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Back page this week: No COVID-19 tests for play-offs
Staff Writer 04 December 2020
Inside page this week: Mguni's neckpieces embody Setswana twist
Staff Writer 04 December 2020
Inside page this week: Aussie firm plans new $260m copper mine near Gantsi
Staff Writer 04 December 2020
Front page this week: OP dragged into Saleshando suspension
Staff Writer 04 December 2020
Top stars a doubt for cycling race
The Albert Milton (AM570) Cycling Challenge, which started yesterday, has attracted top cyclists, who were expected to participate at the ITT/TTT championships. The AM570 event ends on Saturday. According to information reachingMmegi Sport, the...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 04 December 2020
Scara's punch lands him on top of the world
Mothibedi took apart a confident Tshepang ‘Babui’ Gearbox in a WBF International Super Bantamweight title fight at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) last Friday night. Mothibedi was declared the winner after a unanimous...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 04 December 2020
Mosutha eyes more silverware
Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) expects a tough battle of native chess brains when they converge at Sowa Primary School in the soda ash mining town. The tournament is divided into the Open section and the Women’s section. BCF...
Koketso Kgoboge 04 December 2020
Green Lovers ring the changes
The Green Submarines, as Lovers is affectionately known, were the epitome of development under the departed coach. Chips was renowned for his keen interest in working with young players. The coach died early this year. He produced amongst, others,...
Koketso Kgoboge 04 December 2020
Oldies return to dugouts
Morapedi’s arrival sees Pontsho Moloi, who has been at the helm on an interim basis, demoted to the assistant coach with Khalid Niyonzima staying on as goalkeeper coach in a minor technical team shake up. The appointment affirms a recent trend...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 04 December 2020
Goliath's slayer who betrayed a continent
Issa Hayatou had established himself as CAF’s strongman over a 29-year period at the helm of the continental soccer body. The Cameroonian made the position his own, but towards the sunset of his reign, there were growing murmurs of...
Mqondisi Dube
| 04 December 2020
Calls to open BFA office in F/town
Francistown councillors recently passed a motion to request the association to open an office in the second city. Tabling the motion, Francistown specially nominated councillor Modiri Lucas said the city contributes a lot to the coffers of the...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 December 2020
Moroccan club yet to pay Rollers
The club unveiled the duo alongside Zebras teammate, Kabelo Seakanyeng this week after agreeing to three-year deals. The players will reportedly pocket around P120,000 per month, in a deal brokered by Zebras coach, Adel Amrouche. Seakanyeng joins...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 04 December 2020
AGM mirrors TAFIC's state of affairs
FRANCISTOWN: For more than two decades TAFIC has often struggled to stay afloat owing to lack of finances and administrative challenges. The club has also struggled to aggressively pursue the privatisation strategy and stay away from an array of...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 December 2020
Amos back in Pretoria after US stint
Amongst the athletes was 800m specialist Nijel Amos, who went on to bag the country’s first, and only Olympic Games medal in London. His hard work in Pretoria paid off as he clocked 1:41.73 to win a silver medal. Amos is now back in Pretoria,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 04 December 2020
No COVID-19 tests for play-offs
Fighters are from a COVID-19 red zone as cases have been rising in the Greater Gaborone. The decision to play without COVID-19 tests run contrary to international practice where players are subjected to tests before matches. Division One...
Chakalisa Dube
| 04 December 2020
Ga o tsenngwe gope
Gape, ka ngwao ya Setswana, ke nako ya pula e phaila mme letsema le ntshiwe. Go ya ka gore re ntlha efe ya Botswana, bangwe ba re le bulelwe, ba bangwe ba re le bolodiwe mme go bo go ntse go tshwana, e le (e seng ele) selo se le sengwe....
Sebofo Motshwane 04 December 2020
One more push
In the age of COVID-19, where public health authorities have to thread between savings lives and preserving livelihoods, the stakes are clearly higher. Batswana, like other citizens of the world, have endured a difficult, unprecedented year where...
Mmegi Editor
| 04 December 2020
How to prevent violence in schools
Ask open-ended questions and use phrases such as "tell me more" and "what do you think?" Phrases like these show your children that you are listening and that you want to hear more about their opinions, ideas, and how they view the world. Start...
