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Selefu 05 April 2019

Is there life after Kang?

Botswana, for the most, has been insulated from this over the decades, enjoying stable economic growth, good governance as well as peace and security. Where other Africans have swung between the hope brought by a new administration, to the dreaded...

Mmegi Editor | 05 April 2019

Police VI aim for Al Ahly scalp

Al Ahly are expected to go all out in order to defend their title against 22 continental teams who have gathered in the North African country. The Egyptian side has 13 crowns under its belt. On Saturday, Police VI take on Al Ahly from Libya, in a...

Calistus Kolantsho | 05 April 2019

Cricket team to play Mat Tuskers

Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) fixtures and publicity secretary, Sumod Damodar said the matches were meant to prepare the national side for the ICC World T20 qualifiers to be played in Uganda next month. “The close association between...

Mqondisi Dube | 05 April 2019

BAA in Nike contract breach

This comes after the athletics body sent a team to the 2019 World Cross Country Championships to Denmark without the Nike kit. The BAA-Nike agreement signed ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games stipulates that the US sportswear manufacturer will supply...

Calistus Kolantsho | 05 April 2019

Plight of Female Zebras echoes global battle of sexes

For starters, the women’s soccer team has failed to conclusively attract a nickname. ‘She Zebras, Mares and Female Zebras’ have been thrown around without firm success. The team faces an identity crisis, while their male...

Mqondisi Dube | 05 April 2019

Youngest coach, 29, carries Mares' hopes

The Mares take on Namibia in the first leg of the preliminary round of the qualifiers at the National Stadium at 6pm. Sharps Shooting Stars’ assistant coach, Alex Malete will lead the team on an interim basis after head coach, Gaoletlhoo...

Kabelo Boranabi | 05 April 2019

'TAFIC not ready for Premiership'

TAFIC lead the Debswana First Division North (FDN) log with 48 points, two ahead of Morupule Wanderers with three games remaining. TAFIC need two convincing wins to secure automatic promotion. Wanderers are assured of a promotion play-off...

Chakalisa Dube | 05 April 2019

Chiefs, players on the same page

The two parties have had several fallouts this season with the players threatening to boycott some games as a result of unpaid salaries.  Magosi, once a formidable side in the league, has been struggling financially for over two...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 05 April 2019

From frying pan into the fire for Gunners

At the draw held at the Mogoditshane Supa Save mall yesterday, Gunners were drawn as the home team in a game to be played on the weekend of April 12 and 14, 2019. Gunners reached the second round of the competition after beating Popa’s...

Kabelo Boranabi | 05 April 2019

Chouka hold key to title race

There are three matches left and the difference between the log leaders, TAFIC and second-placed Morupule Wanderers is just two points.  Third-placed Sua Flamingoes are a further nine points behind. Motlakase will play all top three sides in...

Koketso Kgoboge 05 April 2019

Anxiety grips BNSC as job cuts loom

The BNSC has already lost two out of nine directors in recent months, who quit for greener pastures. Sport development director, Steve Bothasitse and lands and facilities director, Kearabetswe Galebotse left the sport umbrella body...

Calistus Kolantsho | 05 April 2019

'Gov't cannot dictate who we employ'

Responding to Mmegi Sport enquiries, BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti said while there is nothing wrong with receiving a courtesy call, it would be unfortunate if the government were involved in the day-to-day running of the association’s...

Mqondisi Dube | 05 April 2019

Debunking the myths of Botswana's tourism boycott

A common approach is to threaten Botswana with a tourism boycott. They are saying the 2.5 million of foreign tourists visiting Botswana to photograph elephants are contributing massively to the country’s 11.5% tourism gross domestic product...

Correspondent 05 April 2019

Politics, popular grievances and the power of animal advocacy

To them it seems that Western animal lovers and animal-rights NGOs, and their African allies, appear to cherish wildlife above any concern for people who suffer crop damage or loss of livestock. This has been a long-running issue across southern...

Correspondent 05 April 2019

In memory of a friend killed by an elephant

You see, Okavango River is given different names as it passes across different areas. In this particular place at the edge of the thick bushes in Qurube cattle post (15km from Gumare), it is called Xani River. Xani was the favourite for the boys. It...

