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Go na le Breakfast ko Botswanacraft?

Mega Breakfast
Mega Breakfast

Botswanacraft was established in 1970 by the Botswana Development Corporation to develop the rural-based handicraft industry of the country.

The company has grown to be Botswana’s largest retailer and exporter of handicrafts and is now privately owned since 1993. My high school years are when I discovered my love for art in its different forms; pottery, drama, beaded jewellery, dyeing and braiding my hair in bright colours.

I remember visiting Botswanacraft to buy gifts for my host family in Argentina and taking a student from Germany who we hosted at home to the craft shop for her to get some pieces to take back home with her and falling in love with the beauty the shop offered.

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Students wellbeing is a priority

The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...

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