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Inside Page this week: Million viewers agree with Vee's Dumalana

Selefu 28 June 2019

Inside Page this week: Gov't could hike P15bn bond limit, mobe to monthly auctions

Selefu 28 June 2019

Back Page this week: Panic sets in at Chiefs

Selefu 28 June 2019

Front Page this week: BPF off to a slow start

Selefu 28 June 2019

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Selefu 28 June 2019

Beware of unscrupulous election funders

Of particular interest to the discussions is that Botswana, a landlocked Southern African republic considered one of the oldest democracies in Africa, does not have laws regulating political funding. Coupled with that, government does not finance...

Mmegi Editor | 28 June 2019

School sports in dire state

This was said by Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA), president Joshua Gaotlhobogwe at the COPA Coca-Cola launch this week. Gaotlhobogwe said this year’s secondary schools competitions have been hit the hardest by the deadlock as...

Kabelo Boranabi | 28 June 2019

NSAs differ on Act review process

Some feel that they should have been invited for a workshop to conduct the review instead of being requested to submit their concerns as individual NSAs, while others agree with the process of submitting comments. Botswana Cycling Association (BCA)...

Calistus Kolantsho | 28 June 2019

Sharps back in the market for new coach

Moseki joined Stars in January from Jwaneng Galaxy where he served as an assistant coach. He became Sharps’ fourth head coach in less than two full seasons after Keitumetse ‘Pio’ Paul, Rapelang ‘Razor’ Tsatsilebe and...

Kabelo Boranabi | 28 June 2019

Decision time as BAA goes to the polls

BAA has faced a tough few months, and it would be interesting to see how affiliates vote, with incumbent president, Thari Mooketsi, throwing his name in the hat for re-election. The elections are being held under the new constitution that would...

Calistus Kolantsho | 28 June 2019

Ramokate says he's no lapdog

Ramokate told Mmegi Sport that they both have their roles to play. He explained that there is no possibility of anyone overshadowing the other.  When asked if there are National Sport Associations (NSA) who ignore the Botswana National Sport...

Calistus Kolantsho | 28 June 2019

The story of Wanderers' formation

Over four decades later, the story of Morupule Wanderers’ formation is still as interesting as if it just happened yesterday.  The nostalgic journey of the mining team provides an insight into perseverance, tenacity and resoluteness. It...

Koketso Kgoboge 28 June 2019

Boyo's journey with Wanderers

He led Wanderers to successful playoffs against Jwaneng Fighters. His outfit dumped Fighters 4-2 in aggregate. His immediate intentions are to stay at the club and help it settle in the top-flight league in the next two seasons. He is yet to put pen...

Koketso Kgoboge 28 June 2019

Mojaki could land BFA GM post

The new person will be responsible for all national teams, travel, bookings and to liaise with international clubs, amongst other duties. Mojaki was in a two-horse race with former Gaborone United general manager, Olebile Sikwane. It is said...

Mqondisi Dube | 28 June 2019

Is Africa cyber-crime-savvy?

It started with loud music and the smell of marijuana. When South African police stormed a hotel room in the Western Cape they found six people huddled over 32 computers and mobile devices. This extortion syndicate was extracting millions of dollars...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

Angola prepares red carpet for Botswana's elephants

President Masisi is planning a two-day visit to Angola soon to meet his counterpart, João Lourenço on the touchy issue of elephant overpopulation in Botswana. Angola is part of the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area...

Mbongeni Mguni | 28 June 2019

Beggars on beaches of gold

In 2009, government needed money after the global financial crisis burst into the country, crashing production at Debswana as well as other crucial mines and sectors. Despite the fact that the local private sector, particularly pension funds, had...

Mbongeni Mguni | 28 June 2019

New Capitol to screen local short films

Tau, who is also a talented poet, writer and director, has a film titled Section 82 that will be screened on July 8, while Kebiditswe’s Hidden Scars will be screened the following day. Both films showcase struggle, abuse and violation of human...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 28 June 2019

Ga re tshwantshwanye

Ke gore, go sa ntse go na le sengwe se re batlang go se bua, bangwe ba re, go se tshwaela. E ne ya re go alela kgang ya rona ya maloba ra re, mono  Botswana, re na le dipaka tsa ngwaga tse di farologanyeng thata ka go nna selemo go tloge go nne...

