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Understanding Heart Diseases: Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention

**Causes:**Heart diseases often result from the accumulation of plaque in the arteries, a process known as atherosclerosis. This buildup narrows the arteries, reducing blood flow to the heart and increasing the risk of various cardiovascular events....

Thulaganyo Jankey

Miss World – A Farcical Blonde Contest

I earned my spot on the judges table after passing through a strict screening procedure that had two questions.1. Have you stayed in GC? 2. Do you have a dinner belt?The answer to these questions was 'Yes' and I was in. In case you are...

Kealeboga Ngwigwa

PLANNING SETS UP A STRONG FOUNDATION TOWARDS GREATNESS

A few years ago I embarked on the tendering business and I became very prosperous. I was the age of eighteen (18) at the time I started. I bought everything that my heart desired and everything I bought cash. Every weekend I hosted so many people at...

Mqondisi Dube

Magang has a point on BNSC

Magang questioned the wisdom of sending even personal assistants to Ghana for the ongoing African Games yet during preparations, sport codes are often told there is no budget. She argues, when its game time, all of a sudden there is enough money to...

Tshwarelo Hosia

Academic prosperity is possible

There is absolutely no empirical evidence or justification that students in a particular environment are less teachable than those found elsewhere.Students all over the world have demonstrated the capability to respond positively to a school climate...

Dr Fahim Chand

A delicate task

In the cumulation of anxieties, the fear of death stands as a menacing silhouette. It lingers on the periphery of our thoughts, a silent reminder of our mortality. The fear of the great unknown beyond life’s curtain manifests in quiet...

Thulaganyo Jankey

Breaking Rumours - MP Resigns

The smarter reader would have deduced that my occupation is a hustler, which is street speak for 'unemployed'. So in my world, anyone who gets a salary with allowances like housing allowance, phone allowance and strange allowances like...

Kealeboga Ngwigwa

A WARY MIND SUBSISTS IN ASSUMPTIONS, THUS, OOZE SUCH

We had absolute no doubt that he will do a sterling job to give the daughter a good life that would inspire a bright future for the young one. Our relationship with her father has total changed over the past eight years because he speaks arrogantly,...

Mqondisi Dube

It’s a sin to be the away team in Africa

Tanzania's Simba SC showed that in this day and age, the age old dirty tactic of bullying away teams is still alive with some brutal treatment dished to Jwaneng Galaxy.It's not the first time that the Tanzanian club has been accused of using...

Michelle Phetlhe

Comfort food

The concept of comfort food has evolved over time, to a point where today it is essentially whatever makes you feel good, makes you feel nostalgic, or, basically, whatever you love to eat.When you eat this food it is not only the memory that is...

Kalafhi Medical Centre

Mental health in the workplace

This essay aims to explore the significance of mental health in the workplace, its impact on employee productivity, and the role of organisations in fostering a mentally healthy work environment. Drawing upon reliable sources, we will examine key...

Thulaganyo Jankey

Happiness index on the brink as combi ride explodes into warfare

Of course, if you include several maximum security prisons, our ranking could get better. The countries we have beaten are well-known strife factories. Many of them have been ravaged by internal wars and bickering and leaders who are basically...

Kealeboga Ngwigwa

Attitude provides the taste to life

I did everything I possibly could so that I give her the life she desired and loved her like she was the only woman alive on planet earth. After a good six years, our union came to cease and it broke my heart so much.I am filled with a lot of...

Mqondisi Dube

Enough of the BFL madness

The emotions had probably been bubbling under, but once fissures cracked open, the eruption has been enormous . Football has witnessed all the ugly twists and turns, with the image of the sport taking a dent with each passing episode. In one corner...

Dr Fahim Chand

A persistent desire

From an evolutionary standpoint, our ancestors developed a preference for sweet foods as a survival mechanism. Sweetness often indicated the presence of ripe fruits, which are rich in essential nutrients and energy. This intrinsic preference helped...

Tshwarelo Hosia

Timela’s sparkling, illustrious teaching career

Teaching was in his blood stream and it could not have been an easy call to decide to sever ties with one’s 30-year-old passion and love.Leaving five years shy of the mandatory retirement age, caught by surprise many of his colleagues and well...

Solly Rakgomo

The need for strong democratic institutions

The above excerpt describes the socio-political climate prevalent in Africa. Since the early 1990s when many African states went through the third wave of democratisation characterised by a return to multi-party system, the process of democratisation...

Mqondisi Dube

Glody can't be a brides-man at his own wedding

For many, when the event came to Botswana’s shores last year April, it was athletics’ crowning moment.It was a first for Botswana as the country was one of only two African nations to get the honour to host a gold status athletics competition....

Michelle Phetlhe

Oh my, oh mae!!

This is usually at my hubby and I’s favourite stay and breakfast place, Indaba Gaborone.The sous chefs and those in training, all from the brilliant tutelage of Chef Joyce are perfectionists that make sure you are consistently, pleasantly...

Thulaganyo Jankey

The Legend Of Mismatched Socks

You also want your wife to proudly say during a baby shower or bridal shower something like ‘I have a perfect husband because he can straighten his socks drawer’. I know it is not much but it is some kind of ammo for your wife to edify you. So I...

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Hero's welcome for Chombo

Scores of Batswana gathered at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (SSKIA) on yesterday to welcome back their Queen, Miss World Africa, Lesego Chombo.

Fighting to survive: Mupane Gold is in trouble PIC: MINING.COM

Mupane Gold grinds to a halt

FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) has called upon the government to save the country’s sole gold miner, Mupane Gold, after operations there ground to halt this week.

Miss Botswana Top 10 finalist

Miss Botswana to host Mindset Change Beauty Expo

Miss Botswana organisation has announced that it will host its inaugural Mindset Change Beauty Expo on March 22 at the Rail Park Mall parking lot in Gaborone, a day before Miss Botswana 2024 grand finale.

Eyeing solar: Moagi says several renewable energy projects are in pipeline PIC: MBONGENI MGUNI

Govt extends bidding for 200MW tender

Minerals and Energy minister, Lefoko Moagi, says government's tender for a private contractor to develop a 200 megawatt Concentrated Solar-Thermal Power (CSP) plant has been extended to close later this month.

Police shoot murder suspects

Police fatally shoot murder suspects

Botswana Police Service has fatally shot two armed robbers who were suspected to have attacked and killed a 54-year-old man of Indian origin yesterday at Phase II location in Gaborone.

Grinding on: Debswana contributes about two thirds of De Beers' annual output PIC: DEBSWANA

De Beers’ sales rise

De Beers’ rough diamonds sales in the second cycle of the year, reached $430 million, about 15% higher than the January sales event, but still lower than the same period last year.

Prison break (Not actual photo)

Mahalapye prison break quartet still at large

Police say they are not aware of social reports linking an alleged rape incident to four Zimbabweans escapees who broke out from Mahalapye Prison on Sunday.

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Bulela Ditswe entry fee could hamper broke talent

The fees have been doubled from the previous amounts and raise concerns about political participation accessibility and democratic representation principles.This significant fee increase prompts questions regarding its impact on grassroots democracy.On one hand, the fees act as a filter, ensuring only serious contenders enter the race, potentially reducing frivolous candidacies and generating crucial campaign funds. The BDP argues that aspiring...

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