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Back page this week: Galaxy declared premiership champions

Staff Writer 15 June 2020

Front page this week: MOHW suspends three NHL officers

Staff Writer 15 June 2020

Sport Unable To Attract Pros

President of Special Olympics of Botswana, Ross Tebele told Sport Monitor that it was difficult for NSAs to attract professionals accredited by the likes if Botswana Institute of Chartered Acountants (BICA), especially treasurers. “NSAs do not...

Calistus Kolantsho | 15 June 2020

BDF Club: Ping Pong's New Dominant Force

Former national and current number women’s one, Boitshwarelo Butale and Tshepiso Rebatenne, Under-18 men’s Sean Dekop and current men’s top ranked, Tshenolo Mooketsi and his predecessor, Thobo Matlhatsi all cut their teeth at the...

Kabelo Boranabi | 15 June 2020

MoBE Clear Off P5.5m Teachers' Debt

MoBE cleared  off the P5.5 million that it owed to Botswana Primary Schools Sports Association (BOPSSA) members last week. The ministry started off by paying out P3.9 million and cleared the balance afterwards. BOPSSA president, Busani Segweni...

Calistus Kolantsho | 15 June 2020

Reinstated FDN Committee Holds No Grudges

The committee members have been on suspension for two years and were successfully reinstated on Thursday following the association’s failure to follow up on the matter and accord them a hearing. The committee members were accused of embezzling...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 15 June 2020

Bontshetse To Join Sebego Team?

Teams arec currently finalising their lists ahead of the Friday deadline for the registration of candidates.  The shrewd football administrator has been campaigning as an independent candidate for the position of the second vice president...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 15 June 2020

Galaxy Declared Premiership Champions

Galaxy now join the likes of Township Rollers, Notwane, BDF XI, Extension Gunners, Gaborone United (GU), ECCO City Greens, Mogoditshane Fighters, Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Police XI who have previously won the league trophy. The BFA has been in...

Boitumelo Khutsafalo | 15 June 2020

Miss Independence Kgatleng Donates

During the handover ceremony, Makhoba said that the donations were not just a gift but necessities of life as a girl child cannot go through life without sanitary pads. "A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal," Makhoba wisely...

Staff Writer 15 June 2020

Okavango Craft Breweries Aims Higher

The small craft brewer this week introduced two beer types: a Kolsch-inspired ‘Leleme la noka’, named after the recent return of the Okavango flood waters, sold in 330ml and 750ml returnable bottles, and ‘The Matriarch’, an...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 15 June 2020

COVID-19: High Court Judge quarantined

The name of the Judge is known to this publication and cannot be disclose for health confidentiality reasons.  Rannowane also informed his brethren that a woman working at Law Reporting was at Gaborone Private Hospital last week. He also...

Staff Writer 15 June 2020

Avani Bolsters Measures Against COVID-19

AvaniShield is a programme that ensures the hotel subscribes to the safety measures for the benefit of its local and international customers. Avani resident manager, Candice Selato said in being innovative and being at the forefront of everything,...

Mompati Tlhankane | 15 June 2020

Stanchart Ramps Up Tech Banking WithWallet-To-Bank

Wallet-to-Bank is not the same as Bank-to-Wallet, a service currently available at Orange Money and BTC Smega. Now, Stanchart has rolled out the latest generation cash deposit machines offering a host of services including payment to loans. ...

Staff Writer 15 June 2020

Tour Passion Births Amoeba Chemicals

This has been the case for Omar Bakali whose travel itinerary has not only introduced him to new friends but to business opportunities.  Bakali was inspired to start his own business after benchmarking during his Southern Africa tour. ...

Pauline Dikuelo | 15 June 2020

Sound Of Lies

It seems as if there is no hope for the fear brewed by the scenario which depicts total destruction. Every movement appears to be risky and dangerous. Nothing makes sense at all. When we are faced with challenges, our emotional intelligence level...

Kealeboga Ngwigwa | 15 June 2020

Why Do I Have To Spell It Out For You?

A question was asked on our TV show, Talking with the Thabas, “Some people don’t want to have to tell their partner what they need. It doesn’t feel as special if I have to spell it out. They should know me well enough by now to know...

Ashley Thaba | 15 June 2020

Gym Membership For The Uninterested

I had suggested this to my physician and he had strongly chastised me for smoking weed and recommended a visit to a psychiatrist. The flight to the moon was surely better than running along the Western Bypass and exposing your life –the only...

