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Back page this week: Rival camps differ on BFA P10m debt
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
Inside page this week: Keabetswe captures expressions through facial portraits
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
Inside page this week: De Beers banks on deep pockets to ride out Covid crisis
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
Front page this week: Manewe caught out
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
Sport codes call for BNSC awards changes
The associations’ wish is to see team and individual awards to be separated, as they argue, the current set-up favours individual team sport. Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) vice president, George Keotsene said the system needs to be...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 August 2020
Volleyball star's steady rise to the top
The two-metre tall Koobatlile, has grown into a towering presence on the volleyball court, and has shared the stage with the game’s illustrious sons such as Shadrack Kapeko and Talaka Mothudi. Mtsonga, as he is popularly known in volleyball...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 August 2020
SA clears P2.8m Youth Games debt
However, Mozambique remains in arrears as it still owes P300, 000 after the country paid half of the participation fee before the games. African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region 5 chief executive officer, Stanley Mutoya said despite the delays,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 August 2020
Sebego wants transitional committee
Sebego argues, the current committee’s tenure would have lapsed, hence the need to install an interim committee. The elective BFA General Assembly hangs in the balance due to COVID-19 restrictions. With just eight days left before the...
Mqondisi Dube
| 14 August 2020
TAFIC's appeal set for Arbitration Tribunal
BFA chief executive officer (CEO), Mfolo Mfolo confirmed TAFIC’s appeal against a decision to declare the season complete, would be heard by the Tribunal. The BFA’s decision to end the season, meant TAFIC, together with Molepolole City...
Chakalisa Dube
| 14 August 2020
Mathe turns to Herbalife for income
Local football was suspended in March following the global outbreak of the COVID-19. The situation has seen a majority of footballers going for almost six months without a steady income. However, Molepolole City Stars shot stopper has...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 14 August 2020
Galaxy postpones crucial players meeting
Management and players were supposed to meet this past Tuesday to discuss a way forward regarding players' wages and contracts. Mmegi Sport learnt that the meeting, which was to be held at the Galaxy Stadium on Tuesday evening, was postponed, as a...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 14 August 2020
Players receive COVID-19 relief payments
The payments are part of the government’s efforts to cushion clubs following the suspension of sporting activities in March. Confirming the payment, Botswana Football Association (BFA) spokesperson, Tumo Mpatane said the process of...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 14 August 2020
Chess criterion queried as Botswana crash out
The team was knocked out in the first round, leaving Mosutha, who has been in good form, to query its selection process. Mosutha complained that the team was hand picked. "Some of us were extremely displeased by that and they did so before we played...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 14 August 2020
Rival camps differ on BFA P10m debt
The debt, according to BFA first vice president, Marshlow Motlogelwa had accumulated, largely, due to money owed as tax and commission due to Pula Sports Marketing for negotiating the then be MOBILE league sponsorship. Motlogelwa said the...
Mqondisi Dube
| 14 August 2020
Ba re ga se tlotlo
E a tle e boelwe, e tsweledisiwe e wele. Go diregile jalo ka kgang ya rona e re neng re e tshegetse ka polelo ele ya phuthego ya mopalamente wa Nkange, Rre Never Tshabang. Ga nna jalo ka gore re ne ra se ka ra kgona go bua ka gotlhe mo e...
Sebofo Motshwane 14 August 2020
What is Dyslexia? Part 2
Dysgraphia: A disorder involving difficulties with writing or typing, sometimes due to problems with hand coordination and eye–hand coordination; it also can impede direction- or sequence-oriented processes, such as tying knots or...
Mmaotho Segotso 14 August 2020
Zimbabwe story, is story of Africa
We have seen such crackdowns during Robert Mugabe’s reign. This time, the government even shut down social media, to ensure that the people could not coordinate their protests and thus, denying them a voice. We are back where we began....
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 14 August 2020
The Pied Piper from Gaborone: Will Masisi call the SADC tune on Zimbabwe?
Yet Zimbabwe finds itself in a familiar situation characterised by a complex web of leadership crisis, declining rule of law and increasing securitisation of the State and civil rights issues. The past month in Zimbabwe has seen a rise in...
