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It is not only this year, even last year the country experienced inadequate amounts of rainfall which impacted badly on the agriculture sector hence  lowering the economy of Botswana. We also saw dams including Gaborone dam drying up, which at this...

Local, regional, and national officials attended the launch, including the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture, artists from the Maun International Poetry Festival, and media representatives.  Ambassador Miller and...

People have always known, only people have not been able to say such for the fear that when you tell BMD the truth, they resort to insults and playing the messenger ignoring the ball. The people can no longer fear to pronounce that this political...

However, I would like to correct the misrepresentation of fact and what I consider inappropriate and potentially misleading; It is inappropriate to compare me in any form to the great person and stature of Mandela; The achievement to promulgate...

What Is Wrong With Our Economy? As a nation we have we failed to create enough wealth and employment opportunities for a very long time even when our economy was at its peak. We never interrogated the real reasons. Instead we took a sugar-coated...

Lentswe la Baratani Hill There are many legends surround Baratani, but the best known is about two young lovers who were denied permission to marry. Despondent, they tragically both flung themselves off the cliff to their deaths. Or, most likely,...

Under advanced capitalism, Phillips rightly observed, the structural demands for a return on investment require an unending expansion of centralised capital in the hands of fewer and fewer people. The financial center of global capitalism is so...

What immediately struck me was the long queue of citizens, women and men, from all social backgrounds and ages, patiently waiting to act on their electoral right. All were smartly dressed and waiting patiently, chatting away to each other. Once they...

The announcement followed a four-day Communist party summit in Beijing where China’s top leaders debated financial reforms and how to maintain growth at a time of heightened concerns about the economy. China will “fully implement a policy of...

Statistics SA figures showed that unemployment rose to 25.5% in the third quarter of the year from 25% in June. This amounted to 5.4million people without work, up from 5.23 million in June. The job losses, said economist Dawie Roodt, were an...

To this Asian community donkey meat is a delicacy. The tricky part of the business is that the village does not have recognised and legally registered donkey butcheries. To fill this void, some underground butcheries or donkey sellers appear to have...

Tom Hall, Lonely Planet editorial director said: “Botswana has remained off the radar for most people, who believe it’s too expensive, too difficult to get to, or doesn’t cater to families, but there are many options for all kinds of travelers...

“Hello, can you hear me?” sang Adele to the world. And the world answered: yes, and we’re watching you too. Many many times. Adele’s video for new single Hello has broken Taylor’s Swift’s records for the most views on Vevo in 24 hours....

This project, called Botswana International Nursing Conference (BINC) has resulted in coalition and cooperation between government, Botswana Nurses Union (BONU), Aviwe Health Care Resource & Training Institute as well as big private sector companies...

A US man has failed a paternity test after doctors revealed his dead twin, whose DNA the man absorbed in the womb, is the genetic father of the child. The 34-year-old man is the first ever reported case of a paternity test being fooled by a human...