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Back page this week: Amrouche decries return delays
Staff Writer 18 September 2020
Inside page this week: The art lab relaxes guests amid COVID-19
Staff Writer 18 September 2020
Inside page this week: Resilient banks ride over covid crisis
Staff Writer 18 September 2020
Front page this week: Seretse seeks CoA intervention
Staff Writer 18 September 2020
Independent anti-doping office to be setup
The office was previously housed under the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) but would now move to the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC). BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho told Mmegi Sport...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 18 September 2020
Athletics' talent conveyor belt jams up
Athletics has been widely recognised for an unmatched development programme. The Centre of School of Excellence (CSE) at Good Hope Secondary School has always been a beacon of hope, where athletics is nurtured. It is where the likes of Baboloki...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 18 September 2020
Hunt beats Amrouche to Chiefs job
Amrouche was heavily linked with the South African giants who parted ways with German, Ernst Middendorp a week ago. Chiefs fired the German tactician, after he failed to deliver silverware in the just-ended 2019-2020 season. The Soweto giants were...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 18 September 2020
Mwanga latest coach to demand dues
The Zambian coach is in dispute with his club, TAFIC, and has taken the matter to the Commissioner of Labour where he is reportedly demanding P80,000. He has also taken former clubs, Extension Gunners and Uniao Flamingo Santos to the mother body,...
Koketso Kgoboge 18 September 2020
Mandaza's boots prove too big to fill
The undisputed domestic kings are able to sign-up, whether from a local or international team, the best foreign talent can offer. The list includes an impeccable Lawrence Majawa, who stayed at Popa close to a decade, and industrious Mohammed...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 18 September 2020
Suspended members sent from pillar to post
The disgruntled members, who have lost almost two years of their time after being voted into office, accuse the mother body of delaying justice. Suspended chairperson, Mpenzeni Sambandawe told Mmegi Sport this week that they continue to be...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 18 September 2020
Kemoeng's two major tasks
He has to drive the merger between two sports bodies, the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) and the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC). The second major assignment would be to oversee the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations finals bid. The...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 18 September 2020
Amrouche decries return delays
Continental soccer body, CAF recently announced the qualifiers for the 2022 competition would resume in October. However, the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force has not approved the return of football activities. This has left Amrouche, who is in...
Mqondisi Dube
| 18 September 2020
A mafoko ao a kgaogane
Phuthego eo, e kaiwa e ne e tshwerwe ke mopalamente wa Mochudi Botlhaba Rre Mabuse Pule. Gone koo, ga bonala fa mafoko magolo a mopalamente e ne ya nna go kgothatsa morafe go ema ka diano o itshwarela ka diatla e seng go baya gore puso e tlaa ba...
Sebofo Motshwane 18 September 2020
What is dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is a disability resulting in difficulty learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, performing mathematical calculations and learning facts in...
Mmaotho Segotso 18 September 2020
It's more than a chicken war; it's State capture; its armed robbery
They have chosen to bury their heads in the sand. Government is nowhere to be seen. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), is nowhere to be seen. They are on mute mode, pretending nothing is happening hoping it would all fizzle out, after a while. To...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 18 September 2020
State secrets
Selefu 18 September 2020
Please end chicken monopoly
This study on the commercial poultry meat industrywas undertaken in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia. The study revealed that ownership in this sector was concentrated in a few players. The study further established that some of the...
Mmegi Editor
| 18 September 2020
Virtual safari by Botswana's premier guides
Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists arrive in Botswana during the winter season for safari. But this year, the tourism peak season had no foreign tourists because the pandemic stopped the annual pilgrimages to this safari capital of the...
Thalefang Charles
| 18 September 2020
Is community-based tourism the right vehicle to link conservation and development?
Contemporary CBT programmes are conducted in different countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia. Community-based tourism has been supported to enable linkages between biodiversity conservation and to improve community livelihoods. Extant...
Correspondent 18 September 2020
Building more resilient supply chains post COVID-19
Although we first heard about the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, some time in December 2019, from the supply chain perspective, Botswana appeared to be unprepared when the virus finally descended on our beloved country. From December last year,...
Correspondent 18 September 2020
BOCRA weighs in on 'disappearing airtime'
Recently, consumers have expressed anger at instances where their airtime disappears while they are using data services. Mobile operators have said this occurs when consumers do not subscribe for services to protect their airtime from being diverted...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 18 September 2020
De Beers hopeful as sales tick up
The coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in its producer nations and a drop in global demand saw De Beers’ revenue slump in the first half of the year by 54% year-on-year to $1.2 billion (P13.2 billion). De Beers, which is a 50-50 partner...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 18 September 2020
Charting a path for a resilient recovery in sub-Saharan Africa
These purportedly once-in-a-generation events are occurring with increasing frequency. Take climate-related shocks, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. More than any other region, it is vulnerable to these events because of its heavy dependence on...
Correspondent 18 September 2020
Bona Life attracts interest from suitors
With a portfolio of P712 million in policies, Bona Life was placed under statutory management in January, after it failed to meet the prudential capital thresholds set by the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA). The life...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 18 September 2020
Resilient banks ride over Covid crisis
Individual full and interim results for listed banks released in the last two weeks show that while several suffered drops in pretax profits, none of them sank into losses as a result of the pandemic. All but one of the listed banks were also able...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 18 September 2020
MultiChoice announces new content
Acting managing director, Lorato Mwape and her leadership team for this year’s showcase had notable flair as the event not only revealed international DStv content but also gave a much-needed closer look into Botswana’s own, NOW! TV...
