Sycophancy as Khama and Kgafela's stars rise
"My Lord, if you say die, I perish," says a character in one of South African drama to the amusement of viewers. While many might choose to laugh off a line like this, sycophancy is ancient as hills among Africans.

Bomb threats, Nchindo and the Kalafatis effect
Government squandered public trust a while back in the killing of John Kalafatis and others. Now no-one is prepared to believe the state on certain matters touching on security and safety as the Nchindo case and the recent bomb scare shows, reports TSHIRELETSO MOTLOGELWA

The Middle East's hair trigger
TEL AVIV - Across the Middle East, a fatalistic conventional wisdom is taking hold: war is unavoidable. Some see war as a way of resolving an increasingly deadlocked situation, shaking up a dysfunctional regional order whose main actors are not only at loggerheads, but are also incapable of resolving the legitimacy deficits of their respective regimes.

Who will succeed Ian Khama as president?
Batswana are in the dark about who will be their next president after President Ian Khama, and can only speculate.

Two percent VAT increase a sucker-punch
"Madam Speaker, although achievements have been made including in areas such as education, health and infrastructure development, conditions of poverty still persist," said the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo when reading the budget speech.