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Front Page this week: Olopeng dumps Khama, girlfriend

Calistus Kolantsho 13 July 2018

Motion Of NO Confidence

Correspondent 13 July 2018

Have safe President's Day holidays

Usually thousands of people are travelling to different destinations during this period, including fun lovers who also travel in high numbers to leisure and entertainment spots and this won’t be any different this year. In the past during this...

Mmegi Editor | 13 July 2018

Brisk start to volleyball league

As the league enters week eight, a point separates log leaders, BDF VI (21) and Kalavango in the men’s category.  MagStimela are not too far behind with 19 points.  In the women’s league, MagStimela lead the pack with 21...

Calistus Kolantsho | 13 July 2018

Lack of funding continues to haunt sport

Seven young athletes had enthusiastically waited to board a long flight to Finland to take part in the IAAF Under-20 Championships this week. But their dreams were crushed when the authorities cited lack of funds for aborting the...

Calistus Kolantsho | 13 July 2018

Upsets as favourites out of Phikwe Extravaganza

The biggest upset sees BDF IX men’s team, which has the record number of titles, missing out.  BDF IX has won the tournament four times followed by Scramblers who have two titles. Gatalamotho, Rail Giants and Wells International have won...

Calistus Kolantsho | 13 July 2018

Script favours Croatia in World Cup of upsets

Russia's weather is known to be unforgivingly cold, but when the 32 teams touched down for the 2018 World Cup, temperatures were significantly warmer.  However, the build-up to the tournament resembled the dominant cold Russian weather; there...

Mqondisi Dube | 13 July 2018

Tough controls, cashless deal await BPL clubs

The Botswana Premier League (BPL) will move swiftly and introduce the Economic Control System (ECS), which will see clubs’ spending monitored and controlled according to income from next season.  The move was inspired by league’s...

Mqondisi Dube | 13 July 2018

BPL coaches in seasonal merry-go-round

Troubled Kgatleng side, Mochudi Centre Chiefs are expected to make wholesome technical team changes in a bid to address their slide following a dreadful season.  Magosi have lost head coach, Maxwell Moyo to Sharps Shooting Stars after helping...

Kabelo Boranabi | 13 July 2018

Call for lifting of alcohol ban in sports

Budweiser has served as an official beer sponsor of the FIFA World Cup for over 25 years, and has an ongoing commitment through the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. In Botswana, the COSAFA Castle Cup could not be held due to alcohol advertising, which is...

Calistus Kolantsho | 13 July 2018

Diamond Zebras targets AFCON qualification

Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, the BFA chief executive officer, Mfolo Mfolo said the team has a perfect chance of winning the tournament as they are pitted in an ‘easy’ group that has the host, Namibia and Seychelles but...

Kabelo Boranabi | 13 July 2018

BPL dumps awards to focus on Charity Cup

There was palpable disappointment amongst fans, after the awards, held to reward outstanding players and officials, were cancelled this week. Initially, the awards were supposed to be held on June 21 but were postponed, with the BPL saying the...

Mqondisi Dube | 13 July 2018

Toteng's diary turns into a motivational book

However, Lonyalo Toteng has decided to go against this norm as she turned her diary into a motivational book. Toteng’s Christian verse inspired The Beauty Of Life is a book meant to inspire the youth out there to put their problems unto God...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 13 July 2018

The best of Maun showcase set for August

The event will be held from August 6 to 11, 2018 at different destinations around Maun with the main one being Maun Stadium. Maun is the jump-off point for the vast inland Okavango Delta, which becomes a lush wildlife habitat during the seasonal...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 13 July 2018

Mister Gaborone vows to usher positive change

He said during his reign, he would be regularly giving toiletry to prisoners and motivational talks.  He said he decided to do this because he had realised that convicts are in most cases abandoned by their family members once they are detained...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 13 July 2018

It's One Night with Maxy

Maxy, who boasts of 13 albums in her 18 years career told the media on Wednesday that she will headline the show that also boasts international artists like Pure Gold. “I want other artists to be inspired by this. I have long wanted to do...

Mompati Tlhankane | 13 July 2018

Kavindama pursues his photography dream

Speaking to Arts & Culture, Kavindama who hails from Kauxwi, a small village located in the North-West of Botswana, said he is now a professional photographer and brand owner of Wasabi Creatives.  He also said that he takes pride in...

Oleosi Kgosi 13 July 2018

In the eye of the beholder

The President’s Day competitions’ Arts and Crafts are back again and this time visual artists were not just out to win, but they wanted to present creative works which can shock, awe and leave an indelible mark in the minds of the...

Mompati Tlhankane | 13 July 2018

Aussie explorer stumbles upon rare metal in Ngamiland

At present, 85% of the world’s vanadium is produced by South Africa, Russia and China, with the Oriental giant also the biggest consumer. Batteries based on vanadium are capable of far greater storage than the lithium variety and are...

Mbongeni Mguni | 13 July 2018

BURS exceeds collection target by P1bn

The tax agency’s latest annual report, released on Monday, shows that total revenue collected for the 2016-2017 financial year was P3.5 billion higher than the original target for the year of P32.3 billion. Data in the report shows that income...

