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Back page this week: Snooker crisis deepens as BNSC cancels AGM
Staff Writer 28 August 2020
Inside page this week: Sublime poise amid pandemic uncertainty
Staff Writer 28 August 2020
Inside page this week: BPC to receive P1bn subsidy
Staff Writer 28 August 2020
Front page this week: Magosi has the last laugh
Staff Writer 28 August 2020
BNSC threatens to withhold grants
BNSC chief executive officer, Falcon Sedimo reminded affiliates, through a memo, that the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC) emphasised the need for compliance. “NSAs are expected to have submitted annual...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 28 August 2020
Ping pong's 'High Voltage' sends shockwaves to seasoned rivals
It was a match that looked like walkover for the reigning queen of the table, the trailblazing Tshepiso Rebatenne. Rebatenne was at the top of her game before meeting Kuswani in the tournament played at the BNYC hall. Nicknamed...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 28 August 2020
Players content with the back seat in elections
As the Botswana Football Association (BFA) prepares to hold its elective general assembly, a significant stakeholder, will remain on the periphery of the contest. This, FUB secretary general, Kgosana Masaseng, said was out of choice. Across sporting...
Mqondisi Dube
| 28 August 2020
Who will replace Sedimo at BNSC?
Sedimo’s contract comes to an end at a time when the BNSC is undergoing a restructuring exercise, which is expected to be concluded before the end of the year. Already, names are being bandied about as the Commission...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 28 August 2020
Under-17 await re-arranged World Cup tie
Botswana missed the return leg that was scheduled to be played in March after the government instructed that all international flights be grounded due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The team is trailing 1-0 from the first...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 28 August 2020
Chiefs legends put heads together
The Chiefs legends are set to meet tomorrow at Riverplate ground in Mochudi where they will discuss the status of the club and how best they can support the current executive committee to take the club forward. One of the legends, Julius...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 28 August 2020
Task Force recommends completion of FA Cup
Sesinyi was head of task force that explored the possibility of completing the outstanding matches. Seven games are left to complete the Orange FA Cup. The eight teams left to battle for the second edition of the Orange FA Cup are Gaborone...
Koketso Kgoboge 28 August 2020
Snooker crisis deepens as BNSC cancels AGM
The snooker body, the Botswana Billiards Confederation (BBC) was scheduled to hold an elective meeting on Saturday, but the BNSC has cancelled the gathering. BNSC Sport Development Director-Administration, Elsie Kenosi confirmed the meeting is...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 28 August 2020
Go kwadilwe jalo ke lesupi
Re ne ra utlwa gore gone koo, ba Serorome ba tla ka dilelo tsa bone, ba itekodisa mopalamente. Ga twe ba ne ba lela ka seemo se se maswe sa ditsela tsa kgaolo ya bone. Ga bonala fa ditsela tse, e se tsone sentle, di sa agega, mme e re ka nako ya pula...
Sebofo Motshwane 28 August 2020
Autism heavy on the child
The same extreme holds true for pain; one child with autism may appear to feel little or no pain while another may overreact to physical discomfort. Autistic children may have peculiar eating habits. Some may go so far as to eat -- or attempt to eat...
Mmaotho Segotso 28 August 2020
Welcome Katlholo, good luck catching butterflies
It’s a hot seat. The DCEC, is where career dreams go to die. No one is happy there. If you have never been fired or resigned, go to the DCEC. You will surely experience one of the two. None of the guys I worked closely with there 10 years ago,...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 28 August 2020
The disorderly orderly
Selefu 28 August 2020
Coronavirus has disrupted our lives
The monster has arrived, conquered and subdued. Early in June 2020, when majority of Batswana emerged from the first ever lockdown in this country, we informed our readers that the media industry was not spared by this global scourge. We pointed...
Mmegi Editor
| 28 August 2020
The strain on mental health that is COVID-19
We sidelined the very aspect that helps us function normally. COVID-19 has brought a lot of changes, changes we never thought would be two years ago. The new normal is taking a toll on people’s mental health. Many people are drowning in...
Correspondent 28 August 2020
Bakers take sweet news with pinch of salt
Bakeries have fallen great heights from their heydays when they were the pride of the village, to their current shamed status, small entities squashed in busy industrial areas, barely getting by and surviving only through the cut-throat battles for...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 28 August 2020
The best of Rediscover Botswana
Many have asked me about the highlight of the expedition and I have battled to come up with just one. I could say it is driving on the Kgalagadi red sand dunes. The detour that Yours Truly and his travelling party reluctantly took from Kgalagadi...
Thalefang Charles
| 28 August 2020
Death penalty – righteous or wicked? (Part II)
Abolitionists advance two reasons for their aversion to capital punishment; the absence of evidence supporting the veracity of the notion of deterrence, and the likelihood of executing an innocent person. Their fear is rooted on the fact that where...
Correspondent 28 August 2020
Ian Khama's 'activism' requires honesty about his presidential legacy
He was never a perfect President: a walking contradiction, full of paradoxes and now, stands as a polarising figure who has dedicated his post-presidency to political activism amongst other things he’s passionate about. As a young person who...
Bakang Ntshingane 28 August 2020
The digital creative economy: Where do we fit In?
Digital technologies can automate certain tasks, allowing people to concentrate on conceptualising new, less complex ways of doing things, freeing up time to develop more creative ways of addressing unique challenges. The uptake of new technologies...
Correspondent 28 August 2020
Delicate balance: Resolving conflict between tourism, agriculture
Wildlife conservation is often compromised when the locals’ livelihoods are threatened, hence the need to balance biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods. Negative attitudes toward wildlife often promote retaliatory killings of...
