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It took me more than 24 hours to finally accept that Barbara was gone. Only on Monday night did I start to browse through facebook after I had abandoned it some minutes after seeing confirmation of her death on Sunday evening. The first time I learnt...

In a career marked by dedication, innovation, and transformative leadership, former Minister of Minerals and Energy Lefoko Moagi, was earlier this month honoured with a lifetime achievement award as a Prominent African Statesman.This is a State of...

Dear ReaderI hope this brief finds you all in optimal bill of health, ready for exercising your power to once again employ your never-so-humble servants on Wednesday of October 30. I pray you go all out to do the needful – vote! Gore mang, it’s...

A 34-year-old woman from Kanye, Bakang Baleseng, appeared in court last Thursday with her unkempt-looking husband, asking that he be jailed or sent for psychiatric evaluation at Sbrana Mental Hospital.The court heard that the husband had been held in...

- As things stand, the Umbrella for Democratic Change is a powder keg waiting to ignite. The Midweek Sun’s JOE-BROWN TLHASELO demonstrates why behind the colourful façade of confidence and vibrant sloganeering, is a political coalition on a...

In the weekend rallies of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), President Mokgweetsi Masisi boasted about how his government set aside P1, 5billion to rectify the mistake that inconvenienced former soldiers of Botswana Defense Force (BDF).Masisi revealed...

- Isaac Makwala has received a lot of messages following his performance this past weekend at the World Relay Championships. With some advising him to hang his boots, he responded via a facebook post, to which more messages followed. Here is how it...

According to the Moral Education subject, there are four rites of passage namely; birth, puberty, marriage and death. We, as individuals, are mostly excited about puberty and marriage as compared to the other two. With puberty, becoming a young woman...

Dear KgosikgoloHello Kgosikgolo. Having seen you brag this week about your rail adventures with Kgosikgolo Mswati of eSwatini, I know for sure this brief letter will find you in good health and good spirits even though I am not sure anymore about...

When the news of Mike Mothibi's death reached me via a text message from The Midweek Sun’s former scribe Yvonne Mooka, I was immediately gutted. Left numb. For this is the man I was only talking about - with my colleagues - some few days...

The combative relationship between the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) bodes ill for next year’s general elections.Ideally, as an electoral management body, the IEC ought to maintain a cordial and...

One of the most prominent conversations being had by queer millennials is that, by virtue of being queer, they never got to experience dating as teenagers and to fully express themselves. They had to hide their sexuality and wait until they were...

- Biggie Butale chose to defy his party the Botswana Patriotic Front and addressed party members in Francistown at what he called a consultative meeting. This is despite his expulsion from the party, and he still sees himself as the legitimate...

Dear readerYou guys seem not to know this, but there is a very easy way to join the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS) in Botswana, and become an agent of the organisation without having to go through any interviews or any form...

Dear BiggieI pray that this brief again finds you well Comrade Reverend Ganda Biggie Butale. If anybody needs dithapelo, ke wena Biggie. Kana in Tshetlha you are dealing with a master schemer and I wonder what he could be planning against you this...