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Syria chemical attack: Investigators allowed to visit site
The international team has been in the country since Saturday, but has not been allowed to visit Douma. The attack on 7 April prompted military strikes on Syrian government targets by the US, UK, and France a week later. Syria and its ally...
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Altogether Now! With a-one, a-two, a-three
17 May 2018
Mosadi tshwene
17 May 2018
NPF saga: Kgosi unfazed as PAC invokes powers
When he appeared this morning, just like last week, Kgosi refused to respond to many questions posed by members of the committee relating to the DIS’ dealings in the NPF scandal, either saying the information was classified or prejudicial to...
54598,Goitsemodimo Kaelo,php4B2C.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Gobotswang warns AP
Botswana Congress Party (BCP) vice president, Kesitegile Gobotswang said this at a Selebi-Phikwe rally as he warned Alliance for Progressives (AP) for its position to stay outside the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). “We have been there,...
403,Onalenna Kelebeile,, 17 May 2018
Young Progressives applaud Kenewendo's appointment
“It is indeed possible that the youth and women are also capable therefore deserve to be entrusted with leadership responsibilities. With her decorated CV we believe she is the best amongst Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Members of Parliament....
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
BNF congrats Botswana 2018 Commonwealth Games Team
We further congratulate the coaches and management of the Botswana team notably Botswana Athletics Association and Botswana National Olympic Committee for this sterling historic performance. The five medals - three gold, silver and one bronze - are a...
69764,Justin Hunyepa,, 17 May 2018
'Serial offender' Ntsuape back in court seeking bail
The 32-year-old man from Ramotswa allegedly committed the offences on September 13 in 2016 at Block 9 location, in the country’s second city. He allegedly committed the offences after his girlfriend and mother of his child Dorcas Kgosietsiele...
442,Lebogang Mosikare,php369F.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Trial date set for Ntsuape
The accused Gobuamang Ntsuape will finally go for trial in relation to four counts of attempted murder, one count of murder and one count of arson. Ntsuape allegedly committed the offences on September 13 in 2016 at Block 9 location here after his...
442,Lebogang Mosikare,php369F.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Rousing welcome expected for Gold Coast heroes
Although the team fell short of the target by three medals, it was still the best performance since the country's debut appearance in 1974, surpassing the four won in New Delhi in 2010. The team touches down at Sir Seretse Khama International...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Kavazovic accuses authorities of favouring Galaxy
The top of the table clash was expected to dish out the best local football has to offer, however, on the night the teams left fans who braved the chilly breeze feeling robbed as neither failed to find the back of the net. Kavazovic felt Galaxy has...
49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 17 May 2018
Marathon organisers battling to settle athletes' dues
Athletes’ representative, Rapula Diphoko told Mmegi Sport this morning that the organisers have failed to settle outstanding dues. He said the organiser, Donald Pule is not forth coming to explain the payment delays. “He had...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
And who is about to pick up the fallen pieces?
76729,Selefu,php4qexft.jpg, 17 May 2018
Front Page this week: Israelis demand P118M for botched DIS deal
17 May 2018
BCF ropes in two grandmasters to drill Olympiad teams
Grandmaster Nikolai Chadaev from Russia will train the women’s team while Egyptian Esam El Gindy will be in charge of the men’s team as they prepare for the tournament, which runs from September 23 to October 6, 2018. The two are expected...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 17 May 2018
Selebi-Phikwe shifts to mining rugby talent
In 2011, the Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) identified Tebogo Primary School as a rugby centre of excellence, through the Re Ba Bona Ha development programme. Project coordinator, Tosca Segaise told Mmegi Sport that the project is aimed at developing...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Kutlwano seek revenge against Mafolofolo
Mafolofolo finished the first round of the Mascom Volleyball League with a 3-0 win over Kutlwano. Sparks are expected to fly during the match of the weekend, with Mafolofolo aware that Kutlwano would be out for revenge. Kutlwano lead the log with...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Last minute consultation as Olympic Games deadline looms
By lunchtime yesterday, the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development permanent secretary, Kago Ramokate said discussions were still ongoing. Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Moloi has no regrets over leaving Chiefs
Some Chiefs fans were against the club’s decision to part ways with one of its most loyal sons, who played for 10 seasons, winning four league titles with the Kgatleng side. The achievement made him the club’s most decorated captain, but...
