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About Mmegi
Mmegi Story: Roots of ‘News We Need To Know’ Mmegi newspaper, in its former incarnation was born in 1968. It was founded by Patrick Van Rensburg at Swaneng Hill Secondary School in Serowe. The newspaper was one of Van...
Mmegi Editor
| 30 April 2021
Minnows and sharks at BBS moment of truth
Botswana Building Society (BBS) shareholders today finally have their say in the troubles that have rocked the building society in recent weeks. Ever since a highly public brawl broke out pitting managing director, Pius Molefe and company secretary,...
Mpho Mokwape
| 30 April 2021
Back page this week: BFA to retrench
Staff Writer 30 April 2021
Inside page this week: Vee Mampeezy, Charma Gal rivalry to benefit creatives
Staff Writer 30 April 2021
Inside page this week: BancABC Botswana pledges more ownership to Batswana
Staff Writer 30 April 2021
Front page this week: BDF drafts Moz war plan
Staff Writer 30 April 2021
A karate campaign like no other
Firm kicks flew all over the place as karate prepared for a crucial elective congress which was held in Kanye recently. At stake, was the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) presidency. Initially, incumbent Tshepho Bathai had indicated he would...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 April 2021
Luza blames inactivity after lusty blows
Tokyo Olympic Games bound Mohammed Rajab Otukile and George Molwantwa were eliminated in the first and second round of the tournament, respectively. The third local boxer, Keamogetse Kenosi did not box due to medical reasons. Coach, Lechedzani...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 April 2021
Cheerleading becomes BNSC's newest baby
BCF had submitted a formal request to affiliate with the BNSC in 2018, but had to wait three years after meeting the requirements. The newest sporting body becomes the 43rd member of the Commission, with BCF having been in existence for seven...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 30 April 2021
Karate election dispute could end up in court
Bakwadi opted out of the contest at the last minute, citing irregularities. Tshepho Bathai retained his seat, but Bakwadi is unhappy with the process. He recently approached the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) to intervene. However, the...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 April 2021
Relief as players offered jobs
The quintet of Agang Molefe, Tshephang Kebodiwang, Fela Faith Mashugwa, Thabang Seloka and Pako Mooketsi will undergo a six-month training prior to full-time employment with the Gaborone-based company and are expected to start their duties early next...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 30 April 2021
Makwala, Montsho lead glory hunt
The event takes place on Saturday and Sunday. The Botswana team had to endure travelling over two days to touch down to a cold Silesia, the host city. The cold temperatures will not favour the local athletes, but medal prospects look bright after...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 April 2021
Letshwiti calls for unity
Officially opening the Kgatleng Regional Football Association’s (FA) ‘Operation Time for Change’ training this week in Rasesa, Letshwiti called for an intensified stakeholder management including an adherence to club licensing...
Correspondent 30 April 2021
No surprises in BFA job – new CEO
Taylor was appointed earlier this month to succeed Mfolo Mfolo who left the association in December. “I am excited to have joined the BFA. I like to take on challenging roles and the BFA represents just that. It is exactly what I expected...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 April 2021
Back to the drawing board for Club Licensing
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) had adopted a blueprint from the continental body CAF to apply the requirements to local clubs. However, some clubs have been struggling to meet the Club Licensing requirements, most struggling with finances to...
Staff Writer 30 April 2021
BFA to retrench
Mmegi Sport ran a report early this month that new BFA chief executive officer, Goabaone Taylor had recommended a staff shake-up. While Taylor denied the reports at the time, yesterday the BFA issued a media release confirming there will be a...
Mqondisi Dube
| 30 April 2021
Rari secures fourth BOSETU term
Rari, who is also BOFEPUSU secretary general, triumphed against Innocent Mannathoko, who until the elections was the former’s vice. Leading into the elections there was a swelling opinion that Rari was destined to lose the elections. The...
Chakalisa Dube
| 30 April 2021
Brink pushes for AGM vote as BBS board resists
Reports from the ongoing AGM being held in Gaborone suggest board members told shareholders that the meeting was irregularly called and insisted on an adjournment. The directors are said to have left the meeting, while shareholders remained behind...
