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Front Page this week: The curse of Camp Dubai
Mbongeni Mguni 19 October 2018
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Selefu 19 October 2018
Ya go ikwadisa, Motswana wetsho!
Election fever is taking hold and the country’s various political actors have begun their posturing and positioning for your attention, your votes. In the next months, expect more banners, branded vehicles, and political paraphernalia to...
Mmegi Editor
| 19 October 2018
Choppies faces Oct 31 deadline from BSE
According to the listing rules, companies on the local exchange are required to publish their financial results no more than three months after the end of the relevant financial reporting period. For Choppies, that period expired on September...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 19 October 2018
The dollar and its discontents
BRUSSELS: US President Donald Trump’s unilateralism is reshaping the world in profound and irreversible ways. He is undermining the working of multilateral institutions. Other countries, for their part, no longer regard the United States as a...
Correspondent 19 October 2018
FNBB sees personal credit rising despite headwinds
FNBB has forecast that the Bank of Botswana will lower interest rates by 0.25% at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting to be held on Monday. Should the MPC follow FNBB’s predictions, the rate drop will be the first since October 2017....
Mbongeni Mguni
| 19 October 2018
Indian multi-billionaire scouts for local opportunities
The visit, at the behest of the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), will be Agarwal’s first to the diamond-rich country. The multi-billionaire initially signalled his interest in Botswana by meeting with President Mokgweetsi Masisi...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 19 October 2018
Stiletto Walk to fundraise for breast cancer awareness
It is also a time to be diligent in our self-examinations, schedule our mammogram appointments and remind others to do the same. October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month spotlights a disease that strikes more than 232,000 women a year, and as...
Staff Writer 19 October 2018
China, Africa on arts and culture mission
Addressing the media this week in Gaborone, interim chairperson of the society Ben Ngwato said that while there is abundance of talent in the arts and a rich cultural heritage in the country, local acts have suffered lack of exposure because there...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 19 October 2018
Lucia Dottie's star finally shines
This song has gone viral on some of the local radio stations and social media where it gained the young artist (Dottie) a couple of applauds from her newly found fans. Her beautiful voice got many dumbfounded. In an interview with Arts &...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 19 October 2018
Sereetsi & The Natives off to Nigeria
Ake Arts & Book Festival is four days of cultural immersion. The Arts and Book Festival aims to showcase the very best of contemporary African literature, poetry, music, art, film and theatre. The theme for this year is Fantastical Futures, with...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 19 October 2018
DJ Sbi Tech breaking airwaves with chiwele
The high riding DJ who is scheduled to perform at this year’s Mahika Mahikeng Festival in Mafikeng, South Africa on December 9 told Arts & Culture that the song is the type of electronic music people listen and make in Africa. “The...
Staff Writer 19 October 2018
More Batswana artists to grace Mahika Mahikeng festival
After ATI (Atlasaone Molemogi) and R’n B queen Amantle Brown’s memorably mouth-watering performance last year, the trio of Dramaboi, Samantha Mogwe, Sereetsi & the Natives and DJ Sbi Techn are expected to scale the heights and do...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 19 October 2018
Police VI, BDF VI armed for final title push
At 3pm on Sunday, eyes will be on the two men’s teams that have dominated the local scene this season. The two have lost just once in 21 games and accumulated 61 points each, a demonstration of their sheer dominance. The respective...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 October 2018
Deferred AGM causes disquiet in rugby
The 2017 AGM could not proceed, as members did not form a quorum. BRU has also failed to appoint a treasurer since the passing of Vincent Mashaya in April. The BRU constitution stipulates that the yearly meeting should be held in...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 October 2018
Is this the end for Jele?
Evidence led before the Athletics Integrity Unit shows that Jele took the banned steroid, Dianabol, last year in October. At 28 years old, Jele has taken a potentially career-ending knock. She was part of the national team that represented Botswana...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 19 October 2018
'Jay Jay' in town
Okocha’s trip is courtesy of Premier League title sponsors, Barclays Bank, and the commercial bank’s customers have the opportunity to mingle with the former Bolton Wanderers star. The Huddersfield/Liverpool match will be screened at...
