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Front page this week: Gaolathe's link in BPOPF saga

Calistus Kolantsho 20 April 2018

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Solly Rakgomo 20 April 2018

Police should stop harassment of journalists

The anti-media brigade forgets the role played by the media in the country. They ignore the fact that members of the Fourth Estate play a crucial role in this country’s democracy. Ours is one of the most important jobs and no amount of...

Mmegi Editor | 20 April 2018

Khetho fired up ahead of Olympiad battle

Khetho is on the rise after a four-year bad patch. He told Mmegi Sport yesterday that to be the second best in the region means a lot. “I mean winning a local weekend tournament on its own is enough to drive one over the moon, now you can...

Calistus Kolantsho | 20 April 2018

Lack of home ground robs BR Highlanders

BR Highlanders coach, Kabo Dintwa lamented the situation soon after his side beat Great North Tigers on Saturday to secure promotion back to the Premier League. “Because we do not have a suitable ground (in Mahalapye) all our home matches are...

Chakalisa Dube | 20 April 2018

Amos returns to US base after Gold Coast agony

Instead, the 800m runner headed straight back to his United States base after a disappointing end to his Commonwealth Games campaign. He finished eighth in the finals and later revealed he had suffered a calf injury. Amos was a medal prospect in...

Calistus Kolantsho | 20 April 2018

Young Zebras going for the kill against Namibia

Speaking at a press conference before the team’s departure to Namibia, Stanojlovic said his charges have been responding well after a two-week long training camp. “The players are disciplined, they are working and they are giving it 100%...

Kabelo Boranabi | 20 April 2018

The rot has spread at an alarming rate

The GU situation is being replicated across the league with only Township Rollers, Security Systems, BDF XI, Police XI, Orapa United and Jwaneng Galaxy, able to meet their financial obligations. Clubs such as Gilport Lions, Extension Gunners, TAFIC,...

Mqondisi Dube | 20 April 2018

In dire straits!

A club that earned the nickname, The Money Machine, smashing and grabbing every cup competition, has, unsurprisingly taken out the begging bowl. Sources said the GU management has been forced to approach the BPL, in an unambiguous admission that the...

Mqondisi Dube | 20 April 2018

Flamingoes within reach of elusive Premiership goal

Flamingoes are home to Great North Tigers and have dominated the Francistowners since their debut season in the second tier league.  The teams met five times in the league with Flamingoes winning three, while the other two matches ended in a...

Koketso Kgoboge 20 April 2018

Makwala, Montsho, Thebe take home P600,000

The 400m runners won gold in their individual races, which earned them a cool P100, 000 from the government’s athlete incentive scheme. Baboloki Thebe was the second highest earner after Makwala, pocketing P220, 000. Makwala received a...

Calistus Kolantsho | 20 April 2018

The nightlife in Lusaka

Imagine roaming the streets in the wee hours of 3am and there is lot of activity like it is already daytime. Eateries still open, street vendors still making a living, women cooking nshima (pap) in big pots, men selling vegetables and second hand...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 20 April 2018

Young poet serenades with Setswana

Though not academically gifted in linguistics, he surely sounds like an expert in Setswana whenever he belts out many native language words. His diction is mature, he says numbers in Setswana. He speaks pragmatically and never utters any single...

Mompati Tlhankane | 20 April 2018

Motlha talks album launch, fame

There is a Setswana saying that ‘Ntsanyana ya maitaya sebatana e bonwa mabotobotong’ and indeed Motlha’s love for music started when he was seven-years-old. He traces his life in music as having started after scooping the coveted...

Mompati Tlhankane | 20 April 2018

Han C on singing in the vernacular

This week Arts & Culture sat down with talented lyricist, Han C Magapatona to learn more about his choice of language, composition, new project and a latest collabo with Berry Bone, Mafurafura  which was recently released. The 23-year-old...

Mompati Tlhankane | 20 April 2018

Appeal lodged to return Tati to liquidation

Last week, the High Court removed Tati Nickel from its two-year liquidation, after Justice Zein Kebonang ruled that there were insufficient reasons to keep the mine under. The decision, described by legal experts as unprecedented, effectively handed...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 April 2018

New P400m coal mine due near Morupule

The mine will be built on over 600 hectares of land around the settlements of Masuakoloi and Segakwane. The settlements are a few kilometres  southeast of Palapye near Morupule Coal Mine (MCM). MSR director, Comfort Molosiwa told villagers...

Koketso Kgoboge 20 April 2018

Make Sure You're At GBF Book Night!

I’m very excited to be part of this event. I’ll be speaking about writing historical fiction and about my historical novel, The Scattering (I’ve just sign a new contract with Penguin Random House for my second historical novel with...

Lauri Kubuitsile 20 April 2018

Sitting in the widening circle of desperation

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Before the closure of the mine in October 2016, they were the envy of town, their blue uniforms proudly emblazoned BCL Mine and marking them out as the cream of the crop in the copper and nickel mining town. On their paydays, the plus...

Onalenna Kelebeile 20 April 2018

Russians, Gov't still legally sparring despite pending deal

Even as outgoing Minerals Minister, Sadique Kebonang secured last minute approval of US$45 million to offer to Norilsk Nickel as a settlement of a US$271 million lawsuit, the Russian giant was pressing ahead with one of its lawsuits in the...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 April 2018

Indian multi-billionaire cosies up to Masisi

Agarwal, renowned for his rags-to-riches story where he built his empire from selling scrap metal, has already met twice with Masisi in the new President’s first 20 days in office. The industrialist holds a controlling stake in Vedanta...

