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Zuma jailed: Arrests as protests spread in South Africa
Pro-Zuma protesters first took to the streets after the 79-year-old handed himself to authorities on Wednesday to begin a 15-month sentence. But police now say criminals are taking advantage of the chaos, which spread from his home province of...
BBC.COM 12 July 2021
Back page this week: Zebras, Amos Deliver soothing News
Staff Writer 12 July 2021
Front page this week: Will Masisi Lock us down?
Staff Writer 12 July 2021
Masaiti Jets Off To Texas
Masaiti is a beneficiary of the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) elite scholarship. She told Sport Monitor that it has not been an easy journey but with focus and support from her family she has been able to pull through. She noted that she...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 12 July 2021
Zone VI Karate Champs Postponed
Most countries such as Zimbabwe are at the peak of a third wave of COVID-19 and karate remains classified as a high-risk sport and it is therefore suspended. Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) president, Tshepho Bathai told Sport Monitor that it...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 12 July 2021
Amos Registers Monaco World Lead
Amos has not been competing on the international stage since picking an injury during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. He was also not able to compete at the 2019 World Championships. The athlete has been focusing on training in the USA and...
Calistus Kolantsho
| 12 July 2021
Orebonye Fires Zebras Over Likuena
He alongside club teammate, Kabelo Seakanyeng were delayed by the Moroccan side, Olympique Club de Khouriga’s push for elite league promotion. Orebonye became the second Zebras’ player to score a hat trick at the competition after Jerome...
Kabelo Boranabi
| 12 July 2021
Yarona FM Bids 'king Bee' Heartfelt Farewell
The entertainment industry has been in its infancy stage in Botswana for some time. It is only the daring, gifted and courageous that can take this country to greater heights because it is beaming and saturated with great talent and potential for...
Staff Writer 12 July 2021
ATI, Charma Gal Top ViB Royalty Fees
This time ViB mobile managed to pay four P450,000 to artists following the last payment amounting to P500,000 in February this year. Exceptional songstress, Amantle Brown who led the pack in the February payments now sits on third place with P23,600...
Mompati Tlhankane
| 12 July 2021
SEZA Sets Sights On Ngamiland
Speaking in Maun last week, SEZA acting Director of Policy and Planning, Jayson Sechele said Ngamiland has one of the largest populations of cattle, goats and sheep in the country. Therefore, he said the region was a key contributor to...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 12 July 2021
Orange Money Gets Autonomy
This decision followed Bank of Botswana’s implementation of the regulation on Electronic Payment Services under which the Orange Money service falls. The transformation is yet another first in the market, adding to an already growing bevy of...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 12 July 2021
Tsoo…13's Smart Farming Yields Quality Crops
Narrating their journey, Mokgadi who was a former fashion designer said the road hasn’t been smooth, as they encountered a lot of bumps along the way. She said when they ventured into farming in 2012, they planted 10,000 cabbages on...
Pauline Dikuelo
| 12 July 2021
Yesterday Is Gone, Change Tomorrow Today
Events of yesterday has tailored life today; a day to reflect, take a deep breath and strive to change tomorrow. The bridge between yesterday and tomorrow is acceptance. Accepting what transpired latterly is very key in earning the ability to...
Kealeboga Ngwigwa
| 12 July 2021
Growing Up In America
I remember when I discovered the Gaborone Dam, which is honestly no bigger than ponds where I come from, but for this water starved girl it was literally an oasis in the desert! To see a body of water, to feel the cool breeze off the water, to soak...
Ashley Thaba
| 12 July 2021
Of Emotional Abuse & Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Part 6)
Projecting our own goodness on others – an ordinary mortal who daily strives to live a morally upright life albeit their human fallibilities may be prone to projecting their own goodness and sense of morality on others. Projecting our...
Gaone Monau
| 12 July 2021
The Importance Of State Planning And Wills
The pandemic has terrified the living day lights out of many of us. I believe a great majority of the world’s population have, in the last year, experienced anxiety unlike any other we have ever grown to know. We have starred death in the eye,...
