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Makgadikgagi Epic gets rail gig

The train leaves Gaborone tonight at 7pm and arrives in Sowa Town in the morning at 7am. In the return trip, it will leave Sowa Town on Monday July 15 at 6pm and arrive in Gaborone the next morning at 6am. The train will make stops in Mahalapye,...

Ame Motimane 12 July 2019

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Selefu 12 July 2019

Introspect on holiday dangers, then bon voyage!

The President’s Day holidays are here and most people will be taking long trips to numerous destinations but it is always to advisable to be safe all the time. No one wants to return from the holidays feeling cheated, having had a less than...

Mmegi Editor | 12 July 2019

Softball Extravaganza feels BCL pinch

Organisers revealed they were working on a shoestring budget, and the prize money has been slashed. That, however, is no excuse for the teams. Four-time winners BDF IX return in a mean mood after missing the showpiece last year. Team coach,...

Koketso Kgoboge 12 July 2019

Volleyball team stutters in Egypt

The competition kicked off on Tuesday and ends on Sunday. But Botswana has already suffered damaging 3-0 defeats to Cameroon and Kenya. Botswana is in Group B with defending champions Cameroon, Algeria and Kenya.  It was beaten 3-0 by Cameroon...

Calistus Kolantsho | 12 July 2019

Administrators told to put athletes first

Khama was speaking at the official opening of the AUSC Region V Regional Confederations Forum in Gaborone on Wednesday. He said such gatherings should provide solutions, particularly for the development of sports from grassroots and the...

Kabelo Boranabi | 12 July 2019

Who will be the next Copa Coca Cola star?

Young top talent from across the country will be on show when the Copa Coca Cola finals are played in Gaborone, starting next week Friday. The junior tournament has over the years, produced notable players, some who have gone on to grace the famed...

Mqondisi Dube | 12 July 2019

Women's golf team in Triangular series comeback

Zimbabwe will host next week’s tournament at the Royal Harare Golf Club over three days. Botswana Golf Union vice president-women, Minkie Molatlhegi told Mmegi Sport yesterday that they missed out on the tournament last year as at the time,...

Calistus Kolantsho | 12 July 2019

Karatekas ready for UFAK action

The championship has attracted 28 countries from the continent, with more than 1,000 athletes and officials. Pressure is on the host nation, after a good performance at the 2018 edition in Rwanda Women kata and men’s kumite teams won bronze...

Calistus Kolantsho | 12 July 2019

Coaches have their say

Sensei Otto Tafa (technical adviser-Botswana) “The team is ready and as the hosts, we had a lot of time to prepare for the championship. The team competed at the Region 5 championship in May hosted by Namibia. The other team members went for...

Calistus Kolantsho | 12 July 2019

Karate endures agony to land UFAK

BOKA had written to the mother body about their intention to host the tournament. Karate was accused of failing to follow the hosting policy. That did not dampen Bathai’s spirit as he forged ahead and appealed the decision with the Ministry of...

Calistus Kolantsho | 12 July 2019

Galaxy, da Costa agree new deal

da Costa joined Galaxy at the start of last season on a 12-month contract but delayed talks over a new contract as he returned to his native country at the end of the season.  Galaxy’s pubic relations officer, Tankiso Morake told Mmegi...

Kabelo Boranabi | 12 July 2019

BPL unaware of Forest's 'blacklisting'

Forest this week appeared in the bad books of FIFPro, a body representing more than 65,000 professional footballers worldwide. FIFPro advised its members against signing for, amongst others, Black Forest, citing contractual violations, where the...

Mqondisi Dube | 12 July 2019

CAF keeps faith in Bondo

Only 12 referees remain, and Bondo, the first Botswana referee to officiate at the AFCON finals, made the cut. Bondo was handed the high profile last 16 encounter between Cameroon and Nigeria, where he acquainted himself well in the...

Mqondisi Dube | 12 July 2019

Mamelodi, BFA fight reaches Court of Appeal

Mamelodi is appealing last year’s High Court decision, where he lost his challenge to have the forensic audit declared null and void. A full bench of the Court of Appeal will hear the case. Dutch Leburu of Monthe Marumo & Associates...

