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Front Page: Kgosi in trouble

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe 02 March 2018

Whither Botswana Workforce

Mbongeni Mguni 02 March 2018

Basic education ministry requests additional P119m

According to supplementary estimates of expenditure from the consolidated and development funds financial paper no.2 of 2017-2018, which will be tabled at Parliament this week, the ministry made an oversight and under provided for their needs in the...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 02 March 2018

Zim man fined P5,000 for child neglect

The 52-year-old was convicted on two counts of neglect and ill-treatment of children under section 56 (1) as read with sub-section 2(d) of the Children’s Act. In the first count, the accused was found to have acted in a negligent manner by...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 02 March 2018

A go buiwa jalo?

Le fa go ntse jalo, re bona e kete ke mafoko a ka buiwa ke Tautona Khama ka jaana malatsi a gagwe a go tlogela tiro, kgotsa, go di latlhela teu, jaaka re kile ra bua, a gaufi. Mme jaaka re itse, re bile re bona, ke yoo o ntse o raletse Botswana, o...

Sebofo Motshwane 02 March 2018

Toxic politics of ethnicity in Africa

These included diverse countries such as Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Egypt. In my research on the situations in those diverse countries in order to make an informed analysis, I realized that issues of ethnic rivalries...

Solly Rakgomo 02 March 2018

Mingo Touch to launch gospel album next week

The artist who switched from kwaito to gospel music, has already released a single from the album called Ke Tuka Molelo and it was one of the gospel hits enjoyed over the past festive season. At the launch he will be supported by a majority of...

Mompati Tlhankane | 02 March 2018

CENE Media, Kwese partner for premium entertainment

The partnership will see CENE Media utilise its high-speed fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service to deliver unlimited entertainment to Batswana available on Kwesé Play. Kwesé Play is a high-quality, RokuTM Powered streaming service that...

Mompati Tlhankane | 02 March 2018

No Hamptons lala-vuka to cost local artists

Speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday, Hamptons CEO Debbie Smith said that the Gaborone City Council (GCC) initial permit that allowed them to perform until 6am would have benefited more local artists who wanted to be part of the...

Mompati Tlhankane | 02 March 2018

Vee retraces steps for upcoming music video

Since signing to Universal Music Group, Vee Mampeezy has shot the Champion music video, which cost a quarter of a million pula to make. The Metro FM award winner has never shot a video in Botswana since, even I do and Happy videos were shot outside...

Mompati Tlhankane | 02 March 2018

Artist reconnects with photo-realism

And many admirers of art in Botswana get fascinated by artists who paint or draw a photograph exactly as it is. A 24-year-old from Ramotswa is a photo-realist painter who creates images that refer not to nature but to its reproduced images. Thabiso...

Oleosi Kgosi 02 March 2018

Commonwealth Games athletes undergo media training

The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) sponsored one-day workshop focused on upskilling athletes on how to handle interviews.  The workshop facilitator, Janine Lazarus said they accomplished a lot during a short time. “A lot of...

Calistus Kolantsho | 02 March 2018

Artists need rest

If it means writing Monday to Monday, 10 hours per day because that is what the muse demands, then they follow that mad woman until she says it’s time-up. I don’t agree with that either. In any case, everybody finds their own way. I only...

Lauri Kubuitsile 02 March 2018

Depleted Jaguars hunt wounded Rhinos

A lot is at stake as both sides would like to walk away with maximum points. Rhinos lost to BDF Cheetahs while Jaguars are in a buoyant mood after dispatching Botho Ryders 66-5 last weekend. Rhinos gave their all but their fitness was their downfall...

Calistus Kolantsho | 02 March 2018

Chess breaks eight-year wait for league

The league is sponsored by Debswana for P127, 800 and will run over seven months. The total sponsorship amount is P511, 200 over a four-year period. Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) public relations officer, Kutlwano Tatolo said all is done and set...

Calistus Kolantsho | 02 March 2018

Bring back our land

We cannot afford to pretend that it is a problem peculiar to Zimbabwe and South Africa and that Batswana have not been dispossessed. We have in fact been dispossessed. In the waning years or months of colonial rule, the retreating government secured...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 02 March 2018

BFA locks the stable after the horses bolt

In a bid to reassure partners, BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti said the soccer motherbody will tighten its controls to ensure that such incidences are avoided. He spoke at the unveiling of a P3.8 million sponsorship deal with Choppies meant for...

Staff Writer 02 March 2018

Cruel end to a deadly foot

Malepa Bolelang arrived on the Premier League scene with then little known ECCO City Greens in 2005. Local football was at crossroads then, after a protracted move to increase teams from 12 to 16. This was after, two giants, Township Rollers and...

Mqondisi Dube | 02 March 2018

Chikomo, Mafu eye milestones

Sembowa has won the trophy four times; twice with Gaborone United (GU) and once with Township Rollers and Galaxy. That places him at the apex of the standing for the most successful player in the Top 8’s seven-year history. But breathing down...

