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FROM COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITY
May. 10 | TEC awards Botho a university status PROUD: Ram Botho University(BU), formerly Botho College management were this week in a jovial mood as they announced their university status and unveiled their new logo. The university’s Vice Chancellor,...
WASTE NOT WANT NOT
Apr. 26 | Making money from waste wood MAN AT WORK: Loeto Business ideas can be found from almost everywhere, and Israel Montlenyane Loeto found his from pieces of waste wood. What started off as a hobby for the 39-year old bricklayer developed into a business...
PROMISED LAND
Apr. 19 | CONSIDERATE: Mokalake Land allocation to continue for youth projects Young entrepreneurs requiring land for projects funded under the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) have every reason to smile after land boards were instructed to continue land...
CHOBE FISH EAGLE SNATCHES GENDER AWARD
Apr. 19 | ALL SMILES: Britton with the trainees Chobe Fish Eagle has won this year’s SADC Gender Protocol Summit Award in the Education and Economic Development category. The Tourism outfit comprising of five camps and lodges namely Chobe Safari Lodge,...
GCC IN WAR AGAINST POVERTY
Apr. 12 | Traders complain of red tapes DISGRUNTLED: Rakale The launch of alternative packages for poverty eradication by the Gaborone City Council (GCC) is expected to be in full swing today following its yesterday’s launch at the Gaborone Secondary School grounds. Senior...
GOLDEN FRUIT SHUTS DOWN
Apr. 12 | CLOSED: Golden Fruit Over 120 employees left jobless Local juice manufacturing company, Golden Fruit has been indefinitely closed for business amid allegations of mismanagement and misuse of funds. The Ramotswa based industrial plant that has since been...
ME AND MY BUSINESS
Apr. 5 | A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY CONVENIENT: Poely on his bike An eight-year experience in the corporate world coupled with a vast knowledge of motorcycle efficiency and a desire for entrepreneurship have inspired a young business executive to quit his lucrative...
NEW BUSINESSES GET LAB TEST
Mar. 29 | GBL to accelerate local entrepreneurship SMART PARTNERSHIP: Hedlundwith a UB student Global Business Labs (GBL), a Swedish international business incubation model is expected to give start up companies a leap into international markets following...
LARGER THAN LIFE
Mar. 22 | Jagdish Shah Flambouyant businessman, Jagdish Shah is equally known for his opulent lifestyle as he is for his charitable activities. Last year the man who has come to be popularly known as Jack of Jack’s Gym of late sold the business that brought...
WHAT DID POLICE DO TO OUR SON?
Mar. 22 | GRAVE CONCERN: Family demand search of grave MISSING SUSPECT’S FAMILY DEMANDS SHALLOW GRAVE BE SEARCHED FOR CLUES The family of a Molepolole man who went missing while in police custody about two years ago have expressed suspicions that...
GABORONE WATER WOES
Mar. 16 | HOPELESS: Motsamai, Mosetlhe and Motsoboki Businesses and individuals cry foul as taps run dry Scenes of both young and old standing in winding queues for water at standpipes have become a common sight in and around Gaborone for the past three weeks. Sometimes...
MOSHVILLE HOUSE PROJECT COMMENCES
Mar. 16 | CHARITABLE: Moshupa youth at the ground breaking ceremony Moshupa youth group mobilises donors to build a house for homeless mother A charitable Moshupa youth group recently held a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a two-bedroomed house...
LOST AND FOUND
Mar. 8 | RELIVED: Kgosi Karabo Telekelo CHIEF RELIEVED AS MISSING SON HE WAS ACCUSED OF KILLING FOR MUTI IS FOUND Ranaka village Chief, Kgosi Karabo Telekelo, sighed with relief this week when his son who went missing ten months ago was found. The disappearance...
INFLATION SCARE
Mar. 1 | WORRIED: Mohohlo BANK OF BOTSWANA WORRIED ABOUT RISING INFLATION Despite declining numbers of inflation in the past months, Bank of Botswana has warned consumers prices will remain higher than its targeted range in the short term. During the launch of...
SEX WITH MARRIED WOMAN COSTS MAN 12 CATTLE
Mar. 1 | HARD EVIDENCE: Sekalabashowing his rival’s property An adulterous man recently found out the hard way that having sex with a married woman is expensive when Jwaneng customary court fined him 12 cattle for the offence. Claiming ignorance of her girlfriend’s...
OUT OF COURT RULING IN MAJOR GENERAL MOKGWARE CASE PRESERVES ARMY SECRETS
Mar. 1 | LEGAL BATTLE: Mokgware The case in which former Commander of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Ground Forces, retired Major General Pius Mokgware is demanding P6million for unlawful surveillance has been scrapped off the Lobatse High Court roll to give way...
ME AND MY BUSINESS
Feb. 22 | ENTREPRENEURE: Moagi BARTENDER ON THE MOVE For those who frequent some of the most colourful cocktail parties and dinners around Gaborone, Odumetse Gordon Moagi, may be a familiar face or his products a familiar taste. At the tender age of 26, the youthful...
BMC HALTS NGAMI EXPORTS
Feb. 22 | Zim and Angola markets stalled indefinitely Beef exports from the Maun abattoir have been suspended after the newly established Angolan and Zimbabwean markets were temporarily frozen due to transportation and protocol logistics. Botswana Meat Commission...
EMPLOYEES CLASH OVER STADIA
Feb. 15 | GROUNDS OF CONCERN: The National stadium Disgruntled employees at the Department of Sports and Recreation (DSR) have complained of harassment by their counterparts at Botswana National Sports Council in the execution of their duties of managing stadiums. The...
