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Front Page this week: Bulela Ditswe: appeals swamp BDP
Calistus Kolantsho 21 September 2018
GU captured - What's in it for ZAC?
Both had decisions made not to have elections for different reasons and both saw elections held anyway primarily because both had agendas that were not going to stop any election come what may. However, the common thread to both these meetings was...
Correspondent 21 September 2018
BASOP!
Selefu 21 September 2018
UDC circus must end
On the agenda was affiliate member, the Botswana Movement for Democracy and its president, Sidney Pilane. It is not for us to tell how parties or coalitions should go about their business. But it is certainly important that we have highly contested...
Mmegi Editor
| 21 September 2018
Pearmain ready to take swing at pro golf
“I am deeply in love with golf and if there is one thing that I would like to do for the rest of my life, that would be playing golf on tour,” he said. Pearmain said golf is like being an entrepreneur in the world of sport. He said all...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 21 September 2018
Boardroom squabbles rock basketball
Hardy’s appointment in 2016 was seen as a breath of life into the sport but two years in, the 36-year-old has been blamed for the problems. Trouble started brewing following basketball’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in March this...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 21 September 2018
Chess team off to Batumi for Olympiad
One of the squad members, FIDE Master Phemelo Khetho said the team is the strongest ever that BCF has ever sent to Olympiad in terms of ratings. “We had the longest camp, which was six weeks and we had two Grandmasters (GM). We spent six hours...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 21 September 2018
League in desperate need of a headline fixture
In the BPL’s modern era, the 2009 league decider between Gaborone United (GU) and Mochudi Centre Chiefs, arguably stands out as the match of the last decade. Played in a venue that holds just above 8,500 fans, the colossal game exuded class...
Mqondisi Dube
| 21 September 2018
Tails-up Ostriches target winless Chiefs
Magosi are on course for an undesired record as they currently sit 13th with only two points from the four games played. They have conceded seven goals while scoring only thrice and have failed to find the net in their last three games. Their three...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 21 September 2018
Kgaboetsile shines to put Rakops firmly on the map
Sprint star, Christine Botlogetswe is one of the well-known daughters of the village, which is near the Makgadikgadi Pans. Rakops added a further in its cap when one of its own, Emmanuel Kgaboetsile won the Sportsperson of the Year award during the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 21 September 2018
BOKA, BNSC clash over hosting of Africa tourney
BOKA was recently given the nod to host the continental competition, following the conclusion of the UFAK championships in Rwanda. But BNSC insists that a bidding and hosting plan should be submitted first. BNSC chief executive officer, Falcon...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 21 September 2018
Restructuring BFA dissolves technical teams
This week, the BFA announced it had dissolved all national technical teams, with only the senior side, led by David Bright, unaffected. New measures will be introduced, including appointing a full time Under-23 coach. Each coach is expected to have...
Staff Writer 21 September 2018
Masisi in China: A renewed impetus for economic diplomacy
In addition, the governing Botswana Democratic Party’s close ties with the Chinese Communist Party make them strange bedfellows. Yet China was President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s first choice for a state visit since assuming office a few months...
Bakang Ntshingane 21 September 2018
SA buyers 'queuing up' for Masama Coal Mine output
Minergy Limited’s Masama, currently under construction at a cost of P300 million, will be Botswana’s second colliery and the first open cast coal mine in the country. It is being developed 50 kilometres northwest of Gaborone and will...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 21 September 2018
The makings of a 2020 recession and financial crisis
NEW YORK: As we mark the decennial of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, there are still ongoing debates about the causes and consequences of the financial crisis, and whether the lessons needed to prepare for the next one have been absorbed. But...
Correspondent 21 September 2018
Let us introspect in our everyday habits - Madigele
He explained that NCDs including stroke, hypertension, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases causes almost 70% of all deaths worldwide saying that they claim more lives than HIV, TB and Malaria combined. He said they were considered a threat to...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 21 September 2018
Masisi promises students swift response
Masisi, who promised to respond within two weeks, made the promise on Monday at Ba Isago University when he met with tertiary students at a meeting organised by Youth Need a Voice (YNV) movement. During his address after the students’...
Mpho Mokwape
| 21 September 2018
Ensuring equality of indigenous persons - The case of the San in Botswana and the LGBT community generally
These includes the Jagera and the Turrbal people, the Nunukul of Stradbroke Island, the Joondaburri of Bribie Island, the Ningy Ningy of Moreton Bay, the Gubbi Gubbi of the Sunshine Coast and Yagera and Ugarapul from Rosewood out towards Helidon. I...
Key Dingake 21 September 2018
No progress in PSBC constitution drafting - Rari
He pointed out that the lack of progress was due to the fact that the process had just started. Early last month, the government through the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) urged both the government and all Public Service Unions to...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 21 September 2018
ISBS graduates 404
Thereafter, in 2011 he explained that the institution registered with Tertiary Education Council (TEC) and started offering Diploma and Advanced Diploma programmes. In 2013, the school re-branded from an old name to current one of ISBS, where later...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 21 September 2018
Geologist sees copper as Botswana's next big thing
His company is making swift moves to have the opening of its copper mine in the North West District near Toteng by 2021. Paya joined Khoemacau abruptly, leaving his plum job at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST)...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 21 September 2018
Kebonang clears the mist over BCL liquidation
“I was appointed minister of minerals in October 2016. The announcement was however made at the end of September 2016. My first Cabinet meeting was on the very day I reported to work. “On the agenda was the way forward for BCL...
