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Back Page this week: AIU tighten anti-doping rules

Calistus Kolantsho 16 November 2018

Inside Page this week: It's the trib initiation Vol. 1 weekend

Calistus Kolantsho 16 November 2018

De Beers' eynthetics force rivals' prices down 30%

Calistus Kolantsho 16 November 2018

Front Page this week: Trouble looms for BDP

Calistus Kolantsho 16 November 2018

Judges

Selefu 16 November 2018

Final Appellant board to decide Mabaila's fate

  President Mokgweetsi Masisi is the chairperson of the committee and will decide on the members who sit in that committee.  The party’s national disciplinary committee last month, slapped Mabaila with five years suspension and he...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 November 2018

The art of the deal

Beneath this popular narrative, lies the often overlooked story of how the nation’s early government negotiated and crafted mineral deals that even today have scarcely been replicated elsewhere in the continent. In post-colonial Africa,...

Mmegi Editor | 16 November 2018

Prisons target boxing championship

The club seeks to reclaim their 2016 glory when they won the championship with 14 points under the guidance of Ugandan native, Buwenbo Sande Mpigi.  Mafika was in the second spot with 12 points and Eastern Military Garrison (EMG) was in third...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 November 2018

BOKA to apologise over UFAK hosting error

This follows BNSC’s decision to reject BOKA’s proposal of hosting the championship next year.  When rejecting the proposal, BNSC had cited that BOKA had not followed hosting policy. The affiliates are expected to discuss the matter...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 November 2018

Athletes sitting on ticking time bomb

This follows the passing on of 400m runner, Omphemetse Mokgadi, who collapsed this week during a training session.  The Botswana Athletics Association president, Thari Mooketsi told Mmegi Sport that they are still investigating the...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 November 2018

Gilport Lions rebuilding for top flight return

The former Premier League side rose to the summit of the log after five games with four wins and a single defeat.  They are a point above second-placed Black Peril on 12 points.  Lions have bagged eight goals and conceded three; one from...

Koketso Kgoboge 16 November 2018

Bright bemoans fitness level ahead of Mauritania clash

The team is out of contention as they are currently languishing at the bottom of Group I with just a point with two games to play. However, ahead of their away straw game, the team’s coach David Bright stated the importance of getting a...

Kabelo Boranabi | 16 November 2018

Zapata's Rollers move still in limbo

The two sides are accusing each other over the delay in acquiring Rodolfo Zapata’s new work permit. The Argentinean was recently announced as Rollers’ new head coach. Zapata was previously heading GU’s technical team before he left...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 16 November 2018

Changwe linked with Prisons XI coaching post

The Zambian tactician is reportedly worried over the uncertainty of his future and has offered himself to various clubs.  Flamingoes’ senior officials are yet to open talks for a new contract with Changwe. In July this year Changwe was...

Chakalisa Dube | 16 November 2018

Sharps decry change of Top 8 format

Sharps take on previous winners, Jwaneng Galaxy in the quarterfinals on November 26, 2018. Despite their plans having been disrupted because of the change of the initial format of the knockout competition, the club spokesperson, Moitshepi Seisa said...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 16 November 2018

Dream Team confident ahead of Malawi clash

The team will host Malawi at the Lobatse Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon in the first leg of the preliminary round of qualifiers.   Football fans and pundits alike have expressed high hopes on the side that is rich in talent. Some of...

Kabelo Boranabi | 16 November 2018

AIU tighten anti-doping rules

The rule puts in place an advanced framework for the fight against doping in athletics. The new rules, which come into force from January 2019, make NFs accountable for assisting in the fight against doping and for ensuring appropriate anti-doping...

Calistus Kolantsho | 16 November 2018

Furnmart blames new BSE rules as it delists

Furnmart shareholders are scheduled to meet in December to discuss the P0.65 share offer for delisting and other details. The BSE new rules commence in January, but listed companies are expected to have complied with the 20% to 30% free float...

Pauline Dikuelo | 16 November 2018

Exposing China's overseas lending

CAMBRIDGE: Over the past 15 years, China has fuelled one of the most dramatic and geographically far-reaching surges in official peacetime lending in history. More than 100 predominantly low-income countries have taken out Chinese loans to finance...

Correspondent 16 November 2018

Gov't mulls setting up commercial courts

Should the idea come to pass, it will also be a way of improving the overall efficiency of the country’s judiciary. Officially opening the 2018 Judicial Stakeholders conference in Francistown this week, Defence, Justice and Security Minister,...

Chakalisa Dube | 16 November 2018

Sereetsi & The Natives launch sophomore album

The album is dedicated to the late father of the group’s frontman, Tomeletso Sereetsi who told Arts & Culture that the launch will be a celebration of the unique Botswana four-string folk guitar traditionally made famous by giants like...

Mompati Tlhankane | 16 November 2018

DJ Tips' no fee entry show not vote buying

The show would be held at the Tonota Showgrounds on Christmas Eve. Although the first two instalments of the music festival were also free, the 2017 edition had patrons forking out P50 for access. DJ Tips, as Olopeng is affectionately called by most...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 16 November 2018

Culture Spears to honour late top producer

Maseko put the traditional music group on the map with various best selling albums like Kulenyane amongst others.  He gave Culture Spears a chance to record their works at his House of Rising Sounds studio in Gwabalanda. Culture Spears...

Mompati Tlhankane | 16 November 2018

Rags-to-riches studio relocates to Phakalane, to better tell Botswana story

The company which manages the acquisition and post process from script to screen and is known for their Internet broadcast programme called ‘What’s The Fuzz’ (WTF) has finally found their new home after starting out in Tsolamosese...

