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The world is going through an unprecedented geopolitical transition with the emergence of the multipolar world system promoted by the five nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa under the acronym BRICS.This grouping threatens the...

Vice Chancellor of the University of Botswana Prof. David Norris has been invited by the University of Pennsylvania to make a presentation on the ‘Future of International Academic Capacity-building and Knowledge Exchange’ during the 10th...

The week-long strike by the University of Botswana academic Senior Support Staff Union and University of Botswana Staff Union for salary adjustment has come and gone – but the money is nowhere to be found!All indications are that however legitimate...

In the month of January 2023 alone there’s been three highly-significant visits to our Southern African shores by three prominent personages from the world’s leading nations. If you follow international relations closely, you’ll understand that...

If you thought 2022 was eventful, wait for the countless political scalps that 2023 promises to claim! God have mercy on us! The writing was always on the wall – the script of a master strategist had already been written as far back as 2008 and...

The Kgatleng District Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee (KDICHC) is happy and overwhelmed that its periodic report that was presented to the 17th session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of UNESCO in Rabat, Morocco from 28th November to 4th...

Ahead of its 52nd Plenary Assembly being held this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) held virtual public hearings for all its standing committees from the 21st to the 28th November 2022.The...

The early recruits of the newly-set up diamond technology company, HB Botswana, who are currently training at the HB Antwerp Lab in Belgium are all fired up and raring to return to their native country to share their skills. Three of the 15 pioneers...

HB Antwerp, the Belgium-based diamond company that focuses on technology-driven sourcing, analysis and cutting of diamonds, is opening in Botswana this December.Known as Genesis HB Botswana, the Gaborone-based company housed at the Diamond Technology...

The University of Botswana (UB) plans to set up a Software Development Hub on campus in six months’ time.This was revealed by the Vice Chancellor Prof David Norris recently during the signing of a Memorandum of Action (MoA) between the institution...

Mohumagadi Mma Matshego – the wife of the self-exiled Bakgatla baga Kgafela Sovereign, Kgosikgolo Kgafela II, has come back home to Mochudii with her two children, Tebele and Sedibelo.The announcement was made this morning (Friday 9th of September...

America’s Founding Fathers’ ideal of democracy and rights when they drafted the Declaration of Independence was focused on a “narrow set of Americans - primarily white, male landowners”.This is the frank admission by the Charge d’ Affaires...

I was in Eswatini two weekends ago. And I tell you, the days of the old order are fast coming to an end! My impression of the Oshoek border post was bewilderment! Except for the mushrooming shanty town at the entrance, the offices are spick and span....

The United States of America has pledged US$250 000 (P2 million) for a project to support training women across the country who are active, or interested in politics.This was revealed Tuesday evening by Foreign Secretary Dr. Gladys Mokhawa at a...

The Continental President of the Civic Commission for Africa (CCfA) Maungo Mooki has called on all African governments to leverage Japan’s experience and technologies to promote and support regional integration.Mooki, who doubles as TICAD Africa...