Despite anticipated deceleration of global economic growth in 2022 and 2023 by 3.4% and 2.9%, respectively, Botswana strongly rebounded from the adverse effects of the pandemic posting growth of 11.8% in 2021 with growth projected to 6.7% and 4% in...
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a major initiative aimed at promoting trade and economic integration across Africa. The capital market can play a key role in helping to accelerate the efforts of the AfCFTA by providing businesses...
Former U.S. President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR in 2003. Thanks to the compassion and generosity of the American people, PEPFAR has helped to save more than 25 million lives across the globe.Globally, since the establishment of PEPFAR, new HIV...
This obviously does not include the BDP President, his Ministers, top civil servants and the party's surrogates in the "private sector".After a long time of giving the different generations of BDP government space to govern and address the...
We are a team of media practitioners from various backgrounds but with a common to goal to raise the profile of the MISA-Botswana Chapter. Together we aim:1. To reenergize MISA-Botswana and turn its fortunes around to restore its dignity. For the...
Now that that’s out of the way, here’s my topic statement: Botswana has an under nutrition problem, specifically among children.Don’t get me wrong, though; all forms of malnutrition exist in Botswana, as they do in many other countries, but...
I have stated in the past that the road to building and consolidating a coalition is a tall order.Best practices in coalition politics reflect, among others, equitable partnership, compromises, mutual respect and humility, effective leadership,...
This was a radical act that shook the people that were present and shocked the entire culture. Tahirih’s heroism represents the strong belief of Baha’is in the principle of the equality of women and men.Tahirih was thereafter put to death. Her...
Russia’s war of aggression has slashed a devastating wound far beyond Europe, exacerbating a food and energy crisis in large parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. More than 800 million men, women and children go to bed hungry every night.The...
From joining the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) delegation that was led by His Excellency, President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the Dubai Expo 2020 where we were attempting to attract investors, to the Southern African Customs Union Investment...
This is not surprising because the census is notably the organisation’s largest and most complex undertaking, which involves participation by the entire country. Through the authority vested on it by the Statistics Act of 2009, Statistics Botswana...
Turning waste into business offers an opportunity to find lasting solutions to challenges and setbacks in Botswana’s socio-economic development, given a paradigm shift to sustainable waste management.The transition towards a circular economy as...
For some, it may even be the time they start to dread the increase in their age (and ours too) which is bound to happen sooner or later! To counteract this propensity to descend into self-flagellation, I ask that this year, at its beginning, we...
Although this request is asked in jest, you are certainly not alone in wondering why some things are just the way they are! The following ordinary tales turn expectation on its heads and transform intuition into everyday reality.Sometimes they propel...
After receiving an anonymous tip, the airport customs officials intercepted Lesedi after she flew in from South Africa via Doha, Qatar. When questioned, she reportedly denied having any illegal substances or items to declare.The airport officials...
Firstly, one would have expected the Gaseitsiwe Royal family to lead and coordinate the entire processes of the marriage. They could have been the ones to delegate tasks related to the marriage. Nevertheless, I observed with lament that a small group...
Answering to many names such a "malume, Tablas, Rhee, (list Is endless)Remember was an interlocutor of note. Remember as he was known countrywide was what many may regard as the (salt of Mahalapye), he would often be found holding a quart at the...
On August 16, 2022, 16-year-old Tiro Moalusi was mocked in class by his teacher because of his sexual orientation.Later that day, he took his own life.This act was, most likely, the final straw of Tiro’s long-suffering experience of what is known...
A tax-based joint global responsibility fund is proposed as a sustainable solution, a burden-sharing financial model to secure ours and our planet’s future. With the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP15) ongoing...
While those around me remain adamant the poodle perm atop my head was indeed a good statement, I cannot help but look back and cringe.After all, poodles ought to be on the ground and left free to reign as they please (not on someone’s crown).The...
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