The Balkan wars conflicts over colonial policy, growth militarism and the arms race engendered tensions amongst European powers, which threatened to upset the relative equilibrium which had underpinned the European state system since 1870. To prepare...
Gender-based violence (GBV) affects individuals worldwide, with 1 in 3 women globally experiencing violence – like rape or physical abuse – that is often perpetrated by an intimate partner. In Botswana, the latest National Relationship Study...
I have been asked to discuss the issue of navigating judicial independence and accountability in politically sensitive cases. In Kenya these cases include the three Raila cases on Presidential election petitions, the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI)...
Former Bank of Botswana governor, Moses Pelaelo, remembers Quill Hermans’ steadfast integrity.“In Quill Hermans’ central bank, if you stole a bar of soap from the bathroom, you are gone.“You cannot be in the central bank and steal.“He...
Most local beef farmers who were plying their trade in the beef space in the late 70’s and into the 80’s and 90’s would surely remember Ove Nielsen and know what positive impact he had in their lives over the years. Under his stewardship, BMC...
For Botswana, that day happens once every five years. So it was that on October 30, 2024, we, the qualifying citizens of this country, were voters willing to sit in a queue for up to two hours, quietly bearing the late spring heat, while chatting...
Mmegi: Firstly, congratulations on your appointments and welcome back to Parliament. How are you feeling?Kenewendo: I feel privileged to be able to serve my country and Batswana in this capacity once again; different portfolio but capacity as SEMP...
The execution of Botswana’s economic roadmap has been forged through following National Development Plans (NDP) which have been designed to reflect the policy choices and developmental goals of different national leaders. The sixth administration...
The country’s vice president and finance minister, Ndaba Gaolathe, says the state of public finances is worse than the new administration expected to find. Addressing journalists on Thursday, three days after he was appointed Finance Minister,...
He also distinguished himself by working on various international assignments for the World Bank before returning to BOB's leadership and becoming the first chairman of the Botswana International Financial Services Centre. A man who personified...
The Finance Ministry’s website, the go-to source fiscal data, has been quiet this year. While traditionally, the release of data sets from the Ministry is a notoriously slow affair, this financial year, reports suggest that the challenges in the...
On November 1, 2024, when Chief Justice Terence Rannowane declared President Duma Boko as the winner of the 2024 General Election, the government was thrown into uncharted territory. They had to facilitate a transition of power from one regime to...
Indeed in the dramatic, almost surreal moment of transition that took place in the heart of the country's seat of power, former president Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday handed over the keys of government, literally, to his successor, President Duma...
In his book, “Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships,” Geoffrey L. Greif writes that the significant difference between male friendships and their female counterparts is that men have shoulder-to-shoulder relationships while women have...
In this thought piece I suggest that occasionally our constitution does whisper in its silence, and one must listen carefully. Sometimes it gives the impression that it speaks in tongues too. I suspect it is because our constitution may not be well...
For better or worse and with or despite the attendant misinformation, exaggerations and painful home truths, the economy has taken centre stage in the general election, perhaps more powerfully than ever before.In previous elections, on social media...
Earlier in the year, President Mokgweetsi Masisi and the ruling party seemed headed for an untroubled second term, with a popular suite of policies and the record P102 billion budget anchoring the president’s campaign.However, by mid-year, the...
Sabata Mokalee is a student at Molefi Secondary School and is visually impaired. Just like any other young person, Mokalee, has dreams and would like to be a neurologist someday. Speaking recently at the International Day of the Girl Child organised...
Researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently published a 20-page report detailing the urgency and benefits of transforming the Pula Fund into a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) and weighing the various ways government could do...
Walking into the warehouse, the first candy that catches the eye is the four-wheeled machines that are the green friends of the environment. Machines that make no sound as the ignition runs, luring the mind to ponder for minutes without end on the...
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