The poor man’s struggle and pain Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse See, being poor is indeed a curse of sorts. They say at Lobatse some trader, with name that does not sound so indigenous - and I will say so because it is true - has been selling used cooking oil to local people for consumption. The reports are of cooking oil that has been used over and over again -... Posted on: Tuesday, 20 November, 2012

Suspension season is here YoungManPal Uncut  |  Thuso Palai Over the past few months there has been a lot of firings and suspensions of teams, sports administrators, sports presenters and even the League, all over the show. For all these, one can safely say indeed the suspension and firing season is here. Some have tried to take cover and have failed while o... Posted on: Tuesday, 20 November, 2012

Do it yourself – right! Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze Okay, so if something is good, of good quality and great standard, it is so because it has been approved by the majority that it is so – right? Does this mean because the West (North America and Europe) and the East (Japan, China and Middle East) have the highest number of production and consumer it... Posted on: Monday, 19 November, 2012

Opposition: of insults, lies and mudslinging Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso Now that the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has been launched one expects the full campaign for 2014 to begin in earnest. Expect a great deal of mudslinging and a healthy dose (or is it unhealthy dose) of insults. So basically it will be business as usual. We have come to expect little more fr... Posted on: Friday, 16 November, 2012

Dreaming Seretse! Speaking of Which  |  Chekwane Nchi Rrammidi left the ruling party because the first president Seretse Khama told him to. Yes, Seretse came to Nchi in a dream and told him the current president and his lot were killing democracy at the big party. Mind you, the current president is Seretse’s son. Nchi will not come here one day a... Posted on: Friday, 16 November, 2012

Prostitution – morality and reality Issues  |  Ferdinand Berkhof The fact that sex work or prostitution is often referred to as ‘the oldest profession in the world’ indicates that it is an occupation of all times and all places. Commercial sex has been, is and always will be a fact of life in every society. It is estimated that there are some forty million sex wo... Posted on: Wednesday, 14 November, 2012

Who are these people? Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze Paging through the entertainment sections of local newspapers, I go through different phases of reactions and always end up with – who are these people? I go through this reaction everyday- A cynical, unfair somewhat confused reaction to the different people that we see on the sections – everyday! A... Posted on: Tuesday, 13 November, 2012

Bravo UDC! Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse The launch of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) was not stuff of headlines for Botswana television news desk - one still wonders where they were schooled - and since they have not said anything of an instruction from elsewhere I shall assume it was an editorial decision. But again, you can sa... Posted on: Tuesday, 13 November, 2012

S.O.N.A – Not much in it about Sport YoungManPal Uncut  |  Thuso Palai After going through the whole State of the Nation speech, I finally got to the bit where President Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama talks about Sports and the state of Sports in our country. The last but one paragraph before the conclusion reads, ‘Sports and Recreation’. Posted on: Monday, 12 November, 2012

Take a chill pill On The Flipside  |  Keletso Thobega A report compiled by a bunch of westerners a couple of months ago, alleged that Botswana is the least happiest nation. Even though I would like to argue otherwise, many Batswana actually do appear bleak and dissatisfied with their lot in life! Posted on: Monday, 12 November, 2012