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LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA: So, I shared my ill-fated experience with a friend back home (Mmamokete Molefhe) how incessant power outages were disruptive with their 10-hour blackouts that we experienced. A prompt riposte from Molefhe came in through a...

LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA: Marco Pani had attended the just-ended inaugural KAZA Heads of State Summit in the tourism town of Livingstone where various issues of conservation took centre stage.He opened up the conversation with the line, “ I belong to an...

“When you reflect, sometimes we don’t represent the interests of these poor people very well. I am yet to experience a meeting of this magnitude that will bring together the poor communities under one roof to articulate their concerns,” he...

LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA: Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) CEO, Lily Rakorong, this week amplified the voice of the private sector in its endorsement of the UniVisa, as a tool that they strongly feel will revolutionise the way of...

The minister was giving high-level reflections with her colleagues in the KAZA region. The theme of the reflections was 'What Will It Take To Further Strengthen KAZA TFCA Governance And Development To Ensure Conservation And Development Impacts...

He was speaking to a discussion that addressed issues around the question: What are the global best practices for advancing green growth and how do they apply to KAZA TFCA? Scheren spoke of unlocking and growing the wildlife economy in the KAZA TFC...

KAZA aerial survey coordinator, Darren Potgieter, headlined a panel discussion on technical issues within the region, focussing on the implication for policy and management.The KAZA region, a 520,000-square kilometre wetland paradise straddling...

Also an entrepreneur, Butale’s big fall out with a party of his youth (1992-2019) the BDP, was precipitated amongst others by his loss of the party ticket at the primaries for the 2019 General Election. His conviction was that his loss to a...

As they say, true to the wishes of its fallen hero, 96-year-old founding party president, Michael Kitso Dingake, who is reputed to have been a perfectionist in the art of organising events and enlivening the image of the party, the BCP did not...

The perceived favour and inclination that is often conferred upon government media by government officials ahead of other media practitioners had vanished. Right or wrong, the private media is often accused of taking a hard stance against the...

Aside of official work, we mingled with the Londoners. It is a moment we all cherished as the majority of us were first visitors to the first world country in Europe. Mounted police patrol the Palace area on the back of horses attracting attention of...

The Champane family in Mahalapye bid their father a final goodbye after struggling with an ailment until he succumbed to it on March 16, 2024, at a hospital in his home village. He was buried last week Saturday at the village cemetery. The family...

LONDON: Besides the fact that I was a first timer to the UK, I was interested to appreciate London, a city with about 8.982 million (2019) people coming from a country with a population of slightly over two million. Botswana’s population can only...

LONDON: At the Botswana’s High Commission here, Limbo relives a heart-wrenching experience of escape when his life could have easily ended in the thickets of his home village, Satau, in the Chobe District.As a retiree, his life now revolves around...

Mbaiwa is a Professor of Tourism Studies, Okavango Research Institute and University of Botswana.He led a lecture on the UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill and its implications to conservation and livelihoods.His main story was that...