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FrontPage this week: Gov't moves against Seretse, Kgori again
Mpho Mokwape 23 March 2018
BDF, Romeo and Juliet head back to court
The Commander of BDF through the Attorney General will be back in court on April 18, 2018 at the Court of Appeal (CoA) to try their luck in reversing Justice Zein Kebonang’s judgement issued on November 18, 2016 that ruled in favour of the...
Mpho Mokwape
| 23 March 2018
Tarzon gone bad
Staff Writer 23 March 2018
Motsumi's passing a huge loss to Motorsport
He will be laid to rest at his home village of Metsimotlhabe tomorrow. His passing comes just three months from this year’s edition of the 1,000km Desert Race in Jwaneng. The annual event takes place from June 22 to June 24, 2018 and Lekone...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 23 March 2018
Tussle over softball SG's post as elections loom
Gaosikelwe was suspended last September over allegations she had failed to follow procurement procedures when she bought jackets worth P32,000, and that she had failed to pay BSA subscription fees to the World Baseball Softball Confederation...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 23 March 2018
Zebras date regular sparring partners, Lesotho
The match will be used to bid outgoing President, Ian Khama, whose 10-year reign ends on March 31, 2018. Khama is a passionate football fan and a Botswana Football Association (BFA) patron. The BFA has consistently managed to arrange friendly...
Staff Writer 23 March 2018
Shock as Hamptons postpones
The festival was scheduled for tomorrow at the Duma FM grounds. This comes after the Gaborone City Council (GCC) cut the festival’s operating hours from 2pm until midnight. The organisers had sought permission to run the show from 10am...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 23 March 2018
The Chicken that spiced the local game
Koko has a deceiving demeanour, unassuming off the pitch, but a slippery customer on it with some fine dribbling skills and penetrating runs. Growing up in Molepolole, Koko’s football career took a life changing turn when he had a...
Mqondisi Dube
| 23 March 2018
Rugby president resigns
Gilbert replaced Elijah Jones in 2016, but has decided to call it quits midway through his tenure. However, some clubs are not aware of the changes at the top, which took place last month. Secretary general, Ernest Mantsi said Gilbert cited...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 23 March 2018
Ostriches, Nare part ways
Chico joined the Ostriches last October following a fruitful stint at Miscellaneous. He is the second high profile coach after Madinda Ndlovu to exit the Orapa club. His relationship with the Ostriches turned sour following a heavy 4-2 defeat to...
Koketso Kgoboge 23 March 2018
Chasing pack pin hopes on Wanderers
A win for Highlanders will mean one foot into the BTC Premiership, and agony for the pursuers who will be left to scrap for the play-off spot. With four fixtures remaining, Motlakase Power Dynamos are the closest to Highlanders, albeit, six points...
Koketso Kgoboge 23 March 2018
Judiciary bleeding from nepotism
Now the contagious corruption disease seems to have spread to the Judiciary as well. Newspapers are awash with reports of corruption week in week out. Fresh damning allegations have emerged within the Judiciary pointing to existence of corruption,...
Correspondent 23 March 2018
Kavazovic happy with draw
Rollers, making their debut in the money spinning group phases, are in the same pool as Egypt’s most decorated side, Al Ahly, multiple Champion League winners, Esperance of Tunisia and Kampala City Capital Authority (KCCA) of Uganda. Of the...
Staff Writer 23 March 2018
Rollers budget P2m for group stages
Rollers became the first Botswana side to reach the group stages of the Champions League after dismissing Tanzanian champions, Young Africans 2-1 on aggregate. On Wednesday, they were drawn in a group that has north African giants, Al Ahly and...
Staff Writer 23 March 2018
Lushly Beautiful liquid lipstick changes cosmetic game
Lushly Beautiful matte liquid lipstick producer, Sethunya Monyatsi said her product started as a dream seven years ago. However, at the time she became reluctant to turn her dream into reality because whomever she shared it with discouraged...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 March 2018
BR fire blast injures one
The blast was heard at nearby locations of Area W, Riverside, Monarch and White City. According to the communications manager of BR, Sereo Thabeng, at least one person was injured when the incident occurred, but there were no fatalities. “The...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 23 March 2018
Bangwato ready for Khama's monumental farewell
Preparations for the mother of all farewells are in earnest in the Ga-Mmangwato capital. The Central District Council (CDC), district commissioner, Berenice Berman-Mosime, who chairs the village local organising committee said anticipation for the...
