Many of us remember our first date with a tinge of embarrassment. For a good number of us we experienced that classic "whoops" moment of accidentally knocking over your drink and drenching your date's new outfit.What are the challenges of...
A flatbread is a bread made with flour, water, milk, yogurt, or other liquids; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pizza and pita bread. (Yeast may be used or...
The year passes as Botswana's best in sporting terms with pregnant hopes the trajectory will continue into 2025, particularly heading to the men and women's Africa Cup of Nations finals as well as the World Athletics Championships. In 2024,...
The problems do not stem from the difficulty of managing a turnaround programme. It comes mainly from negative energy. Mission impossible is motivated by a wrong assumption based on fears of the unknown and lack of faith in the competencies and...
The growth of the Chinese economy has allowed Beijing to gain international clout, making it capable of challenging the existing world order. China’s rise is often seen with a suspicious eye, leading several traditional world leaders to question...
As his powerful legs blurred in motion, he suddenly halted with breathtaking precision. Every fiber of his being was under his command, a masterclass in physiological control. Without pause, he pivoted fluid and deliberate, a ballet of athleticism...
The Zebras have spent sometime in the intensive care unit, cooking up and dishing insipid performances over the years. The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign represented the Zebras with their resurrection moment, although the repair...
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and earth had passed and there was no longer any sea and I John I saw the Holy city, a new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”...
Fabricius states that in this month’s election, Namibia’s South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) ruling party could go the way of the ANC, the Botswana Democratic party (BDP) or perhaps FRELIMO. He opines that the main unstated aim of...
But somehow, the chaos seemed to slow around me, like watching a film reel unspool in slow motion. To my left, I spotted Dave Burmaster, shutting his locker as he prepared to head to his next class. His jet-black, spiky hair pointed defiantly toward...
The only significant change was the dissolution of the Department of Sport and Recreation, which was a stand-alone body, but was redirected to operate under the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture. Other than that change, the BNSC and the...
We have a collective responsibility to raise, educate and grow our children as a united front. Going it alone as experience has shown, is an exercise in futility. What is not in dispute is that our children are a precious gift from God, coming to...
In extreme instances, such as in Gabon and Niger, electoral discontent has even led to military coups, starkly illustrating the fragility of democratic institutions in the region.These disputes are an inevitable by product of the intense competition...
Along with Eswatini, Seychelles, and Mauritius, Botswana and Namibia rank among the lowest populations in Southern Africa. While this small size offers advantages like a relatively high GDP per capita and better resource distribution, it also creates...
. Read that again. Nowhere did I mention any sort of pill so before you start thinking this column is a birth control workshop sorry to disappoint you. This remains a column laced with silliness and a dash of humor. No, there's no way I'm...
Whether it’s something a little small or a big shindig, I can attest, it’s one of my life’s little guilty pleasures. The mechanics are the same and so my skill set allows for me to execute well for intimate numbers or hundreds of people. One...
With only three women elected and the new President, Duma Boko expected to appoint more through special nomination, it is unlikely that the appointees will have special skills for sports. Therefore it all points to another man walking through the...
The crimson wave of beautiful roses unleashed an inner blaze, kindling a smouldering fire, readying the mind and body for an encounter with an unfamiliar world. But as the eyes adjusted, they met the soothing glow of yellow daisies, a calming balm to...
His timeless, deeply patriotic and universally applicable words remain relevant now as they were yesterday. “And so fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”The fortunes of any country lies...
Without much doubt, African States are increasingly showing skyline interest in BRICS+, primarily due to its distinctive-focused objectives, including global peace, the strategic development paradigms, food and energy security directions in the 21st...
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