Countless celebrations have come through the track as athletics has recorded the most significant moments in Botswana's 58 year history. No code comes close to athletics in delivering decisive moments, with all four Olympic Games medals won since...
Although the Pretoria peace agreement brought temporary calm, the rifts between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) remain deep. Instead of securing lasting peace, the agreement has internally divided...
That is how schooling experience felt in the last half of the 1970s. The school system was less tolerant of anything coming outside itself . The school even changed the names of our parents and grandparents gave us and replaced them with its own...
It’s less ‘follow the money” and more “chase the missing decimal points.’ Unlike before it has not been given a Setswana name like the previous ones such as the Kgabo Commission. It is simply: the forensic audit. I think this is meant to...
. You can change the faces but it seems, not the modus operandi at the Lekidi Football Centre. In Animal Farm, when Mr Jones left, there was hope for change, but before the book ends, the old habits return in even more ruthless fashion. At the BFA,...
The world is vast yet close, magical yet real—clouds are castles, and puddles hold galaxies. Every question is an adventure, every answer a doorway to more mystery. I have no fear of the unknown, only delight in discovery.At five years old, my...
It is desire for resources that triggers political interests. Control over the natural resources has been a significant determinant of war. Rentier-state theory argues that countries rich in natural resources tend to experience higher levels of...
The plague of under-achievement of schools has been a topical issue, which has preoccupied educators and other critical stakeholders for a prolonged period of time yet there has not been any visible signs of recovery or concrete and appropriate...
I overlooked her mentioning that it was a Birthday Cake. Honestly, I am better off not having had full awareness that it was a birthday cake. I might have chickened out of doing it. But this red velvet Inkomazi cake is fool proof. Baking is a science...
It contains the collective wisdom of every parliamentarian who's ever worn it. Or maybe just a lot of hairspray. I don’t know and frankly I don’t ever want to know. I suspect it's actually a sophisticated surveillance device. It's...
Da Rosa set the platform with a campaign changing win away to Cape Verde before he completed the double at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium to leave the Zebras on the brink of a second AFCON finals qualification. Ramoreboli was roped in for the...
The endless white expanse stretched toward infinity, blurring the line between earth and sky. At the horizon, it rose to meet the boundless blue, while overhead, the sun—our celestial heartbeat—poured its golden light upon the frost-laced world,...
Pushing for a transformative agenda designed to upgrade a struggling school should necessarily begin from a human-centred platform. Anything short of this approach may achieve short-term gains and not necessarily accomplish a much more desired...
Digital platforms, powered by social media, satellite technology, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), have the potential to significantly enhance the AU’s ability to identify early signs of conflict, enabling swift and informed...
Some are actually unusable if you take the sad story of the Masunga Sports Complex. The Molepolole Sports Complex is also one facility that could morph into a white elephant. In fact, general stadia maintenance, including private facilities like the...
Books were more than stories; they were portals—to distant worlds, grand romances, and boundless discovery. And so, here I sat in my Grade 13 English class, dissecting the moral intricacies of The Scarlet Letter. A masterpiece of psychological...
In recent years, the impacts of climate change have emerged as a significant factor exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and fuelling conflict.This fragile region, encompassing countries such as Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, has become a...
It is important, therefore, to avoid at all costs a state where a school loses its spark and relegates to a desperate level of becoming synonymous with hopelessness. A school seeking to stay afloat and intentionally rooted on its purpose should...
It turned out he wasn’t quite into it. Imagine. After all that effort. Nobody warned us about this age, bathong! Anyhow, pumpkin is typically larger, rounder in shape, with a thicker, more ridged skin and a slightly stringier flesh compared to a...
Even the befuddled educators themselves! But the poison will soon drain out after a few weeks and then we will start accumulating the anger bundles for the next set of results. Usually this gathers momentum when PSLE results are out, JC pushes that a...
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