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
|
Archives:
Tuesday June 01
Wednesday June 02
Thursday June 03
Friday June 04
Monday June 07
Tuesday June 08
Wednesday June 09
Thursday June 10
Friday June 11
Monday June 14
Tuesday June 15
Wednesday June 16
Thursday June 17
Friday June 18
Saturday June 19
Monday June 21
Tuesday June 22
Wednesday June 23
Thursday June 24
Friday June 25
Monday June 28
Tuesday June 29
Wednesday June 30
Police shoot dead Suspected armed robbers
Confirming the incident through a media release, BPS’s Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner, Dipheko Motube said the deceased trio aged about 30 and 40 were intercepted by the police whilst committing a robbery at one of the...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2021
Back page this week: BFA, Amrouche part ways P5m later
Staff Writer 25 June 2021
Inside page this week: Takeaways from Leero's latest masterpiece
Staff Writer 25 June 2021
Inside page this week: BoB presses gov't on yields for P30bn debt drive
Staff Writer 25 June 2021
Front page this week: Find them guilty -State pleads
Staff Writer 25 June 2021
Branch enjoys 5-point lead in world rallies
The win in the opening round of the championship has taken Branch to the top of the standings with 25 points. In second place is Matthias Walkner of Hungary with 20 points while in third place sits Branch’s Yamaha teammate, Adrien Van...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 25 June 2021
Re Ba Bona Ha deal talks open
The diamond mining giant has been sponsoring the talent identification programme since 2008. When the sponsorship started in 2008, the company pumped P1.7million for three years into the programme. In 2011, BNSC received P2million for another three...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 June 2021
BCA bats away cricket concerns
There are reports that a concerned group of cricketers wants to confront the administration over a litany of challenges that the game faces. “We feel sidelined, there is a lot that is not going well. Local cricketers must be given a...
Mqondisi Dube
| 25 June 2021
Emerging sprint stars enhance Maun's status
The region’s talent conveyor belt continues to churn out more of the gifted, with the emergence of two youngsters who have qualified for the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships. Kenya will host the competition at the Nyayo Sports...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 June 2021
Tennis team in Davis Cup mission
The team in Brazzaville comprises Thato Holmes, Tshepo Mosarwa, Denzel Seetso and Tsholofelo Tsiang. Petrus Molefhe is the team captain. Botswana is in the same group as Namibia, Uganda, Angola and Congo. The competition started on Monday and ends...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 June 2021
Amrouche's eventful but fruitless reign
Little was known about Amrouche when he was handed the Zebras job in August 2019. He had been hailed for particularly the work he did while in Burundi where the country saw several players shipped abroad. In Kenya, he was popular with fans and...
Mqondisi Dube
| 25 June 2021
BNSC, BNOC differ on merger
Serufho had painted a positive picture and said the roles and responsibilities of the BNSC and BNOC clearly need to be rationalised. “There has been work going on behind the scenes and we will soon divulge to the public the course we want to...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 25 June 2021
Gunners set date for elective meeting
Ordinary members of the club will, on the other hand, attend virtually at designated branch venues. The current committee led by chairperson, George Kerekang has been holding fort on an interim basis since November 2019 after ousting the previous...
Boitumelo Khutsafalo
| 25 June 2021
Clubs' recruitment in full swing
Premiership clubs will have to wait until the end of July to learn the dates of the start of the league but the recruitment drive is already in full swing. Steps ahead of the pack are Gaborone United (GU). The Reds were fifth in the 2019-2020 season...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 25 June 2021
Fed-up Dambe quits Zebras
Dambe walked out of the national team camp last week Wednesday in protest over welfare issues. Other players would days later walk out of camp, but some have since returned. The national team is in camp preparing for the COSAFA Cup, which takes...
Chakalisa Dube
| 25 June 2021
BFA, Amrouche part ways P5m later
He leaves two months shy of his two-year contract, as he finally received some parole yesterday when the Botswana Football Association (BFA) released him from the remainder of his contract. He was due to leave at the end of his contract in August,...
