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Back page this week: BNOC lowers Olympics medal target
Staff Writer 15 January 2021
Inside page this week: Bush Train BW taps on Lobatse's unexplored rich heritage
Staff Writer 15 January 2021
Inside page this week: New EDD could penalise 'unpatriotic' civil servants
Staff Writer 15 January 2021
Front page this week: Rise of the machines
Staff Writer 15 January 2021
Chess' Thabano bows out with head held high
Motlhokomedi Thabano will not seek re-election after his two consecutive terms while the sponsorship deal with mining giant, Debswana, expires. It is premature to know who would be contesting as candidates are only allowed to declare interest three...
Koketso Kgoboge 15 January 2021
Coach slammed for picking aging squad
Finals take place next year February in New Zealand. The qualifiers were supposed to be held in South Africa from February 19 to 28 but were postponed due to COVID-19. The new dates are August 25 to 29 at the Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park. However,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 15 January 2021
Tough conditions set ahead of athletics camp
Athletes will finally go into camp tomorrow to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Olympic Games’ Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has set tough conditions after an incident in which elite athletes Baboloki Thebe and Onkabetse Nkobolo were...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 15 January 2021
Branch's all-in approach ends in tears
Despite overwhelming expectations from the biker, he bowed of the competitions on stage nine due to a mechanical fault. Mmegi Sport Correspondent, KABELO BORANABI weighs in on the biker's 'all-in' approach at the race. (BLURB) "I have everything I...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 15 January 2021
CAF approves Letshwiti's candidacy
CAF recently announced names of the 13 candidates to contest for the eight executive committee positions up for grabs. One of the eight seats is reserved for a female representative. Candidates submitted their names before the November 12, 2020...
Mqondisi Dube
| 15 January 2021
Systems forced to postpone kit launch
The club was set to launch their new regalia to be used in the next football season. The launch was supposed be held at the club's head office in Tlokweng yesterday. However, after more than an hour’s delay, the club's public relations officer,...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 15 January 2021
Football mourns Gaothobogwe
Known as ‘senior-secretary’ in football circles, Gaothobogwe died on Tuesday morning at his farm near Serowe from suspected heart failure. He will be laid to rest in Serowe over the weekend. The football family has paid glowing tribute to...
Koketso Kgoboge 15 January 2021
Football: To play or not play?
After nearly a year of inactivity, authorities are preparing for a return to the pitch later this month with the completion of the Orange FA Cup. The leagues are expected to spring back into life in February, marking exactly 12 months since the ball...
Mqondisi Dube
| 15 January 2021
BNOC lowers Olympics medal target
The BNOC had initially expected 15 athletes to qualify for sport’s biggest tournament, and to bring home four medals. However, due to COVID-19 disruptions, the target has been lowered to three. Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairperson,...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 15 January 2021
A re go ja eng ? (2)
Motlha mongwe, go na le go dira jalo o loisa puo ka go dirisa manatetshapuo, dipapisapuo, kgotsa, dikapuo jaaka mafoko ao gape a bidiwa mme bangwe ba latlhege ba se ke ba mo tlhaloganye. Jaanong go thusa bao e ne ya re nako ele, ra bua ka...
Sebofo Motshwane 15 January 2021
Enter the BPF
A long-term party stalwart and an able debater, the BDP must be feeling bruised. Well, maybe not. Clearly, he must have wondered what future he had in the party regard being had to either his hopes for political office or the ideals he joined the...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 15 January 2021
Indian community has not monopolized business
This perception and chauvinistic sentiments are not just disturbing but hurtful and derogatory. They threaten the core fabric of our society founded on the principles of Botho and unity and cannot go unchallenged, lest they are misconstrued as the...
Joel Konopo 15 January 2021
Seesaw Seesaw!
Selefu 15 January 2021
Resumption of football, a Pandora's box
And as a result, sport especially football like any other industry has been affected. It is almost a year since the last time competitive football was last played, with of course the exception of the promotional playoffs held late 2020 to officially...
Mmegi Editor
| 15 January 2021
Bush Train BW taps on Lobatse's unexplored rich heritage
The great folklore legend George Swabi in his timeless hit Baga Mmangwato Baga Mabiletsa describes the uniqueness of train ride in Lobatse when he said “O se bone seporo go namalala ko Lobatse se boa se ikgarile”. Although some believe...
Thalefang Charles
| 15 January 2021
Will Sekoti be king?
Over the holidays I returned to Savuti just over two weeks after my previous visit. It was my second attempt in search of a young male lion famously called Sekoti, or Snip Tail as it he sometimes called, because of his missing tail end. Sekoti is...
Thalefang Charles
| 15 January 2021
Fighting fit: A COVID-19 survivor's road back to health
In a typical week, Patimile Fred Kebadiretse goes to the gym for five days and does ten kilometres or more of running on Saturday. This past Saturday, he ran for 12 kilometres and each step was a reminder of how far he has come since a dark, life...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 15 January 2021
Hackathons: Corporate Social Investment or antithetical to innovation and empowerment?
One of the more popular forms of initiative has been the Hackathon. This article therefore examines whether this approach as chosen by Government, parastatals and large corporates, does in fact do what it intends to do or is counterproductive to the...
Mphoeng Mphoeng 15 January 2021
Justice is blind – Really? - Part 2
It is quite intriguing that the concept of Lady Justice has been embraced throughout the world. If you were to visit Brisbane, Budapest, Dhaka, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Rome and Tennessee you would see Lady Justice with at least two of the three...
