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Tutwane writes that Botswana National Front (BNF) not only had to change language and image, but leadership. The renovation architects took leaf from the transformation of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, observing that the two parties had...

The ruling Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) spokesperson, 55-year old Moeti Caesar Mohwasa, has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with political scribes of the Botswana media. He is now part of the 68-member Parliament, having come through as...

Back in 2012, when Duma Boko was appointed by the contracting parties as the leader of the newly established Umbrella for Democratic (UDC), many outside the party that brought him to the limelight, the Botswana National Front (BNF) and the legal...

A few other comrades joined in but midway through this political project that Mike led with intention and purpose, we could tell the battle was lost.Many fell by the wayside, but Mike kept pushing. I had to confront him, showing him that we were...

Disqualified on the basis of age? Hai madoda! This indicates how far the "new" BNF has deviated from the path of political consciousness when a frivolity is made a factor in the debate about the candidacy for the office of party leader.It has been...

That was in 2003. Mogae wouldn’t waste talent and created a portfolio for his Member of Parliament. Sebetela became the minister of the newly established Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology.For the media fraternity who had for a...

The regression in seeing women ascending to positions of power in politics has seen Botswana sitting at the bottom of the 15-member SADC countries, and hitting 123 in global rankings. The statistics show Botswana in bad light. In Parliament for...

The media training programmes at the University of Botswana, Limkokwing University and South African institutions of learning were providing a pool of talent for the growing industry. With that, saw the rise of women media leadership. Women were...

My daily struggle with debilitating pain has my mind messed up that I want to go into all joints of my body, suck out every frozen cracked fluid and breath back in fresh new fluids. Imagine a home where there is a constant battle, the husband and...

But when Botswana’s COVID-19 cases were first reported in March of last year, and business foundations started shaking, the media industry was already deep on its knees. To establish just how much the media has been affected by the pandemic, the...

Thankfully, Banks Tebelelo Ndebele’s drive and determination have seen him regroup, re-focus and fight back to revive his agro-business. Some 40 kilometres from the capital Gaborone, just as you leave Mmankgodi to Boatle, you turn onto the road to...

But it will be amiss of me not to try. To the world beyond, Mma Matante was a powerhouse of sorts but to us, she was a loving ever-present mother to the neighbourhood children, as she was to her own. So here I am, writing an obituary of one that I...

President Mokgweetsi Masisi, had on many times assured the media and the nation of Botswana that he would personally ensure that the MPA is history and in place would be the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act (FIA). Just  a few weeks back,...