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Nnasaretha Kgamanyane 13 August 2018

Zimbabwe Elections 2018

Selefu 13 August 2018

Clicks Donates Skin Care Products To People With Albinism

The shop gave back to the vulnerable members of the community for its 50th anniversary.  Speaking at the event, Clicks Relief Manager, Noma Goepamang said they were known for offering affordable, everyday value since 1968. She explained that...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 13 August 2018

Pheto urges public to screen for various disease

Speaking at the Walk of Hope Diabetes Sponsored Walk in Molepolole on Saturday, former Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) president Bafana Phempheretlhe Pheto urged the public to consult their healthcare provider at least once a year and test for...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 13 August 2018

Kgori Capital judgement reserved for November

Manewe said this on Friday before Justice Godfrey Ntlhomiwa when he argued on behalf of Kgori Capital against a civil penalty order application made by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in relation to the frozen P9, 081, 382.15 held in the...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 13 August 2018

MultiChoice Should Come To The Party

MultiChoice has been providing pay television or subscription television services in Botswana for years, and one of the major complaints from locals has been their frequent price increase. MultiChoice mostly increases prices annually. The judgment...

Monitor Editor 13 August 2018

Impressive Maposa Awaits GU

Shangwari, as he is affectionately called, was appointed as interim coach following the departure of Rodolfo Zapata last April. The former GU midfielder managed to lead the Reds to a respectable fifth position after gathering six points in his...

Kabelo Boranabi | 13 August 2018

Road Races Elude Local Runners Again

Dintwe failed to defend the title she won last year with Monica Jepkorir from Kenya easily winning it. Jepkorir finished the race with a time of 2:55:33 and pocketed P25, 000.  Tabita Tsatsa from Zimbabwe was breathing on her heels to scoop the...

Calistus Kolantsho | 13 August 2018

Khama Urges Commitment From Football Leaders

Speaking at the BFA general assembly on Saturday, Khama said strife and competition for positions of leadership continue to be a major challenge for Botswana football, threatening the solid foundation laid by the past and present BFA leadership. He...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 13 August 2018

GU Clinch BTC Charity Cup

Prior to the final, The Reds beat Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2-0 in the first semi-final while Rollers knocked out Orapa United with a commanding 3-0 victory to give the fans the first dose of the Gaborone derby. Rollers came into the game; the...

Kabelo Boranabi | 13 August 2018

Charma Gal, Slizer Spice Up Charity Cup

Although not as big as these global events, similarly the BTC Charity Cup football tournament held over the weekend at the National Stadium would not have made sense without performances, especially from local artists. Despite the fact that the...

Mompati Tlhankane | 13 August 2018

Kuru Organisers Reflect On Bitter-Sweet Journey

Speaking at a recent media briefing, executive director of Kuru Development Trust, Mangana Mangana said throughout the last two decades Kuru helped them know more about their identity.  He said instead of listening to what people said about them...

Mompati Tlhankane | 13 August 2018

Stockbroker Sees Upward Potential For BTCL Shares

Since its listing in April 2016 at P1.15, BTCL’s share price has been on a rollercoaster, plunging at one point to 81 thebe and peaking at P1.85.  Analysts have attributed the swings to the dominance of retail investors on BTCL’s...

Mbongeni Mguni | 13 August 2018

BPC Extends Grid To 100 More Villages

On Friday, the corporation’s CEO, Stefan Schwarzfischer told Business Monitor that with 40 villages having been connected in 2016; 60 last year and the 100 due in this financial year, very few villages would be left without access to...

Mbongeni Mguni | 13 August 2018

COSBOTS Reviews And Implements New Tariffs For Users

Given the vagaries of the economy over the last few years, and the commercial “headwinds” being experienced by both domestic and international markets, together with continuous engagement with all our stakeholders and appreciating their...

Correspondent 13 August 2018

Recalled BONU Secretary General Sues Union

However, the union recalled her during its Extraordinary General Conference held on July 12, 2018. Phaphane has since approached the High Court on an urgent basis challenging her recall. When arguing on behalf of Phaphane before Justice Michael...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 13 August 2018

Government Sets Aside P856m For Drought Relief

The President made the declaration based on the Drought and Household Food Security Assessment and Analysis exercise, which was undertaken from April 16, to May 25, 2018. “The assessment indicated that the 2017-2018 rainfall season was...

Correspondent 13 August 2018

Leaving No Child Behind

Stepping Stones International organised the event under the theme ‘Leaving no child behind for Africa’s Development’. Various schools were invited like Tlokweng Junior Secondary School, Naledi Senior Secondary School, Gaborone...

Betty Ramohubu 13 August 2018

State-Of-The-Art P6m Renal Clinic Opens

It specialises in the management of renal diseases that have been identified as one of the most prevalent epidemics in the country. The managing director of the clinic, Dr Kgosidialwa Mompati who also runs Riverside Hospital in Francistown, said the...