Kevin Mokento
| 15 January 2021
Action for Jobs, a story of hope In 2021
The Action for Jobs story starts one afternoon after an intense strategy planning session projected a depleted marketplace in the not so distant future. Consumption has been on free-fall since 1989, but the fall gained speed from 2005. In this period...
Correspondent 15 January 2021
BDC assets reach P5.1bn despite COVID-19
According to the Corporation’s recently released financial results, the growth from assets of P4.9 billion recorded in the previous year was mainly due to a rise in the value of investments. BDC managing director, Cross Kgosidiile said the...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 15 January 2021
Debswana axes P15.7bn contract to deepen Jwaneng Mine
In a statement on Monday, Debswana said the termination of the contract is with effect from Jan 4 and the contractor, Majwe Mining, had been given a 90-day notice period. “The Cut 9 operation will transition to an owner-mining operation with...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 15 January 2021
African countries need not fear default
FRANKFURT – Since the COVID-19 crisis began, the spectre of sovereign default has loomed over developing economies. Many sovereigns are so afraid of losing market access that they are unwilling to address debt-sustainability problems. Yet a...
Correspondent 15 January 2021
New EDD could penalise ‘unpatriotic' civil servants
First introduced in 2010 through a presidential directive, the EDD requires all arms of government to purchase goods and services locally where they are “available, cost-effective and meet tender specifications”. As the biggest customer...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 15 January 2021
DJ Lexx releases Be There, more to follow this year
The song is currently available on social media platforms and it is also airing on local radio stations. DJ Lexx and Da Qutness produced the single and on the vocals it features a promising female talent, Kammy the Vocalist. “This song is all...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 15 January 2021
Forbes 30 under 30 finalists embark on a blood donation drive
The quartet of Thobo Khathola, Newman Ramatokwane, Tony Mautsu and Nigel Amos will start their campaign in Gaborone and extend the exercise to major centres in the country like Molepolole, Lobatse and Mochudi. Khathola said at a media brief this week...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 15 January 2021
BOMU, BEPA condemn MYSC gig criterion
The event, which was organised by Yarona FM and sponsored by the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development (MYSC), was only limited to artists who were nominated and the winners of the local radio station’s annual music...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 15 January 2021
Motsetserepa torn between music and comedy
The local comedian cum rapper, whose real name is Bofelo William Molebatsi, revealed to Arts & Culture that now he would not choose any music record label. “Ambitiouz just posted but they haven’t contacted me while Kalawa reached out...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 15 January 2021
Bush Train BW taps on Lobatse's unexplored rich heritage
The great folklore legend George Swabi in his timeless hit Baga Mmangwato Baga Mabiletsa describes the uniqueness of train ride in Lobatse when he said “O se bone seporo go namalala ko Lobatse se boa se ikgarile”. Although some believe...
Thalefang Charles
| 15 January 2021
Paper wants ‘French' direct election of President
The latest call is made by former Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) primary election candidate, Lawrence Ookeditse who suggested the need to do away with the current system of automatic succession and go for direct election of president in a recent...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 15 January 2021
BMWU endorses BONU concerns over the Presidential Covid-19 Task Team and De Beers Front Liners Initiative
Several important issues were raised by BONU, including, the discriminative nature of the initiative, its exclusion of other disciplines working in the frontlines, public participation in an otherwise suspect exercise, allocation of COVID-19 funds...
Correspondent 15 January 2021
Maitengwe kgosi warns border jumpers
The call comes a few days after the Metrological Services warned of heavy flooding in the north eastern part of the country as the tropical cyclone Chalane reported in Tanzania and Zimbabwe respectively was expected to hit Botswana. Kgosi Shadreck...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 15 January 2021
Political parties go for virtual gatherings
Most parties could have held their congresses last year, but were forced to postpone them as the detected cases of the virus kept rising. The move to go virtual comes at a time when political formations have to fill positions and go for membership...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 15 January 2021
Limkokwing, former workers to butt heads at Appeals Court
The campus, which escaped a sale in execution last year for allegedly failing to pay salary arrears to its former employees, is still fighting the allegations that it owes its then employees over P1 million in salary arrears. Limkokwing has been in...
Mpho Mokwape
| 15 January 2021
Former DIS agent up for ‘assaulting girlfriend'
The State alleges that the ex-intelligence agent Thatayotlhe Tshukudu assaulted Obusitse Maluke early 2019 at Plateau ward in Kasane. When being led by his attorney Andrew Johannes, Tshukudu told the court that on January 31, 2019 around 2000hrs, he...
Palesa Gaselabone 15 January 2021
Miners fear machines are taking over at Debswana
Debswana has more than 5,000 workers with a large number of these engaged in actual mining operations which could be affected by the greater roll-out of mechanisation. In the first week of January, Debswana cancelled a P15.7 billion contract to...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 15 January 2021
Court part favours unionised BHC workers
BOPEU had taken the housing parastatal to court on a matter of urgency on behalf of the latter’s employees who are its members. This was after BHC had failed to meet the deadline to pay its unionised employees salary adjustments for the 2020/21...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 15 January 2021
Police quell near stampede at F/Town labour offices
However, the quest for the little job opportunities that may arise nearly caused pandemonium at the regional labour offices here on Monday when scores of job seekers stormed the offices in search of openings mainly piece jobs. According to sources...
Palesa Gaselabone 15 January 2021
LSB, Tafa in Court rematch
The pair will be back in the Court of Appeal (CoA) during the January session after the LSB last year filed an appeal seeking to overturn the High Court’s decision. The High Court had ordered for the issuance of practicing certificate to Tafa...
Mpho Mokwape
| 15 January 2021
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