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EU grant supports the transboundary water management
Addressing the gathering today, the 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 remaining...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Six murder suspects arrested in separate incidents
The media release by the Botswana Police Service’s (BPS) pubic relations officer, assistant commissioner Dipheko Motube states that the four men are two Batswana and two Zimbabweans. The deceased’s remains were exhumed from a yard in...
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Zimbabwe: Thousands of nurses on strike sacked
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga said the nurses had refused to return to work after $17m (£12m) was released to increase their pay. He chided them for not going back "in the interest of saving lives". But the extraordinary move may simply...
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Dan dumps BPP for BDP
Dan joined the ruling party on Tuesday, the day he handed in his resignation letter to the BPP. The application letter for a BDP membership was addressed to the Francistown region secretary, Douglas Letsholathebe. At the time of quitting the...
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BCPYL campaigns in full swing
This Madigele said, at Wednesday’s press conference to launch his lobby group ahead of the youth elections to be held in Mmadinare later this month. “We want to restore the BCPYL to where it’s supposed to be. We also...
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Fake Zim traditional doctor in the dock again
Chihwayi, who pretended to be a traditional doctor, and two other Zimbabwean men faced a similar offence last year and were charged a fine of P5,000 each and three years wholly suspected. Barely a few months later, Chihwayi is back in...
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Ramaphosa honours Masire
The Order of the Companions of OR Tambo recognises eminent foreign nationals for friendship shown to South Africa. According to media reports it is therefore an Order of peace‚ cooperation and active expression of solidarity and...
399,Staff Writer,, 19 May 2018
Botswana closes borders due to Mafikeng protests
The Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs earlier today stated that the entry points would be closed from today, April 19th 2018 until further notice. BW Government reports that there are no taxis and buses going into...
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Man beats lover to a pulp, hangs himself
It remains a mystery as to what could have transpired between the two lovers that led to the alleged brutal beating. According to police reports, on the dusk of Monday the neighbours responded to the woman’s loud scream for help from her...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 19 May 2018
Welcome to Selebi Phikwe
19 May 2018
FNB responds to The Monitor article
The disabled Mokgadi, who also cannot talk, was attacked by a stroke when she was three-years-old and since then has been struggling without a wheelchair. The parents bemoaned how they were struggling to take care of her. Handing over...
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BPP activist jailed for child maintenance
Kuchwe, who is an additional member of the BPP’s central committee, was recently arrested by the police at one of the shopping malls in Francistown after he failed to appear in court to pay his P50,500 maintenance arrears. Before Kuchwe...
78899,Lesedi Kegorogile,, 19 May 2018
Franco headlines Kweneng Braai Festival
The event coordinator, Petleke Letlole said Franco will treat his fans with live music. Letlole said the reason they chose the Ke Lela Le Lona singer to headline their event was because he was arguably the king of kwasakwasa in Botswana. He added...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Masisi sacks Venson-Moitoi from Cabinet
PRESS RELEASE His Excellency the President has dropped Honourable Venson Moitoi from the position of Minister of Local Government and Rural Development with immediate effect. His Excellency the President has appointed Honourable Frans Solomon Van...
399,Staff Writer,, 19 May 2018
USA: Chinese anger over stolen Terracotta warrior thumb
The 2,000-year-old statue, worth $4.5m (£3.2m), is one of 10 on loan to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Last week, Michael Rohana was charged with theft and concealment of a major artwork, and later released on bail. The Terracotta...
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Mamoja Diskie Punish And Derail Wasteful Chouka
The encounter started at a frantic pace, with both teams getting a dig at each other before the visitors depleted just a quarter hour into the first half. The hosts’ first attempt came in the third minute when Samuel Mokgoro cushioned a...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 19 May 2018
Botswana Comes From Behind To Beat South Africa
This is despite the visitors having taken the lead in the third inning with Lisa Erasmus being the first player to score a point. She was followed by Casandra Kalpeno to make sure that South Africa has a comfortable 2-0 lead. By then, Botswana was...
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Wasteful TAFIC Held By Gilport Lions
The match was also characterised by a violent scene. Gilport Lions mentor Mandivega Paradzayi clashed with some TAFIC supporters as he made his way to the tunnel. One of the supporters threw a stone that caught Paradzayi on the leg. The Gilport...