Pauline Dikuelo | 20 April 2018

Dangers of imperial-capitalist wars

In fact, in most cases those wars have made the world more dangerous. Furthermore, these wars, most of them waged by the United States and its clients, have wreaked environmental destruction, made life even more difficult for those who have little to...

Solly Rakgomo 20 April 2018

A e a bo e le mogopolo go eta?

Mo go a mangwe, go bonala go sa nna jalo. Koo, bana ba sa ntse ba tsamaela kgakala go latela sekole go sele. Pego nngwe e supa fa go ntse jalo kwa Boro, motse mongwe wa kgaolo ya Goo Tawana/ Maun. Ga twe, kwa Boro, ga go na sekole. Mme gore bana ba...

Sebofo Motshwane 20 April 2018

On the sub-judice rule

For context, I make copious reference from the court judgement on the published words that got the lawyer and the newspaper in trouble: “The trial of a woman who suffered 10 years of abuse at the hands of her common law husband, whom she...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 20 April 2018

BCP, BMD grapple with constituencies' swap

The development now means that BCP president Dumelang Saleshando will contest the next general elections in Maun West.  It is an open secret that for months, the BCP has been looking for a suitable constituency where it will field Saleshando at...

Chakalisa Dube | 20 April 2018

BDP faces tumultuous primaries ahead

The BDP has set aside August 11 for the second batch of primaries in the constituencies held by the party. This follows January 20, 2018 tumultuous primaries in 10 of the 18 opposition held constituencies. The party’s primary elections, dubbed...

Ryder Gabathuse | 20 April 2018

BDF, 'Romeo and Juliet' feud ends

The two parties were back in court on Wednesday at the instigation of the BDF who had appealed the judgement that forced the reinstatement of the pair and the contempt of court judgement decided to settle the matter once and for all. BDF’s own...

Mpho Mokwape | 20 April 2018

Botswana, Zambia cement 50 years ties

President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s inaugural working visit to Zambia demonstrated the significance Botswana attached to consolidating bilateral relations between the two countries. During his visit to Zambia last week, President Edgar Lungu...

Correspondent 20 April 2018

DCEC 'cowboys' allegedly assault Seretse's employee

According to an employee at the company, the DCEC assaulted Tabengwa in full view of staff members as she insisted to go with an attorney to an interview they had called her for. “She received a call from the DCEC directing her to come to their...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 20 April 2018

Rammidi rumoured to be headed back to BDP

Just less than a month after Khama left office, the BCP secretary general Kentse Rammidi, is rumoured to be on his way back to the ruling party. Mmegi has learnt that lately Rammidi has been frustrated by perceived lack of progress within Umbrella...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 20 April 2018

Motswaledi eyes Palapye in 2019

Motswaledi said at AP he has found a political home, with a well-crafted message that resonates well with his worldview. He naturally got inclined to joining the party to further his political aspirations. Motswaledi said he has been a resident of...

Koketso Kgoboge 20 April 2018

Mochudi East can go either way

A total of 20,356 had registered to vote in 2014 for the constituency and only 17,452 voted. “Forty seven polling stations will be open in the morning. Everything is going well except that some people have lost their voter registration cards...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 20 April 2018

Judge denies ‘serial offender' bail

The applicant, Gobuamang Ntsuape, 32, of Ramotswa, had approached the High Court asking for bail pending trial for eight offences that include murder, attempted murder, arson, manslaughter, malicious damage to property and disabling in order to...

Lebogang Mosikare | 20 April 2018

Mokaila swears petroleum fund was 'healthy'

The former Minister of the then Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (currently Minerals Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security) appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week where he said that during his tenure the Fund did...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 20 April 2018

Palapye residents violate Building Control Act

The authorities of the area find themselves in a situation where residents violate regulations by building unapproved structures while at the same time such permanent structures warrant approval by the Land Board.  Such structures are common,...

Onalenna Kelebeile 20 April 2018

UDC crisis deepens

Apparently, one of the affiliates has been lobbying others for support at the UDC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting for the decision to nullify the congress outcome. UDC congress resolutions have not been implemented as the leadership has...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 20 April 2018

Masisi: The reformist President

FRANCISTOWN: It may be too early to celebrate. But when he was vice president (VP)  under Khama’s administration, there were fears that by appointing Masisi, as his deputy, Khama had replicated himself or his character. The two exhibited...

Ryder Gabathuse | 20 April 2018

BCP petitions for Masisi's suspension

The party represented by attorney Martin Dingake on Wednesday filed a notice of motion and founding affidavit before court seeking for the matter to be declared urgent and for Parliament to be suspended as they challenge the interpretation of the...

Mpho Mokwape | 20 April 2018

UDC to report Botswana to UN over BCL

Speaking at their Selebi-Phikwe rally this week, Gobotswang said the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) would explore the United Nations to see if there is any action that can be taken against the Botswana government. He said many former miners...

Onalenna Kelebeile 20 April 2018

EU grant supports transboundary water management

Addressing the gathering on Wednesday, EU Ambassador to Botswana and SADC, Alexander Baum said the Cubango-Okavango river system, rising in Angola and flowing through Namibia to the Okavango Delta in Botswana was one of the world’s few...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 20 April 2018

Gaolathe's link in BPOPF saga

The dispute revolves around more than P400 million of public pension fund assets currently being fought over at the High Court. By his own admission, Gaolathe has confirmed that he has entered into a technical and strategic partnership agreement...

Staff Writer 20 April 2018

Hunt for next mining miracle begins under Kalahari soils

BusinessWeek is informed part of the hunt is to spot battery metals, the highly lucrative minerals associated with the global electric-vehicle trend. The geophysical project involves updating the existing national geological map, using exploration...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 April 2018