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Back Page this week: Rollers Edge Black Forest

Calistus Kolantsho 03 December 2018

Front Page this week: Five Perish In Road Mishap

Calistus Kolantsho 03 December 2018

Cohabitation Aint Cool

Selefu 03 December 2018

#Know Your Status

Speakers at the event deliberated on a number of issues, with many if not all agreeing that, while Botswana has made progress with regards to HIV and AIDS response, there was still a lot that needs to be done, to reduce the prevalence, with the...

Monitor Editor 03 December 2018

Botswana Humbles South Africa In Softball Friendly

In day one, the locals were beaten 17-9 but made a comeback on day two to win 6-5. In the final match they overcame their opponents with a slim margin of 3-2. The two countries were using the friendly tournament as preparations for the WBSC Africa...

Calistus Kolantsho | 03 December 2018

Gilport, Black Peril In An Entertaining Draw

Played under scorching temperatures, the two sides met in a top of the table clash. The log leaders took the lead as early as the second minute, when Botlhe Rakaki’s free kick was parried in to play by the goalkeeper. The ball fell at the feet...

Kabelo Boranabi | 03 December 2018

Bathai Gets Commonwealth Karate Position

Bathai was elected into the position during a Commonwealth Karate Federation (CKF) elective congress that was held in Durban. The position carries a four-year term.  CKF president is Sonny Pillay from South Africa and the first vice president...

Calistus Kolantsho | 03 December 2018

FA Cup Returns

The announcement was made this past weekend with details expected to be revealed during a press briefing today. The competition, which gives even lower division sides an opportunity to compete against Premier League sides long stopped after...

Staff Writer 03 December 2018

Matsabu's Header Sinks Forest

Popa made five changes to the lineup that started in a mid-week CAF Champions League clash against Bantu FC with Kamogelo Matsabu and Keeagile Kgosipula getting their first starts of the season. Popa enjoyed majority of ball possession inside the...

Kabelo Boranabi | 03 December 2018

Galaxy Walks Past Sluggish Highlanders

“My players are fatigued, we have not had a decent rest, the cup games and the trip here was too much for the boys. The result was far much better than the exhibition,” he said. Galaxy made their intention clear from the onset. They...

Koketso Kgoboge 03 December 2018

Micon To Open Auditions

The finals for the show are billed for the first week of September 2019 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre. The show will see one winner walk away with a pre-owned 2014 Audi A4, P50,000 cash, a home recording studio worth P18,000, a...

Mompati Tlhankane | 03 December 2018

Orange Launches Data Centre

The Centre would be inclusive of equipment space, office space, and two redundant energy centres with the completion date anticipated to be end of 2019. Located at the Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH), the state-of-the-art centre will become a central...

Staff Writer 03 December 2018

Youth Businesses Gets Govt/LEA Boost

The two entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding last whose ultimate goal is higher survival rates among youth start-ups, particularly those funded through the Youth Development Fund (YDF). Established by government in 2009, the YDF aims to...

Kaone Maje 03 December 2018

"A Knowledge-Based Economy", What Is My Role?

The country ranked third in sub-Saharan Africa on the UNDP Human Development Index in 2015, third in the Mo Ibrahim Index of Africa Governance in 2014, 28th out of 168 countries globally on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index...

Ignatious Njobvu 03 December 2018

A Million Questions

Learning new things excites me because I love understanding WHY things are the way they are. I couldn’t believe it just because the teacher said it! If it didn’t make logical sense to me, I poked and prodded until the matter was...

Correspondent 03 December 2018

Council To Impound Roaming Livestock

When addressing the media recently, council chairperson, Mpho Morolong said they were starting to implement the by-law Act because residents of Mochudi and other villages were complaining about livestock that roamed the village...

Ookeditse Malesela 03 December 2018

Dubani Takes His Final Bow

Hundreds of mourners from all walks of life including politicians, media colleagues and community leaders attended the funeral. Dubani, who was amongst those who pioneered The Voice newspaper in the early 1990s, succumbed to a heart attack more than...

