He was, like always, dressed for the show. His trademark baseball cap, embroidered with initials ‘PF’ on the right side. Clean-shaven. Dark glasses that give him the James Bond look. He topped it off with the usual khaki safari vest...
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi’s presidential campaign faces insurmountable obstacles in pursuance of its objectives, as their numbers seemingly don’t add up. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) structures have simply connived against...
FRANCISTOWN: Before joining the DCEC, the well-built Mathambo who hails from Tonota village had spent about 32 continuous years at the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) where he had a meteoric rise through the army ranks. He has a very interesting career...
“Go maswe bagaetsho.” Agriculture minister, Patrick Ralotsia, who is also a prominent farmer with 300 hectares in the Kanye area, appears to be running out of adjectives to describe the latest cropping season disaster. “Even at my...
Farmers countrywide are exhausted from rolling years of droughts, but they have little choice. Subsistence and commercial farming activities are in the DNA of hundreds of thousands of Batswana across the country and every season they dutifully trudge...
When he assumed office Masisi, vowed to step up the fight to end HIV/AIDS in Botswana. Then, the President acknowledged that complacency was the reason the country’s efforts to fight the endemic have failed to bear any fruit. “The...
The annual World Happiness Report is an United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network publication that ranks 156 countries by variables that support well-being, including GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social...
For farmers, the BAMB’s contracts are a type of hedging or security, offering a guaranteed market and price for their produce, while it is in the ground. The scheme is open to those producing five tonnes or more of sorghum, maize, cowpeas or...
Tsodilo is a very special place. A trip to Tsodilo Hills has been a very emotional journey for yours truly lately. This is because it has been a decade of failed attempts to re-enter the revered White Rhino Cave in Tsodilo Hills. The White Rhino...
FRANCISTOWN: There is definitely more than meets the eye between Masisi and Khama. Their fighting cannot just stop. Week in and week out the former allies clash over a number of issues. Equally, the supporters of the two statesmen have known no...
FRANCISTOWN: It was in the spring of 2003 that a deal was finally sealed to occupy a single unit at the Ngilichi House. An agent from Knight Frank estate agents and property consultants whom we remember only as Khathidja had sealed the deal after...
Rwanda is being hyped as the new Jewel of Africa, the oasis of progress. In the headlines every day, Rwanda has done something spectacular, visionary, a satellite in space, a homegrown smartphone factory, all the while climbing up the ranks of the...
FRANCISTOWN: Ever since taking over the reigns of power from his former mentor Ian Khama some 11 months ago, Mokgweetsi Masisi has strictly presented himself as his own man. He is not stuck into his predecessor’s political shoes as many...
It could have been the 19th century novels written by H. Rider Haggard giving his British readers a never-seen-before, if not patently prejudiced, view into Africa, that ignited the West’s fascination with the Dark Continent. Haggard’s...
The last time the President of Botswana had a date with the local media at his residence was almost 12 years ago in December 2007. It was a glorious cocktail event with the then president Festus Mogae. Many of the journalists who were on the guest...
Government has denied Dr Chase an extension of a research permit, Mmegi has learnt. The government turned down his permit extension request in a letter from the Ministry and signed by Raphaka, dated December 17, 2018. Chase shot to controversy last...
So who are these people? Where are they? Why are they in the sex trade? What do they need? Who are the johns? How do they do it? How much are their services? How has HIV affected them? The Ministry of Health and Wellness in...
The highly revealing report into high-risk populations, which include female sex workers and transgenders, was conducted in 2017 and released earlier this year. Its findings on Men who have sex with men (MSM) are based on a sample of 800 men who are...
Between April 2017 and February 2018, researchers led by Ministry of Health and Wellness with several technical and financial partners, conducted interviews and group discussions with about 2,049 male and female sex workers as well as transgender...
The hard truth is that sex is, for many, a business and in Gaborone, that business is booming. The capital city, according to a recently released report, accounts for a large number of the estimated 4,000 female sex workers and 800 male sex workers...