This past week, I went to one of the government departments. For you to get service before sunset, you have to arrive at around 3 am and strike a friendship with a security guard. When you arrive at that time, you will be number 83. I arrived at 5:00...
The Lions of Teranga are serious about their intentions, which is why they have not let this FIFA international week pass. They want to utilise every single minute afforded to the national side to prepare their team for the AFCON finals.But the...
Yet somewhere in that chaos, our brains begin to map meaning. A mother’s coo repeats often enough that it becomes familiar; a father’s laugh becomes music we recognise. Slowly, sound starts to segment into patterns, and patterns into...
These principles were established so that humanitarian action would be separate from politics and could not be politicised. Over time, another approach emerged from Woodrow Wilson, who believed that humanitarian aid in disaster and conflict crises...
However, far from reality, perceptions cannot be disregarded because they matter more. Social media can spread at supersonic speed both good and bad aspects of a school.Nonetheless, social media platforms tend to give much more prominence to negative...
And because sometimes your smarts desert you I failed to Google this and get out of my misery. Unfortunately for me a friend asked what actually a flash flood is and I mumbled off that it was actually just a fancy word for a flood to make it sound...
For us, summer is about more than sunshine and sandals, it’s about making memories that feel soft and warm even years later. This year, the season began with something new — a family adventure that quickly turned into one of our most cherished...
In September, Rollers failed to fulfil their fixture against Calendar Stars after the Gaborone giants' players went on strike. Subsequently, the BFL charged Rollers for bringing the game into disrepute. But now it is November, and the case is...
A sharper mind built better tools, forged tighter tribes, and dreamed beyond the visible horizon. Yet intelligence, ever restless, soon turned inward, questioning its own purpose. Perhaps evolution’s slyest twist was this: in giving us thought to...
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has suggested that in dealing with existing conflicts and disputes on the continent, it is necessary to mobilise collective efforts to resolve them and that they “must be confined to this continent and...
Teachers have long realised and accepted the uniqueness of their profession. Teaching and learning thrive and prosper within a positive social milieu. The creation of the necessary enabling social milieu cannot be left in the hands of parents alone....
In fact two of them! Almost every year now one of our athletes is busted for doping. This is not news anymore. Experts warn that if this trend continues, the public may begin to experience ‘news fatigue,’ a condition where headlines are met with...
Despite the overwhelming rejection, he has nonchalantly hopped from one election to another. It could be two ways, his messages do not resonate with the sport (even politics) electorate or he is simply misunderstood.Over the weekend, for the...
On the field, competition distills our restless energy into something beautifully civilised: rules instead of chaos, sportsmanship instead of savagery. We run, leap, and dive not to survive the day, but to prove, if only for a moment, that we can...
The Arab Spring symbolized the power of collective action to shatter political stagnation. A little over a decade later, a new generation, Gen Z, has revived protest culture in a vastly different form. From Nepal and Sri Lanka to Morocco and...
This should be accompanied by a careful and radical selection of the leadership that would be equal to the task. Without the right leadership at all levels of the system, challenges that could be solved may appear stubborn and insurmountable. The...
The first time I made them, I was determined and I made it through. This time around, I thought I’d outsource the muscle.My husband stepped in, drying the sharpest knives like a pro (cleaver and carver), from a set gifted by my mom in-law, only to...
That’s not just a skills gap—it’s a performance cliff. Innovation without education is like handing someone a spaceship and hoping they figure out the controls mid-flight. One manager once chilling said ‘half my team still thinks “the...
Several positions are up for grabs but obviously the one that has attracted the most attention is that of president.Three candidates, Ookeditse Malesu, Tshepo Sitale and Yarona Sharp think they have what it takes to drive the local Olympic...
As the day drifts onward, does some cosmic hand ease the dimmer switch, casting a gentle glow to soothe our frayed, city-worn nerves? And as the light slowly ebbs, the world’s volume seems to hush itself.Coincidence, or calibration? Perhaps...
Botswana’s political atmosphere is thick with speculation, rumours, and growing cynicism about the true state of the nation. At the centre of the debate are questions about the health of the national coffers, the delivery of election promises, and whether the much-touted change that Batswana voted for is underway, which the President must clarify, writes TIMOTHY LEWANIKA
President Duma Boko and former president Ian Khama are at the centre of a political and security storm following allegations involving P4 million.
The Director General (DG) of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Peter Magosi, is steadfast that the court should not interfere in internal Directorate matters, as doing so undermines the independence of disciplinary bodies.
Bangwato tribe and the country at large will pay their last respects to Kgosi Mokhutshwane Peto Sekgoma, who will be buried tomorrow, November 8, 2025, in Serowe. Kgosi Mokhutshwane died in a car accident aged 85. Tributes are already pouring in for the fallen chief.
In a historic development, the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will arrive in Botswana tomorrow, marking India’s first Head-of-State visit to the country in 59 years of diplomatic relations.
Just a month after the Ministry of Agriculture denied buying dairy cattle from Brazil, President Duma Boko has confirmed that his government will import at least 1,000 Girolando cattle from Brazil.
The minerals ministers of Botswana and Angola met on Friday, pledging to redouble their efforts to resuscitate global demand for natural diamonds, in the spirit of partnership.
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Boko should stop the fighting and start the delivering
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...