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Front Page this week: Secrecy shrouds judges appointment

Staff Writer 16 February 2018

China: Woman joins handbag in X-ray machine

Staff at Dongguan Railway Station in southern China were shocked to find the silhouette of the train commuter on their X-ray monitors. An online video showed the bizarre incident took place on Sunday during the Lunar New Year travel...

BBC.COM 16 February 2018

Mogorosi, Msomi suspended for 17 games

Mogorosi, who was returning from suspension was given a heftier suspension of 10 games, which means his season is almost over. He was also slapped with a P10,000 fine to be paid within 14 days. Msomi will be out for seven games and also has to pay a...

Staff Writer 16 February 2018

Hey! That's not okay

Mbongeni Mguni 16 February 2018

Leemedi le e leng lone ke lefe?

Ka Botswana o namile, ga a ka ke a mo tsamaya a bo a mo wetsa ka letsatsi, o ntse o tsweletse ka loeto lwa gagwe. O tsena dikgaolo le metse ka go farologana, a laela Batswana, a ba sadisa sentle. Re itse gore, Tautona o laela jaana ka e tlaa re...

Sebofo Motshwane 16 February 2018

TAFIC await toothless Lions in abandoned den

But they have since abandoned that home base and are back in Gaborone. The second city’s council stadium is TAFIC’s slaughter house. The Lions learnt it was a mistake to drag Matjimenyenga to the Francistown Council Stadium, where the...

Koketso Kgoboge 16 February 2018

Air cleared over �fake� traditional games forum

Middleton was due to fly out to Antalya, Turkey to take part in the first World Ethnosport Forum on Saturday and Sunday. However, there was a statement circulating on the internet, claiming the event was fake. But Middleton told Mmegi Sport that he...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 February 2018

I won�t go back until they apologise � Zakhem

Talks over Zakhem’s return have heightened in recent days following the resignation of chairperson, Rapula Okaile this week. Zakhem was at the helm during GU’s purple patch, which saw them win a league title and two Mascom Top 8 titles...

Staff Writer 16 February 2018

Crosbie part of strong field for Malotwane race

A challenge track awaits the riders, and Crosbie said he is excited to be back. “I am looking forward to the race especially that it rained. I am also going to be wearing the colours of my new sponsors Peak Yamaha, NS Race Team, USN Botswana...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 February 2018

Pabalinga promises successful CUCSA games

He was, however, this week given a mammoth task of leading a team to organise the 2018 Confederation of University and College Sport Association (CUCSA) Games to be held in Gaborone in June. Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) chairperson,...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 February 2018

BPL autonomy talks gain momentum after SA trip

This comes in the wake of the BPL board’s trip to South Africa for a benchmarking exercise at the Premier Soccer League (PSL). The BPL has for years advocated for independence from the mother body in order to, amongst others, be able to...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 16 February 2018

Faltering chasers pile below Highlanders

The win sent Highlanders eight points clear at the top but right below, faltering chasers are piling. Highlanders would be tested week in, week out, starting with a tough examination against Sua Flamingoes. Flamingoes will not be an easy prey at...

Koketso Kgoboge 16 February 2018

Royal Moscow Ballet returns yet again

This time around it will be held on March 7, 2018. Addressing the media at a press briefing on Wednesday, the managing director of OP Advertising, Francis Gleeson said they will be bringing the Royal Moscow Ballet back to the country because they...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 16 February 2018

Marotela wins Miss Valentine Thamaga

She was followed by Kopano Mokgadi while in third position was Gorata Monnane. The queen received a brand new washing machine,  while her runner-up was awarded a dressing table and the second princess walked away with a Flat TV Screen. The...

Oleosi Kgosi 16 February 2018

Fans bemoan night Top 8 final kick-off

The organisers of this year’s final have already confirmed the match between Township Rollers and Orapa United will kick-off at 8pm, following the two previous seasons’ pattern. But some fans have taken to social media, arguing the late...

Staff Writer 16 February 2018

Blogging African stories

Local lass, Mmabatho Motsamai has taken advantage of the Internet to come up with a blog titled The Afrolutionist and it tells the story of Africa.  Blogging has not been an easy walk in the park ever since its inception and many have quit along...

Dumisani Ncube 16 February 2018

How Bakgatla Ba Kgafela were robbed of their inheritance

I. The Great Diversion Motlhabe, a village of around 3,000 people in North West, is a settlement from where it is possible, if the wind is right, to inhale thick clumps of dust from the rock waste dump of the Pilanesberg Platinum Mine, one of the...

Correspondent 16 February 2018

Masisi must avoid Khama�s pitfalls

He may be leaving a wealthy man than he came into office, but he leaves Batswana wanting in the empty promise of an improved economy. His highest achievement was hiring more Ipelegeng workers than creating gainful employment for many Batswana, which...

