In both their fields and at the mines of South Africa, Bangwaketse and BagaMmanaana worked and socialised together. Generational conflict may have contributed to the subsequent struggle that occurred between Bathoen II and Gobuamang. The former was...
Social media was abuzz with posts by many young women in the city, who were at one tea party or the other, on one radio station or another, and in one panel or another discussing the importance of women’s day, and celebrating the day that it...
This is where the parent turns to the minor to satisfy their emotional needs instead of relating with other age appropriate adults who can be there for the parent emotionally. Parentification is a form of child neglect that often has long term...
Her words are below: I want to end the series by looking at Ruth’s story and two things that have helped in my grief journey-of course there are several things that have helped me. Ruth challenges me-she is a symbol of abiding loyalty and...
According to assistant Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Priscilla Israel, the cases were investigated backwards. That much, is clear from the leaked tapes. I cannot recall how many times I have complained about this horrendous practice, both...
This phrase might tickle auditory nerves of sentimental ‘alumni’ of St. Joseph’s College, arguably the country’s iconic secondary school of yesteryear. For the last nine decades, per aspera ad astra has served as the...
Gore a tsatsi jeno mosepele o o a wela, kgotsa, o sa ntse o tlaa tswela pele ga re itse. Fela re gatele pele re re, e a re Motswana a ntse a natetsha puo a fete ka go ijesa dijo tsa ditoro mme gape a re go na le go jesa motho dijo tsa ditoro....
An Ice Cream to be precise. What’s your favorite ice cream flavour? We cant get enough of our homemade ice creams and we love trying new textures, flavors …. and here comes the BUT. We love trying new textures and flavors but we...
Some news is There was a huge sense of anticipation when it was announced the president would address the nation on Friday. With the calls of unbanning the sale of alcohol having reached a crescendo there was an air of anticipation that The...
But his neutrality was soon compromised by the growing cooperation between the Bakwena Crown Prince Sebele I and his Bangwaketse counterpart Bathoen I. Following the remarriage of Gagoangwe to Bathoen, the Bakwena agreed to give up their claims to...
The reality is that the support is often clearly a theatrical performance than it is an actual position by which one can stand. It is often peppered by the high tea events, or panel discussions which lead absolutely no where, and are intended merely...
This piece is a furtherance of the former. It will also touch on some of the legal solutions accessible to casualties of emotional abuse and gender based violence in general under the Domestic Violence Act Cap 28: 05. • Forgive your...
Her words are below: No doubt, mourning is painful! However, if we remain faithful to God, we will receive comfort, healing, and restoration. I believe that God is in the business of writing beautiful stories -God stories even through pain. Join me...
In so doing, it will have to firstly reevaluate itself. It must ask itself; “Did we begin this campaign with the right intentions, and the right motives?” This is a question independent from whether the subjects of its campaign are guilty...
At the heart of these titles is a strong sense of inflated self-worth and immense self-confidence. Consider how Muhammad Ali, who claimed the title, “The Greatest,” bragged, “My only fault is, I don’t realise how great I...
Go bula tsela gompieno re re, re setse re kile ra supa gore fa Motswana a rata selo, a se itumelela, a re o se ja monate. E tlaa re Tshelwana a utlwa pina e opelwa fale ka botswerere a re, ‘Hei, pina ele ke e ja monate gore! A raya gore o a e...
Did you know Meat Free Monday is a campaign which aims to encourage to slow climate change by reducing meat consumption? Scientists agree that we need to reduce the amount of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere by 80% by 2050 to have a chance...
It does! Statistics Botswana might differ with this assertion but I have done my research and can vouch for this in a court of law. My research involved observing the frowns on traffic cops who are substitutes for malfunctioning traffic...
There they were subsequently joined by other merafe: the Balete of Mokgosi, Batlhako of Mabe, Batlokwa of Semele and Matlapeng, the Bahurutshe of Mangope and Masega. In the months that followed Mosielele’s musket wielding mephato, along with...
The question one might ask is; do we think it will achieve what it is meant to achieve? And to what extent? Does it give realistic estimates? Will we find ourselves having to recover again, from a year we did not anticipate, yet we could have? And...
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