Mmegi Editor
| 14 August 2020
Saving BDP
Selefu 14 August 2020
Extend the wage subsidy, grant us rent relief, bar owners plead
Bars were closed about two weeks ago due to a new alcohol ban, and the sector is struggling as revenues have dried up, while overheads such as wages and rentals mount. Brown Sport Bar owner, Nametso Lillian Griesmeir called on government to assist...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 14 August 2020
When a job disappears in an instant
The alcohol industry has been one of the hardest hit sectors in the COVID-19 pandemic, with three booze bans imposed since the first case of the virus was reported on March 30. Industry players have been left bamboozled, their plans for the year...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 14 August 2020
Punch-drunk liquor industry staggers again
It’s not only boxers who know the pain of taking heavy blows, mounting the courage to get up, then taking even more to send you to the ropes. The alcohol industry, a sector employing about 60,000 people directly and indirectly, has had a year...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 14 August 2020
It is the lockdown stupid
Our own economy is on its knees following the April nation-wide lockdown. Many small-scale companies have gone under, while other companies are retrenching, and workers are subjected to pay cuts. The situation is going to get worse before it gets...
Titus Mbuya
| 14 August 2020
The NDP 11 Mid-Term Review: A focus on economic transformation
This document’s primary purpose is to look holistically at the past three years of the Botswana economy, what we’ve achieved, challenges and adjust the trajectory of the NDP11 as necessary. In this article I therefore try to bring out...
Mphoeng Mphoeng 14 August 2020
Skelemani abandons all pretence at impartiality
So sad for a man with an otherwise admirable track record on matters of principle. Of recent, he has abandoned all pretence at impartiality, which is his core mandate. First was the suspension of the Leader of Opposition (LoO) Dumelang Saleshando...
Correspondent 14 August 2020
Firms see Covid recovery by June
A recent survey of 100 businesses in several sectors by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) estabilsihed that from the crisis brought on by the pandemic in the first half of the year, many expected conditions to begin improving from the third quarter of the...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 14 August 2020
SEZA confident of creating jobs
Speaking this week, Mogara said SEZA has adopted a jobs strategy that will anchor Botswana’s economic recovery plan at its eight Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the zones are set to become modern smart cities modelled around the live, work and...
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
Are financial markets none the wiser?
LONDON: In an April commentary about the wild gyrations in financial markets during the February-March phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, I noted that the behaviour of equity markets had been as bewildering, complex, and fascinating as ever. Still, I...
Correspondent 14 August 2020
Business credit growth slumps
Businesses are either unable to afford loans due to the COVID-19 crisis or prefer to finance their requirements from their own reserves, research by the central bank and other analysts has shown. Credit growth, or the annualised rate of increase in...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 14 August 2020
De Beers banks on deep pockets to ride out Covid crisis
With rising orders already noted ahead of the festive season and executives speaking of ‘pent up demand’ De Beers hopes to soon bounce back from a slump in revenue that saw its earnings for the first half of the year drop by 54% ...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 14 August 2020
Makau release new single
The track was released on July 31, and it is now available on social media platforms. One of the group members, Bakang Mphele explained that Makau composed the song and featured Miz kellz from MN Entertainment stable owned by Mogakolodi Tsotso...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 14 August 2020
DJ Tuli collaborates with SA vocalist
The young house music deejay, famously known for producing euphoric hits in the music circles, is today expected to release a new single titled Falling for You. “I have collaborated with an elegant and talented Sinathi in a hit song recorded...
