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Pamela Dube
  • A principled, purpose-driven patriot departs

    A few other comrades joined in but midway through this political project that Mike led with intention and purpose, we could tell the battle was lost.Many fell by the wayside, but Mike kept pushing. I had to confront him, showing him that we were...

  • What age got to do with it?

    Disqualified on the basis of age? Hai madoda! This indicates how far the "new" BNF has deviated from the path of political consciousness when a frivolity is made a factor in the debate about the candidacy for the office of party leader.It has been...

  • Sebetela: The media darling

    That was in 2003. Mogae wouldn’t waste talent and created a portfolio for his Member of Parliament. Sebetela became the minister of the newly established Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology.For the media fraternity who had for a...

  • Women politicians push for a place at the table

    The regression in seeing women ascending to positions of power in politics has seen Botswana sitting at the bottom of the 15-member SADC countries, and hitting 123 in global rankings. The statistics show Botswana in bad light. In Parliament for...

  • Media Glass Ceiling Hard To Crack For Women

    The media training programmes at the University of Botswana, Limkokwing University and South African institutions of learning were providing a pool of talent for the growing industry. With that, saw the rise of women media leadership. Women were...

  • Steroids nearly killed me

    My daily struggle with debilitating pain has my mind messed up that I want to go into all joints of my body, suck out every frozen cracked fluid and breath back in fresh new fluids. Imagine a home where there is a constant battle, the husband and...

  • Of Scribes and Side Hustles

    But when Botswana’s COVID-19 cases were first reported in March of last year, and business foundations started shaking, the media industry was already deep on its knees. To establish just how much the media has been affected by the pandemic, the...

  • Banks Ndebele's Fight To Save Dwililo Farm Bears Fruit

    Thankfully, Banks Tebelelo Ndebele’s drive and determination have seen him regroup, re-focus and fight back to revive his agro-business. Some 40 kilometres from the capital Gaborone, just as you leave Mmankgodi to Boatle, you turn onto the road to...

  • Mma Matante: The Matriarch Falls

    But it will be amiss of me not to try. To the world beyond, Mma Matante was a powerhouse of sorts but to us, she was a loving ever-present mother to the neighbourhood children, as she was to her own. So here I am, writing an obituary of one that I...

  • The President's Promises On Mpa, FIA Dead In The Water

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi, had on many times assured the media and the nation of Botswana that he would personally ensure that the MPA is history and in place would be the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act (FIA). Just  a few weeks back,...

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