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Front Page this week: Gov't pays Russians P522m
Mbongeni Mguni 09 March 2018
The egg race
Staff Writer 09 March 2018
Tshireletso calls women to active politics
Speaking at the Botswana SADC Gender Protocol Summit 2018 hosted by Gender Links Botswana today, Tshireletso said even though the country has made great strides on the promotion of gender equality and fight against women and children abuse, it was...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 09 March 2018
Botswana should keep nation alert on listeriosis
It said that the affected products include products from Enterprise and Rainbow. These also include any other products manufactured or packaged for other retailers by Enterprise and Rainbow. The government also embarked on a massive recall of these...
Mmegi Editor
| 09 March 2018
The crisis in the UDC
First was the crisis of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) one of the UDC constituent parties, which culminated in a violent confrontation at its (BMD) congress and the subsequent departure of a major section of its members to form the...
Correspondent 09 March 2018
Relentless: Wilson Ngoni's brush on another level
Three days before his highly anticipated solo art exhibition titled Relentless at Thapong Arts Visual Centre, Art & Culture visited the painter at his studio in Kopong on the outskirts of Gaborone. “Sorry I just woke up,” he...
Thalefang Charles
| 09 March 2018
The volatile Francistown BDP region explodes again
FRANCISTOWN: By any standard, this has been the most active party region with a lot of exchange of negative energy. From time immemorial, peace has been eluding this region giving the party a bad name. Party diehards have fought, insulted and some...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 09 March 2018
Kebonang, Guma in war of attrition
Kebonang is said to have asked his Cabinet colleagues this weekend if they have the right to respond to Guma in kind and why the BDP appeared to be helpless in dealing with what he describes as wayward behaviour. “Kebonang reminded his Cabinet...
Staff Writer 09 March 2018
Rollers slash CAF tie tickets to P10
Rollers, under an Operation dubbed #PackTheStadium, want fans to come in large numbers for a season defining encounter. Popa have been in defiant mode in CAF’s club flagship competition, after beating highly-rated Al Merreikh of Sudan in the...
Staff Writer 09 March 2018
Seretse implicates Khama, Masisi
Seretse, Botho Leburu and Kenneth Kerekang are facing money-laundering charges. They wrote an explosive letter through their lawyer, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae on January 16, 2018 to the Attorney General (AG) in which they talked about a rebuffed request...
Staff Writer 09 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 09 March 2018
Legoelela ke eng?
Ngwaga ono, jaaka re bonye, pula e ne ya ganana. Motswana a lelala a bo a lapa molala, ya se ka ya na. Bangwe ba tlaa re, ya kalela. Le fa go ntse jalo, mo mafelong mangwe ya utlwalelwa fa e ntse e gaola, mme tota e se ya go lema jaaka batho ba ne ba...
Sebofo Motshwane 09 March 2018
Kenya: Kenyatta and Odinga pledge reconciliation
Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga spoke on national TV after holding their first public meeting since the poll. About 150 people were killed in the aftermath of the disputed election. Earlier this year, Mr Odinga swore himself in as the "people's...
BBC.COM 09 March 2018
Morupule A 90% complete, returns in June
The 30-year-old power station, with a nameplate capacity of 132MW, was for decades the country’s sole power station, until projections in the early 1990s showed a need for its expansion by at least 600MW. Construction of the adjacent Morupule...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 09 March 2018
'Judgeship is akin to some kind of priesthood'
I am truly and sincerely grateful to the Chief Justice, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and the President of PNG Law Society, for their generous and kind words of welcome. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the Judicial and...