Siyabonga Gaetshajwe 14 August 2020
Folklore guitarist 'Kotaeshele' passes on
He succumbed to death on Sunday at Deborah Relief Hospital in Mochudi where he was admitted. According to his brother, Odirile Molefe, the folklore music pioneer had been sick for some time. Kotaoetshele started playing music with string bass...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 14 August 2020
Passion lands Moreng into hair food manufacturing
With products that cater for both natural and relaxed heads, Moreng explained that her passion for hair inspired her to create something that will help others achieve a healthy hair journey. She noted that she passionately manufactures hair products...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 14 August 2020
BOMU annual meet to go ahead
BOMU’s interim vice president, Phemelo ‘Fresh Les’ Lesokwane said the event, which is scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday 15, 2020), will take place in Gaborone at Thapong Visual Arts Centre from 8am. The AGM follows a series of...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 14 August 2020
Domboshaba moved to 2021
Organizers view this as an opportunity in disguise for them to fine-tune the event with the objective of making it more entertaining and hence silence detractors. Chairperson of Domboshaba Cultural Trust (DCT), Kangangwane Phatshwane, who are...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 14 August 2020
Keabetswe captures expressions through facial portraits
From drawing Spiderman cartoons to impressing his age mates during his early childhood days to a refined fine artist he is now, the young man who hails from Tutume said he had never felt prouder. Even though the fine artist explores other art...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 14 August 2020
More charges likely in DIS agent Choppies 'robbery' case
The agent, Derrick Masukula, 41, and his alleged accomplices, Mogomotsi Thupane, 37, Aaron Sanana, 40, and Thato Moatshe, 31, failed when they applied for bail before Chief Magistrate Faith Dlamini-Nga’ndu on Tuesday. The State alleges that...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 14 August 2020
PEEPA interdicted from rescinding employees' salary increments
The salary adjustments were extended to the said staff members by former chief executive officer (CEO) of the government privatisation agency, Ezekiel Moumakwa, on condition that their performances were impressive. The CoA also interdicted PEEPA from...
Mpho Mokwape
| 14 August 2020
Alpha Direct loses against NBFIRA
The insurer before Court proceedings had refused to pay its two clients, one for a stolen vehicle after suspecting foul play and another for damage to property and later challenged NBFIRA’s powers in court. Alpha Direct had refused to pay...
Mpho Mokwape
| 14 August 2020
Zim upheavals feared could cause spike in Botswana COVID-19
There is currently tension in Zimbabwe. There have been widespread reports of police brutality against civilians, activists and human rights protesters who are against some of the initiatives taken by the current regime. Some of those who have...
Chakalisa Dube
| 14 August 2020
PAC raises alarm over payment of ghost houses
The Committee raised the concern during the presentation by the Botswana Police Service (BPS) Commissioner, Keabetswe Makgophe. The police commissioner disclosed to have paid over P1 million for an unoccupied building in Francistown for a period of...
Pini Bothoko
| 14 August 2020
Ex-cop escapes prosecution for hiring family members
Balekanye won his case at the Court of Appeal (CoA) last week after facing prosecution following his investigation by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and charged with two counts of failure to declare a conflict of...
Mpho Mokwape
| 14 August 2020
Trailblazing Dingake joins Seychelles CoA
Sources confirmed that Dingake took an oath to uphold the Constitution of Seychelles and other laws before the President of Seychelles, Danny Faure at the State House in Victoria, Seychelles. The quintessential and trailblazing towering jurist...
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
Manewe caught out
The law firm has replaced the controversial South African Advocate, Shawn Abrahams. Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic that is wrecking havoc across the world, Abrahams apparently felt professionally compromised as he did not agree with the approach...
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
DCEC raids DIS after talking to Masisi
Kgosi and Maswabi were arrested Hollywood-style by Magosi’s officers last year with allegations of them stealing millions and millions of State money. Now, it appears it could be the top spy’s turn for the run. When contacted about the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 14 August 2020
Delimitation exercise doubtful as COVID-19 cases surge
Politicians have not been sparred either as they are concerned that the delimitation exercise billed for next year could be delayed. Some legislators are therefore praying to see their constituencies ‘change shape’ so that it is not...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 14 August 2020
Red Cross, Coca-Cola team-up to aid Kweneng West during COVID-19
Coca-Cola Foundation made the funds available to the humanitarian organisation in May and the donation has already begun to benefit hundreds of people in different villages in Kweneg West. The three phased project, is already 90 percent complete and...
Staff Writer 14 August 2020
Bank profits slip as bad debts rise
Local banks reported profits of P661.2 million in the five months to May 2020, compared to P715.2 million over the same period last year. A major driver of the weaker performance this year was higher impairments, which were pegged at P317.2 million...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 14 August 2020
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