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SADC mull cross-border transactions

THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is hoping to prove its critics wrong on at least two fronts in the coming two days when a key proposal to extend its cross-border payments scheme is placed before a meeting of the committee of central...

13 September 2013

Commercialisation to boost NDB

National Development Bank (NDB) says commercialisation and privatisation carry the company’s hopes of becoming a dominant player in the banking and financial services industry. This week, NDB Chief Executive Lorato Morapedi announced that her...

13 September 2013

Sechaba shareholders smile the most

Sechaba Breweries Holdings Limited, the titanic brewery group has paid the highest interim dividend in 2013, BG Business has established. Sechaba, a company headed by the incoming Manging Director, Johan De Kok declared a 22 thebe per share dividend...

13 September 2013

NBFIRA, CA sign MoU

Competition Authority (CA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA). Chief Executives for the respective organisations, Thula Kaira and Oaitse Ramasedi signed the MoU on...

13 September 2013

S.Africa gold wage hikes to add $150 mln in costs: industry

Wage settlements in South Africa’s gold sector will amount to 1.5 billion rand in extra costs for companies over the next 12 months, the country’s Chamber of Mines said on Wednesday. Companies and unions agreed to wage hikes of up to 8 percent...

13 September 2013

Matambo for F/town West?

The race to replace the late Member of Parliament for Francistown West, Tshelang Masisi has taken a dramatic twist as the name of Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo crops in. Masisi succumbed to a long illness two weeks ago and was buried in Moshupa...

13 September 2013

Sparks to fly in Mahalapye/Shoshong

As the general election draws nearer, political parties in Shoshong, Mahalapye East and West are busy preparing candidates for the final showdown expected in October next year. However it seems more political bloodshed will be inside the Botswana...

13 September 2013

Khama’s critic returns to Zim cabinet

President Ian Khama’s fierce critic in Zimbabwe, Professor Jonathan Moyo has returned to his previous portfolio as Minister for Information in President Robert Mugabe’s latest cabinet reshuffle. Mugabe unveiled his long-awaited Cabinet on...

13 September 2013

Does age matter in a relationship?

Linda Ramaribela, a house-wife, states that her children make faces and feel it is gross when she tells them that she was in college when her husband, their step-father, was at cambridge. She is six years older than him. If there is one thing that...

13 September 2013

David Moepeng outside the office

When he finally went to New York, USA in 2011, well-seasoned journalist David Moepeng knew his dream had finally come true. He loves the culture there. “People there are always on the go and I see myself in them. Sometimes Gaborone is too slow for...

13 September 2013

Welcome to Cubana Lounge

Visiting the coastal city of Durban on leisure and holiday and returning without having visited the Florida road to experience its night life, in particular Cubana Havana Lounge, is as good as a bright student who refuses to write final year...

13 September 2013

Don’t blame the coach

In most of the nations, Botswana included, the structures are weak,  youth football development or grassroots football, which includes the leagues are ignored, despite the abundance of talent. Further governments and the private sectors do not give...

13 September 2013

Money May will outsmart Alvarez

The boxing event of the decade takes place this Sunday morning as the sleek American light middleweight icon Floyd Mayweather faces Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo ‘Alvarez  in a catchweight championship match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,...

13 September 2013

League kickoff in jeopardy

Even before the 2013/14 season begins today, controversy has already marred its kickoff. The Botswana Premier league head office is allegedly in crisis as the premier league teams have aired their grievances over mobilisation funds or grants. A P1.6...

13 September 2013

Khaya the silent killer

When the Groth name is mentioned in the sporting circles only karate comes to mind. But it is not necessarily Khaya’s name that rings a bell but his brother’s, Kevin. It is not that the former boasts more achievements than his younger brother...

13 September 2013

UB students emerge triumphant

The University of Botswana students emerged victorious in high court when the Department of Tertiary Education Financing (DTEF), withdrew their suspended sponsorships. This was consequent to a settlement agreement struck between the defence counsel...

13 September 2013

BTO in another tourism dispute

In a case with all the contours of one that Botswana Guardian reported on last week of a safari tour operator fighting tooth and nail to thwart eviction efforts by the Tawana Landboard, another called Lodges of Botswana (LoB) is waging a similar...

13 September 2013

Botswana the least loving nation in SADC - Gallup poll

When it comes to some world rankings, Botswana seems to have a jinx similar to the one that condemned the national football team, the Zebras, to position 101 in the FIFA rankings. The country does poorly in the World Happiness Report of the United...

13 September 2013

Was natural justice breached?

Tobokani Rari’s founding affidavit reveals more on the ongoing distrust and animosity between public sector trade unions and the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM). This animosity will play out in the open next Tuesday as lawyers...

13 September 2013