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Some people are angry at the government shelling millions of pula to host the Forbes 30 under 30 “Summit” and may be justified in their anger. Firstly, this shindig is not a summit but merely a “get-together/chillas”, the former referring to...
It is not necessary to critisise efforts that are aimed at empowering young people and stimulate youth enterprises. Why do we have a society of pessimists? People who constantly see the glass half empty. While it is important to be critical at times,...
The unsavory political scenes unfolding at Botswana National Front (BNF) are nothing but symptoms of endemic disease. The party has been on a sickbed for decades. Actually, BNF can be called the ‘sickman’ of Botswana politics. But having said...
The educational system just like any other enterprise, is constantly undergoing transformation to reframe what is taught, how it is learned, and how it is being evaluated in innovative ways that help improve learning. Curriculum development in the...
I know most folk out there hold politics, and especially politicians, in utter contempt. Mostly deserved. This is self-inflicted because politicians have failed you. Misconduct, lies and disregard for order or excellence from and by politicians is...
For those who haven't yet heard, I am going through another challenging time in my life, a very public one. It is called political persecution and it is deliberately enacted by the powers that be, in Botswana, upon me and my family members. I...
Previously, we made a submission to the Constitutional Review Commission that poor men should be discouraged from advocating for polygamy. That big-money issue doesn’t concern them. We would like to make another submission, this one on the holding...
BY MATLHOGONOLO SAMSAMIn March, I had an opportunity to participate in a SADC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) Activists Forum in Johannesburg South Africa. The SADC LGBTIQ+ Activists Forum sought to strengthen...
In many ways, Botswana is an exceptional nation. It is Africa’s oldest democracy, one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, and one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. It is the likely birthplace of modern humans, and home...
Last week saw some areas in the south having their water supply cut off in order to allow Water Utilities Corporation to carry out major repairs. Ahead of this repair work, the WUC published a water-rationing schedule which in part showed when supply...
Some 50 representatives from Africa – 43 of them being ministers, including our own Foreign minister, Dr. Lemogang Kwape - met virtually this past weekend with Japan’s foreign affairs minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa and State minister SUZUKI Takako to...
The operating environment in Mozambique is increasingly becoming cluttered. And so is the battle space. In February 2022, US AFRICOM announced Third Joint Combined Exchange Training programmes between U.S. Special Operations Forces and Mozambican...
Now you can prepare yourself for two coalitions against the Botswana Democratic Party in the 2024 general elections.It’s done! The sun has set on the mighty Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) – the only viable project that Cde Duma Boko can,...
I was raised in protestant reform Christian faith, in the church of Anglican, where I was baptised and confirmed. Even when I wander into the wilderness, when I return to my senses, this is the church I return to. It is a church cemented on...
One of the most prominent conversations 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 financially...
Most of us come from broken families. These are families in which children are not raised by their biological parents. Often-times they are raised by a single parent, usually the mother, because the father would have naturally abdicated his...
Dear MajitaEish, magents, that dreaded day is here again! Valentine’s Day! This next Monday will surely feel like an expensive extension of the weekend for some of you the miserly folk who curse the day some good-for-nothing bugger decided that...
Dear Sisiboy! It’s been such a long time re sa bue tlhe Big Brother – kana to this day I await your reply to the last letter I penned you. You cannot avoid that issue forever Sisiboy, the sooner you tell us exactly what happened between...
Dear TK Royal greetings to you Bra Stanford aka Tshekedi Khama II of the Royal Bamangwato clan. I hope this brief finds you in good health Your Royal Highness because of late I have not been too convinced that all is well with you. Silly me...
In the recent past, we’ve been experiencing earth tremors in the Town of Selebi-Phikwe more or less similar to the ones we felt when there was underground blasting activities during the time the mine was still in operation. These tremors have...
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