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Covid-19 contact persons
The University wishes to clarify that the affected students were identified from the register of all those who visited the restaurant on the day the said truck driver had been there. Thus, the students have no personal knowledge of the identity of...
Correspondent 10 July 2020
Court denies 'Butterfly' costs
The 46-year-old Maswabi known as Butterfly who is charged with financing terrorism by moving money around linked to former spy chief, Isaac Kgosi had asked state to pay her costs on grounds that it did not have evidence against her in all charges she...
Mpho Mokwape
| 10 July 2020
Back page this week: BAA to spend P500,000 as athletics resume
Staff Writer 10 July 2020
Inside page this week: Moitobi adopts COVID-19 craftsmanship
Staff Writer 10 July 2020
Inside page this week: ISPAAD funding cut by nearly P300m
Staff Writer 10 July 2020
Front page this week: Trial of the decade
Staff Writer 10 July 2020
Dakar Rally aspirant a doubt for SA series
Last week, the South African Cross-country Championship Series (SACCS) announced that the championship that was halted in March due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) would return next month. SACCS said, in a statement, the...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 July 2020
Leadership fallout hits BOTESSA
Three committee members have quit since 2017, and recently, communications and marketing manager, Duncan Segabo called it a day. From the Herbert Letsebe led committee voted in, in 2017, only secretary general Moreetsi Kediseng remains. Segabo said...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 July 2020
Sabure eyes crown after return from acute illness
Like other sporting codes, chess activities were suspended in March following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19). The last tournament before the break was the Northern Chess Extravaganza held at the Botswana International University of Science...
Koketso Kgoboge 10 July 2020
Tennis player pens 'Passion and Purpose' book
Ruele said tennis is her passion, hence the title of the book. “Purpose, like many people, I want to know what my purpose is, why I am on earth, what am I called to do and how to fulfil that purpose. It is a diary of a Christian athlete...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 July 2020
BNSC counts COVID-19 losses
The Commission is the custodian of stadiums across the country, and makes up to P4 million per annum from renting out the facilities. It is also counting losses from non-stadiums usage. BNSC chief executive officer, Falcon Sedimo said their income...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 July 2020
BFA election pits 'allies' against each other
Fobby Radipotsane and Maokaneng Bontshetse have become synonymous with BFA elections, and have never been on the losing camp. They fought to bring in Dikgang Phillip Makgalemele in 2004, before they decamped to campaign for David Fani four years...
Mqondisi Dube
| 10 July 2020
Systems furious as Nare quits
Nare was appointed as Systems’ head coach in 2018 and has performed well, which has attracted rival suitors. In his first season, Systems finished seventh, before improving standings to fourth in the just ended campaign. The charismatic...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 July 2020
The yo-yo BFA, First Division case
At the centre of an oscillating fracas is the case between the Botswana Football Association (BFA) and the suspended First Division North (FDN) committee. The committee members are accused of misappropriating nearly P70,000, an allegation the mother...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 10 July 2020
Players' relief funds paid at slow pace
Some clubs said the players had started receiving funds but the process was slow. In May, the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development, Tumiso Rakgare said the government had set aside P70 million for the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 10 July 2020
Candidates anxious as vetting drags
The process could see some candidates axed if they do not meet the criteria. The contesting teams are all undergoing scrutiny, with the committee requesting for further information on the candidates this week. The Electoral Code prescribes that...
Mqondisi Dube
| 10 July 2020
BAA to spend P500,000 as athletics resume
BAA is part of the sporting codes recently permitted to resume training after the national lockdown was lifted. BAA vice president, Oabona Theetso told Mmegi Sport the amount would go towards screening and testing of athletes before the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 10 July 2020
Ga se lefoko le le lengwe
Jaanong, e tlaa re tsatsi jeno le rona re ikgate motlhala, re boelele polelo ele ya phuthego ya Madiba. Re ne ra utlwa fa phuthego eo, e ne e tshwerwe ke mopalamente wa Mahalapye Bophirima, Rre David Tshere. Ga bonala fa mopalamente a tshwenyegiie...
