They have to demonstrate to parents why they should pay school fees even though the academic calendar has been disrupted. It is likely to be lost altogether. They should put serious reasons forward as to why students who are now sitting at home...
Letsholathebe in a press briefing held last week deliberately misled the nation when he went on record on national television (Btv) to address the student population of this country on an array of issues affecting them amidst the coronavirus...
Kalake was a lifetime member of the Botswana National Front, having been mentored into the party by its founders, Cde Patrick Tshane and Bathoen II. Cde Kebadire Kalake was committed to the Social Democratic principles, which are the driving ideology...
Bagaetsho, it has been twenty four (24) days since we went into a national lockdown as a strategic measure to minimise and contain the risk of the spread and transmission of COVID-19 in Botswana. Since then, the majority of our citizens have complied...
Social distancing and lockdown rules, whilst necessary for the control of the virus, are detrimental to many economies and more so an economy like that of Botswana, which is reliant on sectors such as hospitality, travel, tourism, mining and the...
The Fund was established by Public Finance Management (COVID-19 Relief Fund) Order, 2020 to be administered by the Minister of Finance and Development Planning with a Committee on behalf of the Government of Botswana. Government represented by...
COVID 19 knows no boundaries and it seems the courts in many jurisdictions, and Africa in particular, cannot function amidst the crisis. There are no innovative and intelligent ways to provide a platform for the function of the courts without...
This article aims to tell the story from a different perspective, from the point of view of the compassionate, intelligent and resilient people who are living and will leave this pandemic. The article is not meant to minimise the negative...
Both the United States and the Eurozone economies are expected to crash by 7.5 percent and 6.7 percent respectively in 2020. More than 22 million Americans lost jobs over the last five weeks since President Donald Trump declared a national emergency...
The technology innovation, which is heralded as the great hope for the ICT industry has suddenly been imbued in so many conspiracy theories. The following are the trendiest theories currently: (1) 5G might suppress the immune system (2) Viruses can...
I will for purposes of this piece, and a couple or more others to follow, call it the Information Age. It is an age characterised, fundamentally, by easy and virtually instantaneous access to information and any conceivable body, or snippets...
Just like the World Wars though, this pandemic has forced responses that challenge the status quo and predict that life and business will change post the pandemic. For Botswana, this is no different. The pandemic has put front and centre our...
Among his duties, he appoints senior management in the public service, and introduces and manages public service management system and related reforms. In essence he has overall responsibility over all public officers. The PSP also happens to...
The local newspaper Patriot on Sunday quoted the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM) on April 5, 2020 informing Botswana unions that local insurance companies are rejecting requests to insure frontline workers against the risk of COVID-19...
FRANCISTOWN: A recent Mmegi Facebook poll involving over 27,000 participants found out that 83% of the people wanted President Mokgweetsi Masisi to enact the State of Emergency (SoE) for at 28 days. This majority marginally outvoted the 17% of...
The debate dragged on for too long. This should have been a simple debate for President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his team, following the simple rules and format of the British Parliamentary style of debate. There were several burdens of proof to satisfy...
He often started work before 5am each day, developing his latest ideas into projects and more projects. His tireless energy awarded him his nickname, ‘dust devil’, or ‘little whirlwind’. Frank arrived in Botswana in 1964....
Mr. Speaker, let me at the onset appreciate you for graciously honouring my invitation, at short notice, to attend this Extra-Ordinary session of Parliament. This session is intended to afford you the opportunity to debate, provide direction and...
This is the nature of the pandemic economy: In the face of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and following the declared state of public emergency, many parts of the country will be severely locked down and the state will curtail people’s ability to...
The aim of this article is to therefore try to investigate the different economic effects that will arise from this disaster. I will look at individual industries, possible effects on unemployment, possible effects on the government budget and...