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Front Page this week: Woman Dies At Desert Race
Calistus Kolantsho 25 June 2018
Viable Oil Business Hits Land Snag
The company, Tyrolised Solutions Company intends to manufacture mixed oil, petrol, diesel, paraffin, gas and cement from waste plastics and tyres. Efforts to secure a plot from places like Sefhophe, Bobonong and within Selebi-Phikwe hit a snag...
Onalenna Kelebeile 25 June 2018
Gare Likely Unopposed In 2019 BDP Primaries
This comes after Boikhitso Disele who had submitted his name wrote to the party to withdraw his candidacy. Gare had won the BDP primaries with 2,841 votes followed by Lentswe Mosanako with 767 and Stephan Kganela trailed with 514 votes. Disele...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 25 June 2018
School Owner And Young Achiever Hopeful Once More
He believes that his desire to see his school gaining recognition among various key stakeholders will soon come to reality. In 2016 Majaga was also among the top five in the science and technology category at the youth awards. The youth awards aim...
Chakalisa Dube
| 25 June 2018
The Vicious Circle of Indebtedness
Jeff Ramsay 25 June 2018
Dintwe Defends PPC Kgale Hill Challenge
In 2016 she finished in 57:00:00 and last year she clocked 56:00:00. Dintwe has joined Gaborone Striders Running Club, after parting ways with Nedbank Running Club. She told Monitor Sport that she came into the race to use her experience and...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 June 2018
BTA Suffers Grant Cut
This was revealed at the BTA annual general meeting (AGM) held on Saturday in Gaborone. Khaulani Fichani told Monitor Sport on the sidelines of the meeting that the grant cut is a challenge. “When you come with a budget and you get...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 June 2018
Local Women Take To FemBioBiz Programme
The initiative, which is currently in its second year, is a joint initiative between different southern African countries aimed at empowering female entrepreneurs as well as enabling African women scientists to play a role in the challenges presented...
Cavin Kanoko
| 25 June 2018
TAFIC Finally Write To BFA Over Chiefs' 'Non-Affiliation'
Maika was briefing anxious TAFIC supporters moments before the club’s annual general meeting (AGM) was postponed. Last month TAFIC through attorney Mbiganyi Mhizha wrote a letter urging the Botswana Premier League (BPL) to expel Chiefs on the...
Chakalisa Dube
| 25 June 2018
GU To Appoint Coach This Week
The post became vacant towards the end of last season following the departure of Rodolfo Zapata. News emerging from the GU camp is that Stanoljovic, who had a short stint with the club in 2015, eyes a return following his release from Township...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 25 June 2018
Toyota Maintains Dominance At Desert Race
Giniel De Villiers who won the race last year retained his title as Toyota won their sixth successive race since 2012. De Villiers overcame many challenges along the way including tyre punctures. He took advantage after Henk Lategan who initially led...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 25 June 2018
Arting Health For Impact Hosts Street Art Family Fun Day
The event included a Family Fun Day with music and entertainment, child-friendly art and activities as well as information stalls set up by AHIP partners. These gave the public a chance to appreciate art, health and youth development initiatives in...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 25 June 2018
Maswabi Crowned Miss Interbanks 2018
The show organisers pulled all the stops and were adamant to point out at the beginning of the auspicious event that it will be a show not to be forgotten. The bank executives and employees came out in numbers to support their representatives with...
Cavin Kanoko
| 25 June 2018
Bang!Gae Ward Off Industry Challenges
Many with great potential succumbed to the challenges and fell off the radar while others have managed to stay afloat and make their breakthrough. Amongst those who managed to ward off the challenges in the industry and persevered is a group of young...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 25 June 2018
Poor Sound Quality Mars Desert Race Festival
The music show, which was hosted by Colours of Sounds this year after Dladleng Entertainment lost the bid to host the show was a dull affair compared to past shows. South African Sun El Musician of Akanamali fame headlined this year’s...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 25 June 2018
Business Awards Billed For October
The awards are held in collaborative effort between Grant Thornton and Business Botswana and Botswana Investment Trade Centre (BITC). Speaking at the launch recently, Business Botswana acting chief executive officer, Norman Moleele said the awards...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 25 June 2018
Youth Entrepreneurs Find Niche In Consultancy
A little bit over a year after establishing and setting up a business management and consultancy company they christened Kingsman Consultants, their achievement is now stuff of dreams, especially for new businesses which usually struggle to turn a...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 25 June 2018
Farewell Mother Of The Nation
The shocking and sad news of her passing broke on Monday, and many went through the week in disbelief hoping that it was untrue. However, Saturday confirmed the great loss of Botlhoko Beata Kasale-Kabango, affectionately called by many as AusiB, and...
