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Back page this week: Teams sweat for P0.00
Staff Writer 10 January 2020
Inside Page this week: DJ Ngwazi: the man behind Master KG's decks
Staff Writer 10 January 2020
Inside Page this week: BoB takes over multi-billion pula mobile money market
Staff Writer 10 January 2020
Front page this week: Did police help Tsogwane 'steal' elections?
Staff Writer 10 January 2020
Young tennis players in Namibia for ITF/CAT tourney
The eight-day tournament, which features players from across southern Africa, startes today and ends on January 19. Botswana’s boys team has Sibusiso Quame, Oabona Koobatlile, Jonathan Gaetsaloe, Mark Nawa, Eesi Molefe, and Leagile Tommy in...
Koketso Kgoboge 10 January 2020
Forgotten star Sibanda on comeback trail
The team went into camp on Wednesday in Gaborone, and the 400m runner is part of the squad. Sibanda last represented the country at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and has suffered from injuries since. BAA president, Paphane...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 January 2020
Volleyball's Olympic hopes dashed in Yaonde
This, after the team lost all its matches against African giants, Kenya, Nigeria and the hosts, Cameroon. The poor results follows soon after Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) engaged the services of Brazilian coach, Augusto Sabbatini on a...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 January 2020
Upbeat Under-17 girls take on Zimbabwe
The team is on the back of a very successful 2019 after reaching the semi finals at the inaugural Under-17 Women’s COSAFA Championships and coach, Tapaphiwa Gaebolae is looking to go a step further. Speaking to journalists on Thursday,...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 January 2020
'Kalahari Ferrari' leaves indelible mark in the Persian Gulf
And in only his second appearance, Branch has wasted no time, as he left indelible marks on the Saudi Arabian sands. In his first attempt at the most gruelling race, the Dakar Rally, Branch finished 13th and walked away with the best rookie...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 January 2020
Closely fought race rumbles past the halfway point
Foursome battle for the title Holders, Township Rollers are not having a smooth ride to their 17th league title. Rollers are fourth, six points behind leaders, Orapa United. On the other hand, Security Systems and Jwaneng Galaxy sit second and...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 January 2020
BFA elections to trigger full-blown war
Four years ago, the football family voted businessman, Maclean Letshwiti into office, after lawyer, Tebogo Sebego had faced testing questions over his leadership. Almost four years down the line, Letshwiti is facing some scrutiny, with news that...
Mqondisi Dube
| 10 January 2020
Karate mess cost Bathai BNSC board post
Rakgare announced the BNSC board in December, but affiliates were surprised that Bathai was excluded. The BNSC affiliates had nominated Bathai, together with Dr Khaulani Fichani of tennis. Fichani made it to the board, with karate’s Gift Nkwe...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 January 2020
Teams sweat for P0.00
However, the BPL said it was pursuing alternative avenues with hopes of securing funding. The current financial situation was brought about by the league’s sponsors, Botswana Telecommucation Corporation’s decision to slash funding from...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 January 2020
Mafoko ao, a a kgaogane
Setswana sa re, ‘Ntsanyana ya maitaya sebata e bonwa mabotabotong.’ Ka ntlha e nngwe se re, ‘Mutlwa wa noko o tlhabela bonyaneng.’ Diane tse tsotlhe di raya gore, motho o tshwanetse go ithuta go dira, go itshwarela ka diatla,...
Sebofo Motshwane 10 January 2020
We can meaningfully contribute to our safety
But lo and behold, that is where we are. We have degenerated as a nation to a point where we think medieval savagery is a solution to modern day socio-economic problems. Of course politicians don’t care, so long as public anger is not towards...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 10 January 2020
Rape is a national crisis
The reports shows that from December 20, 2019 until January 5, 2020, the police recorded 133 rapes as compared to 110 cases registered last year. These cases happened at different entertainment places, according to preliminary investigations....
Mmegi Editor
| 10 January 2020
Lets hear the appeal
Selefu 10 January 2020
Conflict is still Africa's biggest challenge in 2020
While no one can argue with that laudable goal, the continental body and its member states will have to work miracles to achieve it by the end of this year – especially when the trend seems to be heading in the other direction. Patricia Danzi,...
Correspondent 10 January 2020
Opposition parties could have done better in southern African elections
2019 was the year of elections in southern Africa. South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and Namibia all held general elections, following the general election held in Zimbabwe in July 2018. Prior to these votes, many spoke about the potential...
Correspondent 10 January 2020
Ngwato Landboard lets Pilikwe down
One can safely say that the landboard has been mismanaging land in Pilikwe and following are a few examples of how it has been treating us poorly as a community: Ngwato Landboard has at some point allocated a piece of land for radioactive materials...
Gasebalwe Seretse 10 January 2020
GetBucks suffers P2.3m loss despite loan growth
GetBucks Limited, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-headquartered MyBucks, is amongst the larger microlenders in the aggressively competitive local market dominated by Letshego Holdings. According to its recently released results, GetBucks’ loan book...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 10 January 2020
Financial Transactions Tax: An alternative to VAT increases
At the time, it became apparent that revenues could not match expenditures and suggestions were made to increase/review the rates of Value Added Tax (VAT) and income tax. For the record, our VAT rate of 12% is the lowest in SADC whilst our corporate...
