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Back page this week: Teams warn players against festive games

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Inside Page this week: Christmas Eve puts music promoters on warpath

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Inside Page this week: Fears spread over Choppies contagion

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Front page this week: MPs block P1.1bn Ntlole budget request

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Good year for Boteti regional chairperson

Notably, Bunu pulled off a three-seasons sponsorship for the women football league in the region worth P735,000. The main sponsors Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines forked out P600,000 and co-sponsor Kanu Equipment complemented with P135,000. Five...

Koketso Kgoboge 20 December 2019

Strikers who gave goalkeepers a nightmare

Moemedi ‘Jomo’ Moatlhaping Thirty goals in a league season remains his highest turn out thus far. His 2011/2012 season ranks him amongst the 30-goal club; a few strikers have reached that feat. He has played for Mochudi Centre Chiefs,...

Kabelo Boranabi | 20 December 2019

Zebras National team. PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Moments that defined 2019

1. Zebras coach appointed The Botswana Football Association (BFA) moved to appoint a substantive coach for the national team, with the Belgian, Adel Amrouche getting the nod. Amrouche took over the reigns in late August, replacing local, David...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Players have been advised not to get hurt during festive season PIC. KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Teams warn players against festive games

However, authorities this time around are prepared to take action against players who go against the practice. Gaborone United (GU) this week instructed its players not to take part in the festive tournaments whilst promising disciplinary...

Kabelo Boranabi | 20 December 2019

BotswanaPost, MultiChoice partner to provide DStv

The partnership is such that the two provide access to the DStv service through the vast network of Botswana’s oldest post service provider. The development is a result of a strategic partnership between BotswanaPost and MultiChoice Botswana;...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Be innovate, grab the ice shortage business opportunity

The frustration of driving around your home village looking for ice and even going to an extent of going all the way to a nearest village is never an option during this busy time. Everyone needs ice for their cold drinks and even people who will be...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Refreshed Last Camp Out back again

“It is an event that’s started last year at Thokwane Farm. It attracted local people as well as outsiders. It was a success and we felt this year we should make it bigger and better with best entertainers in BW,” the event owner,...

Mompati Tlhankane | 20 December 2019

Vee, Charma Gal to headline at revamped Sefhophe Festival

The three-day event to be hosted in Masimo a Ntswaneng ko Ga MmaJoje is a 100% local artists event. Its main aim is to promote local talent. The festival was set up to provide fun and entertainment to Sefhophe residents and neighbouring areas. In an...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 20 December 2019

'Mary's boy child', the all time Christmas special song

The lyrics of the first line of the song, Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord by Boney M was enough to take me back to the time when we would listen to the song on radio during the days building up to Christmas Day. This is the song that...

Mompati Tlhankane | 20 December 2019

Christmas Eve puts music promoters on warpath

"Are you ready for Cassper Nyovest?" the MC at a music festival shouts as you make your way between the crowd towards the front where you hope to get a clearer glimpse of your favourite artist on stage. Showers sprinkle your head but as you look up,...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 20 December 2019

MPs up in arms over P1.1bn supplementary budget

Moving the motion, finance and economic development minister, Thapelo Matsheka said the required funds were unforeseen as government took the decision to award salary increases after the budget process for the 2019/20 financial year. He said the...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 December 2019

Through the fire, Kgori Capital emerges stronger

At the height of its success, Kgori Capital held assets under management of P6 billion and was living proof that a young, citizen-owned entity could succeed in the local capital market. The now 12-year-old firm boasted some of the finest citizen...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 December 2019

Fears spread over Choppies contagion

The question is ringing louder in the ears of lenders, suppliers, affiliated businesses in the market and the numerous households which either have or know someone amongst Choppies’ 7,000 or so workforce. The country’s single biggest...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 December 2019

The rains will fall but Ts and Cs apply

Farmers are a notoriously philosophical lot. In their defence, any activity that involves spending a lot of time watching the sky for rain tends towards one becoming a deep thinker. Farmers know all about the Ts and Cs of life, that few things are...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 December 2019

Wrestling Botswana back from Khama: A review

Wrestling Botswana Back From Khama is the first book of its kind in Botswana’s publishing history. Released not long before last month’s election, it makes an extended case for voters to reject Ian Khama at the polls. Beyond that, it is...

Correspondent 20 December 2019

Education in Africa has not always been in classrooms

Education the African way

Since time immemorial, Africans have possessed massive bodies of knowledge ranging from survival and life skills, food production to conservation. This system of education is called Traditional African Education (TAE). Fafunwa defines TAE as,...

Mmaotho Segotso 20 December 2019

Mmegi wins historical live streaming case

The decision comes after the publication made application to broadcast the legal arguments presented by the parties, oral evidence including the delivery of the rulings or judgements in the cases. Mmegi through its Managing Editor, Titus Mbuya, who...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

The year that DIS ran amok

When taking over government on April 1, last year, President Mokgweetsi Masisi talked of rescuing the country from years of misrule by the previous administration under former president, Ian Khama. The first act of the rescue plan involved the...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

The immorality of saving elephants

Over two-thirds of the world’s African elephant population lives in four southern African countries: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. By contrast, in the remainder of Africa herd numbers from poaching and population pressures have...

