This may be an indication of how poor our education system is. For example, and I suspect, it may have something to do with not teaching our children the true history of their country.Secondly, in some countries constitutions appear in the...
KASANE: New research led by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) has discovered that elephant movement through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development.From 2012 to 2019, EWB monitored elephants’...
It is equally vital for the citizens to know that along with traditional threats to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of a state, it also envisages the non-traditional threats in many forms, which include transnational organised crime.For the...
This process enables the criminals to enjoy these proceeds without exposing their source.There are three stages of laundering money:Stage 1: Placement This is whereby ‘dirty’ money is placed into the legal, financial systems either through...
At around 61, he is likely to be the youngest member of a club where an overwhelming majority is either ailing, ageing or haunted by their successors. Kenya has had two living ex-presidents afflicted by the first two inconveniences only.The hope is...
The first truth that the nation is now accustomed to is that President Mokgweetsi Masisi never speaks the truth and there seems to be no end to his dishonesty! I listened to the false utterances made by Masisi at the just ended National Council of...
Rightly lauded as an African success story, the country of almost two and a half million people has been powered largely by a trio of flourishing sectors, diamond mining, tourism and agriculture, that have helped to reduce poverty and inequality and...
Undeniably, NMAG is multidisciplinary. It is constituted of the nation’s museum, the African Modern Art, the National Art Gallery, the Octagon Gallery, and the National Botanical Garden: here, representation is a broad church! But what has...
In April, the BoB increased the newly introduced Monetary Policy Rate (MoPR) by 51 basis points (0.51%) from 1.14% to 1.65%.The latest increase is 50 basis points (0.5%) and takes the MoPR to 2.15%. The MoPR is the rate at which BoB lends money to...
The lady of many hats was amongst others bestowed with Botswana’s Honours awards in 1979 together with other nation builders in the likes of Dr Seligman, Richard Charles Eaton, Boy Mabuse Moapare and Jack Frank Ramsden.Some of her illustrious works...
As FETO affiliated army units left their barracks to occupy key locations, such as the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul and fighter jets and attack helicopters bombed strategic targets including the Parliament, Presidential compound, army and police...
For the people of Maun West, I will continue in my role as your representative in Parliament, no need to panic.For members of the public who count on my office to assist with the challenges you face, I am still at your service.Developments around...
Botswana, like any other country, is facing its fair share of challenges around mathematics education based on poor results for many years, at all the crucial exit levels such as Standard 7, Form 3, Form 5, and Form 6 (Botswana Examinations Council)...
A final distribution of P28, 084,000 was declared, equating to 10.03 thebe per linked unit. The distribution comprises a dividend of 0.05 thebe and interest of 9.98 thebe per linked unit and compares favourably with the final distribution of 9.4117...
Change the country’s nameTo begin with the name of the country ought to be changed to, or replaced with, a more accommodating name as several people before me have suggested, such as Moses Gare, Gobe Matenge, Knight Maripe and Dr Habaudi Hobona, to...
IntroductionSection 1 of the Constitution of Botswana proclaims Botswana a Republic. However, a critical analysis reveals that the foundation for the Republic is the Tribal Territories Act1, which in turn influenced key institutions as well as...
This group of countries through solid support from all sides have successfully held over 90 meetings and events so far in 2022, covering diverse issues such as politics, security, economic, trade, financial, people-to-people and cultural fields as...
We also have the private sector and the public sector coming in to support this practice in advancing socio-economic growth of potential entrepreneurs mostly found in the SMEs sectors both for developing and developed economies. The basic aim of...
This sea blindness has resulted in many missed opportunities for a continent on which 38 countries have a combined coastline of more than 26,000 nautical miles (47,000km).Our lack of a broader maritime culture has, too often, concealed from African...
Our Botswana team of five engaged a lot with the hosts, comprising, as we did, the director who doubles as a museum exhibition designer, a guide based at the Gcwihaba Caves, a geologist, a landscape archaeologist as well as a Motswana palaeontology...
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