The ingredients which made Sandy Grant’s unconventional career are obvious, a feel for history and local history in particular, a regard for historic buildings, an enjoyment of teaching and education, a concern for others and a rare affection for...
Someone is crying, another is hurtling in fear and the other is sedated by the many tragedies. The losses are immediate and tragic. There is no shoulder to cry on. We are all hoping that one day it will subside and ultimately stop like a storm;...
Many scholars from around the world are curious about Botswana’s economic success story. The usual numbers about savings, investment, and government budgets miss a key factor. Jay Salkin represented that missing factor. He chose to stay because...
The world has since never been the same. The advent of the global health crisis coincided with President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s ascension to the presidency immediately after the 2019 elections. A year later, what defined Masisi’s foreign policy...
Two South African laboratories have used different tests to show that antibodies against the variant of the COVID-19 virus known as 501Y.V2, which dominated the second wave of infections in the country, are effective against the original version of...
Capitalism! More precisely, free market capitalism is the fundamental substratum for a vibrant environment for job creation. Contrary to popular belief, capitalism is not the hording of capital instruments but the freedom to trade ideas in the market...
A lot was said. The speech was wide-ranging; it covered topics from achieving food security to the inefficacy of parastatals. Many of the issues touched upon were not new, such as high levels of youth unemployment; the inefficiencies associated with...
At another level, a remedy is perhaps already suggested by what I suspect is the pseudonym of the writer of the Mmegi article. The word ‘’mokento’’ is derived from the Afrikaans word ‘’inent’’ (vaccinate, innoculate). Setswana has not...
Constitution making refers to the process of making a new constitution or reviewing an old one that also includes the design and content of a new or amended constitution. Questions of constitutional design entails questions such as: what kind of...
Botswana has lost its integrity in democratic credentials, including upholding of free, fair and credible general elections. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MPs must support this motion to help redeem their party’s integrity. The motion comes...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has learnt with dismay the sad news of the killing of the His Excellency Luca Attanasio, Ambassador of Italy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), his Bodyguard, and Driver, on 22 February 2021,...
The uncomfortable corner the ANC finds itself in reminds me of the same corner the BDP hovered over when its former Number 1 went ‘haywire’. These events evoke a sense of nostalgia for change in African politics, and for me as a politically...
People should know who they are and they should have the freedom to express their sexual preferences without shame or doubt. Sexuality is a major part of identity and the decriminalisation of same-sex relations in 2019 played a major role in...
The Ndebele rule also extended over Mashona, although the Portuguese sought to dispute this in 1888. In a diplomatic dispatch of April 27, 1888, Senor de Carvalho of the Portuguese Consulate in part transmitted the following to the British High...
Interacting with the press at a BOSETU budget review session early this week, Rari noted that digitisation at basic education level targeting Standard 5’s up to Standard 7’s was the standout highlight in the 2021-2022 development...
Botswana is not spared yet there are rumours of an impending third wave of infections on the backdrop of uncertainties related to the vaccine. When there is a problem, it is helpful for one to take a step back and rethink his approach and strategies,...
And well, the other shoe has finally fallen! Finance and Economic Development Minister Thapelo Matsheka might as well have said that, closed his briefcase and left the August House. Amongst those who said something immediately was former Investment,...
Through examining the lives of early women scientists whose contributions revolutionised their field, one can glimpse those unique qualities in action. The Baha’i writings also provide a standard for understanding the psychological barriers...
Kombani should have explained that after the Europeans fought against the Matebele, they cut off a strip of land which they gave to the Bamangwato; this is how we came into the Ngwato Reserve. Some of our villages were in this strip of land and...
There is a clear global trend towards abolition including from States with a variety of legal systems, traditions, cultures, and religions. At the end of last year, 123 states voted in favour of the General Assembly resolution calling for a...
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