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Front page this week: P100m billion loot

Mokgweetsi Masisi 01 November 2019

Back page this week: BPL demands signed jerseys, soccer balls from clubs

Mokgweetsi Masisi 01 November 2019

Inside Page this week: Bank of Botswana govt 'suprise' P4.1bn windfall

Mokgweetsi Masisi 01 November 2019

Inside page this week: Creatives hope for good times under Masisi

Mokgweetsi Masisi 01 November 2019

What a woman!

Selefu 01 November 2019

Formula Two aim to defend fours title

The team has been left depleted due to the absence of Sidwell Gaborone and Kefilwe Moleleki. The only remaining players who were part of the winning team were Mmoloki Ookeditse and Juliet Mokoko. The side faces stiff challenge from Gaborone B and...

Calistus Kolantsho | 01 November 2019

Strong institutions are the real saviour

The never-ending whirlwind of scandal, allegations and near hysteria that characterised the pre-election campaign period has spilt over at a time when many would have expected post-election stillness. In the week since the nation returned from the...

Mmegi Editor | 01 November 2019

Non-compliance forces postponement of softball meeting

According to a letter to clubs from BSA secretary general, Anastacia Tsuna Makwa, the meeting has been postponed until further notice. “We draw your attention to the notice to all clubs made in August 28, advising all clubs to comply with...

Calistus Kolantsho | 01 November 2019

Who will be the new sports minister?

Since 2014, the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development has been Thapelo Olopeng, until late changes, when Tshekedi Khama was brought in this year. Khama’s stay was short-lived, as he resigned, with his assistant, Philip...

Staff Writer 01 November 2019

Razor hits out over midweek fixtures

He said unlike in the south where most of the clubs are from Gaborone and the surroundings, teams from the north are miles apart and it involves travelling long distances for matches that supporters can only afford during weekends. “There are...

Koketso Kgoboge 01 November 2019

Aston Villa's Nakamba in Zim squad to face Zebras

The Zebras will travel to Zimbabwe’s second city, which rarely hosts international football, for the first 2021 AFCON qualifier. Zimbabwe’s coach, Joey Antipas has picked a solid side, headlined by Aston Villa midfielder, Marvellous...

Mqondisi Dube | 01 November 2019

Batlokwa revels in Zebras debut

Batlokwa recently made his debut, albeit in an international friendly match against Egypt. He came on as a second half substitute as new coach, Adel Amrouche runs the rule over the 21 year-old Southend United player. After the game, Amrouche said...

Mqondisi Dube | 01 November 2019

Santa Green suspend coach

Santa Green chairperson, Mugove Chiwita confirmed the suspension and said they met with the coach, after the midweek 3-1 loss to Eleven Angels.  According to Chiwita, some players in the camp were unhappy with the coach, and the dressing room...

Koketso Kgoboge 01 November 2019

Rollers derby favourites as Notwane seek first win

From the midweek clashes, Popa will be licking their lips with eyes on the gap between the team and log leaders, Security Systems. The gap has been reduced to three points after Systems played to a goalless draw against Orapa United. Sechaba in all...

Kabelo Boranabi | 01 November 2019

Go kgaolwa la ntlha fela

E re Motswana a tlhalosa seane se, a re se raya gore, ditsela tsa go batla khumo, go dira khumo di dintsi, fela ba le bantsi ga ba tseye matsapa ape go leka go di dirisa, kgotsa, go di batla. Mme fa go buiwa jalo, go bo sa buiwe ka khumo fela. Go a...

Sebofo Motshwane 01 November 2019

Orapa set to win big at Orange awards

A 3-1 win over Township Rollers in the final played in June meant that the Ostriches are the first team to win the national cup in close to a decade. The team dominates the awards nominees released this week, with four compared to FA Cup finalist...

Kabelo Boranabi | 01 November 2019

Sono inducted into Hall of Fame

The Botswana Sport Hall of Fame held its sixth ceremony on Wednesday where Sono was inducted. He was a household name in local football having played for the then Copper Chiefs, Township Rollers and the Zebras. At Township Rollers, Sono was part of...

Calistus Kolantsho | 01 November 2019

Dominance and accusations in the serious business of democracy!

