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Back page this week: Fight erupts over use of Chiefs' name
Staff Writer 25 September 2020
Inside page this week: The culinary delights of Chellz Kitchen
Staff Writer 25 September 2020
Inside page this week: Firms seek to raise P4bn from BSE
Staff Writer 25 September 2020
Front page this week: Kgosi demands P30 million
Staff Writer 25 September 2020
Front page this week: Kgosi demands P30 million
Staff Writer 25 September 2020
Duo take shot at continental title
Babui will get his second shot at the title after losing to former champion, Tholumusa ‘Mfundisi’ Ngema of South Africa through a unanimous decision in May last year. The boxer was set to have a rematch in November 2019, but the fight...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 25 September 2020
A struggle to paddle into limelight
One of the enduring legacies from the 2014 Africa Youth Games held in Gaborone was supposed to be the emergence of elite sports, canoeing and rowing. The two have been active but struggling to reach the expected heights. With most eyes on Gaborone...
Mqondisi Dube
| 25 September 2020
Codes reluctant to return despite green-light
The minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC), Tumiso Rakgare announced last week Friday, that most sporting activities, including football, are free to resume. But some sport codes argue they cannot resume due to costs...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 September 2020
BSA aborts softball league
The sponsor has agreed that the balance of P659,502.74 be shared amongst teams that participated in the aborted league. Around P200,000 has been spent on assisting teams with equipment to ensure COVID-19 compliance. BSA secretary general, Tsuna...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 September 2020
Cycling clubs crank up heat on Masire
The affiliates raised a plethora of concerns in a letter addressed to Masire. The clubs argue there are many issues that should be addressed since the Masire-led committee was elected into office a year ago. There are sharp differences within the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 September 2020
Bleak future ahead despite calls for return
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) leadership has remained resolute about delaying the resumption of football action. The football grounds fell silent in March, when all sporting activities were suspended amid the COVID-19 menace. Players are...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 25 September 2020
Lekalake in line to succeed Sebego
The incumbent Tebogo Sebego announced that he will leave his post at the club if he wins the Botswana Football Association (BFA) seat. The rescheduled BFA general assembly has hampered progress as initially, Notwane was set to meet and choose a new...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 25 September 2020
BFA allays fears over virtual vote
The coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions have meant it is impossible to hold a physical meeting, with BFA authorities opting for a virtual gathering. It would be the first time ever a virtual vote is held, but BFA chief executive officer, Mfolo Mfolo...
Mqondisi Dube
| 25 September 2020
Zebras' opponents get down to work
Chipolopolo are due to face South Africa’s Bafana Bafana and the Harambee Stars of Kenya, as they ramp up preparations for crucial AFCON clashes against Botswana. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc with football activities in both Botswana and Zambia...
Mqondisi Dube
| 25 September 2020
Motorsport postpones AGM to avoid ‘chaos'
There is trouble within the association, sparked by the resignation of three senior committee members late last month. The trio of vice president, Roseline Mamaloukos, treasurer Alida Steytler and Joseph Khengere who served as a public relations...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 25 September 2020
Fight erupts over use of Chiefs' name
According to information gathered from the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) website, the company is under the directorship of Ramocha Tsieng and Molefi Sexton Kowa. The two directors own 50% each in the company, which was...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 25 September 2020
Leo le raya se sele
E re se loa Setswana se re, ba le tsamaye, ba le ralale, ba le tsena ka fa, ba le tswa ka kwa, ba lebogela Batswana go bo ba ne ba tlhopha ka kagiso le thokgamo. Fa, ga bo go ne go buiwa ka ditlhopho tsa setshaba tsa ngwaga o o fetileng. Gape,...
Sebofo Motshwane 25 September 2020
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
It happens in children and teens and can continue into adulthood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder in children. Boys are more likely...
Mmaotho Segotso 25 September 2020
We don't need a COVID-19 SoE - deal with GBV, unemployment and the poultry duopoly
I appreciate the efforts by government so far in fighting the pandemic and I have said that we have done fairly well. It is with the effort to link the relative success to the SoE that I take issue. I always believed the Public Health Act could...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 25 September 2020
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Selefu 25 September 2020
Do we need SoE now?
Botswana has been on SoE, which came into effect in April to fight the spread of Coronavirus. The current SoE is set to end in October 2020. Neighbouring countries had also made such declarations with regard to Coronavirus, after it was declared a...
Mmegi Editor
| 25 September 2020
I find peace in Sign Language
Whenever I watched news on television, my focus would be on that interpreter in the corner of the screen. I always wondered myself how they do it. So last year, I was thrown into the deep end when the executive director of Botswana Association of...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 September 2020
What's being 60, anyway?
With this longevity comparison out of the way, I will, for the most part, end the comparison between man and woman here and concentrate on the gender I am most familiar with; manhood. In this opinion piece, while I deliberately eschew...
Correspondent 25 September 2020
Tribute to Professor Serara Segarona Selelo-Mogwe
Her message was brief: “Rrangwane, Rakgadi Serara Selelo-Mogwe is no more”. My heart froze momentarily. Professor Mogwe is first and foremost my cousin. The blood that ran through her is the same blood that runs through me. She called my...
Key Dingake 25 September 2020
A tribute to George Bizos - A larger than life crusader of justice
It left my brother, Mike (his former client) heart-broken. I was similarly deeply saddened. He impacted on our lives in different ways. Mike wrote me soon after he learnt of his passing, in his typical effortless prose: “My intimates are...
