Miss Earth Botswana shines in Vietnam

This year's Miss Earth Botswana, Onalenna Gaopalelwe, is performing well in the ongoing preliminary stages of the 10th annual Miss Earth pageant being held in Vietnam.

There are six preliminary competitions organised for the beauties compared to four in the previous years.  The competitions are talent, national costume, Ao Dai (Vietnamese dress), long gown, golf, and swim suit. 

Gaopalelwe has, however, performed exceptionally in most of them.

Editor's Comment
Two-tier education system demands action

Whilst we join Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and other stakeholders in commending the rise in top grades, a testament to the unwavering effort of many teachers and pupils, this progress is fundamentally shadowed by a failing that shames our society. The stark, persistent urban-rural divide is not just a statistic, but an active betrayal of thousands of young Batswana.The figures are a damning indictment. When pass rates in...

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