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Where others see dust, Seabelo sees gold
On Wednesday evening, he signed another broadcasting rights deal, this time with the Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF). Seabelo told Mmegi Sport that as a visionary he sees more value in the First Division League, largely played on dusty grounds,...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Rollers without Kovazovic for sink or swim CAF tie
Rollers tackle KCCA at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium tomorrow knowing acutely aware that any other result, besides a win, will mark the end of their interest in the competition. However, they will have to do it without head coach, Kavazovic...
399,Staff Writer,, 17 May 2018
Game on as league kicks-off
BDF XI Nickname: Matebele, Army Boys Home Ground: Molepolole Sports Complex Team colours: Green, brown and white Team News: The Army Boys had a very quiet transfer window. They had the best defensive line last season, conceding just 29 goals....
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg,49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 17 May 2018
BFA clears all teams for new season
Botswana Premier League (BPL) chief executive officer, Thabo ‘Styles’ Ntshinogang said the Botswana Football Association (BFA) which is the licensing authority, had cleared all clubs. “We have been given clearance for all 16 teams,...
399,Staff Writer,, 17 May 2018
Gunners battle to clear P1.8m debt
The committee faces a daunting task, to clear the debt accumulated over the years. New club chairperson, Tariq Babitseng has promised to wipe out the deficit in the first three months in charge.Babitseng and his new committee assumed office two...
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Lets protect Air Botswana
CemAir, a mid-tier airline based out of Johannesburg, operated Air Botswana’s Gaborone-Cape Town route on a wet lease between February 2017 and January 2018, when the South African airline was grounded after failing a technical inspection by...
450,Mmegi Editor,, 17 May 2018
What imperialists fear
With few notable exceptions, Western leaders and academics promoted unlimited flows of capital (and the outflows of profits). No section of the targeted economies was off-limit, agriculture; mining, manufacturers, utilities, transport and...
53170,Solly Rakgomo,, 17 May 2018
O bonye efe phoso?
Fela re ka tsaya gore, ka tsela nngwe, o ne a tshwaregile, mme ka Setswana sa re, ‘Maoto a nong ke phofa,’ a roma Kgosi Olebile go mo tswa dinao. Tiro yone ya tsamaya jang? Pego e re e bonyeng ga e bolele sepe se se kalo. Go bonala...
2805,Sebofo Motshwane,php5705.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
The judiciary after the storm
The same period was marred by mutiny in judicial ranks. Judges revolted against the supposed authority of the Chief Justice. The result was a lengthy standoff as ugly as the spectacle itself. When the former President left office, the acrimony...
68553,Kgosietsile Ngakaagae,php1FanG3.jpg, 17 May 2018
Climate change and the long walk back to ourselves
This is what you likely have heard of the future in the era of climate change. But did you know the climate change will also have a profound impact on your mental wellbeing? For millennia, people have grown from and in relation to their...
475,Correspondent,, 17 May 2018
The role of faith-based organisations in adaptation to climate change
REV. DR RACHEL MASH* Everywhere you go in Africa, from the smallest village to the biggest city, there are churches and other faith groups. With Africa being one of the continents to be hardest hit by accelerating climate change, can the social and...
475,Correspondent,, 17 May 2018
Listen to the people of the Okavango
SERONGA: Two days after the World Elephant Day on August 12, just after the worldwide thumb activists stopped tweeting their beautiful elephant images and messages calling for the protection of the last remaining gentle giants, an elephant killed a...
423,Thalefang Charles,phpAA56.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
BITCs new CEO tackles fresh strategy
With a few months in the top seat, Olebile has the task of driving the strategy which will guide the BITC’s targets and deliverables for the next five years. The 2018 – 2023 strategy is the second since the BITC’s formation in...
33193,Pauline Dikuelo,phpD7C.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Govt clips SA airlines wings
CemAir, a mid-tier airline based out of Johannesburg, operated Air Botswana’s Gaborone-Cape Town route on a wet lease between February 2017 and January 2018, when the South African airline was grounded after failing a technical inspection by...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1604.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Demutualisation and the evolution of stock exchanges
In other words, stock exchanges provide a platform on which Governments and Corporates can issue securities in exchange for capital (from investors seeking returns) as well as serve as a market on which these issued securities can be...
