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Front Page this week: Court Gives Bushiri's Church Lifeline

Staff Writer 19 March 2018

Presidency

Setlhako go lela sa ga mang?

Innocent Selatlhwa 19 March 2018

Open Letter To Pres Khama

The President described Botswana private media journalists as some of the worst in the world. He actually said ‘fake news’ originated in Botswana. Khama made reference to the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) P250 million saga, saying that he...

Monitor Editor 19 March 2018

Motlakase Electrocute Calendar Stars

In an one-sided game, Motlakase also called Chouka Chouka by its hordes of fans dominated the game from start to finish. After the referee blew the whistle for the game to start, Motlakase put Stars under a lot of pressure forcing the latter to...

Lebogang Mosikare | 19 March 2018

Kavazovic Downplays Rollers' Chance Of Winning CAF Title

The Blues played to a goalless draw against Young Africans of Tanzania in the second leg, but advanced to the prestigious stage of competition on a 2-1 aggregate score. Speaking to journalists after the weekend’s game, Kavazovic said his side...

Kabelo Boranabi | 19 March 2018

TAFIC Suspend Seven Players

 “I cannot disclose why the players have been suspended because this is a sensitive and internal matter. The suspension is indefinite. The players will appear for a disciplinary hearing soon,” he said. The suspended players are:...

Chakalisa Dube | 19 March 2018

Rollers Make History

The two teams played to a goalless draw in the second leg of the second round played at the National Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Popa’s 2-1 win in the first leg played a week ago in Tanzania helped them become the first local side to reach...

Kabelo Boranabi | 19 March 2018

Rollers Ponder Cheap BPL Tickets After #PackTheStadium Success

However, on Saturday afternoon when Township Rollers hosted Young Africans of Tanzania in the second leg of the CAF Champions League second round, an estimated 19,000 fans thronged the 22,500-capacity National Stadium, making it the largest crowd to...

Kabelo Boranabi | 19 March 2018

Bravo….As Adhocracy Takes Precedence

Being educated is the ability to manipulate the gained knowledge and information to cause the necessary adaptation to cope with prevailing situations and conditions. There was a point in time when education was measured by the amount of information...

Correspondent 19 March 2018

Batswana Living Beyond Their Means – Dr Eliya Zulu

He said Batswana consume more than what they produce noting that if the pattern continues, the country would suffer the repercussions. “It is evident that Botswana is a consuming nation as children in the country are usually dependent until...

Pauline Dikuelo | 19 March 2018

BPC Compresses Debtors' Book By P347m

In 2016, the Corporation’s debtors’ book ballooned from P400 million largely due to non-payment of power bills by struggling mining companies choked by the international commodities crunch. The Corporation’s chief executive officer...

Pauline Dikuelo | 19 March 2018

Assuming That Uyapo Ndadi Is Correct – Then Bakang Seretse Is Something Else!

Uyapo Ndadi wrote on his Facebook page that “the strategy by Bakang Seretse is difficult to follow, not sure if he is saying I’m guilty but I am not alone, which surely is not a defence to the charge/s. Or he is saying I am innocent and...

Correspondent 19 March 2018

Open Letter To Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi

Dear Honourable Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi, MP, I write to you this open letter as a fellow citizen and, like you, a political leader.  When I took the decision to enter the terrain of active politics a few years ago I had high hopes. I thought I...

Correspondent 19 March 2018

BDP Sends Off Khama In Style

In addition to the presents from the party, Gaborone region gifted Khama a quad bike load trailer, cattle trailer and a generator trailer.  Having received many different gifts including livestock, poultry, generators, farming equipment and many...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 19 March 2018

New Trust Fund Donates To Marina Children's Ward

Lebogang Charlotte Motshidisi, 28, extended a hand of compassion to children diagnosed with different ailments through her newly set up trust fund, the Ame Motshidisi Trust Fund, named after her son. The baskets included fruits, snacks, bathing...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 19 March 2018

Northern Farmers Call For F'town Abattoir Re-opening

The farmers are in a bid to lobby government to re-open the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) Francistown abattoir. The resolution was taken during a meeting held by the farmers at Francistown Senior Secondary School’s recreational hall over the...

Chakalisa Dube | 19 March 2018

Mogoditshane Grapples With TB Scourge

Statistics from greater Gaborone DHMT show that being the most populated area, Mogoditshane is overwhelmed with TB cases. TB remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality and is the most opportunistic infection among people living with...

Pini Bothoko | 19 March 2018

Parley Shoots Down Gaolathe's NPF Commission Motion

The motion proposed as a matter of urgency, was debated in Parliament on Friday, and saw 37 legislators vote against it, while 14 voted in support, and one member abstaining. “We hear that there is a possibility that hundreds of pulas have...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 19 March 2018

Tlokweng Suitcase Murder Mystery Remains Unresolved

Asked about the DNA results that were found on the 15 male used condoms that were discovered dumped with July’s body, Tlokweng Police Station commander, superintendent Robson Maleka told The Monitor that they were still awaiting DNA results to...

Pini Bothoko | 19 March 2018

‘I Suffered Racism At The Hands Of A White Man'

In the past there were reports of Batswana being harassed and looked down upon by white people, but for a while racism cases had quietened down. Then it was reported that white racist tendencies were entrenched by centuries of colonialism and...

Pini Bothoko | 19 March 2018

Kgafela's Ally To Represent UDC In Mochudi East

Molebatsi garnered 795 votes, winning the candidacy for the constituency for the Botswana National Front (BNF) parliamentary primaries, while Obakeng Matlou came in second with 363 votes while 338 people voted for Mothusi Tlhowe. Molebatsi has been...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 19 March 2018

Khama Accuses Trump Of Encouraging Poaching

He blatantly condemned the shocking decision taken by the Trump administration to consider issuing permits to import certain elephant trophies from six African countries including Botswana. He said Trump is undermining their efforts and also...

Mompati Tlhankane | 19 March 2018

The Ever Secretive Kazungula Railway Line

The assumption must be that the bridge’s rail line will somehow connect with Livingstone. The problem, repeatedly posed, is to know how it would link up with the South African rail network to Durban and/or Richard’s Bay, as has been...

Sandy Grant 19 March 2018

Bolata In The Kgalagadi

Yet, it is still common to talk about the status of Khoe or Basarwa communities in the Kgalagadi without any acknowledgement of their past subordination by other ethnic groups.  By the 17th century a pattern was emerging throughout much of the...

Jeff Ramsay | 19 March 2018

FNB Hosts First Wine Show

The event started on Friday evening and ended on Saturday. FNB Botswana had partnered with Tamasa Trading and Dwine Wines to bring a selection of the finest wines for a two-day event of wine and music.  The first night of the show was an...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 19 March 2018

Court Gives Bushiri's Church Lifeline

They have been given a new lease of life after government had shut down the church. The High Court ruled that the decision by Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs, Edwin Batshu and Registrar of Societies, Michael Mokgautsi to de-...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 19 March 2018

On The Edge Of Beauty's Seat

Currently located in Block 7, Gaborone, the Edge offers services ranging from manicure, pedicure, facials, massages, slimming, body firmness and toning, and also has a salon. Lekgoa says when starting the business she wanted to provide a one-stop...

Pauline Dikuelo | 19 March 2018