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Can SADC save Lesotho from becoming a failed state?
Can SADC save Lesotho from becoming a failed state?
The political history of Lesotho is punctuated by violent power struggles, military coups and counter-coups, assassinations and arrested development. The enclave country has been suffering severe political epilepsy going back to Leabua Jonathan’s...
22 January 2016
No Valentine for Lesotho PM, Mosisili
No Valentine for Lesotho PM, Mosisili
SADC appears to be graduating from being a toothless big boys’ club that protects its members to a cheeky bulldog that guards its master.  On Monday the Double Troika summit held in Gaborone to specifically discuss and take a position on Justice...
22 January 2016
Power struggle cripple Scout Movement
Power struggle cripple Scout Movement
Botswana Scouts Association (BSA) is mired in allegations of financial maladministration and office abuse, which have attracted the eye of the anti-corruption agency, DCEC. “The problem at BSA is that there are people who want to use it as a...
22 January 2016
DISS rejects Salbany
DISS rejects Salbany
Government of Botswana through the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has rejected attorney Joao Salbany of Bayford and Associates’ application for renewal of work and residence permits. This was confirmed by his employer Bayford and...
22 January 2016
BIC taps on new insurance opportunities
BIC taps on new insurance opportunities
Managing Director of the country‘s oldest short term insurance company - Botswana Insurance Company (BIC) – has linked the rife competition in the sector to slow economic growth being experienced. Johan Classen said that BIC is however focused...
22 January 2016
Crunch time for sworn enemies
Crunch time for sworn enemies
Skeletons are expected to tumble this coming weekend when Botswana Federation of Public Sector Union (BOFEPUSU) Treasurer General Moses Monnatsie presents the federation’s audited financial statements for the past eight years. The federation...
22 January 2016
Shumba issues warrants
Shumba issues warrants
Shumba Energy has approved the issuance of 603,226 warrants to General Research GMBH, the company said in a filing to Botswana Stock Exchange this week. The warrants are being made in favour of General Research for the services it made for the...
22 January 2016
Agric. output declines Q/Q
Agric. output declines Q/Q
Agriculture’s performance declined in the third quarter of last year, amidst fears that the economy is heading for yet another drought. The farming and rearing business added P722 million to the economy during the period under review (Q3:...
22 January 2016
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the biker magistrate
By Keletso Thobega When you spot 33 year-old Tshepo Thedi cruising around the shanty town of Lobatse in her top of the range German sedan, you wouldn’t believe that this chic and sauve lady magistrate is also a biker! Yep, when she hangs her...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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"Bracky" nickname inspires clothing label
He loathed the moniker - ‘Bracky’ - an affectionate epithet denoting the love and joy he brought his parents when he was born in 1995. But Itumeleng Mosomane had to live with the pet-name whether he liked it or not. To his parents, he was an...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Son of the Soil 2016 back into the future
The annual Son of the Soil (SOTS) event billed for end of this month will not only introspect in the country’s 50 years of cultural independence, but also project the next half century. Publicity and Media Relations Officer for the event...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Cracker nights slowly becoming a brand
Tuesday nights have become synonymous with laughter at the Cresta President's hotel in the main mall when amateur comedians are given the platform to shine in front of a crowd in an event dubbed, ‘cracker night.' The 'cracker' in the name is taken...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Models flaunt gorgeous bodies at auditions
A host of would-be models thronged the Sky Lounge over the weekend hoping to be selected in the auditions for the World Supermodel Botswana pageant. The Supermodel Botswana pageant will also be used to select models to represent Botswana at the...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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BAA's cross country series this weekend
Long distance race fans will be in for a treat this weekend when Lefika Athletics Club hosts the 3rd round of the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) cross country series at Kopong village in the Kweneng district.   However, one of   the...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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BoBA targets 3 boxers for Olympic Games
There is an abundance of talent in the boxing national team that is campaigning to qualify for the 2016 Rio summer Olympic Games this August.   The team consists of seven men and three women in what is set to be a hotly-contested affair for a place...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Unknown local chess star for Greece
From nowhere Thuso Mosutha has  debouched into the limelight of Botswana’s chess landscape. Like the famous American stealth bomber, nobody saw him coming until he had struck and conquered the continent. Now the 21-year old daredevil has...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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LIGHTS FADE AT MOTLAKASE
