We don’t have money! Speaking of Which  |  Chekwane I’m up to here with it! I’m tired! I will no longer take calls from Furniture Shops. We are only into the second month of the year, and Furniture Shops are calling us left and right saying when are you going to pay? You assume that people are smart and they will know that no person of flesh and bloo... Posted on: Friday, 22 February, 2013

Are we a Rainbow Nation? Issues  |  Ferdinand Berkhof The term ‘Rainbow Nation’ was first coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a man I admire tremendously, not at all because of his religious beliefs or convictions but because he forever and very consistently speaks out against whatever and whomever he believes is wrong, be it during the days of the form... Posted on: Wednesday, 20 February, 2013

We have been drinking this water Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse This is fast proving to become a week of humans and fussing about what they eat/drink. In Europe everyone is fussing about horse meat DNA found in beef products and so serious is the whole thing that foodstuffs have been recalled - for hem it’s understandable as they were misled into believing it wa... Posted on: Tuesday, 19 February, 2013

Can love exist without money? On The Flipside  |  Keletso Thobega Many people have wondered whether real love can exist without money. Yes, it can, but the incidents are few and wide apart. Money makes the world go round and in this capitalist world, many people are wakening to the fact that although not a token or currency for our emotions, it helps to have mater... Posted on: Tuesday, 19 February, 2013

Of Blatter and the Constituency League YoungManPal Uncut  |  Thuso Palai It’s amazing that at one point Botswana was said to be near a suspension from FIFA because of the Constituency Tournaments, and then a year later we get to know that FIFA President Sepp Blatter was not even aware of its existence. Someone, somewhere was not telling the truth or someone, somewhere is... Posted on: Tuesday, 19 February, 2013

Police have no business giving permission for protests Ruffling Feathers  |  Kealeboga Dihutso South African President Jacob Zuma recently said that strikes marches and demonstrations, whatever you call them, were part and parcel of democracy. While in that particular discussion Zuma was quite clearly avoiding the real issues concerning instability in South Africa, one cannot deny the importa... Posted on: Monday, 18 February, 2013

Happy Valentines’ Day folks! Speaking of Which  |  Chekwane Listen; forget bitter people who are discouraging everyone to celebrate Valentine’s Day. You are not the one who said people should have bad luck when it comes to relationships. Some people are just stuck in relationships they are not happy in, but choose to stay anyway. The consequence of that is... Posted on: Thursday, 14 February, 2013

A black Pope? Issues  |  Ferdinand Berkhof This Monday, the world was shocked, stunned and staggered by the fact that Pope Benedict XVI, sovereign of the city-state of the Vatican, and head of the Roman Catholic Church announced that he would resign from his post by the end of this month. Why was this; a Pope resigning from office, so extrao... Posted on: Wednesday, 13 February, 2013

Lyrics and literature Maya Roze Dialogues  |  Maya Roze Should lyrics be included in academic literature? How much of music, local and otherwise, is actually used? I mean if we can use William Shakespeare, Emily Bronte and Zakes Mda in our literature, why not use current music as transitional content into modern literature. Posted on: Wednesday, 13 February, 2013

Could perceptions of BDP arrogance be to blame? Crossroads   |  Lawrence Ookeditse From the three bye-elections it is three apiece. Mmathethe has gone with the UDC, Pilikwe with the BDP, Tumasera/Seleka with the BCP - by quite some hefty margin of 320. Over the weekend, questions and arguments were over whether the BDP should be worried by that trend, and whether the opposition sh... Posted on: Wednesday, 13 February, 2013