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Hypocritical pots and self-unaware kettles

Fair or not, political contests at some level are competitions around funding. Parties and their candidates require resources to go out and reach the electorate with their messaging, before they can actually compete on the content of their manifestos...

Mmegi Editor | 04 October 2019

Back page this week: Let the players drink - Butler

Thabo Masalila 04 October 2019

Front page this week: Magosi faces corruption probe

Thabo Masalila 04 October 2019

Politics is such a dirty game, just look at them

Selefu 04 October 2019

Young Mooketsi rules the ping-pong roost

From a sporting background, Mooketsi developed the love for the table and racket as a Form One student at Linchwe Junior Secondary School in 2012. This was, however, after niggling injuries cut his football career short. He needed just a week in...

Kabelo Boranabi | 04 October 2019

Lebotse Sebego bows out after satisfying reign

Lebotse Sebego has served as local netball president, and captained the national team during her playing days. “I have been involved in netball for the past 35 years. I have been a player and I held different positions in netball as a player....

Calistus Kolantsho | 04 October 2019

Vikings, BSA fight rages on

The fight started when the BSA barred Vikings from participating at this year’s tournament, held over the President’s Day holiday, citing late registration. The club took the matter to court and lost. BSA then summoned the club for a...

Calistus Kolantsho | 04 October 2019

Donga wins Francistown junior tennis tourney

The tournament attracted 75 players, with Donga winning 14 medals, to beat seven other local clubs from Gaborone, Serowe and Orapa. The tournament was divided into different categories of red, orange and greens balls as well as Under-12,14 and...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 04 October 2019

Concern over athletes' welfare after Doha trip

Deprived of seasoned runners like Isaac Makwala, Baboloki Thebe and Karabo Sibanda, there was low anticipation for a medal. Only the 4x400m relay teams were still in contention before last night’s race. On an individual level, the Doha trip...

Calistus Kolantsho | 04 October 2019

Zebras fail to dodge Copper Bullets

For the local fans a win against South Africa tastes sweetest but another enemy has emerged in the far north.  The rivalry has proved to be lopsided, as Zambia has battered the local national soccer sides in the last five months; winning every...

Kabelo Boranabi | 04 October 2019

Nico smoke rises without BCL

Selebi-Phikwe was once a vibrant football town. It was not necessarily the cradle of football, a title, which still belongs to Gaborone, the capital city, which possesses all the lure and glitter for players. The former copper and nickel town has...

Mqondisi Dube | 04 October 2019

Chiefs find new love down below

Chiefs became the darling of thousands of fans across the country after they won their first league title in 2008, and became Township Rollers’ main rivals.  Four titles cemented Magosi as a powerhouse in local football. But the glory...

Kabelo Boranabi | 04 October 2019

Late grants bother First Division clubs

The First Division North programme enters week three this weekend but clubs are already feeling the pinch of delayed grant payments. Nico said they have already spent over P10, 000 preparing for the opening two matches. The Selebi-Phikwe side...

Koketso Kgoboge 04 October 2019

Pointless Notwane vow to turnaround fortunes

The team started the season with a deficit of six points after it was sanctioned over Club Licencing violations. The task to survive has gotten harder after the team lost its five fixtures of the new campaign.  This leaves Toronto rooted at the...

Mqondisi Dube | 04 October 2019

Let the players drink - Butler

Four Zebras players were recently caught drinking alcohol after the Malawi game, and new coach, Adel Amrouche has said he will not tolerate such a culture. But Butler, who was in the country this week for the Independence Day clash between his new...

Mqondisi Dube | 04 October 2019

Local model to feature at King Moshoeshoe I film fest

The young model will be one of the international models that will showcase at King Moshoeshoe I Film Festival next year March. More than the showcasing, it is every model’s dream to be a talent beyond their country’s borders. This gives...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 04 October 2019

Sereetsi & The Natives' frontman jets in

The artist, with his Swedish backing band, performed in Stockholm before taking on three gigs in the culturally vibrant Gothenburg. The tour was sponsored in part by the Botswana Embassy in Stockholm. “I was booked to do the Botswana Day...