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Promotion Battle intensifies In First Division South League
The Warders defeated Black Peril 1-0 and returned to winning ways after hitting a slump in the last two games. Notwane on the other hand survived a scare after their long trip to Tsabong. Rangers who have proved to be a tough customer in their own...
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Mogwadi Bemoans Poor Refereeing As Rollers Stretch Lead
Rollers beat the Jungle Kings 4-2 in a league game played under floodlights at the UB Stadium on Friday. “We don’t know what to say to our local referees any more. These guys are protected species. We cannot have referees who take...
49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 19 May 2018
BDF XI Stun Galaxy
The match saw Galaxy’s new coach, Zlatko Krmpotic make his Premiership coaching debut while Louis Setshwane led the military side in the absence of head coach, Letang Kgengwenyane. It only took BDF five minutes to open the score with Mgcini...
49272,Kabelo Boranabi,, 19 May 2018
Local Artists Celebrate Mascom's 20 Years Through A Song
The artists; Han C of Sedi laka fame, Charma Gal, Brando, Bangu and Veezo View reflected the country’s mobile phone giant’s identity through the lyrics. The performance was also unique because of the various genres infused into the...
49270,Mompati Tlhankane,php2FDF.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
DJ Merlon's Launch Party Lives Up To The Hype
The launch party that was hosted by Saturday Glam Nights in association with Monate Fela lived up to the hype and gave Batswana a chance to jam to Merlon’s new music following the release of his album in November 2017. Born Sibusiso Mhlongo,...
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LEA To Contribute Towards Import Bill Reduction
Speaking at a media tour recently, the chief executive officer, Dr Racious Moatshe said SMEs could reduce the country’s huge import bill if they are adequately funded and supported. He stated that small businesses play a critical...
54598,Goitsemodimo Kaelo,php4B2C.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Boswa Energy Braves The Odds
Starting from humble beginnings last year, Boswa Energy, a wholly citizen-owned company distributes bulk fuel and offers transportation of fuel. Sealetsa told Monitor Business that he identified a gap in the energy sector and realised that it has...
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Our Education System Is At Crossroads
The 2017 results, as announced by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) executive secretary, Professor Brian Mokopakgosi, on Friday said this year 24.05% candidates from government and government-aided schools were awarded Grade C or better in five...
540,Monitor Editor,, 19 May 2018
Reducing Availability Of Drugs Is A Priority
Trafficking and use of drugs is an international problem which has caused great harm to our children, our families, and our nations. The availability of opium, methamphetamines, and marijuana has increased worldwide. New dangerous drugs, including...
61091,Earl Miller,phpXD85MY.jpg, 19 May 2018
Change of Guard South Africa
19 May 2018
Three Oil Companies Acquire Sites In Lobatse International Transport Hub
The TKC forms the western portion of the trans-regional Coast-2-Coast Corridor stretching from Walvis Bay in Namibia through Lobatse to Maputo in Mozambique. Asked why the LITH, the MD of one of the oil companies stated: “The TKC has great...
399,Staff Writer,, 19 May 2018
Of Irate Public, Jailbirds And Job's Comforters
It seems the perception that police arrest suspects and the courts quickly release them on bail having taken hold has left the general public disappointed by the legal system at work. Some feel the legal gaps are defeatist to the police mandate of...
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Girls Continue To Outsmart Boys In BGCSE Exams
The girls did it again in the just released results. Releasing the 2017 results on Friday, the BEC executive secretary, Professor Brian Mokopakgosi told a media briefing that he was happy to announce that once again females students have...
434,Pini Bothoko,php3A86.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Stepdaughter 'Murder' Accused Sent For Psyche Evaluation
The Monitor discovered that most people in the court audience thought that the accused, Motlatsi Khoto, 44, an aircraft marshal at the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), would be tried and subsequently sentenced at the Francistown...
442,Lebogang Mosikare,php369F.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Four Appear For Gang Rape, Robbery
Kebaabetswe Galeboloke, 29, Tsaone Moseki, 24, Ontifile Magothwa, 24, and Kethusegile Mmolai, 25, all unemployed and of Lotsane ward in Palapye are charged along with four others who did not appear as they are still on the run. On the first and...
47121,Koketso Kgoboge,, 19 May 2018
Love Troubled Child Murder Suspect To Undergo Psychiatric Assessment
Moagi was in court last week still seeking to apply for bail, but remanded in custody to undergo the mental examination to determine his fitness to stand trial, and whether he was fit at the time of the alleged offence. Police report states that...