Lesego Nswahu Nchunga
| 12 July 2021
Birth Of The BDP
For his part, the British Resident Commissioner, Peter Fawcus, considered Seretse and Ketumile Masire to be the Councils’ outstanding members. Privately he confided to Seretse that having Masire as a partner was the key to building a national...
Jeff Ramsay
| 12 July 2021
Silky smooth
After the SSK day long weekend, I wanted to challenge myself with a Red Velvet Cake, firstly, because Caroline and I recently had a conversation about the most amazing Red Velvet slices we had three or four years ago (Yes we still talk about it, was...
Michelle Phetlhe
| 12 July 2021
Khwee Youth 'Kills' Middle-Aged Girlfriend
Letlhakane Police Station Commander, Superintendent Michael Maphephu confirmed to The Monitor investigation into the case. He said they received a report from a passerby who saw the deceased’s lifeless body in the bush. The matter was reported...
Pini Bothoko
| 12 July 2021
Insatiable Love For Dagga Ends Tragically
Convicted Keabetswe Joseph, 26, escaped the hangman’s noose for the murder of Mbakisi Dick after Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo sentenced him to nine years in jail, which he said would be from which period includes his pre-trial and post-trial...
Lebogang Mosikare
| 12 July 2021
Councillors' Salary Increment Motion Thrown Out
Member of Parliament (MP) for Maun East, Goretetse Kekgonegile had tabled a motion that intended to effect payment to councillors their six percent increment. The salary adjustment was approved in April 2020, but was deferred following the COVID-19...
Pini Bothoko
| 12 July 2021
Dreams To Address HIV/AIDS Data shortages
“As a government, notwithstanding the efforts and interventions in place to aid the national response, we are still concerned with the new infections, which are mostly found amongst the young people of our nation,” Dikoloti said....
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 12 July 2021
Will Masisi Lock Us down?
Speculation has been rife on social media that Masisi’s scheduled address woul be mainly to announce that the country would be going on a lockdown that would see only essential service providers doing their work. According to circulating...
Innocent Selatlhwa
| 12 July 2021
Delta Variant On The Rise Locally
The Delta variant, first identified in India earlier this year, caused a record upsurge of COVID-19 in that country with daily cases there reaching 400,000 in May, the world’s sharpest increase in the pandemic. On Thursday, Presidential...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 12 July 2021
Mogwera Curbs Another Suspension
Mogwera, who has been embroiled in a wrestle for control of the union against her first deputy president Olefile Monakwe, faces yet another test to her claim to the throne just months ahead of the union’s elective congress slated for...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 12 July 2021
BOPEU Purse: Monakwe's Grip Tenacious Albeit Temporary
On Friday, Gaborone High Court judge Zein Kebonang granted Monakwe and his allies temporary relief to remain signatories of the union’s Standard Chartered Bank account until a proper resolution is submitted for a change of the union’s...
Goitsemodimo Kaelo
| 12 July 2021
Scratching Scars Of Palapye Debacle Wounds
Even though UDC president and Botswana National Front (BNF) leader, Duma Boko later claimed the infamous 1998 ‘Palapye Debacle’ never crossed his mind as he drove to Palapye, many in opposition will never forget what happened here 23...
Thalefang Charles
| 12 July 2021
UDC Unity Retreats on The Cards
It was widely speculated that the Saturday UDC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held here, would discuss governance challenges in the coalition as well as the infighting amongst the parties. However, a reputable insider told The Monitor...
Chakalisa Dube
| 12 July 2021
KBL's 'urgent' case looks set for August
The country's largest brewer raised both technical and constitutional arguments in its pleadings filed last week. The Attorney General is cited as the first respondent, President Masisi as the second and Health Services director, Malebogo Kebabonye...
Mbongeni Mguni
| 12 July 2021
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