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South Africa: Winnie Mandela dies at 81
Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela. The couple - famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years - were a symbol of the anti-apartheid...
475,Correspondent,, 02 May 2018
Two children found dead at Tsolamosese
According to the police deputy public relations officer senior superintendent Near Bagali, the deceased, a five year old boy and a one year old girl were found dead at an open space with throat wounds. Bagali said a 31-year-old Zimbabwean woman...
399,Staff Writer,, 02 May 2018
Youthful man stabbed to death in Maun
According to the police spokesperson senior superintendent Near Bagali, the deceased was rushed to hospital where he was certified dead by a medical doctor. “Police are appealing to the public to assist with information that could lead to the...
399,Staff Writer,, 02 May 2018
Front Page this week: Khama for VP
02 May 2018
Cuba: Fidel Castro's son commits suicide after battling depression
Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart was found on Thursday morning and is said to have suffered from depression. The first-born son of the late president was nicknamed "Fidelito", or Little Fidel, because of the family resemblance. He was a...
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Bruce Nkgakile talks about his P 47,000 cake
The cake, which has set tongues wagging, was purchased for his birthday party held at his restaurant, My Kind of Place (MKOP) this past weekend. Upon posting a picture of the cake which weighs 30kg on social media, it became the talk of...
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Camp Botswana Looking To Engage More Campers
The camps have been taking place since last year in Maun. Camp Botswana is a week-long activity camp which runs school holiday camps working with schools across Botswana, Southern Africa, the United States of America (USA) and in the United Kingdom...
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Selibe Phikwe
02 May 2018
FDI wolves in sheeps clothing
For decades, FDI was held up as the ‘unobtanium’ of our fledgling local economy, a thing so precious and rare that with findings, would miraculously repair all the structural defects, particularly the urgent need to diversify. The...
450,Mmegi Editor,, 02 May 2018
The bastardisation of justice
Each day, via Btv and other channels, Batswana witness violent criminals being paraded after capture, only to learn that the brazen, unrepentant and smug scoundrels are granted further bail. Late last year, a mob of suspects in violent robberies was...
450,Mmegi Editor,, 02 May 2018
Bail after bail: Readers speak out
Keboh Motjhibamele: The default position is that court’s ought to grant bail. It is usual for the prosecutors to convince the court that it would defeat the ends of justice if he were to be granted bail. Evidently it would be the police and...
399,Staff Writer,, 02 May 2018
Farmers brace for disaster
The threat is evident in the numbers. By yesterday, 6,131 hectares of crops had been planted by 1,101 farmers across the country. This is in contrast to 384,250 hectares planted last season by 100,250 farmers. While the numbers in the 2016/17 season...
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What to Look for in Writer Residencies
Most writers need to work a day job, so taking time off, set aside exclusively for writing, can allow a person to get a good amount of quality work completed. Often residencies are for many writers at one time so you can meet writers from all...
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Ga go na ope molao
Re setse re boletse gore, re ne ra kopana le lefoko le, nako ele fa Dikgang (Daily News/Lwetse 14 2017) e ne e bua ka Mopennweeng o bogologolo o neng o dirisiwa e le poso kwa Molepolole. Go ne ga twe, setlhare se, se ne se dirisiwa methale e mesha ya...
2805,Sebofo Motshwane,php5705.tmp.jpg, 02 May 2018
Align outsourced government work with graduate employment
Not so long ago, one newspaper reported that graduate unemployment figures were in the region of 80,000, a statistical obscenity. Meanwhile, private tertiary institutions are at work manufacturing their next installments to the ever growing problem....
68553,Kgosietsile Ngakaagae,php1FanG3.jpg, 02 May 2018
The AU summit and nightmare of corruption
At the Summit, the main call was the need to strengthen the African unity and fight corruption, tax evasion and illicit dizi izle financial flows. All the delegates at this summit sang from the same political hymn book that in this beautiful...
53170,Solly Rakgomo,, 02 May 2018
Pilane's long text to UDC Executive Committee WhatsApp Group
In the Moshupa Manyana by-election, the BCP and BNF actively campaigned against the UDC parliamentary candidate and achieved victory for the BDP. That was contrary to all that the UDC is and represents. Mohwasa and Hunyepa continue to make public...
475,Correspondent,, 02 May 2018
Whither Botswana Workforce
02 May 2018
Front Page: Kgosi in trouble
02 May 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
69494,Oleosi Kgosi,, 02 May 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
2805,Sebofo Motshwane,php5705.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
68553,Kgosietsile Ngakaagae,php1FanG3.jpg, 02 May 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...
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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...
399,Staff Writer,, 02 May 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...
53170,Solly Rakgomo,, 02 May 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 02 May 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
475,Correspondent,, 02 May 2018
Auditing minnows feel Big 4s 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,...
33193,Pauline Dikuelo,phpD7C.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
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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...
450,Mmegi Editor,, 02 May 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...
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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...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 02 May 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...
475,Correspondent,, 02 May 2018
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