Koketso Kgoboge 23 March 2018
Artist passionate about photo pointillism
Kutlo Mabua was born and raised in Mahalapye and is a visual artist who specialises in pointillism. Pointillism or stapling is a process of making dots using different pressures that result in tones to create a picture using fibre pens and micro fine...
Oleosi Kgosi 23 March 2018
DPC scribes shoot the breeze at Goo-Moremi
Being the adventurer and lover of nice things in the country’s busiest newsroom, Yours Truly had to lead the journey to the mystical Goo-Moremi and it had a bumpy start. At the scheduled time of departure, inconveniently there was no...
Thalefang Charles
| 23 March 2018
Air Botswana gets P290m to pretty up for new suitors
The refleeting will include the purchase of a 70-seater Embrear E-Jet, a class of narrow-bodied, twin-engine jets manufactured by a Brazilian aerospace group. Last July, the airline went through a fourth bungled attempt to privatise it when tourism...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 23 March 2018
Ministries unfazed as revenue arrears top P460m
The figures are contained in the committee’s latest report tabled recently before Parliament. According to the PAC’s report, revenue arrears owed to ministries were pegged at P458.1 million in 2013-2014 with P4.2 million collections and...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 23 March 2018
Rains arrive, but harvest projected to fall 80%
The rains finally arrived, but they were too late. The ploughing period, during which government provides inputs such as tillage services, seeds and fertilisers, was extended, but it was too late. Farmers who had craned their necks to the sky...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 23 March 2018
Khama to unveil two iconic monuments before he goes
The unveiling events will both be conducted by President Ian Khama at 1130hrs on each date. The Tropic of Capricorn is one of the three imaginary lines along with the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator which are believed to cut across the planet Earth...
Staff Writer 23 March 2018
Keep BOCRA's keen eye on network providers
Most customers have taken to social media to show their discontent in the way the cellular network providers are servicing them. The complaints, which in most cases the customers raise include amongst others, billing, missing airtime and data...
Mmegi Editor
| 23 March 2018
From Khama to Masisi: The Presidency in times of uncertainty
A decade later, as Khama steps down at the end of his 2 terms as CEO of Botswana Inc. a recurring – ‘President Khama inherited a financial crisis’ - is almost synonymous with every description of his presidential term. Fast forward...
Bakang Ntshingane 23 March 2018
Dying for a bite...
There was a time when you could most probably stroll across any one of the many border posts from South Africa into Botswana with little scrutiny by officials. Stories have been told of travellers bringing in undeclared items such as alcohol, toys...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 March 2018
Overstretched amenities suppress Palapye's development potential
The civic leaders illustrated a contrast in the growing village and the provision of services and development of infrastructure. They argued that the system is disappointing the transformation. With the recent springing of developments,...
Koketso Kgoboge 23 March 2018
Cerebral Palsy: Founder advocates rights of disabled children
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted in 2006 at the UN Headquarters and was opened for signature on 2007. The convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 March 2018
Textile sector reaches breaking point
From 13 firms exporting under the AGOA provisions prior to the global recession, the number dropped to just one, Carapparel Botswana, which last year gave up and relocated to Lesotho. Lesotho is a top textile exporter under AGOA, shipping off $290.4...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 23 March 2018
KAZA region last hope for 400,000-some elephants
Amongst the panel discussions and speeches, various speakers highlighted the importance of investing in the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-TFCA) in order to save elephants, amongst other bigger concerns. While the Giants Club...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 23 March 2018
Khama to return all his gifts
“They always tease my many names, but I simply tell them that the names resonate with my many plans for the improvement of their livelihoods. I don’t have biological children so I regard every Motswana as my child. Therefore this...