Mpho Mokwape
| 30 April 2021
Hats off, for the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal
The move brings to an end, a legacy of capital punishment spanning many decades. More than ten years ago, the same Court, struck down mandatory death sentences, opening the door for re-sentencing hearings in which hundreds of condemned convicts, were...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 30 April 2021
People who live in glasshouses should not throw stones
Selefu 30 April 2021
A spotlight on governance
The history of the country’s corporate sector is littered with episodes of gross poor governance and even scandals, very often swept under the rug and eventually forgotten. By necessity, the spotlight on governance is often on government as a...
Mmegi Editor
| 30 April 2021
Topias Marenga: Towering figure of Botswana's labour movement
Mmegi: You were of the main architects of Botswana’s historic 2011 public servants’ strike, how do you think that strike has shaped or influenced labour relations between government and unions in Botswana? Marenga: Notable achievements...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 30 April 2021
Johnson Motshwarakgole: Botswana's grandfather of unionism
Mmegi: You were one of the main architects of Botswana’s historic 2011 public servants’ strike, how do you think that strike had shaped or influenced labour relations between government and unions in the country? Motshwarakgole: When the...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 30 April 2021
Focus on fighting ‘terrorists' ignores real humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado
First, in mid-March the US government designated an armed opposition group operating in Cabo Delgado as a “terrorist” organisation and sent military advisers to train the Mozambican army in counterterrorism measures. A fortnight later,...
Correspondent 30 April 2021
A Motswana in Mozambique: Land of hope and despair
The first time I ever visited Mozambique, was sometime in 2016, possibly around April/May in my late 20s. At the time, I had been living in Maseru, Lesotho for about two years. I had taken the bus, starting the journey in Maseru, then Bloemfontein...
Correspondent 30 April 2021
The world is desperate for more Covid vaccines – patents shouldn't get in the way
Biolyse is a small pharmaceutical manufacturer in Canada with a simple proposition: provide a recipe for a coronavirus vaccine, and it will produce 20 million doses for nations in the global south. It has approached AstraZeneca and Johnson &...
Correspondent 30 April 2021
Botswana public procurement law: An overview and comparative study
He referred to the United Nations 2030 Agenda (hereinafter referred to as UN 2030 Agenda) for Sustainable Development. Goal 12.7 of this agenda sets out the target to “promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance...
Correspondent 30 April 2021
US presidency backs Bots, Nam power deal
Last week, the US State Department’s Africa Bureau announced that the Biden-Harris administration had selected the Botswana, Namibia solar partnership as a project to support. The announcement was made at Biden’s two-day Leaders Climate...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 30 April 2021
How Africa should approach trade and industrialisation
CAPE TOWN: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), launched on January 1, has been hailed as a “game changer.” By bringing together 55 countries – with a total population of 1.3 billion and a combined GDP of $3.4 trillion...
Correspondent 30 April 2021
Fuel prices could rise again by P1.00
This week, Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority (BERA) revealed that the local oil sector was currently in a state of under-recovery, where the price paid at the pump is lower than the price paid across borders as well as the costs involved in...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 30 April 2021
BancABC Botswana pledges more ownership to Batswana
This comes after the major Nigerian financier, Access Bank, snapped up the 78% equity held by ABC Holdings in BancABC Botswana. The move stirred up criticism that Batswana were not given a chance to bid for the stake before Access Bank. The...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 30 April 2021
Lucia Dottie makes it into Africa Music Challenge Top 20
This promising singer is the only woman among the six local talents who made it through to the Top 20. The young artist proved to have what it takes after beating hundreds of artists from different corners of Africa. The finalists will perform Africa...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 30 April 2021
Optimistic Nkobolo adds beauty spa to her boutique
Nkobolo who is now the director of a brand called House of Legends, is expanding her business from a boutique to include a beauty spa this week. “My love of fashion led to the birth of the brand ‘Legends’ and subsequently House of...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 30 April 2021
Motoloki gets inspiration from relief sculptures
Relief sculpture is a complex art form that combines many features of the two-dimensional pictorial arts and the three-dimensional sculptural arts. On the one hand, a relief, like a picture, is dependent on a supporting surface and its composition...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 30 April 2021
Sesame releases new single
The single was recorded and produced by Shatizo Aaron at Soundhub studios in Gaborone. According Sesame, Merafe, is about how people praise and glorify God not just because of his works but because of who he is in their lives. “I do Christian...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 30 April 2021
Modubathankga preserves Setswana language
This 27-year-old Thamaga born multi-talented poet has proven to be very gifted in spoken poetry. The young man ventured into Setswana language poetry with the aim to promote and preserve Setswana language and tradition. “The diction...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 30 April 2021
Franco releases first ever single
The new single titled Motho yo ke ofe? comes at a time when the Gabane born music star is marking his 20-year anniversary since he debuted with his hit album Ke lela le lona back in 2001. The single is the first Franco has released in a long...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 30 April 2021
New alcohol industry association seeks to save the day
According to chairman, Peter Noke, the main objective of the Association is to work closely with government and ensure that all decisions are in the best interests of all, and mostly importantly those in the lower end of the market. Noke explained...