Key Dingake 09 March 2018
Dagga seeds oil makers arrested
Pini Bothoko
| 09 March 2018
BNOC delays Commonwealth Games team announcement
The Commonwealth Games would be held in Gold Coast, Australia in April, but the BNOC twice hesitated this week to officially announce the team, after inviting the media to a press briefing. No reasons have been advanced for the delays, but BNOC said...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 09 March 2018
Boxing hard hit as IOC withdraws funding
Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) chief executive committee, Tuelo Serufho recently said IOC withdrew funding to the world boxing body, International Boxing Association (AIBA), with governance issues cited. Serufho said the IOC was...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 09 March 2018
Experienced Peloewetse relishes AUSC Games task
The Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development, Thapelo Olopeng launched the games’ LOC in Gaborone this week. Peloewetse was named as the head of the team, and he is committed to delivering a memorable tournament. “I...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 09 March 2018
Leaders Galaxy aim for buffer over Rollers
Although level, at 43points, with Rollers, Galaxy are top due to a superior goal difference. However, Rollers have played a game less (19) and are in action on Sunday against Black Forest. Galaxy are at home to Police XI in Jwaneng tomorrow, and the...
Koketso Kgoboge 09 March 2018
Suspended Phiri to stay at TAFIC
The club, however, is not appealing the sentence imposed by the Botswana Football Association (BFA) Disciplinary Committee (DC) recently. Phiri was also barred from taking part in all activities sanctioned by the BFA for the duration of his...
Chakalisa Dube
| 09 March 2018
Notwane, Prisons XI draw daggers for 'cup final'
The winner of the match would have a firm grip of proceedings, with just three games before the end of the campaign. Prisons XI coach, Philemon Makhwengwe has described the game as a ‘cup final’. At the moment, the two teams have played...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 09 March 2018
Ostriches crack after severe plucking in Top 8 Final
The Orapa outfit have played three consecutive finals, but the past final will go down as one of the worst in their history after they were easily dismantled by Popa. The heavy defeat has exposed the Ostriches and it appears the technical team has...
Koketso Kgoboge 09 March 2018
Maruping Poetry duo headed to UK international festival
Once there, the Setswana poetry specialists will engage in school workshops and reading amongst others. In an interview, Motswasele told Arts & Culture that they would make three appearances in the five-day event. “We will raise our flag...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 09 March 2018
BPL, Kabelano on collision course
The charity cup was last held in 2013, with Barclays as the sponsor, and Kabelano has reportedly begun negotiations with four popular clubs; Township Rollers, Mochudi Centre Chiefs, Extension Gunners and Gaborone United for this year’s...
Staff Writer 09 March 2018
The birth of Kany M
Having only burst into the local fashion industry last year, Molale is now launching his new brand identity through his ‘2018 Resort Collection’ Campaign. The resort collection, sometimes referred to as travel collection in the fashion...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 09 March 2018
The real engine of the business cycle
CHICAGO: Every major financial crisis leaves a unique footprint. Just as banking crises throughout the 19th and 20th centuries revealed the importance of financial-sector liquidity and lenders of last resort, the Great Depression underscored the...
Correspondent 09 March 2018
Is it all over for Vee Mampeezy?
As recent critics suggest, it is not too late for Vee Mampeezy to reinvent himself as the people’s artist like he has always been since releasing Pompa Tswidi Tswidi more than a decade ago. It might be risky to call time on Vee Mampeezy,...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 09 March 2018
BIHL keeps faith in Letshego, despite P140m impairment
BIHL is the country’s largest diversified financial group and also the Botswana Stock Exchange’s (BSE) third largest listed domestic counter. Letshego, a pan African micro-lender active in 11 countries, is the largest non-bank financier...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 09 March 2018
Gov't pays Russians P522m to settle BCL suit
BusinessWeek can reveal that a presidential directive of January 24, 2018 issued a special warrant under which the payment was made to the Russian nickel giant. In November 2016, Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of nickel, filed a...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 09 March 2018
Settlement adds lustre to BCL too little, too late
SELEBI-PHIKWE: BCL Group mine’s liquidator Nigel Dixon-Warren is optimistic that the settlement of a lawsuit by Botswana government to the Russian mining outfit, Norilsk Nickel International, could improve the Mine’s attractiveness to...
