Roads recently led to Shashe River Senior Secondary School in the sprawling village of Tonota, where the school celebrated its 50th years of existence as well as awardi...
Dubani wa Dubani was one of my best press buddies though our paths always ran parallel when it came to which paper we worked for. He was always The Voice man, whereas I w...
With winter having given way to spring, the rising temperatures and the promise of a searing summer around the corner have Mmegi Correspondent, GALE NGAKANE, hot under th...
It was indescribable pain all around as relatives, classmates, teachers, residents of the location and the capital city in general took a young girl, Koketso Pearl Modibe...
The international media has caught news of the death of botswana’s second president, sir Ketumile Masire. GALEBOLAE NGAKANE compiled the stories From South African SABC s...
Correspondent GALE NGAKANE says Amongst a plethora of achievements, triumphs and victories Sir Ketumile won during his Presidency, and hence enhancing his iconic status, ...
A distinguished British scholar who lectured on history at the University of Botswana (UB) in the 1980s, Kevin Shillington, has retraced his steps to a country where he t...
“When I see people suffering, I just can’t help it,” so said Diagnofirm Managing Director, Mohammed Iqbal Chand after his company donated a 10, 000 litre water tank (joj...
After thrashing an offending child, a Motswana elder would soothe the weeper with these words: “ Thupa gae bolae, e bolaya peba (a little spanking can kill only a rat.”At...
Abhorred by the Right-To-Life brigade, the death penalty has been the terrible twin of murder and related crimes in Botswana since before the dawn of democracy.
The story of the Three Chiefs is known by all and standard fare among Batswana, right? In 1895, Khama III, Sebele I and Bathoen I travelled to Great Britain to ask Josep...
As Mmegi Features kicks-off its in-depth coverage in the lead up to country's 50th anniversary, veteran journalist, GALE NGAKANE pens an ode to one of Botswana’s most ill...
As he grew up in the streets of Old Naledi, Keabetswe Sesinyi, better known as Master Dee, used to imitate big stars of that time such as Steve Kekana, Babsy Mlangeni, Mp...
When cutting edge technology meets with ‘Innovators of Distinction’ the result should be a product like the one that saves and secures livestock anytime, anywhere, any pl...
As Botswana attains 49 years of independence, no one must have envisaged a country that will be so blessed in both human and natural resources 49 years later, which have...
If Botswana were a building, we would now have arrived at the 49th floor after labouring up the stairway, tripping, standing and dusting ourselves off to reach the apex. ...
When Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukuzi sang “Ghetto Boy”, he must certainly have had me in mind because that’s exactly what I am -“Ghetto Boy.” I love the sound of i...
Prompted by Robert Mugabe’s nostalgic look into SADC history at the SADC Summit on Monday, Mmegi Correspondent, GALE NGAKANE digs into his own archives and finds yesterye...
The Construction Industry Trust Fund (CITF) has been churning out semi-skilled personnel since 1991 when an Act of Parliament established it. Mmegi Correspondent GALE NGA...
FRANCISTOWN: Francistown opposition councillors have sneered at the ‘waste’ perpetrated by the government after they learnt about the hefty annual salaries of their nomin...
FRANCISTOWN: A lot changed in Francistown in 2013. And yet a lot remained the same. Internal roads in the city still have potholes. Some parts of the city are still witho...
