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Hard lessons learnt from Kgori Capital verdict
The Court of Appeal (CoA) case related to an order of a civil penalty granted under the Proceeds and Instruments of Crime Act by Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa against Kgori and its directors pursuant to an application by the Directorate of Public...
Mmegi Editor
| 02 August 2019
Ngoni too hooked on Ancient
Ancient was the poster image for Ngoni’s The Human Experience solo exhibition at the Nhabe Museum in Maun and it is not for sale. Ancient was completed in March 2018 and it debuted at Ngoni’s 2018 exhibition titled Relentless at the...
Thalefang Charles
| 02 August 2019
Gospel stars all set for Chedu Chonga revival
Five Rocking Stars will host the gospel show under the leadership of a local gospel artist Kabo Thaelo. Thaelo told Arts & Culture that the show would be held under the theme ‘Fight against drug and alcohol abuse’. He said that the...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 02 August 2019
Cassper to collabrate with Veezo View
This week the fill-up rapper expressed interest to work with another local rapper Veezo View of zaka fame. “Known you for years and you aint never asked for sh*t. Always been a dope guy nje. I have been fooling around in the studio lately. I...
Dumisani Ncube 02 August 2019
Masa Square unveils tantalising new menus
The menus have been inspired by the Masa Square Hotel’s desire to appeal to an increasingly nuanced palate for refined cuisine, as Batswana appreciate and look for a more continental flair in their pursuit of culinary adventures. Chef Melissa...
Staff Writer 02 August 2019
Another Dreamers Exchange in the offing
The guests are Dr Rainbow Barris (medical doctor, author, entrepreneur and co-creator and inspiration of ‘Bow’ on ABC’s TV hit-sitcom ‘Black-ish’) and Carnetta Jones (celebrity acting coach, director and film...
Staff Writer 02 August 2019
Law agents trail Heavy K
Heavy K, formerly known as Mkhululi Siqula owes the Morobosi organisers money to the tune of P87, 000 after failing to show up at the 2017 New Year’ Eve event at Raselwa Farms in Tswapong Hills. Following the no show, one of the...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 02 August 2019
Electra Mining slated for September
It is held in partnership with the recently launched A-OSH Expo Botswana. Now on its fourth edition, the three-day conference will take place at Gaborone Fairgrounds from September 10-12. It will be an all-encompassing event showcasing the latest...
Ludo Kwapa 02 August 2019
Sefalana keeps faith in cautious strategy
The group plans to focus on low risk markets is an apparent strategy to avoid troubles facing Choppies, its prime rival. Choppies, which is currently suspended from trading on the Botswana Stock Exchange and faces liquidity pressures, is known for...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 02 August 2019
Improved power integration in SADC will better energy security
State capture, high debts, lack of coal, an aging power station fleet, failures at the newly-built Medupi and Kusile power stations, poor maintenance of its older power stations, troublesome debtors and high costly diesel usage have left most...
Correspondent 02 August 2019
A decade after EMG's rare victory, only memories linger
Selebi-Phikwe celebrated a rare victory, as triumphant EMG Gunners players returned to the mining town with rugby’s sought-after local prize; the league trophy. It was a rare moment as the army side became the first and thus far, the only one...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 02 August 2019
Road to table tennis finale heats up
This weekend, table tennis players will battle it out again in the fourth round of the ‘Road to Finale’ to be held at the Naledi Senior Secondary School. This year’s series has pulled a lot of surprises with no player managing to...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 02 August 2019
Gov't releases P14.5m for African Games
Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said thus far the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC) has released P14.5 million and they expect the balance anytime soon. He said for...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 02 August 2019
Sacked karate coaches demand payment
The coaches left their posts on July 31, 2019 and BOKA said the decision was due to the karate body’s failure to remunerate them. Tshikare told Mmegi Sport that his contract was supposed to run until December, and they were not paid for the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 02 August 2019
From A to Z, Zebras need the spirit of 2012
From the first African country in alphabetic order, Algeria to the last two, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the Zebras face a tall order. Prospects of progressing to the finals for only the second time in the country’s history look incredibly slim from...