Correspondent 05 April 2019

Gov't prioritises F/town for enterprise development

Serame said that there are facilities such as Lekgaba Centre in the second city that need to be refurbished to provide the much-needed space for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) to operate. She said this at a recent SMME Pitso and Fair,...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 05 April 2019

A re se metse mafoko

Polelo e kaya gore, nako nngwe, go ne ga bolodiwa letsholo la go lekola dikgwebo tsa mananeo a, gone kwa Kweneng. O botse gore, gone go lekola mo, ke eng? Go lekola mo, e ne e le go bona gore, ka batho ba thusitswe ka mananeo ao, ba batla go dira...

Sebofo Motshwane 05 April 2019

Welcome Brigadier Mathambo - We are watching you

He was viewed, by naysayers, with suspicion as a supposed Khama deployee, having been appointed on the eve of the prince’s exit from the number one office. He did little to fight the perception. The DCEC’s handling of the National...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 05 April 2019

Pension funds shed P3.7bn in tough 2018

Bank of Botswana (BoB) figures released this week indicate that the country’s pension funds ended the year with assets worth P78.97 billion, down from P82.69 billion as at January 2018. The pension fund arena is dominated by the Botswana...

Mbongeni Mguni | 05 April 2019

Consciousness of freedom at war with xenophobia

Fellow Africans are being subjected to varying forms of violence for allegedly causing high unemployment rate. Can an African be a foreigner in Africa? Once again we see some South Africans deviating from the conscious of the roots of their...

Thabo Masalila 05 April 2019

Fighting the global coal war (Part I)

Since then, many papers and articles have been written and international meetings held to see if agreements can be made to mitigate this supposed problem for our planet - a problem not fully defined, nor even proven to any level of certainty. In...

Correspondent 05 April 2019

Serenity Greens: A joint to soothe minds

Others prefer a bar counter to unwind over a glass of beer, but the locations sometimes are not serene enough. But for the residents of Mmapole ward in Mochudi and the surroundings there is a new place named Serenity Greens, which offers a peaceful...

Mompati Tlhankane | 05 April 2019

Wilderness starts hot air balloon excursion

The hot air ballooning experiences started on Monday and will go on until through October 7, 2019. Therefore between now and then, guests can enjoy a unique hot air balloon safari, drifting slowly over the pristine 60, 000-hectare Vumbura...

Staff Writer 05 April 2019

Public gym opens in Block 8

At the unveiling, Kgosi Motlhatswi Pule of Block 8 expressed gratitude to Time Projects of the unfailing love for the disabled people in the community and the public at large. He said the gym communicates that indeed health is a cornerstone of what...

Kebone Laetsang 05 April 2019

Grand Palm host, partner FWB

This is their fifth annual fashion show and it will be held tonight under the theme ‘Ready to Wear’. One of the most talented young designers in Southern Africa, Nivaldo Thierry will be showcasing his latest collection at the event to...

Ame Motimane 05 April 2019

Another holiday experience at Epic Eco

The event brought by Mark Media Entertainment, will be headlined by Nomvula and Sdutla Sam hitmaker, Mr Style from South Africa. Kealeboga Sedumedi also known as DJ KSB of Mark Media Entertainment told Arts & Culture that this will be the first...

Mompati Tlhankane | 05 April 2019

Maitisong Festival 2019 puts locals first

For years, the festival had been placing most of its focus on exhibiting international talent, but the festival director Tefo Paya and team have decided to develop a creative hub through the festival that has given birth to a number of productions...

Dumisani Ncube 05 April 2019

It's only going to get hotter

Farmers countrywide are exhausted from rolling years of droughts, but they have little choice. Subsistence and commercial farming activities are in the DNA of hundreds of thousands of Batswana across the country and every season they dutifully trudge...

Siyabonga Gaetshajwe 05 April 2019

Drought 2019: Two-thirds of crops wilt, livestock fatalities rise

“Go maswe bagaetsho.” Agriculture minister, Patrick Ralotsia, who is also a prominent farmer with 300 hectares in the Kanye area, appears to be running out of adjectives to describe the latest cropping season disaster. “Even at my...

