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It is with a heavy heart that we continue to witness the scourge that is on the loose and rampage, taking the posture of a veld fire and consuming a nation, living a lot to be desired. We reminisce on the collectivism of our nation, individuals...

TONOTA: However, unfortunately, some of our colleges of education have, in recent years, closed down – Lobatse and Francistown  being examples. And in those remaining colleges, intake of students has been cut back resulting in much smaller class...

Continent-wide, recorded infections are at over six million, with more than 153,000 official deaths. The highly transmissible Delta variant is now prevalent in 16 countries, and is surging through unvaccinated populations. “The worst is yet to...

“There are two ways of healing sickness. The first is by the treatment of physicians, the second is consisteth in prayers offered by the spiritual ones to God and in turning to Him. Both should be used and practised,” reads the Bahai...

This selection was, as indicated then, subject to the successful negotiation and conclusion of a Licence Agreement between the Authority and the Preferred Applicant. The Authority further indicated that, should negotiations with the Preferred...

Yellow Card offers over 150 000 customers in 9 countries the ability to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, through our seamless Andriod, iOS and Web app. Not only does anyone in Africa have access to the exponentially growing crypto market, but...

Teacher trade unions have fought relentlessly for schools to close due to alarming rates of infections and associated deaths in schools. It is not the first time schools closed abruptly. In March 2020, the schools were forced to close in order for...

FRANKFURT: After many years of low inflation, prices have risen almost everywhere in recent months. Energy and commodities have been leading the way, owing mainly to post-lockdown supply bottlenecks. But while such obstacles are widely seen as...

TONOTA: This is especially true of the STEM subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. For this reason, each year both University of Botswana (UB) and the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) churn...

A statement from CAAB says Dr Mosinyi, an aerospace engineer, brings to the authority broad and extensive experience in Aviation and Aerospace acquired in a period of over 20 years of service. He has previously worked for an aviation regulator,...

Wise Leadership provides Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) accredited training courses, board inductions, development of governance frameworks, governance advisory and coordination of all corporate secretaryship services As one of the leading...

TONOTA: After all, the ability to solve simultaneous or quadratic equations may be of little use to most Form 5 leavers who will not proceed to do Mathematics or Science at tertiary level. In the 1980s, I taught at Lobatse Secondary School. At the...

The results of the Subjective Welfare module survey, which  was collected in the third quarter of 2019/ 20, reveal that 74.5% of the households in Botswana believed that Botswana is not a poor country. Only 21.9% stated that the country was poor,...

TONOTA: Education Officers and teachers also have a role to play in this important task. But many curricula may contain too much content thus making it difficult for teachers to teach it in the time available. Also, some topics may not apply to...

Dimitri Tsafendas and Bessie Head shared the weight of being of mixed-race parentage in a country governed by a clique obsessed with race, racial categories and perverse fantasies of racial purity. Tsafendas worked through the noxious effects of...