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Our independence our heritage

For some, September 30th is a time to spend a relaxing day at home, others party it up while for children it means fireworks, festivities and patriotic parades at the national stadium. But for Boikaego Phole, born in the same year the country freed...

29 September 2014

Lobatse is too close to call

Sebidiko Gobotsamang sits with friends inside the two-bedroom house that she is renting. For a while now, the house has provided her family with shelter. The house is jam packed with some of the possessions that she has procured over the years, with...

29 September 2014

The heat of battle

Can Botswana Congress Party’s presidential candidate Dumelang Saleshando achieve a feat greater than his father’s and snatch the country’s presidency from BDP’s strongman, Ian Khama?Or will it be Duma Boko’s electoral pact-Umbrella for...

29 September 2014

Zim’s plan to sabotage Kazungula Bridge fails

Having attempted to sabotage the construction of the Kazungula Bridge citing “conspiracy”, Zimbabwe now has an egg on its face after Botswana and Namibia activated Plan B. However, the sabotage plan forced design alterations that brought in a new...

29 September 2014

Controversial P6m tender given go-ahead

The Competition Commission has given two companies the green light to conduct P6 million-worth of business with the Hukuntsi Sub-district Council. Earlier this year, the Competition Authority made an application to the Commission to suspend the...

29 September 2014

Stan Chart injects P1m into Thusang Basadi

Standard Chartered Bank Chief Executive Officer Moatlhodi Lekaukau said the P1 million injection into Thusang Basadi Fund symbolises the banks’ commitment in empowering women in the male dominated business environment. The fund targets two key...

29 September 2014

SADC regional chess players descend on Gabs

The Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) will host the Botswana International Open Chess championships from 27th until 30th September at Legae Academy in Gaborone. Debswana mining company haspledged P60 000 while another sponsor Kalahari Associates...

29 September 2014

Dorothy Masuku, the legend lives on

She is one of the few in her generation still alive. And she is convinced there is a reason for this. Dorothy Masuku who lived in the times of some of the world’s celebrated black Africans  such as Mirriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe and Hugh Masekela...

29 September 2014

Atlas Mara cements ABC control

Minority shareholders at African Banking Corporation Holdings (ABC) have been given less than a month to respond to a buyout proposal from Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited. The latter is a majority shareholder of the pan-African banking group that has...

29 September 2014