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,...
How many teachers, facing overcrowded classrooms, are expected to include autistic learners without training, specialist support, or clear national guidelines? And perhaps the most important question: how many children are we quietly failing without...
Let us be honest. The world feels a little shaky nowadays. Democracy, that word we used to say with such pride, now feels fragile. Since 2019, the global democratic landscape has seen six straight years of decline. Think about that. Six years of...
While these platforms have opened new avenues for communication, they have also eroded the financial foundations of traditional media, weakened local journalism, and introduced unprecedented challenges related to misinformation, data protection, and...
This also means that there are no competing legitimacies. It further means that Executive leadership of the Legislature is central. In this case, members of the Executive or Cabinet ministers are appointed from a pool of legislators of the majority...
With Part 1 of the article having run last week, below are the remaining major factors that in these kinds of instances, an investment analyst would consider for any deal as they prepare a motivation to their investment committee:Regulatory,...
Primary colors are red, blue and yellow. When any two primary colors are mixed, several secondary colors are created. In other words, primary colors are the source and progenitor of other colors. In Botswana, and for present purposes, primary colors...
It is never certain that when answering a question at a company’s results presentation, it will capture quite so much attention. This is precisely what happened when I was asked for my view on the impact of online gambling on disposable income in...
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