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On the importance of wills, marriages of convenience and the boggling entitlement culture

I recently read some magazine article to the effect that late jazz icon Oliver Mtukudzi’s will states that he left everything to his wife and nothing for his children. I would later come across a social media post where a few people discussed...

Keletso Thobega | 06 May 2019

Khama must form his own Party

There is an enduring wisdom in the decision of the founding president Sir Seretse Khama to separate royalty from politics. Politics by its nature is a game of contestation open to all and sundry but royalty is a platform of exclusive privilege...

Ernest Moloi | 06 May 2019

Lucas confident of victory

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) parliamentary candidate for Francistown South, Modiri Lucas, popularly called Jojo, is a confident man. He fancies his chances to beat both Wynter Mmolotsi and Tiroyaone Ntsima of the Alliance for Progressives (AP)...

Sun Reporter | 06 May 2019

P1million to get rid of ‘Sexanana’

Government has set aside P1 million for use by Forest Conservation Botswana (FCB) to exterminate the invasive plant Sexanana or Prosopis Mesquite in the Kgalagadi area. The Kgalagadi District Council will conduct the project. The amount will be...

Keletso Thobega | 06 May 2019

Elephant Summit May 3 – 7 in Kasane

Southern African heads of state in particular those affected by high elephants population meet next week Tuesday in Kasane to decide how best people can co-exist with species. Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism,...

The MidweekSun Admin 06 May 2019

Botswana has only 3 registered patents

Botswana-based research and innovation institutions have so far produced 14 diverse innovations and inventions. They include a foot and mouth diagnostic strip; drought resistant cowpeas and Signcoach computer application – all of which have been...

Keletso Thobega | 06 May 2019

Suicidal man discharged from hospital

Kanye man who tried to take his own life by hanging himself in his bedroom last month was discharged from Kanye Seventh Day Hospital last week, Kanye Police Station Commander Mmoloki Mogale has said. He told The Midweek Sun that the man, 30 years...

Yvonne Mooka 06 May 2019

HIV/AIDS CURE IN OUR LIFETIME

Advocacy Officer at the Center for Youth of Hope (CEYOHO) and AVAC Fellow, Kennedy Mupeli, has a lot of hope that a cure for HIV/AIDS will be found in this lifetime. “We have had successful stories on HIV treatment but that only reduces the...

Rachel Raditsebe | 06 May 2019