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Spending our way into a crisis
The analysis, made as part of the analytical section of the Bank’s 2018 Annual Report, was laid before a full session of Cabinet led by President Mokgweetsi Masisi recently. And according to the central bank governor, Moses Pelaelo, the...
Mmegi Editor
| 07 June 2019
Happy Teachers' Day!
The teachers through their trade unions fought gallantly for this day to be introduced. The government ultimately gave in and in 1996; the national teachers’ day was introduced. It was first celebrated on the first Thursday of June every year....
Correspondent 07 June 2019
BSA urged to close gaps
Maforaga, who is also Rail Giants coach, said there is still room for the club administration to improve. “BSA administration needs to seriously introspect because they seem to regress. The maintenance of the National Diamond is poor,” he...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 07 June 2019
Towering Cheludo tipped to shine
Undoubtedly talented, David is still an unpolished gem. At the time she was just 19-years-old and had been involved in the sport for just two years after quitting basketball. Today, David leaves for a three-month trial with Netball South Australia...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 07 June 2019
Ba Isago to host 39th BNSC awards
The country’s biggest sports awards have never been short of controversy, particularly last year, when badminton umpire Emmanuel Kgaboetsile won the Sportsperson of the Year accolade. He became the first person to win it other than an athlete...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 07 June 2019
Volleyball qualifiers: Women through, men stumble
Botswana women comprehensively beat their hosts 3-0 in the final of the Zone 6 qualifiers on Wednesday to secure progress to the African Games, which Morocco hosts from August 19 to 31, 2019. Botswana won the first set 25-13, before a closely...
Mqondisi Dube
| 07 June 2019
The Mpote conundrum
History-making coach, Stan Tshosane was not the fan favourite when he was appointed in 2008. There was still the sweet aftertaste left by the hugely popular Jelusic Veselin, for Tshosane to contend with. His first days in charge failed to ignite...
Mqondisi Dube
| 07 June 2019
BFA faces Mpote headache
The association advertised the post and is looking to appoint an expatriate, with Mpote remaining in the technical team as assistant to the new man. However, since his appointment, Mpote has done exceedingly well, guiding the Zebras to four...
Mqondisi Dube
| 07 June 2019
Chiefs postpone critical AGM
The two camps that have been battling for the control of the club, are engaged in discussions to try and finally bring an end to the deadlock. The stalemate has largely been blamed on the club’s relegation to the First Division. After numerous...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 07 June 2019
Galaxy dominates BTC nominations
In the player of the season category, Rollers’ top goal scorer, Joel Mogorosi will battle it out with Galaxy duo, Thero Setsile and Ezekiel Morake. Mogorosi scored some crucial goals for his club and helped them win the league for the fourth...
Staff Writer 07 June 2019
Local riders broke ahead of Mantshwabisi
The event popularly known as Mantshwabisi, forms part of the Botswana Motor Sport’s (BMS) fourth and fifth rounds. For the first time since 1991, the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) will not host its third and fourth rounds...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 07 June 2019
Zebras go trophy hunting
Inside the stadium, Botswana’s interim coach, Mogomotsi ‘Teenage’ Mpote and the Zebras will look to create a piece of history. The Zebras have ventured deep into KwaZulu Natal on a trophy-hunting mission, looking to land their...
Mqondisi Dube
| 07 June 2019
Silence descends on venue for CITES' meeting
Why the delay? Why is the meeting being held hostage to safety considerations in Sri Lanka? If terrorism is still a potential threat there, why not shift the meeting to the facilities in Geneva already well prepared to host UN agencies? Worse,...
Correspondent 07 June 2019
The audacity of Ian Khama's privilege
Former president, Ian Khama will perhaps go down in Botswana’s modern history as one of the most polarising political figures. No one will agree on what exactly his presidential legacy is. His presidential term was contentious, problematic,...
Bakang Ntshingane 07 June 2019
What's eating Letshego?