Staff Writer 19 October 2018
Popa start life after Kavazovic with Chiefs clash
Rollers will look to maintain their place at the summit of the BTC Premiership log, despite a week in which they were rocked by Kavazovic’s departure. Popa face a bubbling Chiefs side that bagged its first win of the season after a slow start....
Kabelo Boranabi
| 19 October 2018
Bright sings familiar tune, but is it still relevant?
When Zebras coach, Bright said he was not receiving support from the BFA, he was travelling a well-trodden path. Successive Zebras coaches have sung the same song to little effect. At times it was used as a conduit to escape the unerring eagle eyes...
Mqondisi Dube
| 19 October 2018
Region's Anti-Doping chief expresses concern
Munyonga told Mmegi Sport yesterday that any case that is reported in any member country raises red flags. “They could be rising not because there is an outbreak as far as taking of prohibited substances is concerned, but it could be due to...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 October 2018
Fired-up Chouka host Flamingoes
Former director, Bashi Gaampone has returned to give the side financial stability. Gaampone had pulled out four seasons ago when the side was relegated from the Premiership. He returned through his JAGO Beef brand to rescue...
Koketso Kgoboge 19 October 2018
No Rollers approach for Zapata yet
The country’s most lucrative club coaching job became available on Tuesday after the league champions parted ways with Serbian tactician, Nikola Kavazovic just a season at the helm of the team. The move sparked speculation that Zapata could...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 19 October 2018
BFA to 'summon' Bright over utterances
“As an association, it is worrying that the comments he (Bright) made were made in a public platform instead of using available internal channels,” BFA public relations and marketing officer, Tumo Mpatane said. “We will take...
Chakalisa Dube
| 19 October 2018
Doping reaches crisis levels
This has left the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) searching for answers, as the incidents continue to occur despite sustained athlete education. BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho admitted that they have reached a crisis...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 19 October 2018
How to restore the museum's luster
Two years after Botswana gained its Independence, the National Museum and Monuments was established, an event graced by then acting president, the late Sir Ketumile Masire. From those high hopes on September 30, 1968, the museum’s running...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 19 October 2018
Botswana Museums and Monuments @ 50 - A rejoinder to Sandy Grant (Part 1)
The previous day I was serving as a respondent alongside historian, Jeff Ramsay, during the Botswana Museum Jubilee panel discussion. The seminar was attended by local and international academics amongst them renowned South African heritage scholar...
Correspondent 19 October 2018
Will there be a "Masisi Doctrine" in Foreign Policy?
Moreover, a President must preside over a highly specialised and sprawling bureaucracy. When it comes to policy, the presidency has three major areas to preside over: economic policy, domestic policy and foreign affairs. These are all competing...
Bakang Ntshingane 19 October 2018
Warren-Dixon to sell BCL for P5 billion
Nixon-Warren said they were currently seeking proposals from the business community to acquire rights to run the properties on a commercial scale. Speaking during the SPEDU consultative forum, Dixon-Warren said he was also working with Pula Steel...
Onalenna Kelebeile 19 October 2018
'Mma Atsile' launches First Lady Girls' Summit
It was held under the banner #BreakingBarriers. The closed-door meeting with the girls was organised in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). About 100 schoolgirls from various...
Koketso Kgoboge 19 October 2018
Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi atrocities
As seems to be the case with Saudi Arabia today, Iraq under Saddam Hussein made immense efforts to eliminate exiled critics who posed no danger to the regime. It is the purpose of such alleged assassinations and kidnappings to not only silence...
Solly Rakgomo 19 October 2018
Election petitions
A petition may be brought where one contests the election result or alleges that a candidate is disqualified to be a candidate. Petitions against the election of a candidate or based on a disqualification are only triable before the High Court. A...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 19 October 2018
Ke leo gape
Ga twe, Rre Tshosa Tsheko, yo e neng e ntse e le kgosi ya Nkarange, o ne a tlogela tiro ka ngwaga wa 2016. Go a bonala Rre Tshosa o ne a bona gore o setse a godile, le gore, ya gagwe tema o e weditse . Jaanong ka di nwa di dibosanya, a bona gore a...