434,Pini Bothoko,php3A86.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Lawyer Shocked At Execution Of His Client
The Gaborone High Court sentenced Tselayarona to death on March 10, 2017 for the murder of his girlfriend, Ngwanyanaotsile Keikanne and her three-year-old son, Miguel Keikanne in 2010 in Molepolole. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for...
54598,Goitsemodimo Kaelo,php4B2C.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Notorious Modenga In Hot Soup Yet Again
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor for Moselewapula ward in Francistown is currently a wanted man for another charge of obtaining by false pretence alleged to have been committed on October 13, 2017 in Gaborone. Since 2015, Modenga has...
434,Pini Bothoko,php3A86.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Facebook Job Seeker Gets Raped
Detective assistant superintendent Madziba Duna of Urban Police Station told The Monitor they are currently investigating the case. “The incident occurred on February 9, 2018 in Gaborone. The woman had initially posted on her Facebook...
434,Pini Bothoko,php3A86.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
EU statement on the execution of Tselayarona
The EU Heads of Mission in Botswana deplore that Joseph Tselayarona was executed on 17 February 2018 and recall the EU's principled position against the use of capital punishment, which can never be justified. The death penalty is a cruel and...
475,Correspondent,, 19 May 2018
Nigeria child comedian set for Disney debut
The seven-year-old child star made the announcement on her Instagram page by posting a picture of herself on set. On the post she said thanked all her supporters and said: "I never dreamed of being here so soon". She then made a joke about her...
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Front Page this week: Death plot
19 May 2018
Zimbabwe: Mugabe forgot he fired me
Mr Mnangagwa made the comments on Thursday during a one-day visit to Mozambique, New Zimbabwe news site reports. He said that he had a telephone conversation with the 93-year-old leader who asked him why he was out of the country. He...
53561,BBC.COM,php2D23.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
American poet Fredrick- Douglas Knowles II speaks
Prior to speaking to Art & Culture he recited a poem titled Natural Born. The American native sat down to speak about his poetry, career, being a black man in Donald Trump’s America, police brutality and Trump’s ‘shithole’...
8057,Dumisani Ncube,php79F5.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Class size and the student: Teacher ratio in Botswana: The 2018 case from the BOSETU lens
We rightfully occupied our rightful social space first as a civil society, second as teachers cum parents and thirdly as stake holders and interested parties. As a result of this foregoing sentence, the following occurred: Scholars have repeatedly...
475,Correspondent,, 19 May 2018
Trump
19 May 2018
Are we really not shithole continent?
Typical of Botswana Government, it reacted by summoning the US Ambassador to Botswana, Earl Miller to express displeasure at the alleged utterance made by their cantankerous President during a meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White...
450,Mmegi Editor,, 19 May 2018
My amazing year in China
Coming from a hot country as ours, you can understand why I had to question my decision. The city was extremely cold that night that I still remember it so vividly. Let's just say that was a feeling we all have or experience, especially when we step...
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How the dry spell is killing Northern farmers dreams
Farmers in the Central and North East districts under TOTUMA Arable and Commercial Farmers Association, are attempting to soldier on with their plans despite the challenges. TOTUMA is an acronym for the Tonota, Tutume and Masunga farming areas. A...
73493,Kesone Nkaelang,,73669,Keneilwe Ramphopho,, 19 May 2018
Dry spells, heatwaves bewilder farmers
David Berman is the chairperson of the Metsimaswaane/Hukung farmers committee, an experienced farmer who has ridden the cycles of loss and profit in agriculture. The sun is once again beating down on the fields in Taung, Ramotswa, incinerating...
54378,Kennedy Ramokone,, 19 May 2018
Masisis ideal VP
Apparently, the issue of VP that Masisi is currently grappling with has historical precedents. He stands to draw lessons from his predecessors as he battles to determine who succeeds him. In 1998, when former president, Festus Mogae took...
402,Ryder Gabathuse,phpF55A.tmp.jpg, 19 May 2018
Fence off Segoditshane
I was pondering over his passing on while driving along the Western Bypass yesterday. My thoughts were interrupted by police activity around the Engen Filling Station. As soon as I had parked at Molapo Crossing Mall, social media gave the...
68553,Kgosietsile Ngakaagae,php1FanG3.jpg, 19 May 2018
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