The fact that our largest democratic partner refers to us as ‘deviant democracies' is the utmost disrespect for the democratisation efforts and achievements of Botswana and Africa as a whole.The African continent has made significant progress...
This year marks an important milestone as the HIV community reach 40 years since the first reported case of HIV. These past 40 years of experience in the HIV response have provided evidence of what works and instilled a hope that solutions to the HIV...
The EU has made it clear that future EU development assistance to Afghanistan will depend on the respect for the international legal framework and for norms on human rights, including women’s and girls’ rights. The EU is determined and committed...
During Khama's administration, it culminated in the break-up of the BDP leading to the formation of the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD). During President Mokgweetsi Masisi, factionalism is taking place and it’s likely to tear the party...
Upholding unity as the fundamental principle of His teachings, Bahá’u’lláh established the necessary safeguard to ensure that His religion would never suffer the same fate as others that split into sects after the deaths of their Founders. In...
The plenum was convened in a year of significance, which marked the 100th anniversary of the CPC’s founding. The plenum considered and adopted the resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the party over the past century,...
While inevitably peppered with self-praise and gloating for some of the accomplishments, SONA 2021 failed to address some of the pressing social, economic and political challenges the country is currently facing. In failing to broach these, the...
Scenes of life that appear commonplace, may actually be compelling us to acknowledge the presence of others in our midst, or even to reckon with their usefulness. Oftentimes, the nameless individuals inhabiting them are in many ways just like us, but...
Even though kleptocracy (governance characterised by rampant thievery of public resources) has been largely synonymous with Africa’s immediate post-colonial dictators, it is still very much alive today but perpetrated through sophisticated...
INTRODUCTION1. Mister Speaker, before I address this august House, I would like to request that we observe a moment of silence in remembrance of our citizens and residents, who have departed during the course of this year. AMEN! I wish to extend my...
The conflict affects both animals and humans in different ways. What happens is, animals roam residential areas searching for water or simply crossing by. The residents then proceed to try to defend themselves by killing the animal or at least trying...
Here was a community of agrarian people able to earn a living while learning academic and technical skills. As young people growing up in this community, we all knew that at the end of our primary school leaving education, we would either go to...
The government of Botswana is aware of these dangers and this month achieved a major milestone by completing a reform programme to crackdown on illicit finance. I congratulate the Botswana authorities on the enormous amount of work they have...
I was never in doubt that the farm rightfully belonged to the tribe under the title of freehold. When you own land and it is freehold, it simply means no one else has any interest whatsoever in the land. The ownership is unlimited (in perpetuity) and...
They largely focused on the supposed benefits the lotto/lottery would bring to the economy and why it is important to expedite the awarding and operation of the lotto/lottery. These 'protests' piqued my interest, not in the behind-the-scenes...
To me, that is both the attraction and limiting factor of any place that one calls home. Unsurprisingly, my home is that place.My home is a village. It is not contiguous to the city, but is close to it. It has a proud historical pedigree; over the...
It touches intimately on many great questions, of governance, or regulation, of socio-economic development, of transparency, or legislation and a challenging crime fighting scenario that recognises no borders.Few of our journalists have a background...
TONOTA: But, unfortunately, we see in many households a different scenario, especially in those headed by a single parent, usually the mother. Such a parent may be burdened with so many responsibilities - working full time, guiding the children,...
The aforesaid media release carried defamatory and misleading allegations intended to tarnish the good name of the company, and that of its chairman, aforesaid. In particular, the following allegations, bear reference; Ad Simbi Phiri (Chairman- Khato...
The last study on poverty at the district level in the country found that Ngamiland East and West had poverty incidences ranging between 21% and 33%, meaning between one in five and one in three people in the two areas respectively were classified as...
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