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Back page this week: BFA awaits CAF verdict over travel ban
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
Inside Page this week: Difficult women packs gallery
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
Inside Page this week: BIHL swoops on targets as expansion drive heats up
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
Front page this week: A nation on edge
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
Forbes Under 30 Africa Summit postponed
In a letter from Forbes’ Randall Lane addressed to participants, the event will sill be held in Botswana from December 2 to 6, 2020. Lane said, “Forbes remains committed to bringing the Under 30 Summit to Africa for the first time...
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
Masunga attains top tennis qualification
She becomes the only local to hold such a qualification, which was formerly known as Level Three. Masunga attained the qualification in December. She did the initial course in 2018, but unfortunately she failed one module. “I had to retake the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 13 March 2020
Sponsorless rugby league kicks-off
Anticipation was high from the rugby fraternity that a sponsorship deal would be struck after the recent election, which ushered in a new leadership. BRU secretary general, Boitshoko Tsiane told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the financial situation has...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 13 March 2020
Despair after school sports suspension
Before 2011, there was relative calm in paradise. But a game changing civil servants strike in 2011, saw teachers being moved from the Teaching Service Act to the Public Service Act. The move meant the teachers were now entitled to overtime. For the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 13 March 2020
No deal yet for Branch
Branch attracted interest from a number of factory teams, a move that would see him turn professional after splendid performances in his two appearances at the Dakar Rally. The biker finished 13th and won the best rookie award in 2019, in his second...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 13 March 2020
A football carnival dished on an immaculate surface
The National Stadium playing surface has come under constant criticism from visiting teams, at one stage described as a ‘kraal’ in the build-up to an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the Zebras and Algeria. Tunisia’s...
Mqondisi Dube
| 13 March 2020
Panic grips sport as coronavirus spreads
Since the first case of the virus was reported in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, more than 118,000 people have been infected and over 4,300 deaths recorded worldwide. A number of sporting activities across the world have been postponed with...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 13 March 2020
Wounded Rollers turn fire on Flamingoes
Popa were on the receiving end on Saturday when they lost to Orapa United in the Mascom Top 8 final. Based on their performance last week it would not be far fetched to assume that they would throw everything at the hosts in a bid to emerge...
Chakalisa Dube
| 13 March 2020
ECCO's history-making coach dies
It is important that I give time to my family because I have been in the game for a very long time. It is not possible that someone works for their entire life. You come to a stage where you want to relax,” the late Barry Daka was quoted by...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 13 March 2020
Audit points to BAA shambles
Devasprasad Arrakkal from Mazars Botswana slapped BAA with a disclaimer audit opinion, due to the fact that there was lack of information during the compilation process. “We could not leave an audit in ambience for lack of information. We had...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 13 March 2020
BFA awaits CAF verdict over travel ban
The Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC), this week directed all national team assignments to be halted until further notice, as concerns rise over the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus. The immediate casualty was the girls’ Under-17...
Mqondisi Dube
| 13 March 2020
Ga re galaletse
Mangwe re a tle re bue ka one mme ka ga re a tshwanela go tlola molelwane ole, mangwe a salele morago. A saletse jalo, go batle gore nako nngwe re a boele re fete ka one. Se, ke se se neng sa direga maloba ka kgang ele ya rona e e neng e itshegeditse...
Sebofo Motshwane 13 March 2020
The value of school sports
More important, sport teaches us how to handle failure, to get up and try again when we lose. That’s the most valuable lesson, since we lose more than we win in life.” Bob Schieffer“The priority of the ministry in 2020, is therefore...
Mmaotho Segotso 13 March 2020
Breaking corrupt Arab-Asian monopoly in mega tenders
Fine, if you are okay with it, but don’t try and lie to us. These Middle-Eastern and Far East players are so spoilt by corruption that they mistake our development budget for a birthright. I only partially blame them. They have been led...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 13 March 2020
Crash Landing?
Selefu 13 March 2020
COVID-19 is upon us, are we ready?
This follows the revelation of more than 121,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 114 countries. The WHO also revealed that more than 4,300 people have died. Out of these number over 3,000 died in China, which is the epicentre of the disease. The WHO...
