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Mr Confidence a resounding success
The inaugural Mr Confidence 2017 pageant attracted an impressive crowd on Friday evening at the Civic Centre in Gaborone, where Edward Dhliwayo was crowned king. Thuso Rrasetapa was crowned first prince. The organisers pulled all the stops for the...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Mathews Matsete to launch new album with flair
Gospel crooner Mathews Matsetse recently held a press briefing at Chez Nicholas to share details about the launch of his sixth album launch and live recording, to be held at SKY Lounge, iTowers, CBD on the 2nd December. The talented singer, whose...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Chepete gives fashion a refreshing twist
Her journey to becoming a fashion designer is inspirational and she surely does elegant outfits that would perfectly fit in the 21st century wardrobe. Mpho Chepete says her back then low self-esteem gave birth to her career as a fashion designer....
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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SHARING THE LOVE AND PASSION FOR SPICES
Most people tend to associate spices with heat rather than flavour and aroma. Spices consist of oil, which is flavour enhancer and some spices do not go well with everything but if you stick to the basic four: cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Nu Fashion to host wine tasting and fashion show
Nu Face Models Management will spoil fashion and fun lovers to a unique fashion night out dubbed ‘Models and Bottles’ on Friday evening at Stanbic Piazza Roof Top in Molapo Crossing. The classic event entails of a fashion show and a wine tasting...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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New Kid on the block in Hip-hop brings refreshing sound
Kgotla Pitinyane also known as Proficient 6ix, is the new kid in Hip-Hop genre music and he promises to elevate the genre as he releases his eight-track mix tape soon. The confident 23-year old Proficient 6ix says that his mix tape, dubbed...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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BoBA short changes athletes
Reports coming out of the Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA) camp this week are that the once thriving sport code is currently experiencing financial doldrums. The state of BoBA financing came under scrutiny after the cancellation of the...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Gunners make Top 8 debut
Lobatse outfit Extension Gunners make their Mascom Top 8 debut against Gaborone United (GU) at the national stadium this weekend. Gunners who have been blowing hot and cold in the first round of the 2017/18 premier league season will be going into...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Wheelchair basketball tourney for Gabs
The Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) Disability Committee in conjunction with the University of Botswana will on the 25th November host the 2017 Malebogo “Max” wheelchair basketball tournament at the University of Botswana Basketball Courts....
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Forest are still formidable
Black Forest headcoach Reetsang Letlole said there is still a lot to play for in the first round of the 2017/18 BTC premiership first round. Following a loss to Extension Gunners in Lobatse this past weekend, Letlole said the Mankgodi outfit were...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Grass roots chess receives major boost
Grace World Africa Foundation Trust (GWAF) will on the 24th November donate chess equipment to the Chobe region. The equipment will be shared between 10 primary and two junior schools in the region. The Foundation trust has partnered with Botswana...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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ROLLERS DEFEND UNDEFEATED STREAK…
BTC premiership outfit Orapa United will be looking to pull an upset over archrivals Township Rollers when the two clash at the Molepolole Sports Complex this weekend. The Ostriches vs. Popa is fast becoming one of the most compelling fixtures in the...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Magosi in Muti debt
Dealing in muti to find success on the football pitch has come back to haunt Kgatleng BTC Premiership outfit Mochudi Center Chiefs. This week Magosi hit yet another low when the Francistown High Court instructed debt collectors to seize the club’s...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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BFA resuscitates Women's football
The women football league rose from the proverbial ashes this past weekend in Tswapong and Kweneng regions while Gaborone and other regions are expected to begin this week. The women league has been in comatose for months. The resuscitation of the...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Nare divides Orapa camp
The international FIFA break this past weekend has been a stop and pause moment for BTC Premiership Orapa United to introspect on their 2017/18 season campaign. The Ostriches who are currently blowing hot and cold have since parted ways with their...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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BISA Affiliates denounce financial report
The newly elected Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA) treasurer Tapiwa Kengaletswe is faced with a mammoth task of regaining the trust of BISA member schools. This comes after BISA affiliates disapproved the financial report presentation to...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Team Molelo goes down in flames
After losing the Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA) elections this past weekend in Palapye, Eagile Molelo has no intention of ever contesting for BISA elections. Fresh allegations following the highly touted BISA suggested that some of...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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New era for Zimbos as Mugabe steps down
A New Era has finally dawned for Zimbabwe. There may be no real change of guard from Zimbabwe National Union Patriotic Front ZANU (PF), but the conditions are in place to ensure a transition to true democracy. This is because President Robert Mugabe...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Boago Modiisane: First Motswana Optometrist
After more than two decades as an optometrist, Boago Modiisane tells RACHEL RADITSEBE how he got into the field, how he serves the community and why the job continues to fulfill him. Tell us a little bit about yourself My name is Boago Modiitsane, I...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Govt. reinstates Mphathi as Botash MD
Government has reinstated with immediate effect Montwedi Mphathi, as Botash Managing Director of Botash. Mphathi was recently dismissed by the board from his lucrative post. The reason for his reinstatement is that the Botash board took an unilateral...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Khama joins Zim fray on the side of the downtrodde
President Ian Khama never shies away from telling the embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the painful truth. Yesterday, a day after he had said in a Monday morning Gabz FM interview that President Mugabe must resign, President Ian Khama...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Roads Dept and Driver Examiners on a collision course
The Department of Road Transport and Safety (DRTS) has rubbished claims by the Association of Driver Training Botswana that there are no driving examiners in Gaborone and Molepolole region. DRTS says all their five regions have driver examiners....
