Yes fine, I love the long nights and short days, cuddling up in a mooi mooi is a guilty pleasure. Soups and hearty dinawa dishes taste a lot more suitable and enjoyable. Scones or rusks with a piping hot cup of Laarger tea are perfect at any time of...
Around mid-next year we voters should be fine and just like the Stella in the novel our groove will be back. Our stock should rise and nudge blue-chip level. We were served a trailer in recent by-elections. To those still stuck in the pre-millennial...
These conditions tend to be chronic, asymptomatic in early stages and multifactorial in causation involving an interplay of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors.The main types of NCD are cardiovascular diseases as recognized...
At the end of May, doomsayers were within their rights to predict a bleak future for Popa outside their ‘Mr Moneybag’, Jagdish Shah.But the club has shown sheer will and determination to succeed amid a difficult operating environment for most...
The other day the nation listened with great care and attention as the President delivered his mind set vision.His message is subject to various interpretations but my little understanding of the gist of his vision is that ancient approaches will not...
There is no more critical variable than governance, for it is governance that determines whether there are durable links between the State and the society it purports to govern.The nature of governance is central because it determines whether the...
The relative brevity of the warmest season ensured that all Canadians far and wide extracted the most from the warm pleasure inducing sunshine. A gentle breeze serenaded the chlorophyll infused leaves as they swayed uninhibited in their energetic...
Very specific classic Indian spices are used and it makes it seem as though there is a standard or generic filling. That’s not where my uneasiness lies. It’s in the symmetry of the final product that I always get a bit panicked.The perfect...
For instance you can send a letter to someone in Timbuktu that they can receive instantly in real time. No grumpy, tired mailmen who sometimes don’t turn up for work but instead the sick note always shows up.Sick notes are not known to deliver mail...
Hamlet had been looking for such a glorious moment to avenge his father’s death and this was the gilt-edged opportunity he had long been waiting for. But Hamlet hesitates, if he kills Claudius in his moment of prayer, it will be useless.Why?...
Rather than accepting identity conflict as an inevitable feature of Africa’s highly diverse ethnic landscape, a number of preventative policy interventions can be pursued.This piece shall attempt to analyse key areas that can go a long way in...
Beginning on an optimistic note, one must state with confidence that these challenges, however stubborn though they may look, cannot overwhelm the moral courage and will of a determined people. This means the power to remedy the situation and bring...
But that is a debate for the latter part of today’s column. For the uninitiated, the BFA recently sent a reminder to clubs that they should not sign foreign players with less than three national team caps. Those caps can be earned from any age...
This is a big question motivated by the compelling demands of the 21st century world order. Hitherto, schools are synonymous with examinations and it is inconceivable to think of the world of schools without examinations.The life of a school...
This piece challenges that notion arguing that a re-diagnosis of the underlying drivers to ethnic violence can lead to more effective and sustainable responses. There is a general perception that Africa is trapped in a never-ending cycle of ethnic...
There is porridge, then there is soft pap, then medium (nna ke wela ha) then there's the hard type that almost seems to break up when attended to. I might have mentioned it before in passing.I think in the house we all like soft pap while Shalom...
The biggest menace is – and I am saying this with a straight and very serious face - the parking marshal. Now everyone knows that for you to get a parking space requires you to drive around the block around 300 times. When you finally find a...
As the roll call of Botswana’s sport was read out last week, unsurprisingly the most loved and adored child was missing. Football is the country’s most followed sport but has for ages found it difficult to produce an elite list deemed good enough...
To achieve this game changing end, education systems must endeavour to open doors to all eligible children looking for education opportunities. No child should be seen roaming the streets, living or helping in farms or households when their peers are...
Xenophobia has been, and continues to be, one of the perennial roadblocks to reaching the aspiration of African unity. Undoubtedly, this is a complex phenomenon caused by many broader issues and social ills.Some of the broader issues include...
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