Archives
Explore
Home
News
Business
Sport
Lifestyle
Features
Opinion & Analysis
Blogs
Sponsored
World
Full Picture
Featured Videos
More
About Us
Advertise with Us
Archives
Sitemap
Contact us
Sign in
Create account
Home
News
Business
Sport
Lifestyle
Features
Opinion & Analysis
Blogs
Sponsored
World
Select Year:
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
Select Month:
January
|
February
|
March
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
July
|
August
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
Archives:
Monday October 03
Tuesday October 04
Wednesday October 05
Thursday October 06
Friday October 07
Monday October 10
Tuesday October 11
Wednesday October 12
Thursday October 13
Friday October 14
Monday October 17
Tuesday October 18
Wednesday October 19
Thursday October 20
Friday October 21
Monday October 24
Tuesday October 25
Wednesday October 26
Thursday October 27
Friday October 28
Monday October 31
Back page this week: Chippa to pay GU P450,000 for botched transfers
Staff Writer 23 October 2020
Inside page this week: Nkawana couple to exhibit therapeutic art
Staff Writer 23 October 2020
Inside page this week: Deal signed to shake off tax haven tag
Staff Writer 23 October 2020
Front page this week: NPF war shifts to BDF
Staff Writer 23 October 2020
Tennis looks to make ground after lost year
Following the health director’s green light to sporting activities return after the national lockdown, the association held numerous events that include coaching clinics and tournaments. BTA president, Oaitse Thipe said they have lost six...
Koketso Kgoboge 23 October 2020
A fight Maitewa couldn't win
His is a story of endless life struggles, which culminated in a brave but losing fight. Maitewa had to adapt quickly to the challenges of life, as he had to double up as the man of the house at an early age. His mother was unemployed, and he had to...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 23 October 2020
Former national team player shines in UAE
Benjamin was born in Sri Linka, but his family moved to Botswana in 2001. He was only a few months old when they relocated to Gaborone, where he spent most of his childhood. Benjamin said he always had interest in cricket, and is also a...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 23 October 2020
Masaiti, the brains behind Besa's rise
Mmegi Sport: What does your appointment as tournament director to run Zone 4.5 Online Chess competition mean? Charles Masaiti: I was not informed; it was just a surprise call. I first heard this from one of the zonal members from Zambia, then I also...
Koketso Kgoboge 23 October 2020
‘Nansi le ndoda'
Soccer fans are unanimous that the football played under Serbian coach, Veselin Jelusic, was probably the best football dish served at national level. Whenever the national team played, streets would inadvertently be deserted. Fans either trooped to...
Mqondisi Dube
| 23 October 2020
Codes talk tough ahead of meeting
Morule will meet cycling, athletics, karate, boxing, football, volleyball, tennis, netball and softball. The meetings, to discuss burning issues affecting the codes, will start on Tuesday. Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) president, Tshepo Bathai...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 23 October 2020
Flamingoes make boardroom changes
The club said the move is part of a revamp of the secretariat. Motsewakhumo has been handed a one-year contract. “We appointed him more than two months ago, but he could not join the club then because of the lockdown in Gaborone. He has been...
Chakalisa Dube
| 23 October 2020
COVID-19 scare in Mares camp
The team is in camp, preparing for the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Championship. Botswana Football Association (BFA) general manager-football, Monnakgotla Mojaki, however, said there was an inconclusive sample and results for a re-test were expected...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 23 October 2020
Chippa to pay GU P450,000 for botched transfers
Chippa signed the duo from GU in 2018 for a combined R1.2 million (approximately P900,000). However, GU complained before FIFA in May that the Port Elizabeth club never paid the agreed amount. On June 12, the FIFA Players Status Committee ruled...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 23 October 2020
Ga se go goga maoto
E re a ruile kgomo, podi, nku, le tse dingwe, a leme mabele, mmidi, ntshe, dinawa le tse dingwe dijwalo fela jaaka re di itse. Malatsi a jale, go ne go lengwa ka megoma ya dikgomo. Pele ga tiro e tswelela, go golegwe, go segwe tema. E re di...
Sebofo Motshwane 23 October 2020
Moral indifference in teaching
Moral Indifference is a total lack of motivation to one’s authentic moral judgement. Marumo and Pansiri aver that moral indifference is when someone simply could not care less about something that they should care about. They add...
Mmaotho Segotso 23 October 2020
The church on trial
But that, may be an understatement. He is in serious trouble. The Hawks are on him. Now the Hawks, are unlike their unarmed counterparts this side of Old Naledi. They don’t arrest and spend years mentioning a case in court because...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 23 October 2020
European Union blacklist Botswana
Selefu 23 October 2020
Build it and they will come
For years, the country has been dogged by a tax haven status prompted by international perceptions of weaknesses in local tax administration, laws and institutions. In an age where the free exchange of tax information and high standards of...
Mmegi Editor
| 23 October 2020
Home-town girl makes it big in the Big Apple
Mmegi: Please tell us about your upbringing in Tonota. Ditsapelo Mpotokwane-McFarland (DM-M): My childhood in Tonota was as simple and happy as could be. I was raised by my grandmother as our parents were employees at the Jubilee Hospital in...
Correspondent 23 October 2020
A tribute to Jerry Serero
The purpose was to share ideas and consider what could be some high-impact activities leading to the celebrations of this historical event after the current State of Emergency. The name Jerry Serero cropped up. We will revisit the reason for the...
Correspondent 23 October 2020
The bizarre fissures of Hatsalatladi
Many residents believe the thunderbolt that hit the kgotla was “sent as ammunition to eliminate the incumbent” in the raging Bogosi feud – the bolt struck right at the spot where the Kgosi normally sits. But soon the village...
