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Primary colors are red, blue and yellow. When any two primary colors are mixed, several secondary colors are created. In other words, primary colors are the source and progenitor of other colors. In Botswana, and for present purposes, primary colors...

As it is known, the expression is a figurative phrase that alludes to the physical act of pulling in one’s belt due to one getting thinner from hunger or lack of means. In other words, the expression is an admonishment to live more frugally or to...

If I also said to someone that there is an intersection between literature and the interdisciplinary field that combines medicine, psychology, biology, chemistry and computer science, in short, neuroscience, they would probably say that my head...

Actually, he could even be self-effacing about his self-deprecation! His favourite way of describing himself as a farmer on loan to politics was apt.He always thought of himself as nothing special, just an ordinary man who happened to ascend to high...

Whilst it is perceived as the compulsory uniform of politicians to wear a suit, he always wears a monochromatic set of dark colored trousers paired with dark coloured long sleeves shirt. Asked when he would wear a suit, he answered that when his...

The answer lies in being average. Average, by the definition of most dictionaries, is the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures. This is its definition for the purposes of mathematical sciences. For...

So did the last two chief justices of this Republic, the current speaker of parliament, the current leader of the opposition in parliament, and the current and first woman to be the permanent secretary to the president. In other words, and...

But, it may, for a moment, discard its propensity to be too ordinary if for instance, through a fortuitous discovery, we find within our homes a place of stunning juxtaposition: a place where we struggle most ardently with our thoughts and...

Consider these few examples. Kenyan playwright, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote his first three plays over a period of three years, beginning in his mid-20s. While this feat was on its own...

There is nothing utilitarian, appropriate and elegant to wear on a wrist than a watch. By common acknowledgment, a wrist watch is considered to be the most precise and best engineered thing in micro-engineering. For the price of a dinner for two, a...

For Botswana, that day happens once every five years. So it was that on October 30, 2024, we, the qualifying citizens of this country, were voters willing to sit in a queue for up to two hours, quietly bearing the late spring heat, while chatting...

In his book, “Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships,” Geoffrey L. Greif writes that the significant difference between male friendships and their female counterparts is that men have shoulder-to-shoulder relationships while women have...

But you still cannot explain what was happening to your intellect then...until you stumble upon them again in late life and in some sense experience your own epiphany. This was exactly the case with me as I was drawn, in the beginning of the year, to...

This typically prompts us to accept, often grudgingly, that our future henceforth will not be based on them being present in our lives. Instead, it will be based on rejection. That is when “dumped” becomes more than a mere adjective in everyday...

A veteran English professor at the University of Michigan, Anne Curzan, is a linguist. Her new book, “Says Who?” argues that our choice of words in the English language is determined by context, and that this context is often cultural or based on...