Pauline Dikuelo | 13 July 2018

Silence of the Lambs

His pledge to leading an inclusive Government with people at the centre of the debate is the recipe for success and prosperity.  Whilst the Masisi Review may be unpalatable to many, his approach is not entirely about hunting. It’s about...

Correspondent 13 July 2018

Behind the news, Molepolole triple murder

Such assignments are heartbreaking to us journalists but like in any field of work, they are just regarded as occupational challenges that we must overcome. So when such assignments come we are expected to be these super humans that take out...

Pini Bothoko | 13 July 2018

Letter to Seretse: Masisi 100 days

Judging from the 100 days the man has been on the driver’s seat, it is safe to say Ian has picked the right man for the job. Many doubted Ian’s choice saying that Mokgweetsi was part of a master plan by Ian to rule from his...

Thalefang Charles | 13 July 2018

Gov't accused of forced repatriation of Caprivi refugees

The Caprivian refugees, officially referred to as the Namibian refugees are accusing the government of giving them an ultimatum to register for repatriation. The action for repatriation was carried out on Wednesday for those who volunteered to...

Mpho Mokwape | 13 July 2018

Glimmer of hope for F/town-West BCP cadres

The BCP leadership recently dropped a political bombshell in the Francistown-West constituency informing its members in haste to halt their campaigns in the area and pave way for its partner, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). These were during...

Ryder Gabathuse | 13 July 2018

Evicted woman seeks refuge at a police station

The Francistown City Council (FCC) formally evicted Marman, a homeless pensioner who is in her 70s, from her Aerodrome home in 2011. Several senior government officials privy to her predicament, said the septuagenarian was legally notified by the...

Lebogang Mosikare | 13 July 2018

Students' misbehaviour haunts gov't

Officiating at the Sixth National Practical Subjects Fair at Business Botswana grounds on Tuesday afternoon, a concerned Kwerepe, who is a former head teacher, said incidents of ill-discipline by students seriously concern the government, parents as...

Lebogang Mosikare | 13 July 2018

Trouble brewing at BDP NYEC

Mmegi has learnt that campaigns for the position is dividing committee members, since three of its members are contesting for the same position. This, according to a source, has prevented the committee from convening meetings. Some members within...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 July 2018

BCP's troubled journey to Bobonong

BCP vice president, Dr Kesitegile Gobotswang conceded this week that the party that is known by its sobriquet, mogobagoba, goes to Bobonong, “frustrated and anxious because of what within the BCP we see as a serious paralysis within the...

Ryder Gabathuse | 13 July 2018

Remembering BCP's pioneering leaders

The Bobonong festivities will simply evoke memories of 20 years ago when 11 politicians purposed it amongst themselves to break away from the BNF led by its founding father, the late Dr Kenneth Koma. It was 11 legislators of that time, who actually...

Ryder Gabathuse | 13 July 2018

Dow's blue-eyed boy under DCEC radar

Having been in the public service since 2014, Maruapula abruptly resigned his plum job last year after whistleblowers blew his cover to the DCEC, that he did not possess the requisite qualifications to work as a private secretary. “The man...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 13 July 2018

Court denies CMB time in mega-money battle

However, the three-men bench of Justices Ian Kirby, Singh Walia and David Brand declined to postpone the matter on reasons that there was no proper application before them, and that there was no valid reason raised for a postponement. They ordered...

Mpho Mokwape | 13 July 2018

Education ministry appeals LoO judgement

The teachers, Elijah Mlambo and Molefi Raletsatsi sued the ministry in 2015 following approval of Levels of Operation (LoO) policy by Cabinet, which was implemented in July 2013. The two reasoned that prior to implementation of LoO, the position of...

Mpho Mokwape | 13 July 2018

There will be no duels, just euthanasia

He believes, that the only reason why the other gentleman who accused him of a career in the motor industry is alive, is because it is illegal to kill him. If he could find some legal way of putting him out of the Umbrella constituency dilemma, he...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 13 July 2018

Foo, ga re bue Setswana

Ditlhare dingwe ke tsa maungo, tse dingwe ke tse di orwang, dingwe go betliwa ka tsone, fa tse dingwe di aga. Godimo ga ditlhare, go dimela jaaka morama le sengaparile, tsone le tsone di ntse di dirisiwa ka ditsela dingwe. Morama o a jewa, e bile o...

Sebofo Motshwane 13 July 2018

Olopeng dumps Khama, girlfriend for Masisi

Khama and Olopeng, the two once bosom friends are no more. Olopeng decided to ditch his former boss following his [Khama’s] surprise intention to contest for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) chairpersonship. The Khama-Olopeng fallout has...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 July 2018

Matambo uneasy as crop output falls 30%

Official production figures from the cropping season were published on Tuesday showing that Botswana faces a 462,000 tonne cereal deficit.  This follows a disastrous season in which a prolonged dry spell saw production fall to 66,000 tonnes from...

Mbongeni Mguni | 13 July 2018