Correspondent 23 March 2018
Students debate water crisis in Botswana
Debating on Decentralising the Management of Water and Water Resources in the country at President Hotel recently, Kgari Sechele Senior Secondary School students supporting the motion, debated that decentralising the management of water and water...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 March 2018
Defence ministry seeks billions for upkeep
The ministry reckons it is due to an increase in departments’ activities and growth respectively, especially Botswana Defence Force (BDF) where the biggest chunk will be heading. Presenting his budget to the Committee of Supply, Minister Shaw...
Mpho Mokwape
| 23 March 2018
Industrial Court 'toys' with broadening litigation scope
The court reckons that the review of its jurisdiction will give enough advantage to labour litigation by the use of law and equity, which is currently only on dispute of rights. The Minister of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development,...
Mpho Mokwape
| 23 March 2018
BDP's primary election appeals mishandle could backfire
This is according to political analyst and University of Botswana (UB) lecturer Dr Kebapetse Lotshwao. President Ian Khama recently endorsed the names of the candidates who will contest the general election. The candidates are made up of those who...
Chakalisa Dube
| 23 March 2018
Will the NPF saga give opposition political mileage?
FRANCISTOWN: The President and Vice President have not been charged with any criminal offence in relation to the NPF controversy and have since issued public statements denouncing that they have benefited from the NPF in any way. In politics,...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 23 March 2018
Basic education ministry warns underperforming school heads
Though the number of school heads who have been handed the warning letters could not be confirmed, Mmegi is aware that some heads have been receiving their warning letters for the dysmal 2017 Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) results over the last...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 March 2018
BPP to expel Kuchwe, cautioned Gudu
A panel appointed by BPP to carry out a hearing against Richard Gudu and Kuchwe has recommended that the party should expel the latter. The duo appeared before a disciplinary hearing that was chaired by Gosaitse Mangise late last...
Chakalisa Dube
| 23 March 2018
Elimination process favoured Masisi for VP
FRANCISTOWN: Mokgweetsi Masisi apparently benefitted from a seemingly political elimination process undertaken by President Ian Khama as he screened people who were tipped to be in the race for the VP position. Even Masisi did not fancy his chances...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 23 March 2018
Gov't moves against Seretse, Kgori again
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has made an urgent application before Justice Tshepo Motswagole for restraining and forfeiture Orders in terms of Sections 39 and 11 of the Proceeds and Instruments of Crime Act. This is in relation to...
Staff Writer 23 March 2018
Analysts opine BDP should discipline wayward legislators
Political analyst, Leonard Sesa believes that the BDP has the mandate to guide and restore dignity in the party instead of letting things get out of hand. The analyst said the party is supposed to act the same way it does towards its youth members....
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 23 March 2018
Nomadic politician, Maruping barred from Tati chieftainship
No one is wiling to shed light into how former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Botswana People’s Party (BPP), councillor Kopano Maruping was abruptly stopped from turning up for work at Tati Siding Customary court. The former councillor...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 23 March 2018
Omang backlog threatens Ralekgetho votes
The by-election is billed for March 24, 2018 and a good number of people are holding on to receipts awaiting issuance of their new identity cards. It has also been realised that quite a good number of people have misplaced their voters’...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 23 March 2018
A re bue ka 'go tshwara...'
E re seemo se le maswe, go le thata, a re, ga e ne e a komakoma. Go utlwa a bua jaana, bangwe ba bo ba ka latlhega, ba tsaya gore, o raya go komakoma pula. Nnyaa, a sa bue ka pula, a bua ka selo se sele fela. E re pula e ne e ntse e na, jaanong...
Sebofo Motshwane 23 March 2018
Brutal rape of democracy in Egypt
No one must be reminded that in the mother continent of Africa, elections and controversy are always within a touching distance within each other. In other words elections in many parts of Africa always attract headline news for wrong reasons. It...
Solly Rakgomo 23 March 2018
Divorce law - A case for review
Wifey was resisting hubby’s decision to end the union. They had been living apart for a short while, by mutual agreement. It may well have been the husband’s strategy for a soft exit because he filed for divorce from the safety of...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 23 March 2018
The power of words
A phrase can define a large narrative reaching into many aspects of our lives. These words and phrases can impact on major decisions and actions, improving or destroying lives in the process. This is why it is important to pick apart repeated words...
Lauri Kubuitsile 23 March 2018
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