After receiving an anonymous tip, the airport customs officials intercepted Lesedi after she flew in from South Africa via Doha, Qatar. When questioned, she reportedly denied having any illegal substances or items to declare.The airport officials...
Firstly, one would have expected the Gaseitsiwe Royal family to lead and coordinate the entire processes of the marriage. They could have been the ones to delegate tasks related to the marriage. Nevertheless, I observed with lament that a small group...
Answering to many names such a "malume, Tablas, Rhee, (list Is endless)Remember was an interlocutor of note. Remember as he was known countrywide was what many may regard as the (salt of Mahalapye), he would often be found holding a quart at the...
On August 16, 2022, 16-year-old Tiro Moalusi was mocked in class by his teacher because of his sexual orientation.Later that day, he took his own life.This act was, most likely, the final straw of Tiro’s long-suffering experience of what is known...
A tax-based joint global responsibility fund is proposed as a sustainable solution, a burden-sharing financial model to secure ours and our planet’s future. With the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties (COP15) ongoing...
While those around me remain adamant the poodle perm atop my head was indeed a good statement, I cannot help but look back and cringe.After all, poodles ought to be on the ground and left free to reign as they please (not on someone’s crown).The...
The sentiments by Professor Nnoli are true as it is evident that all the sub regions of the African continent are submerged in various forms of violent conflict. The most unfortunate thing about such conflicts (current and in the past) is that they...
It is also a day to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and to recognise and support the 360,000 people in Botswana who are living with the virus to ensure they receive the rights and dignity they deserve.The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is...
It is only the alethophobic individuals (those with fear of the truth) and sycophants whose existence is defined by corruption that want us to be optimistic about a shattered future that presents uncertainty for posterity.Some countries in the...
However, HIV is still a global problem. In 2021, according to the United Nations, 38.4 million people were living with HIV, over 650,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses, and 1.5 million became newly infected.Nearly 70% of infections occur in key...
Since 1975, it has imposed global trade prohibitions or restrictions intended to protect species threatened with extinction. It has largely failed. It has also lost the support of many range states, who view CITES and the international...
Furthermore, according to this report, while just 10 years ago, the annual rate of increase for this age group was 2.86 percent, now it is 4.36 percent, almost double the one of the previous decade.Put somewhat differently, more and more people in...
This is estimated around the same levels ten years back although it had been brought down over the years as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Does this development raise any eyebrows?Many may wonder what has contributed to these...
Her voice is loud. It rises above the din of splashing water, the grating and clanking of shovels scooping and throwing concrete mix into a water-filled wheelbarrow. The end result is a grey porridge subsequently dumped into a digester pit pre-laid...
The world may once again lose a chance to control a pandemic. The zoonotic viral disease, which is already endemic in 10 countries in West and Central Africa, only drew the world's attention after affecting people in rich countries in the Global...
Usually, such is life in a village. Actually, in a village, there isn’t much of a maze of a complicated ecosystem, but often just a simple human plan: here you will live, there will live somebody else; this will be her livelihood, there will be...
In our previous articles, we've discussed at length about the energy price shocks that have traumatised most of Europe and the rest of the world. Multiple corporations do trade with governments and corporations listed in the stock exchanges of...
The door-to-door preaching that Witnesses are known for around the world was suspended in March 2020 as a safety precaution to stem the spread of COVID-19.For most of the last two and a half years, Witnesses have remained closed globally due to the...
Burkina Faso is one example of a fragile state in Africa that has gone through many successful coups (nine in total) and the success of last week’s coup is the second in a space of eight months.In fact Burkina Faso has never experienced a...
It is not a new phenomenon to adapt to changes in accountancy.Essentially, technology brought drastic changes including the Accounting software systems which are in use in the present day such as QuickBooks, Sage, Xero, AccPac, and many others.To a...