Staff Writer 30 April 2021
Vee Mampeezy, Charma Gal rivalry to benefit creatives
Despite so many years coexisting in the same industry and being the highest earners every year, the two have never collaborated. And just in a recent interview with The Voice newspaper, Vee Mampeezy admitted that he has had tensions with the Sekuta...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 30 April 2021
Unions still rue Khama's regime
FRANCISTOWN: Masego Mogwera, the embattled Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) president still reminisces how Khama, aided and abetted by President Mokgweetsi Masisi, then a senior minister in Khama’s administration, halted the progressive...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 30 April 2021
Workers' struggles are our struggle – UDC
Speaking to Mmegi on the eve of the commemoration of the 2011 public workers strike that paralysed various government operations, Mohwasa said the UDC has also learnt lessons from that historic strike. Mohwasa said: “The 2011 public workers...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 30 April 2021
COVID-19 breathes life into the digital kgotla
The names are uniquely local and highly relatable. Life Matters, Ask Rakgadi, Motswana Woman are some of the biggest communities on local social media, with hundreds of thousands of loyal members and scores of posts per day on a variety of topical...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 30 April 2021
Debswana bets P65bn on its future
Debswana’s plans at Jwaneng are as audacious as they are expensive. The plan to spend an estimated P65 billion on an underground mine at Jwaneng is significantly greater than the P24 billion Cut 8 and the P22 billion Cut 9 expansions of the...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 30 April 2021
Botswana grapples with growing human trafficking scourge
The report titled ‘The Big Governance Issues in Botswana’ released recently indicates that there is a growing trend of trafficking women and children in the country despite increased efforts to fight the problem. According to the...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 30 April 2021
Zambian academic calls forestablishment of ‘powered-up schools'
A lecturer at the University of Namibia, Kasulupa was the guest speaker at the just ended Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) virtual elective congress that was coordinated from Palapye. A powered-up school is one that serves the...
Chakalisa Dube
| 30 April 2021
Teachers suffer serious mental health challenges
Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) president, Winston Radikolo said in order to deal with the mental challenges faced by teachers and increasingly, learners as well, government must urgently finalise the National Mental Health...
Chakalisa Dube
| 30 April 2021
Alleged elephant ivory trafficker acquitted
Moses Enock was alleged to have been found in possession of an elephant tusk worth P31,681.70 at Thapama Hotel on June 1, 2015, in Francistown. Enock was initially charged with Thabani Nkomo, a Zimbabwean, who was found guilty of the offence and...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 30 April 2021
State fights to hold Seretse's millions indefinitely
The State through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday argued its case before Gaborone High Court Judge, Godfrey Radijeng explaining that there have been difficulties in relation to the investigations in which the assets are...
Mpho Mokwape
| 30 April 2021
Lesetedi gets justice over cattle thieves
The duo, Michael Sesola and Mmoloki Chaba, herded Lesetedi’s two cattle to the Sesola family kraal in Sese in the Mahalapye area back in November 2014 and slaughtered them without the owners consent. Passing the sentence recently, Francistown...
Pini Bothoko
| 30 April 2021
Prevailing Securities trounces BURS in court
Before Judge Michael Leburu recently, Prevailing Security directors emerged victorious over the BURS in their case against the fine and the order. The company was accused of understating its income for the period between January 2013 and December...
Mpho Mokwape
| 30 April 2021
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