Mmaotho Segotso 04 December 2020
Political rebirth needed (Part II)
There is a point beyond which, a nation must hold hands and politics must be secondary as like bereaved, estranged siblings, united for a moment in grief by the tragic loss of a parent. It’s a failing of African democracies that we never rise...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 04 December 2020
Tsogang, tsogang banna, Tsogang!..,
Selefu 04 December 2020
Mahalapye firm wants to ease govt's P8bn headache
I feel compelled to write some comments in response to an article, which appeared in the Mmegi newspaper of November 27, 2020 on the above subject. What government is proposing to do through measures like import substitution to solve the problems of...
Correspondent 04 December 2020
The agricultural sector: A growing need
As a nation we have seen the importance of being self-reliant and produce our own food, which has been even more amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. As Regional Agriculture Manager at FNBB, my responsibilities include; successful implementation of...
Correspondent 04 December 2020
Individual bank loan arrears drop to P2.8bn
According to Bank of Botswana (BoB) figures released this week, as at the end of September, the arrears owed from loans to individuals were down from P3.01 billion in August and P3.1 billion in July. During the period between April, May and June,...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 04 December 2020
Revised EDD due in February
EDD is an initiative under which government uses its purchasing power to enhance local production and consumption through local procurement. However, in the years since its introduction in 2011, the initiative has stalled, accounting for only 53% of...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 04 December 2020
Receivers of stolen information risk money laundering charge
Or stories are published or aired on TV or radio of contractors considering legal action because they were unsuccessful in securing a specific government contract. The source of their information to ground any action, apparently leaked to them by...
Correspondent 04 December 2020
Aussie firm plans new $260m copper mine near Gantsi
The 1,000-kilometre belt running south west to north east, is known to contain millions of tonnes of copper and silver resources, but its heavy sands and lack of grid electricity have kept development at bay over the decades. Boseto Mine, the first...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 04 December 2020
BJB finally finding home in music
The talented artist who is also an MC and a blogger revealed to Arts & Culture that it has been a few years for him building his image into a brand and it got successful making him one of most rated and important stars in the performing...
Siyabonga Gaetshajwe 04 December 2020
Lentswe La Batlhoka Pono resurfaces
This is the same group which the late great musician, Donald Botshelo was part of before going solo in the early 2000s. The six tracked album was recorded at Flowmore Studio. One of the group’s members and composer , Sespo Mzakhiwe told...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 04 December 2020
Vincent Excellent Tour Southern Heritage launches trail
The trail that starts in Matsieng, goes through Gaborone, via the Livingstone Memorial, and into Kanye offers a sliver of historical treats found in the country. The complete trail starts in Gaborone, goes through Motsenekatse Hill in Molapowabojang...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 04 December 2020
Spekere & Silver Stars drops single
The song, which was released last month was recorded at Jay Black Productions. After going through a few setbacks in the past, the Francistown based group has finally managed to record and release it's second single thanks to support from...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 04 December 2020
Gospel maestro Kabelo Eric ventures into Afro Soul music
Eric told Arts & culture that the move is the re-birth of a total new versatile creative bug inside Kabelo Eric. He further explained that his long love for Afro Soul and song writing skills pinched him to start something new and fresh. This...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 04 December 2020
Wilderness safaris joins beyond green
As part of the Preferred Hotel Group, the launch of Beyond Green on November 17, 2020 represented the company’s strategic vision to transform travel as a positive force for people and the planet, by creating a more purposeful way to explore the...
Staff Writer 04 December 2020
Mguni's neckpieces embody Setswana twist
Enter Buhle Mguni at your service. Mguni has made wearing traditional clothes much more vibrant and elegant with her line of neckpieces. This fashionista's passion for clothes landed her in the art of creating some of the most stunning neckpieces....
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 04 December 2020
Cresta readies for tourism rebound with P3.5m revamp
No matter how hard they tried, tourism players in Kasane, from the bed and breakfasts, to the four-star luxury hotels lining the banks of the Chobe River, were forced at one point or another to abandon their properties this year. Tourism was not...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 04 December 2020
Moswaane, UDC torment BDP
FRANCISTOWN: If it wasn’t for the stringent COVID-19 regulations, the controversial legislator and maverick Moswaane, promises that he and masses of defectors from the BDP, were going to literally set Francistown-West constituency alight. The...