Sebofo Motshwane 10 July 2020
Supporting your child during exams
It thus goes without saying that any sound and fruitful exam preparation, must start a home. It is important to remember that your child’s performance in exams is not about you. It does not reflect on you in any way. If they choose...
Mmaotho Segotso 10 July 2020
Address Batswana's concerns regarding the poultry sector, Mr President
The abuse of a dominant position by key players in this sector has ensured that this market is nearly, the exclusive preserve of a racially identifiable cabal that runs the ruling and has colossal influence in the high echelons of power. It is...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 10 July 2020
A look in the mirror
Typically, such utterances are designed to stir up national fervour and also warn the said saboteurs that the state is on to them and the gig is up. And typically, local media would clamber on board in amplifying the warning and defending the...
Mmegi Editor
| 10 July 2020
The capital management Botswana saga
Selefu 10 July 2020
Domestic abuse: The case of married women – Part 2
Last week’s article helped us to appreciate that it is not easy to tell whether a man would ever metamorphose into an abuser. In view of the fact that some men could be deceptive, what can women do to protect themselves? Is there anything they...
Correspondent 10 July 2020
Reflections on Malawi's 2019 elections court decisions
In February 2020, the Constitutional Court of Malawi in a monumental 500-page judgement annulled the country’s May 2019 presidential election and ordered a re-run within 150 days, citing widespread polling irregularities that included the...
Key Dingake 10 July 2020
In defence of the BNF left – Reply to Cde Boko (Part 1)
We were left wondering why Cde Duma Boko found it appropriate to initiate a debate on such a wide range of issues – from the state of the BNF to weighty and complex questions such as the relevance of Marxism and the historical meaning of the...
Correspondent 10 July 2020
Financial crime risks in mobile money services
Financial inclusion, described as the ability to deliver financial products and services in an accountable and maintainable way that encounters the demands and needs of the customers in an affordable and useful manner and allowing for timeless...
Correspondent 10 July 2020
Are there shortcuts to making money?
Can I sleep and wake up with P1,000 in my bank account? Many Batswana love shortcuts and when we hear of a quick way of getting money, we all rush there without even thinking of the consequences. If it’s easy money, then it is evident that...
Correspondent 10 July 2020
WhatsApp gifting: An old trick in a new dress
In their different incarnations over the years, pyramid schemes and similar cons have had the same hallmarks. They rely on the continuous recruitment of new members to reward older ones and at some point, they inevitably become unsustainable and...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 10 July 2020
LEA wants greater local procurement
“All government procurement should be reserved for local businesses in order to resuscitate them,” he told BusinessWeek on Wednesday. “This will help to actually propel production within those products and services and that will...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 July 2020
BERA kickstarts public hearings on BPC tariffs
On social media and other platforms, consumers have vented their anger over BERA’s decision to award the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) a tariff increase in March, at a time when the economy and households were facing a mounting crisis from...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 July 2020
Bringing possible to life during a crisis
As an African business, we have sought to position ourselves so that we can offer not just tangible relief in this time of distress and global upheaval, but also true value in an ever-changing world. For any indebted individual or business,...
Correspondent 10 July 2020
AfDB optimistic on Botswana's economic bounce-back
By comparison, the IMF expects the country’s economy to shrink by 9.6 percent and return to 8.6 percent growth next year while government is forecasting 13.1% contraction this year and 3.9 percent growth next year. Traditionally,...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 10 July 2020
ISPAAD funding cut by nearly P300m
ISPAAD is the main agricultural inputs programme introduced in 2008 to support communal farmers. Each season, ISPAAD provides farmers with various inputs such as seeds, tillage services, fertilisers, herbicides and others in the interests of...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 10 July 2020
Fashion Passion Promotions borne out of niche
In an interview with Arts & Culture, Gofamodimo said Fashion Passion Promotions is an agency promoting models and artists to local and international platforms. She also indicated that the outfit started off in 2017 as a fashion show known as Gabs...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 July 2020
Veteran producer releases first single
‘Manong’ is his first studio-recorded project as a solo artist. The artist has not been much active as a performer. He composed, arranged, programmed and recorded the song. It was mixed and mastered by Lame Letlaatlaa at Lebzamos Studio....
