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Men are either not properly scrubbed, laugh too loud or eat with their mouths open. Women have so many things that they feel men need a software update for. From the wardrobe disaster of owning three shirts (one for weddings, one for funerals and one...

This is a tribute to both national pride and sporting excellence and features Botswana’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist. On the flipside is the 4 x 400m men’s team that won silver at the Paris 2024 Olympics. So what this means is that for a...

You could be writing a column on football and some distressed reader would ask you about how to rear fantail pigeons with. You could be an agony aunt and you would get letters from readers wanting to know your opinion regarding the strife in Gaza....

SMMEs are the present, the past. I believe the first business ever was an SMME, and the last business in operation on Judgment Day would also be an SMME. SMMEs do not have the time to spend deciphering government forms written in ancient bureaucratic...

Back then, having bulging biceps was equated to being macho. And handsome! Someone once told me that girls were not interested only in looks -- that the qualities that really mattered were brains and a sense of humor. The truth is that -- and I speak...

In our case we should adopt a variation of same that goes something like ‘when life gives you potholes, make pothole-ade’. Just kidding – don’t drink that. Our potholes have now crashed into the list of national concerns and nicely wedged...

Spring is Mother Nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’—but with bugs and all sorts of insects. Trees also remember they have leaves and start shedding them like it’s a leafy strip show. Birds also believe they are Charma Gal and start...

The country is clinging to life by a single, frayed thread. During this time there will be a lot of speeches on TV and radio by ministers trying to assure people that though the tide is against the country they are busy rowing. Given the cost of...

Botswana is according to her a sprawling showroom of this budget-friendly vehicle. She stopped short of saying ‘Forget the zebra. Let's put a Demio on the coat of arms. Or better yet, a whole herd of them, all meticulously parked. The Honda Fit...

A true miscalculation - similar to when an ex-GC mayor crossed the floor to join the then ruling party which promptly lost elections and became a minority opposition. This was akin to diving head first into the devil’s embrace. She went to court....

Well, before I catch any strays let me just say it is the council by-law officers who are saying this. After years and years of sitting back and watching the city residents eat unhygienic food the officers got an epiphany and decided to sanction all...

Winning an argument with a bus conductor 3. Accountability Government has decided to constitute the Public Accounts Committee to ask the government captains ‘where is the money’. The committee chairing the hearings has been carefully selected by...

It is a contest where elegance meets diplomacy, and contestants answer life’s toughest questions like, ‘What would you do to achieve world peace?’ They introduced a Beauty with a Purpose component—where contestants go from runway queens to...

The streets of GC are teeming with motorists who should be stopped by police. In my considered view more than half the motorists in GC actually do not have driver’s licenses. Even the police force has a huge chunk of drivers who are not licensed....

To be more precise let’s just say to make my midriff more sensible. My wife had nicely kept chipping away at my resistance to shedding weight. That is, until one day a very thin colleague said she forgot to eat while I was fat and hungry. I decided...