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  • December 7
  • Mmegi Botswana: BCL to Expand Mine Life to 2013

    BCL Mine is working on a plan to expand its mine life to 2013 and beyond.

  • Mmegi Botswana: BCL to Crack the Whip On Graft

    In an effort to root out corruption and other acts of misconduct, BCL Mine plans to conduct an assessment of its suppliers early next year from which it expects returns running into millions of pula.

  • Mmegi Botswana: DTC And Union Sign Accord

    Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTC Botswana) said this week it has signed a new collective labour agreement with the Botswana Diamond Sorters and Valuators Union (BDSVU, DTC Botswana Branch), a deal which it said will facilitate the development and growth of a new chapter in employment relationship between the two parties.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Tati Nickel Donates P387 000 to Shashe Village

    Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC) has handed over a day care centre valued at P147 000 and a library valued at P240,000 to Shashe Bridge village.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Survival of The Fittest [column]

    This masterpiece of modern, rational and scientific thought forced humanity to reconsider and re-evaluate it's position in the grand scheme of things. At it's heart, Darwin's theory of Natural Selection is remarkably simple. Those members of a species who are better adapted to their environment are the ones most likely to live long enough to pass on their better adapted genes to their offspring. ...

  • Mmegi Botswana: BDP Councillors Plan to Topple Mukokomani

    Drama continues to unfold in the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council as some ruling party councillors are lobbying for support from Botswana Congress Party councillors in their mission to topple Lekang Mukokomani from the mayoral position.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Depleted Notwane Face High-Riding Gunners

    After staging a magnificent performance against Mochudi Centre Chiefs last Friday, Notwane tackle high-riding Extension Gunners in a be MOBILE Premier League clash in Molepolole on Sunday crippled by the absence of key players who are away on national duty. Notwane have agreed to release three young players, Kelebogile Mani, Kgaodi Odirile and Galagwe Moyana to represent the country in the COSAFA ...

  • December 4
  • Mmegi Botswana: China Extends Another Grant to Country

    The Chinese government has given Botswana a grant amounting to 20 million yuan (P19.2 million) to help Botswana implement some of its priority projects in National Development Plan (NDP 10).

  • Mmegi Botswana: Selebi-Phikwe SMMEs Urged to Do Business With BCL

    Small business owners in Selebi-Phikwe have been advised to market their products to BCL Mine which requires a lot of products in the daily running of its business.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Hayashi-Ha Selects U.S. Open Squad

    The Botswana Hayashi-Ha Karate Association has announced a strong 16-member junior team to represent the country at the US Open in Las Vegas next April.

  • Mmegi Botswana: PLC Appoints Standing Disciplinary Committee

    Premier League Committee (PLC) chairman, Mokganedi Molefe has expressed hope that the appointment of a standing Disciplinary Committee (DC) will go a long way in ensuring the speedy resolution of disputes in the competition.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Kgosietsile Pledges to 'Bankroll' the Poor

    A debutant choral musician who will be releasing his album titled Le Bone Ditsala tomorrow, says that the sales from the first 200 copies will be donated to the needy. He is 27-year-old Kago Kgosietsile who says he has printed 200 copies of the album not necessarily in the quest for profitmaking but to help the poor.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Rokas and Animals Still Struggling

    Unlike their mentor Franco (Frank Lesokwane) who shot straight to stardom on first attempt with the release of Ke Lela Le Lona, kwaito kwasa groups Rokas and Animals have found the going tough in the music industry.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Pretoria Choir Start Whirl-Wind Visit Tonight

    The University of Pretoria Choral Choir will kickstart their whirl-wind tour of the country by staging a concert at the Opera House at Kgale tonight (Thursday).

  • Mmegi Botswana: Okavango MP Fears for Democracy

    The MP for Okavango, Bagalatia Arone has expressed fears for the country's democracy. The MP told Parliament yesterday that Botswana is slowly becoming a typical African dictatorship.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Trans Africa Workers Complain Over Poor Working Conditions

    Workers at Trans Africa in Gaborone were up in arms yesterday over low pay and bad working conditions.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Police Officers Appear for 'Torture' Killing

    Four police officers facing a murder charge will tomorrow know whether they will be committed to the High Court, without first appearing in a magistrate's court.

  • Mmegi Botswana: DIS is a Terror Squad - Saleshando

    The MP for Gaborone Central, Dumelang Saleshando has equated the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) to terror squads in dictatorships in Africa and other parts of the world.

  • Mmegi Botswana: University of Botswana Engineering Students Boycott Exam

    Students in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the University of Botswana (UB) have petitioned the faculty after going for the whole semester without a lecturer for the Engineering Material course.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Security Agents Arrest Man After High-Speed Car Chase

    Law enforcement officers, suspected to be from Directorate of Intelligence Services (DIS), arrested a man after a high-speed car chase through the streets of Gaborone yesterday.

  • Mmegi Botswana/Namibia: Under-20 Team Face Namibia in World Cup Qualifier

    The national Under-20 women football team begins the quest to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in Germany when it takes on Namibia in the first leg of the knock out phase in Gaborone on Saturday.

  • Mmegi Botswana: How the Police Covered Their Colleague

    The Police this week played one of their most successful cover-ups for their colleague who allegedly shot and killed his lover on Monday morning at Ledumang in Broadhurst, Gaborone.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Botswana, U.S. Propaganda Pact Exposed

    Botswana entered into a bilateral agreement with the United States to beam anti-government messages into Zimbabwe and recently completed the upgrading of a transmitter to scale up the pirate broadcasts, it has emerged.

  • December 3
  • Mmegi Botswana: No Room for Complacency in Anti-Aids War [editorial]

    Yesterday, the international community commemorated World AIDS Day. In Botswana, the commemoration is not just an event but a major reminder of the colossal challenge that lies ahead.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Ministry Gives Assurances on E-Passport Project

    The Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs has said that the electronic passport (e-passport) project is progressing well and will be completed on time.

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