Some are actually unusable if you take the sad story of the Masunga Sports Complex. The Molepolole Sports Complex is also one facility that could morph into a white elephant. In fact, general stadia maintenance, including private facilities like the...
Books were more than stories; they were portals—to distant worlds, grand romances, and boundless discovery. And so, here I sat in my Grade 13 English class, dissecting the moral intricacies of The Scarlet Letter. A masterpiece of psychological...
In recent years, the impacts of climate change have emerged as a significant factor exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and fuelling conflict.This fragile region, encompassing countries such as Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, has become a...
It is important, therefore, to avoid at all costs a state where a school loses its spark and relegates to a desperate level of becoming synonymous with hopelessness. A school seeking to stay afloat and intentionally rooted on its purpose should...
It turned out he wasn’t quite into it. Imagine. After all that effort. Nobody warned us about this age, bathong! Anyhow, pumpkin is typically larger, rounder in shape, with a thicker, more ridged skin and a slightly stringier flesh compared to a...
Even the befuddled educators themselves! But the poison will soon drain out after a few weeks and then we will start accumulating the anger bundles for the next set of results. Usually this gathers momentum when PSLE results are out, JC pushes that a...
This year, sport expects to receive P160 million, a similar amount that the sport's mother body, the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC), got in 2024. The budget, which has been around P100 million per year since 2018, only registering a...
Disease outbreaks spread very fast when medical facilities of the country are destroyed, and displaced communities struggle with non-existent access to clean water and sanitation. Without proper healthcare infrastructure, even treatable diseases...
Almost invariably, all private English Medium schools are synonymous with academic excellence. Take for example, Maruapula School. I have known and heard about the school since childhood as a top brand, rendering effective teaching and learning...
This is the unambiguous statement sent by the Botswana Football League Disciplinary Committee through a ruling handed down to Security Systems coach, David Botlhasitse, last week. The BFL prosecutor, Makungekwa Maswabi set the ball rolling by...
As I gazed at the darkening sky, I reassured myself tomorrow, the reserves would be restored, and I’d be ready to press forward once more. After an exhausting day at the University of Western Ontario’s dental clinic and an intense gym session, my...
On February 16, Djibouti’s Foreign Minister, Youssouf emerged the winner of the keenly contested election, defeating Kenya’s former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, and Madagascar’s former Foreign Minister, Richard Randriamato. It, therefore,...
Accomplishment of organisational goals takes hard work, good planning and execution. The education system is facing a very big elephant in the room, a stubborn culture of underachievement. A continuing culture of academic under achievement calls into...
I am a functional teetotaler, which means I lead a perfectly normal life without relying on alcohol. Being a teetotaler means I have mastered the art of saying ‘no’ to the ever-tempting siren song of cocktails and beers. While many are debating...
Our hosts, the Haangala-Wood family, have a passion for family, love and all things food through their creative cuisine expression platform; Wood Kitchen. This made meeting up in the couple’s kitchen light, relatable and fun, as we then proceeded...
In fact, sport played the role of bridesmaid to arts as the sector was only mentioned as a 'meanwhile.' Gaolathe's speech contained hardly 100 words about sport. Should the sector be worried or it was just an oversight from the minister?...
It’s a realm where curiosity pulses in the air a place that embodies The Cure’s raw understanding of our primal need to explore the unknown.Whether drawn by shadows or the heavens, fascination becomes an affliction, propelling us toward love,...
There should be continuing movement towards achieving greater success. What should be borne in mind is that a school is synonymous with hope and that its purpose is to discharge more and improved teaching and learning experiences. Failing students,...
The Congo River Alliance (AFC), officially established in December 2023 under the leadership of Corneille Nangaa, marks a troubling evolution in the DRC’s conflict.This heterogeneous coalition unites the March 23 Movement (M23), widely regarded as...
It is a fight that has swung this way and that way with very little intervention from the body that is supposed to play the role of a mother. The Botswana National Sport Commission has proved that it is a big bulldog without teeth. The enduring fight...
In a rather interesting turn of events, Justice Zein Kebonang of the Gaborone High Court has awarded a water tender worth over P1.5 billion to Tawana Joint Venture.
Chickens are coming home to roost for the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) as barely months after three of its top agents suspended by Director-General (DG), Peter Magosi filed a P4, 450 million lawsuit for unlawful arrest and detention; more are coming out of the woods to sue the spy unit
The police in Mahalapye have launched a probe to locate two men who allegedly gang-raped another man in Botalaote ward.
As the contest intensifies for the soul of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), the lobby list is beginning to take shape.
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) will have to elect robust leadership from its next elective congress which is billed for Maun in April if it has to gain lost ground.
The Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) 2024 General Election loss has sparked necessary conversations about leadership, responsibility and the will of the people.
As the nation waits with bated breath to get a glimpse of what went on behind the scenes of the botched 2027 Africa Cup of Nations bid, key actors involved in the process have welcomed the opportunity to give their side of the story.
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Morwaeng’s rants: Leaders must listen
Kabo Morwaeng, a senior BDP figure known for always defending the President and also sent to do some shocking stuff in his capacity as a Minister, has defended the former Cabinet against claims it failed to advise ex-president Mokgweetsi Masisi, contributing to the party’s defeat. While he insists Cabinet discussions are “secret” and that the President holds “enormous power,” his defence misses a crucial point: Batswana deserve leaders...