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  • Women Empowerment Should Not Just Be About Numbers

    The figure mentioned by the minister is no doubt big and if the funding and the success of the scheme is as big as the figure, we would be saying well done. However, they say the devil is in the details and that is exactly what comes out here....

  • Potholes Are Costly To Motorists

    However, the rains have left many broken hearts in terms of the inconvenience caused due to the damage caused to property. The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has announced the disturbing figures of families affected by the floods, and...

  • Reducing Wastage At TK�s Ministry Is Critical

    Someone has to beat prudent management of resources into the head of Minister TK. He is one Minister who for the most part of last year had been in the news for spending close to P300 million on a jet, which flies him all over the world. No other...

  • Wither Women In Politics

    It is a day of the strength that is a woman is observed. The day women are recognised, appreciated and celebrated. We have just done that, last week Wednesday. But as it has become a norm in Botswana, such important days go by without much fanfare...

  • Potholes Are Costly To Motorists

    However, the rains have left many broken hearts in terms of the inconvenience caused due to the damage caused to property. The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has announced the disturbing figures of families affected by the floods, and...

  • Government and Trade Union Movement Cant Afford To Be Enemeies

    While the historic case surely rubber-stamps the rule of law and underlining that no one even the President can be above the law, perhaps most importantly this is one case that defines the deep differences between the Government led by Ian Khama as...

  • Rasesa By-Election: Voters Need More Than Just A United Opposition

    Perhaps this is good as a reminder to all singers of opposition cooperation, that the cooperation or unity alone cannot guarantee Government for the united opposition come 2019. They will need more than just the mere talk of opposition unity.  The...

  • Khama�s Last Chance

    He seeks to ride on the provisions of this financial year, whose budget is to be presented later today to map forward his signature programmes that would ensure he is remembered as the President that delivered. He is also running the final lap not...

  • Good Luck Mma-V

    Although generally Mma-V had not entertained  considerable media interviews from her homeland, possibly as a strategy to control what goes out, as a fellow Batswana, naturally the local media  would be proud to be associated with Mma-V in the event...

  • Segolame Boy: A Huge Testimony For Constituency Tournaments

    What is humbling about the Township Rollers and Zebras star is the fact that he is a direct by-product of the constituency tournament, where he was spotted while representing one of the Selebe-Phikwe sides by representatives of a Serowe club that...

  • Amendment To Attract Foreign Investment Welcome

    This amendment, to be tabled in the next sitting of Parliament, is geared toward attracting foreign direct investment into Botswana. According to the amendment gazetted on December 16 edition of the Government Gazette, permanent residences will be...

  • What A Roller-Coaster Year

    We hope to garner the courage and the self-belief to wrestle and brave similar challenges and storms if they present themselves in the New Year. Naturally when faced with danger, the human race, and Batswana in particular, have brought the best out...

  • Security Forces� Serious Crime Fighting Commendable

    It is not the first time that  our security forces had intercepted a similar move with all the characteristics of this very recent one. This serious crime of peddling people, mainly children and young women, is what is commonly known as human...

  • We Need Heat Wave Monitoring

    We also note that from time to time warnings are issued to the public to be careful of impending heat waves. While such periodic warnings to the public are most welcome and are encouraged, we however note that we don’t seem to have a monitoring...

  • Botswana Can Learn From South Africa On Cordial Relations With Labour Movement

    They draft many of these policies and conditions of service. In fact they initiate them, lobby for their adoption and go as far as helping government to implement the suggestions, not only for public service workers, but for the entire labour force...

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