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Front Page this week: Israelis demand P118M for botched DIS deal
Koketso Kgoboge 17 August 2018
And who is about to pick up the fallen pieces?
Selefu 17 August 2018
Let's 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...
Mmegi Editor
| 17 August 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...
Koketso Kgoboge 17 August 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...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 August 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...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 August 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...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 August 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...
Mqondisi Dube
| 17 August 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,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 17 August 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...
Staff Writer 17 August 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....
Kabelo Boranabi
| 17 August 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,...
Staff Writer 17 August 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...
Mqondisi Dube
| 17 August 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...
Correspondent 17 August 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...
Correspondent 17 August 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...
Solly Rakgomo 17 August 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...
Sebofo Motshwane 17 August 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...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 17 August 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...
Thalefang Charles
| 17 August 2018
BITC's 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...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 17 August 2018
Gov't clips SA airline's 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...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 17 August 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...
Correspondent 17 August 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...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 17 August 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...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 17 August 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...
Betty Ramohubu 17 August 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...
Betty Ramohubu 17 August 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...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 17 August 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...
Betty Ramohubu 17 August 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...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 17 August 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...
Thalefang Charles
| 17 August 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...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 17 August 2018
BOPEU recovers P381,000 from Motsamai's 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...
Correspondent 17 August 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...
Correspondent 17 August 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...
Mpho Mokwape
| 17 August 2018
Mmegi's debut entrance inside Khama's 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...
Thalefang Charles
| 17 August 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...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 17 August 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...
Correspondent 17 August 2018
We all have a role in attracting investment and creating jobs
If he were to achieve that, or even gnaw away at the unemployment numbers, he would surely endear himself even more to Batswana. That being said, he cannot achieve that on his own if the general populace doesn’t come to the party. We all...
Thuso Palai 17 August 2018
Cresta Bosele hosts letlhafula fest for charity
The disability is in such a way that both her feet are inside out, hence she needs continued operations and physiotherapy. Her 41-year-old mother, Sephiwe Johnson is economically challenged and survives on odd jobs to support her four children....
Onalenna Kelebeile 17 August 2018
Limping NAPRO cut staff after multi-million pula loss
Kebakile told Mmegi that much of the losses incurred were towards the wage bill while the sales were not growing. He further explained that the privatisation exercise of the plant is in the pipeline, hence the retrenchment was necessary as increased...
Onalenna Kelebeile 17 August 2018
How Mabaila landed in hot soup
Some contestants believed that all his supporters’ membership cards were easily processed at the party headquarters while they struggled to have theirs done. Moreover, the youthful former army man had support from party leadership, more so...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 17 August 2018
Moalosi named BTC Premiership best player
He was named as the Player of the season, the most prestigious category, as he also bagged another big one, in which the majority of his fellow Premier League players voted him for the Players' Player of the season award. The winners were announced...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 17 August 2018
UDC rejects Registrar's verdict
However, the UDC affiliates themselves have, since it was submitted last month, been in a bitter battle over a constitution submitted to the Registrar. Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) and Botswana Peoples Party (BPP) shared their opposition to...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 17 August 2018
Multiple Births inundate NRH
The triplets and quadruplets were delivered on August 9 and 12 respectively by two different mothers. A joyful Oakantse Monkenti, 38, of Seleka village in Tswapong, contributed the triplets while Pego Race, 34, from Tonota village gave birth to...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 17 August 2018
My thought on Masisi and his corruption crusade
This toxicity permeates all layers of our society and expresses itself more on social media platforms where it breeds an incipient hostility that prevents any authentic conversation even on serious issues. Much of the punditry that pollutes public...
Duma Boko 17 August 2018
Masisi is a criminal suspect - Boko
Sharing his thoughts on the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) saga and Masisi’s corruption crusade exclusively with Mmegi Boko wrote that, “I deal here, en passant, with the fact that in the course of the criminal case it was alleged that...
Staff Writer 17 August 2018
DCEC nabs another CDC engineer
As the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) investigators continue to comb at the site of the ongoing P272 million pula Tutume infrastructural development project for answers in corruption allegations, the chief engineer based in...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 17 August 2018
CDC engineer to face disciplinary action
Tlhagopi is a member of the CDC senior management team based at the headquarters in Serowe. Over and above the corruption charges laid against him by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC), possible disciplinary action will be taken...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 17 August 2018
Israeli demand P118m for botched DIS deal
The deal was financed from the P230 million the intelligence agency diverted from the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) last year. The Israeli firm argues it delivered on its end of the bargain and is tired of waiting for issues in Botswana to be...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 17 August 2018
Gov't 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...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 17 August 2018
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