Koketso Kgoboge 13 August 2018

DCEC Raid Bamalete Hospital, BLSON

Deloitte is also said to be engaged to audit the troubled health facility and are expected to produce a report in six weeks. This was after BLH Board suspended its hospital’s CEO, Moagi Mmitsi and the Bamalete Lutheran School of Nursing (BLSON)...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 August 2018

Metrological Services Donate Dry Garden To Camp School

Due to a tight budget they faced over the years, the DMS had partnered with some organisations to make the garden possible and in achieving their long time goal of this tremendous idea inspired by the need to make students feel more comfortable in...

Oarabile Molelekwa 13 August 2018

Khama Argues Against The Lifting Of Hunting Ban

Two months ago, the ruling party legislators finally found their voice against the Khama directive during the Maun East MP Kostantinos Markus’ motion that requested government to lift the hunting ban. Khama, who was interestingly not aware...

Thalefang Charles | 13 August 2018

MP Segokgo Thanks Batlokwa

Even though they came late, scores of Batlokwa, young and old, thronged Tlokweng Junior Secondary School on Saturday where Segokgo addressed them on some burning issues, and awarded teams and players who outperformed others in a football tournament...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 August 2018

BDP Sack Casual Workers By WhatsApp

“Dumelang batho. Ne kere ke le itsese gore gompieno ga le te tirong because tiro e fedile. Le tla bolelelwa tiro e le teng gore le bowe. But go simolola gompieno ga gona sepe. Ke gore go hedile tota. Hedi hedi hedi, bye,” a supervisor...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 August 2018

BDP Plays Down Khama's Jagged Effect

Khama has been out de-campaigning some of the party’s head honchos. Party secretary general, Mpho Balopi hinted to this when fielding questions at a press conference at Majestic Five Hotel following the party’s primary elections...

Koketso Kgoboge 13 August 2018

BCP, BNF Explore Coalition Feasibility

The Monitor has learnt the executives of the two parties have so far met twice for ‘exploratory’ talks in relation to forming a coalition that will contest the 2019 general election. Last month, BCP members resolved that if the problems...

Chakalisa Dube | 13 August 2018

BOPEU Suspended Team Cries 'Staged Coup'

The suspended National Executive Committee (NEC) has described the meeting that was held at Cresta two weeks back where the dispute ensured to the point of police being called as a staged ‘coup’. The infamous meeting that led to the...

Betty Ramohubu 13 August 2018

A New Dawn Or Sinking Into A Morass?

It is improbable that such a scenario has ever occurred elsewhere in Africa if only because African leaders only rarely retire. And then again, it’s improbable that any other country in Africa has three times achieved a peaceful change of...

Sandy Grant 13 August 2018

My Tears For Koketso

Of late we have hounded you poor readers, and ourselves poor newshounds, with stories especially of murder and rape of our women and children. Day after day, the police have been releasing reports of femicide, and just about all kinds of abuse, worst...

Pamela Dube | 13 August 2018

Re-Writing Rape (III) – Who Is The Rapist?

One would almost even think that women are behind the crime of rape, with all the victim blaming perpetuated by rape culture under the guise that women should somehow be empowered to avoid rape. But that is a topic for the next column, on why we have...

Lesego Nswahu Nchunga | 13 August 2018

Ghanzi In History (Part 7) - Indigenous Resistance

As the frustrated Resident Commissioner Charles Rey noted: “They can’t see that if they don’t start new industries they will starve, as there is no market for their cattle and the government can’t go on feeding them. As it is...

Jeff Ramsay | 13 August 2018

Masisi suspends Khama's blue-eyed boy Mabaila

In a letter dated August 7, 2018 delivered this afternoon, Masisi wrote that reference is made to the above subject matter and “your utterances to Hon Dr Alfred Madigele and Sethomo Lelatisitswe on 10th July 2018 and letters addressed to the...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 13 August 2018

Winnie Mashaba Acknowledges Batswana's Support

The Winnie Mashaba Annual Moral Regeneration gospel festival, whose main purpose is to pray, guide and remind each other that people have power over their emotions, is a combination of dialogue sessions led by Winnie Mashaba. On the night, local...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 13 August 2018

Bleak Future For Dstv Subscribers

Only those who are currently illegally using South African decoders would continue enjoying DStv. This is as a result of the Botswana Communication Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) winning a legal battle that will see them regulate price increases by...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 13 August 2018

Passion Leads Pabalinga to Her Dream

Narrating her story to Business Monitor last week, the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) beneficiary said after completing her studies she worked for government, and later joined the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). “In 2014 while...

Pauline Dikuelo | 13 August 2018