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Thomas Nkhoma, is the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Botswana chapter chairperson and a media scholar. As the country has started its journey to the 2024 General Election, he asserts that the ideal role of the media in electoral processes...

The villagers concerns stem from questions whether the whole affair was a real case of theft or just staged. Mothusi April hails from Marobela village and news that his information after registering for the 2024 General Election has gone missing, has...

Speaking to Mmegi in an interview, the IEC spokesperson, Osupile Maroba said: “it’s true that a case of theft of voters’ registration books has been reported to the police and it’s a matter that is under investigation as we speak.”He...

Rachel wept for her children and refused to be comforted because they were no more. You come face-to-face with this reality when you witness a mother bird crying bitterly at a freedom square space for instance, because it cannot find its young ones...

Explaining his situation in an interview with Mmegi last week Friday, the confident Molao is reaping positives from a trying situation that is considered to be a detriment.A good number of Cabinet members failed re-election mainly because they could...

There is no doubt that in a democratic dispensation like ours, security intelligence is a key component in managing internal and external threats to a nation. But, when the work of security intelligence organs becomes intrusive and weaponised,...

KANYE: Born Keemenao Michael Mothibi some 57 years ago, the educationist-cum-journo-cum-farmer blended both rural and urban life well. His work life has seen him leave Gaborone after varsity to take up a teaching post in Maun, a village in northwest...

“This shows that there is a problem with the national elections registration exercise under the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) as people still find a way of registering ineligible people,” Ramogapi alleges in an interview this week.His...

From some quarters, Botswana’s elections have been hailed as free and not necessarily fair. To many, the elections registration case is indeed a clash of principles as the UDC claims to have experience from the 2019 General Election, which they...

It was only one-way: The boys will immediately receive two or three strokes as a sharp reminder never to repeat it. This was the elders’ first line in many attempts to inculcate a sense of responsibility and accountability on the boys, for the...

Mmegi: The opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has lately been worriedly repeating allegations that the DIS and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have been covertly helping the BDP to retain power with the 2019 General Election...

The passing of the baton of power to President Mokgweetsi Masisi by his predecessor Ian Khama in 2018, anointing his then favourite (Masisi) as the fifth State President has seemingly been an undisputable game changer in the party’s north-south...

In Botswana, the opposition has been failing to carry the hopes of the people by unseating the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from the seat of power since 57 years ago. Botswana’s opposition parties have been largely struggling to put...

The flowering of the trees that surely attract butterflies and insects generally announces the open season for the boys’ native games, which depend on the availability of certain select species of trees.A hawk-eyed rural boy would be able to...

For many years, the opposition was popular in Gaborone and surrounding urban places and major villages with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) playing second fiddle including in other urban centres.The Botswana National Front (BNF), the main...