Victory at the 12th general elections will see the party extend its uninterrupted right to rule to almost six decades. The BDP’s victory cements Botswana’s political landscape as that of a one-party dominant political system achieved...

Thabo Masalila 01 November 2019

BPL demands signed jerseys, soccer balls from clubs

The bank inked a two-year deal with the Botswana Football Association (BFA) worth P7.6 million over two years in August. Apparently, in the contract, the clubs are supposed to supply the balls and jerseys, but some have cried foul, arguing they do...

Mqondisi Dube | 01 November 2019

A letter to my butterfly

I hope that the prisons officers there are treating you kindly. Otherwise I will feed them to crocodiles. I hear they denied you bail and want to try you in secret. Don’t agree to such nonsense, my butterfly. Ask for a public trial. It is your...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 01 November 2019

Sexual health event promises to be exciting

On the November 8, 2019, ESTeRES will host the second annual ‘JUST SEX’ event at Cresta Lodge Hotel. Having caused an online stir and trended for weeks following its inaugural offering, the ‘JUST SEX’ event proved to be an...

Staff Writer 01 November 2019

Zahara to perform for music, not other stuff

SA Afro Pop musician, Zahara is not new to the Mascom live Session stage having set it ablaze before. The multi award-winning artist has been a prominent feature of the Mascom Live Session shows over years and has never disappointed. Zahara usually...

Mompati Tlhankane | 01 November 2019

DJ KSB moves to catch up with SA vibe

DJ KSB who featured Mr Style on the song Nana has been marketing his song through gigs and getting inspiration from the likes of King Monada.  He told Arts & Culture in an interview that he is currently working on growing his sound and...

Mompati Tlhankane | 01 November 2019

Creatives hope for good times under Masisi

As Masisi is sworn in today as the President of Botswana for the next five years, he will then assemble his cabinet and a number of key players who will take Botswana forward. Batswana have put their hopes in the elected government after winning the...

Mompati Tlhankane | 01 November 2019

How the Makgadikgadi wins the race for the Cradle of Humankind

However, what is heart-warming is that their research is real science and the proposed location offers much weightier possibilities than the ‘Lost City of the Kalahari’ in the van De Post fables. What is reassuring, therefore, is that...

Phillip Segadika 01 November 2019

Finding the apple and snake in the Eden of the Makgadikgadi

However, the study says this happened some 200,000 years ago when the landscape was a lake, lush green and replete with even more wildlife on which our forebears feasted. This is based on the research led by, amongst others, geneticist Professor...

Phillip Segadika 01 November 2019

Masisi-Khama feud puts the presidency at a crossroads

But the country has never had to deal with open disagreement and tension between a sitting President and his predecessor. This seems like a script from the Art of War. The 2019 polls were unique in that they were the first election in the post-Khama...

Bakang Ntshingane 01 November 2019

The disruptive force of the ‘Serowe Consensus' (Part 1)

Garnering three parliamentary seats in all the Serowe constituencies, BPF has essentially made history, becoming the first political party to unanimously defeat and oust all BDP candidates for parliamentary seats. This first of many unique outcomes...

Bakang Ntshingane 01 November 2019

Vehicle population nears 600,000

At that level, the country has about 254 vehicles per 1,000 people in the country, a statistic that puts Botswana amongst the world’s highest in terms of vehicle density. Figures from Statistics Botswana released this week show that by the end...

Mbongeni Mguni | 01 November 2019

Letshego weighs down BSE in Q3

According to Stockbrokers Botswana’s third quarter review released on Monday, the BSE’s Domestic Companies Index (DCI) lost P2.3 billion in value largely as a result of the fall in Letshego, which dropped by 59 thebe. The DCI’s...

Pauline Dikuelo | 01 November 2019

Dealing with digital disruption in banking

Tell us more about your role at FNB Botswana This involves, amongst other things; Formulating, implementing and driving the sub-segment and broader FNB Botswana strategy; Country-wide client management; day to day client services, and...

Correspondent 01 November 2019

Diamond slump will lift ‘in due course' - De Beers

Traditionally, De Beers’ peak season each year runs around the Thanksgiving and Chinese New Year period, a stretch that also includes Christmas. De Beers’ sightholders, the group of buyers with exclusive access to the diamond...