Staff Writer 18 September 2020
Dipstrada releases Taola
This singer and songwriter who has been in the local music business for more than 13 years, is still going strong. He got signed to Roc Lefatshe Records in 2010 and this year they are celebrating 10 years together. In an interview with Arts &...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 18 September 2020
YAMAS 2020 Go Virtual
The Awards will now be held virtually via Now Channel on DSTV Channel 290 and on the Yarona FM Facebook page on September 26 at 8pm. They join other events to be the first to held virtually in Botswana. The 2020 edition of the YAMAS was originally...
Staff Writer 18 September 2020
BOMU urges CIPA: 'cancel COSBOTS EGM'
Amongst the reasons they advanced in a letter from BOMU president, Phemelo Lesokwane is that conducting a virtual meeting with over 2, 000 members and hoping to achieve the objective of the meeting will not be feasible. “The provision to host...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 18 September 2020
NOW! TV needs P200m boost
NOW! TV channel head, Gao Kwalate recently revealed at the MultiChoice Botswana Showcase that they needed a shot in the arm. She said the main challenge for them, was limited budget. “If it were an ideal budget, we would want P200 million in...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 18 September 2020
IEC report points to 2019 poll challenges
According to a recent report to the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration on the 2019 elections, one of the challenges that the organization had encountered was the election roll, whicah related to manual nature of...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 18 September 2020
The Art Lab relaxes guests amidst COVID-19
For a person who is an avid lover of visual arts, I figured it was about time I got my creative juices flowing with Mekgwe’s fantastic art experience. My colleague, Moreri Sejakgomo and I were quite impressed to see how Mekgwe has set up the...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 18 September 2020
Court rules in favour of Mogwera & Co.
Judge Jennifer Dube of the Lobatse High Court directed BOPEU to reinstate Mogwera, Martin Gabobake and Tlhabologo Galekhutle as directors of Babereki Investments while ordering forgery investigations against some of the company’s...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 18 September 2020
Former G4S security officer convicted of manslaughter
Gosalamang Salani, 35, of Block 3 location here pleaded guilty to killing Boitumelo Gambizha on November 10, 2015 at the same area following a love misunderstanding. When facts of the matter were read to Salani before Justice Matlhogonolo Phuthego,...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 18 September 2020
Zimbabwean gets 13 years for armed robbery
Maphosa was charged with a single count of armed robbery and another count of entering Botswana through ungazetted point of entry. On first count, Extension II Magistrate, Willie Lentlhabetse sentenced Maphosa to 10 years imprisonment while he was...
Pini Bothoko
| 18 September 2020
Brazen sex offender given three counts
Extension II Magistrate, Willie Lentlhabetse revealed that Oscar Venald Chabaya who would boast, calling himself ‘The Devil and Father of all lives’ when sexually assaulting his victims, instituted a reign of terror amongst Tlokweng women...
Pini Bothoko
| 18 September 2020
AB, BMC queue for P200m bail-outs
The two parastatals are amongst a list of perennially struggling government entities, with AB cutting its workforce by half as part of efforts to trim down and stay afloat. The BMC in recent years, meanwhile, has survived only through government...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 18 September 2020
Moswaane to join UDC
Moswaane made the confirmation in an interview with Mmegi yesterday. “After doing so much introspection, I have since decided that I should join the UDC. The UDC is a very appealing brand. I am working on a letter declaring my desire to join...
Chakalisa Dube
| 18 September 2020
COVID-19 hits F/town schools
Rradikolo raised the concern after seven schools in the city registered 19 positive cases of the dreaded pandemic. According to the BOSETU leader, the ministry should have taken a decision to close the affected schools in order to protect both the...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 18 September 2020
DIS agent, another granted bail in Choppies robbery case
The gods also smiled on the fifth accused person, Ronald Dipholo, 49, after he regained his freedom while three other accused persons in the matter(s) were denied bail on account of their alleged past criminal conduct. The State alleges that...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 18 September 2020
Lenyatso positions himself
There are those who believe that the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), an affiliate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), wants to strategically muscle the constituency from the BPP and give it to incumbent, Member of Parliament (MP) Ignatius...
Chakalisa Dube
| 18 September 2020
Tempers go ballistic in parliamentary Committee versus Seduke
The subpoena demanded Seduke to bring to the scheduled meeting of September 15, 2020, the student files and logbooks that are believed to be a subject of a payment dispute between the school and Ministry of Tertiary Education, Reach, Science and...
Staff Writer 18 September 2020
Seretse seeks CoA intervention
Bakang Seretse and his co-accused approached the Court this week seeking to stay the proceedings at the High Court where an application for civil forfeiture of the assets filed by the State is pending. According to their attorney, Kgosietsile...
Mpho Mokwape
| 18 September 2020
COVID-19 trips up well-laid economic plans
“We have listened and heard our people. That is why the next BDP government will lead the country on a path to economic transformation and create jobs that will roll back the scourge of poverty.” This is the essence of the BDP’s...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 18 September 2020
Masisi and the private press: the unfulfilled promises
FRANCISTOWN: Masisi previously exhibited striking similarities in his political beliefs and administrative style with his predecessor and mentor, former president Khama especially after he was appointed vice president. Masisi’s stance even...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 18 September 2020
No delivery yet on BDP electoral promises
The party through its manifesto promised to among others conduct a comprehensive constitutional, legislative and policy review, job creation, and even manufacture an electric car. So far the wheels of implementation seem to be moving slowly for the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 18 September 2020
President Masisi and corruption fight
FRANCISTOWN: Since he took over the reigns of power in 2018, Botswana’s fifth President Mokgweetsi Masisi has been proud amongst others to state that, “virtues such as transparency and accountability were amongst key catalysts at any...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 18 September 2020
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