The Zebras have spent sometime in the intensive care unit, cooking up and dishing insipid performances over the years. The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign represented the Zebras with their resurrection moment, although the repair...
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and earth had passed and there was no longer any sea and I John I saw the Holy city, a new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”...
Fabricius states that in this month’s election, Namibia’s South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) ruling party could go the way of the ANC, the Botswana Democratic party (BDP) or perhaps FRELIMO. He opines that the main unstated aim of...
But somehow, the chaos seemed to slow around me, like watching a film reel unspool in slow motion. To my left, I spotted Dave Burmaster, shutting his locker as he prepared to head to his next class. His jet-black, spiky hair pointed defiantly toward...
The only significant change was the dissolution of the Department of Sport and Recreation, which was a stand-alone body, but was redirected to operate under the Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture. Other than that change, the BNSC and the...
We have a collective responsibility to raise, educate and grow our children as a united front. Going it alone as experience has shown, is an exercise in futility. What is not in dispute is that our children are a precious gift from God, coming to...
In extreme instances, such as in Gabon and Niger, electoral discontent has even led to military coups, starkly illustrating the fragility of democratic institutions in the region.These disputes are an inevitable by product of the intense competition...
Along with Eswatini, Seychelles, and Mauritius, Botswana and Namibia rank among the lowest populations in Southern Africa. While this small size offers advantages like a relatively high GDP per capita and better resource distribution, it also creates...
. Read that again. Nowhere did I mention any sort of pill so before you start thinking this column is a birth control workshop sorry to disappoint you. This remains a column laced with silliness and a dash of humor. No, there's no way I'm...
Whether it’s something a little small or a big shindig, I can attest, it’s one of my life’s little guilty pleasures. The mechanics are the same and so my skill set allows for me to execute well for intimate numbers or hundreds of people. One...
With only three women elected and the new President, Duma Boko expected to appoint more through special nomination, it is unlikely that the appointees will have special skills for sports. Therefore it all points to another man walking through the...
The crimson wave of beautiful roses unleashed an inner blaze, kindling a smouldering fire, readying the mind and body for an encounter with an unfamiliar world. But as the eyes adjusted, they met the soothing glow of yellow daisies, a calming balm to...
His timeless, deeply patriotic and universally applicable words remain relevant now as they were yesterday. “And so fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”The fortunes of any country lies...
Without much doubt, African States are increasingly showing skyline interest in BRICS+, primarily due to its distinctive-focused objectives, including global peace, the strategic development paradigms, food and energy security directions in the 21st...
Already Gaborone United and Township Rollers have faced each other. Defending champions, Jwaneng Galaxy and GU encounter was the biggest fixture of the weekend and it is only week two of the season. By tomorrow evening, tick-off the Rollers, Galaxy...
It is the last month of the #iCANwin Bull Brand Mince Meals competition on our Facebook page, and we are looking for the best of the best. Therefore, just like my earlier sentiments, we also need to step it up in the kitchen and cook outside of our...
It has been a good year for Botswana, producing two world champions in a space of three months. More could come from the much-maligned Zebras. The team was literally turned into an orphan, thanks to a feud between the Ministry of Youth, Sport and...
The policy development faculty seems to be ticking the right boxes while agencies responsible for execution are a bit wanting in some respects. Schools continue to give their best selves but can do much better with a bit of external aid. One critical...
It has not only shaped the social and political landscape of Sudan but also had ripple effects throughout the region. The conflict has been fuelled by ethnic, religious, political, and economic grievances, and its impact has been felt by millions of...
Inside the car, the pitter-patter of rain on the roof blended into an unexpected remix of the song playing on the stereo. I pressed the arrowed button, cranking up the volume as Bono’s voice filled the car, belting out With or Without You.Something...
De Beers CEO, Al Cook, has hailed a “positive spirit of renewal” after his first official talks with President Duma Boko, which focussed on finalising the long-drawn out talks over a diamond deal between the two.
President Duma Boko announced six additional Cabinet ministers this morning, making it the second set out of three planned batches.
The Broadhurst Magistrate's Court has recused itself from delivering a sentence on rape convict, Kabelo Kabelo, who was found guilty of sexually violating his biological daughter for a year and a half.
Rough diamond sales have continued to plummet owing to a weak demand in internal markets for diamonds.
Momentarily, the euphoric atmosphere enveloping the National Stadium coloured blue was nippily rancid by simmering fury from the citizenry as they incessantly booed former president Mokgweetsi Masisi and his fallen deputy Slumber Tsogwane.
FRANCISTOWN: The newly elected President of Botswana Duma Boko has consistently opposed the death penalty, which has been employed as a form of the ultimate punishment for serious offences such as murder.
Newly elected President Duma Boko and his coalition the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) have undertaken to uphold the rule of law as part of their areas of critical intervention.
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Botswana at a critical juncture
While the political shift brings hope for change, it also places immense pressure on the new administration to deliver on its election promises in the face of serious economic challenges.On another level, newly appointed Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe’s grim assessment of the country’s finances adds urgency to the moment. The budget deficit, expected to be P8.7 billion, is now anticipated to be even higher due to underperforming diamond...