Correspondent 10 January 2020
BIHL ups Letshego stake as higher profits beckon
Last September, fair value assessments by BIHL into its investments resulted in a P106 million impairment attributed to Letshego for the half year to June 2019. For the year to March 31, 2018, similar assessments resulted in a P140 million impairment...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 10 January 2020
BoB takes over multi-billion pula mobile money market
In the new arrangement, Mascom, Orange and BTC Mobile are now required to register separate companies for the service, provide P2 million as minimum capital and adhere to strict anti-money laundering provisions. At about 752,000 subscribers as at...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 10 January 2020
Boeing 737 Max: Worker said plane 'designed by clowns'
In one of the communications, an employee said the plane was "designed by clowns". The planemaker described the communications as "completely unacceptable". The 737 Max was grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia,...
BBC.COM 10 January 2020
Hawaiian Tropical Summer festival opens 2020 summer events
As a way to kickstart the new season local promotions company, Gilbert Promotions will host a Hawaiian Tropical Summer festival to open 2020 summer events. The organisers say the event would be the first of its kind in the country with unique...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 10 January 2020
Moroka to record his spoken word poetry
The poet, who usually serenades crowds with his poetry and deeply rooted Setswana linguistics, told Arts & Culture that this has long been overdue. Though not an academic linguist, he surely sounds like one whenever he oozes his many native...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 10 January 2020
Sereetsi reflects on 2019
In an interview this week, Tomeletso Sereetsi thanked their fans for ensuring that Sereetsi & The Natives grows in leaps and bounds as an entertainment and cultural brand with crossover appeal at home and internationally. “Thanks to my...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 10 January 2020
A sneak peek into what 2020 music scene might bring
Foreign musicians had already dominated our consciousness during the festive season so it is better local musicians find the best way to welcome the new decade in style. What a year for music 2020 is shaping up to be, some big artists have already...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 10 January 2020
Promoter wants 70% of local content on radio
He is also decrying the huge sums of money Copyright Society of Botswana (COSBOTS) pays to foreign artists whose works enjoy more airplay. ‘PP wa Pimp’ as Seagile is commonly know has embarked on a campaign, calling on broadcasters to...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 10 January 2020
DJ Ngwazi: the man behind Master KG's decks
Arts & Culture invited the talented DJ to Mmegi offices this week to talk music, success, overcoming adversity, and working with superstars such as Master KG and Makhazi. For a man who used to Dj for a small number of people at Kings Bar...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 10 January 2020
Govt reverses decision to limit ISPAAD support for maize
The government’s seasonal agricultural inputs programme, ISPAAD, was climate sensitive for a few weeks last year before pressure from farmers won the day. The programme, on which government spends upwards of P600 million each year providing...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 10 January 2020
When the long arm of the law falls short
Escalating crime levels, particularly offences against innocent victims, combined with the impunity criminals seem to enjoy, are stoking the flames of public outrage across the country. There is a persistent perception that the police arrest...
Pini Bothoko
| 10 January 2020
Police finally nab Credit cards scammer
The alleged scammer, Kabelo Ted Madiabaswi, 34, an ex-training manager at Conquerors Marketing PTY (LTD), is charged with 15 counts of stealing by servant that he committed on or before March 2018. The native of Bokaa ward in Shoshong is alleged to...
Utlwanang Matibini 10 January 2020
Drought related cattle mortalities hit North East
According to the pastoral farmers from Siviya and Tsamaya villages amongst other affected villages, lack of rainfall is threatening to wipe out their livestock. In an interview with Mmegi, one of the pastoral farmers from Siviya, Shepard Ncimbi...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 10 January 2020
Water crisis plagues North East
Their plight started nearly three years ago due to water rationing imposed by the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC). The restrictions were influenced by water scarcity that came as a result of demographic pressure on water resources and poor water...
Chakalisa Dube
| 10 January 2020
Did police help Tsogwane 'steal' elections?
According to the ongoing petitions before court, one petitioner, Sam Digwa and his co- petitioner Michael Molathiwa allege that the police were used to steal elections in the Boteti West constituency in favour of Vice President Slumber Tsogwane....
Mpho Mokwape
| 10 January 2020
Parties call for speedy resolution of UDC appeals
This comes after Justice Lakhvinder Singh Walia ruled that the UDC has reasonable arguable cases on elections hence he found no reason for refusing the expedited hearing of the appeals. The UDC vice president, Dumelang Saleshando said he was happy...
Staff Writer 10 January 2020
Rape: the unmitigated women's nightmare
A woman was raped every three hours in the just-ended festive season. As an illustration of the scope of the problem, police recorded 133 rape cases over the festive season, from December 20 to January 5 as compared to 110 cases registered the same...
Pini Bothoko
| 10 January 2020
Nyangabgwe gynae charged for rape, indecent assault
The State alleges that the accused, Dr. Marco Antonio Cruz-Gurrero, 48, committed the offences on two different women during two different dates in March last year to allegedly satisfy his sexual gratification. Cruz-Gurrero, who is represented by...
Taelo Stompie 10 January 2020
Rapists overun Letlhakane
It seems the village has in recent years gradually become a dangerous place for women to live in as a result of rising cases of rape and defilement. In 2019, Letlhakane police recorded 106 cases of rape and attempted rape. In an interview this...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 10 January 2020
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