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David and Goliath clash in Ghetto

There is a mouth-watering fixture in the 2015/16 beMOBILE premiership this weekend between log table   leaders Township Rollers and bottom placed FC Satmos.  The game scheduled for Francistown Sports complex this week will have tongues wagging...

01 March 2016

Calls for new Rugby president to resign

Botswana Rugby Union (BRU) newly elected President Dave Gilbert is being pressured by his rival Muyarasi Mhonda to resign his post because he used “dirty political tactics” during the campaign to win the election. The BRU ushered in a new...

01 March 2016

F1 agrees on faster, new-look cars for 2017

Formula One has agreed on revamped cars for 2017 despite postponing the deadline for the final draft of technical regulations until April 30. The new regulations are intended to produce faster cars -- in the region of three seconds per lap -- thanks...

01 March 2016

Sepp Blatter: FBI investigating FIFA because U.S. missed 2022 World Cup

Sepp Blatter has said American law enforcement agencies only targeted FIFA because the United States missed out on hosting the 2022 World Cup. The outgoing president of world football’s governing body is continuing to fight accusations of...

01 March 2016

Ndlovu vows to mutilate Highlanders

Championship chasing Orapa United headcoach Madinda Ndlovu of Orapa United has warned his next beMOBILE premiership opponent, BR Highlanders to be better prepared to face his charges tonight (Friday). Madinda warned that the unpredictable...

01 March 2016

High flying boxing team prepares for Rio 2016

The national boxing team has now proven to be the best pound for pound in pugilists Southern Africa after successfully defending their Zone IV championship in Mozambique earlier this year. The team, consisting of five men and two women, will now...

01 March 2016

Set top boxes for digital migration coming in June

Government decided to choose Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Terrestrial (ISDB-T) standard for digital migration originated in Japan based on the economic and social benefits that it offered Botswana. According to the Assistant Minister for...

01 March 2016

Zwenshambe goes to the polls

The village of Zwenshambe, about 100km north of Francistown, will go to the polls on Saturday 27th February to elect a new Kgosi. The election pits Godknows Robby and the incumbent Kgosi, Moses Mabutho.  Since 1979, the village in the North East...

01 March 2016

Search for BIUST Vice Chancellor continues

The search for Botswana University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor (VC) that commenced in 2015 is ongoing. Speaking during Palapye Sub-Council meeting recently, the Sub-Council chairperson Lesedi Phuthego said the search for VC and Deputy...

01 March 2016

A sad day beckons for workers

An African maxim counsels that when two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers. Botswana workers may be headed for a rude awakening that their trade unions are not protecting their welfare but instead engaged in power struggles that border on...

01 March 2016

Gobe Matenge turns 90

Technocrat Gobe Matenge who contributed significantly towards the development of this country turns 90 years old on Sunday. He has not only proven himself to be a national builder, an active politician who refused to hold influential position, but a...

01 March 2016

Local businesses ripping govt, says Minister Olopeng

Youth, Sports and Culture minister Thapelo Olopeng has described as “scary” the extent at which local businesses are intent on ripping off government when she procures products and services from them.He said this conduct will undo efforts to...

01 March 2016

Kgalagadi Plastics caught breaking the law

Atleast eight illegal Zimbabwean immigrants were arrested on Tuesday while on duty at Kgalagadi Plastics Industries in Gaborone, Botswana Guardian can reveal. It all started on Monday when management requested employees who were knocking off from...

01 March 2016

500 workers to lose jobs at Moolman

A  looming retrenchment at Moolman mine set for later this month is likely to affect over 500 jobs, sources within the Botswana Mine Workers Union told Botswana Guardian this week. In fact the fears were heightened by what Moolman employees...

01 March 2016

Number of tourists coming to Botswana falls

Botswana has recorded a decline in the number of tourist arrivals in 2014, this is according to the annual tourism report released by Statistics Botswana recently. The decline represents 19.9 percent from 2013 or close to P2, 6 million to almost P2,...

01 March 2016

Govt. suspends NDB privatisation

Punters will have to wait a little longer before they can get hold of National Development Bank (NDB) shares, as the lender’s privatisation process will be delayed, Botswana Guardian has learnt. A cocktail of problems has led to the postponement...

01 March 2016

Herbalist claims HIV/AIDS cure

A female herbalist in Palapye, Nnuku Gladys Malebo has discovered an HIV/AIDS medicinal plant, which she is refusing to show to officials of the Ministry of Health. She told this publication at her home in Palapye that she is not ready to share her...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

The burden of financing healthcare

Recent analysis of Botswana’s health financing landscape indicates that about P8.6 billion will be needed in 2016 to finance healthcare services. The services include Essential Health Service Package (EHSP), hospital care, HIV/AIDS programmes...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Masire hits back at critics

Former President Sir Ketumile Masire this week wiggled out of his cocoon from the comfort of his Government House in Extension 11 in Gaborone to defend his integrity against a series of attacks that he feels are calculated to belittle him. Masire...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Unions' power struggle stalls salary talks

The Judge President of the Industrial Court Tebogo Maruping has urged trade unions to focus more on the welfare of their members rather than being involved in power struggles. He was delivering a judgement in an urgent application by Botswana Public...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Ramotswa Aquifer to benefit Botswana, South Africa

Ramotswa Aquifer project is set to support a long-term joint vision and cooperation on the shared groundwater resources of the upper Limpopo region where Botswana and South Africa potentially share significant and valuable fresh underground water...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Lily Tsele – the outspoken youthful female politician

Born Lily Odirile Tsele, in Mochudi village, the 23-year-old lass never imagined that she would one day be involved in politics. Tsele studied accounting at Botho University and later joined the University of Johannesburg’ School of Leadership,...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Germany to partner Botswana on solar energy

Government has been repeatedly urged to consider solar power as an alternative source of energy to that which is generated from fossil fuels to supplement electricity. A German delegation currently in the country to explore investment and economic...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Pre-school pupils taught in bat-infested classroom

Chadibe North Primary School in the Central district is reportedly overwhelmed by bats which have occupied most of the school classrooms, causing a terrible stench due to their droppings which in turn may cause various diseases. The deputy school...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Religious leaders ponder over existence of God

Religious leaders who gathered at the Hindu temple last Friday in Gaborone agreed on one thing: That there is only one God, with various names according to religions. The panel of four leaders from Islam, Hare Khrishna, Christianity and Sikhism were...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016

Sexanana gives Gantsi residents sleepless nights

Residents of Gantsi would like to see more intensive research done on the prosopis mesquite plant, commonly known as sexanana. Speaking during the Global Enviroment Facility (GEF) worskshop recently, residents suggested applying for the GEF grant...

Sun Reporter | 01 March 2016