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Molefhe survived 8 gunshots and lived to tell her story
Malebogo Molefhe, a survivor of multiple shooting laments that it is not always easy for victims to come out and share their ordeal. She was shot eight (8) times by her army ex-boyfriend in 2009 in an incident that left her confined to the wheelchair...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Kgosi Sekai begins work as Kgafela's deputy
BaKgatla-ba-Kgafela Deputy Chief, Kgosi Bana Sekai started his duties at Mochudi Kgotla last week Friday immediately after Minister Slumber Tsogwane had consulted the Morafe. Kgosi Sekai told The Midweek Sun this week that he met the Tribal...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Rapist, murderer of 81-year old woman loses appeal
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by convicted burglar and rapist, Potso Sebataladi. At 15 years old, Sebataladi brutally killed an 81-year-old woman after raping her. Other offences he committed at that time included burglary, stealing...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Moitoi eyed for VP before she quits politics
 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Dr Pelonomi Moitoi has announced that she will not be standing for elections in 2019. This is the second time she is saying this. Two years ago she went around addressing meetings in her...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Motswana shot 11 times in South Africa
Reports making rounds allege that Botswana born Mpho Modimakwane (42) was shot 11 times at an unconfirmed farm in South Africa last week. Modimakwane is alleged to have been shot in the hip by his employer, a white man. He was also hit with the butt...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Local chapter of AU Youth Club launched
The African Union (AU) Botswana Chapter representative Katlego Mosiane and southern Africa regional coordinator Shamil Agosi have urged youth to be proactive in creating a future that encapsulates their dreams. Speaking at the launch of the AU...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Campaign against drugs abuse in Mahalapye schools a hit with teachers
The ‘Stop Drug Abuse-Drugs Are Not Cool’ movement walk by G’Word that started early this month seems to be a favourite programme for teachers in Mahalapye where the team currently is. They have so far walked 200 km on their way to Francistown,...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Gangeliser hair food floods market
A hair food product called gangerliser is the entire rave on the hair market nowadays. The hair food is said to promote hair growth, strengthen the hair, repair the hairline, and remove scalp scalds (dikwaba). The packaging states that it is...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Black Friday mania sweeps into Botswana
On Friday, scores of shoppers will flock select stores for special and discount deals on a range of products on sale, during what has come to be known as Black Friday. Locally, stores such as Sefalana, Choppies, Mr Price, Checkers, Shoprite, Game and...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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CoA throws out rapist's appeal
A man who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the 2010 rape of a woman in Kgalagadi District, failed this week in his bid to overturn his conviction. Obed Wamodimo who was found guilty by a magistrate in Jwaneng was hoping that the Court of...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Shumba secures new coal supply contract
Shumba Energy has penned a three year coal supply contract which shall see the company supply over 20,000 tonnes of washed coal to a regional consumer who has not been named. According to the emerging coal explorer, the coal will be supplied trough...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Computer engineer makes fashion accessories to survive
Five years after waiting to employed, Crafts Café founder, Boikhutso Salang transformed her hobby into a sustainable business venture. She designs and manufactures handbags, bracelets, neckpieces, peplum belts and other fashion accessories with an...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Furnmart buoyant about the future
Botswana’s leading furniture group is confident about the company’s future performance more especially after shutting down some of its loss-making units in the last couple of months. Towards the end of last year, the BSE listed company started a...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Local Universities advised to partner with businesses
Botswana universities and colleges have been challenged to forge business partnerships with local businesses. Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Chief Executive Parminder Vir Obe was in Botswana last week where she urged institutions of higher learning in...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Tsena.bw: Taking digital communication to another level
While storytelling is not the only way to engage people with ideas, it’s certainly a critical part of the recipe. A notion that we all grew up with as children from different parts of Botswana and these stories will go a long way as long as we keep...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Botswana Post cuts losses
Botswana Post has taken a positive turnaround performance in the revenue streams despite the negative impact brought by the use of technology tools. In its year ended March 2017, the organisation has reduced its loss position by 51.9 percent to P12.9...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017
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Women entrepreneurs celebrated
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) held today (Wednesday) at Regent Select Hotel, is expected to celebrate the unwavering positives that women entrepreneurs bring to the global economy, as well as inspire and support future generations of women...
Sun Reporter | 22 November 2017

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