Mqondisi Dube
| 25 June 2021
A re go tsaya eng? (4)
A bua jalo, se natefe Setswana ka ga a reye go ja ga go tsenya mo ganong jaaka re e ja dijo. Seo jaaka re setse re bonye, e le go natefisa puo fela. Jaanong gompieno ke yoo Motswana re utlwa a re go na le go tsaya tema. Go utlwa a bua jalo, mongwe a...
Sebofo Motshwane 25 June 2021
Black people do not read
Reflect on the Russian proverb; ‘Don’t be mad at the mirror if you are ugly.’ No, I am not an elitist twit, but tread carefully, for you may well be! A wise man once cautioned, “Do not be quick to take offense, for the taking...
Kevin Mokento
| 25 June 2021
Teachers are guardians,“in loco parentis”
Some were concerned that people had time to take the video, instead of attending to the child who was literally, rolling on the ground. I doubt that the attack on the teachers, for taking the video, were really justified. To begin with, as one friend...
Kgosietsile Ngakaagae
| 25 June 2021
Taking Charge
Selefu 25 June 2021
BOPEU must reconcile and move on
It is a lengthy, tiring and costly exercise that has been going on for years. Both parties argue they will fight all the way to the end, as they claim it is for the benefit of the membership. It is now that time when the two leaders and their...
Mmegi Editor
| 25 June 2021
Search for Okavango's fastest poler begins
Botswana Wild Bird Trust (BWBT), an organisation that has been using mokoro and advocating for the protection of the entire Okavango River Basin using mokoro this week began their big search for Okavango Delta’s fastest mokoro poler through the...
Thalefang Charles
| 25 June 2021
Ko Seronga rouses a forgotten village
Sometime in April this year, Seronga had its moment of fame that came through a song. It began when young Seronga homeboys, while on a nostalgic trip, came together and crafted a song titled Ko Seronga that went viral before it was even released. Ko...
Thalefang Charles
| 25 June 2021
Remembering a Good Samaritan dedicated to Tonota
Popularly known as Mme Mmaditsapelo, Mme Boijane was born and raised in Tonota. Her education started at her home village, Tonota, in 1932. Her primary education teachers were Rre Bothasitse Masedi, Rre Rakesoketswe Tshipa, and Rre Lekula Mmolawa,...
Correspondent 25 June 2021
FCC moves to protect informal sector
For over a decade the relationship between the council and those in the informal sector, most particularly street vendors, has not been sound. Due to the prevailing economic factors of unemployment and rural-urban migration, there has been an influx...
Chakalisa Dube
| 25 June 2021
Debswana, Bank Gaborone deal yields P850m value
Debswana’s acting supplier development manager, Resego Keipidile said 28 citizen-owned companies had benefited thus far under the diamond group’s Citizen Economic Empowerment Programme (CEEP). The partnership is a pilot of a model...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 25 June 2021
Botswana Oil opts not to appeal BERA ruling
Botswana Oil had originally applied for a licence reserving itself 50% of the market supply. Botswana Oil head of Stakeholder Relations, Matida Mmipi told BusinessWeek the company considers the 25% a good start, which will go a long way in enabling...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 25 June 2021
BoB presses gov't on yields for P30bn debt drive
Government is depending on the debt programme to provide the bulk of the projected P6 billion deficit for the current fiscal year. However, each of the monthly auctions conducted by the central bank to raise debt since the ceiling was raised to P30...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 25 June 2021
Phillip ‘Kurre' Mhlanga dishes Afrika Collaboration
The Studio is registered with the Registrar of Companies and was founded in April 2020 against the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He explained that the foundation of the studio was to empower young and financially challenged artists to...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 25 June 2021
Katuta releases 11-song instrumental album
Although his instrumental music may not have lyrics, the album tells stories. Track number four titled A12 road (Molepolole/ GC) phala is one of the songs which stands out from the rest of the album. This is particularly because of the (whistle)...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 25 June 2021
French researcher expects to find ancient fossils in Botswana
While the fact that human life originated in Africa is no longer contested, the location of the cradle of humanity is an important question which numerous international teams are attempting to answer. Speaking during an online talk with the...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 25 June 2021
BOMU gets six months waiver to comply
Mokgethi’s decision follows a take by BOMU to seek her indulgence following yet another compliance dispute with the Registrar of Societies. The latest development comes just some weeks before BOMU hosts its virtual 2021 music awards. In a...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 25 June 2021
Takeaways from Leero's latest masterpiece
Everything that the Selokolela born artist has dropped in the past has always caught attention, catapulting him to perhaps the most popular Borankana musician in the country. Whilst Leero has always exhibited his songwriting skills in his previous...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 25 June 2021
PAC raises concern over police brutality
Members said of late there have been reports of police officers appearing to use excessive force during arrests. But police commissioner, Keabetswe Makgophe, while acknowledging the concerns, said the behaviour of the public influences the police...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2021
Thumbs up for proposed rape penalties
Through the changes, the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security plans to amend the Penal Code to punish anyone who is charged with an offence of rape to be subjected to a conviction sentence of a minimum term of 20 years imprisonment or to a...
