Mother�s Day: Calling all angels

Motherly love: Mothers are the cornerstone of the family
Motherly love: Mothers are the cornerstone of the family

Botswana honours mothers on Sunday to mark Mother’s Day, one of the most important and globally recognised dates on the calendar where motherhood and the role mothers and women generally play in society and the community are celebrated. Staff Writer BABOKI KAYAWE notes that present-day Botswana owes its success to the mothers across the nation

The country’s history, scarcely recorded as it is in books, is largely that of men, their achievements, their failures and their contributions.

It is written and reported from the point of view of men, local and foreign.  From the Three Chiefs, to the founding ‘fathers’, to the breadwinners who worked the mines in South Africa, men dominate the narrative.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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