Mompati Tlhankane | 16 November 2018

Skulptors stand tall

The category has not been growing that much over the years because artists sometimes feel that working with hard wood, metal or stone to make a sculpture is one of the hardest things to achieve. Last week while the best and deserving visual artists...

Mompati Tlhankane | 16 November 2018

HotBox permeates through Daily Grind air

Since the summer season started, coffee culture has changed a bit, but for coffee lovers nothing has changed really.  Hotwire PRC recently invited lifestyle scribes for a morning of Hotbox coffee at The Daily Grind next to Main Mall in...

Mompati Tlhankane | 16 November 2018

'Sweet nothings' as De Beers again woos Botswana

An unofficial decision has been made by both teams to use the metaphor of romance to describe the process of negotiating and securing a new diamond sales agreement. In May, President Mokgweetsi Masisi spoke of a “marriage” between De...

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 November 2018

LEA, BIUST partner to develop entrepreneurship

The LEA chief executive officer, Dr Racious Moatshe and BIUST vice chancellor, Professor Otlogetswe Totolo signed the MoU at the University campus on Wednesday. Totolo stated that the collaboration would deepen the commitment of the two...

Koketso Kgoboge 16 November 2018

IDM reaches out to ex-miners' beneficiaries

The MoA between IDM and Botswana Mine Labourers' Association (BOLAMA) was signed at Molepolole kgotla in front of Bakwena leader, Kgosi Kgari Sechele and other chiefs, the district commissioner and the local community. Molepolole kgotla also happens...

Staff Writer 16 November 2018

BCP, BNF women scramble for BMD areas

The polling districts that the women want to contest at are Gaborone North and Gaborone Central. The areas were under BMD before it was kicked out from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). The two parties have been having fewer women...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 November 2018

More nasty fuel price shocks in store

And the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) had recommended an across the board increment of P1.20 litre, after its monthly assessment of fuel prices and associated costs for local oil companies. Both the actual import prices and BERA...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 16 November 2018

Ex-miners snub voter registration

This is attributed to disgruntled residents of the town since the BCL Mine closed two years ago. Residents have blatantly stated in various Kgotla meetings that they were not going to register to vote because nobody, including government cared about...

Onalenna Kelebeile 16 November 2018

Malaria claims 10 lives

The ministry, though indicating that there has been a positive decline on the disease said that the 10 lives lost to malaria was still a high number hence the need to educate and strategise on elimination. Speaking during a media-training workshop...

Mpho Mokwape | 16 November 2018

Keorapetse takes Masisi to task

Contributing to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Keorapetse said the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) had hoped that Masisi would announce the formulation of an Anti-Corruption Policy, comprehensive anti-graft law reform, reinvigoration of...

Staff Writer 16 November 2018

Another Khama initiative shoved aside

According to a savingram from the acting permanent secretary at MoBE, Simon Coles, this is due to financial constraints faced by the Ministry. “However, senior secondary schools with serious student indiscipline will be considered on a...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 16 November 2018

EVMs fight rages on

This move was sharply opposed by the first defendant, the Attorney General (AG). The other respondents in the high stakes matter are the chairperson and  secretary of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) respectively. Amongst a myriad of...

Lebogang Mosikare | 16 November 2018

BDP re-runs to ignite tensions

The BDP members in the two constituencies have not been in good terms since the campaigns for primary elections. In Kgalagadi North Assistant Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services, Itumeleng Moipisi lost to Talita Monnakgotla...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 16 November 2018

Wheels in motion to establish human rights unit

The unit comes at a time when despite its supposedly seen clean image, the country still has a barrage of human rights issues that need to be looked at. Twice in 2008 and 2013, the country was thrown into the spotlight as Botswana was served with...

Mpho Mokwape | 16 November 2018

Chief Justice admits to failing systems

Then, the two systems were to address a plethora of challenges ranging from backlog of cases and delays in the delivery of judgements. The country’s legal system also faced challenges of delays in the transcription of proceedings and glitches...

Chakalisa Dube | 16 November 2018

UK-USA anti-Russia alliance

Last week, I stumbled across a rare book by British scholars titled: What your media and professors don’t tell you about Anglo-American foreign policy authored by two professors, John Coles and Mathew Alford who give an inspirational debate on...

Solly Rakgomo 16 November 2018

Election Petition - Case Study

She further sought an order directing the High Court to oversee a recount. The Respondents objected, arguing that the relief she sought was not recognised by law. I will focus on the key principles learnt from that case as opposed to its facts. The...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 16 November 2018

Jalo, ke fa re tlhoma ngwana

Tse dingwe jaaka morula, mmilo, moretlwa, ke tsa maungo.  Dingwe gape, di bolelwa di alafa malwetse mangwe. Sengwe sa tse se bolelwa e le sengaparile. Setlhare se, ba re se sentsi  thata kwa Kweneng. Re utlwa fa khampane ya Matebeleng...

Sebofo Motshwane 16 November 2018

Trouble looms for BDP

One of the leading BDP CC members told Mmegi that there are fears that some of the 130 appellants that were dismissed might seek redress at the High Court or stand as mekoko [independent candidates]. “Of course, there are a lot of unhappy...

Staff Writer 16 November 2018

De Beers' synthetics force rivals' prices down 30%

In a remarkable U-turn against an industry it had been fighting for decades, De Beers in May announced it was entering the synthetics production market, as a way of responding to consumer demand for lower priced, fashion stones, while also creating...

Mbongeni Mguni | 16 November 2018