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• Tuesday January 30
• Wednesday January 31

Court drops crucial charge against Kgosi

The Court today quashed a charge in which he was accused of taking photographs of security agents. Kgosi had last year made an application for all his charges to be dropped as he argued that the State had failed to provide him with further...

Mpho Mokwape | 25 January 2021

Back page this week: Chiefs reject Molome's P800,000 claim

Staff Writer 25 January 2021

Front page this week: Detractors wish Majaga ill

Staff Writer 25 January 2021

Sibanda Makes Comeback

The last time Sibanda competed was at the Gold Coast Commonwealth in 2018. Sibanda finished second in the 200m, clocking 22.10, marginally trailing Thabo Molapo of Lions Den Athletics Club, who crossed the line in 22.05. Athletics supporters were...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 January 2021

Buffalo kills Wildlife official in Maun

Waking from the COVID-19 night curfew in the early hours of Monday, Maun residents had to run for their lives as they were terrorised by the wild animal. According to reports from Maun, which is the gateway of the Okavango Delta where wildlife roams...

Staff Writer 25 January 2021

Majwe Plants Chess Seeds In Mabutsane

The project, dubbed ‘Majwe Mining Inclusive Youth Development Programme through Chess’ aims to, among others, empower children through chess. Majwe has sponsored the project to the tune of P25, 000. Speaking at the launch, Limitless...

Calistus Kolantsho | 25 January 2021

BFA CEO Search Begins

Mfolo left the association after the Under-17 aged team cheating scandal. He was one of the mother body’s longest serving CEO in recent times as the position has remained unstable. The BFA has mandated an agency, HRMC Management Consultancy to...

Mqondisi Dube | 25 January 2021

Bright, Sua Players On The Mend

The players were isolated in Matsiloje, while Bright was in Gaborone isolation too. Club chairperson, Tirelo Thebe said the players would resume their preseason program this week. “We encountered such, but it was only with a few players and the...

Koketso Kgoboge 25 January 2021

Chiefs Clear Debt, Await FIFA Verdict

Magosi were last year ordered by FIFA to pay Mabhena his dues after he filed an unfair dismissal complain against the team. The club was given until December 10 to settle the debt, which they failed to do. On the deadline, Magosi had managed to...

Kabelo Boranabi | 25 January 2021

Chiefs Reject Molome's P800,000 Claim

Molome, responding to chairperson, Thapelo Tsheole’s report during Saturday’s Annual General Meeting indicated that the club still owes him P800,000 but this was not reflected in the list of debtors. "I listened to the chairman on the...

Kabelo Boranabi | 25 January 2021

Ramoruswa Releases New DVD

She said the DVD is already available in the market despite the torrid time they are facing as creatives. “It has six songs and the title track Morena thusa is specifically about COVID-19. We want God to help us as believers, creatives and...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 January 2021

Teachere Ropes In Hitmakers

Yung Amazing and Leggacy are the hitmakers of ATI’s chart topping and award winning 2017 hit Khiring Khiring Khorong Khorong. “I featured the above artists so that most upcoming artists can be inspired to collaborate and work with big...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 January 2021

BDC Evaluates 246 Proposals For Business Den Competition

BDC’s Head of Corporate Affairs and Strategy, Boitshwarelo Lebang explained they were currently on the last phase in preparation for the final pitch. “The pitch is scheduled for end of March this year and the date will be communicated...

Pauline Dikuelo | 25 January 2021

Dry Port Container Volumes On Decline

BusinessMonitor has learnt that the dry port, the country’s much lauded seaport, has seen container volumes drop drastically while vehicle volumes gained momentum. From April to December last year, on average container volumes amounted to nine...

Pauline Dikuelo | 25 January 2021

Adverts Masters Capitalises On Digital Media Revolution

This is epitomised by Terrence Ditau. Although Terrence Ditau did not know how 2019 would turn out when he started his company, Adverts Masters, this Setswana expression resonates well with his company’s activities and COVID-19. The...

Cavin Kanoko | 25 January 2021

Purpose Is The Gateway To New Dimensions, We Breathe It Daily

There is nothing that is created without purpose. Purpose is a commission that a person or item is mandated to pursue. Purpose impact life either negatively or positively and ultimately yields results. Every action is purpose and a platform to drive...

