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If education is the cure for poverty, then how do we make the antidote?
If education is the cure for poverty, then how do we make the antidote?
The United Nations recently claimed that the Millennium Development Goal that focused on primary education increased global enrolment from 83 percent to 91 percent. Despite these gains, today it is estimated that 124 million children do not attend...
13 January 2016
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DIY make-up tips
A local make-up consultant trading with the Facebook name ‘Beautybylei’ visited our offices to give us a quick demonstration on how to transform the look from morning to evening; using simple make-up tricks. For the ‘daytime look’ stick to...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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Low turnout almost ruins My Star Challenge auditions
Auditions for this year’s best of the best My Star challenge were held on Saturday at the BTV auditorium to select contestants for the competition slated for February. This time around, the competition will be amongst previous seasons’...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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Northern Music Awards ready to upset BOMU's apple cart
When Francistown artists complained last year of the ill-treatment they receive from Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU), commentators regarded them as crybabies. Undeterred, they came together and launched the first ever Northern Music Awards, which...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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2016 habits to lose and innovations to expect
It’s a brand new year, so why not start it off right by ditching the shackles of old habits and trying some new things to make your tech life easier? We know that old habits die hard and that’s why we’ve also narrowed down these habits to show...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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Big sides raid minnows this transfer window
It’s all systems go for all teams in the beMobile Premiership this January transfer window as they jostle for available signatures. The transfer window has however come at a wrong time for relegation threatened teams which have been raided by the...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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FNBB H1 profits down
First National Bank Botswana expects profits for interim period to December 2015 to be lower when compared to the previous corresponding period. This is according to a statement submitted to the domestic bourse by Chairman Peter Stevenson and Chief...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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A novel car wash and money spinner
Thatayaone Otukile, 22, decided after three years of hard toil at a car wash in Game City, to take a bold step and start his own similar business – Wash Works Botswana. He needed P70 000 to start the business, money he didn’t have. But as fate...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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Uptake of PosoCard unprecedented
BotswanaPost has had a remarkable uptake on the PosoCard, an innovative e-platform for payments and money transfer for the unbanked. The product, which was launched in 2014, was meant to revolutionise mobile banking and eliminate the need for users...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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Tokafala business advisory workshop to boost SMMEs
A business advisory workshop dubbed ‘Tokafala Programme’ returns again next month to impart small businesses with training and mentorship on business management. Programme Director Ineke Van Der Weijden promised that participants will benefit a...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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Exports up in October
The country’s exports during the month of October 2015 soared by 10, 8 percent to close at P4, 655 billion. This is a notable increase when compared to September’s P4, 2 billion, data sourced from Statistics Botswana shows. The agency said that...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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Matambo to deliver budget speech
Finance and Development Planning minister, Kenneth Ontefetse Matambo will present the 2016/17 budget before parliament in the first week of February. The minister is presenting the budget at a time when the economy has technically entered a...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016
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People over-reacting to my decision-Zuma
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said the reaction to his decision to sack Nhlanhla Nene, as finance minister in December had been an exaggeration. The President last month changed finance ministers twice in a week, sending the Rand plummeting,...
Sun Reporter | 13 January 2016

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