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Back page this week: Sport left out of stimulus plan
Staff Writer 26 June 2020
Inside page this week: Gov't throws a lifeline to creatives
Staff Writer 26 June 2020
Inside page this week: Gov't develops P20bn economic recovery plan
Staff Writer 26 June 2020
Front page this week: DIS 'thebeless'
Staff Writer 26 June 2020
Ramoshebi's journey from Mma Masire to the US
Little did he know that 14 years later, he would be on the verge of playing in the sport’s capital, the United States. Only the outbreak of the COVID-19 has stood between Ramoshebi and his dream appearance in the sparkling, renowned basketball...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 26 June 2020
Softball faces constitutional dilemma
BSA must fill two posts of public relations officer and treasurer. The two fell vacant following the resignations of Rijn Shagwa and Kelebogile Seitei. Now the association has to make the appointments before the end of June to meet a Botswana...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 26 June 2020
Pool members want president's powers clipped
The members argue, the ‘offending’ clause, Article 4.6 gives sweeping powers to the president, and want the section to be revoked. Article 4.6 reads: “The president who is the chairperson of the Confederation shall be the head...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 26 June 2020
Is the Premier League the silent assassin?
The Botswana Premier League (BPL) offices are barely noticeable. The door to the office that houses a product once valued at more than P15 million, are to the extreme right of the entrance at Lekidi Centre, with big brother, the Botswana Football...
Mqondisi Dube
| 26 June 2020
A Father's Day like no other
The assistant commissioner notably served as the chairperson of the First Division South committee and was assistant chairperson at Police XI. The sun sadly set on the football servant’s life on June 17 and he was laid to rest at his home...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 26 June 2020
First Division members win again
The committee members won round two of their battle with the association this week when the BFA DC stuck by its decision to set aside their suspension and ordered an immediate return to their positions. They have been serving suspension since 2018...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 26 June 2020
Galaxy engage players on salary cuts
Galaxy spokesperson, Tankiso Morake said they would talk to their staff on how to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Most organisations are going through a rough patch globally owing to challenges brought by COVID-19...
Chakalisa Dube
| 26 June 2020
Motorsport cancels season opener
Speed enthusiasts were hoping to quench their seven-month thirst as motorsport was expected to roar into action for the first time since the government relaxed the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions. The season opener was initially scheduled for...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 26 June 2020
Desperate players await relief fund payouts
The ministry pledged to assist Premiership and First Division league players through the fund, in a bid to cushion them against the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The deadline for submission of documents for eligibility to the fund...
Koketso Kgoboge 26 June 2020
Sport left out of stimulus plan
The 65-page document, titled ‘2020/21-2022/23 Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan (ERTP)’ is expected to be brought before the National Assembly. It suggests a raft of interventions to reinvigorate the economy, but sport has been...
Mqondisi Dube
| 26 June 2020
A di goroge tsotlhe
Go tlhamalatsa mafoko re re, re tlaa bowa re bue ka polelo ele, e ka yone re neng ra utlwa gore e ne ya re ka kgwedi ya Hirkgong monongwaga mopalamente, Rre Aubrey Lesaso, a tshwara diphuthego tsa kgotla kwa Shoshong, Tobela, le Bonwapitse a otlhe e...
Sebofo Motshwane 26 June 2020
Teachers as parents away from home
However, it has emerged that the main role that teachers play in the lives of learners, is being a parent away from home. They are role models and second parents. When asked what in their view the best teacher is like, a learner once said, “My...
Mmaotho Segotso 26 June 2020
Poor Batswana need Banyana Farms, more than Masisi needs it
It threatens to rapture the peace we have enjoyed as a nation. Make no mistake about it, most Batswana are angry. Only those who are permanently settled in the ranks of the defeated, and have accepted their pitiable conditions as preordained by the...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 26 June 2020
Do not kill a mocking bird
Selefu 26 June 2020
Botswana's Diplomatic Nightmare
In early 2019, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) had paddled a false claim that the former President and former Director General of DIS had stolen P100 billion from Bank of...