Mqondisi Dube
| 02 August 2019
Zebras forced into goalkeeping change
The team’s preparations for tomorrow’s clash were dealt a massive blow after first choice goalkeeper Keagile Kgosipula, went AWOL. Malapela deputised Kgosipula in the first leg, suggesting he might be thrown into the deep end tomorrow....
Chakalisa Dube
| 02 August 2019
Giants hold AGMs amid pressing matters
League champions, Rollers have called their members to the University of Botswana, where the club will hold its elective meeting. “The new committee may and may not be in office for four years as it has been the norm. As the club, we are...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 02 August 2019
Miscellaneous transfer window blues return
It has been two weeks since the club started its pre-season programme, but none of the first team players has returned. Coach Oitsile ‘Chippa’ Koolese said 75% of the team is missing. He said they are not expecting any of the players to...
Koketso Kgoboge 02 August 2019
Wanderers sign 10 new players in major overhaul
Wanderers will make their top-flight league bow since the club’s inception in the 1970s. The club has confirmed 10 new signings. Michael James and Lovemore Bogatsu from BDF XI, Gaborone United striker Boipelo Oaitse, left back,...
Koketso Kgoboge 02 August 2019
Tsheole raises hand to rescue Chiefs
Magosi held a special meeting last Saturday in Mochudi where they agreed to convene an AGM on August 17 where an interim committee will be ushered in. The interim committee replaces the previous one led by Raymond Tsheko whose term has...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 02 August 2019
Mogorosi too expensive for Systems
The 34-year-old failed to secure a new deal with the league champions after the club proposed a salary cut. He was then linked with Daniel ‘Chico’ Nare’s Systems. Nare is a great admirer of the Zebras captain and the deal looked...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 02 August 2019
Four referees fail fitness tests
The said referees were part of the referees’ course, which has been running since Sunday and ended yesterday. Rasetshoga said despite the four referees failing the test, there are always measures in place to ensure that they regain their full...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 02 August 2019
Why Okavango Delta is drying - experts speak
Exactly 100 years since Batawana’s first relocation after settling in Ngamiland, Maun is staring at the worst drought in recent history. It is not just Maun. The entire south western part of the Okavango Delta is as dry as a bone. The...
Thalefang Charles
| 02 August 2019
Rasioto is the world's best student
She scooped position one in the 2018 International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) results released recently. Morula Private School is located in beleaguered Selebi-Phikwe, brought to its knees by the economic misfortunes that saw...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 02 August 2019
Court rules in govt's favour
Government had appealed a decision by High Court judge, Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa stating that he had erred in granting an order interdicting the repatriation of the refugees who voluntarily wished to be repatriated and where none of the respondents...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 02 August 2019
It's possible to eliminate HIV - study
However, Ya Tsie study also known as Botswana Combination Prevention Project has revealed that Botswana can reach the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target. This could come about if services such as community volunteering HIV testing, ART, suppression of HIV...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 02 August 2019
A re se re tshosologa
Go ya ka yone polelo, batho ba lela thata ka go diegelwa go bewa ditsha tsa bonno. Re itse gore, ka molao wa lefatshe leno, motho ga a itseele lefatshe fela a nna, kana, a aga foo.Lefatshe le a kopiwa mme mokopi a letele lekgotla la kabo ditsha go...
Sebofo Motshwane 02 August 2019
The Electric Car - A dream by people without electricity!
Promising to change mass market industrialisation with something seemingly far-fetched may not pass as a great reputation to have, let alone acknowledge. President Masisi wishes to see Botswana successfully develop an electric vehicle (EV) This...