Mmegi Editor | 16 February 2018

Maforaga rediscovers artistic calling

“I am stuck with drawing and painting, and I have figured after so many years of dumping this talent I might as well give it another chance.  It just can’t go away,” he said. Maforaga is the go-to person for portrait paintings...

Koketso Kgoboge 16 February 2018

BMC sets sights on Middle East, Russia

The Commission, whose losses have averaged P100 million in the last three years, is drawn to the region after its success in Kuwait last year, where the market there even accepted supplies from the Maun abattoir. Over the years, the Maun region has...

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 February 2018

Lax govt depts vex PPADB

The Board’s observations come as ministries come under increasing pressure to tighten project delivery and cost management, in the age of declining national budget revenues. A Project Management Office is being set up in the Office of the...

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 February 2018

Billions flow as parastatals' spending freeze eases

The billions of pula more in grants that parastatals are set to receive in the next financial year fly in the face of the Finance Ministry’s stated austerity policy for public funds, especially those spent in the generally loss-making...

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 February 2018

Khama offers Bakgatla 'heaven'

Before that, Kgafela’s brother Mmusi Kgafela was recruited into the ruling party and is set to battle it out for the Mochudi West parliamentary seat next year. Scores of Bakgatla left their Kgotla a happy people yesterday after President Ian...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 16 February 2018

Molatlhegi tipped as next Speaker

Mmegi has learnt that Molatlhegi has agreed to pave the way for Meshack Mthimkhulu.   Both Mthimkhulu and Molatlhegi had shown initial interest in contesting in the BDP primaries.  This will be the last lap for the party’s...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 February 2018

Kalahari Copperbelt officially opens for business

The 422 workers who were offloaded unceremoniously in February 2015 when Boseto Mine closed down, have become the cautionary tale of attempting to extract value from the Kalahari Copperbelt. Discovery Metals Limited spent US$175 million developing...

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 February 2018

Khama to get P4m first year of retirement

He will receive his first wholesome pay in the financial year starting April 1, 2018, right after his vice, Mokgweetsi Masisi, steps into power. The bulk of the budget will go towards remuneration in the office, with P948,960 earmarked for...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 February 2018

UDC heading for collision cause

The BCP is expected to table a formal motion at the UDC congress next week calling for the UDC to have one VP instead of two. The BCP members want the motion to be thoroughly debated and possibly be endorsed at the congress. The UDC currently has...

Chakalisa Dube | 16 February 2018

Renowned psychotherapist offers workshops

In his workshops, Habib Riazati will be discussing different issues such as the systemic, holistic and integrated relationships between the core values and shared fundamental principles in science, philosophy, religion, psychology, and...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 16 February 2018

Zimbabwe far from recovery

Sesa lists out a number of what is to take place before Zimbabwe can be seen to be reforming.  Top of them is holding free and fair elections as Mnangagwa promised. When addressing a State Banquet this week at the Gaborone International...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 February 2018

BMD fails to meet UDC deadline

Because of the headache the BMD finds itself in, now the UDC National Executive Committee (NEC) is faced with a mammoth task of whether or not to accept the party at the February 23, 2018 congress. Pundits are of the view if the UDC leadership...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 February 2018

The opportunity is before us

I stand, today, no so much to respond to his presentation, but I rise in exercise of the heavy burden of responsibility to which many citizens of our country have, by the power of the ballot, called us to.  Many of them walked many miles, under...

Ndaba Gaolathe 16 February 2018

BDP F/town region wants MPs, councillors to account

The region also proposed all regions across the country be given the powers to review and scrutinise the performance of legislators and councillors. It is also of the view that should councillors and MPs be obliged to account, they will work hard,...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 February 2018

The corrupt politics of state capture

In fact, as I was penning this article, news were streaming in that the National Executive Committee of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) have given him a 48-hour ultimatum to have handed over his resignation. It was further reported that...

Solly Rakgomo 16 February 2018

Writers have responsibilities

Occasionally, though, productive things come out of social media, productive things such as ideas for columns. Most of my friends on Facebook are writers, so we often talk about writerly things. The other day a friend put up a newspaper article from...

Lauri Kubuitsile 16 February 2018

The shithole continent in an era of Western populism

A Clinton misadventure safely delivered a swearing nationalist and closet racist to the White House. A French copycat effort blew up spectacularly, momentarily dazzling a world reeling in shock at gale force winds of populism battering both sides of...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 16 February 2018

Rapula quits as legal showdown looms

GU general manager, Olebile Sikwane said Okaile cited personal reasons for leaving the club without elaborating. “He said it was due to personal issues; he didn’t elaborate. It has nothing to do with GU,” Sikwane said...

Mqondisi Dube | 16 February 2018

Secrecy shrouds Court of Appeal judge appointments

During its meeting on Monday, the JSC considered, approved and recommended the appointment of Makhwade and Dambe by President Ian Khama. This has prompted questions as to what criteria was used to shortlist the two jurists on permanent and...

Oarabile Mosikare 16 February 2018