Correspondent 20 December 2019

President Masisi at a BDP rally PIC. PHATSIMO KAPENG

Some constitutional, democratic and other lessons of 2019

That wasn’t the most important lesson of the year. As 2019 winds down; it also marks the end of a tumultuous decade. It is worth reflecting and highlighting the ‘pop’ moments that qualify as lessons for the country. The year all...

Bakang Ntshingane 20 December 2019

Le lengwe mme le mafoko mabedi

Re utlwa fa dikgaisanyo tseo di ne di rulagantswe ke mokgatlho o bidiwa Kgeleke tsa Ngwao le Meduduetso, e le tsa meduduetso e e farologanyeng. Mongwe wa meduduetso eo, o kaiwa e le wa go isa thupa kwa kgotleng, o mongwe e le wa go gorosa ngwetsi,...

Sebofo Motshwane 20 December 2019

The Road to Damascus

Custom was thrown outside the window.In moments yet to be uncovered, we have become a new being. The 2019 elections were the road to Damascus. On December 12, 2019 the United Kingdom (UK) went to a snap general election to break the Brexit...

Thabo Masalila 20 December 2019

Chinese extend helping hand to SOS

The pledge was made during the Botswana-China Children’s Christmas Love Day event, which was held at the Tlokweng SOS Children’s Village last Sunday. For the ongoing festive month, the village’s House No. 12, also known as...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Standard 6 pupil passes PSLE

Nicole decided to sit for the PSLE on the second term of her Standard 6. That is when she was moved to a Standard 7 class and managed to get Grade A after scooping As in all seven subjects. She attended Emmanuel Adventist School in Molepolole. Her...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 20 December 2019

Lock up the drunks

It hurts even more when the accident was perfectly avoidable. I have been through some rollover incidents and thankfully I am still here to talk about them. Many are not. They have lost their lives. Children have been orphaned and families...

Kgosietsile Ngakaagae | 20 December 2019

BPOPF caught in double standards?

Fast-forward two years, Investec Asset Management Botswana which manages billions on behalf of BPOPF is in a similar situation but thanks to its foreign ownership it is being subjected to different rules. James Hatuikulipi, Managing Director of...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Political Turbulances

Selefu 20 December 2019

Defiant BDP cllrs face possible suspension

They are Anthony Chebane and Thatayaone Kehitile. Once a party caucus has taken a decision, council members close ranks and abide by the decision. But Kehitile and Chebane failed to do so. The BDP has in the past either expelled or suspended its...

Chakalisa Dube | 20 December 2019

President Emmerson Mnangagwa PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Sanctions against Zim must go: SADC PF Plenary Session

Angolan Member of Parliament Honourable Josefina Perpétua Pitra Diakité moved the Motion on Sunday, with Malawi seconding. Diakité argued that the sanctions which have been in place for two decades were thwarting the economic...

Correspondent 20 December 2019

Chaos immediately ensued in police circles after the ruling

DPP appeals breathalyser ruling

Chaos immediately ensued in police circles after Justice Lot Moroka ruled that the Intoximeter EC/IR was illegal because it was not one of the breathalysers that are sanctioned for use within Botswana to test the amount of alcohol in the breath of...

Lebogang Mosikare | 20 December 2019

Breakthrough for media freedom

For the first time in the history of the media and that of the judiciary in Botswana, cameras were allowed to roll inside the courtroom. The broadcasting and live-streaming of the cases became possible as a result of the successful application to...

Mmegi Editor | 20 December 2019

Basupi gets reprieve over JSC

According to the reasons advanced by Justice Mercy Garekwe, the relief sought by the Applicant (JSC) was premised on the following averments: a judgement of Justice Leatile Dambe (as she then was) that was placed before the Respondent for his...

Lebogang Mosikare | 20 December 2019

Makwapa's rags-to-riches odyssey

For over four decades or blood, sweat and tears, Makwapa masterfully built a family business brand that started off with all the hallmarks of humble beginnings: a rickety 4X4 mobile tuck shop in the middle of a then still very much...

Koketso Kgoboge 20 December 2019

A reflection on major legal scandals in 2019

Kgori Capital implicated in NPF scandal Kgori Capital, an asset management entity, was one of the companies that came under the spotlight when the National Petroleum Fund (NPF), a statutory fund run under the Energy Affairs Department, hit the...

Mpho Mokwape | 20 December 2019

Violence against children remains hidden - survey

“It has generally been agreed that most incidents of violence against children are rarely disclosed and remain hidden, partly due to a culture of silence and shame. Furthermore, social norms generally purport the belief that violence against...

Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | 20 December 2019

Unimpressed MPs block P1.1bn Ntlole budget request

The opposition, led by Leader of the Opposition, Dumelang Saleshando questioned the legality of Matsheka’s proposal to reallocate the required funds from “slow spending” projects in the Ministry of Land Management, Water and...

Mbongeni Mguni | 20 December 2019

Parliament Speaker Skelemani PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Statement Skelemani killed in parley

Last week, Gobotswang made his intention to make the statement known to Skelemani but last Friday there was nothing in the Order Paper to indicate that the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) would make the statement. Gobotswang then raised a point...

Staff Writer 20 December 2019

Magosi and Mathambo PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

Magosi, Mathambo 'turf wars intensify'

A well-placed government source has said that recently, “the director generals of the two institutions, Brigadier Joseph Mathambo of the DCEC and Brigadier (retired) Peter Magosi of the DIS have been deeply immersed in the feud”. At some...

Ryder Gabathuse | 20 December 2019

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