Mqondisi Dube | 12 July 2019

Player demands P116,000 from Systems

The player is demanding P116, 400 from the club following his unceremonious departure. ‘Dimaria’ as the player is affectionately known, joined the Alarm Boys in 2017 from Orapa United on a three-year deal. He was one of the top earners...

Kabelo Boranabi | 12 July 2019

Saving Lake Victoria means going after the big fish

Corruption is one of the primary reasons that this problem thrives in Lake Victoria. A Kenyan state official who works with a national body that manages inland waterways told ENACT that crime syndicates typically “mix legal and illegal fish...

Correspondent 12 July 2019

Our investments are going to pay off, BTCL vows

The telecomms group has been under pressure from investors as its share price has sunk below the 2016-listing level, amidst seesaw profits.  Individual (retail) investors make up a very large proportion of the BTCL’s share registry and...

Ludo Kwapa 12 July 2019

A world of possibilities as an independent, African bank

Change can be unsettling at times. But it can also be exciting, filled with new beginnings. It marks the start of a new journey, a new page in the history books. This is where Absa Group Limited found itself after separating from Barclays PLC, in...

Correspondent 12 July 2019

NDB, BSB score P341m bailout from govt

According to approved budget estimates made available recently, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development approved P200 million as a bailout to the cash-strapped National Development Bank (NDB), which has been on its knees for several...

Mbongeni Mguni | 12 July 2019

Corrupt civil servants and politicians should stop stealing citizens' ideas

On so many occasions, I have had people, young and old,  come to me grieving about how they sold an idea to government and how, subsequently, they learnt that the same had been embraced by government in favour of someone else. Some have even...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 12 July 2019

Lefelo leo, le dikaganyeditswe.

Selelo e nne gore, fa seemo se ka tswelela se ntse jaana, sa ba sa golela pele, Batswana bangwe ba ka felela ba apere kobo ka letshoba, le yone itsholelo ya lefatshe e koafale. Mme fa go ntse jaana, botshelo e nne eng? Go nne thata, go tshelwe ka...

Sebofo Motshwane 12 July 2019

Chief o' lies insults nation's intelligence

It would be another six decades before the November 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy made him the fourth and last American president to be assassinated. There is a lamentable cost to the assassination of a Head of State. Political assassinations...

Thabo Masalila 12 July 2019

Alexander Forbes sees opportunity with bespoke packages

Companies in Botswana are not compelled to offer their employees retirement funds. Instead, the law prescribes that those employees without retirement funds should be covered by gratuities and severance. Alexander Forbes board member, Paul Masie...

Pauline Dikuelo | 12 July 2019

New Shanti Lo to charm jazz lovers

Talented songbird, Shanti Lo will headline Jazz X Change on August 4, 2019 at Cresta Lodge in Gaborone. Shanti Lo will present a powerful, 1930’s to 1969 Al Capone themed ‘jazz musical razzmatazz’. “I have always, ever since...

Ame Motimane 12 July 2019

Mosadi Sechaba unites female artists

Mosadi Sechaba spokesperson, Emulo Kgomotso explained to Arts & Culture that women working together have always been an inevitable taboo. She said women were made to believe that they could not work together and that is why her organisation took...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 12 July 2019

Masa fires July up with whisky tasting

Hot on the heels of the Urban Amarula and illy Coffee Experience, the hotel continues to curate experiential activations that cater to their various stakeholders’ pallets. Masa Square Hotel general manager, Hayden Bowlhe told Arts &...

Staff Writer 12 July 2019

Photography take shape as art form

In 1832, the duo are said to have “put the last touches, using a residue of lavender oil distillation, by means of a second process producing images in a one day exposure time”. But in the mind of this writer, photography has not always...