Staff Writer 04 October 2019

Masa shines spotlight on fashion drivers

Masa Square Hotel would this year host its annual Fashion Show, scheduled for November 2, 2019. The anticipated fashion extravaganza returns under the apt theme, ‘Spotlight on Botswana’. For a third-year running, the Masa Fashion Show...

Staff Writer 04 October 2019

Miss Botswana tiara unlocks hidden opportunity

On the heels of the crowning moment, the man behind the design of the tiara told Arts & Culture that the opportunity has given him the right exposure. Caiphas Othomile reflected on how he and his team approached Miss Botswana organisers with the...

Mompati Tlhankane | 04 October 2019

Da Vet Crew stylishly return

Unlike in most events where local artists warm up the stage for international headliners, Trompies opened for the group at the Legends in Concert BW event. The Sweety Lavo hit makers set the bar too high with their energetic pantsula dance as if,...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 04 October 2019

St Louis summer fest back after 2018 hiatus

The last show was held in 2017 and the then trendy Nigerian music superstar, Davido, headlined alongside Nasty C and ATI. Although it was a success then, the owners of the show, Kgalagadi Breweries Limited (KBL) did not host it last year after local...

Mompati Tlhankane | 04 October 2019

BPF's position on the public service and ‘the trio that decimated it'

In recent years, much has been made of the work ethic and productivity of our civil servants.  The discourse typically centres on why our public service has earned notoriety for a poor work ethic and low productivity. This has not done any good...

Justice Motlhabani 04 October 2019

Strange bedfellows or match made in heaven

With elections just around the corner, these relations have been a source of controversy, trickling down into questions of illicit financial flows, political party funding and whether any quid-pro-quo deals have been made in exchange for...

Bakang Ntshingane 04 October 2019

Letlole hunts for deals with proceeds of Cresta sale

LLR shareholders approved the deal earlier this year, under which the property group sold President Hotel, Cresta Lodge, Thapama Hotel and Cresta Bosele to Cresta. The deal sailed through despite the sale amount representing a 7.7 percent discount...

Pauline Dikuelo | 04 October 2019

Bank Gaborone pushes for 10% market share

With a loan book of P4 billion and deposits of P4.9 billion at the last count, Bank Gaborone is the sixth largest commercial bank in the country with a current market share of about 7.5 percent. The bank trails BancABC, which has a loan book of about...

Mbongeni Mguni | 04 October 2019

Establishing a successful quality management system

My heartfelt passion for working with quality management standards, prompted me to begin this article knowing that certain companies in my Botswana will always have that one challenge with regards to implementation, and maintenance of standards in a...

Correspondent 04 October 2019

BURS, banks speed up OBRS deadlines

The Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA), the custodian of the OBRS, has a deadline of June 2020 for all companies in the country to have re-registered on the online database. However, the BURS, banks, councils, land boards and others...

Mbongeni Mguni | 04 October 2019

IMF study shows Botswana's quantum leap in ‘banking the unbanked'

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) study released on Monday shows that from a decade ago when only 41% of adults in the country had access to banking services, by the end of last year most had access either through formal banking or the rapidly...

Mbongeni Mguni | 04 October 2019

Palestinian struggle is our struggle

During the struggle against apartheid, the South African government adopted what it called a “new policy” to entice African states – including Botswana - into closer co-operation and friendly relations with her in return for...

Moeti Mohwasa 04 October 2019

KGK Diamonds trains Botswana's young future jewellery makers

“We have recently commenced the internship program for 27 students who are currently pursuing BSc. (Hon) in Jewellery Management and Design with Botho University, Gaborone. The students will get exposed to diamond cutting and polishing...

Correspondent 04 October 2019

Limkokwing bids 'Mma Tshire' farewell

As one of the sponsors of Mma Tshire as she is affectionately called, the creative university’s community initiative, Affirmative Action Framework, aims to unearth talent and uplift the lives of remote settlement dwellers and other...