Thulaganyo Jankie 15 June 2020

Let's Behave Like A People Who Recognise Dependence On Each Other For Our Lives”

We need each other to respond from a place of principle and ethic.” The truth in this is embedded in an honest introspection of our collective behaviours following the easing of the extreme social distancing measures at the end of May 2020....

Lesego Nswahu Nchunga | 15 June 2020

The Four Horses

In the Book of Revelation, a white horse appears standing for conquest alongside a red horse of war. Together they serve as a symbolic metaphor of the colonial conquest that ended the political sovereignty of indigenous communities throughout the...

Jeff Ramsay | 15 June 2020

Election Petitions

Selefu 15 June 2020

COVID-19 Task Force Openness Doubtful

A bitter pill to swallow came with the news of another lockdown in the announcement. A statement from the COVID-19 Task Force, later in the day, stated: “The public is informed that due to the discovery of new COVID-19 cases in Gaborone, the...

Monitor Editor 15 June 2020

Drinking From 'Home' Recipe For Date Rape

Women have been warned over invitations for ‘drinks’ at home, as alcohol consumption is strictly limited to indulgence at home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Police say alcohol is by far the most dangerous date rape drug and...

Pini Bothoko | 15 June 2020

Okavango Flood Bet Raises P51,000 For Charity

This year, what started as a casual conversation in April between two friends discussing the whereabouts of the flood turned into a fun and educational initiative that ended up raising P51,562 split between Women Against Rape (WAR) and the Polokong...

Correspondent 15 June 2020

Batswana Consort With Illegal Immigrants Despite Threats

FRANCISTOWN: It is an undeniable fact that over the years Batswana have fallen victim to some crimes that involve illegal immigrants. In some of the cases that ring a bell, the perpetrators in the offences and their victims are people known to each...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 15 June 2020

Lobatse Police Dismiss Five Women Arrest Rumours

Fake reports have been made that five women were arrested and later quarantined for coronavirus (COVID-19) after they were allegedly caught red-handed visiting and entertaining truck drivers in Lobatse. The Officer Commanding, Paul Molapisi conceded...

Pini Bothoko | 15 June 2020

Missing DBES Employee Found Dead

A suspect was detained on the same day the deceased was discovered. The suspect had confessed to the alleged murder, the police revealed. He was arraigned at Palapye Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The 24-year-old suspect of Lotsane ward was...

Koketso Kgoboge 15 June 2020

Sex, Drugs Plague Letlhakane

Letlhakane Police Station commander, superintendent Michael Maphephu told The Monitor the village is also a hotspot for peddling and illicit use of drugs. Maphephu said they have observed that since the beginning of the year, there has been an...

Lesedi Mkhutshwa | 15 June 2020

Kweneng Region Hurriedly Recruits For COVID-19

The region’s office ran an advertisement last week making calls to fill new openings for teachers. The advertisement however did not state the number required. Acting director for Kweneng Region, Tshwarelo Hosia said they will have classes...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 15 June 2020

Frustration Sets In Surprise Zonal Lockdown

On Friday, both the director of Health Services, Dr Malaki Tshipayagae and the coordinator of the presidential COVID-19 Task Force, Dr Kereng Masupu said in a televised announcement that officials had recorded four new imported cases at its borders...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 15 June 2020

China Jiangsu Loses Once Again

On Friday, Lobatse High Court’s Justice Ranier Busang hammered another nail on the coffin for China Jiangsu by dismissing its review application and in turn awarding government costs of application up to and including the date of...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 15 June 2020

BLLAHWU To Sue Gov't For 'Breach' Of Agreement

According to a letter of intension to sue issued recently through their attorneys, demand has been made to the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) to increase salaries of its members by 10% for scales A and B and six percent for scales C...

Goitsemodimo Kaelo | 15 June 2020

Hotels, Gov't At Loggerheads Over Quarantine Payments

Some service providers are crying foul that the government is taking long to pay them while in other instances government rejected their bills. One lodge owner who preferred anonymity said in their engagements, they were promised payments would be...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 15 June 2020

MOHW Suspends Three NHL Officers

Three officers working at the National Health Laboratory (NHL) are reportedly facing the boot after they were recently suspended from work. Even though it is not clear, speculation is rife that this could be in relation to the legal proceedings...

Staff Writer 15 June 2020