The onus is on us artists Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze I am panicking, not having a vain moment but rather massive writer’s block, or is it an overload? Posted on: Tuesday, 24 April, 2012

Forward with BCP’s march against electricity tariffs Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse Opposition parties are often accused of not focusing on issues that concern Batswana. Rather, all they do, critics say, is tell us what the BDP is doing wrong. That all they know is to write press statements and never mobilize society. Posted on: Monday, 23 April, 2012

Leaders must be exemplary On The Flipside  |  Keletso Thobega People in positions of leadership are expected to be exemplary in their conduct and attitudes, whether personal or social arena and must reflect integrity, credibility, wisdom and discipline, among other key qualities expected of leaders. A leader should be someone we wish to emulate; who inspires p... Posted on: Monday, 23 April, 2012

Unions to step up to the plate Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso Many people are in total agreement that there is a need for change in Botswana, change in the way the country is run and indeed change in mindset. One might even venture to argue that Botswana is in need of a revolution. We are not talking a bloody revolution here rather a sudden and fundamental shi... Posted on: Monday, 23 April, 2012

Facebook and the end of cowardice Speaking of Which  |  Chekwane I feel sorry for people who don’t like facebook. People who hate facebook are the same people who call radio stations and lie that life was better in their day than today. They say technology has ruined life completely! You should hear them, nostalgic and all, giving children of today grief over sma... Posted on: Thursday, 19 April, 2012

Sex workers have rights Talking HIV and Human Rights  |  Uyapo Ndadi Sex workers, quite regrettably, have lived on the margins of society through most of human history. Society subjects sex workers to stereotypes, derogatory names, stigma and general indifference to their humanity. Posted on: Thursday, 19 April, 2012

Settling scores in the after life Speaking of Which  |  Chekwane If it’s not a blue lie, apparently when we die we go to heaven. This is one of those religious conundrums we were brought up on. Like many things with religion, we have had to believe this unquestioningly. Posted on: Thursday, 19 April, 2012

Something horribly wrong at BDF Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso Media reports say that some recent acquisitions by the Botswana Defence Force have been less than adequate. The same reports tell us that the bulk if not all the acquisitions were facilitated by the Khamas; namely The current president and his twin brothers. Posted on: Monday, 16 April, 2012

BNF organizational culture must change Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse The debate over the departure of MPs Isaac Mabiletsa and Mephato Reatile has once again transformed into a match on who is best able to bash the two guys. What all forget is that this is a recurring thing: it is recurring under a different leadership and involving different people (though Mabiletsa ... Posted on: Monday, 16 April, 2012

The curse of ‘Go tla siama’ On The Flipside  |  Keletso Thobega In Botswana mediocre is ‘embraced’ to the point that when a level of exceptional success is reached by an individual, team, company or department etc, people are surprised; Botswana isn’t the most excellence driven nation. Posted on: Monday, 16 April, 2012