Sebofo Motshwane 19 October 2018
Granting bail a thorn on the side of the justice system
Speaking at the official opening of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions office in Selebi-Phikwe recently, Kgathi said they are trying to interrogate and debate the issue of bail, and said it is very difficult to explain to someone outside the...
Onalenna Kelebeile 19 October 2018
Illegal phane harvesters outsmart beneficiaries
Fifty-six-year-old beneficiary, Gabobofane Nthomphe was enrolled into the programme in 2012 and got assisted with a package that comprises tent, 25kg three-legged pot, 250-litre drum, food basket and transport to and from the harvest camp. She said...
Onalenna Kelebeile 19 October 2018
Fury as gov't de-recognises unions
On Tuesday, Mosalakatane wrote to the seven leading public sector unions about compliance with Section 46 of the Public Service Act of 2008. “You are well aware your union has been one of the public service unions that have been engaged in the...
Staff Writer 19 October 2018
BMC denies exit package agreement with ex-employees
In a notice of appearance to defend filed on October 12, 2018, the Commission said it never entered into any agreed exit packages with the ex-employees as they alleged. The Commission explained that at their request, all former employees,...
Mpho Mokwape
| 19 October 2018
Industrial Court reviews enforcement of arbitration and mediation awards
The trade disputes court this week held a symposium on the enforcement of arbitration awards, the main objective being the discussion on statutory provisions that deals with arbitration of disputes in the country and case law relating to enforcement...
Mpho Mokwape
| 19 October 2018
CoA to settle villagers' territorial logjam
The legal war that has been running for over a decade regarding choosing one common name to share as official name reached the CoA this week after residents of Matolwane filed an appeal. Matolwane residents were not happy about an order that...
Mpho Mokwape
| 19 October 2018
BMWU, MCM formalise recognition agreement
In the aftermath of the mine’s failure to pay the workers’ September salaries in full and on time, over 200 employees joined the Botswana Mining Workers Union (BMWU) in an endeavour to foster good industrial relations with MCM. The...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 19 October 2018
New HIV testing services for the deaf
In an interview with Mmegi online, BSD acting director Kabelo Seadimo said that their organisation has recently secured funding from African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) to pilot the HTS for the deaf in Gaborone, Serowe and...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 19 October 2018
UB still runs at a deficit
Only the intervention of the government could prove to be the lifeline as a dire financial situation is tightening its stranglehold on the institution which came about through the efforts of Batswana who contributed resources during the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 19 October 2018
Masisi's likely regrets
FRANCISTOWN: Reports abound in the ranks of the BDP that a stealth political war could be brewing up as the elected candidates try to assert themselves and prove the power of the people and their worth to the party and State President, Masisi. It...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 19 October 2018
Kgosi's decisions haunt DIS
One such is the one he took to terminate employment of one Walter Matsoga who was dismissed in 2017 for medical reasons, months after he was involved in a car accident. Matsoga who is seeking a condonation of the court to file a review application...
Mpho Mokwape
| 19 October 2018
Liquidator cuts BCL, Tati Nickel skeletal staff
The review that would determine the number of positions that would be required going forward, would be undertaken in the next six weeks while formal termination letters would be issued to all employees by the end of this month. According to the...
Onalenna Kelebeile 19 October 2018
Botswana ranked 90th in global competitiveness
While technically, the ranking released by the World Economic Forum researchers on Wednesday is the country’s worst since the reports began in 2006, Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC) executive director, Baeti Molake told Mmegi that...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 19 October 2018
Matshekge students beat up teachers
Instead, the union believes that much discussion in schools focuses on parents’ concerns for the safety of students in the classroom. The union’s concern comes just days after one of the teachers was brutally beaten up by a group of...
Chakalisa Dube
| 19 October 2018
The curse of Camp Dubai
What is shocking is that these self-appointed generals believe the war they are waging is a secret yet they are leaving their prints all over, continues Seretse. Seretse does not mention names but it is not difficult to tell who he is referring to....
Staff Writer 19 October 2018
BTCL pushes for open trading of its shares
As the first parastatal privatised via the public offer of shares, the BTCL’s listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange two years ago was unique, with trading limited to citizens and wholly citizen-owned entities. A market maker was appointed to...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 19 October 2018
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