Women’s League Turns to Fifa
Gaborone — Since losing the AT&T Monnakgotla sponsorship, the Women Super League has struggled to make ends meet, which has resulted with some teams failing to honour matches. To address the problem of the entire women football structures, Botswana Football Association (BFA) applied for the FIFA’s women’s football development programme. According to FIFA website, the […]
Bots rejects requests to hire cheap Zim labour
BOTSWANA home affairs minister Edwin Batshu has rejected requests by farmers there to be allowed to hire ‘cheap’ Zimbabweans as the Batswana were shunning jobs in that sector. Some farmers pleaded with Batshu during a Kgotla meeting in Mmadinare recently that they be allowed to employ Zimbabwean nationals because they are very effective while Batswana […]
Zim ‘businessman’ up for cheque fraud
A ZIMBABWEAN national who claimed to be a businessman was refused bail when he appeared before a Botswana magistrate charged with cheque fraud last week. Prosecutors say Jeff Chigaundu, 48, presented a false First National Bank (FNB) cheque to Jan Japan Company in order to obtain two Toyota Hiace mini buses and an E320 Mercedes […]
Gays, lesbians re-apply for registration
Gaborone – Advocacy group, Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (Legabibo), will re-apply to register as an organisation, it said on Tuesday.Legabibo will make a fresh application to the country’s registrar of societies on Wednesday.The group is re-applying after winning a case in which it challenged government’s refusal to register the organisation. In rejecting the […]