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Back Page this week: Ditsele, Kgaswane miss out on zebras call up
Staff Writer 05 October 2020
Front page this week: Angry Gakuto mob sets 20-room house on fire
Staff Writer 05 October 2020
Kolagano Not Surprised By First Zebras Call-Up
Kolagano is amongst a few players from the national Under-20 squad that have earned their first Zebras call ups. The Zebras will soon begin preparations for a clash against Zambia in November. The match will be a revised fixture for the 2021 AFCON...
Chakalisa Dube
| 05 October 2020
BFA Stays Out Of Football Disputes
This comes in the wake of a looming dispute at Mochudi Centre Chiefs over the use of the name. With hope having restored following years of internal squabbles at the Kgatleng giants, it has since appeared recently that the club maybe embroiled in...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 05 October 2020
Minister Lauds BFA For Equipping Regions With Laptops
The laptops are expected to help reduce workload and speed up the job of the officials at regional level. Dr Dikoloti, who was the guest speaker at the handing over of the gadgets, said it was important for the BFA to align its operations with what...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 05 October 2020
Ditsele, Kgaswane Out Of New Zebras Line Up
On Friday, Amrouche announced a 30-member squad as preparations start for back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) clashes against Zambia next month. Kgaswane has just left Azerbaijan club, Zira FC. Ditsele failed to make it into the Zebras’...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 05 October 2020
Mabua Releases Womaniser Video
The song is a sound track for a drama of the same name by Vero Mmutle. Alfred Kavezedi of Hall of Fame studios produced the song. Mabua who composed the Afro jazz tune told Showtime in an interview that his music was about social ills. In this...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 05 October 2020
Thapong, BTC Collaborate Once Again
The TAYA is open to good standing Thapong members residing in Botswana while the Phonebook cover is exclusive for individual students from all junior and senior schools. The closing date for both competitions is October 31, 2020. The winner of the...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 05 October 2020
COVID-19: ATAF Report Warns Of Tax Fraud
ATAF’s latest Tax Administration and Policy Development’s latest research, reiterate this assertion by advising tax administrations to remain vigilant of fraud schemes that will seek to capitalise on the pandemic. The body, however...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 05 October 2020
Letlole Adds Six Properties To Portfolio
However, when commenting on LLR’s financial results for the year ended 30 June 2020, acting chief executive officer, Kamogelo Mowaneng said due to the conclusion of the transaction late in the financial year, the benefits of the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 05 October 2020
Maungo Craft Turns Indigenous Fruits Into Delicious Jams
A jam-making local business, Maungo Craft, a brainchild of Olayemi Aganga and Bonolo Monthe, is dedicated to utilising indigenous fruits to produce of different varieties. Maungo Craft currently operates out of the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA)...
Cavin Kanoko
| 05 October 2020
Let- Go: Liberate Self To New Exploits
A land you and your ancestors are alien to. Leave Haran. You shall never see your father; Ure and brother; Haran’s tombs, in- laws, enemies and friends anymore. Tag along your Wife; Sarai, your cousin Lot and his Wife along. When you reach the...
Kealeboga Ngwigwa
| 05 October 2020
How Do You Love
Little did I know, that was nothing compared the bomb that hit our family on the exact same day we were bringing in the trees. Out of nowhere, as my son sat and did his math lesson, he suddenly had a massive unprovoked one-hour long seizure. Watching...
Ashley Thaba
| 05 October 2020
Nare joins Wanderers on two-year deal
The Palapye outfit expects Nare to lead them to a top-eight finish in the first season and then progress to the top four in the second 12 months of his contract. Nare replaces Dragojlo ‘Drago’ Stanojlovic who led the side in its debut...
Koketso Kgoboge 05 October 2020
The Good Old Days
My teenage son wanted to know ‘Grandpa keeps talking about the good old days. When are we getting ours and what are good old days?’ How do you explain to an inquisitive teenager when he will get his good old days and what these are? I...
Thulaganyo Jankie 05 October 2020
Was Covid 1889 Botswana's First Viral Pandemic?
Between 1889 and 1890 the “Influenza” spread not just throughout Eurasia, but also across the Americas and Africa, ultimately killing about one million people worldwide. The effects of the virus were first reported in Bukhara, located in...
Jeff Ramsay
| 05 October 2020
The year 2020 Independence celebrations
Selefu 05 October 2020
Sombre Independence Holidays!
These are the holidays that mark the country’s achievements ka pula! Well, this year, it was a different story, thanks to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The lack of festivities did not sit well with many Batswana. Many were seething with...
Monitor Editor 05 October 2020
Mogoditshane Launches Schools Edu Fund
The aim of the Mogoditshane Schools Education Fund, which is administered by teachers and some community leaders, involves four primary schools, two junior secondary schools and a senior school at the peri-urban village. Already the...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 05 October 2020
Police Nab Injured Smash & Grab Suspect
The Botswana Police Service’s deputy public relations officer, senior superintendent Near Bagali recently confirmed the arrest of the 24-year-old man of Tsolamosese in Mogoditshane. The suspect was one of four robbers who recently made an...
Pini Bothoko
| 05 October 2020
Suicidal Murder Suspect To Appear In Court
Radijeng allegedly fatally stabbed his girlfriend with a knife on September 28 at Tsholofelo Primary School teachers’ quarters, where the deceased’s mother also resides. The police launched a manhunt and arrested Radijeng three days later...
Pini Bothoko
| 05 October 2020
Cousin Murder Accused To Go On Trial
Tsametse’s case has been committed to the High Court leading to his incarceration pending a bail hearing scheduled for next week. Trial dates for the case, which has been dragging on for over two years now, are yet to be set. On March 13,...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 05 October 2020
Angry Gakuto Mob Sets 20-Room House On Fire
The tragedy that occurred at noon left residents of the tiny village of Gakuto reeling in shock. The community is reportedly fed up with the family’s son who they claim is aware of various theft incidents where he has been implicated and still...
Pini Bothoko
| 05 October 2020
COVID-19 Overwhelms Resources
Batswana in quarantine and isolation are bemoaning poor service from health workers due to increasing numbers of contacts to be traced. “My experience has been very frustrating since I tested and had to beg for my results until I got them...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 05 October 2020
High Court Justices To Preside Over BOPEU Hearing
Gaborone High Court judges, Tebogo Tau, Gabriel Komboni and Mokwadi Gabanagae, will preside over the matter when it comes for arguments on October 16, 2020. Mogwera and incumbent BOPEU president, Olefile Monakwe, have been involved in a bitter...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 05 October 2020
EFF Joins Protests In Moruleng Royal Feud
While the feud over the control of the tribal assets continues before court, the EFF has joined other lobby groups to condemn the involvement of North West Premier Job Mokgoro, in the affairs of Bakgatla Ba Kgafela in Moruleng. Premier Mokgoro is...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 05 October 2020
Balopi Pledges Care For Slain BDP Activist's Children
Tanjo was brutally killed by her boyfriend, Baitseng Moikothai, who would later commit suicide by hanging himself. The death of the 36-year-old Tanjo, popularly known for her lively character, deeply shocked the nation. Tanjo’s demise comes at...
Chakalisa Dube
| 05 October 2020
Rakgare, Cllrs Square Off
They have since written to the party complaining that Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Tumiso Rakgare, is ‘auctioning’ their wards. Some councillors in Rakgare’s constituency have since written a letter of complaint to the...
Chakalisa Dube
| 05 October 2020
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