Mmegi Editor
| 26 June 2020
The 4IR and financial inclusion in the age of Fintech
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all around us, with innovations such as drones, self-driving cars and robotics. This is the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). It uses digital technology to facilitate and further automate systems and processes that...
Correspondent 26 June 2020
Botswana turns on the charm to woo international investment
Botswana’s economy has always punched above its weight. The country has been lauded for consistent growth of some five percent per annum over the past decade and has the sixth highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita on the...
Correspondent 26 June 2020
Can hotel industry bounce back? – Part II
They would be keen to see a shift in the business model that would result in sustainable operational efficiencies and less pressure on an already strained balance sheet. They would be keen to see evidence that would demonstrate that operators are...
Correspondent 26 June 2020
ERTP: A call to action
This document is meant to be the roadmap by government to stimulate and shock the economy out of the worst economic crisis Botswana has ever had and was prepared by a committee led jointly by the Governor of the Bank of Botswana (BoB) and the...
Mphoeng Mphoeng 26 June 2020
Gov't considers immediate opening for US, EU tourists
The ministry recommends that the opening should be implemented in 2020. “The [Tourism & Hospitality] sector could look at bringing tourists (with negative COVID-19 status) from, say Europe or North America on direct flights into Maun or...
Thalefang Charles
| 26 June 2020
Axe hangs over ISPAAD, other state subsidies
The P600-plus million each year that government spends on the Integrated Support Programme for Arable Agriculture Development (ISPAAD) is set to be substantially cut going forward, as the economy is restructured towards long-term growth and...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 26 June 2020
Counting losses
Phatsimo Kapeng
| 26 June 2020
Querap releases 7th album
The offering is a studio album under Regalia Records. In an interview with the rap artist, Querap, he said the album carries a lot of weight for him as it comes at a time when music changed and new wave of sound are being introduced. He added that...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 26 June 2020
Mceeing becomes a career for Theo
This job plays an important role in such people’s everyday lives. Even though this young talent did not plan or had never dreamt of being a Master of Ceremonies (MC) one day, he saw himself blowing the audience away with his talent when one of...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 26 June 2020
Hamptons hopeful for October
The date is subject to changes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “It is a challenging time as borders are still closed though we have begun to see some countries writing down their anticipated border opening up structure...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 26 June 2020
No relief funds payment yet for artists
MYSC will pay a relief for a period of three months being April, May and June 2020. The relief is eligible to a Motswana COSBOTS member who has applied for it. Artists will get P7, 500 in total for the three months period. In an interview with Arts...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 26 June 2020
Court dismisses Garogwe, COSBOTS case
Naledi Customary Court President, Oageng Mosole dismissed the case on grounds that the accused did not in any way inconvenience the public. Before the case was dismissed, the State presented its witnesses who included the complainant himself...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 26 June 2020
Botswana to have cultural villages
Among others,the document entails the creation of cultural villages around Botswana between the years 2021-22. This was revealed in the 2020/21 – 2022/2023 ERTP document released by the Ministry of Finance and Economic development...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 26 June 2020
Gov't throws a lifeline to creative's
The estimated total cost of ERTP spending is P20 billion over 2 and half years and the creative industry, which President Mokgweetsi Masisi is believed to take to heart will benefit more alongside other sectors. “The 2020/21 - 2022/23 ERTP...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 26 June 2020
Investors scramble for solar generation licences
The authority recently issued 827 megawatts in licences for two coal-fired projects and the country’s first coal bed methane venture. The 15-year licences allow the companies involved to generate and sell electricity and represent the first...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 26 June 2020
BOCRA probes Mascom's viral Choppies SMS
The authority this week said it had launched an investigation into Mascom Wireless network, following a viral SMS campaign marketing Choppies’ new online retail platform. This week Mascom consumers were outraged after receiving SMS from the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 26 June 2020
The Great Debt cleanup
BOSTON: With more than $7.5 trillion owed to external creditors, emerging economies’ debt-service costs are becoming increasingly onerous just when they need as much fiscal space as possible to confront the COVID-19 crisis. While there is a...