Thabo Masalila 02 August 2019
Time for Constitutional Reform - Batswana deserve own President
It all began with a misunderstanding between leaders as regards their expectations of each other and now the nation must pay the ultimate price. And yes, we deserve it. It’s time our sand castle is blown away so we can build a house that can...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 02 August 2019
Gaolathe pledges to take Batswana to "the promised land"
When addressing the public and members of his party on Wednesday evening about party policies at Gaborone main mall, he said almost 400, 000 people live in overcrowded home conditions. And majority Batswana are either unemployed or work in poor...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 02 August 2019
Kgosi's 'dead' contractor unamused
In a supporting affidavit filed in court, Tembo argued that contrary to what DPP was told, he was not deceased. “I am alive and in good health. I wonder why the DPP is declaring me dead when I am alive,” Tembo...
Staff Writer 02 August 2019
CoA overturns Khama's PI decision
Peter Paul, who had been in the country since 2009 and working as laboratory manager for a certain Dr Mompati was declared a PI by the former in 2018. He was accused of unlawfully running a church and having entered the country through an...
Mpho Mokwape
| 02 August 2019
Makgato case heads to CoA
The objector in the matter, Mothusi Maribe filed an unopposed application for urgent hearing against the decision of the High Court that rendered its interpretation of section 67 (3) (a) of the constitution The section provides that “a person...
Mpho Mokwape
| 02 August 2019
Mahupu teachers complain about overwork
The teachers who were slapped with new employment contracts after they raised concern with education authorities in what they view as a way to silence them say they have been forced to teach both Junior Certificate (JC) and Botswana General...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 02 August 2019
Nthaile's parley hopes hang in the balance
The decision was taken after the BNF elections board identified irregularities and the results did not tally at Sekoma and Kokong-Morwamosu wards. Whoever wins will represent the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in a month and few weeks...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 02 August 2019
Of the NPF saga and political hits
In weeks and months to pass, the allegations extended to claims that the then Minister of Mineral and Green Technology had abused his office by awarding a contract to his brother Justice Zein Kebonang. The contract was to manage the NPF fund. Until...
Staff Writer 02 August 2019
'Illegal' bojale school irks Balete
While Kgosikgolo Mosadi Seboko has suspended Bojale and Bogwera at the village for two years now, a group of individuals have started the initiation classes without Kgosikgolo’s nod. Speaking to this publication after the meeting, which was...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 02 August 2019
SNeural tube defects on decline
The development comes after Tsepamo study presented the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) last year, suggested that the use of dolutegravir (DTG) in early pregnancy may be linked to neural tube defects (NTDs), serious birth defects of...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 02 August 2019
Kalafhi Pemano looks to medical tourism
But Dr Matlhogonolo Mongwa insists that Botswana can become a medical tourism destination. Dr Mongwa is a partner at Kalafhi Pemano, a partnership between Kalafhi Medical Centre and Pemano, led by leading South African medical specialists. The...
Staff Writer 02 August 2019
BPF to flaunt its new catch, strength in Palapye
Incidentally or by design, the BPF will go for their elective congress in Palapye buoyed by the recent defections of about four sitting civic leaders from the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) at both Serowe South and Serowe North...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 02 August 2019
Bidders no match for Khato Civils
It also says that the company had not only outscored all its rivals in all evaluation stages but by staggering margins. Khato had submitted the most cost saving financial proposal for the project, beating even all the six Chinese companies that are...
Staff Writer 02 August 2019
Masisi enters the volatile CDC
FRANCISTOWN: It is apparent that the President’s handlers do not want to leave anything to chance by encouraging their man to take the bull by the horns. The Kgotla meetings in the CDC might seem routine as some people suggest, but it is not...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 02 August 2019
Walvis Bay Dry Port drifts to white elephant status
Local authorities are even considering building a new dry port in Gobabis, which would be closer to the high volumes of traffic needed to make such a project viable. Botswana Railways (BR) CEO, Leonard Makwinja told BusinessWeek recently that the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 02 August 2019
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