The crazy “fast” life of GC On The Flipside  |  Keletso Thobega Cities are often perceived to be a place of ‘milk and honey’, thronged with people who want to earn a living or make their dreams come true. In Botswana, this ‘golden’ city is Gaborone, often referred to as GC or Gabs. Posted on: Tuesday, 27 November, 2012

Irresponsible civil society Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso We have always known that civil society in Botswana is weak. We have known that they amount to nothing but a bunch of want to be Nobel Award winners, who do nothing but hold useless workshops and hope for presidential invites to one event or the other. They look forward to the day some president or ... Posted on: Monday, 26 November, 2012

Mob justice is not justice Issues  |  Ferdinand Berkhof Last Friday, Botswana was shocked to hear of yet another horrendous violent crime in Gaborone West, Phase IV. The victim, a young woman, was found in a pool of blood on the floor of her house after having been stabbed, and possibly raped. She died as a result of her injuries the day after. The suspe... Posted on: Friday, 23 November, 2012

Memoirs for my memories Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze “One step forward. One step back/ Jus move your body/ Turn around and clap your hand… … me-do-do-do-do-do-lah-do-ti” Remember that song? Posted on: Wednesday, 21 November, 2012

HIV and Education Issues  |  Ferdinand Berkhof As we all know, we are a society with one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world. There are a number of reasons for this – I will definitely go into some of those at a later stage. For now, it suffices to say that, as a society, we have done a lot trying to curb the existing trends. When I ... Posted on: Wednesday, 21 November, 2012

Things that go bump in the night On The Flipside  |  Keletso Thobega Nightlife offers a glimpse into a compellingly interesting element of human behaviour; both peculiarity and amusement, as many people in our country frequent drinking holes whether bars, clubs or those sepoto establishments that pose as restaurants. Posted on: Wednesday, 21 November, 2012

The poor man’s struggle and pain Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse See, being poor is indeed a curse of sorts. They say at Lobatse some trader, with name that does not sound so indigenous - and I will say so because it is true - has been selling used cooking oil to local people for consumption. The reports are of cooking oil that has been used over and over again -... Posted on: Tuesday, 20 November, 2012

Suspension season is here YoungManPal Uncut  |  Thuso Palai Over the past few months there has been a lot of firings and suspensions of teams, sports administrators, sports presenters and even the League, all over the show. For all these, one can safely say indeed the suspension and firing season is here. Some have tried to take cover and have failed while o... Posted on: Tuesday, 20 November, 2012

Do it yourself – right! Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze Okay, so if something is good, of good quality and great standard, it is so because it has been approved by the majority that it is so – right? Does this mean because the West (North America and Europe) and the East (Japan, China and Middle East) have the highest number of production and consumer it... Posted on: Monday, 19 November, 2012

Opposition: of insults, lies and mudslinging Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso Now that the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has been launched one expects the full campaign for 2014 to begin in earnest. Expect a great deal of mudslinging and a healthy dose (or is it unhealthy dose) of insults. So basically it will be business as usual. We have come to expect little more fr... Posted on: Friday, 16 November, 2012