beMOBILE Premiership strugglers Motlakase Power Dynamos are a team that is going down this season. Surprisingly, the team’s coach Agang Mogotsi believes that come next season, they will still be playing premiership football.Motlakase squandered an...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Sarona Hans - Unstoppable netball champion and future pilot
Hans is a keen netball player with trophies and medals brimming from her drawers. At 21 years, she has already achieved feats that have taken others many years to fulfill. At 17, she was already playing netball for Notwane team, and basketball for...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Murder suspect says Police tricked her
Murder suspect, Bakang Godisang, who is accused of killing two sisters last month in Block 3 in Gaborone has accused the police of misleading her. Appearing in court for the first time since she was arrested in her home village in Mmadinare, she...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Women eye BCP presidency by 2020
Botswana Congress Party (BCP) women through the leadership of the party’s women’s wing are preparing themselves to take the leadership of the party come 2020. BCP Women’ Wing President Daisy Bathusi has revealed that they are training women...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Constitution does not proscribe homosexuals - Bayford
Lesbians Gays and Bisexuals (LEGABIBO), is one of the organisations that support government initiatives that fight HIV and AIDS among vulnerable groups, attorney Dick Bayford has said. Bayford is representing LEGABIBO in its battle for registration....
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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What a shame!
Tirelo Thapo, 32, is desperate to have her daughter - Tlamelo, 10, who was born with a rare genetic disorder called Pallister Killian Syndrome (PKS) - go to school where she can get the specialised care she needs. In this way she will be able to...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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WANIFRA empowers women in the media
Over 30 female journalists in leadership positions attended this year’s World’s Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WANIFRA) Women In News course last week in Johannesburg. The gesture is a partnership with the School of Journalism at...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Old, crawling and home alone
One of Botswana’s VISION 2016 pillars of a caring and a compassionate nation has eluded 76 year old Gaboutwelwe Nthomiwa of Sebina village as she finds herself crawling around her house and yard without anyone noticing her desperate...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Afro Pop star Eugene Jackson is born again
Gone are the days when Afro-Pop star Eugene Jackson used to wear dreadlocks. He is now spotting a shaved head, something he started when he got serious with the Lord in 2013. While some people say he is now a pastor owning a church, the 34 year-old...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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BAMB procures maize from Zambia
Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) has procured about 5 000metric tonnes of maize from Zambia, Business Trends has learnt. BAMB Chief Executive, Nyalalani Edson Wotho told Business Trends in an interview this week that they have run out of...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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BancABC launches new mobile banking app
Privately-owned lender BancABC has launched a new mobile banking platform coined ‘BancABC Mobi. The service will allow BancABC customers to enjoy banking convenience on the go, by transacting on their mobile phones at the touch of a button. The...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Allan Gray founder donates his fortune to charity
Allan WB Gray, the founder of Allan Gray and its offshore partner Orbis, has announced that the newly-established Allan and Gill Gray Foundation has been endowed with his family’s controlling interests in the Allan Gray and Orbis groups. “The...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Frequently asked questions on the BTCL IPO
What is an IPO?An Initial Public Offering, or IPO, is the first offer by a company of its shares for sale or subscription by members of the public.  The Government is selling 49 percent of its shares in BTCL through an IPO. Does this IPO mean BTCL...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Letshego issues fresh bond in South Africa
Letshego Holdings Limited has announced that the new Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed bond notes has boosted its total debt issuance to R880 million on the JSE. The listed micro-lender and also a financial inclusion focused group with...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016
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Donkey meat is viable business
A livestock farmer in Kopong village has discovered that donkey meat is a viable business as the meat is in high demand. Tshepo Monaroula told Business Trends that he normally sells live donkeys but he has now realised that selling donkey meat is...
Sun Reporter | 22 January 2016

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