Mmegi Editor
| 13 March 2020
Coronavirus fears grip Francistowners
FRANCISTOWN: Maxwell Keitsile, a Gerald Estates businessman has been paying careful attention to all the news about the Coronavirus since it broke out. He recalls how after the initial outbreak in South Africa, rumours began circulating of suspected...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 13 March 2020
When death is a sneeze away
Laone Dialwa I had wanted to purchase some things online from China and I have heard people say that their orders have not been delivered from China due to the Corona virus outbreak which is a setback on my part. Looking at this I think it will have...
Phatsimo Kapeng
| 13 March 2020
The year 2020 a pivotal one for Africa and Europe
The partnership between Africa and Europe is finally coming of age and it is time to take it to a new level. Africa wants to take its future into its own hands and Europe needs a strong Africa. Our aspirations coincide. We want to promote women and...
Correspondent 13 March 2020
How young entrepreneurs can succeed in Botswana
Our economy depends on government expenditure to operate. Government expenditure is to our economy as oxygen is to the body and oil to the engine of a motor vehicle. Government expenditure is in the form of procurement and employment. So...
Correspondent 13 March 2020
Chinese Embassy updates on coronavirus in China
The latest information includes 33 new suspected cases (including two in Hubei), 1,318 cured and discharged cases (including 1,242 in Hubei) and 11 deaths (including 10 in Hubei) reported from the mainland. Hubei’s new COVID-19 cases drop to...
Correspondent 13 March 2020
Is Novel Coronavirus a death sentence?
After weeks of spreading from nation to nation, the novel coronavirus is now at our doorstep. Yes, it is just 400km away. And hysteria is rife, as some believe that Gaborone might be the new hub of transmission. Ever since news broke out about the...
Correspondent 13 March 2020
Eswatini's MTN Bushfire Festival 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus
As a socially conscious and conscientious festival, MTN Bushfire prioritises the health, safety and security of the Eswatini community, the festival staff and guests. MTN Bushfire believes that this is the responsible decision to make in recognition...
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
S & P's visits Jwaneng Mine
Standard and Poor’s is one of two agencies which carry out annual reviews of the country’s sovereign credit ratings, currently ranked amongst the highest in Africa. The assessments involve meetings with key stakeholders such as the...
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
Moody's gives Botswana sparkling scorecard
Moody’s affirmed the country’s sovereign credit ratings at A2, according to a statement released last week after a biannual review conducted recently. The A2 rating is the highest in Africa, meaning Botswana is the continent’s best...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 13 March 2020
Coronavirus: English Premier League suspended
All games in England's Premier League, EFL, FA Women's Super League and Women's Championship are postponed. The Premier League said play will start on 4 April subject to "conditions at the time" but BBC sports editor Dan Roan says resuming on the...
BBC.COM 13 March 2020
The wealth and health of nations
NEW YORK: COVID-19’s implications for the global economy are highly uncertain but potentially disastrous. As of March 5, the World Health Organisation had identified 85 countries and territories with active COVID-19 cases – an increase...
Correspondent 13 March 2020
Pula hits 16-year high against rand
Batswana took to social media as the week opened, marvelling at the sudden collapse in the value of the rand on Monday. According to historical Bank of Botswana opening rates, the last time the pula was stronger than on Monday was January 06, 2004...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 13 March 2020
BIHL swoops on targets as expansion drive heats up
It is also revisiting an insurance target it once courted in the region and spreading out into the pension fund and medical aid administration sector. With financial assets of P14 billion in hand and pretax profits of P537.1 million for 2019, BIHL...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 13 March 2020
Dj Kaizer to launch sophomore album
The new album, titled Khumbaya, consists of 15 tracks all featuring Motlha. It was released at Drum08 Records. Dj Kaizer produced all his songs with the help of his vocalists. After releasing House Inception Volume 1 last year, he was inspired to...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 13 March 2020
El World Music Invasion hits Ramotswa
The tour will showcase all the artists signed under his label, El World Music that will include performances from Simmy, Azana, Sino Msolo, Mthunzi, S-Tone, Claudio X Kenza and Sun-El Musician himself. “…this is a tour that already...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 13 March 2020
Rebranded Katlego goes exceptional
Black Rose’s biggest passion by far has always been music; a burning passion she has had from a tender age. The songbird kick started her music career when her brother and one motswako talent, Dramaboi featured her on their popular song Sala le...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 13 March 2020
Rasesa picnic readies for Saturday billing
The event, which is the brainchild of DJ Bakito, promises to be even bigger and better this time around after the organisers introduced another activity to spice things up for patrons, the five-a-side football. DJ Bakito told Arts & Culture that...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 13 March 2020
Stu Lasern in Botswana a dream gig for OneSpared
He decides to come and do a show with you!” Thuso Keabetswe Eric Molefe, a 26-year-old musician aka OneSpared, tried to rhetorically contextualise the message for those who could not relate. He was describing his dream gig with Stu Larsen on...
