justice if they lost in local courts. The Land...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 14 December 2017

WUC loses P500m through leaks, non-invoicing

The corporation incurred a loss in revenue of over half a billion pula, its latest annual report shows. During the year under review, a total of 100.6 million kilolitres of treated water was pumped into the distribution networks, and only 71.8...

Isaac Pinielo 14 December 2017

We�re doing #lalavuka this festive � Olopeng

Olopeng made the announcement at the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) press conference in Gaborone on Thursday.  He said the extension will apply during the Christmas and New Year’s Days from December 24th to 26th and from New Year’s...

Staff Writer 14 December 2017