Recently, one popular Facebook page with more than 20,000 followers alleged that the health ministry was hiding a white patient from South Africa at Bokspits Clinic. After the first three cases were announced, photos of a couple alleged to be the...
On Tuesday, dozens of Batswana came face to face with the scary reality of coronavirus. They crossed the border early in the morning and returned to a nightmare. At Pioneer Gate in Lobatse, medical practitioner, Dr Montoedi Matlhare found himself...
But the scene is sombre and sobering, she is unsure whom to approach. There is a heavy police presence. As she quickly does the math, she realises that this is not a place to cause a scene. She has walked into a much bigger and graver scene. She...
The controversial Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) legislator for Tonota recorded an amateurish video, which has since gone viral on social media, addressing his constituents and the country on the coronavirus. Moatlhodi used the same powerful...
Mmegi: Help us understand Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP) and multiple pathways as solutions to the current education crisis. Bulawa: Briefly, the ETSSP is a reform aimed at transforming education by addressing some key policy...
MOENG COLLEGE: A journey to Moeng College on the back of J5 trucks was an enjoyable experience. Former Moeng College students still have vivid memories of this Mokungwane/Mokoba stop hump, which left many overwhelmed with a strong feeling of...
MOENG COLLEGE: The 2019 Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Examinations (BGCSE) tell the story of a collapsed giant that Moeng College was known for in the years of yore: In the academic circles. Out of 34 senior secondary schools, Moeng was...
Although the news made headlines across the world following the published study, at some point beating both US President Donald Trump’s then impending impeachment trial and Brexit blockbusters, Botswana was still busy reeling from the elections...
“It’s emotionally draining. It’s tough. You cannot go out. It’s just the same four walls, seeing these everyday with nothing new. “We have had guys experience panic attacks and we believe others are going into...
Elephant Havens, the brainchild of young local elephant handler who used to work at Abu Camp in the heart of the Okavango, and philanthropic American couple, is presenting a unique opportunity for the people of Ngamiland to change their mindset about...
On Monday, Letshego Holdings will unveil full year 2019 results showing an increase of up to P157 million in pretax profits, continuing a long standing track record of delivering returns to investors. However, the 21-year old homegrown microlender,...
It takes very little to spread panic. A scream, loud noise in a sensitive surrounding or even sudden running where running is not called for. For the passengers of BP 204 from OR Tambo to Johannesburg that afternoon, one quietly spoken sentence from...
When the now suspended permanent secretary to the President (PSP), Carter Morupisi first appeared in court on September 3, 2019, the whole event seemed like a political smokescreen for the general elections. Watching such a powerful man sitting in...
Since its commissioning in 2012, Lucara’s Karowe Diamond Mine has fast built a reputation for finding some of the world’s most remarkable diamonds. From 2015’s 1,109-carat Lesedi la Rona and 813-carat Constellation, to last...
In response to epidemic situation and the travel-rush of people during the Spring Festival holidays, the Chinese government has made the prevention and control of novel coronavirus-related pneumonia a national priority and set up a national joint...
MATOBO/GOSHWE: With unemployment expected to hover around 19% this year from 18% last year, some people, mostly women, on the outskirts of Matobo and Goshwe villages, have pitched camps in the bush to harvest mopani worms. Many of them harvest...
The government’s seasonal agricultural inputs programme, ISPAAD, was climate sensitive for a few weeks last year before pressure from farmers won the day. The programme, on which government spends upwards of P600 million each year providing...
Kgori Capital implicated in NPF scandal Kgori Capital, an asset management entity, was one of the companies that came under the spotlight when the National Petroleum Fund (NPF), a statutory fund run under the Energy Affairs Department, hit the...
When taking over government on April 1, last year, President Mokgweetsi Masisi talked of rescuing the country from years of misrule by the previous administration under former president, Ian Khama. The first act of the rescue plan involved the...
Farmers are a notoriously philosophical lot. In their defence, any activity that involves spending a lot of time watching the sky for rain tends towards one becoming a deep thinker. Farmers know all about the Ts and Cs of life, that few things are...