Thalefang Charles
| 23 October 2020
Setswana – A language on its deathbed? (Part 2)
Apart from incidents of massive natural disasters and wars that result in displacement of communities, languages do not normally suffer sudden death. This is often a long process. For us, it has already started with some children no longer learning...
Correspondent 23 October 2020
Why SADC countries still ‘oppose' rhino horn trade
This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN international wild trade-regulating agency, CITES, and despite the help it would give to wildlife conservation, the jobs it would create, and the...
Correspondent 23 October 2020
Stronger prices lift Mupane Gold as COVID-19 clips output
BusinessWeek has learnt that the mine’s operations near Francistown, however, still expect a strong financial performance as gold prices have soared this year, at one point even topping $2,000 an ounce, their highest level in history. Gold,...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 23 October 2020
Speed up AfCFTA's implementation, trade experts say
Speaking at a trade forum in Dakar, Senegal, AfCFTA secretary general, Wamkele Mene said the pandemic had, for the first time in 25 years, caused a contraction of GDP of between two to five percent in sub-Saharan Africa. “This decline will...
Correspondent 23 October 2020
BDC raises P162m for projects
The fundraising is part of an investment pipeline of approximately P800 million that the BDC intends to make in the short term on projects that will accelerate the country’s economic recovery process whilst ensuring that the economy is better...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 23 October 2020
Deal signed to shake off tax haven tag
Botswana has been on the tax greylist since the EU first published it in December 2017 and has remained there through 11 updates that have resulted in other nations being removed and others added. The adverse listing, due largely to the EU’s...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 23 October 2020
Body20 triples workout in half the time
For example, myself between working and studying, I just don’t have time to devote some hours to working out. For many years, I made New Year’s resolutions promising that I am finally going to get fit, eat well and train hard. But that...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 23 October 2020
Indigenous Cityzens trio localise Amapiano
The single was recorded at Simz Records and it is now available in all digital platforms. The song is all about promoting love, peace and harmony amongst people regardless of different circumstances.The song is composed in Zulu language. The...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 October 2020
Sengwaketse to host gospel show
The singer told Arts & Culture in an interview that the show is only reserved for people who have been longing for God and Worship. He stated that the decision to host the show was made after realisation that there had not been any musical shows...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 23 October 2020
YAMA victory animates ‘immeasurably gratified' Phologolo
The awards were in Gaborone on September 26, 2020 at the radio’s station’s grounds. An emboldened Phologolo said afterwards that this could not have come at a better time in his career. “I am born with a skin the colour of...
Siyabonga Gaetshajwe 23 October 2020
Infinite Foods wins best plant-based food award
The award comes on the eve of Infinite Foods’ second anniversary and continued growth with several new international and local brands joining the portfolio. As the only African business to be included in the awards, the move is an incredible...
Staff Writer 23 October 2020
Nkawana couple to exhibit therapeutic art
The charity exhibition is meant to raise awareness about mental health. It is an initiative of Nkawana and spouse, Mayann Nkawana. The art exhibition features 2, 000 A5 drawings and paintings from the couple’s gallery. “We have...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 23 October 2020
Alleged Davids killers deny guilt
This is despite an initial intention by one of the accused to plead guilty to the murder that shocked the nation back in January 2018. Mokgalemi Maleya, who is second accused in the matter had informed Court previously that he intended to tender a...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 23 October 2020
‘Shameful and embarrassing'
On the first count, the accused, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, was convicted of raping his mother at around 11 pm near the cemetery in Gumare on September 6, 2017. The man was also found guilty of raping his mother inside her bedroom in...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 23 October 2020
Palapye multi-million water plant nears completion
The treatment plant will expand the current facility that produces a capacity of 18 million litres per day to 58 million litres per day to meet the ever-growing demand of water in the greater Palapye region. Addressing stakeholders recently at the...
Koketso Kgoboge 23 October 2020
Cracks deepen in BDP Mogoditshane Branch
Due to the situation, the region called a meeting with a mandate to suspend or alternatively relieve the branch chairperson, Percy Tshuba of his duties. A letter written to the branch by Kweneng East regional committee secretary, Obakeng Kgabo dated...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 23 October 2020
Numbers of local US dollar millionaires drop by 200
The latest update of New World Wealth’s assessment of Africa’s richest countries and cities, suggests that from 2,000 US dollar millionaires in Botswana in 2018, the numbers by June 2020 had dropped to 1,800. Produced in collaboration...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 23 October 2020
Choppies auditors deny duty to Ram, Farouk
The auditors who are facing a P450 million lawsuit from the Choppies’ bosses said they did not owe a legal duty or duty of care to the two shareholders in their individual capacities. According to the duo’s Court documents they blame the...
Mpho Mokwape
| 23 October 2020
Kgosi, DPP face off
The former director-general of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) in his additional court papers said, in the absence of evidence and the State failing to deal with the merits, they were on unsafe legal ground. Kgosi, who was...
Mpho Mokwape
| 23 October 2020
NPF war shifts to BDF
The three have submitted affidavits in support of asset manager, Bakang Seretse whom prosecutors allege played a key role in the 2017 diversion of funds from the NPF. Seretse, who is facing charges of money laundering in the matter, was the NPF...
Oarabile Mosikare 23 October 2020
SPEDU infrastructure development kicks off
The P230, 531, 402. 76 works contract entails the provision of detailed designs of infrastructure, construction of road works, storm water drains, water reticulation, sewer pump stations, power reticulation, street lighting and...
Oarabile Mosikare 23 October 2020
Subscribe
Receive latest and breaking news via email
Submit
Have a Story? Send Us a tip
Invalid key
Send