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 July 2020
Zwani: A scribe-turned-novelist, relishes publishing
A former journalist, she is busy establishing herself as one of Africa’s finest female authors rising provocatively to the stage. Please meet Brigitta Zwani. She is a novelist and publisher. In her new found love, Zwani has published a novel...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 July 2020
Poetic Blood debuts anthology of poems
Making the most out of the free time and the extreme social distancing, Lame Pusetso, popularly known as Poetic Blood, took to perfecting her craft and released her work. Pusetso worked on an anthology of her poems during the April lockdown and...
Cavin Kanoko
| 10 July 2020
Sephetsolo turns rubbish into wealth
Unlike many artists, the lady uses her hands to turn ‘dirt’ into breathtaking aesthetic pieces. Due to concerns about the slowly degrading quality of life caused by pollution and transition towards pro environment business models,...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 10 July 2020
KBL provides Chibuku imbibers with sharing cups
The Chibuku brand is synonymous with sharing, friendship and cultural heritage so in keeping with that spirit, KBL has revealed that it does want to completely kill the bonds of brotherhood, hence the new initiative. This is a product that is...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 10 July 2020
BOMU emerges from blackout
In its near death experience, BOMU has over the years been embroiled in a series of wrangles, particularly between the union’s executive committee and its members. The union has been dormant since 2018 after some members took the then music...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 10 July 2020
Moitobi adopts COVID-19 craftsmanship
For in instance, Kago Edwin Moitobi who is a master of the outdoor space has had to cancel some of his plans in response to the lockdown imposed by government in the wake of the pandemic. In his vocation, Moitobi is the man who provides that...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 10 July 2020
Boitekanelo gets BOBS certification
The institution’s founder, Dr Tiroyaone Mampane said during the unveiling of the certificate that this signified a declaration to stakeholders that quality was at the core of what they offered. He said as pioneers of private healthcare...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 10 July 2020
Council refutes P 7 million COVID-19 toilets expenditure
The controversial projects attracted the attention of Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Eric Molale who promised the nation that he will conduct an investigation into the construction of schools ablution blocks. On such toilet in the...
Pini Bothoko
| 10 July 2020
Khumomatlhare's departure smacks of a push
Khumomatlhare’s departure from the public service coincides with a time in which the government angrily cancelled a savingram he authored to councils around the country indicating that they should hire scorpion workers under the B2 and B3...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 10 July 2020
UDC election petition legal cost yet to be determined
In the cost dispute, before court, the BDP had given UDC 14 days period in which to have paid close to P6 million following its loss of elections petitions regarding the 2019 general elections. The legal tussle came after 14 members of the UDC took...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 10 July 2020
Debswana's P110m suit opens can of worms
In the latest case, Gaborone High Court will hear how management at the world’s leading diamond miner procured spy equipment without authority from the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) to spy on employees. A local company Infotrac...
Oarabile Mosikare 10 July 2020
Carter's Cruiser, a quid pro quo to loot pension fund
Toyota Land Cruiser pickup is a status symbol for a Motswana man. It is regarded as a vehicle for the proud but modest ‘old timers’ who really made it in life. The men who want to retire gracefully, after an illustrious civil service or...
Thalefang Charles
| 10 July 2020
Morupisi case becomes Manewe, Tiroyakgosi duel
While attention will be on the former PSP, who is the man in the dock and who is a high profile personality in his own right and perhaps so far the DPP’s relatively big catch in the so-called war against corruption, another spotlight will be on...
Oarabile Mosikare 10 July 2020
Possible key witnesses in Morupisi' trial
Carter Morupisi, the disgraced PSP and spouse, Pinny, are set to go on trial on Monday in a case in which the State has 30 key witnesses lined up for the eight-day affair. Morupisi is charged with three counts being abuse of office, acceptance of a...
Mpho Mokwape
| 10 July 2020
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