The proposed bid, led by South Africa, aims to bring Africa’s premier football tournament back to the region, tapping into the deep passion and commercial potential of the sport.South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie,...
Then one random afternoon you realise you’ve cooked three full meals, two snacks and somehow a pot is already empty again. That’s when it hits you.We are tired of them and they are tired of us. All said and meant in love, of course. The kids have...
Its contents were unknown, mysterious, and in the extravagant logic of childhood, potentially life-altering. All right, that may be an exaggeration but only just enough to make the point. As children, we are irresistibly drawn to lucky packets...
While analysts widely view a Museveni victory as almost certain, given his firm control over state institutions and the ruling National Resistance Movement, the conduct of the vote and its aftermath could shape Uganda’s political climate, domestic...
Emphasis should be placed on pre-service training. This is because there is no guarantee of in-service training and professional support.To ensure the agility of school leaders and, therefore, school success, the system should boldly embark on...
It doesn’t arrive with the noise and indulgence of December, but with quiet responsibility. January walks in carrying school lists, work schedules, uniforms to be washed and ironed, budgets to be reviewed, and routines to be rebuilt. It is a month...
Officials say the move was designed to ‘support national merrymaking’ though insiders admit it was mostly to test how many times Charma Girl’s music can be played before patrons riot. Local residents are divided. Some welcomed the chance to...
It was more of the same as a rudderless Zebras surrendered against heavyweights, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo.There were hopes of at least the nation's first point in their final group stage match against Benin, but that too,...
Would the fall of Mogadishu resemble more the Taliban conquest of Kabul or Hay’at Tahrir al-Shams’ domination of Damascus? Al-Shabaab had seized a succession of strategic towns from the Somali National Army with little apparent difficulty.By...
The town-rural divide is glaring. For example, the capital city of Gaborone and Selebi-Phikwe have become islands of academic prosperity surrounded by a sea of academic underachievement. Despite being an old and deep-seated issue, the issue of...
We learnt to measure everything except enough. Convenience promised simplicity and delivered prospects with infinite possibilities. Roads multiplied, and so did choices; both became ways to get lost.We traded the ache of hunger for discovery for the...
At a time when many countries are mired in political polarization, crises of trust, and a stubborn diplomatic style, the Nordic countries demonstrate the exact opposite, as seen in how they win global diplomacy through public trust.Ironically, this...
There are concerns from both educators and the community regarding this arrangement. Opinions are divided.It is argued that those students who could not pass the proficiency bar at the most rudimentary primary school education level may not prosper...
It’s a time for reconnection, reflection, celebration, planning, laughter, and of course food. Because whether we admit it or not, food always finds a way to sit at the very canter of these moments. It becomes the focus around which stories are...
When the festive season happens, 80% of the population uses A1 to get to their Christmas destination every year. The Department for Transport has confirmed that the annual ‘Great Festive Migration’ will soon be underway. On the A1, it’s not...
The one deficiency that can ruin the students’ prospects of achieving academic prowess is lack of reading culture. A solid reading foundation plays a significant role in the long-term education journey of children. If students do not have reading...
We learnt to measure everything except enough. Convenience promised simplicity and delivered prospects with infinite possibilities. Roads multiplied, and so did choices; both became ways to get lost.We traded the ache of hunger for discovery for the...
The feedback was like a clearance sale: insults 50% off, sarcasm buy one get one free and unsolicited advice in bulk. One kind guy though offered me a spare couch to sleep on. Basically the feedback ranged from marriage counselling to witness...
A stranger’s laugh on a bus, the soft rain on a tin roof, a memory you thought you’d mislaid, suddenly everything leans forward, asking to be used.It is quiet and persistent, this spark. It tugs at the sleeve during work, taps insistently at the...
Ethiopia, a landlocked country since the independence of Eritrea in 1993, has always been interested in having secure access to the seas: the port of Assab was historically the key gateway to the Red Sea. Egypt’s perception of any efforts by...
President Duma Boko on Friday allayed citizens’ fears that the establishment of the Constitutional Court will be a guise to abolish capital punishment and ratify same sex marriages in the country as he is a human rights lawyer.
A case involving a Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) logistics director accused of raping his biological daughter failed to proceed during a scheduled status update after his attorney stood him up for unpaid legal fees.
The State, through the Office of the Receiver, has been temporarily halted from seizing assets of former Minister of Lands and Water Affairs, Dr. Kefentse Mzwinila.
Robbery convict Tshepo Mosala, who has been on the run for more than a decade, has finally been arrested and has been slapped with a fresh charge of escaping from lawful custody.
Are Botswana and De Beers truly meant for each other? The government's push to acquire a majority stake in De Beers from Anglo American suggests it believes they are. A long-shared history, however, can romanticize what is ultimately a financial decision that needs a clear-eyed assessment of price and risk.
Heads are expected to roll in the corruption case against former Minister of Minerals and Energy Lefoko Moagi after the State revealed that more people will be charged.
The Ministry of Basic Education and Child Welfare has withdrawn a savingram circulating on social media, which claimed temporary teachers who have overstayed their one-year limit would no longer be engaged.
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For years, we have rightly celebrated our world-class HIV response. The PMTCT programme has been its crown jewel, ensuring HIV-positive mothers could safely nurture their newborns without fear of transmission. Now, a leaked memo exposes a terrifying reality that the lifeline has been frayed to breaking point. A key warehouse in Francistown stands empty, and access is being rationed. Official reassurances about expected consignments ring hollow to...