Key Dingake 25 September 2020
Van Rensburg: Homage to the life and spirit
My review follows closely on the tracks of another review by Fred Morton in the Mmegi of September 4, 2020. Morton’s review dealt with the surface thematic issues of the publication and opens space for me to engage more with issues germane that...
Correspondent 25 September 2020
Three Dikgosi Monument is a historical disgrace
Visiting the Three Dikgosi Monument in Gaborone, which has been positioned as the country’s main Nation Monument, is very disappointing and shameful, especially for students of history of Botswana. “Historical resistance figures who...
Thalefang Charles
| 25 September 2020
NBFIRA seeks order to liquidate Bluthorn
NBFIRA acted on the statutory manager’s recommendations and filed an application at the High Court. This comes after the regulatory authority discovered during its supervisory activities in May 2019 that BFM was not fully compliant...
Staff Writer 25 September 2020
Tlou Energy requires capital injection
This comes after the Botswana Stock Exchange-listed company successfully raised P24 million to fund and meet working capital requirements for the country’s first CBM project. The group’s managing director, Tony Gilby said the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 25 September 2020
Major solar proposal could diversify economy, reduce costs for Botswana
Both nations currently import expensive power from South Africa, but full implementation of the proposal would make Botswana and Namibia new energy leaders in Africa. Ambitious renewable energy export proposals are starting to become commonplace....
Correspondent 25 September 2020
Milk production improves but deficit persists
As of 2019, local milk production stood at eight million litres of the 60 million litres of national demand per annum. This is a slight improvement from 6.2 million litres produced in 2017 representing a significant 55% increase from...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 25 September 2020
Firms seek to raise P4bn from BSE
The BSE’s bond market has grown by P3.3 billion this year, from P16.1 billion at the end of 2019, spurred by new and additional listings of bonds by local corporates and government. Bonds are instruments of indebtedness issued by corporates,...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 25 September 2020
New sensation, Flexybouy Hardgee calls for artists' cooperation
“A mother so strong, so sensitive, so pretty and for as long as I can remember you were always by my side,’’ Flexybouy Hardgee goes in one of his lyrics. Flexybouy Hardgee has come up with a sensational mixture of Pop and Kwaito...
Siyabonga Gaetshajwe 25 September 2020
MRS Botswana pageant gets back
According to pageantry director, Kgalalelo Lesetedi, the ladies will parade in celebration of Independence. She said the ladies would showcase their own designs and share how the designs represent them. She explained that they engaged two local...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 25 September 2020
BTC, Thapong host workshop
The two-day workshop is part of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two parties towards promoting the arts and creative sector in Botswana. In 2018, the BTC Foundation agreed to sponsor Thapong with P1.7 million for three years to help create...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 25 September 2020
COSBOTS fight with Lizibo, Garogwe still rages
But the duo, especially Lizibo are not taking things lying down saying he will appeal his suspension because , the board’s time had long elapsed, he argued. The suspension comes a few months after Naledi Customary Court dismissed a case in...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 25 September 2020
The culinary delights of Chellz Kitchen
It’s not because I don’t love food but these people really challenged my culinary skills. So, recently I got a chance to experience the benefits of a professional chef’s kitchen when Michelle Phetlhe hosted us at her Chellz...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 25 September 2020
BDP activists, STC locked in allowances feud
Over the years, members of the opposition have lambasted the BDP for using the dispensation of nominated councillors to placate some of its activists who lost in the primary and general elections. The opposition also expressed displeasure about the...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 25 September 2020
Analysts, MPs have mixed reactions on Winter Parley
The analysts have noted that a major development is perhaps that Parliament was broadcast live, which gave the public an opportunity to be part of the parliamentary debates and see how their representatives performed in the House.. “There...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 25 September 2020
Botswana moves to register, monitor sexual offenders
The drafted Bill’s main objective is to come up the sexual offenders registry Act that will in the long run provide registration of sexual offenders, monitoring and matters concerning registered offenders, among other factors. The Bill came...
Mpho Mokwape
| 25 September 2020
The winter session of Parliament: Drawing parallels between Tsogwane, Saleshando
FRANCISTOWN: With Parliamentary Live debates literally taking winter session of parliament to the masses, politicians were never going to disappoint, as they knew all eyes were on them. But, the session diametrically belonged to the two politicians,...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 25 September 2020
Kgosi demands P30 million
The former director of Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) has issued a statutory notice for defamatory allegations levelled against him by the State. In the notice dated September 16, 2020, Kgosi says besides the money, he is also...
Mpho Mokwape
| 25 September 2020
Kgosi court hearing next month
The matter is before High Court Judge Michael Leburu. Kgosi, who was indicted in March 5, 2020, appeared before court on Monday for a status hearing following his decision to seek court to review his criminal proceedings instituted by the state...
Mpho Mokwape
| 25 September 2020
Moatlhodi suspension divides UDC
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonota was suspended after he made an offer to pay P40, 000 to a minor who he allegedly assaulted in order for charges against him to be withdrawn. After his suspension was announced, Moatlhodi said he had decided...
Chakalisa Dube
| 25 September 2020
BDP holds disciplinary hearings
Mmegi has learnt that the disciplinary committee has scheduled some of the cases for hearing beginning October 2020. One of the senior party members who will appear before the committee is former senior Cabinet minister, Vincent Seretse who was...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 25 September 2020
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