Mbongeni Mguni | 05 April 2019

Under-siege TOTUMA farmers cancel field day

Earlier this year, a survey released by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) confirmed what many around the country already feared – the poor rains in the first half of the season and the inconsistency in the second...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 05 April 2019

Outing turns bad as pal dies in quarrel

This came to light Thursday when Lefoko Masudisa, 28, was arraigned in court for the alleged murder of Thembani Mazinyane. The State alleges that Masudisa murdered Mazinyane on April 2 at Block 2, Francistown. Masudisa, who’s plea was...

Goitsemodimo Akanyang 05 April 2019

ZHE property under the hammer for salaries

The company will have a delivery van, a delivery combi, a fridge and a steel filling cabinet auctioned in order to raise P203,680 towards payment of employee salary arrears. The Industrial Court Registrar on February 7, 2019 issued a writ of...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 05 April 2019

Mathambo through army ranks to DCEC boss

FRANCISTOWN: Before joining the DCEC, the well-built Mathambo who hails from Tonota village had spent about 32 continuous years at the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) where he had a meteoric rise through the army ranks. He has a very interesting career...

Chakalisa Dube | 05 April 2019

BOFEPUSU consents executives' general election candidacy

The federation’s secretary general Tobokani Rari confirmed the development yesterday. Last week, BOFEPUSU deputy secretary general Ketlhalefile Motshegwa confirmed in a statement that he would be contesting as a parliamentary candidate of the...

Chakalisa Dube | 05 April 2019

Politicians in court for theft

The State alleges that the duo acting together in concert and with a common purpose, fraudulently stole P143,000 belonging to the BPP during different dates in 2017. It should however be noted that Dan, who has since decamped to the ruling BDP from...

Lebogang Mosikare | 05 April 2019

Venson-Moitoi's presidential race an uphill battle

Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi’s presidential campaign faces insurmountable obstacles in pursuance of its objectives, as their numbers seemingly don’t add up. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) structures have simply connived against...

Ryder Gabathuse | 05 April 2019

China Jiangsu, gov't clash over P1.5bn tender

The court clash between the duo is reportedly bigger than just the cancelled tender as the government considers the company a national security threat. Further reports suggest that the State has been advised to cease all dealings with the...

Mpho Mokwape | 05 April 2019

BPC pushes for 10% tariff increase

Although authorities close to the matter are tight lipped, Mmegi is informed that the electricity utility has applied for at least a 10% increase for domestic customers. Highly-placed insiders said the last review, in April 2018, had pushed domestic...

Mbongeni Mguni | 05 April 2019

MPs' salaries to likely bump up 10%

Although discussions on the matter are said to be ongoing, it is said that many of the MPs have been in agreement at the General Assembly held Thursday last week that they should increase their salaries by 10%. The legislators have been meeting at...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 05 April 2019

Peace necessary after Kang

The faction says if the court rules in the favour of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) after producing evidence on how they rigged elections then they would not see a need to go to Kang congress. The faction demands that the party takes action...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 05 April 2019

Kgosi charged on two counts

According to the charge sheet, count one of the offence is the prohibition of disclosure of identity.  The particulars of offence are that the accused person, Kgosi, between February 18 and 25, 2019 in Gaborone took photographs of officers as...

Mpho Mokwape | 05 April 2019

Venson-Moitoi loses case against BDP

The former minister and Serowe West legislator had dragged the party to court on urgency arguing against its decision to cut 26 names from her list of sponsoring delegates, a decision that effectively ended her challenge against the incumbent,...

Mpho Mokwape | 05 April 2019

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Goitsemodimo Akanyang 05 April 2019

Pula Steel sale hits a snag

Pula Steel was built at a cost of P130 million in 2015 and entered liquidation in October 2017 having operated in fits and starts due to financial and technical challenges, including shortage of its raw materials. Creditors owed about P100 million...

Mbongeni Mguni | 05 April 2019