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Venson-Moitoi
Venson-Moitoi

The Government of the Republic of Botswana, through Ministry of International Cooperation, has taken note of the fact that a delegation of our citizen journalists, academics and political activists was recently invited by the government of the Peoples Republic of China on a guided tour of Tibet.

This was apparently part of an orchestrated campaign to promote local sentiment against the upcoming private visit of the Dalai Lama to Botswana, where he is scheduled to participate in an international dialogue conference on the theme of Ubuntu/Botho.

The tour, it may be noted, also coincided with this week’s announcement of the passing of the 2010 Chinese Noble Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was recognised around the world as pro-democracy and human rights activist, who died in prison as a result of his writings, calling for political reform in his own country.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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