The relevance of International relations to Batswana

Interestingly for the past two years that I have written extensively for Mmegi, I have received some questions from certain sections of the readership who have tried in vain to make me switch from writing on international to local politics for many reasons that  they put forward to me. One of their reasons is that “International Relations/politics is alien and does not have any relevance to our day to day living as Batswana”. Furthermore “International events happening in far flung areas of this planet such as Syria, Iraq, North Korea does not have any bearing what so ever in our lives as Batswana”.

There are those who even unleashed a flurry of poisoned arrows on me that what I write only make sense to myself only as no one will ever take me seriously as a writer.