Sebofo Motshwane 28 June 2019

Emboldening Paul Kagame - rolling the red carpet and giving a dictator the green light

State visits are not merely ceremonial, but are politically inspired and purposeful to increasing Botswana’s diplomatic influence, business links and furthering national interests. But this visit is bound to have an opposite effect, backfire...

Thabo Masalila 28 June 2019

Vote for country

In fact, they were many. He concealed a report into possible corruption by members of his cabinet, signed death warrants recklessly and the record would reflect that he was occasionally given to intemperate conduct.  Once, he did manhandle a...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 28 June 2019

The Meating to warm Waterfront

As the winter days get colder and shorter, many prefer to be in the comfort of their own homes and not patronising events. The Meating will be a home-away-from-home event where comfort will be the order of the day.   Though not new, The...

Ame Motimane 28 June 2019

DJ KSB to perform in Maputo

The DJ who recently performed in Limpopo, South Africa for the Youth Day Celebration on June 16 told Arts & Culture that he has decided to do an appreciation tour around Southern Africa in clubs and pubs.  He said this is his first tour...

Mompati Tlhankane | 28 June 2019

Thousands expected at Annual Desert Walk

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) vice chairperson, Gabobofane Gabobofane told Arts & Culture that the deadline for ticket sales is June 30. He said preparations are going well and they have set a target of 3,000 participants....

Calistus Kolantsho | 28 June 2019

Date My Family Botswana premiere is here!

The show is exclusive to Zambezi Magic channel 160 on DSTV and will air every Thursday from 9:30pm  to 10:30pm. Multichoice in partnership with Botswana Life Insurance made this possible for Batswana. During a press briefing in Gaborone this...

Ame Motimane 28 June 2019

Million viewers agree with Vee's Dumalana

All it took was a video shot on the street with his day one fans to achieve this. Published on February 16, 2019, Vee Mampeezy’s Dumalana video has now become the fastest local video to reach a million views on YouTube (in five months)....

Mompati Tlhankane | 28 June 2019

Diamonds good continues in Botswana

Speaking at the Plenary Meeting of the Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, MD of Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), Marcus ter Haar commented that,...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

Step into the digital era, women entrepreneurs urged

While many women entrepreneurs in Botswana rely on physical word of mouth and street sales to sell their wares, the advent of the Internet and its various products, including the digital marketplace are an opportunity not many are taking advantage...

Ludo Kwapa 28 June 2019

MDCB begins studying Lucara equity deal

Lucara is famous for discovering the 1,109-carat Lesedi la Rona and the 813-carat Constellation in 2015, before unearthing an 1,758-carat stone that is yet to be named earlier this year. Lesedi la Rona was sold for US$53 million (P566 million at...

Mbongeni Mguni | 28 June 2019

China in Africa: Unlocking a continent of possibility

And none more so than China. Its sustained courtship of the continent has seen China and Africa bilateral trade and investment reach astronomical levels. According to 2018 trade figures, China’s trade with Africa totalled US$205 billion. And a...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

BR risks 'derailment' over P4bn in uninsured assets

BusinessWeek has learnt that the rail utility has been in this situation for some time and is forced to dig into its own pockets to cover liabilities that arise from train accidents and other incidents. According to the Auditor General, BR used to...

Pauline Dikuelo | 28 June 2019

You can now study online with BAC

BAC launched the BPP online study mode that will give flexibility and access to study with partners IBTC, a South African distance and online professional college with over 2,000 students in South Africa which is sole holder of BPP license for the...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

TVET, a solution to youth unemployment

It is highly probable that my mother would have rejected that idea. There was no career guidance those days and therefore I ended up doing what the Ministry of Education officers chose for me considering my examination results.  My mother did...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

Russia refutes US allegations of 'very low-yield nuclear tests'

The Russian Federation considers claims that it may be conducting very low-yield nuclear tests as a crude provocation. This accusation is absolutely groundless and is no more than another attempt to smear Russia’s image. Regrettably, such...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

On the outcomes of the 2019 Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum

The XXIII Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was held on June 6-8, 2019 with more than 19 thousand participants and 4,8 thousand journalists from 145 countries taking part. Most participants, 1072, came from China. The USA...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

Limkokwing offers self-sponsored students up to 50% sponsorships

In its continued efforts to providing quality education and positioning itself as the number one market leader in the creative and innovative driven industry within the tertiary education in Botswana, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

Stepfather found guilty of raping stepdaughter

Yesterday, Magistrate Kose Makobo convicted a Zimbabwean man-whose names have been withheld for ethical reasons-of raping his stepdaughter in 2016. In the case, the victim attended a primary school in one of the local schools here.  The court...

Kaelo Kebotse 28 June 2019

Man guilty of stabbing girlfriend to death

Justice Bashi Moesi returned a verdict of guilty against Cheleketo Pitso, 39 for the January 29, 2015 murder of Segamang Bantwaetse at Sepalola. Pitso, who was represented by attorney Isaac Seleka, had elected to give unsworn evidence during his...

Lebogang Mosikare | 28 June 2019

UDC rebuts Masisi assassination hearsays

The UDC hosted a press conference at the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) house on Wednesday afternoon to respond to the allegations and another story, which puts says the party’s president, Duma Boko was in cahoots with people who want to topple...

Cavin Kanoko | 28 June 2019

Countries gain from conservation tourism summit

The new initiatives were announced at the close of the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) Environment Africa Wildlife Economy Summit in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, attended by the Presidents of Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia, and...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

Children's Act contradicts other laws

However, 10 years after the formulation of the legislation, it is evident that there are challenges in the implementation of that Act. Speaking at the ongoing Botswana Civil Society Child Rights Convention in Gaborone earlier, social worker Moffat...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 28 June 2019

BDP faces unrest in Mogoditshane

This came after a report that some councillors were de-campaigning BDP aspirant candidate Tumiso Chillboy Rakgare and the branch committee wanted to suspend the alleged culprits. Four councillors who awee alleged to be de-campaigning Rakgare and...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 28 June 2019

Court orders DPSM to review its directives

Justice Abednego Tafa also ordered the DPSM to pay the ministry workers remote area service allowances dating as far as back as April 1, 2013. That was after the Ministry omitted the officers from the directive No 2 of 2013 and refused to add them in...

Mpho Mokwape | 28 June 2019

CITW ponders more conservation clubs

One of the main aims of the environmental conservation clubs is to teach children how to conserve the environment and impart leadership skills to the children from a young age. Speaking to Mmegi on the sidelines of Wilderness Safaris stakeholder...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 28 June 2019

NBFIRA pursues CMB affiliate over P164m

CMB is in liquidation following a long drawn out legal battle with NBFIRA and the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund over more than P500 million in pensioner funds alleged to have been mismanaged. The former asset manager’s affiliate, CMB...

Mbongeni Mguni | 28 June 2019

Cultural norms incite sexual abuse of women

Speaking during Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) Sensitisation of The Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) project in Gaborone yesterday, BOFWA programs manager Senzeni Makhwaje said even though the topic is barely talked about in...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 28 June 2019

Moyo acquitted ofillegally owning rhino horn

In the Dumisani Moyo case, who was acquitted and discharged of a single count of illegal possession of a rhino horn, it may be apt to refer to his case against the State as a rhino horn race. There seems to be no end in sight in this race between...

Lebogang Mosikare | 28 June 2019

IEC unfazed by 'mekoko'

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has so far registered 223 mekoko for council seats and 21 candidates to contest for parliamentary seats. This number is likely to grow since registration only stops after dissolution of Parliament. In...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 28 June 2019

Of 'our' billions and backyard banking

Legend has it that there was ululation and jubilee in the air as euphoria engulfed the dusty, economically insignificant then tiny nation of Bechuanaland. Many submitted ‘she’ would become a charity case. Forgive my use of the word...

Correspondent 28 June 2019

BPF starts slow

FRANCISTOWN: It’s a given that things have not been rosy for the convener of the BPF, legislator Biggie Butale and other interim leaders of the new political organisation. Reports show that even for the registration process, the Registrar of...

Ryder Gabathuse | 28 June 2019