Letshego’s numbers belie the apparent strife that has gripped top management at the pan-African consumer lender in the past year. With a presence in 11 African states ranging from eSwatini to Kenya and the tough-to-crack Nigerian market,...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 07 June 2019
Batswana could get 35% share in BMC privatization
The Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA), which is leading the process, is expected to make the recommendation to government when options for the final structure for privatisation are unveiled at the end of...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 07 June 2019
How tasty is a 'steak' in BMC for investors?
Further taking the shine off the BMC’s coat is the fact that government’s meat industry liberalisation strategy means more competitors coming up directly against the Commission. These new players will have an equal footing with BMC,...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 07 June 2019
A re kgaoganye
Ba tswelele ba re, ka ngwao ke boswa, e tshwanetse go babalelwa, ya somarelwa, gore e tle e fitlhelwe le ke dikokomane tse di tlang. Bangwe ba re, ka ke eo e lebega e nyelela, re tshwanetse ra leka ka thata go e tsosolosa. Jalo he, malatsi ano, re a...
Sebofo Motshwane 07 June 2019
Carter Morupisi: An agent of abject failure
The Worldwide Rally Against Trophy Hunting (WRATH) engineered a watermelon of marchers to coincide with President Masisi’s May 31, 2019 address at the Jewellers Circular Keystone in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lifting of the hunting ban has seen...
Thabo Masalila 07 June 2019
Yes, botswana is a secular state; so what?
So called false pastors were, according to them, ripping off the public and it was government’s duty to ensure that the gullible were protected. Before then, the Registrar had been kaçak iddaa instructed not to register churches in an...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 07 June 2019
State agencies pushing a political agenda?
According to highly placed sources within the intelligence community, the main target in this campaign include former Director General of the DIS Isaac Kgosi and those close to former president Ian Khama. The new DIS Director General Peter Magosi...
Correspondent 07 June 2019
CMB did not inflate Mascom stock - Okaile
The accusations come in the wake of an attempt to sell part of Econet shares at Mascom to BPOPF. In his counter argument, CMB managing director, Rapula Okaile produced what he claims to be the only correspondence shared with the...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 07 June 2019
Botswana's education system: living testimony of boiling frog syndrome?
We are certain that the 21st century competencies, knowledge dynamics, globalisation and technological innovations are key driving forces in the current and future developments of every nation. A brief chronological perspectives of the creative and...
Correspondent 07 June 2019
FCC fails Vision 2022
In 2014, the FCC launched Vision 2022, which was mandated to turn Francistown into an investment hub. Moreover, through the plan, the city envisioned that by the year 2022, Francistown would boast a private sector-led economy, vigorous industrial...
Esnath Samuel 07 June 2019
Jwaneng Technical College re-opens
This comes after Ramokoka called on the school to be closed immediately yesterday after a failed meeting with the students’ body ending up in chaos. In an interview the college’s Students Representative Council (SRC) minister of...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 07 June 2019
Mogwera's hearing set for July
Mogwera was purportedly suspended as BOPEU president by the union’s National Executive Committee (NEC) at a meeting held on April 27, at Regent Hotel in Gaborone, with the union’s first deputy president Olefile Monakwe taking over the...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 07 June 2019
Court strikes off more trafficked voters
Ntheetsang is a former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) councillor for Kanana ward in the Francistown West constituency. He defected from the BDP before the 2014 general elections after he was defeated during the party’s primary elections and...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 07 June 2019
BDP council candidate wins electoral court case
This would have meant that he would have been disqualified from contesting for elections billed for October. Her competitor, Tefo Seetso approached the Lobatse Magistrate’s Court challenging Baile’s eligibility as a voter in Woodhall...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 07 June 2019
Maele journeys anew into opposition politics
But, against all odds, the villagers have vowed to stick with their Member of Parliament (MP) as he starts a new journey into politics of opposition. It was, however, Lesenepole councillor, Mmabesi Olopile who raised people’s emotions with her...