Onalenna Kelebeile 09 March 2018
Fresh bid to purchase TNMC
The companies started the process of assessing the information about TNMC last week Thursday. “The companies that have been allowed access in the data room at (TNMC) to access information about the mine are local, regional and international...
Chakalisa Dube
| 09 March 2018
BMWU to petition gov't
The petition will further demand that government investigate the findings of the BCL liquidator Nigel Dixon- Warren’s report on the closure of the BCL mine and take proper actions against those implicated. The decision to petition, according...
Onalenna Kelebeile 09 March 2018
Schools run helter-skelter as WUC disconnect water
The disconnections started on Tuesday as an initiative by the corporation to recover P60 million of unpaid bills by both government institutions and individuals within the Selebi-Phikwe Management Centre. Government reportedly owes more than any...
Onalenna Kelebeile 09 March 2018
Accused killers walks free
The duo, Gagotshwane Ramotlopi and Kabo Ngwako last week Wednesday possibly escaped the hangman due to the State’s insufficient evidence. The pair had been on trial accused of murdering Phologo Olefile in Basarwa Lands near Molepolole on...
Mpho Mokwape
| 09 March 2018
Botswana making progress towards achieving UNAIDS target
Giving his Committee of Supply Speech recently, Assistant Minister of Health and Wellness Dikgang Makgalemele said the country adopted new innovations like HIV self-testing and implementation modalities, which were being worked out. He pointed out...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 09 March 2018
Bamalete Lutheran Hospital suspends CEO, Principal on corruption allegations
This comes after some employees of BLH wrote a letter to the Office of the President (OP) and Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) to look into allegations of corruption and malpractice at the BLH and BLSON. Mmegi has it on good...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 09 March 2018
Mochudi East by-election for April 21
The by-election will be held on April 21. The parties are not clear whether they will hold primary elections for the by election, or have a consensus candidates. But time is no longer on their hands since they are only left with one week since on...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 09 March 2018
Walking in the footsteps of Ngwaketse conquerors
A gravel road leads northwest from Moshana Village, from where a donkey-cart path branches off at a gentle northwards angle. On a ridge alongside the Moshana River, a two-kilometre hike takes you to rocky terrain, the unspoilt savanna typical of...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 09 March 2018
Cover2Cover Books
Ros Haden explained to me in a recent interview that the students in Langa struggled to find books that interested them. “There were very few books in the library that reflected their lives and excited them except for one series, The Blueford...
Lauri Kubuitsile 09 March 2018
Council given month to finalise Tlokweng Revised Plan
Mmegi has learnt that the plan has been under discussion for two years and councillors felt that it was time for some of the projects in that plan to be implemented. Population growth in Tlokweng over the past three decades have been on the upsurge...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 09 March 2018
Tobacco Control Bill at advanced stage
He said this when presenting 2018-2019 the recurrent and development budget proposals presented to the committee of supply. With the law in place, as the Bill intends, it is meant to protect people from devastating consequences of tobacco use....
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 09 March 2018
Palapye records one death as Malaria cases rise
The DHMT are anticipating high numbers of Malaria cases following recent rains and anticipated rainfall as per the weather forecasts. Since the malaria transmission season started in August last year, the regional health team said they have recorded...
Koketso Kgoboge 09 March 2018
Why FCC councillors wanted Muzila ouster
FRANCISTOWN: In a wide-ranging interview this week, Mmegi spoke to Kanana councillor Gopolang, who doesn’t seem regretful of the action taken by councillors in telling Muzila it was her time to go. “The reality is that all the ruling BDP...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 09 March 2018
How late Modenga became Francistown's deputy mayor
By then, there were even allegations that Modenga had bought suits for his colleagues in order to persuade them to choose him as Francistown’s second citizen. Nobody by then expected Modenga to become Francistown deputy mayor. Some councillors...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 09 March 2018
Do something about mobile data costs
The idea was to try other providers especially with regards to their mobile data packages. I landed at this network which sells you data and gobbles it all up in an instant. How they achieve that still baffles me, but their meters are certainly on...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 09 March 2018
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