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Last week, the President announced that he has decided to take responsibility for the coordination of all activities related to prevention measures against corona infection, which included a call for all Batswana to avoid unnecessary travel.  As...

Batswana by nature, are blessed with an abnormally high dose of optimism. Our people are such that when confronted by adversity and despair, when the future seems bleak and darkness dominates our surrounding, Motswana will always sign off with the...

Kgosi had absolutely no regard for the rule of law, principles of good governance and democratic oversight of the intelligence. He had become a bully who was feared by everybody. The party is of the view that his axing would be meaningless if he is...

The request, in my view, was abnormal. Abnormal because his funeral programme, in my judgement, was not his issue, but a matter for his family. However, I confirmed that I would be willing to be one of the speakers. After accepting the request, he...

Rre Rra Gaone, as he was affectionately referred to, was a unique leader. He helped to strengthen our democracy at a time when autocratic leadership was more the norm. During his presidency, he created the necessary environment for the various...

Both Kgathi and Ntuane were in the main concerned with statements made by Comrade Kapinga, which in their view, were an unwarranted attack on Khama.  At the BCP press conference to welcome him, Kapinga pointed out to developments in our...

On the first day we held rallies in Ramotswa, Otse, Lobatse, Molapowabojang and Kanye. We have been to many other places in the Kgalagadi North constituency, Gantsi North and South and Ngami. In addition to spreading the BCP election message, I have...

The BCP was invited by the Motswaledi family to speak at his memorial service at the UB stadium as well as at his funeral in Serowe. I accepted the invitation and delegated Rammidi to speak at the UB stadium on behalf of the BCP. Rammidi served with...

On behalf of all the delegates, I wish to express our collective gratitude to the Gaborone North constituency for having agreed to host this year’s congress.  It can never be an easy task for any constituency to commit its human resource...

  Kgathi stated as follows on the floor of Parliament, “Nyaa bagaetsho, golo moo ga goa siama in the sense that I do not know what is really breeding this arrogance.  Is it because of the money that they are having from this Labour...

This democracy alert serves to further put into focus the insufficiencies of Botswana’s democracy as we move closer to the 2014 general elections. It also serves to make proposals for reforms in the electoral laws and system to make them more...

The war that President (Ian) Khama has declared on trade unions and its members is the reason why we have poisoned labour relations between the two camps. This has had devastating consequences on productivity and the collapse of our health and...

This so-called economic miracle has not transformed the lives of the ordinary Batswana who continue to be passive onlookers in the sharing of the wealth created by theirforefather as well as themselves. The beneficiaries of this wealth have over the...

While subsequent addresses highlight the problems that were meant to be addressed by the abandoned promises, no new strategies are presented to address the challenges. The following are examples; At paragraph 49 of his address, the President...