Chakalisa Dube | 03 December 2018

More Bogadi Beasts Seized

Back in July this year, a couple was embarrassed after the police raided a wedding party and seized cattle that were about to be presented as the bride price at Goo-Ruele ward in Kanye. Two months down the line, yet another wedding turned sour this...

Pini Bothoko | 03 December 2018

Magowe In Love With Her Nursery Trees

SELEBI-PHIKWE: “Nursery trees are a true companion, my husband and my son, faithful friend who would never have differences or grudges. They respond quickly to my emotions before any person could and they pick my moods even when I try to...

Onalenna Kelebeile 03 December 2018

Batswana Urged To Know Their Status

Masisi was speaking at the commemoration of the World AIDS Day in Mochudi on Saturday under the theme ‘Know Your Status’. He said while there has been some progress made in the fight against HIV and AIDS, there is a lot that still needs...

Staff Writer 03 December 2018

The Reality Of Living With HIV

In commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1, as part of the 16 Days Of Activism calls were made for all actions to collectively end the stigma and gender-based violence.  This year’s theme calls on everyone to know his or her status,...

Khumoetsile Magonare 03 December 2018

'Pedestrian Deaths High In Mogoditshane'

Most of them meet their fate when walking on the roads at night. Drinking and driving also contribute significantly to the rise in road fatalities. The acting Officer Commanding in the Mogoditshane policing area, Paul Oketsang has appealed to...

Pini Bothoko | 03 December 2018

Ministers Dismiss Land Audit Motion

The Minister for Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services, Kefentse Mzwinila and his Botswana Democratic Party colleague and MP for Serowe South, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi have said the land audit is unnecessary. When debating Rantuana’s...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 03 December 2018

BDP Women's Wing Declares Support For Masisi

The assembly, held under theme, ‘Our empowerment, our unity, our victory #2019” took place in Mogoditshane. Masisi said the theme was relevant and more appropriate in view of the recent signing of the Gender Protocol by...

Ookeditse Malesela 03 December 2018

Rantuana Calls For Land Audit

Ramotswa MP, Samuel Rantuana had brought a motion seeking Parliament to request government to carry out land audit as the current Land Administration Procedures Capacity and System (LAPCAS) is not addressing the issue of long waiting lists of plot...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 03 December 2018

Why We Should All Be Feminists (I) - The Important Feats Of Feminism

This encapsulated the involvement of women in politics. This wave of feminism saw the advocacy of women’s civil and political rights. The advocacy involved speaking against the treatment of women as children, belonging to men; first their...

Lesego Nswahu Nchunga | 03 December 2018

Chobe (V) "The Hunter's Road"

In July of 1851 the three arrived at Sebetwane’s capital, Linyandi village, where they witnessed the already ailing Makololo kgosi’s death. The expedition itself had come at the Makololo ruler’s invitation. Eager to make direct...

Jeff Ramsay | 03 December 2018

Neo Masisi, An Eva Perón Of Our Times?

I marinated on this; the debates, curiosity around our First Lady, Neo Masisi. MmaAtsile has in a short space of time, created waves, even threatening to surpass the popularity status of President Mokgweetsi Masisi. I had to go on Google to check...

Pamela Dube | 03 December 2018

BNF's prodigal son returns

Councillor Ntime resigned from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in a letter addressed to BDP secretary general dated December 3, 2018, without citing any reasons for quiting Domkrag. “I have reached a conscious and profoundly...

Staff Writer 03 December 2018

Poor Attendance At Tlatsa Lebala

The stage was fantastic, the sound was topnotch, Kast had done his part but Batswana just could not attend his event. The people who had bought stall spaces to push their businesses were clearly distraught.  The security was there waiting to...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 03 December 2018

Five Perish In Road Mishap

The accident involving a combi from Molepolole to Takatokwane happened at around 5pm near Serinane. The district traffic officer Superintendent Tuelo Komanyane confirmed the accident that killed two men and three women aged between seven and 57. He...

Pini Bothoko | 03 December 2018

Chilling To The Aroma Of Romatic Coffee

Through their company MetroCall Creatives, the duo produces Romatic coffee, which they customise according to the clients’ needs. They roast and package Arabica coffee beans of various origins ranging from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Americans...

Pauline Dikuelo | 03 December 2018