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- bofepusu exclude
2017 June 19, Correspondent, “How BOFEPUSU Reported Botswana To ILO”, in Mmegi[1]:This situation could have been avoided had the powers that be had listened to bofepusu.
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- bogobe exclude
2016 August 22, Sandy Grant, “What Was It Like Before Independence?”, in Mmegi[2]:Unrefined bogobe was a staple which was supplemented by seasonal wild vegetables and fruits.
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- boipelego exclude
2017 November 3, Zolani Kraai, “Genocide survivors reach for a brighter future”, in Mmegi[3]:Embracing the spirit of boipelego, villagers pledged to build their own school.
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- borankana exclude
2017 December 18, Thalefang Charles, “Carnival At The Heart Of The City”, in Mmegi[4]:During the day, the carnival parade passed through the city centre with various traditional groups doing Setswana dances like borankana, setapa, phathisi, seperu, and polka.
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- botho exclude
2017 December 6, Mmegi Editor, “Social media not an excuse for insensitivity”, in Mmegi[5]:But the development of social media seems to have taken away that concept of botho.
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- cardaver exclude
2017 December 1, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, “Enough with drunken driving”, in Mmegi[6]:He looked at me with an expressionless face; “Kgosi” he said, “each time a cardaver lies on the table, I remind myself that just a day ago, maybe two, he was just like me.
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- cidb exclude
2017 October 6, Correspondent, “Khato Civils, the Pride of Black Owned Construction Giants”, in Mmegi[7]:Khato Civils’ celebrations of their Grade 9 ratings comes at a time when the CIDB report shows that about 24 per cent of contractors struggled to maintain their cidb grading at three year renewal during the period under review due to poor economic conditions and diminishing work opportunities.
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- coetal exclude
2017 June 9, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, “Of the ill-conceived campaign and misguided child”, in Mmegi[8]:There is no softer target than a man knocked out by coetal lassitude.
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- dikhwaere exclude
2017 December 19, Calistus Kolantsho, “Xmas tournaments fever heightens”, in Mmegi[9]:The organiser, Thuso Palai said he came up with the idea to stage the tournament as an alternative to dikhwaere, which are famous in the region.
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2017 December 22, Bame Piet, “Tips for Festive Season”, in Mmegi[10]:Why not buy beer, or snacks and sell them where there are public gatherings such as dikhwaere or football tournaments.
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- dikwaere exclude
2017 December 20, Koketso Kgoboge, “Lala vuka returns”, in Mmegi[11]:To top it all off, top performers on the day will be dikwaere music giant, Dr Vom who is always there to own the crowd with his Thobane trademark song.
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- ditshaka exclude
2016 October 17, Jeff Ramsay, “The Orphans And Ants Part 25: The Dawn Assault On Dithubaruba”, in Mmegi[12]:While some warriors held back, securing the passes, the bulk of the army rushed forward swinging their two-handed ditshaka at everything in their way.
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- headquaters exclude
2017 October 6, Correspondent, “Khato Civils, the Pride of Black Owned Construction Giants”, in Mmegi[13]:Mnyani says the location of their headquaters, at Midrand, as well as the size of resources they put towards erecting their state of the art headquaters, over R600 million, attest to their seriousness.
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- jeremane exclude
2017 August 28, Koketso Kgoboge, “Supa Ngwao Museum Rises From Ashes”, in Mmegi[14]:The museum has an in-house dressmaker who specialises in the German print or jeremane, as it is commonly known in Setswana.
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- letsholo exclude
2017 April 10, Jeff Ramsay, “Sechele Becomes A Christian”, in Mmegi[15]:The future status of the wives, along with other outstanding questions was finally settled in a two-day letsholo meeting.
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- maxele exclude
2017 October 6, Correspondent, “Khato Civils, the Pride of Black Owned Construction Giants”, in Mmegi[16]:The Khato Civils impressive rating interestingly comes out in a year when seven of the leading construction giants were involved in a scandal of bid collusion and price fixing, while the report also observes that the year under review exposed poor adherence to safety by some of the leading companies as shown by the charlotte maxele roof collapse expansion project .
