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Representatives from the two entities have been hard at work scheduling meetings with political parties, the first step being to establish a working relationship that will see children’s rights adequately addressed in the parties’...

While some have welcomed it with open arms, others seemed irked by the ruling, which in their view will encourage promiscuity. A lot of people seem to have translated the ruling anyhow they see fit or to their liking. It has been said time and again...

The fighter plane crashed a day before BDF Day. There is a circulating audio, in which the narrator says that the pilot called ‘May Day’, and that by the time he reported the fault, he could have ejected his seat to save his life. That...

The youth are a very important segment of our society. They are indeed our future leaders if the statistics provided by Statistics Botswana are anything to go by. We are indeed headed for a big challenge, that if not nipped in the bud, would wreak...

PAC studies public audits, permanent secretaries or other officials the committee may deem have to answer questions, and issue a report of their findings to the Executive. In short PAC is ‘supposed’ to be an accountability mechanism by...

Botswana is considered a democracy, and its citizens enjoy free speech to a certain extent, hence the many analysis, and critical opinions published by different people on various platforms. Almost all local newspapers published analyses, opinion...

The Internet was busy with many individuals pleading to be sent the tape by those who might have it. Yes, we are well aware that often times when issues like these crop up, people often defend those who plead to have such tapes, under the guise...

The President described Botswana private media journalists as some of the worst in the world. He actually said ‘fake news’ originated in Botswana. Khama made reference to the National Petroleum Fund (NPF) P250 million saga, saying that he...

On Thursday, court heard that some top politicians, amongst them the outgoing and in- coming president, ministers and civil servants have benefitted handsomely from the loot, which was acquired from the National Petroleum Fund (NPF). Soon after, the...

The sad reality is that there are still members of our society who so grimly misunderstand the issue of children’s rights. Yes, it is the responsibility of parents or legal guardians to ensure that their children are well taken care of, but...

Smart businesspeople know the importance of keeping customers happy, and satisfied, but unfortunately some of our public transport service providers seem to have it all wrong or upside down.  People who use public transport, especially combis,...

The 2017 results, as announced by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) executive secretary, Professor Brian Mokopakgosi, on Friday said this year 24.05% candidates from government and government-aided schools were awarded Grade C or better in five...

Most of the time, people who seek counselling do it in secret, in an effort to avoid nasty labels such as ‘crazy’, ‘mad’ just to mention but a few. Simply defined, counselling is ‘the process that occurs when a client...

It is during these visits that different communities give farewell presents to the outgoing president.  President Ian Khama has not done anything out of the ordinary. He is simply following tradition by bidding the nation farewell, before the...

Mogobane JSS for many years was counted amongst the worst performing schools. The school even failed to attain a 50% pass rate year after year for a long time. The school has many challenges, something which is a commonality amongst public schools,...