The occasion also targets to showcase the culture and heritage of the Basarwa people. In an interview with Arts & Culture, the event organisor Rapula Kegopilwe said the ultimate objective of the event is to establish the Xere Cultural Village and...
He added that his mother and two brothers were also avid readers and story tellers as well. He explained that the untamed beauty of his surroundings in Mbalambi village and the ongoing civil war in neighbouring Zimbabwe provided inspiration for his...
Baratang, who just returned to the country a few days ago, said she was prepared for the international pageant. She explained that before flying to Florida, she had been going for modelling and public speaking classes with her mentor, One Mariri of...
In an interview with Showtime, Ndudzo said he was inspired by his brother Shepherd Ndudzo, a wood sculptor who was taught by their father, the late Bananas Ndudzo.Martin further explained that he was inspired by the fact that when he was at a school...
In interviews and field visits in the last two weeks, Mmegi has established that many local health facilities that do not have pharmacists on duty, are not dispensing Antiretroviral medication, popularly known as ARVs, and that there is also a...
Also known as health care assistants, the workers complain that the hospital stopped paying them night shift allowance since September 2022 without consultation.They added that they work tirelessly, assisting doctors, nurses and anaethetists on night...
Even though they regard themselves as an association for married women, Lesetedi said they also decided to add a beauty pageant which focuses on promoting happy healthy marriages. She added that this year unlike in the past, they chose to measure up...
The trust's director, Edward Moroka explained that Ke Sharp is a stage play which promotes the notion to Stay Healthy and Resist Pressure aimed at educating young people especially the student population about the use of drugs, alcohol and other...
This comes after the Christian community under EFB made it public at a press conference held in Gaborone that its members were strongly against homosexual practices.At the march, they made statements chanting “No to Bill 29! Save our country, save...
A 24-year-old co-founder of Suspicious Antwerp, Gillian Morreel, said they sell t-shirts and hoodies. She also said every two weeks they come up with a brand that they shoot abroad and sell.Morreel explained that in August, they will be selling a new...
In an interview with Showtime, Garogwe said he received a communiqué last week in which he was notified of the Mind Set Change Campaign events that were to be held in Goodhope, Digawana and Mmathethe.He said though he was supposed to perform as a...
When asked if I wanted to go cover Makgadikgadi Epic, courtesy of the Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO), I was a bit sceptical. The whole idea of camping has never been my drill.Just the thought of leaving my comfortable and warm bed just to...
In an interview with Mmegi this week LEGABIBO CEO Thato Moruti said they remain resolute in the decisions by the courts declaring the unconstitutionality of section 164 (a) and (c) on November 29th, 2021. Those sections prohibited anal sex. Moruti...
Like many people across the globe, Africans including Batswana have for many generations been awed by the night skies. Using their natural astronomic instrument, the eye, they observed, commented on and named celestial objects of interest to them....
Thankfully, there are good Samaritans like Mpeleki July, a teacher by profession, who is also the founder of Mpeleki July Trust Foundation. July found it fit to come up with a 100% local artists’ gospel show to raise funds to assist needy...