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- mechova exclude
2018 January 12, Keneilwe Ramphopho, “Frustrations of a taxi operator”, in Mmegi[17]:Matebesi said they are on a competing panel with pirate taxis or mechova for customers.
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- megagolwane exclude
2017 October 16, Nnasaretha Kgamanyane, “Motlhasedi Scoops Mrs Botswana Title”, in Mmegi[18]:The pageant started off with Magadi introductory parade where the contestants looked stunning on their German print attire and blue megagolwane.
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- mosetlha exclude
2016 November 28, Sandy Grant, “Does It Come Down To Fighter Jets Or Phikwe?”, in Mmegi[19]:But now it’s green and many trees, not least the lovely mosetlha, are in flower, and the birds are everywhere.
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- passby exclude
2018 January 12, Keneilwe Ramphopho, “Frustrations of a taxi operator”, in Mmegi[20]:It does not even seem safe anymore for people who passby daily.
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- phathisi exclude
2017 December 18, Thalefang Charles, “Carnival At The Heart Of The City”, in Mmegi[21]:During the day, the carnival parade passed through the city centre with various traditional groups doing Setswana dances like borankana, setapa, phathisi, seperu, and polka.
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- pitso exclude
2018 January 12, Mbongeni Mguni, “Five things to watch for in 2018”, in Mmegi[22]:At a budget pitso held after the release of the strategy paper, Matambo told stakeholders government was concerned about the widening budget deficits and would tighten spending supervision this year and beyond.
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- rockeaters exclude
2017 October 6, Correspondent, “Khato Civils, the Pride of Black Owned Construction Giants”, in Mmegi[23]:We realized our little profit from completing projects on time and within budget and this allowed us to invest in advanced technology like tesmic trenchers, also known as rockeaters; each machines accomplishes in one day, what would otherwise take 20 excavators; we have all the machinery we need and are able to establish a site within one day after being appointed”, the CEO said proudly.
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- sbujwa exclude
2017 August 7, Nnasaretha Kgamanyane, “Urban Empire Dance Crew Displays Exquisite Moves”, in Mmegi[24]:Evolution of Dance is a dance and theatrical event that comprises mostly hip-hop, animation, sbujwa, afro fusion and hip-hop contemporary.
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- seantlo exclude
2016 December 12, Jeff Ramsay, “Sekgoma And The Amandebele”, in Mmegi[25]:During this time Sedimo, in accordance with the old custom of seantlo, entered Bobjwale’s house to “raise seed” on behalf of Kgari.
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- seperu exclude
2017 December 18, Thalefang Charles, “Carnival At The Heart Of The City”, in Mmegi[26]:During the day, the carnival parade passed through the city centre with various traditional groups doing Setswana dances like borankana, setapa, phathisi, seperu, and polka.
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- seshabana exclude
2017 September 28, Correspondent, “The ripple effect of seshabana on Bakwena dynasty”, in Mmegi[27]:The word seshabana generally refers to a flat open place on a hill or a mountain, ideal for out-door meetings or picnics.
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- setapa exclude
2017 December 18, Thalefang Charles, “Carnival At The Heart Of The City”, in Mmegi[28]:During the day, the carnival parade passed through the city centre with various traditional groups doing Setswana dances like borankana, setapa, phathisi, seperu, and polka.
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- seyantlo exclude
2017 April 10, Jeff Ramsay, “Sechele Becomes A Christian”, in Mmegi[29]:Thereafter Selemang, daughter of Kgorwe, was placed in the deceased MmaOpe’s house, an act justified in terms of her taking her sister’s place in accordance with seyantlo.
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- tesmic exclude
2017 October 6, Correspondent, “Khato Civils, the Pride of Black Owned Construction Giants”, in Mmegi[30]:We realized our little profit from completing projects on time and within budget and this allowed us to invest in advanced technology like tesmic trenchers, also known as rockeaters; each machines accomplishes in one day, what would otherwise take 20 excavators; we have all the machinery we need and are able to establish a site within one day after being appointed”, the CEO said proudly.
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- volksraad exclude
2017 July 24, Jeff Ramsay, “The Exodus”, in Mmegi[31]:Within the Boer volksraad, which much like the Setswana lekgotla of the time were fora that were essentially open to the opinions of all male Boer family heads, discontent about the war was increasingly voiced.
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