Fifty-five Students Leave For Russia

For the first time 55 young Batswana will leave the country next week to go study in Russia. The Russian government has offered the students sponsorship to study different courses in different universities.

The acting ambassador of the Russian Federation in Botswana, Anatoly Ptitsa, said at the orientation meeting in Gaborone last week that the Russian government grants African countries more than 800 state scholarships annually. 

He said that this year Russia granted 14 scholarships to SADC countries and that five people from Botswana were granted government scholarships. 

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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