Correspondent 28 August 2020
Debswana develops 'first' solar plant
The photovoltaic (PV) plant will augment day time electricity usage at Debswana’s Corporate Centre, its headquarters along Airport Road, while also improving the energy mix of renewable and non-renewable energy. According to Debswana, the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 28 August 2020
COVID-19 hits F/town property market
In recent weeks, BusinessWeek has observed many vacant commercial spaces in the city’s popular malls and industrial sites, suggesting that the city’s property market is battling with the pandemic’s effects on...
Chakalisa Dube
| 28 August 2020
Reviewing the revised CEDA guidelines
The guidelines were a revision of guidelines that were launched and approved in 2008. Since then, the Botswana economy has changed drastically necessitating a revision of the guidelines to ensure they are still relevant to the market and...
Mphoeng Mphoeng 28 August 2020
AG unhappy as millions flow through gov't loopholes
Pulane Letebele released her report for government and parastatals accounts last week, covering the fiscal year to March 2019. Government’s porous debt collection flies in the face of an estimated P13.6 billion budget deficit for 2020/21 which...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 28 August 2020
BPC to receive P1bn subsidy
Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security ministry proposals placed before Parliament on Wednesday, indicate that P500 million has been planned for 2021/22 and another P500 million for 2022/23. The Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 28 August 2020
Gospel star Obakeng releases Ke mang
The Se Teng Sediba singer explained in an interview that the single was about the greatness of God. The song, which will feature Lady Dyna from Zambia, is produced by BK Proctor. Obakeng worked with BK Proctor, his manager Steven Leboro, Lady Dyna...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 28 August 2020
Blair ABA's Gopola brings back feel good factor
“It is a stunning piece I have put up because it solemnly revives the focus towards what we always set our hearts on. There is a line in the track that says ke a gopola ha re ntse re tla re gola we all had a dream, and a wish that is driven...
Siyabonga Gaetshajwe 28 August 2020
Uncledipopae's dream realised as he joins SA's Kopanong FM
The event promoter, who is famed as Uncledipopae in the local entertainment circles, revealed that he started working for Kopanong FM on August 1, 2020 where he was given a slot for his show called TrT Drive with Michael Sekaba. He told told...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 28 August 2020
Maatla Basha 'forced' to do comedy
Amongst the local rib crackers, Maatla Ephraim Basha from Tlokweng uses unique storylines that have won him many hearts of his established fan base across the country. This 31-year-old stand-up comedian has performed locally and...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 28 August 2020
Meet Ndudzo, the sculptor par excellence
Based at Thapong Visual Arts Centre, Ndudzo could be seen cutting wood with his electric saw. The smell, textures and colours of the wood after being chopped mark the beginning of a journey from imperfection to excellence. Speaking of...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 28 August 2020
BWMade app provides revenue opportunity for Botswana creative's
Botswana Made (BWMade) is an online application store that retails 100% Botswana made products from the creative industry. Covering music, film, fashion, crafts, and now books, BWMade is providing a solution to the revenue challenges of Batswana...
Staff Writer 28 August 2020
Kgopiso paints COVID-19 memories into history
Kgopiso who regards himself as a spiritual painter saw the need to take his brush and paint part of history rather than waiting for a liberation that will never come. The fine artist has been synonymous with painting murals in the past few years and...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 28 August 2020
Gender faith-based organisations in Botswana condemn GBV
Acts of Gender Based Violence inflict Physical, Mental, Sexual harm or suffering and Sadly Murder also known as Femicide. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, Botswana Police Service has reported increasing and disturbing incidences of Violence against...
Correspondent 28 August 2020
Lockdown dodger jailed for two years
Sithole pleaded guilty to charges of uttering a false document and giving false information to persons employed in the public service. Kgerethwa sentenced Sithole to two years imprisonment on each count. The sentences are to run...
Pini Bothoko
| 28 August 2020
BIDPA in conditions of employment war
The workers disclosed their grievances in a letter they wrote to the Board chairperson. Through the letter, they further disclosed to have also raised similar complaints to the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Finance and Economic...
Pini Bothoko
| 28 August 2020
Journos' SOS call unanswered
This great profession that has been our calling, is dying. Former Mmegi editor Ntibinyane Ntibinyane predicted this in April in his widely published article titled “Coronavirus may spell the end for many of Africa’s print...
Thalefang Charles
| 28 August 2020
Tlokweng BDP divided
The post of the nominated councillor fell vacant after the death of Tumisang Matsetse recently. Councillors are said to be in favour of one Jane Bogatsu because they perceived her as having done outstanding service to the party and community. On the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 28 August 2020
UB academic cheats death
Sesa, who is a lecturer in Political Science at the UB, was involved in a near fatal motor vehicle accident on August 8, 2020 at around 1pm. Currently, the UB academic is pursuing his PhD studies in Political Science at Kwazulu Natal (Howard...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 28 August 2020
Masisi Cabinet appointments: Calming the BDP political storm
FRANCISTOWN: Speaking on condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to the media as a public servant, a young Political Science graduate was however, not shocked at the latest developments. He claims the President was influenced by...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 28 August 2020
Magosi has the last laugh
On Wednesday, President Mokgweetsi Masisi redeployed Brigadier Joseph Mathambo to the army from the DCEC following a long tuff war with Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) head, Peter Magosi. In December 2019, Mmegi reported that the...
Staff Writer 28 August 2020
DPP mum on SA AfriForum 'outburst'
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Stephen Tiroyakgosi has declined to comment on a media statement that painted Botswana as a bad neighbour who does not follow established diplomatic procedures. The turn of events followed a spate of reports...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 28 August 2020
'Masama 100km project ahead of schedule'
This came after the trenching and digging of trenches for the pipes began in earnest at three various points of the project. Furthermore, the first batch of pipes to be laid in the trenches arrived on Thursday, as the manufacturers of the pipes in...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 28 August 2020
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