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Thulaganyo Jankey
  • AFCON curtains and musings

    So, most of my evenings were taken up by watching soccer. Long, boring, endless games of soccer. I watched the tournament spit and sputter like an engine that just got a good solid swig of water. How I watched right to the end has me baffled too. I...

  • Political funding fundamentals must be done right

    As Batswana, we must engage with these issues and advocate for a democratic process that genuinely mirrors our values and aspirations.At the core of this matter is the principle of equal representation. Political party funding is not just about...

  • Yippee! I Have Registered To Vote

    My house instantly got an IEC convert-turned-prophet who started waving his registration card in our faces and gave us a million and two reasons why we should go and register to vote. With the pressure from a would-be first-time vote heavily weighing...

  • Giraffing Into The Political Arena

    After picking their jaws off the floor, some started claiming his mental faculties had left him faster than an irresponsible man after hearing the pregnancy test results. His clock somehow didn’t seem to have all its numbers. The term Big 5 was...

  • Daddy FIFA Is In Town

    It was comical to see the minister walking gingerly on eggs with that age-old FIFA rule of ‘no government interference’ uppermost in his mind as he called for all to ensure they do the right thing to get football out of the morass that makes the...

  • Broke Community Returns

    It is more difficult than asking the deputy speaker of the National Assembly Honourable Pono Moatlhodi to stop saying ‘Honourable resume your seat’.It is more difficult than explaining to a cat that the world is round. Around this time, most of...

  • We have home-brewed Karens here

    She's entitled, she's ignorant, and she's often a racist, too. Locally we do have our own black Karens with asymmetrical bobs (and sometimes without) who always want to speak to the manager. Well, racist is pushing it of course. Karen...

  • Snail-in-Peanut-Butter Speed and Power Utility

    My issue was around cutting off trees that were interfering with power lines on my street and the contractors leaving the cut branches strewn in my street without thoughtfully disposing of them. So you log your queries through the call centre.Call...

  • Are We Ever Going To Register

    They go to court and start complaining about something and some post weird memes – the latter a favorite weapon for party members confined to singing in the party choir. This time registering for elections is proving more difficult than balancing a...

  • Whither Weather

    These captions that leave you more confused than first-time voters when asked whether Mokoko is a political party or not never happen when the weatherman is on. Have you noticed that ever since our favorite weatherman Radithupa Radithupa and the guys...

  • Body Mass Index and Rubbish Weight Loss Programmes

    I am currently dealing with issues more serious than distinguishing between flu and Covid-19. The most significant thing that happened to me was to attend a Wellness event last Saturday. Usually men, including yours truly, avoid such events because...

  • Landlord vs Tenant: Part 1

    Locally we do not need to bother with wars in far-off lands as we have our own wars that have been simmering ever since the first ‘House for rent’ advert was flighted. It is the war between the landlord and the tenant.This war has taken on...

  • Who the heaven leaked exams?

    Heads must roll. Heads will roll. Heads must somewhat find a way to clean this mess. The time for lip flapping is so gone. We cannot afford to sit idly by when the integrity of our exams is on the line.Everyone must be concerned and stand up. Teddy...

  • Why The Bid Failed

    I used to work for a publishing company and P60m would be the annual budget for books in the whole country. P60m is the type of budget that gets the citizenry smelling conspiracies and all sorts of shenanigans.So P60m is a huge deal both in terms of...

  • RIP Cheque: Burying A Legacy

    I was inconsolable. For the millennials, a cheque book is a little book with printed cheques that are used as a sort of promissory note. When you feel too important to pay off your creditor, you take out a cheque leaf and write down the amount you...

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