Qi flows from Beijing to Gaborone (Part 2)

Malebo cooks up a concoction in her 'lab'
Malebo cooks up a concoction in her 'lab'

In 2015 Mmegi Staffer, BABOKI KAYAWE*, spent time in China as well as Gaborone, Palapye and Kolokwaneng in the Kgalagadi district. She was researching what Botswana can learn from the harmony between China’s indigenous and modern health care systems.

She studied the level of harmony between modern and traditional health practices in Africa, lessons for Botswana and what particularly the country can learn as it develops its own Traditional Medicine Practice Bill.

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine has been in existence for many decades now.  It is here, and thousands of other places, where the baton is handed over to the younger generation to continue the well preserved legacy of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

Editor's Comment
Two-tier education system demands action

Whilst we join Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and other stakeholders in commending the rise in top grades, a testament to the unwavering effort of many teachers and pupils, this progress is fundamentally shadowed by a failing that shames our society. The stark, persistent urban-rural divide is not just a statistic, but an active betrayal of thousands of young Batswana.The figures are a damning indictment. When pass rates in...

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