Kealeboga Ngwigwa | 25 January 2021

The Destructive Culture Of Silence

It is the silence that we have somehow glorified and normalized. It is the secrets we are made to carry…sometimes to our graves. This past week I heard of two disturbing examples of this cultural norm which is destroying us. A good friend was...

Ashley Thaba | 25 January 2021

A Guide to Buying Valentine Gifts

Admittedly procure is too formal a word to use in a column that pretends to be funny and hilarious though so let us say to buy. Obviously this applies to hopeless romantics like me. Please do not question the ‘hopeless romantic’ tag...

Thulaganyo Jankie 25 January 2021

The Revelation Of The Internal Conflict Of The Legal Fraternity And Violence Against Women

It is a pandemic we are often silent about, despite how rampant it is and despite how close to home it has been for many of us in our country, whether as a form of violence itself, or in the context of other related violences. We know, or at least we...

Lesego Nswahu Nchunga | 25 January 2021

The Bakgatla Baga Mmanaana (Part 2)

The Kgosi had supported the mission, most notably by ordering both boys and girls to attend its school lessons. The presence of the missionaries also undoubtedly encouraged European traders to the village. But, by the end of the decade, there was...

Jeff Ramsay | 25 January 2021

Of Femicide Suicide & Men 2

According to the theory of attachment/frustration – aggression, men in intimate relationships commit femicide suicide when or after their partners separate from them volitionally. They kill their lovers and themselves due to ‘positive...

Gaone Monau | 25 January 2021

Wooh Kha neu!

Selefu 25 January 2021

Let's Intensify Fight Against COVID-19

Stay home, do not make any unnecessary movement, wash your hands with soap, use sanitiser and wear a mask. The message is everywhere, some are even complaining that mobile operators send annoyingly many messages on fighting the pandemic. But somehow...

Monitor Editor 25 January 2021

Law Of Death Denies Heirs Fortune

Not only are they barred by law from selling the land, but they also cannot inherit it. For the Ramakgathi siblings, Boiki, Thapelo, Khumanego, and Tumelo, they know the land as belonging to them; they grew up farming and harvesting such traditional...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 25 January 2021

Man Sets Up Estate On Disputed Land

The land has already been subdivided into a total of 114 plots feared to have been sold to various plot owners where the developer was setting up his own version of Phakalane after buying the ploughing field belonging to a deceased person. A year...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 25 January 2021

BOSETU To Make Recommendations To Education Ministry

Since schools opened, some have been registering cases of the deadly virus with both teachers and students testing positive. In some instances, the teachers who had tested positive had mingled with other teachers but contact-tracing was not done,...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 25 January 2021

Subsidised Loans, P4M Dividends Mark Radikolo's Legacy

The BOSETU community held the then newly elected president in high regard as a serious-minded, no-nonsense revolutionist, who would not tolerate mediocrity. Before long BOSETU parted ways with its executive secretary, amidst accusations of...

Monkagedi Gaothobogwe 25 January 2021

Doctors Blast Health Ministry

Government recently ran an advert in which the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force in collaboration with De Beers Group will be awarding six frontline workers with the Forevermark branded jewellery of a total value of one carat. Mascom has also vowed to...

Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | 25 January 2021

Gospel Queen Tebby Succumbs To COVID

Tebby as she was popularly known died of complications from the coronavirus (COVID-19), her family told The Monitor on Friday. She was 42. Tebby is the first local musician to succumb to COVID-19 after she tested positive. Tebby’s sister...

Mompati Tlhankane | 25 January 2021

Alcohol Industry Proposes 'Takeaway'

Liquor traders are pleading with the government to allow for the sale of alcohol for home consumption and want strict action taken against those who do not play by the book. Though quick to admit that some liquor traders and imbibers have failed to...

Innocent Selatlhwa | 25 January 2021

Detractors Wish Majaga ill

The state alleges that Majaga defiled an underage girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, between September 2019 and May 2020, at Malelejwe cattle post, a settlement on the outskirts of Nata village in the Central District of...

Lebogang Mosikare | 25 January 2021