This marked a significant institutional rebranding aligned with its long-term academic vision and continental footprint. The event brought together parents, staff, learners, and education stakeholders, serving as both a symbolic and strategic reset...
For the fifth consecutive year, the aggressor state has carried out continuous large-scale attacks against Ukraine, targeting the civilian population and civilian infrastructure of Ukraine.After four years of war, 2026 must be the year the aggression...
I read with keen interest a Facebook post in which the writer felt compelled to issue a disclaimer that a photograph circulating on social media, one allegedly depicting her with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit, was not authentic. The...
And perhaps that is precisely what our times demand. “But we need to ask ourselves: in today’s prevailing environment – where growth projections improve, but household pressures remain tangible – can optimism exist without honesty?”The...
In fact, they are deliberate exaggerations solely intended to give emphasis. Second, although the expressions are now considered clichés because they have long been overused and are everywhere, nonetheless, they still convey a basic truth. This...
The public apology issued by Tshepo Sethibe, popularly known as Moeladilotlhoko, was necessary but it was also an admission. An admission that a line was crossed. An admission that harm was done. And, most importantly, an admission that ethics...
As a Cabinet minister, ‘DK’ as Kwelagobe was affectionately known, served at the president’s pleasure, whereas he was popularly elected to lead the BDP. DK surgically delineated the two responsibilities he occupied. On excellent advice, he...
Limitations on governmental power involve the separation of powers among the organs of government (Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary), a system of checks and balances, and due process of law. Furthermore, constitutional democracies guarantee...
I read a Facebook post recently with a mixture of dismay and disappointment. Not because it criticised government but because of how casually it discarded core democratic principles in favour of political expediency. The post argued that the Umbrella...
In particular, MISA Botswana acknowledges the leadership of the Minister for State President, Moeti Mohwasa, in convening the Media Consultative Forum which brought together media practitioners and key stakeholders to engage candidly on long-...
Batswana have given the new government of the Umbrella for the Democratic Change (UDC) the privilege to drive this process. Realising that this is a rare opportunity to bolster our democracy and the Constitution being a sacrosanct law that governs...
Albeit isolated, there are bright spots on the horizon, keeping alive hopes for the resurgence of good and better-governed schools on a larger scale. The existence of effective schools in the system, albeit few in number, that fulfil their mandate...
The current government stance is exploitative and undermines decent work principles. Apparently, the government has been hiring temporary teachers for over a year without converting them to permanent positions, which is against the spirit of the...
So, I happened to pass by the Mmegi newsroom on a Tuesday morning. As expected, the journalists there were going about their business trying to gather stories for the week’s edition.It’s the kind of aura that I had been accustomed to from a young...
There was a time in Botswana when public disagreements were largely about opinions. People argued passionately about policy, leadership or political direction, but they generally agreed on the basic facts.Today, that shared ground is shifting. We no...
For too many of our people, that transformation is not only confusing and disorienting but has also become synonymous with instability. People are nervous, anxious and ill at ease, not least because of their economic situation.Too many of our people...
The Umbrella for Democratic Change came into power on the back of a promise of creating 100,000 jobs but the state of the economy has not allowed them to work the magic they may have envisioned.This has led to frustration from the citizenry and a...
I am being followed and mobbed by groups of people to and from the university. These individuals act in coordination, creating an environment of fear and hostility wherever I go. I have also been spiked, twice, this year once at an entertainment...
Mmegi’s Arts&Culture Coordinator, Goitsemodimo Kaelo, finds it difficult to gauge how the UDC has performed in the past year, “specifically because of the economic situation the country finds itself in.” Despite the challenging circumstances,...
As South Africans wound down the year in December, an uncomfortable but revealing pattern emerged from their cities. A young man was caught on a cellphone camera snatching a phone from a young woman before darting into a getaway car. In another...
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