Bonte Seepi 07 June 2019
NPF defence team pushes for acquittal
The attorneys, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae and Unoda Mack, have accused the State of playing hide-and-seek to avoid the accused persons entering their pleas. They are representing amongst others, the Kebonang twin brothers, former minister Sadique and...
Mpho Mokwape
| 07 June 2019
State derecognises magistrate
Asked by the trial magistrate, Masilo Mathaka why the State had not complied with the court order, the State argued that it did not recognise the jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court and that the application to have the charges quashed should...
Staff Writer 07 June 2019
Residents, AG quarrel ignites storm in teacup
The 341 applicants led by Edward Moabi are praying with the High Court to declare Magapatona a standalone village and not a ward in Tutume contrary to popular belief. They also want their Kgosi elevated to the position of headman of records. One of...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 07 June 2019
Africa needs stronger value proposal for investors
Briefing the media here recently, Alexander Forbes CEO (Emerging Markets), Bonga Mokoena said achieving this would require a compelling plan, which would also incorporate national sovereignties. “This is where political will to recognise that...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 07 June 2019
Wilderness hands parting P39m gift to investors
After nine years on the exchange, the tourism giant is due to delist later this month after the majority of shareholders approved a takeover bid led by CEO, Keith Vincent and backed by fund managers. Wilderness, which is active in markets as...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 07 June 2019
Trump is slowing US economic growth
CAMBRIDGE: For some time, the four horsemen of US macroeconomic policymaking have been taxation, regulation, trade, and infrastructure. Having studied the first in detail, I have found tax cuts to be a positive contributor to economic growth. Though...
Correspondent 07 June 2019
Lucara weighs options over 1,758-carat wonder
Two years ago the Canadian outfit sold its world-breaking tennis ball-sized Lesedi La Rona diamond to British Jeweller Graff Diamonds for $53 million. The 1,109 carat uncut stone dug up at Karowe in Boteti sub district, had been expected to...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 07 June 2019
NOW!TV makes way to DStv in Botswana
A channel playing primarily youthful content across a variety of genres, NOW!TV is mandated to provide entertainment, empower the youth of Botswana and grow the local film and television industry. NOW!TV joins the rest of the DStv channel offerings...
Staff Writer 07 June 2019
Poets win big with BTC Foundation sponsorship
With the funds Black African Poets is expected to host an annual BTC Foundation Poetry Festival. Monthly Poetry Nights will augment the Poetry festival throughout the country. “We are very delighted and fortunate to be awarded this...
Staff Writer 07 June 2019
Modville Fitness gears up for Jwaneng Bush Walk
The day-long activities will include among others aerobics, 5-aside soccer, mini bootcamp, 10km bushwalk in Modipane historic sites, and fitness challenge and fun games for children. The organisers are also using the wellness day as a build up to...
Staff Writer 07 June 2019
Pangolin places Botswana on global awards stage
Beating rival nominees from across Africa, including some well-established African safari brands, The Pangolin Chobe Hotel was the only Botswana property honoured at the awards this year. “This is a huge win for Botswana and The Pangolin Chobe...
Staff Writer 07 June 2019
Surviving on wood
Whether one is updating old picture frames or looking to display new images from one’s family life, everyone needs fresh and lively frame ideas. The latter should a beautiful reflection of reality. As a reflection on the subject matter,...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 07 June 2019
Two-horse race tightens for 100MW CBM project
Preferential status means government has now moved to finalise negotiations with the two bidders, which will lead to the hammering out of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and spades in the ground. Although many factors will be considered, one major...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 07 June 2019
DIS, FIA after Bushiri's insurance firm
It is alleged that FIA has uncovered traces of suspicious transactions bordering on money laundering by the Joseph Family Assurance and alerted the DIS. The Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG) saw peace elude it two years ago when factions...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 07 June 2019
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