Staff Writer 21 September 2018
DCEC operative caught red-handed
The DCEC investigator was caught in the process of allegedly committing a crime in Maun. Although the DCEC is reluctant to speak about the incident and even state the name of the officer, Mmegi is in possession of the nabbed...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 21 September 2018
'Spaghetti' war pits Motswana against Chinese
Reineetse who is the sole director of Dry Landers (Pty) Ltd wants CRSG, which is wholly owned by China Railway Group Limited, whose major shareholder is the Chinese state-owned China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC), to pay him around P3,7...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 21 September 2018
Pilane faces seven-day ultimatum
The other UDC affiliates - the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Botswana National Front (BNF) and Botswana People’s Party (BPP) - held a meeting on Tuesday with the BMD. According to sources Pilane, who stormed out of the meeting attended by...
Staff Writer 21 September 2018
BDP Central region delays frustrating appealing candidates
The quartet includes Sefane Phuthego (not related to the winner), Tebelelo Seretse, Oteng Thankane and Dr Kolaatamo Malefho. The contention of the quartet generally is that those who conducted the primaries were not competent to run elections of the...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 21 September 2018
Chase responds to elephant poaching allegations
EWB has been working in partnership with the Government of Botswana (GoB) conducting aerial wildlife surveys since 2010. Our team, which includes members from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) and other professionals, is perhaps...
Correspondent 21 September 2018
Gov't to chase Chase to court
On Wednesday, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) deputy director Churchill Collyer, revealed that government has taken the matter to the Attorney General to look into a possible breach of Chase’s contract with government. He was...
Thalefang Charles
| 21 September 2018
GBF brings bookworms out of the wood
According to the event coordinator Kenanao Phele, the event will continue tomorrow. GBF Opening Night starts at 6 pm and entrance fee is P60. The main book festival will start at 9.30 am and entrance fee is P200. “The two-day event will...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 21 September 2018
Independence eve's Seshanyama spin fest amplified
The arena is built at the village’s popular and relatively new joint, Little Paws Garden. It is where the event that starts from pre-independence day morning to the next day will be held. Amongst a host of activities lined up for the...
Koketso Kgoboge 21 September 2018
Gilbert Promotions, StarSat enter paytv deal
The Botswana channel is expected to be launched before the end of October 2018 and should be up and running in November. The renowned music promoter and founder of Gilbert Promotions, Gilbert ‘PP wa Pimp’ Seagile told Arts & Culture...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 21 September 2018
Bikini title sends beauty queen back to school
Mangadi explained to Arts & Culture that though she has other responsibilities as a beauty queen, she would take up the opportunity to go back to school. This comes after it was announced that the queen would receive a scholarship with the...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 21 September 2018
DJ Sbi Techn unleashes Love In Reverse
The high riding DJ is scheduled to perform at this year’s Mahika Mahikeng Festival on December 9 at Mafikeng, South Africa Love In Reverse is Sbi Techn’s first official single of 2018 and the song makes use of wedding imagery to suggest...
Staff Writer 21 September 2018
The Rebel Cook's healthier alternatives excite foodies
The Rebel Cook, a catering and events management company founded by Refilwe Keabilwe has come to the rescue of many Batswana who find eating healthy boring and distasteful. The company has decided to bring something new in the culinary...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 21 September 2018
Thapong gets P1.7m shot in the arm
This was revealed during the two’s partnership launch this week. BTC Foundation chairperson Kgosi Michael Mothobi said the Foundation and Thapong Visual Arts Centre have seen it proper to formalise the agreement between them through a...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 21 September 2018
USA threatens ICC
The reason: ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensuda had requested authority for an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan encompassing all of the parties to the conflict. Bolton hates the ICC because it threatens the...
Solly Rakgomo 21 September 2018
Ka tsebe gone a reng? (2)
Mme gape, a bidiwe dipapisapuo ka gore, a natefisa puo ka go e bapisa, ka go bapa nayo, e seng go e bua e tlhamala. Ka gone go bapisa puo mo, e re mafoko a, a dirisiwa, bangwe ba utlwe ba tlhaloganye, mme bangwe bone ba latlhege, ba se ke ba...
Sebofo Motshwane 21 September 2018
The role of the judiciary in the electoral process
We will introduce such, however, with two words that appear within Section 2 of the Electoral Act. Under Section 2 of the Electoral Act, a constituency means a constituency that has been defined by the Delimitation Commission in terms of the...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 21 September 2018
US NGO procures non-military gear for DWNP
Conservation International, a 31-year-old environmental nonprofit, recently appointed former president, Ian Khama, as a distinguished fellow, charging him with representing its activities across Africa. The specification of the equipment to be...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 21 September 2018
Bulela Ditswe appeals swamp BDP
The constitution demands that any appeal lodged shall be attended to within seven days of their being tendered, and a decision be reached within 30 days. The constitution also gives any person who is not happy with the decision of the regional...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 21 September 2018
Debswana mega-projects widen 2018/19 deficit by P2.2bn
The forecasts are contained in the 2019/20 Budget Strategy Paper unveiled by the ministry on Tuesday. Released every September, the Strategy Paper is the official blueprint for the national budget, forming the basis of the budgeting processing for...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 21 September 2018
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