Mqondisi Dube | 02 March 2018

Battle of the minds in final

Rollers coach, Nikola Kavasovic has to test his wit against Orapa’s Bongani Mafu and his right hand man, Daniel ‘Chico’ Nare. It will be an appropriate stage for both sets of hungry coaches, whose teams have been here before, in...

Koketso Kgoboge 02 March 2018

Rollers� Africa adventure gobbles P430,000

Rollers president, Jagdish Shah said they used P430,000 for both their home and away ties. Rollers were first to host the Sudanese at the National Stadium before travelling to North Africa for the return fixture last Wednesday. Rollers made a...

Mqondisi Dube | 02 March 2018

Bank profits hit two-year low

The banks’ fortunes were dampened last October when the Bank of Botswana (BoB) cut interest rates by 0.5%. According to the central bank figures released on Wednesday, a 3.4% increase in banks’ net interest income to P4 billion, was...

Mbongeni Mguni | 02 March 2018

Guma, Nkaigwa smoke peacepipe in P2m suit

The pair, who was this week tipped to go off at each other in a court battle where Guma was accusing Nkaigwa of defaming him in a Facebook status, decided to let bygones be bygones. In a court order issued this week, the two Members of Parliament...

Mpho Mokwape | 02 March 2018

Makwala runs rings around doping officers

The athlete gained worldwide fame in 2017 following a solo run at the World Championships in London, but DCO say Makwala has been difficult to deal with. At one point the athlete reportedly locked himself in a bathroom when the officers wanted to...

Calistus Kolantsho | 02 March 2018

The dark side of skin

The thought of changing your skin colour might seem bizarre, but for many people, skin-lightening creams and treatments are part of a daily skincare routine. Many agree that the desire to be lighter has deep psychological roots, stemming mainly from...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 02 March 2018

Tax laws tighten around megacorps

Through abuse of a practice known as transfer pricing, multinational corporations have been able to reduce their tax obligation in Botswana by manipulating the pricing of products and services between local subsidiaries and their cross-border parent...

Mbongeni Mguni | 02 March 2018

Breaking the glass ceiling in accounting

Now, industry leaders are calling for sponsorship and a change in corporate policy to break the glass ceiling and reap the benefits of continued growth in diversity. And though the accounting profession is less skewed than many other fields, they say...

Correspondent 02 March 2018

Auditing minnows feel Big 4�s pinch

The local auditing market is dominated nearly entirely by PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, while the failure rate amongst small firms is estimated at 30%. From the establishment of the local audit sector, the Big Four carved up the market,...

Pauline Dikuelo | 02 March 2018

Battle for billions turns nasty

In brief On March 9 at the High Court, the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) faces off against Capital Management Botswana (CMB), in a suit in which the regulator wants to place the asset manager under statutory...

Mbongeni Mguni | 02 March 2018

Creative solutions to Omang debacle needed

The ministry stated that the congestion is caused by the fact that Omang, which started in 1988, is valid for 10 years and is renewed every other 10th year, therefore Omang cards for all people who did their identity cards that year need...

Mmegi Editor | 02 March 2018

Mogoditshane parliamentary primaries� appeal dismissed

The letter written in February by regional secretary, Obakeng Kgabo reads, “We have given careful consideration to the issues you raised and found that you have denied yourself the rights to appeal by violating section 12 (c) (i) under appeals...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 02 March 2018

BBS vendors, contractor clash over arrears

This came after the new contractor made the vendors who are occupying the space at the flea market pay P10 every day.  The new arrangement has made the vendors uncomfortable since they now believe that the new contractor is taking all their...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 02 March 2018

BMD survives exit motion, for now

It was a peaceful event. As expected, the debates were robust and at times emotionally charged. Gone go buiwa Pua Phaa ka Kgololesego. Delegates were aware that such an opportunity comes after a long time and they made sure they maximised on...

Correspondent 02 March 2018

BCP sues Ombudsman over Khama�s retirement home

The statutory notice was delivered to the Attorney General, Abraham Keetshabe on February 21, 2018 and the intention is to launch court proceedings after the expiry of 30 days. On January 29, 2018 Makgonatsotlhe released a Mosu inquest absolving...

Oarabile Mosikare 02 March 2018

UDC moves against DIS boss

The legal action is for an order to declare that the P250 million payments from the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) relating to the acquisition of security equipment and surveillance platform be made invalid. Businessman Bakang Seretse, Botho Leburu,...

Staff Writer 02 March 2018

Masisi keeps the nation guessing

FRANCISTOWN: Masisi is expected to give the nation his roadmap ahead of his mandatory two five-year terms if his ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will continue to win the general elections. It’s this roadmap, which will determine what he...

Ryder Gabathuse | 02 March 2018

Trapped in a 29-year-old nightmare

“We don’t know if we are alive or dead. We don’t know if we are citizens or not.  “God is with us.” We are seated in a covered shelter, paved with marble tiles a few metres from her house. Mma Sithole, the...

Mbongeni Mguni | 02 March 2018