For most people, bread is a daily commodity and a common comfort food during the winter months. Different types of bread can be had at breakfast, lunch, dinner and in-between. Tota hela in general, bread is a staple mo Botswana.
When government asks you to dig deep then you know that the faecal irritant has surely hit that rotor on the ceiling. These are tough times. Very tough times. Not even Chuck Norris with his much-vaunted legendary toughness can navigate these times so he’s best left to the big screen fighting d...
In our last episode, we left off with the British Colonial Office having had reached a consensus that while the Protectorates of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland would “not be immediately included within the sphere of responsibility of a united South Africa.”
This winter might just be our coldest yet. Unlike in other years, the change from the balmy warm summer into the biting cold of the month that invites us to stay home, in its very name, Seetebosigo, this year’s transition was like the sharp cut of a well sharpened knife.
As espoused in my previous articles, emotional abuse is a form of abuse that is recognised under the Domestic Violence Act Cap 28:05. The said Act however implicitly acknowledges narcissism, it does not explicitly enunciate on narcissism.
A friend of mine is considering marriage. Actually, more than considering, he has proposed to someone, and she has agreed to marry him. However, the thought of spending his life with someone is scary. What if it is hard? What if he is making a mistake? This is his life we are discussing. Here is an ...
Jealousy is a quality of not celebrating other peoples’ achievements but rather scorn and curse their progress in life. It is very common amongst competitive people.
This French phrase is attributed to a 19th century French satirical critic named Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr. It is widely known by its shortened version; plus ça change. It means, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same.’ In a punning way, this phrase is structurally...
The auctioneer rang off the figures like some experienced rap artist at a variety show ‘P500, do I hear P700, P800 there, P800, P800 is that a bid P1,200, P1,600, P1,600’ and on and on it went until an innocent looking lot that started off at P400 had climbed to P2,000.
In our last episode, we left off with the observation that the May 1908 appeals by Kgosikgolo Sebele I and the Basotho monarch Letsie II petitioning against the incorporation of their territories into the proposed Union of South Africa were taken seriously by the British High Commissioner for Southe...
Hesitation is a thief of a well-deserved lifestyle. It leaves one in poverty; physically, mentally, spiritually and financially. It is the state of indecisiveness on taking action towards opportunities of greatness.
The tender-hearted part of the human psyche abhors oppression in all its manifestations, particularly when it is sustained through government-sanctioned acts of repression.
E a re re ntse re beile tsebe, ke gore, re reeditse ka kelotlhoko gore o nne a se natetshe jang Setswana, Motswana, go tle le lengwe lenatetshapuo, le le reng go tsaya kgato.
Just to catch you up, in case you are not following developments on the Chellzkitchen Facebook page, we have a new offering, the “Exclusive Cooking Sessions” where we turn up the notch on the experience we offer.
One hundred and thirteen years ago, on May 23, 1908, the Bakwena Kgosi Sebele I became the first traditional leader in Botswana formally express to the British Government expressing his subject’s objection to becoming part of a future Union of South Africa.
It is not a secret that the fallout between President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his predecessor, Ian Khama, has poisoned and divided the political landscape. Howeve...