Mompati Tlhankane | 12 July 2019

Unik Attraction resurfaces at the Legends

Tickets for the show are already flying off the shelves with local fans eager to see the return of the once powerful music group, Unik Attraction. The group had taken a long leave from music following allegations of a conflict its then producer Mr...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 12 July 2019

Historical Dictionary of Botswana: A review

It appears now with a different publisher, in a larger format, with a different type face and different paper. It has a good feel. Anyone interested in this country has lost their marbles if somehow, they fail to get their hands on it. It is costly,...

Sandy Grant 12 July 2019

One day in September: How Choppies fell

But for the events on September 29, Choppies’ well-told tale of humble beginnings from a single store in Lobatse to a seven-country giant, would have remained unblemished. In future, those who chronicle Choppies’ history will of...

Mbongeni Mguni | 12 July 2019

'Tsogwane lied'

The unions stated that Tsogwane uttered untruths by saying the unions were delaying negotiations on conditions of service for civil servants. Tsogwane, at a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) press conference on Tuesday blamed the delay in the...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 12 July 2019

Mosojane faults Sebabi on Khama hair cut

FRANCISTOWN: With the general elections fast approaching in October and politics reaching fever pitch, from time immemorial, politicians do whatever they can to outmanoeuvre their opponents in the race  to attract votes. In so doing, they end...

Lebogang Mosikare | 12 July 2019

Gopolang joins race for BPP presidency

Gopolang’s recent exit from the BDP, the party that he joined in 2007 to rejoin the BPP has heightened speculation that the 56-year-old Nshakazhogwe-born politician is readying himself to take over the BPP leadership. Gopolang, an...

Ryder Gabathuse | 12 July 2019

Greyhounds invade Kanye

The event is organised by Botswana Greyhound Association (BGA). A total of 54 dogs have been registered to compete in different categories based on age and breed. The highly anticipated race is in the open speeds 400m race that has brought together...

Calistus Kolantsho | 12 July 2019

Communities can fight against poaching

This is according to Alistair Nelson, a prominent international conservationist and researcher who has spearheaded various initiatives meant to fight poaching and illegal wildlife trade in several African countries. Nelson was amongst keynote...

Chakalisa Dube | 12 July 2019

Localisation creates rift at Mupane Mine

The failure to honour the agreement has reportedly caused tension between the employees and some senior mine officials. What irks employees the most is that the company allegedly retained expatriates occupying the positions of commercial manager and...

Chakalisa Dube | 12 July 2019

Judges settle voter 'principal residence' confusion

The judges in their separate ruling on a matter that was brought before them by one voter, Mothusi Maribe against Minister Dorcus Makgato, collectively agreed that though the word ‘principal residence’ has been used in different context...

Mpho Mokwape | 12 July 2019

Nurses union sue gov't over bargaining

The application move was prompted by the director of Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM)’s refusal to meet with the union following a lawful request through a letter dated June 19, 2019. The union had in the letter indicated that it...

Mpho Mokwape | 12 July 2019

DIS face-to-face with corruption

FRANCISTOWN: Revelations made by the director general of DIS, Brigadier Peter Magosi recently, when addressing a press conference, might see Botswana’s Corruption Perception Index altered for the worst. The Corruption Perception Index ranks...

Ryder Gabathuse | 12 July 2019

Coiner Khama, brainchild mekoko clash

Khama met the independent candidates on Wednesday to discuss the matter, but the meeting ended in a deadlock after the parties failed to agree.  Khama made it clear to Mmegi that he would not launch independent candidates unless BPF and Umbrella...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 12 July 2019

Khama's doubts about dumping BDP

Mmegi: Sir, you’ve indicated before that you didn’t really want to join politics. Thus far in your political career, two breakaways have formed from the BDP? Any regrets on this or thoughts? Khama: Well I can’t talk for the BDP...

Oarabile Mosikare 12 July 2019

Ram, Farouk offer P250m loan to Choppies

The offer, however, was apparently linked to the board urgently calling an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) at which Ottapathu hoped to have shareholders vote not only on the bridging loan offer, but also on the board’s removal. Ottapathu,...

Mbongeni Mguni | 12 July 2019