Why does government hate BONELA? Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso Not so long ago on this same blog I criticized the Botswana government for not doing enough on HIV/AIDS. The shortage of ARVS was just one of the few reasons I advanced. Posted on: Wednesday, 12 December, 2012

Pride and honour don’t pay bills YoungManPal Uncut  |  Thuso Palai Almost all the teams in Botswana are struggling financially, and the issue of money really hits home when players boycott training and games due to unpaid allowances. Posted on: Wednesday, 12 December, 2012

Split the Education Ministry Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse With the Standards 7 results reportedly delayed due to systems failure and also there being queries over some teachers not having been paid due to ‘problems with the bank’ one begins to wonder if the ministry of Education is jinxed. Posted on: Wednesday, 12 December, 2012

Arts & Culture stop patronizing us Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze Everytime I hear COSBOTS or BOMU I go back to that Janet Jackson song ‘What have you done for me lately?’ – it’s a really funky beat. Posted on: Monday, 10 December, 2012

Truth hurts… Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze Ever opened the canned beef tin the wrong way, isn’t it annoying, like putting a musical performance that does not compliment the theme of the night in the middle then a poetic piece after that (a long poetic piece delivered by a very gentile performer)? Posted on: Friday, 07 December, 2012

Could there be genuine confusion on the status of the UDC as a party? Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse See, I like intelligent friends. Now, a very smart friend of mine after listening to an interview on Gabz Fm with Gabriel Kanjabanga asked an intelligent question-made an intelligent comment actually. One that I am forced to ponder, and one whose case perhaps Kanjabanga and Co. may just not have bee... Posted on: Friday, 07 December, 2012

Black people are their own enemies On The Flipside  |  Keletso Thobega Africans will continue at the lower ranks of development and progress because of the condemnable “typical black mentality”. A black person never wants to see another succeed. Motho o montsho o ipatla a le nosi! Posted on: Thursday, 06 December, 2012

President Khama’s popularity and the BDP Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse Botswana is an interesting country. Not only are we a country of a people who talk more and do less, get angry and get over it after one news circle, we are also a country of a people that love their president! Posted on: Wednesday, 05 December, 2012

Let’s now focus on junior national teams YoungManPal Uncut  |  Thuso Palai The successful qualification of the National Under 17 team for the African Youth Championships could not have come at a more opportune time to show the BFA top brass and indeed Batswana at large that they also deserve some attention. Posted on: Wednesday, 05 December, 2012

Where are the youth leagues? Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso A while back I wrote on this same blog that political youth leagues or wings in Botswana were quite a toothless lot. I posited that they were not doing much to mobilize young people into their respective political parties. Posted on: Wednesday, 05 December, 2012