Pini Bothoko
| 25 June 2021
Political party whips want constitutional review
“Winter Parliament will be mostly dealing with Bills. I strongly believe that the Constitutional review should be given priority in the coming Parliament. I hope the Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Kabo...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 25 June 2021
Molapo access road construction to commence
“We have finally received the long-awaited judgement on the project for the reconstruction of Molapo Access Road and Khutse Loop. The judgement confirmed the initial recommendation by the council adjudication committee (that Glory has...
Chakalisa Dube
| 25 June 2021
North East,Tutume sub districts to remain thirsty
This comes after Unik Construction Engineering (Pty) Ltd which was engaged for the multi-million projects revealed during a site tour by different stakeholders that they are behind on the project at 74% progress rather than 84% was as expected. North...
Lesedi Mkhutshwa
| 25 June 2021
JSC's appointment criteria challenged
According to one of those who felt disadvantaged by the change, Bonolo Kemorwale, there has always been a practice that appointments within the Registrars’ division were filled internally, a practice that has been in place until recently when...
Mpho Mokwape
| 25 June 2021
Court denies cop bail
Mmoloki is charged with stealing by a person employed in the public service. Even though the State did not oppose the bail application, Willie said the State needs time to try to recover the missing weapons and ammunition. On Tuesday, public...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 25 June 2021
State wants Morupisi, wife convicted as charged
The accused persons, who have not pleaded guilty are facing charges of money laundering and corruption. Morupisi is facing two counts of corruption and one on money laundering while his wife is facing one count of money laundering. The third accused...
Mpho Mokwape
| 25 June 2021
'Cause of action for women in politics overview needed'
‘’It is therefore my ardent hope and wish that the overview adds further impetus for the next cause of action regarding participation of women in this trajectory invading this male dominated sphere, political power and...
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane
| 25 June 2021
Tlou: The continent's shining star
A giant in health care and sexual reproductive health and also an activist of note, Tlou has had quite a stellar career, spanning decades, but she isn’t done yet. Hers is an inspiring story to many, especially young aspiring women. Tlou...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 25 June 2021
Is the UDC crashing?
The UDC is a coalition of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP), Botswana People’s Party (BPP) and Botswana National Front (BNF). The 2024 general elections were widely regarded as a perfect opportunity for the opposition to shine. This is because...
Chakalisa Dube
| 25 June 2021
Analysts hail Skelemani
Skelemani is the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in Francistown East. Some people believe that the Speaker at times is forced to take sides with the ruling party, especially when opposition parties openly...
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe
| 25 June 2021
Batswana children deprived of sanitation
Sanitation here includes the conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal. The report shows that at least seven out of every 10 children are deprived of sanitation. Furthermore,...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 25 June 2021
Children in tourist areas amongst nation's poorest
Released this week, the report, which extrapolates data from the 2015/2016 Botswana Multi-Topic Household Survey (BMTHS), provides the first authoritative look at poverty trends amongst children aged 17 years and below. The report details poverty...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 25 June 2021
Subscribe
Receive latest and breaking news via email
Submit
Have a Story? Send Us a tip
Invalid key
Send