Archie Mokoka 04 October 2019

Gov't, unions talks scheduled for Tuesday

The Commissioner of Labour is expected to mediate between Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) and the six cooperating trade unions after both parties failed to agree on conditions of service for the Public Service with regard to moving...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 04 October 2019

Ikalanga promotion needs focused leaders

The observation was made by Tshidzanani Malaba, secretary and co-founding member of the Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association in Zimbabwe. Malaba was the guest speaker at the Domboshaba Cultural festival on Monday. He highlighted...

Chakalisa Dube | 04 October 2019

Sebetela in P10 million windfall

On July 11, 2019, Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa made an order that MCM (on behalf of the State) shall pay Sebetela P10, 961, 393, 17. The former Minister had initially sought the State to compensate him close to P27 million. The order follows a...

Lebogang Mosikare | 04 October 2019

Doom looms for Morupisi

President Mokgweetsi Masisi suspended Morupisi last month after he (Morupisi) appeared in court over corruption charges in connection with an alleged misappropriation of about P500 million from the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund by asset...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 04 October 2019

UNHCR ok as Canada backtracks on repatriated Namibian refugees

Canada had officially accepted to take some of the Namibians from the Caprivi Strip on resettlement. Amongst them were Tyson Mujela and his family who were forcibly sent to Namibia a week ago. Mujela has been amongst those who strongly opposed the...

Chakalisa Dube | 04 October 2019

AP fields rape suspect

The candidate, Taujoruavi Maekopo, will represent the AP during the upcoming general elections that are slated for October 23, 2019 at the Gumare-Tubu ward in the Ngami constituency. The 24-year-old Maekopo, who was a student at Maun Senior...

Lebogang Mosikare | 04 October 2019

Diaspora Batswana get franchise for councilors

In an order delivered recently by Lobatse High Court Judge, Justice Godfrey Nthomiwa declared that it was unreasonable for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to deny voters to vote for both candidates while the IEC Act does not prohibit the...

Mpho Mokwape | 04 October 2019

Sojwe parents decry dilapidated school

The situation is so bad that there is overcrowding at both boys and girls hostels. The hostels are old and major maintenance has not been done at the school for years. According to a source, both hostels for boys and girls are supposed to...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 04 October 2019

The forlorn cry of Letlhakeng/Lephephe residents

Now seeking a third term, the BDP candidate has had mixed successes like bringing electricity and supplying water, though not sufficient to his constituents. But beyond that, he feels his achievements are far outweighed by startling level of poverty...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 04 October 2019

Lobatse, the forgotten town

The town was the first place in Botswana to have developments when a 5km tarred or tarmac road was laid in 1958. At the time it was intended that Lobatse become the capital city of Botswana, however, Gaborone was eventually chosen as the...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 04 October 2019

Magosi faces corruption probe

The turn of events is according to highly-placed sources at the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC). It is alleged that the corruption-busting agency has completed its investigations on Magosi for alleged abuse of office. The case...

Staff Writer 04 October 2019

BPF unsettles UDC in Palapye

BPF has fielded Dr Kolaatamo Malefho who will battle Ramogapi, Moiseraela Goya of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and Gape Motswaledi of Alliance for Progressives (AP) for the constituency. Party patron, Ian Khama recently introduced Malefho to...

Koketso Kgoboge 04 October 2019

The denigration of rule of law: Public interest and poking China in the eyes

This stems from the contempt by the henchman, Peter Magosi. The illegal assault of China Jiangsu (CJ) highlights Magosi’s impunity to undermine rule of law in the name of abuse of office. Magosi has crowned himself emperor and is assisted by...

Thabo Masalila 04 October 2019

End the investment boycott - Batswana wealth must come home

As the President jets around the world, and as oft clueless cabinet ministers and senior government functionaries receive massages on trans oceanic flights trying to woo foreign capital, even more capital needlessly leaves the country as part of a de...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 04 October 2019