475,Correspondent,, 17 May 2018
Morupule A roars back to life
Morupule A, with a nameplate capacity of 132MW, was for decades the country’s sole power station, until it was mothballed in 2012 after an adverse cost-benefit analysis. At that time, the power station’s plant availability had dropped to...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1604.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Govt seeks record P1.5bn in borrowings
Each quarter, the Bank of Botswana (BoB) holds auctions of bonds and six-month treasury bills on behalf of government under the P15 billion note issuance programme which dates back to February 2011. The auctions are limited to commercial banks, who...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1604.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Miss Charity Botswana finalists unveiled
“Our ladies, aged between 20 and 30 years, have being taught women empowerment. We expect them to share what they have been taught with other women out there. If every woman would empower the next woman with the little knowledge, this country...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Clap n Tap gospel fest billed for Francistown
The lineup for the event includes amongst others Lejwe La Motheo Gospel Choir from South Africa (SA), Batlang Morena Gospel Choir (Francistown), Letloa La Baitshephi Gospel Choir (Francistown), and Babiditsweng Ke Lentswe Gospel Choir...
76914,Betty Ramohubu,, 17 May 2018
Batlokwa to showcase the best of their culture
This annual event is celebrated on the third week of August, which coincides with Kgosi Puso Gaborone’s installation as well as the royal wedding anniversary. During his installation, Kgosi Gaborone emphasised the need for Batlokwa history and...
76914,Betty Ramohubu,, 17 May 2018
Kuru fest organisers resume initial schedule
The organisers on Tuesday had announced that the event was postponed due to a date clash with the Botswana Democratic Party primary elections. “After a full day’s meeting today, the event organisers agreed that there was no way the...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Mmakgosi Live returns
The creative workshop will be held at Little Theatre (National Museum) September 6 while the main event will be held September 7 at Mantlwaneng theatre, from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. Speaking today at a press conference, Tau, who has overcome bipolar...
76914,Betty Ramohubu,, 17 May 2018
The 'first' people of Dithejwane to share their history
Event organiser, Petleke Tlamelo Letlole told Arts & Culture that the event will start at 2pm because they want to target historians, academics and the other tribes at large. He said the theme ‘sago la moeng’ means what a person...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Life with elephants - a community theatre
In the east side of the Okavango River panhandle people of more than 15 settlements came together to showcase a community theatre titled Life With Elephants at Mbiroba Trust. These are communities that have a unique problem that is not experienced...
423,Thalefang Charles,phpAA56.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Billionaire family falls in love with the Delta
Michael Tollman, nephew of family empire founders Bea and Stanley Tollman, cuts an unassuming picture, given the immense wealth and influence he represents. Michael is the family’s point man for its African interests and operates out of Cape...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1604.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
BOPEU recovers P381,000 from Motsamais former head of finance
According to BOPEU’s claim, Leoketsa, Motsamai’s right hand man who quit their employ the same week the latter was fired from Babereki Investments, had not been servicing the car loan since he resigned from the organisation. The car was...
475,Correspondent,, 17 May 2018
BOPEU, Raletsatsi Fight P2 million Liability Claim
Motsamai is the former BOPEU president and chairperson of Babereki, its business wing, Bopeu and one of its business partner in electronics retailing, known as Future Sustain and its managing director, Benjamin Raletsatsi yesterday appeared...
475,Correspondent,, 17 May 2018
MultiChoice backtracks on exit threats
Ahead of the highly anticipated case, MultiChoice Africa had submitted papers with a not-so discrete ultimatum. “MultiChoice Africa’s position is that it cannot submit to BOCRA’s regulatory jurisdiction and risk other African...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1604.tmp.jpg,601,Mpho Mokwape,php5B7D.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Mmegis debut entrance inside Khamas new office
When the Mmegi team arrived five minutes ahead of time at his new secure compound with a newly painted white house, Khama was already waiting. His desk still looks like the one from OP – from the pictures of those media houses that had the...
423,Thalefang Charles,phpAA56.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
BOSETU, DPSM finally reach settlement
According to a letter updating members from BOSETU secretary general, Tabokani Rari, the meeting between the two parties took place this week as ordered by the court. The Lobatse Judge, Godfrey Nthomiwa had given both parties time to engage on terms...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 17 May 2018
Of Jwaneng and the car race that nobody wants
It helps to note that this is a collection of all people with all characters from all cultures with all motives; some good and some obviously not so desirable. Naturally it can’t be another day in the office for anybody. It is an Adventure...
475,Correspondent,, 17 May 2018
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