Ryder Gabathuse
| 04 December 2020
Slow start to business as Ramokgwebana border reopens
The virus outbreak, which led to closure of land borders to contain the disease, disrupting economic activity along Haskins Street, which bears the moniker Bulawayo Street, named after the high level of cross-border trading activity taking place...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 04 December 2020
Baha'is speak about forging a path to gender equality
Gender Based Violence (GBV) has become so deeply entrenched in the world. It is a symptomatic manifestation of a chronic disease affecting our society. The Bahá’í community believes that this disease from which our progress and...
Correspondent 04 December 2020
Court refuses to declare Magapatona a village
The applicants led by Edmond Bagaketse Moabi and 340 others had taken the Attorney General to task, pleading with the Court to amongst others, declare that Magapatona met all the requirements needed for it to be considered a stand-alone...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 04 December 2020
Agriculture pathway takes off
The usually quiet remote Tswapong hills-based secondary school was selected by the Ministry of Basic Education (MoBE) to host facility. It got the nod thanks to its rich history of producing its own food that sustained the school and its community...
Koketso Kgoboge 04 December 2020
Death due to unlawful actions - Defence attorney
The IO, Ottilia Toteng, said so when responding to questions from the defence attorney, Charles Tlagae, in a case in which Kokeletso Kukama is alleged to have murdered Ishmael Kgopolo, 49, on January 30, 2016 at Jwenyane lands near Serowe in the...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 04 December 2020
Time up at BOPEU - court rules
They decided on just one case which both factions and the court were in agreement will settle multiple court cases filed by the warring parties. It all boiled down to the meticulousness of attorney Dutch Leburu, who reigned supreme with multiple...
Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 04 December 2020
Battle lines drawn in Moatlhodi ‘assault' case
The State alleges that the 71-years-old outspoken UDC legislator, for Tonota and married couple, Maranyane Kebitsang, 68, and Nnyana Kebitsang, 61, acting together in concert, subjected Kesego Olekantse, now 12, to inhuman treatment on January 30,...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 04 December 2020
Boitekanelo College celebrates excellence
The quintet, Nonofo Batshani, Rosemary Batshani, One Keikepi, Mercy Chakalisa and Maureen Mahulela were Nutrition & Dietetics fourth year students at the Stellenbosch. Their programme took 11 months after commencing in January 2020. During an...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 04 December 2020
‘HIV prevention drug proves superior'
The study which was conducted by Botswana Harvard AIDS institute Partnership (BHP) supported by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) is a global randomised, controlled, double-blind one that compared the safety and efficacy of long-acting...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 04 December 2020
Kgosi demands seized guns
In his effort to retrieve the guns, the former director of Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) has filed a notice of motion before Court seeking it to compel the government to return his firearms and ammunition that were seized sometime...
Mpho Mokwape
| 04 December 2020
MYSC moves to recover YDF loans
This is despite the fact that while young people have been awaiting calls for applications for the 2020/ 21 Financial year to be announced, the Ministry launched a campaign to collect outstanding payments. The Ministry early last month launched the...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 04 December 2020
Pharmacists charged
The states alleges that the director, Olivia Mudihlwa, Peter Gitari, both from Zimbabwe, and another, were unlawfully found storing medicines not registered by BoMRA at Hana Pharmacy on February 7, 2019 in Francistown. When the trio appeared before...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 04 December 2020
OP dragged into Saleshando suspension, row
Express Credit, a quick loan company, suspended Dineo recently as CEO, saying it was investigating several issues including the alleged ill-treatment of an employee (name known to Mmegi) and wrongfully addressing the Office of the President (OP)...
Staff Writer 04 December 2020
Keorapetse calls gov't to boost Phikwe economy
Responding to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) this week, Keorapetse said there is no doubt that BCL was the mainstay of the Selebi-Phikwe economy, and that its closure nearly collapsed the economy. He added that they stood vindicated that it...
Oarabile Mosikare 04 December 2020
COVAX rollout soon
Permanent Secretary, Kabelo Ebineng said Botswana has, working with over 150 other countries, participated in the COVAX Facility, and complied with all the provisions of the agreements/commitments pledged by participating countries. He said details...
Oarabile Mosikare 04 December 2020
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