Correspondent 26 June 2020
Fuel price cut to trim inflation by 1.64%
Inflation in May was 2.4 percent down from 2.5 percent in April due to a 0.6% drop in the Transport sub-index of the Consumer Price Index. The drop was due to an average 14.3 thebe drop in fuel prices effected in April. Last Friday fuel and...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 26 June 2020
Gov't develops P20bn economic recovery plan
Led by the finance ministry with input from other ministries, parastatals and agencies, the draft plan indicates that another P20 billion will be required to fund projected budget deficits between now and fiscal year 2022/23. For several months,...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 26 June 2020
Letlhakane: The village in distress
FRANCISTOWN: Some have been sexually abused outside their homes, whilst others were simply attacked in the comfort of their homes leaving ‘Zowa’ as Letlhakane is known, an unsafe place. The story of social crime in Letlhakane is...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 26 June 2020
BIUST in bad faith salary negotiations
The Francistown Industrial Court agreed with the university’s employees that the institution acted in bad faith during the negotiations by failing to disclose crucial information needed by the employees for better negotiations and breaching...
Mpho Mokwape
| 26 June 2020
Lyns Funeral Palour loses its shine?
This publication has learnt that oversight institutions have in recent times been inundated with complaints from unhappy clients to the effect that the once reputable FSG Limited seems to have reneged from its mission of providing funeral products...
Staff Writer 26 June 2020
Court awards P500,000 for botched circumcision
Justice Jennifer Dube recently presided over the matter before referring it to the Assistant Registrar and Master of the Lobatse High Court, Dumisani Basupi, for assessment of damages. Dube had ruled that the defendants being the MoHW...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 26 June 2020
ALUBDEV donates paints to UB
The trust was formed in 1993 following a major fundraising drive aimed at alleviating student accommodation needs by the UB on-campus students. The initiative led to the construction of the 476 hostels valued at P3.5 million on campus along with an...
Cavin Kanoko
| 26 June 2020
Cheers as street photographers resurface
Tuesday this week, in a meeting with the police and the representatives of the photographers, the council said that it has since decided that the photographers should stop taking pictures because there is no licence that governs informal sector...
Chakalisa Dube
| 26 June 2020
Youth content with gov't unemployment initiatives
According to a recent Afrobarometer survey, more than half (56%) of citizens say the government is addressing the needs of young people ‘fairly well’ or ‘very well’. Although there have been protests in the recent past over...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 26 June 2020
Prevailing Securities wants P81.7m tax notice revisited
In February last year, the BURS impounded vehicles belonging to Prevailing Securities owner, Shadrack Baaitse for tax related issues. This month, Baaitse through his attorneys, Serole & Partners wrote to the BURS demanding...
Oarabile Mosikare 26 June 2020
BPF: A year later
FRANCISTOWN: The BPF was conceived some time in May 2019 and only officially registered by the Registrar of Societies a month later. Disgruntled members who had a falling out with President Mokgweetsi Masisi, also staunch supporters of former State...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 26 June 2020
Fired DIS agent reinstated
Walter Matsoga’s employment was terminated in 2017 for medical reasons, months after he was involved in a car accident. Last Friday High Court judge, Justice Godfrey Radijeng ordered that Matsoga be reinstated and that he be paid arrears and...
Mpho Mokwape
| 26 June 2020
Tension brews between High Court, Appeals Judges
In the prevailing set up, the Law Society of Botswana (LSB) has always advocated for a transparent process of appointment of Judges, which includes advertising the vacancies as they become available. For instance, while the process was used to...
Oarabile Mosikare 26 June 2020
DIS 'thebeless'
On June 2, 2020 the Director of Transport sent a memo to all directors and transport officers reminding them of vehicle maintenance and service. For this financial year, the DIS has budgeted the sum of about P41,985,420 for maintenance and running...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 26 June 2020
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