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Koketso Kgoboge 22 December 2017
Merry Xmas and season�s greetings
Botswana is not an exception and as majority of our people are Christians, they will join their fellow Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Monday. Not all of us are in a festive mood. It will be a tough festive seasons for...
Mmegi Editor
| 22 December 2017
Ditshupo to raise funds for Lechana clinic
The hamlet is located on the outskirts of Palapye, some 25 kilometres along the A1 road to Francistown. The current medical facility is a one-roomed traditional house built from clay bricks. Lechana has a population of less than 1,000 people and is...
Koketso Kgoboge 22 December 2017
Anti-doping body demands answers from Jele
While there has been a veil of secrecy around the matter, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has demanded answers from the athlete. Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) president, Thari Mooketsi said they are still waiting for a response from WADA,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 22 December 2017
A run that defined 2017
Athletics: Largely regarded as a late bloomer, Isaac Makwala went to the London World Championships in August searching for his first medal at the world stage. While Makwala holds all national sprint records, he had not set the world stage alight....
Calistus Kolantsho
| 22 December 2017
Trends, trials and tragedies that made 2017
Worst moments This is the year where Vee Mampeezy never got into his usual groove, Wabaatsile lacked the creativity synonymous with the artist of his calibre. Now we have a festive without a Vee hit. Well that’s a first. And who can...
Dumisani Ncube 22 December 2017
Mining industry turbulent in 2017
Having experienced effects of the domestic economic contraction, the industry was dealt a severe blow by the closure of the BCL Mine in October of the prior year. According to the 2017 budget speech, the negative growth of the economy was mainly due...
Isaac Pinielo 22 December 2017
GDP numbers sparkle, but household and business struggle
In September, the Ministry of Finance officials revised the 2017 growth estimate to 4.7% from 4.2% projected in February as higher output from the services sectors and the end of a drought eased pressure on major industries. But numbers show that...
Brian Benza 22 December 2017
After BCL, Phikwe starts to pick up the pieces
The Mine may have closed and uncertainty over its reopening is rife, but not all is lost for the SPEDU region. SPEDU is currently involved in 14 projects covering nine citizen-owned companies in information and technology and manufacturing, three...
Onalenna Kelebeile 22 December 2017
Bid to oust Morupisi at BPOPF fails
The motion to oust the chairperson at Tuesday’s board meeting was driven by recently surfaced allegations that Morupisi has a beneficial interest in Capital Management Botswana (CMB), an asset management company that won P830 million in tenders...
Staff Writer 22 December 2017
No festive season for White City rape, murder suspect
Thirty-year-old Mogotsi is suspected to have raped and killed a nine-year-old girl in November at White City in Gaborone. On Thursday, Mogotsi pleaded with the court to grant him bail. “It's my second mention that the prosecution has been...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 22 December 2017
The year 2017
January Inauguration of Donald Trump January saw the inauguration of what seems to be the world’s most hated United States President in Donald Trump who became the 45th President. He immediately reversed majority of his successor Barrack...
Bame Piet 22 December 2017
2018: Masisi�s litmus test
Few weeks into the year, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will face a stern test. The party primaries, which have traditionally been a divisive period for the party, will take place in opposition-held constituencies. In the 2014 general election,...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 22 December 2017
Seretse's transactions exposed
These are bank accounts of interest to the investigation of the DCEC regarding Seretse and two others for money-laundering. Seretse, Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang were recently granted bail by the Gaborone Regional Magistrate and will appear in...
Oarabile Mosikare 22 December 2017
Unearthing the gems in the wilderness
For me, the whole story is about value. Creating value, distributing it equitably and as sustainably as possible. This is essentially what the diamond miracle that powered the post-Independence economy was all about. Geologists dug deep in the...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 22 December 2017
Is Botswana unfriendly to asylum seekers
It is alleged that rejected asylum seekers, mostly from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who spent months at FCII suffered abuses such as assault, sexual assault to mention but a few. Following the alleged abuse they suffered before their...
Pini Bothoko
| 22 December 2017
The highs and lows of 2017
F/town deputy mayor ousted Early this year, controversy-ridden Kanana ward councillor, Lechedzani Modenga was ousted as Francistown deputy mayor. Satellite South councillor Godisang Radisigo would later be sworn-in, in his place. Modenga’s...
Staff Writer 22 December 2017
Tips for Festive Season
Do not try to please everybody Some of us will be travelling long distances to meet our relatives, old friends, in-laws, as well as those irritating former primary school classmates who always demand some form of recognition. Yeah, they have made it...
Bame Piet 22 December 2017
Phikwe to bounce back in 2018
Next year, according to town Mayor, Molosiwa Molosiwa, will be a very busy period for Selebi-Phikwe as evidenced by the way various stakeholders came together and refocused their resources towards revitalising the town’s economy. “A...
Onalenna Kelebeile 22 December 2017
The year death row got packed
By precedent, the road between the death penalty and execution is dark in Botswana. Few death penalty convicts have had their sentences overturned at the Court of Appeal (CoA) and even fewer have had their convictions set aside. The road is also...
Pini Bothoko
| 22 December 2017
Top 10 WTF moments of 2017
Real live prison break The year began with the country’s biggest prison break, when 18 inmates busted out of the Francistown Central Prison, sparking a massive manhunt. The 18, comprising 15 Zimbabweans and three Batswana, were serving time...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 22 December 2017
Things I�ve learned along the way
Don’t wait for the muse. I’ve never believed in the idea that you must wait for the muse to strike you with an overpowering idea before you sit down at your desk. In On Writing, Stephen King gives the best advice when he says that if...
Lauri Kubuitsile 22 December 2017
Have a Merry Christmas
To be sure, some are home already. I was in Mahalapye the other day. I could catch the smell of coffee, cooking on the open fire. The cracking laughs from excited little children. There is music everywhere. The Christmas spirit is in the air. I love...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 22 December 2017
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