Thalefang Charles
| 13 March 2020
Coronavirus brings cancel-postpone-culture to showbiz
Recently movie releases, film festivals, concerts and other events involving public crowds and international travel have taken a hit from the spread of the COVID-19 respiratory illness. In the US, South by Southwest multimedia festival in Austin,...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 13 March 2020
Difficult Women packs Gallery
The exhibition that runs until April 11, 2020 features six of Botswana’s foremost contemporary women artists being Neo Matome, Ann Gollifer, Renée Eisen-Khonat, Sedireng Mothibatsela, Veryan Edwards and Kate Kwati. All of the artists...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 13 March 2020
Debswana launches Strategy 2024
The Strategy, dubbed “Debswana 2024, One Dream, One Team” was launched to over 5,500 staff complement across the three company sites, namely Debswana Corporate Centre (DCC), Orapa Letlhakane & Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) and Jwaneng. In...
Staff Writer 13 March 2020
Sbrana wanted Ndjavera out of its facility
Yesterday Amantle Batsietswe, the spokesperson at Sabrana said after Ndjavera first absconded from detention, the hospital management felt that it was no longer “practical or safe” to keep him at the hospital. In April 2016, Ndjavera who...
Chakalisa Dube
| 13 March 2020
Gov't bows to mother tongue pressure
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) for years has been the leading light on the introduction of mother tongue, calling on the government to make education more inclusive. They argued that an arrangement could be done through introducing mother tongue...
Pini Bothoko
| 13 March 2020
Dread as Absa to retrench
About 1,100 employees of the bank who recently worked for the bank’s hefty rebranding exercise that marked the final leg of acquisition from Barclays Plc are now faced with an uncertain future, sources say. Botswana Bank Employees Union...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 13 March 2020
Police forensic analyst exonerates Kgosi, others
The three were under the microscope as suspects in a case in which identities of Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) officers, who were involved in a covert operation, were disclosed. In his affidavit, Kealeboga Keeditse swore that he...
Oarabile Mosikare 13 March 2020
BDP Backbenchers to bar Cabinet from party structure
The above position was taken at the recent backbenchers secret meeting. Their bone of contention is that Cabinet Ministers are supposed to account to the party’s central committee and therefore if they occupy party positions then they would not...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 13 March 2020
Judges to sue gov't
The latest development arises from a controversy that engulfed the Judiciary five years ago. In September 2015, the then President Ian Khama suspended four Judges Professor Key Dingake, Modiri Letsididi, Mercy Garekwe and Ranier Busang for alleged...
Oarabile Mosikare 13 March 2020
Absa confirms voluntary separation scheme
Mmegi: Could you kindly confirm if it is indeed true that Absa Bank Botswana Limited has announced the Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) to its employees which is planned to be effected end of this month? Absa: Our people are our strength and we are...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 13 March 2020
Catholic Church suspends rituals
A memo written by Reverend Father Mabuti Masemola from Archdiocese of Pretoria on March 6, calls upon all priests, deacons and extraordinary ministers to practice ‘good hygiene’. The memo states that the church leaders are concerned...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 13 March 2020
Local fake news inflames coronavirus anxiety
Powered by social media, the wave of fake news about rumoured coronavirus cases, patients and even fake cures, is only exacerbating anxiety amongst Batswana and angering the Ministry of Health and Wellness, which this week had to step...
Pini Bothoko
| 13 March 2020
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