Monitor Editor 25 June 2018
Honey Befalls Teachers As BOTECO Emanates
I am yet to hear sweeter news than what is currently trending in education circles about the incoming Botswana Teaching Council (BOTECO). This is one exciting development proving hard to believe. A BOTECO draft bill presented to stakeholders in...
Ignatious Njobvu 25 June 2018
Cosbots Mending Fences, With Users Of Copyrighted Works In Music
The meetings were held at Botswana Craft while some were held at COSBOTS premises. With the theme for the meetings as: Mending Fences: Building relations with users of copyrighted works in music, it goes without saying that COSBOTS stakeholders are...
Correspondent 25 June 2018
Buy A House? Sell A Road?
This house, which was built and originally owned by the BHC, is now owned by the BPC and, until recently, it had been occupied by the BPC manager. It would be interesting to know why the BPC should have purchased this house and why, indeed, would...
Sandy Grant 25 June 2018
World Refugee Day & Our Silence - "Too Foreign For Here// Too Foreign For Home//Never Enough For Both"
Lately, the conversations on refugees have been centred around the United States, who has been separating Mexican parents from their children, as part of President Trump’s zero tolerance policy on illegal immigrants. These are a people leaving...
Lesego Nswahu Nchunga
| 25 June 2018
Students' Indiscipline Troubles Moshupa Senior
This indiscipline goes years back, when gangs plagued the school, with the unruly students from Thamaga and Moshupa having territorial fights to a point where there was bloodshed. At the time, the students’ behaviour led the education ministry...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2018
Ghanzi In History (Part II)
Many merafe found refuge in the sandveld to escape the raiding by the Bafokeng Kgosi Sebetwane's 'Makgare', who as we have seen ultimately came to be known as the 'Makololo'. This movement greatly increased following the arrival of...
Jeff Ramsay
| 25 June 2018
Stock Theft Nightmare For Ngwaketse-West Farmers
Launching the operation on June 15, police commissioner, Keabetswe Makgophe said Kgomo-Khumo has been making a breakthrough, which resulted in suspects being caught read-handed in Sekoma while in possession of cattle they failed to account for. The...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2018
Cabinet To Launch Consultation On Hunting Ban
This will be through diKgotla, local authorities and involving interest groups. Venson-Moitoi on Friday told The Monitor that the consultations, which will kick-off when the winter Parliament adjourns, will also include representatives of...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 25 June 2018
BMD, BNF At It Again
This time the two parties are feuding over Lentsweletau- Mmopane constituency. At a press conference on Thursday, the BMD announced Lucky Tshireletso as its candidate for the constituency. On the other side, the BNF believe they should be given the...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 25 June 2018
Praises To Fallen Media Giant, Beata Kasale
More than having been a media guru, they also told of a warm, caring, selfless and hardworking woman, who touched many people’s lives in different ways. The funeral service, held at her farm in Marokolwane, attracted mourners from all walks of...
Maureen Odubeng
| 25 June 2018
Cousin Killer Suspect Denied Bail
As if that was not enough, his attorney Nkosana Ngwenya was nowhere to be seen, his mobile phone unreachable. Reports came the following day that Ngwenya was arrested for residing in Botswana illegally. Ngwenya has since been denied bail with...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 25 June 2018
Second 'Fake' Zim Lawyer Nabbed
Nyakaswa allegedly collected money from unsuspecting clients who had sought legal representation. Last October, the police also arrested another Zimbabwean, a former soldier called Limukani Moyo for a similar offence whose case is ongoing at the...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2018
Young Woman Murdered At Desert Race
The gruesome incident is just the latest case in acts of violence against women, which continue unabated in the country. Months ago, the police also discovered a half naked woman’s body dumped in a dense bush at Ledumadumane, Mogoditshane. It...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2018
Shock After Gruesome Family Murder
The deceased couple and their son were found tied up, leaving the entire village reeling in shock as to what could have transpired. The Monitor news crew arrived at the capital village of the Bakwena tribe on Saturday. Asking for directions, one...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2018
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