In a statement released after the ceremony in Serowe earlier this week, Chimidza said he and the rest of the AASHS membership were grateful to UB for hosting the commemoration of the five martyrs who died on their way to the Lady Khama Centre, the...
Small arms and light weapons have seen a radical increase at a global level as the arms trade has grown exponentially over the years. However, when it comes to the impact of illicit trade it is the continent of Africa that continues to bear the brunt...
After more than two years of unremitting comparison and cultivation by the agricultural experts from China and Botswana, the trial planting has finally been successful. The rice seeds from China have produced golden grains on the land of Botswana.At...
Among the greatest worries, would be the new burden brought about by inflation. A survey by Ipsos SA has found that this is the biggest concern facing people in over 27 big economies compared to other global issues like poverty, unemployment, crime,...
On Thursday, over 5,000 competitors from nations as far afield as Malaysia to Jamaica converged on Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.Challengers will look to make history in an event that previously saw Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi break a 1500m...
This may be an indication of how poor our education system is. For example, and I suspect, it may have something to do with not teaching our children the true history of their country.Secondly, in some countries constitutions appear in the...
KASANE: New research led by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) has discovered that elephant movement through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development.From 2012 to 2019, EWB monitored elephants’...
It is equally vital for the citizens to know that along with traditional threats to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of a state, it also envisages the non-traditional threats in many forms, which include transnational organised crime.For the...
This process enables the criminals to enjoy these proceeds without exposing their source.There are three stages of laundering money:Stage 1: Placement This is whereby ‘dirty’ money is placed into the legal, financial systems either through...
At around 61, he is likely to be the youngest member of a club where an overwhelming majority is either ailing, ageing or haunted by their successors. Kenya has had two living ex-presidents afflicted by the first two inconveniences only.The hope is...
The first truth that the nation is now accustomed to is that President Mokgweetsi Masisi never speaks the truth and there seems to be no end to his dishonesty! I listened to the false utterances made by Masisi at the just ended National Council of...
Rightly lauded as an African success story, the country of almost two and a half million people has been powered largely by a trio of flourishing sectors, diamond mining, tourism and agriculture, that have helped to reduce poverty and inequality and...
Undeniably, NMAG is multidisciplinary. It is constituted of the nation’s museum, the African Modern Art, the National Art Gallery, the Octagon Gallery, and the National Botanical Garden: here, representation is a broad church! But what has...
In April, the BoB increased the newly introduced Monetary Policy Rate (MoPR) by 51 basis points (0.51%) from 1.14% to 1.65%.The latest increase is 50 basis points (0.5%) and takes the MoPR to 2.15%. The MoPR is the rate at which BoB lends money to...
The lady of many hats was amongst others bestowed with Botswana’s Honours awards in 1979 together with other nation builders in the likes of Dr Seligman, Richard Charles Eaton, Boy Mabuse Moapare and Jack Frank Ramsden.Some of her illustrious works...
As FETO affiliated army units left their barracks to occupy key locations, such as the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul and fighter jets and attack helicopters bombed strategic targets including the Parliament, Presidential compound, army and police...
For the people of Maun West, I will continue in my role as your representative in Parliament, no need to panic.For members of the public who count on my office to assist with the challenges you face, I am still at your service.Developments around...
Botswana, like any other country, is facing its fair share of challenges around mathematics education based on poor results for many years, at all the crucial exit levels such as Standard 7, Form 3, Form 5, and Form 6 (Botswana Examinations Council)...
A final distribution of P28, 084,000 was declared, equating to 10.03 thebe per linked unit. The distribution comprises a dividend of 0.05 thebe and interest of 9.98 thebe per linked unit and compares favourably with the final distribution of 9.4117...
Change the country’s nameTo begin with the name of the country ought to be changed to, or replaced with, a more accommodating name as several people before me have suggested, such as Moses Gare, Gobe Matenge, Knight Maripe and Dr Habaudi Hobona, to...
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