Mbongeni Mguni | 01 November 2019

‘Mokoko wa BCP' wins against UDC

Recently, Mabutho who refers himself as a Botswana Congress Party (BCP) independent candidate (Mokoko in the vernacular) showed his competitors a clean pair of heels during recent general elections at Boikhutso ward in the Francistown South...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 01 November 2019

Yoke of marriage breaks BNF

The party, which before the coalition was once considered the country’s formidable opposition, has seen its performance drop over the last 10 years, Mmegi has observed. BNF is a constituent member of UDC alongside the Botswana Congress Party...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 01 November 2019

Moseki retires from active politics

Moseki, who lost to Buti Billy of the BDP in the Francistown East constituency told Mmegi that he took the decision to retire from active politics in order to concentrate on his law firm. Even though Moseki has thrown in the towel, he still has high...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 01 November 2019

Shashe West voters rue dearth of developments despite voting BDP

The constituency has a population size of 37, 032 from the 11 villages that make up its nine wards. The voters decry prolonged acute water shortage, poor roads and developmental structures like schools, hospitals and police stations to mention but a...

Pini Bothoko | 01 November 2019

UDC, Khama bittersweet relationship

He has divided opinion in the opposition ranks with some doubting the value he added after many years of facing off with the current opposition leadership. Some, however, accepted him as a man who helped the UDC to dislodge the BDP from its...

Ryder Gabathuse | 01 November 2019

Lone BMD cllr undecided on defecting

 This is despite the fact that his party was vanquished in the recent general elections. Meshack Makgosa who stood for a council seat at Mathathane ward in the Bobonong constituency, won by the UDC was voted by 773 people, 556 more votes than...

Lebogang Mosikare | 01 November 2019

Lucas sheds 'perennial loser' tag

The phrase – patience and perseverance pay – aptly describes Lucas’ ride in local politics. The phrase captures Lucas’ multiple loses against various Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) activists until his recent win. According...

Lebogang Mosikare | 01 November 2019

Khama urges UDC to challenge election results

He says he will now sit back and watch as the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) grow. Khama’s BPF won all the three Serowe constituencies and helped the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) win a good number of constituencies including Palapye,...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 01 November 2019

Salakae petitions vote results as UDC members chase IEC truck

Salakae lost to the Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) Johane Thiite by a margin of 176 votes. There was drama on Wednesday when UDC members followed the Charles Hill Sub District Council truck, registration number B 305 AWA, all the way from...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 01 November 2019

Surprise as MTN drops P3.3bn Mascom deal

MTN’s desertion of the bid came as a surprise as the group has a November date with the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund (BPOPF) for arbitration in the battle. Both sides had already lined up lawyers for the arbitration, in which the...

Mbongeni Mguni | 01 November 2019

Maswabi disputes State claims

The 46-year-old, who is facing charges ranging from financing terrorism, possession of unexplained property and false declaration of a passport has denied being signatory to any of the accounts that were alleged to have been used to transfer money...

Mpho Mokwape | 01 November 2019

Nonsense! - Khama rubbishes P100bn looting allegations

This has been revealed in an affidavit deposed in court in a case against a senior intelligence officer of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Welheminah Maswabi, code named ‘Butterfly’. It is alleged that Khama and the...

Staff Writer 01 November 2019

Masisi's Inauguration Speech [full text]

Batswana betsho ke dumedisa ka Pula! A Pula ene! Pula! 1. Having been sworn-in by Chief Justice Tereence Rannowane, I am honoured for me to express my profound gratitude to the people of Botswana for having performed their national duty by...

Mokgweetsi Masisi | 01 November 2019

Basimane ba Kgosing

Selefu 01 November 2019

‘Butterfly', Kgosi lovers in crime - State

The State, which accuses Maswabi of amongst other things financing terrorism, has now made allegations that she controlled the intelligence unit simply because she was a lover to the ex-spy chief, Isaac Kgosi. According to the Directorate on...

Mpho Mokwape | 01 November 2019

Bank of Botswana pays govt ‘surprise' P4.1bn windfall

Data seen this week shows the payment was made in April and helped the first quarter of the 2019-2020 budget to a P2.1 billion surplus, in a year in which the fiscal year is expected to record a P7.8 billion deficit. The BoB’s payout comes as...

Mbongeni Mguni | 01 November 2019