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Kgosi, Kerekang win against State in NPF corruption case

News Sunday Standard Reporter -
Former Director of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Isaac Kgosi has been discharged and acquitted by the High Court in the P250 million...
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Women Entrepreneurship initiative launches in Gaborone

News Arnold Letsholo -

Marketing strategies workshop for small stock on the cards

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Lack of funds impedes repatriation of illegal immigrants

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Govt. to regulate use of germicides

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WEEKLY CARTOON

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SUNDAY STANDARD ONLINE

THE SUNDAY STANDARD SAYS...

Government not transparent enough on the scale of economic hemorrhage

Editorials Sunday Standard Commentary -
Right from immediately after independence up until Festus Mogae’s administration which started in 1998 –at least up to the moment before he devalued the...
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Botswana and Namibia float or sink together against organized poaching syndicates

Editorials Sunday Standard Commentary -
A damaging rift it has developed between Botswana and Namibia; two neighboring countries that are also members of SADC in southern Africa. This happened...
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Identity politics still rife in Botswana

Editorials Sunday Standard Commentary -
President Mokgweetsi Masisi came into power promising Constitutional Review. In that he was absolutely right. And for a while was the most enduring evidence...
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BUSINESS

Botswana’s Property market weakening

Business Sunday Standard Reporter -
Botswana’s property market weakened this year, exacerbated by the disruptions caused by Covid-19, highlighting the fragility of the market and in some instances, the...
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ODC board confirms MD departure

Business Sunday Standard Reporter -
The board of directors at the state owned – Okavango Trading Company (ODC) has confirmed the departure of the company’s Managing Director – Marcus...
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Choppies sophisticated customers

Business Bonnie Modiakgotla -
Choppies’ customer base has shifted from indifferent budget shoppers to a more young and discerning population that is dealing with a plethora of economic...
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Botswana on course to reach financial inclusion target – Matsheka

Business Obusitse Kologwe -
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Dr Thapelo Matsheka has assured the nation that government is committed to reducing the percentage of the...
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The weak link between industrial and trade policies

Business Joe Balise -
A 2009 government commissioned study undertaken by Farai Zizhou to establish the link between Botswana’s industrial and trade policies found overwhelming evidence that the...
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If BCL fails to get a buyer, it will shut down

Business Bonnie Modiakgotla -
The mothballed BCL mines continue to cost government money, while still holding on the hopes that any of the interested investors will buy the...
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ANALYSIS

DPP and DIS caught in a web of its own lies and falsehoods

Opinions Adam Phetlhe -
I am banking on lady luck for someone from somewhere to tell me why the heads of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and...
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The big Donald Trump press conference satire you missed

Opinions Edgar Tsimane -
In case you missed it. Donald Trump held what he told journalists was a global press conference to clear the air surrounding his failure...
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Gov’t talks a lot about knowledge based economy. But are we on the right path?

Opinions Victor Baatweng -
It is inarguable that education is vital, as it opens the door to a better life for everyone. But when it comes to what...
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Corporate Governance and Reporting (III)

Opinions Innocent Munjanja -
COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors is the focal point and custodian of corporate governance (King III). Therefore, it is important...
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Are women still leaving major financial decisions to someone else?

Opinions Otisitswe Tawana-Madziba -
Empowered, outspoken, and educated, women in committed relationships still do not equally participate in making long-term financial decisions, revealed a new study by UBS...
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SPORTS

Mfolo suspended over MRI test debacle

Sports Duncan Kgangkenna -
Botswana Football Association (BFA) controversies and embarrassments seem perennial at the local football governing body.   The nation was shocked and puzzled when Under 17...
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FIFA shows Ahmad a five-year red ticket

Sports Duncan Kgangkenna -
The banning of the CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad is not a surprise and is synonymous with African football. On Monday the CAF president and...
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Monster football club looms in GaNgwaketse

Sports Godfrey Mowaneng -
GaNgwaketse community is working on a sporting club expected to fly the district’s flag high. It has emerged that the initiative driven by the Paramount...
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Athlete Scotch sprints to win big

Sports Oratile Otsetswe -
Botswana Athletics Association (BAA)’s 400 metres sprinter Leungo Scotch emerged the biggest winner over the weekend during the 40th Botswana National Sports Commission Awards held...
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Safe return to football – Is the BFA operating in an alternate reality?

Sports Anita Rannoba -
According to Merriam Webster Dictionary (webster.com) the Middle English word 'bubble' that is most familiar as a name for a tiny, round ball of...
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Mares inspired even as road to glory eluded them

Sports Sunday Standard Reporter -
A week ago, Botswana women senior national team gallantly galloped to the finals of the COSAFA women championships. Unfortunately, ‘the Mares,’ as the team is...
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GOBOTSWANG : Ke kopa gore a boele mafoko morago. Lelatisitswe ke ene yo ntseng a aja mogo KGOSIKGOLO, togela gore jalasetsa le rona reje mogo ene. ... See MoreSee Less

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LIFESTYLE

Mayor to ignite the spark in Gaborone

Lifestyle Cedric Swanka -
Gaborone city Mayor Father Maphongo shares that the city council has plans to illuminate the city through strategic partnerships and key developments around the...
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Botswana ranked among girl-friendly countries in Africa

Lifestyle Sunday Standard Reporter -
Although Botswana has been fighting a shadow pandemic of domestic and sexual violence against women and girls, also known as gender-based violence (GBV), the country has...
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Motsemeng is winner of cybersmart challenge

Lifestyle Cedric Swanka -
After over a hundred entry submissions, the ebotho cybersmart campaign has found its inaugural winner in 20-year-old Selwana Motsemeng. CyberSmartBW and the CyberSmart Challenge was nationwide...
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Sex “Keeps a Man” comes to Botswana

Lifestyle Lucia Tshepo -
Sex "Keeps a Man" is a book in demand which is already making sales in the United Kingdom and soon to launch in Botswana.  While...
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Botswana child sexual abuse hiding in plain sight

Lifestyle Mpho Kuhlmann -
At first glance, Naniki Ramadubu’s research on Botswana’s child sexual abuse turns up a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Nighty-seven (97) children were reported defiled in 2013,...
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IN-DEPTH

Indigenous goats rearing: The way to go for rural subsistence farmers

In-Depth Joe Balise -
According to a 2020 research study on “Sustainable Utilization of Indigenous Goats in Southern Africa”, it is reckoned goats have a key role to...
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A survivor shares her story of human trafficking

In-Depth Sunday Standard Reporter -
Human trafficking and modern slavery are often used interchangeably to describe a gross violation of human rights involving the use of force, fraud, or coercion...
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Of shooting and killing poachers

In-Depth Richard White -
The headline of your article “Poachers initiated ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy against BDF” (Sunday Standard in-depth 15 – 21 November 2020) is incorrect. The ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy...
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Masire secretly sent elite strike force after commercial poachers

In-Depth Sunday Standard Reporter -
At a time that national conversation is revolving around Botswana-Namibia diplomatic relations, poaching and the Botswana Defence Force, it is worth recalling what Dan...
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Quality teacher education: A long overdue imperative

In-Depth Joe Balise -
Education is viewed as a vital tool for empowering Batswana in economic and social participation. The goals of the 1994 Revised National Policy on...
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Botswana eyes mainstreaming of climate change

In-Depth Sunday Standard Reporter -
Speaking in parliament during the mid-term review of the National Development Plan (NDP) 11, the minister of Environment Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Philda...
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