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...
Ndaba N. Gaolathe – Gaborone Bonnington South (Vice-President) Average score = 6/10Hon. Dithapelo Keorapetse – Speaker of the National Assembly Average score = 8/10Hon. Helen P. Manyeneng – Mmopane–Metsimotlhabe (Deputy Speaker) Average score...
In his book, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde writes that nowadays people “know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Over a century later, that line perfectly captures the modern dilemma of information. We live in an age...
Botswana is increasingly exhibiting early symptoms of an information cold war, a subtle but pervasive conflict unfolding within the digital public sphere. The transition from nearly six decades of uninterrupted Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) rule to...
Whilst it is not UDC's policy to respond to every claim or allegation made against the party, on this matter, it is appropriate to put the record straight. More so, because the claims in our view misrepresented what the President said and...
In much of Africa, that question hangs in the air unanswered. Parents are left to search the internet late at night, ask neighbours for rumours, or turn to churches and traditional healers, while the formal system stands largely silent. I am not a...
Thereafter, one may then be inclined to look around from their vaunted point or special perch, while gazing at everybody else who may have their heads looking up to the sky wondering if they too could be as lucky as that one. Because gratitude seems...
There is a particular kind of silence that only journalists recognise, a silence that follows a story that worked. Not the triumphant silence after exposing a scandal, but the quiet absence of a disaster that almost happened. It is the silence of a...
How many autistic children in Botswana, and across Africa, are hidden away because parents fear what the community will say? How many families struggle in silence, not because their child is difficult, but because stigma makes it impossible to ask...
It increased its winning margin by 8%, and its share of votes from 54% to 57%. Its closest rival, the BDP, garnered 35% fewer votes, and the UDC itself saw a reduction of only 22%.But how was this possible, given the unfulfilled electoral promises,...
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